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“And Now for Something Completely Different” brain food sampler series
Tuesday August 9th 5:00-6:30
Speaker – Jerry Baldwin Library Director, Minnesota Department of Transportation

We want to invite everyone to a speaker series. The goal is to showcase different information-related jobs and topics. The target audience is twofold: folks who are scoping out potential careers and folks who want to stay up on things in case someone at work asks and/or they are expected to become (or know) an expert in a given area.

The format is informal, roundtable discussion. We will ask each speaker to spend 30 minutes answering the following questions:
· Who are you?
· What do you do?
· How did you get there?
· How could I do or learn to do what you do?
· If I needed to hire you or someone like you, what should I know to make me a smart consumer?
Then we’ll open it up for questions from attendees.

The August speaker is Jerry Baldwin and we’ve asked Jerry to approach this a little differently. Jerry is an expert at calculating the value of his library. He has spoken to groups across the US and has written articles on the topic of detailing the value of a library and return on investment (ROI). This should be an interesting session for anyone who has (or might have) to prove the worth of their library to folks making the funding decisions. We’ve asked Jerry to focus on his work with ROI when addressing the questions above.

Here are the details:
Date & Time: 5:00 – 6:30 Tuesday August 9 (speaker starts at 5:30)
Place: Pad Thai 1659 Grand Ave just west of Macalester College (the old Red Fish Blue)
RSVP: please send us a note if you will be coming atreacy@treacyinfo.com
Cost: None – in fact ASIST will pick up some appetizers; Pad Thai serves wine, beer, and nonalcoholic beverages (drinks are on you).