[OPLINLIST] CO-ASIS&T Program on Web 2.0: April 19, 2007

[Laura Cheng]

You are invited to join us for the Spring CO-ASIS&T presentation on THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007:  
   
"Web 2.0: Exploring Libraries -- and our Information Users"  
   
Featuring Presenter Brian C. Gray   
   
Program Description:  
The information world is becoming more user-driven and "social" in scope. As information professionals, we must understand this new wave of Internet customization and collaboration. Our users are developing new expectations in information delivery and interaction, but are we meeting or exceeding their needs? Some libraries and information providers are exploring and utilizing the same principles and technologies that have driven the Web 2.0 movement. Libraries are using tools such as blogs, RSS feeds, wikis, social communities, podcasts and various "mash-ups", to give library users increased ownership in their library experiences. At the same time, users are creating tools to supplement and/or replace their library interactions. Even if your library is not leading the technology wave - are you at least recognizing how the new web developments have changed the user's experience?  
   
RSVP with Dr. Laura Cheng at yrcheng at kent.edu  
   
WHEN:  Thursday, April 19, 2007  
            6:30 - 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking  
            7:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A  
   
WHERE:  Smith Board Room, the Smith Building on the OCLC Campus  
   
*See directions at the end of the announcement.  
   
PRESENTER  
BRIAN GRAY, MLIS, is the Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics Librarian at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He teaches a workshop at Case on using RSS feeds and is helping to implement instant messaging as a reference tool. Starting in the spring of 2007, he is teaching a new workshop, Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0, for the Kent State University School of Library & Information Science. He is current web coordinator for the Library Administration and Management Association of ALA, has designed serveral blogs, and maintains a personal blog on engineering resources (http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/), a personal blog on web 2.0 in libraries (http://briangray.alablog.org/) and co-authors several other blogs.   
   
Rsvpwith Dr. Laura Cheng at yrcheng at kent.edu  
Yungrang Laura Cheng, PhD., Assistant Professor  
School of Library and Information Science  
Kent State University  
614.292.7746; Fax 614.292.3618  
124 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Rd.  
Columbus, OH 43210  
   
*OCLC Map http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/to-airpt.htm  
Directions to the Smith Building: enter the OCLC campus from Frantz Road, proceed to a stop sign at a five-points intersection. Drive ahead, oblique right, following signs for the Smith Building - a large, white building on the right. There is ample parking in front of the building.  
   
We look forward to seeing you on April 19th!  
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