<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b9836a81-7fff-bd93-b97c-9132f11a8e76"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Reference Summit Presents 2022</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us for the first of several bi-monthly programs over 2022</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, April 28</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3:00 - 4:00 p.m.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remote Access for Special Collections: Going Virtual in a Material World </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Allee Monheim, Cali Vance, Claire Cannell of the University of Washington Special Collections</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In September of 2021, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections launched our first-ever remote research service: the Virtual Reading Room (VRR), a 55-minute Zoom appointment where a user consults material while a staff member operates a document camera and handles material. Originally launched as a pilot project intended to last through Fall Quarter to overcome pandemic related closures and uncertainties, the service’s popularity far surpassed our expectations. We were (and continue to be) almost fully booked every week, even after we reopened for in-person research. By the end of Fall Quarter, over 75% of our available appointments had been booked, and it became clear that this service was providing access to those who were far outside our normal user pool. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will go over how we launched the VRR, including technical and logistical considerations you’ll want to take into account when deciding to launch your own service. We’ll also share our own reflections on the service, as well as survey data that we’ve collected from our users about their own experiences. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczoORCpGg_mSyWfz18L2M9yMzFpu_0NTnBc4hu_RRWcM7YqA/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click here to register</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://sites.google.com/olaweb.org/oregon-reference-summit/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information visit our website</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/OrRS2020">tinyurl.com/OrRS2020</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><font size="4">For questions contact:</font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><font size="4"><br></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><b>Lori Moore - <a href="mailto:lorim@multco.us">lorim@multco.us</a></b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Mark Peterson - <a href="mailto:mark.peterson@mhcc.edu">mark.peterson@mhcc.edu</a></b></span><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6012ec7e-7fff-b971-7173-ddba389de5b2"></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Sandra Dixon MLIS</font></div><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Oregon Reference Summit Co-Chair</font><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><a href="mailto:ors.cochair.sandra.dixon@gmail.com" target="_blank">ors.cochair.sandra.dixon@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4">My pronouns are she/her/hers</font></div></div></div></div>