[Baynet] Infopeople's webinar "Resurrecting Reference"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

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Title:  Resurrecting Reference

Date and time: July 31, 2008, 9:30am - 11:30am

This webinar will last approximately two hours. There is no charge for this
Infopeople webinar.  Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the July 31 webinar, go to
http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/290/index.html 

There's no denying that changes in technology, information availability, and
the deference paid (or not!) to experts have changed the face of reference
forever. That's a good thing! In their upcoming webinar, Infopeople's
podcasting pundits Joan Frye Williams and George Needham will share their
provocative views of the role of the reference librarian in today's world,
along with examples of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the library
community's ongoing effort to reestablish reference as a high-value service.
Don't miss George and Joan's lively commentary on reference trends and
innovations, and their suggestions for rethinking, reorganizing, and
redeploying reference assets for improved results. 

Speakers:  Joan Frye Williams and George Needham.

 

Joan Frye Williams.  For more than 25 years Joan has been a successful
librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator and user of
library services, with a special emphasis on innovation, technology and
emerging library trends. She is the president of her own library and
information technology consulting firm. She received an MLS from the
University of California at Berkeley (1975) and in addition to her
consulting practice she has worked in both public and academic libraries,
for library automation vendors, as well as at the California State Library.
Her many clients include large and small public libraries, library
consortia, state library agencies, professional library associations,
library boards, library vendors and architects.

 

George Needham.  Before joining OCLC in 1999, George was State Librarian of
Michigan. From 1993 to 1996, he was Executive Director of the Public Library
Association, a division of the American Library Association. >From 1990 to
1993, he was Director of Member Services of the Ohio Library Association.
>From 1984 to 1989, he served as Library Director of Fairfield County
District Library in Lancaster, Ohio. From 1977 to 1984, he held various
posts at the Charleston County Library in Charleston, South Carolina. George
received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in library
science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

 

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California library community.  If you are outside California, please do not
view the live event.

 

However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the
webinar.  Check our archive listing at:

 

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Webinar:  Resurrecting Reference

Date: July 31, 2008

Time:  9:30am - 11:30 am

Speakers: Joan Frye Williams and George Needham

 

 

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