5/22/08 OLC Reference and Adult Services Conference
Register for the 2008 Reference and Adult Services Conference on July 9-10 at the University Plaza Hotel in Columbus! Keynote speaker Joan Frye Williams will share her provocative view 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. For more than 30 years, Frye Williams 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, based in Sacramento, California . She is best known as an acute--and sometimes irreverent--observer of trends in what she calls "the cultural anthropology of libraries."
The conference will feature other outstanding speakers, such as Sarah Houghton-Jan, Digital Futures Manager for the San Jose Public Library; George Needham, Vice President of Member Services for OCLC; John Berry III, long-time editor of Library Journal; and paranormal romance author Marjorie M. Liu, covering a wide range of topics for delivering reference service and readers advisory in innovative ways. Some topics include:
- Selecting and collecting controversial materials
- Serving the business community
- Understanding circulation data
- Answering questions about social networking
- Using Google and Wikipedia
- And so many more.
Complete agenda and registration information is available.
Note: Attendees of the Reference and Adult Services Conference are eligible for the OLC room rate discount at the University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center until June 18.
