2010 ILF Pre-Conference Workshops
Monday, November 15, 2010
See details below on the IPLA Pre-Conference Package!
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
New Rules for Library Projects ($15/$25)*
Planning a construction project? Get answers to questions about legislative changes, financial considerations, visioning, community engagement, and best practices for passing a library referendum.
Presenter(s): Colette J. Irwin-Knott, H. J. Umbaugh and Associates; Jane N. Herndon, Ice Miller LLP; Carl H. Baxmeyer, James R. Mumby, William E. Payne & John J. Clark, Fanning Howey; Polly Koenigsknecht, The Library Marketing Group
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
"With a Little Help From My Friends": Let's Explore Web 2.0 Resources Together ($15/$25)
In the face of continual change, it is essential for the library professional to find tools that help them to stay informed and connected to learning resources. You can do just that - With A Little Help From Your Friends"! The resources you and your students need are everywhere. Gather information from your friends, (many of whom you haven't met) educators and librarians all over the world! This session will address creating your own professional PLN (personal learning network) and on using the interactive tools you discover - with a little help from your friends - that will engage your students as they advance their information literacy skills.
Presenter(s): Vicki Builta, Anderson High School
Session Sponsor: AIME
Audience: School Media Specialists
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
BEST of the New Books: Spring and Fall Lists, 2010 ($10/$15)
Join this Indiana treasure for a workshop full of K-12 booktalks, including reviews, recommendations, insight, and anecdotes. You will leave this workshop with purchasing ideas, curricular connections, and much more!
Presenter(s): Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore
Session Sponsor: AIME
Audience: School Media Specialists, Children's Librarians
1:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
21 Ideas for 21st Century Libraries ($15/$25)*
This practical how-to presentation will focus on best practices for 21st century public libraries. Practical information about changing services and use of public libraries and "doing more with less" will be addressed. Topics will include facilities, marketing, technology, collections, collaborations, staffing, and more. Presenters will encourage group discussion of the ideas presented.
Presenter(s): Kimberly Bolan Cullin, MLS, Kimberly Bolan Associates and Providence Associates and Robert Cullin, Evanced Solutions
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Support Staff, Technology, Corp/Network Librarians, Children's Librarians, Library Trustees, Library Directors
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MarcEdit Workshop ($15/$25)
MarcEdit is a free software program developed by Terry Reese of Oregon State University, used primarily to facilitate batch processing of records. Lisa Steinbarger of Notre Dame will demonstrate how MarcEdit can be used to edit record sets for loading into a library catalog. Functions include batch editing MARC records, character set conversions and record extractions and deletions. She will share the work flows that have been established at the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries, using MarcEdit to customize and correct vendor records before loading into ALEPH, their integrated library system. In addition, she will share their local process of reporting that creates summaries of the data in the record sets that allows them to analyze the records prior to modifying in MarcEdit.
Presenter(s): Lisa Stienbarger, University of Notre Dame Libraries
Session Sponsor: Technical Services Division
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Academic Librarians, Corp/Network Librarians/Network, Cataloging/Reference
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Borrowing from lessons learned in the bookstore ($10/$15)
This session will focus on simple and inexpensive methods you can use to help your community understand the importance of reading and librarians. Practical experience will be shared in "selling" and marketing books. New books not covered in the previous session will be used. Grades K-8.
Presenter(s): Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore
Session Sponsor: AIME
Audience: School Media Specialists, Children's Librarians
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fundraising Strategies for a Changing Library Environment ($15/$25)*
Part I: Creating your case for giving: Libraries - more than just books on shelves.
Part II: Fundraising essentials: What do you need to be successful?
Part III: Strategies: Approaches and programs that can help secure your future.
Part IV: Questions
Presenter(s): Wayne Kyle and Peter Woodburn, Woodburn, Kyle & Co.
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, School Media Specialists, Corp/Network Librarians, Library Trustees, Library Directors, Friends
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Off-site at IUPUI - Directions to be provided upon registration.)
No Stone Unturned in Consumer Health: Resources for Addressing the Issues and Challenges in Consumer Health and Patient Self Management ($15/$25)
In this session, librarians will learn how to recognize and overcome the challenges of providing useful information for consumer health and patient self-management. Issues included health literacy and health information literacy, readability and cognition factors that impact on an individual's ability to understand and use consumer health information. Participants will explore high quality consumer health information resources that are useful in public and academic library settings.
Presenter(s): Katherine Schilling, Indiana University School of Library and Information Science
Audience: Public Librarians, Support Staff, Academic Librarians
*The IPLA Pre-Conference Package includes 3 workshops (New Rules for Library Projects, 21 Ideas for 21st Century Libraries and Fundraising Strategies for a Changing Library Environment) for $40 for members and $68 for non-members. Select the "IPLA Pre-Conference Package" on your registration to save $5 for members and $7 for non-members!
