[Libs-Or] Save the date! Free 4-16 Teleconference on Digital Reference

[Pam Horan]

Friday, April 16, 2004  9-11am PT

Joe Janes and Colleagues: Preparing for the Future of Digital Reference
Discussion will focus on how libraries can seize opportunities to make 
their reference services central to the information lives of users. Says 
Janes: "I see the last several years as the most profound period in the 
history of reference work. Nearly every aspect of the work has been 
re-examined, called into question, rethought and revisited as the 
contexts in which it goes on change." Issues to be discussed include 
privacy, collaboration, customer service, staff training and 
organizational changes.


Presenters

   * Joe Janes, Associate Professor and Chair of Library and
     Information Science, the Information School of the University of
     Washington and Founding Director of the Internet Public Library;
   * Mary Anne Hodel, Director, Orange County Library (Orlando, FL);
   * Joe Thompson, Project Coordinator, Maryland AskUsNow!.
   * Michael Jackson and Richard M. Dougherty, Hosts.

This is the final spring presentation of the College of Dupage 
teleconference series. The State Library and the Bibliographical Center 
for Research (BCR) are co-sponsoring the teleconference series broadcast 
by the College of DuPage, funded in Oregon by LSTA. The teleconference is
free to Oregon libraries and any library may register to downlink 
programs on BCR's Web site 
<http://www.bcr.org/training/teleconferences/register.html>.

For more information on the series see 
http://www.cod.edu/teleconf/VIRTUAL/index.htm.
For information about the programs in Oregon, contact Pam Horan.

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Pam Horan
Technology Planning Consultant
Library Development Services
Oregon State Library
Tel. (503) 378-2112 Ext. 224
Fax (503) 378-6439
pam.horan at state.or.us