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        ALA Conference presentations by OCLC Researchers now available
        Five presentations made by OCLC Researchers and their colleagues at last month's ALA meeting in New Orleans are now available for viewing.
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        July 3, 2006

        <H2>Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Marie L. Radford (Rutgers)</H2>
    <H3><A href="../projects/synchronicity/ppt/ala06-qpusers.ppt" target=blank>Seeking Synchronicity: Evaluating Virtual Reference Transcripts</A></H3>
    (PPT:428K/22 slides)<BR>
    QuestionPoint Users Group Meeting<BR>
    <A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2006a/2006an.htm">ALA Annual Conference</A>, 25 June, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)</P>

    <H2>Marie L. Radford (Rutgers) and Lynn Silipigni Connaway</H2>
    <H3><A href="../projects/synchronicity/ppt/ala06-lrrt.ppt" target=blank>Facework in Chat Reference Encounters</A></H3>(PPT:179K/29 slides)<BR>
    Library Research Round Table Research Forum, "Librarians as Research Subjects"<BR>
    <A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2006a/2006an.htm">ALA Annual Conference</A>, 24 June, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)</P>

    <H2>Julianne Beall (Library of Congress) and Diane Vizine-Goetz</H2>
    <H3><A href="../presentations/vizine-goetz/deweybreakfast2006.ppt" target=blank>Using Dewey to Improve Access to Fiction</A></H3>
    (PowerPoint:894K/14 slides)<BR>
    <A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2006a/2006an.htm">ALA Annual Conference</A>, 24 June 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)</P>

    <H2>Edward T. O'Neill</H2>
    <H3><A href="../projects/fast/ala06-5f.ppt" target=blank>FAST: A Faceted LCSH-Based Subject Vocabulary</A></H3>(PowerPoint:2.0MB/35 slides)<BR>
    <A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2006a/2006an.htm">ALA Annual Conference</A>, 24 June 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)</P>

    <H2>Thom Hickey</H2>
    <H3><A href="../projects/viaf/ala2006c.ppt" target=blank>Virtual International Authority File</A></H3>
    (PPT:325K/25 slides)<BR>
    <A href="http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2006a/2006an.htm">ALA Annual Conference</A>, 24 June 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)</P>

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        Bob Bolander
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        Communications &amp; Programs Manager
        OCLC Research