Workshop full! To be added to the waiting list, email Roberta Richards at rrichard@pcc.edu.
Biz Buzz: Business and Marketing Reference Sources
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus
TEB (Technology Education Building), Room 215
705 N. Killingsworth Street
Portland, OR 97217
For directions and parking information, see http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/
Description:
Do questions about bond ratios, business plans, or NAICS codes make you nervous? Do you know more about literary genres than business terminology? If so, this workshop, taught by Heidi Senior from the University of Portland, is for you!
Increase your comfort level with business information at this hands-on workshop focusing on some of the most common business questions, including
The workshop will focus on free online sites and commonly-available print resources and the information provided will be applicable to all types of libraries. Participants will gain hands-on experience in using the resources, and a toolkit of finding aids for business information will be provided.
About the Presenter:
Like many reference librarians, Heidi Senior has an educational background in the humanities and social sciences. While in library school at the University of Washington, she received a crash course in business reference by working for nearly two years in the business library. At the University of Portland, where she has worked since 1998, she is the library’s liaison to the Robert B. Pamplin School of Business. Heidi is active in the Business Reference and Services Section of ALA/RUSA and currently chairs the Business Interest Group of Oregon within the Oregon Library Association.
Cost
Student/retiree rate: $25.00
PORTALS member rate: $35.00
non-member rate: $45.00
Registration:
After you have registered, please make out your payment check to PORTALS/PCC and mail to
Roberta Richards, PORTALS Coordinator
Sylvania Library—PORTALS Office
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990