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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All welcome at this open meeting about trends in information consumption, and what it means for libraries! Please RSVP to me off-list if you can come. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daphne Kouretas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Member Services Consultant - OCLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Email <a href="mailto:daphne_kouretas@oclc.org">daphne_kouretas@oclc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>OCLC NetWorkShop:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Perceptions of Libraries: Context and Community</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thursday 26 May, 10.00am-noon, <a href="http://www.multcolib.org/agcy/cen.html">Multnomah County Central Library</a> US Bank Room<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Join us </b>for this informal, experimental, and interactive networking opportunity/workshop to hear highlights from OCLC’s recent market research on the online practices and perceptions of today’s increasingly confident, empowered information consumer. We’ll break into discussions to explore our own experiences and interpretations of OCLC’s data, and reconvene to compare notes about what this means for library technology, services, and outreach in the Pacific Northwest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Together we’ll consider: what’s tomorrow’s information consumer thinking about, today? How and where does she seek information? What does he think of the library? What advice do users have for us? Does the Pacific Northwest conform to national trends?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Background</b>: OCLC’s recent market research report, <a href="http://www.oclc.org/reports/2010perceptions.htm">Perceptions of Libraries 2010: Context and Community</a>, explores the changing technological and economic environments of the past eight years, and how users in different life-stages perceive and use the library. If perception is reality – or more accurately, if perception predicts tomorrow’s reality, then we need hard data about user perceptions to guide our service development, marketing and more. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>RSVP (required):</b> Please RSVP and direct questions to <a href="mailto:daphne_kouretas@oclc.org">daphne_kouretas@oclc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Coffee and refreshments will be provided. <b>Free to attend.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Daphne Kouretas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Member Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>OCLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Telephone 1-800-848-5878 ext 4060<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax 1-614-718-7643<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Email daphne_kouretas@oclc.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>