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IBEC Upcoming and Past Presentations
Karen Fisher giving keynote at Creating Knowledge V in Turku, Finland, Aug 20-22, 2008.
Charles Naumer speaking at American Evaluation Association Conference in Denver, Nov 5-8, 2008.
Karen Fisher spoke at Connecting Up and Queensland State Library in Brisbane, Australia, May 19-21, 2008.
Fisher, K. E. (May 19, 2008). Showing the power of ICTs through outcome assessment: Lessons from Seattle. Connecting Up 2008 "Online and Off to the Future for Nonprofits!" Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. http://connectingup.org
Fisher, K. E. (May 21, 2008). How libraries and librarians help through public access computing. Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Australia. http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/
2008 Shera Award Winners!
Eric Meyers, Karen Fisher & Betty Marcoux won the 2008 ALA Jesse H. Shera Award for their LISR article, "Studying the Everyday Information Behavior of Tweens: Notes from the field." Read more here.
IBEC will examine benefits of free access to computers in public libraries.
IMLS announced that it will enter into a cooperative agreement with the University of Washington to conduct a national study on the social, economic, personal, and professional value of free access to computers at public libraries. Read more here.
Karen Fisher is a NORSLIS Visiting Scholar.
During May, 2008 Karen Fisher spoke on "The death of the user and other ruminations on information behavior research" as well as worked with faculty and students at the:
School of Library and Information Studies, Oslo University College
The Swedish School of Library and Information Science, The University College of Borås
Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
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