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Upcoming Online Interviews

    Note: To enter the online room and participate in an event, simply click on the title of the event and follow the instructions.

  • Friday, January 18, 2008 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 7:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
      A Casual Conversation with Curtis Rogers

      Curtis Rogers is the Director of the Division of Statewide Library Services at the South Carolina State Library. He also blogs at Libraries & Life.

      The Casual Conversations series is designed to be up-close and personal from a respectable online distance. While there are many conferences (in-person, online, and in-world) where librarians can hear leaders in the field make formal presentations about interesting projects, there are few opportunities to hear these same leaders discuss informally what they currently are working on, their future plans and goals, the challenges and opportunities facing librarianship, their personal pet peeves, etc.

      Watch for more information about these upcoming Casual Conversations:

      Friday, Feb. 8, 2008: Lori Bell
      Friday, Feb. 15, 2008: Michelle Boule
      Friday, March 28, 2008: Marshall Breeding
      Friday, April 11, 2008: Jenny Levine
      Friday, May 16, 2008: Stephen Abram
      Friday, June 6, 2008: Michael Stephens
      Friday, July 11, 2008: Greg Schwartz

      Host: TAP Information Services

      Link to the OPAL Online Auditorium

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