Bob Watson has extensive experience as a conferencing host in both for-profit and non-profit community environments. He has moved his 30 years of professional library experience online and now practices "cybrarianship" in addition to traditional library reference skills -- this includes information searching, taxonomy development, and skilled "drill down" problem clarification. He is currently a manager of the Brainstorms virtual community. Past experience includes hosting for and being Host Manager of the Electric Minds virtual community, being Manager of a virtual community serving the Chicago Library System, serving as president of a Chamber of Commerce, president of a library automation consortium, and as Corporate/Research Librarian of Masonite Corporation. He is also the Executive Director of an Illinois public library. He was the 2006 winner of the Contributor of the Year award from WebJunction and is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America.