NISO Webinar, The Evolving Natures of Reference Work and Reference Product

In an age when rapid reference inquiries may be handled through a mobile phone and a search engine, reference work in the library must change and expand. How is that unfolding? What are the new expectations of the information products once referred to as major reference works – those comprehensive or subject-specific encyclopedias and indexes that served library professional and patron? How are librarians combining free and subscription resources? This webinar will examine a variety of approaches to enhanced service.

Event

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NISO Webinar

Helping people gain a greater understanding of the information community — our issues and concerns, challenges and opportunities — is core to NISO's mission. Our events are a key element of this, with our popular webinar program at their heart. And, following the NISO/NFAIS merger earlier this year, all NISO members can now attend all 14 webinars in 2020 completely free of charge! This includes an unlimited number of places and full access to a recording of each webinar for anyone who is unable to attend the event itself.

Speaker

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Chris Strauber

Senior Research Librarian/Bibliographer for Philosophy and Theology, Boston College

Chris Strauber is Senior Research Librarian/Bibliographer for Philosophy and Theology at Boston College's O'Neill Library. His professional interests include user-centered design, media literacy, and the effects of changing technology on humanities research and scholarship.

Speaker

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Damon Zucca

Publisher of Scholarly Reference, Oxford University Press

Damon Zucca is Publisher of Scholarly Reference at Oxford University Press, where he oversees strategy and development of a full range of print and digital products published out of the Press's US and UK editorial offices.

Speaker

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Lenny Allen

Global Sales + Marketing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing

Lenny Allen is the Global Sales + Marketing Director for Bloomsbury Digital Resources, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing. An art historian by training, his professional reference experience dates back to the print launch of the Dictionary of Art and his primary personal interest lies in contemporary visual art. Prior to Bloomsbury, he spent more than a decade at Oxford University Press working with the institutional market.