Free Webinar > Authority, Connectivity, and Discovery: The Evolving Role of Reference in the Wiki Age > June 14, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM EST

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

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Free Webinar >Authority, Connectivity, and Discovery: The Evolving Role of Reference in the Wiki Age > June 14, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM EST

DATE AND TIME: THIS Thursday, June 14, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM EST

The proliferation of free online resources has caused user habits and expectations to change drastically in the last decade, and there is no doubt that they will continue to evolve along with technology trends and advancements.  Publishers, specifically reference publishers, have needed to meet these demands and have striven to exceed them – delivering new and innovative ways to access authoritative facts quickly, easily, and accurately.  Some now deliver the next step in the research experience – providing effortless pathways beyond the facts and figures of free resources or standard reference, making the user’s journey into encyclopedias, scholarly works, and journal articles effortless and seamless.  These publisher initiatives have the potential to revolutionize the role of reference in the library, and the way reference is used by researchers at every level.

Why are traditionally-published reference resources still necessary? What are publishers doing to make them accessible, usable, and discoverable in the library and on the free Web?  How are these changes impacting reference’s presence in the library?  How are user habits affecting how reference is published, developed, and utilized? [snip].

Presenters:

Robert Faber – Editorial Director for Reference (UK), Oxford University Press
Dave Tyckoson – Reference librarian and Associate Dean, California State University, Fresno
Dinah Birch- Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool

Moderator:

Etta Thornton-Verma - Reference Editor, Library Journal

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Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/

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