Connect with OCLC at SLA and ALA

SLA—June 15-18, 2008 in Seattle, Washington
Visit OCLC in Booth #601 at SLA this year to learn more about our collection of eContent offerings and exclusive pricing, as well as our extensive collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks from OCLC’s NetLibrary. View live demonstrations of CONTENTdm, Virtual Reference, WorldCat Local and WorldCat Collection Analysis.

Register online today for OCLC’s Update Breakfast and Delivering Your Special Collections Online: Digitization and CONTENTdm!

And you won’t want to miss a brand new CEU session specially created by OCLC Eastern’s Manager of Education and Membership, Paulette Hasier. Managing Up: Becoming an Agent for Change at Your Organization will focus on how you can leverage your communication skills to become a better negotiator, solicit feedback and enhance your relationships with upper management and stakeholders. Participants will become skilled at crafting persuasive mission statements that can be delivered to managers and stakeholders—as well as improve your interpersonal skills to better communicate objectives and get buy-in from colleagues, managers and other constituents.

Managing Up: Becoming an Agent for Change at Your Organization
June 14, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ticketed Event #305, CE Session
Presented by: Click University
Member fee: $229
Non-member fee: $349
Register online: http://www.sla.org/PDFs/SLA2008/08conregform.pdf

ALA Annual Meeting in Anaheim, June 26 - July 2, 2008
Mark your calendar now to attend this year’s new OCLC Symposium on The Mashed-Up Library. Learn how developing new library services can now mean mixing data and functionality from several sources into “mash-ups” to provide a unique and powerful user experience. The Symposium is scheduled for Friday, June 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Then, you won’t want to miss the OCLC Update Breakfast. Come learn about all of our exciting new initiatives and participate in a roundtable discussion led by OCLC staff immediately following the presentation. The Update Breakfast will take place on Sunday, June 29 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Register now for these and other OCLC-sponsored events!

Visitors will also have the opportunity to discuss and experience first-hand the following library solutions with OCLC staff in Booth #1448:

NEW! Participate in the WorldCat Challenge game!
WorldCat Local
CONTENTdm
Virtual Reference (QuestionPoint)
Resource Sharing
Custom Cataloging
WorldCat Selections
Dewey
eContent
WorldCat Collection Analysis
WebJunction

See you soon in Anaheim!

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