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What: SIS 20th Anniversary Reception. Help us celebrate our 20th birthday at this special reception and listen to our special guest speaker, Gary Price.

Gary's presentation

 When:

October 9, 2006 (guests are always welcome). RSVPs are required.

Program: Our guest speaker will be Gary Price, librarian and the Director of Online Information Resources at Ask.com.

"Gary is a renowned expert in search, particularly structured data search, and a respected leader within the search, library and education communities.

"In addition to his former position on the editorial team at Search Engine Watch, Price is the editor of ResourceShelf and Docuticker, online news sources for online researchers, librarians, journalists and educators. Price has been a frequent speaker at Search Engine Strategies, WebSearch University, Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian and numerous other industry conferences.

"Prior to joining Search Engine Watch and ResourceShelf, Price worked as a reference librarian at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He co-authored the book The Invisible Web with Chris Sherman and has compiled several well-known web research tools, including Price's List of Lists and Direct Search, a compilation of invisible Web databases. He has received numerous awards which include the Innovations in Technology award (2002) and the Agnes Henebry award (2004) from the Special Libraries Association and Alumnus of the Year (2004) from Wayne State University.

"Gary's role at Ask.com is to help make search better for users and be a resource to the Ask.com community."
http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/about/garyprice.shtml
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Gary's Bio on ResourceShelf  

Program handout

Where:

Stetson University College of Law
Tampa Campus, Classroom 136
1700 North Tampa Street, Tampa, FL 33602
http://www.law.stetson.edu
hosted by Steve Cannatta, Law Library.

Time:

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Meet and Greet
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Meeting and program
Food: Light refreshments will be served. 
RSVP: Please reply to Caroline Reed, (941) 359-4568, creed@ncf.edu by Wednesday, October 4, 2006. Late reservations will be allowed only as space permits. Cancellations must be received before the RSVP deadline; the organization  is obligated to pay for all food as arranged on the deadline date.
Directions: http://www.law.stetson.edu/general/directions.htm#tampa

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

TBLC  Tampa Bay Library Consortium

Platinum Sponsor


USF School of Library and Information Science
Bronze Sponsor Everlove and Associates
Everlove and Associates
 Sponsor Upper Story Books, Tampa

Sponsorship levels
One-page flyer: (.pdf)


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