[OPLINLIST] CO-ASIS&T Program -- Tuesday, February 6, 2007

[Laura Cheng]

Make plans to attend the first in a series of two CO-ASIS&T programs focusing on virtual reference:  
   
"Virtual Reference in Ohio" on Tuesday, February 6, 2007  
   
What is the future of virtual reference in Ohio? Panelists Kristen Pool (KnowItNow), Meg Spernova (OhioLINK) and  
Jeff Penka (OCLC) will discuss this question and more, as well as their own experiences and recommendations for  
change in virtual reference services. This program will be followed by another dedicated to virtual reference on  
March 6, 2007, featuring Lynn Connaway, Ph.D. and Co-Principal Investigator in an IMLS-funded grant project to  
study virtual reference services. More info to follow on this program next month.  
   
Program "Virtual Reference in Ohio"  
WHEN:  Tuesday Evening, February 6, 2007  
6:00 - 6:30 PM   Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking  
6:30 - 8:00 PM   Panel Presentation and Discussion  
WHERE:  OhioLINK Offices at 2455 N. Star Road,  
Columbus, Ohio 43221.  www.ohiolink.edu  
   
Please RSVP with Dr. Laura Cheng, Ph.D. at yrcheng at kent.edu  
   
Panelists:  
KRISTEN POOL is the KnowItNow AfterDark Project Coordinator for KnowItNow Online Reference Service. She  
is responsible for managing the librarians who staff the overnight service and for training the more than 650  
librarians who staff the service during the day. She also promotes the service to libraries and schools. She has  
also served as Archivist/Local History Librarian at Shaker Heights Public Library, and served as KnowItNow   
coordinator when the service first went live in 2001.  
   
MEG SPERNOVA began her library career at the Ohio College Library Center and there worked in various jobs  
related to the cataloging system and local integrated library system. She has been with OhioLINK for 13 years.   
Her focus is on the user service aspects of OhioLink services--interfaces, access and user assistance.  
   
JEFF PENKA manages the QuestionPoint service platform in OCLC's Community Services area. He began working with OCLC in 1996, contributing to OCLC services such as SiteSearch, WebExpress and QuestionPoint in a variety of  
development, training and management positions. Jeff sat on the NISO Committee AZ developing the standards for  
Networked Reference and served as a panelist on the RUSA President's program "If We Could Start Over, What Would Reference Look Like?"  He holds a Master of Education and a Master of Arts degree in English from Bowling Green State University.  
   
We look forward to seeing you at the program. Again, please RSVP with Dr. Laura Cheng at yrcheng at kent.edu  
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/coasishm.htm 
American Society for Information Science & Technology
http://www.asis.org 
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Yungrang Laura Cheng, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
yrcheng at kent.edu
(Voice) 614.292.7746; (Fax) 614.292.3618
124 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
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