Slam the Boards this June

On the same day each month Librarians around the globe stretch their reference skills by going online and searching out questions to answer from the various answer boards which are out there - they Slam the Boards.

Not only do they display amazing research skills but they continually point the people asking the question back to their local library and the array of resources they will find there - for free. As a professional development exercise, it's fun and rewarding to stretch your skills in answering questions in a completely online environment.

The next slam will be held June 10th. But you can slam earlier or later if you wish.

Go ahead, challenge yourself and Slam the Boards! You know you want to!
(and don't forget to comment below with how you went)

RedBubble merchandise

For some time now the RISG team has been promoting our seminars and events by producing a range of tee-shirts (and stickers) to suit using RedBubble.




Do you have your RedBubble tee?

Rod McGuinness' presentation from #risg2012

 You can catch up with Rod McGuinness' presentation from Reference at the Metcalfe, here.ABC and social media

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You can see more presentations, or links to presentations from the day here.

Wikipedia in the library

 If you missed seeing Liam Wyatt's presentation at Reference at the Metcalfe, make sure you catch up with it here. Wikipedia in the library : Liam Wyatt's presentation for #risg2012

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Imagine there's no desk

Shaun O'Dwyer and Kylie Bailin from the University of New South Wales reprised their presentation from VALA, as it was very relevent for public libraries. The links for this presentation are from the VALA website, you can watch their presention.

Presentation on Open library data by Martin Boyce, given at #risg2012

You can see Martin's presention here, and you can read more about his ideas in this link.

Open Library Data

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You can find more presentations from the seminar on the Reference and Information Service Group wiki. Don't forget to join the wiki.

Pam Langridge's presentation from risg2012

This is the presentation which Pam Langridge gave at #risg2012

Are we there yet? Reference at The Metcalfe 08-05-2012

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