Public, academic and special libraries alike are struggling
with cuts to their hours and staff, making it more difficult to be in front of
your patrons when they need you. Libraries all over are trying to figure out
how to position themselves as a valuable resource when they can’t keep the
lights on as long as they used to.
Join OCLC for a free webinar in the Best Practices for
Virtual Reference series. This session, “Keeping the Virtual Lights on 24/7”,
will focus on how being part of a cooperative group can allow you to keep your
library open virtually at all hours and reach patrons whenever they might be
working, even if it’s not from 9-5.
We’ll explore the challenges and benefits to working through
a cooperative. Most libraries already belong to some group or consortia and
expanding the ways we work together are important in this challenging economy.
As with any joint venture, it helps to know what worked and what didn’t work
for others before jumping in. And, if you’re already working as a group, there’s
always room for improvement!
Susan McGlamery
of OCLC will lead the conversation along with Rosa Caballero-Li, Manager, AskNYPL at New York Public Library, Cynthia Johnson, Head of Reference and
Acting Head of the Grunigen Medical Library, University of California, Irvine,
and Lynn Jones, Reference and
Instruction Librarian, Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkely. We
look forward to hearing from you, too!
The free webinar is open to all.
Best Practices in Virtual Reference:
Keeping the Virtual Lights on 24/7
March 6, 2012
1:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern
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