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Purdue UniversityPurdue e-PubsProceedings of the IATUL Conferences 2006 IATUL ProceedingsLibrary Ambassadors: Cornell's researchconnection.Zsuzsa KoltayCornell UniversityThis document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact epubs@purdue.edu foradditional information.Zsuzsa Koltay, "Library Ambassadors: Cornell's research connection.." Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences. Paper 28.http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2006/papers/28Session 2 – 22nd 14.00-15.30m  Tema: Libraries and research and science Sala: B035   Zsuzsa Koltay Cornell University Library Ambassadors: Cornell’s Research Connection  Abstract Cornell University’s College of Engineering opened a state of the art nanotechnology reseach building at the end of 2004.  Although the building was designed with no library, we were invited to conceptualize and provide a library presence in the beautiful atrium of the building, an area that has fast become the Commons of the College, where researchers and students meet and study 24/7.  The result is the Research Connection, a library outreach effort that is designed to spread the word about what libraries and librarians do.  Rather than a satellite reference location, the Research Connection is a proactive way to communicate with students and researchers who otherwise might not come to the library.  The paper will discuss what it took to train librarians for this unusually proactive role, as well as changes in our on-site service model that was needed in order to staff the Research Connection.   tivity enabled by the Internet.   

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