When and where
The Oregon Virtual Reference Summit will be held Friday, June 1, 2007 at Central Oregon Community College Library in Bend from 9:30am-4:30pm.
Register
Registration abd lunch are free and open to all, though preference will be given to Oregon library staff that register by May 1, 2007.
To register, fill out the online registration form.
Plenary speaker
Marie Radford is Associate Professor & Library Consultant at the School of Communication, Information & Library Studies at Rutgers University.
She is co-principal investigator for Seeking Synchronicity: Evaluating Virtual Reference Services from User, Non-User, and Librarian Perspectives.
Podcast of Marie Radford's talk
(download)
Program
9:30 Registration/Hello 10:00 Welcome 10:15 Plenary Session. "I was kind of confused b4†Interpersonal Communication Research in Virtual Reference- Marie Radford, Rutgers University
Location: COCC Library, 2nd floor
11:00 Break 11:15 Keeping up with the best online web resources - Amy Lee and Sam Wallin, Fort Vancouver Regional Library
Location: LIB 117
What students need, what schools need - JoAnn Grant, High Desert Middle School, Jessica Lorentz Smith, Bend High School, Patty Sorensen, Oregon State Library, April Witteveen, Deschutes County Library System
12:15 Lunch 1:30 Workshop: Exploring Encounters with Chat Users: Analyzing Virtual Reference Transcripts
Marie Radford, Rutgers University
Location: COCC Library, 2nd floor
Keeping up with the best online web resources - Amy Lee and Sam Wallin, Fort Vancouver Regional Library
2:00 Open Laboratory
Susan McGlamery, OCLC
Emily Papagni, L-net training coordinator
Caleb Tucker-Raymond, L-net coordinator
Location: LIB 117
2:30 L-net update - Caleb Tucker-Raymond, Multnomah County Library
Location: Cascades laboratory
3:30 Break 3:45 Wrap up and staff recognition
Location: COCC Library, 2nd floor
Notice: Sessions marked above with a camera will be videorecorded. You will have the option to sit behind the camera and to ask questions anonymously without being recorded.
Concurrent Sessions
Keeping up with the best online web resources - Amy Lee and Sam Wallin, Fort Vancouver Regional Library
It isn't always possible to use print reference sources to answer a virtual reference question, and even when it is, we don't always remember to. Hear about some of the best online web resources to share with patrons and how you can keep track of them.
Presentation (ppt) and del.icio.us link
What students need, what schools need - JoAnn Grant, High Desert Middle School, Jessica Lorentz-Smith, Bend High School, Patty Sorensen, Oregon State Library, April Witteveen, Deschutes County Library System
What do teachers and school librarians expect students to get from L-net? How can L-net librarians appropriately respond to requests for homework help? A panel of youth and school librarians will discuss the answers to these questions and more.
Podcast of 'What students need, what schools need'
(download)
Exploring Encounters with Chat Users: Analyzing Virtual Reference Transcripts (workshop) - Marie Radford
Bring your transcripts for this hands-on workshop.
Handouts are available for L-net staff at www.oregonlibraries.net/summit/2007/workshop-handouts.
L-net update - Caleb Tucker-Raymond
An update on current issues with L-net, including our budget, collaborative Instant Messaging pilot project, marketing and the future of the service.
Open Laboratory - Susan McGlamery, OCLC Emily Papagni, L-net and Caleb Tucker-Raymond, L-net.
Come to the open laboratory to ask questions about using the QuestionPoint software, the L-net website, work on your librarian profile or your library policy page.
Lunch time table talks
Notes from the lunch time table talks are now online.
Directions, Maps and Parking
Driving directions are available from the Central Oregon Community College website
COCC has free visitor parking at the library
Central Oregon Community College campus map (PDF)
If perchance you are flying to the event, Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport is closest
Local accommodations
Lodging
McMenamins Old St. Francis School (downtown funk)
Phoenix Inn (downtown corporate)
Bend Riverside (downtown old funk)
Riverhouse (across from the Bend River Mall
Rainbow Motel (near downtown, clean and cheap) - 888.529.2877
Dining
Eats are plentiful (eat well downtown from $5 to $50), check out The Source's dining guide.
Compiled by Kevin Barclay, Deschutes Public Library