The best way to start your Saturday at ALA Annual! Join us!
Reference Services Section Open House
Swissotel Chicago, St. Gallen Salon 323 E Upper Wacker Dr
Saturday (July 11, 2009)
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Are you interested in frontline reference issues such as:
- improving the usability of catalogs, search tools, and online point-of-need tutorials
- developing instruction techniques in the reference transaction
- implementing and using virtual reference services
- developing standards for evaluation and management of reference
- meeting the needs of adults, Spanish-speaking, aging, and other populations
- marketing reference services
- supporting research in the reference and user services field
Are you looking for ways to become more involved in your profession, and to meet and network with other reference and information providers?
Come to the Reference Services Section (RSS) Open House, where you can enjoy refreshments provided by Emerald (publisher of the Reference Services Review), and learn more about the work being accomplished in RSS. RSS Officers and members will be available to answer your questions and suggest possible committees of interest, and you can visit committee tables where members will be available to talk about current projects. You are welcome to stay from 9am-10:30am to sit at a committee table while they conduct their meeting.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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