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SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IIP/G/EA - EKENEALY AND RFHOLDEN; EAP/PD - AEGRIMES; 
JBOOKBINDER, RHOLDEN, TSKIPPER; EAP/ANP - DRICCI 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP SCUL
 
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DVC WITH GREG NOTESS (First choice) or MARYDEE 
OJALA (second choice) -- REINVENTING OURSELVES AS INTERNET 
LIBRARIANS. 
 
 
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Greg Notess, Reference 
Librarian and expert searcher from Montana State University, who is 
also a longtime information industry observer and owner of 
SearchEngineShowdown.com. 
 
¶B. PREFERRED DATE AND TIME OF PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR, QUARTER: 
Request 3rd week of March (6:00pm Washington, DC; Indiana 5:00 and 
Montana 4:00 DST   noon NZ the following day). One hour; second 
quarter; FY2007. 
 
¶C. JUSTIFICATION OF PROGRAM: It is obvious that Internet 
technologies have altered the ways librarians work.  The amount and 
types of information available in digitized form have increased 
exponentially, presenting information professionals with challenges 
in finding, analyzing, managing, customizing, and sharing 
information; and the new realities of electronic research affect 
everything we do.  The new roles that are called for mean that we 
may not call ourselves librarians, and new resources change our 
approach to research.  Just when we thought we knew how the web 
works and what the Internet can provide in the way of credible 
resources, the game changes. We wake up to an Internet world where 
Google tests a new user interface; a student finds a new online 
resource we never knew existed; a corporate client informs us that 
he's subscribed to a database we already have in-house; and work 
colleagues all over the office think they can find it all on Google. 
Post would appreciate the opportunity to hear from Mr. Notess about 
the finer points of searching and reference work today and the 
challenges facing Internet librarians in this volatile world in 
which we find ourselves. We would welcome a discussion on the new 
realities of the Internet and how we must rise to the challenges and 
constantly reinvent ourselves as we cope with the new realities of 
how electronic research affects everything we do. 
We would also like Mr. Notess to discuss what librarians need to 
know to make searching really work; to see how hands-on information 
managers are implementing search software and getting results; to 
find out how to troubleshoot search problems and avoid glitches; 
learn how to upgrade or enhance the search solution that may already 
be in place; and to find out about next-generation search tools and 
developments. 
¶D. MPP THEME AND EXPECTED AUDIENCE: MPP GOAL 07-01 Mutual 
Understanding. Embassy Wellington's library and information 
professions' contacts will include representatives from the 
Parliamentary Library, the National Library of New Zealand, public 
libraries, and the university and special libraries in the capital 
city. 
 
¶E. NAME OF SPECIALIST REQUIRED: Suggestions in priority order are: 
1) Greg R. Notess 
415 N. 5th Ave. 
Bozeman, MT 59715 
USA 
 
Ph: 406-994-6563 (daytime); 406-585-2287 (evening) 
Fax: 253-390-7391 
 
email: greg@notess.com 
 
OR 
 
2) Marydee Ojala, Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for 
Information Professionals, USA edits ONLINE: The Leading Magazine 
for Information Professionals and writes its business research 
column ("The Dollar Sign").  Operates her own research and writing 
company with offices in the U.S. and Denmark, specializing in 
international business, industry analysis, management processes, and 
competitive intelligence projects. She contributes feature articles 
and news stories to Information Today, Searcher, and Information 
Today's NewsBreaks. 
 
Contact details: Marydee Ojala 
ONLINE magazine 
10214 Chestnut Plaza Drive 
Ft. Wayne, IN 46814 
USA 
 
Ph: 260-436-9900    Fax: 260-436-9903 
email marydee@infotoday.com 
 
¶F. POST PROJECT OFFICER: 
Control officer: Christine Vivian 
Office phone: 644-462-6112 or 021-418-044 
Fax: 644-499-0490 
Email: cvivian@actrix.gen.nz & vivianc@state.gov 
 
TECHNICAL OFFICER: Ola Thorsen 
Office phone: 644-462-6015, Fax: 644-499-0490 
Cell: 6427-451-2535 Email: thorsenO@state.gov 
 
LIBRARIANS. 
 
 
LOCATION AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 
ISDN numbers: 644-939-7519 Coord. Line: 644-462-6150 
U.S. Embassy, Wellington has a polycom viewstation. 384K 
Venue: U.S. Embassy Wellington 
 
Please advise soonest.  Thanks and regards, 
McCORMICK