CHASING THE SUN is an innovative approach to international co-operationby making use of time zone differences across the world and uses OCLC's Questionpoint virtual reference software. The service currently runs between Australia and the UK and is expanding into Canada with interest from New Zealand. More information can be found on the CTS home page. Libraries participating in CTS can also provide a local virtual reference service to their own staff via the same software licence for a small extra fee.
Chasing the Sun - an after-hours virtual reference service for clinicians will be used to demonstrate the principles and practice of VR. Training will cover 2 areas.
* Virtual reference as a skill
* Using Chasing the Sun (this session will be hands on and all
participants will have a chance to be a client as well as a VR
librarian).
DETAILS
Trainer:
Sue Rockliff, co-administrator of the Australian Chasing the Sun Service and the Senior Librarian at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide.
Venue:
The Department of Health training room in North Sydney.
Cost:
$30 for ALIA members
$40 for non-members
Date:
Friday 30th May, 2008 9.30am to 12.30pm.
Registration:
To attend, please fill in the registration form.
Please note:
You do not have to be a Chasing the Sun member to participate in the training, so this is the opportunity for anyone in NSW who may be interested in learning about virtual reference, to get in and see what it is all about. Places are limited so don't delay.
More information:
If you have any queries or want to talk more about CTS, please call Sue Rockliff on 08 82226408 Mon-Wed or email or visit the ALIA HLA website.
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