Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present "Surviving the Internet…."

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Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present "Surviving the Internet
."

Irene E. McDermott, a Reference Librarian/Systems Manager at the San Marino 
Public Library will be presenting a lecture entitled, "Surviving the 
Internet: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk" at the Library of 
Congress on Friday, October 25th, 2002, from 10:30am-12:00pm in the 
Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress' James Madison Building, 
located at First and Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. Seating at 
this event will be limited to 65, so please allow time to arrive early.

McDermott will speak about methods for adapting traditional reference 
skills to a digital environment. She plans to address the sudden appearance 
of the World Wide Web the at the reference desk and to discuss the 
advantages and disadvantages of this new technology for librarians. She 
will suggest a number of sturdy and reliable Web sites that can be used to 
answer reference questions.

McDermott said, "I love talking about techno-stress: librarians freaking 
out about having to be computer experts all of a sudden. The book is 
supposed to be sort of a warm washcloth over the tired eyes of these 
anxious people. So, I can address this issue: what is gained by librarians 
from the Internet, what is lost, and a few tips to help us all cope!"

Diane Kresh, Director Public Service Collections Library of Congress raves 
about McDermott's upcoming book, The Librarians Internet Survival Guide. 
She said, "Finally-a comprehensive handbook written by a practitioner for 
practitioners. The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide can be read cover to 
cover or one can cherry pick according to interest: biography, news, kids, 
health, privacy, it's all here." To read more about her upcoming book, "The 
Librarians Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference 
Desk," go to: < http://shop.store.yahoo.com/infotoday/libsinsurgui.html>.

McDermott is also a columnist (called the "Internet Express") for Searcher: 
The Magazine for Database Professionals 
<http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.htm>. You can read the full text 
version of her most recent column for Searcher (June 2002) online at: 
<http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun02/mcdermott.htm>.

This event marks the fall return of the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library 
series, which began last spring. The Public Service Collections Directorate 
of the Library of Congress sponsors this speaker series. Please check the 
Luminary Lectures @ Your Library web site at: 
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>.

No reservations are necessary. All lectures are free and open to the public

Other events coming in the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library series this 
fall/winter include:

"Public Access to Digital Materials"
Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-founder of the Internet 
Archive (http://www.archive.org), inventor and founder of Wide Area 
Information Servers Inc., Past President of Alexa Internet, and Author, on 
Wednesday, November 20th, @ the Pickford Theater from 10:30am-12:00pm.

"'No Guts, No Glory': Information Professionals March Into the 22nd Century"
Barbara Quint, Editor-in-Chief of "Searcher: The Magazine for Database 
Professionals," a tele-conference on Wednesday, December 4th, @ the NDL 
Learning Center, 10:30am-12:00pm.

"Information Ethics: Challenges for Librarians and Information Scientists"
Dr. Toni Carbo, Madison Council Fellow in Library and Information Science, 
Kluge Center/Library of Congress; and Professor, University of Pittsburgh 
on Monday, December 9th, @ the Pickford Theater from 10:30-12:00pm.

...And coming in 2003: Dr. Neal Kaske, Manager of the Engineering & 
Physical Sciences Library at the University of Maryland Libraries in 
College Park, adjunct faculty member in the College of Information Studies; 
and Dr. Joseph Janes, Founding Director of the Internet Public Library 
(http://www.ipl.org/) and Assistant Professor at the Information School of 
the University of Washington.

For more information, please see <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>. 
For special assistance, please contact: Alison Foster, Library of Congress, 
Phone: (202) 707-1183, Email: afos at loc.gov.