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Good afternoon, This is being sent to a number of lists. Please accept our apologies for=20 duplicate postings. Also please do not respond to me if you have questions.= =20 Use the information provided at the bottom of the message. Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present "Surviving the Internet=85." Irene E. McDermott, a Reference Librarian/Systems Manager at the San Marino= =20 Public Library will be presenting a lecture entitled, "Surviving the=20 Internet: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk" at the Library of=20 Congress on Friday, October 25th, 2002, from 10:30am-12:00pm in the=20 Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress' James Madison Building,=20 located at First and Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. Seating at= =20 this event will be limited to 65, so please allow time to arrive early. McDermott will speak about methods for adapting traditional reference=20 skills to a digital environment. She plans to address the sudden appearance= =20 of the World Wide Web the at the reference desk and to discuss the=20 advantages and disadvantages of this new technology for librarians. She=20 will suggest a number of sturdy and reliable Web sites that can be used to= =20 answer reference questions. McDermott said, "I love talking about techno-stress: librarians freaking=20 out about having to be computer experts all of a sudden. The book is=20 supposed to be sort of a warm washcloth over the tired eyes of these=20 anxious people. So, I can address this issue: what is gained by librarians= =20 from the Internet, what is lost, and a few tips to help us all cope!" Diane Kresh, Director Public Service Collections Library of Congress raves= =20 about McDermott's upcoming book, The Librarians Internet Survival Guide.=20 She said, "Finally-a comprehensive handbook written by a practitioner for=20 practitioners. The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide can be read cover to= =20 cover or one can cherry pick according to interest: biography, news, kids,= =20 health, privacy, it's all here." To read more about her upcoming book, "The= =20 Librarians Internet Survival Guide: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference= =20 Desk," go to: < http://shop.store.yahoo.com/infotoday/libsinsurgui.html>. McDermott is also a columnist (called the "Internet Express") for Searcher:= =20 The Magazine for Database Professionals=20 <http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.htm>. You can read the full text= =20 version of her most recent column for Searcher (June 2002) online at:=20 <http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun02/mcdermott.htm>. This event marks the fall return of the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library=20 series, which began last spring. The Public Service Collections Directorate= =20 of the Library of Congress sponsors this speaker series. Please check the=20 Luminary Lectures @ Your Library web site at:=20 <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>. No reservations are necessary. All lectures are free and open to the public Other events coming in the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library series this=20 fall/winter include: "Public Access to Digital Materials" Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-founder of the Internet= =20 Archive (http://www.archive.org), inventor and founder of Wide Area=20 Information Servers Inc., Past President of Alexa Internet, and Author, on= =20 Wednesday, November 20th, @ the Pickford Theater from 10:30am-12:00pm. "'No Guts, No Glory': Information Professionals March Into the 22nd Century" Barbara Quint, Editor-in-Chief of "Searcher: The Magazine for Database=20 Professionals," a tele-conference on Wednesday, December 4th, @ the NDL=20 Learning Center, 10:30am-12:00pm. "Information Ethics: Challenges for Librarians and Information Scientists" Dr. Toni Carbo, Madison Council Fellow in Library and Information Science,= =20 Kluge Center/Library of Congress; and Professor, University of Pittsburgh=20 on Monday, December 9th, @ the Pickford Theater from 10:30-12:00pm. ...And coming in 2003: Dr. Neal Kaske, Manager of the Engineering &=20 Physical Sciences Library at the University of Maryland Libraries in=20 College Park, adjunct faculty member in the College of Information Studies;= =20 and Dr. Joseph Janes, Founding Director of the Internet Public Library=20 (http://www.ipl.org/) and Assistant Professor at the Information School of= =20 the University of Washington. 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