This might be a little elliptical - its the slides to go along with my Pecha Kucha-style Reference Renassance conference report (with a few added annotations to add a tiny bit of context.)

1. Rethinking Reference: Impressions from the Reference Renaissance Conference (a Pecha Kucha experiment… with some later annotations ) Lorena O’English WSU Libraries 16 October, 2008 ( Conference Archives ) oenglishATwsu.edu Yahoo/AIM/MSN IM - wsulorena

3. From Chris Anderson’s Free to Kevin Kelly’s Better than Free (Keynote by David W. Lewis, “ Reference in the Age of Wikipedia…Or Not ”)

4. http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm ( Laurie Van Court, “Virtual Services Librarian: Bridge Between the Public Desk and IT”) Tech Questions: Make a library of available resources

5. So much for the wireless world. My laptop battery gave out quickly – a good reminder about the need to provide good workspaces and OUTLETS for our users!

6. “ You Bought It, Now Sell It! Creating a Reference Renaissance in the Public Library by Merchandising Collections and Services ” (Panel) Market your Reference Collection! Suggest complementary resources.

7. Bill Pardue, “Implementing " Predatory Reference": Fun and Innovative Approaches to Moving Reference Beyond the Library ” Reconfigure our brand to be more than books. Get out of the library to do it…

8. screencasting Greg R. Notess, “Quick Screencasts for Distance Reference“ Screencasting is really easy…why not make one and send it (or link) to patrons?

10. Greg R. Notess, “Embedding Screenshots in Email: New Software Approaches”

11. http://www.ptbed.org David Lankes (listen to the Theory Meets Practice Plenary via podcast ) “Focus on knowledge creation over artifacts…”

12. Carla Stoffle, listen to the Theory Meets Practice Plenary via podcast U of AZ library study: 85% ref questions no need libn – do outreach!

13. Intro - title Laurie Van Court, Douglas Co. Libraries Note: the dog is my Heidi!

14. No more room for Lone Rangers in the library…

15. Get a work cell phone. With text messaging. Give out your #. Respond.

16. Wired Magazine 16.01 Build local apps and widgets, hosted on library servers.

18. “ Renew your personal commitment to service quality. Share positivity [and possibility!] with your colleagues.” Marie Radford loe

19. http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance/presentations.html …