BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20080309T100000 RDATE:20080309T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20081102T090000 RDATE:20081102T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080927 SUMMARY:Aligning Academic Libraries with Real User Needs DESCRIPTION:Susan Gibbons\, Vice Provost and Dean of the River Campus Lib raries at the University of Rochester\, NY\, will present the 2008 Johann ah Sherrer Memorial Lecture\, "Aligning Academic Libraries with Real User Needs" on Friday\, September 26\, at 3:00 pm in the Gordon H. Smith Hall in Albany Quadrangle. Ms. Gibbons' innovative work with anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster to study the research behavior of undergraduates has g ained attention from libraries around the world. Their findings have been presented in the co-edited book\, Studying Students: The Undergraduate R esearch Project at the University of Rochester (ALA\, 2007) and covered b y the Chronicle of Higher Education. Ms. Gibbons will speak about her exp eriences with this anthropological research project and the illumination and guidance it has provided in developing library services in the new ce ntury. About the lecture: The Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture in Libr ary Service was established in 1999 to commemorate the contributions and legacies of a respected friend\, colleague\, and champion of service. Jo hannah Sherrer was the Director of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis &\; Clark College from July 1993-September 1998. \; Known for her warm smile\, her boundless energy\, vitality\, and drive\, her compassion and friendliness to all creatures great and small\, and her devotion to service in all its connotations\, Johannah Sherrer was a friend\, a colle ague\, a mentor\, and a champion of libraries. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Susan Gibbons\, Vice Provost and Dean o
f the River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester\, NY\, will p
resent the 2008 Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture\, "Aligning Academic Li
braries with Real User Needs" on Friday\, September 26\, at 3:00 pm in th
e Gordon H. Smith Hall in Albany Quadrangle.
Ms. Gibbons' innovati
ve work with anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster to study the research beha
vior of undergraduates has gained attention from libraries around the wor
ld. Their findings have been presented in the co-edited book\, Studying S
tudents: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rocheste
r (ALA\, 2007) and covered by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Ms. Gibb
ons will speak about her experiences with this anthropological research p
roject and the illumination and guidance it has provided in developing li
brary services in the new century.
About the lecture:
The J
ohannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture in Library Service was established in 19
99 to commemorate the contributions and legacies of a respected friend\,
colleague\, and champion of service.
Johannah Sherrer was the Dire
ctor of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis &\; Clark College from J
uly 1993-September 1998. \; Known for her warm smile\, her boundless
energy\, vitality\, and drive\, her compassion and friendliness to all cr
eatures great and small\, and her devotion to service in all its connotat
ions\, Johannah Sherrer was a friend\, a colleague\, a mentor\, and a cha
mpion of libraries.