Keynote Speaker, Jeffrey Trzeciak
Virtual Transformation
Forget the card catalogue. McMaster's new librarian is talking blog, wiki and gaming. He's even giving the university an alternative life on a popular online world.
When McMaster University hailed the hiring of a new chief librarian last year, then-provost Ken Norrie called the arrival of the new man a "coup."
Now, just seven months into the job, Jeffrey Trzeciak is shedding parts of the old regime and changing the basic mission of the library.
Forget resorting the card catalogue -- his "transformation" is all about Second Life, blogs, wikis and the hiring of what's likely the first gaming librarian at a university library.
"We are trying to go where students are," says Trzeciak, a young 40-year- old who plays multiplayer online video game World of Warcraft -- a lot. He speaks quickly, like a rapid-fire barrage, even before his large afternoon coffee. "So, we just opened a reference service in Second Life."
Read the full article from the Hamilton Spectator 
Links of Interest:
McMaster University Library Blog
http://ulatmac.wordpress.com/
McMaster Dailey News, March 10, 2006
New University Librarian Appointed
http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=3885
Second Life, Official Website
http://secondlife.com/
World of Warcraft, Official Website
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/
Contact Info:
Jeffrey Trzeciak, University Librarian
Mills Memorial Library
(Humanities and Social Sciences)
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4L6
CANADA
905-525-9140 ext. 24359
trzecia@mcmaster.ca
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