The Corporate Librarian

One area the Corporate Librarian’s interested in is using technology to train people remotely. Vendors use web conferencing and webinar tools like Centra or WebEx all the time, and it seems a natural for the Corporate Librarian to do the same given the fact that most of his clients are in different offices entirely.

Many vendors are working on making their products more user-friendly and customizable, but the Corporate Librarian thinks walk-throughs are would also be useful in dispelling the “fear of the unknown” factor. Also, it would give the Corporate Librarian a chance to flex those bibliographic instruction skills he picked up in library school. It wouldn’t hurt to build an awareness of librarians as capable of doing more than just lit searches and putting together PowerPoint decks, too.

Any tips, in terms of what does and doesn’t work?