[Publib] Call for Participation: Panel discussion at ALA Annual

[Kate Mossman]

Posting on behalf of Michelle Jacobs, UCLA (contact information below).
Please excuse the cross posting.

Call for Participation

"Casting a Wide Net: Using Screencasts to Reach and Teach Library Users"

Now that library content is increasingly delivered online, our ranks of
virtual users are growing. How do we move beyond a synchronous,
in-person service model to provide high-quality reference and
instruction to these users? Screencasts are short instructional videos
that can bring librarians' expertise to our users' fingertips, whether
they are in the library building or across the country.

Is your library using screencasts or video tutorials for user
instruction? Maybe you use Jing for virtual reference, or you've created
a set of short tutorials that demonstrate how to use your databases.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on how this technology is (or isn't)
working at your library. The RUSA MARS Hot Topics in Electronic
Reference Discussion Group is planning a panel discussion for ALA Annual
about screencasting - our panelists will briefly share how they are
using screencasts or video tutorials at their libraries, then discuss
successes, challenges, best practices, and visions for the future.
Finally, we will take questions from the audience. 

If you are interested in serving as a panelist, contact Sarah Lehmann,
lehmans at arc.losrios.edu, or Michelle Jacobs,
michellejacobs at library.ucla.edu by June 1. 

Thanks!
Michelle

-- 
Michelle Leigh Jacobs / Emerging Technologies and Web Coordinator /
College Library
220 Powell Library Bldg. / Box 951450 / Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450
310.825.6726 / f: 310.206.9312



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