Government Documents Like a Pro!

(Workshop full! Email rrichard@pcc.edu to be added to a waiting list.)

Coping with Documents Questions Like a Pro, Whether You Work in a Depository Library or Not

Friday, May 12th
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
PCC Cascade Library, Room 106
705 N. Killingsworth Street, Portland
For directions and parking information, see http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/

Description

This hands-on workshop focuses on what reference service providers need to know about government information, regardless of the type of library they work in and whether or not it is a depository library.  The workshop will cover some of the most popular online information sources from the U.S. government.  Topics will include

Participants will gain experience in spotting the hidden clues to locating government information sources in newspaper stories and reference queries.  A toolkit of finding aids for government information will be provided.

Presenter

Dena Hutto has worked with government information since 1993, the year government information first went online with the text-based Federal Register.   She was documents librarian and cataloger at Penn State before coming to Oregon and Reed College in 1996, first serving as government documents librarian and currently as director of reference & instruction. Dena is a former member of the Depository Library Council to the U.S. Public Printer, and she has taught the government information course for the Emporia State University Oregon program for several years.

Cost

Student/retiree rate:       $25.00
PORTALS member rate:    $35.00
non-member rate:            $45.00

Registration:

After you have registered, please make out your payment check to PORTALS and mail to

Roberta Richards, PORTALS Coordinator
Sylvania Library—PORTALS Office
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990

 

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