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The Western NY Library Resources Council announces a virtual reference conference

Revved Up For Reference 2: The Road Ahead

As with our previous conference in 2009, Thursday will be a half day geared toward our participants in Ask Us 24/7, New York State's virtual reference cooperative. Friday will be a full day covering a range of topics related to VR. Both days take place at the Holiday Inn Ithaca Downtown, 222 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY.

Registration forms and full conference details available at http://www.askus247.org/revvedup2.html . You can register for just Thursday, just Friday, or both days.

Tentative Thursday Schedule - Registration and lunch are at Max's Private Dining Room. At 1pm we will move to the Seneca Room.

12:00pm - Doors open/registration

12:15pm-1:00pm - Lunch

1:00pm-2:30pm - Susan McGlamery, OCLC. "QP Software Update and 24/7 Cooperative Update."

2:45pm-4:00pm - Jaclyn McKewan, WNYLRC. "Ask Us 24/7 Participants Discussion."

Tentative Friday Schedule - Located in the Seneca/Ithaca rooms (combined)

8:00am - Doors open/registration

8:15-9:00am - Breakfast

9:00am-10:30am - Marie Radford, Rutgers University. "Relationships: Research Revelations & Recommendation for the Future."

10:30am-10:45am - Break

10:45am-11:15am - Marie Radford, continued.

11:15am-12:00pm - April Younglove, Rochester Regional Library Council. "Screencasting With Virtual Reference."

12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm - Julie Strange, AskUsNow; Jan Dawson, AskOntario. "Yar! Thar Be Sharks About!: Understanding the Role of Libraries in Online Discourse, Civility and Anonymity."

2:00pm-2:15pm - Break

2:15pm-3:00pm - Sarah Maximiek, Binghamton University. "Google Voice and Reference."

3:00pm-4:00pm - Panel Discussion: Susan McGlamery, OCLC; Julie Strange, Maryland AskUsNow; Zelantha Phillip, Queens Library.

For further information, contact Jaclyn McKeywan, jmckewan@WNYLRC.org

User Group Meeting at PLA 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, March 15, 12:30 a.m. - 1:30 

Courtyard by Marriott Downtown

Salon IV

Cookies and beverages will be provided.  Bring your own lunch if you wish.  Please go here

to register for in-person attendance: https://www.oclc.org/go/pla/register.html

The meeting will also be online!  Please register here to attend and get the log in information:  

https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=172237577&UID=481807147&RT=MTgjMTE%

Betty Morganstern, Information Services Librarian at Anne Arundel County Public Library (Maryland) and Bill Pardue,

Digital Services Librarian at Arlington Heights Public Library (Illinois). Betty and Bill will discuss how

they've promoted their virtual reference service at their respective libraries.  

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