Much has been written, discussed, debated, and argued about the future of reference in the hallowed halls of many a publisher and library. This session will focus on whether we should move away from the “formats” discussion and bring creating quality content back to the forefront. Our featured speaker will be Mission Bell Media CEO, Rolf Janke.

Our #ReferenceStrategy webinar series is off and running! Jodie Morin, library director at Buena Vista University shared with us The Four (or Five?) B’s: Preparing for the Research Process. Spoiler alert: there are five B’s, but whether the fifth B stands for Best, Bounty, Boffo, or something else entirely, is up to you!

The world of reference is changing. Does your library have a strategy toadapt and innovate? In August we looked at how reference has and hasn't changed in the last 140 years. Over the next several weeks we’ll look at what reference strategy means to different libraries and reference publishers, and what tactics they’re employing to adapt to reference in the 21st century.

What a time to be in San Francisco! The weekend of ALA Annual coincided with the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage and the annual San Francisco Pride Parade. The weekend didn’t fail to deliver both in festiveness and ALA Conference fun!

Credo’s grant gave me resources and opportunity, allowing me to attend the American Library Association (ALA) meeting in San Francisco. I first encountered Credo Online Reference Service and Literati at ALA Chicago. Attending ALA in San Francisco (ALA/SF) this year, basically made Credo & Literati my “reference tools.” It did for me what I use Credo and Literati to do for my patrons: it gave me the resources and the opportunity to connect with professionals.

How many times have you said that to someone not really thinking it could reasonably happen anytime soon?  These were exactly my words and thoughts when saying goodbye to Mirela Roncevic last May after seeing her at Book Expo America in New York City.  Mirela had just recently left her job at Library Journal where she had been Reference Editor since 2004.  Mirela and her husband decided that having grown up in Croatia before coming to New York City half-a-life-time-ago, they would move family and careers back to their native Croatia—a big move.  Mirela took on electronic publishing assignments with a publisher in Zagreb and her husband found suitable work as well.