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Sponsors include:
Libraries in
Tough Economic Times
If you listen to the buzz, there's a hum of excitement in the library.
Library usage is up.
Users need the library more than ever in a tough economic climate.
How do we identify, market, and promote the needs of
the library so that we may
! best serve our users?
Libraries in Tough Economic Times
Learn how major associations and organizations are tackling the problem.
Exchange ideas with experts who have demonstrated success in branding services.
Join hands with others in a common effort to better serve all in our communities.
Speakers include:
Suzanne Grefsheim (NIH Library)
Patricia Glass Schuman (Neal-Schuman Publishers)
Roberta Stevens (Library of Congress)
Greta Southard (Executive Director, PLA)
Ellen Herbst (Director, National Technical Information Service)
Questions? [email protected]
Libraries in Tough Economic Times
Date:
Time:
Location:
Friday, March 6, 2009
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
National Institutes of Health
Masur Auditorium (Building 10 near the south entrance --- across from the NIH library)
Want to take a tour of the NIH library at 12:00 before the event?
Reserve a space with Dera Tompkins ([email protected])
Directions to NIH Clinical Center: Enter the NIH campus through the public entrance at Route 355 (Rockville
Pike) and South Drive. Show your identification at security before proceeding on South Drive to Center Drive.
Turn right on Center Drive following signs to “Patient Parking” and “Clinical Center.” The main entrance to the
hospital will be on your left on Center Drive.
Questions? [email protected]
Libraries in Tough Economic Times
Sponsor web sites
ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT)
District of Columbia Library Association
Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Special Libraries Association
ALA Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library
Questions? [email protected]