[CFP] Facets of Digital Reference (2000.10.16-17: Seattle, WA)

Terry Kuny terry.kuny at xist.com
Thu Feb 24 15:34:00 EST 2000


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The Virtual Reference Desk is pleased to announce:

THE FACETS OF DIGITAL REFERENCE
The VRD 2nd Annual Digital Reference Conference
  http://vrd.org/conferences/VRD2000/callforprop.html

October 16-17, 2000
Seattle, WA
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"The Facets of Digital Reference" will highlight digital reference service
in all contexts: libraries and information centers, education, Intranets,
the commercial sector, government, and more. Building on the success of the
VRD 1999 Digital Reference Conference with over 250 attendees from across
the globe (http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD99/conf99.html), this
conference will explore the nature of Internet-based, human-mediated
information service in all areas, as well as examine issues in providing
digital reference and expert information service.

Conference topics include:
-Digital reference service management
-Technology for digital reference
-General issues in digital reference
-Case studies in digital reference service

Who should attend?
-Librarians and other information professionals
-Digital reference and AskA service representatives
-Government agency representatives
-Commercial sector representatives
-Anyone interested in digital reference issues

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See the CALL FOR PROPOSALS
http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD2000/callforprop.html
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For more information regarding the VRD 2000 Annual Digital Reference
Conference, please contact the Virtual Reference Desk at vrdconf at vrd.org.

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For information on the 1999 VRD Digital Reference Conference, see:
http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD99/conf99.html

The VRD Digital Reference Conference is organized by the Virtual Reference
Desk (VRD), a project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and
Technology, with support from the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy. VRD is a project dedicated to the advancement of digital
reference for all audiences in all contexts, and is building a network of
digital reference services for the K-12 education community.
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The Virtual Reference Desk Project
http://www.vrd.org
vrd at vrd.org






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