Top 100 TS Benefits of WWW and Yahoo's 1st Lib'n Cataloger

[Kim Goldman Schwartz]

                                     ANNOUNCING
                                CLASS Free Seminars
                                 Friday, Nov. 10, 1995
                                    San Jose, CA

CLASS will be presenting Two Free Seminars on Friday, November 10th at our
new headquarters in San Jose.  The seminars cover 1.) library services for
the Asian community, and 2)Technical Services uses of the World Wide Web &
Yahoo's 1st Librarian Hired to Catalog the Web.  

                                                               
I.  A.S.I.A. Technical Service Center of CLASS will sponsor:
**Reaching Out to Our Pacific Neighbors**  from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Susan Ma, Senior Librarian, Rosegarden Branch, San Jose Public Library and
Suzanne Lo, Head, Asian Branch Library, Oakland Public Library will present
innovative ideas on how libraries can effectively reach out to the Asian
Pacific Communities.  Gain a better understanding of the cultural and
linguistic heritages of the diverse Asian population, and learn how to
increase community awareness among these emerging majorities.


II.  CLASS Internet Access will sponsor:
**Top 100 Technical Services Benefits of Web Page Development**  from
2:30-4:30 p.m.

Barbara Stewart, MLS, Latin American Cataloger at the University of
Massachusetts, will present the case for catalogers, acquisitions librarians
and other 'behind the scenes' types to be present in the development, use,
and maintenance of library web pages to tap into the Web's potential for
enhancing their everyday work flow.  Ms. Stewart will cover everything from
accessing the WWW for online documentation and rules; quick access to
publishers and library vendors; language assistance, dictionaries,
encyclopedias, etc.

Anne Callery, MSLS, is the first librarian hired by Yahoo!, Inc. to catalog
the World Wide Web.  Ms. Callery will describe the Yahoo system and its
continuing evolution, as well as the unique nature of the web for cataloging.

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For more information and a *Registration Form* send an email message to:
millerl at class.org, or call (800)488-4559 x-114.  

Please plan to join us for refreshments immediately following the seminars.
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Kim Goldman Schwartz                 Tel: 800/488-4559  
C.L.A.S.S                                        ext: 140
1671 The Alameda, suite 100          Fax: 408/287-4699
San Jose, CA  95126                      kschwart at class.org