To be completely honest, I don't know how I would use Skype in my library other than to have virtual author visits, which was already discussed in the reading. Students wouldn't be able to use it to contact me because they aren't allowed free reign of the internet. Besides, I don't really want to be contacted on my days off and in the evenings to answer reference questions. That might make me a bad librarian, but it makes me a better mom/wife/friend. Long term, that's more important.
The only other use I can think of is is to contact other librarians. With Skype I don't have to just describe troubles I'm having, I can actually show it to another librarian to get advice.
Maybe I could recommend setting up accounts to have parent/teacher conferences with parents who are unable to travel to the school for a face-to-face conference.
The school uses Skype for long-distance communication, but most of that I would not be involved in as a librarian.
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