At the 2006 Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA), in New Orleans, LA

Zora J. Sampson, Director-Library/Information and Instructional Technology, University of Wisconsin-Barron County acted as moderator of the program entitled :

The Technology of Outreach: how technology supports the connection.

ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) sponsored the program under the conference Track: Digital Information & Technologies.  (click here for a general description of the program)

Speakers included:

Patricia A. Kreitz, Director, Technical Information Services, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University;  Click here for a copy of Director Kreitz's power point presentation on the History of SLAC and the LANL e-print archive. 

Steven R. Pisani, Head, Cataloging & Interlibrary Loan Services, Westchester Library System, Tarrytown, NY Pisani spoke about the commitment he supports to Spanish Language holdings with true Spanish language subject headings and Spanish language subject authorities.  Click here to view his power point presentation.

Jacquie Samples, Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian, Metadata and Cataloging Department Senior Acquisitions Librarian, North Carolina State University.  For access to a blog on Jacquie's presentation on the multiple levels of NC Information resources and the seamless access in and out of each, click here.  Thanks also to Hillary Davis who helped prepare the presentation and set up the blog.  Hillary is a Library Fellow and Collection Manager for the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library at NC State. For copies of the handouts that accompanied this talk at conference click here.

Ewa Barczyk, Interim Director of Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries spoke about the digital collections that reflect the history, culture and arts of the Milwaukee community.  This outreach commitment serves the university, the community members and world-wide researchers.

Click here for a copy of the power point presentation that enhanced her talk.

This panel of experts represented Special, Academic, Public and Tribal libraries described programs using technology to reach further and better. The long history of commitment driving the use of technology was celebrated and some of today’s hot new outreach efforts were highlighted. Whether you are in technical services, administration, outreach coordinator and library supporter interested in trying something new, your questions are welcomed and encouraged.  This is a conversation vital to our profession and education in general that must be continued.  For further information send an email to zora.sampson@uwc.edu