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Print Proceedings of the 2008 Conference
Publishing Date: Now Available
Presentation handouts and materials from the 2008 conference are available by clicking on the presentation title from Schedule. To submit your presentation, please send it to refren@bcr.org
Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly exaggerated! Reference service now encompasses not just traditional forms such as telephone, email, and in-person point-of-service, but also Instant Messaging, Text Messaging (SMS), blogs, wikis, library pages on MySpace and Facebook, and virtual reference desks in Second Life.
The inaugural “Reference Renaissance” conference in 2008 was a truly amazing and inspirational event with over 500 people attending. The conference explored all aspects of reference service in a broad range of contexts, including libraries and information centers, in academic, public, school, corporate, and other special library environments. The two-day conference incorporated the multitude of established, emerging, and merging types of reference service including both traditional and virtual reference. It presented an opportunity for all reference practitioners and scholars to explore the rapid growth and changing nature of reference, as an escalating array of information technologies blend with traditional reference service to create vibrant hybrids.
If you would like to be notified about the 2010 conference, please contact Justine Shaffner at refren@bcr.org.
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