[Libs-Or] Portland area locations for BCR Virtual Reference teleconference

[Michele Caldwell]

Don't miss the final installment of the BCR Teleconferences, sponsored by the Oregon State Library and the Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) and presented by the College of DuPage.

The series concludes with:
Virtual Reference - a Leadership View --  A National Teleconference Series
Friday, May 2, 2003
9:00 am - 11:00 am.

In the Portland area, you can attend this free training at The Beaverton
City Library or Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus. 

Beaverton City Library Auditorium, Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW Fifth St
in Beaverton (no pre-registration is required)
OR
Portland Community College, Sylvania campus, Sylvania CT 239.

Teleconference Details:

Join us for a national teleconference presented by DuPage with another view
of the future of Virtual Reference Services. College of DuPage has brought
you the perspective of the professional librarian in last year's series,
Virtual Reference Services, and this year's Reference Services: Toward a New
Service Model.

On Friday, May 2, 2003, we will bring you the perspective of two industry
leaders, Frank Hermes, Vice President of Cooperative Discovery Services of
OCLC and, Phil Kesten, Chair of the Department of Physics at Santa Clara
University and founder of Docutek. They will give you their view of the
future - John Berry, past president of ALA, will lead a panel of librarians
to ask the kind of questions to give you the kind of information you need to
plan for the future of reference services at your library.

This program promises to be both challenging and thoughtful. Ultimately,
industry leaders have the chance to share future plans and why they have
made them. You, either by phone, FAX, e-mail or your surrogates on the
panel, will be able to give them your feedback.

Purchasing library technology is often a matter of give and take - this is
your chance to give industry leadership a professional librarian's
perspective and take away a better command of the future of reference
services tools.

More info on the teleconferences:
http://www.cod.edu/teleconf/VIRTUAL/index.htm

Please contact Ann Payne for information about presentations at PCC or
Michele Caldwell if you need further information about the conferences at
Beaverton City Library.

We hope to see you at the teleconference!

Ann Payne
Portland Area Library System (PORTALS)
annpa at portals.org
503.725.5992
503.725-4524 (FAX)
PO Box 1151
Portland, OR 97221-1151

Michele Caldwell
Beaverton City Library
Circulation Manager
mcaldwell at ci.beaverton.or.us
503-526-2209
12375 SW Fifth St
Beaverton, OR  97005