Reference at the Metcalfe 2012
The annual Reference @ the Metcalfe seminar took place 8 May 2012 at the State Library of NSW. . Tee shirts for the event can be purchased from RedBubble (all sales are profit free). . The program for 2012 Reference @ the Metcalfe Seminar explored a range of ideas for libraries to think about, taking away the reference desk, how to collaborate with Wikipedia and how the ABC uses social media. . Creating and sharing digital resources will become increasingly important to libraries that want to remain service based, surely a key feature of reference work, and not be relegated to just physical store houses. This year's program promises to stimulate your thinking about what that could mean for reference and information services in public libraries. . The seminar featured:
Liam Wyatt, Wikimedian, 2012 Director’s Fellow at the National Museum of Australia presentation here
Pam Langridge presentation on Slideshare here
how do you keep aware of trends (rss, twitter, risg blogs). Presentation and links available from here
Shaun O’Dwyer and Kylie Ballin UNSW Imagine There’s No Desk Presentation from here
Nathan Sholtz, Manager of External Affairs from Queensland Rail @queenslandrail Presentation from here (no longer available)
Kelly Wilson
Martin Boyce presentation on Slideshare here
Annetta Kucharska and Jenn Martin presentation here
Jennifer Wilson
Rod McGuinness ABC Radio and social media presentation here
The twitter stream about this day can be seen here.
Whilst @CatyJ wasn't able to make it to the seminar here's her quick update on where the Reference Excellence wiki is up to, created using the online presentation tool Prezi. Disclaimer: I'm still learning how to use this tool so it's pretty lean on content (ie, no notes).
You can also view the presentation here
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