[Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research"

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Title:  The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research

Date and time: March 9, 2007, Noon - 1:00 PST

This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for 
Infopeople webcasts.  Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the March 9 webcast, go to
http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/173/index.html

The web has made sweeping changes in where and how information seekers 
discover and obtain what they need to learn, work, teach, do research, and 
create new knowledge. Today, many users routinely bypass library catalogs 
in favor of other discovery tools, especially popular search engines such 
as Google. How might library catalogs-and the collections they 
describe-recapture the role they have played in learning, teaching, and 
research?

This lively presentation is based on the oft-discussed "Calhoun Report." 
Prepared for the Library of Congress, this study examined factors affecting 
the future of library online catalogs and options for revitalizing them. 
Karen Calhoun, the report's author and Senior Associate University 
Librarian at Cornell University, will engage you with examples of 
information seekers' preferences and challenge you to consider new 
strategic roles for library catalogs, collections, and librarians.

If you have ever wondered what to do to make your online catalog more 
appealing and useful for today's web-savvy users-and thereby make your 
library's collections more visible and helpful to your community-this 
webcast is sure to provide you with many ideas for next steps. Don't miss 
this thought-provoking exploration of possibilities for reinventing the 
online catalog and its role in the progress of knowledge.


Speaker:  Karen Calhoun.
Karen Calhoun is Senior Associate University Librarian for Information 
Technology and Technical Services at Cornell University Library. She speaks 
frequently on next-generation library information systems and technical 
services in the digital library. Recently taught workshops include sessions 
on organizational change, technology-based innovation, workflow redesign, 
and project management. Her current research or operational interests are 
integrating access to electronic, digital, and print collections; the 
future of the catalog; managing organizational transitions; and evolving 
roles for the university research library.


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Webcast:  The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research
Date: March 9, 2007
Time:  Noon - 1pm PST
Speaker: Karen Calhoun