Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that its Distinguished Seminar Series will present ‘From Books and Buildings to Information and Services’ with Nancy K. Roderer on January 16, 2012 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio. The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or online.
Technology is seen to have enabled remarkable increases in the volume of use of scholarly information, with medicine on the forefront of the expansion of access. Much of what the health scientist or practitioner needs is available online and is being used from offices, labs, clinics, etc. The Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University developed a strategic plan for a digital future in 2001-2 and adopted the tag line ‘wherever you are.’ Since that time, the library has been moving aggressively to the provision of digital information, complemented by librarians who also go to the user. While the new services are extensively used, these changes run counter to the traditional view of the library as books and buildings. In this presentation, Roderer will highlight the changes at the Welch Medical Library over the past 10 years and discuss the potential implications of these shifts for other libraries.
Roderer is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and serves as the Director of the Welch Medical Library and the Director of the academic Division of Health Sciences Informatics (DHSI).
This Distinguished Seminar Series presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. EST and will be followed by a question and answer session at 10:00 a.m. Interested parties may attend this presentation in person or remotely via WebEx. Advanced registration is encouraged, but not required.
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