FYI.
Forwarded from uls-l:
The next installment of the ACRL OnPoint Chat series, "Are Reference
Desks Passé?," will take place today, Wednesday, July 29 at 12:00 p.m.
Central time (10:00 a.m. Pacific | 11:00 a.m. Mountain | 12:00 p.m.
Central | 1:00 p.m. Eastern).
Many academic libraries are eliminating reference desks and focusing on
referrals, roaming reference, satellite reference and/or virtual
reference instead. This session will explore the causes and consequences
of this trend. During this OnPoint chat, consider the following
questions: (1) What is driving the trend toward elimination of reference
desks? (2) Are alternate services sufficient to meet patrons' needs? (3)
Without desks, how do reference staff stay in touch with patrons' needs
and wants? Kansas State University's Danielle Theiss-White, General
Reference Coordinator, Jason Coleman, Service Coordinator, and Laura
Bonella, Reference Generalist, will convene this OnPoint chat.
ACRL OnPoint is a live series of informal monthly text-based chat
sessions. All ACRL OnPoint chats are free and open to the public.
Sessions are unmoderated, one hour in length and take place in a Meebo
chat room (no audio or video). Chats are limited to 80 concurrent
participants and will be delivered on a first-come-first-served basis.
For additional information, including access information, visit the
OnPoint website at
www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/onpoint/index.cfm
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/onpoint/index.cfm>.
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the higher education community to understand the role that academic
libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
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