2005
ILF Annual Conference -
Thursday,
March 24, 2005
8:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Indiana Library Federation Annual Business Meeting
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Keynote Speaker - Syd Lieberman
Syd Lieberman is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, an award-winning
teacher, and author. He has appeared at major storytelling festivals
across the country, including six featured appearances at the National
Festival in Jonesborough, TN; at the Glistening Waters Festival in New
Zealand; and on American Public Radio’s Good Evening as a guest
storyteller and host.
Speaker: Syd Lieberman, Chicago,
Illinois
Sponsor: Indianapolis Marion County
Public Library Foundation; Indiana Public Library Association; Indiana
Library Trustee Association; This project is supported by the Institute
of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services
& Technology Act, administered by the Indiana State Library
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2005 Trustee Program
This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the keynote address featuring
acclaimed storyteller, award winning teacher and author, Syd Lieberman.
At 10:00 a.m. Robert Waxler, professor of English at Dartmouth will
give his program on “Changing Lives Through Literature.”
This program has impacted the lives of those who tried living outside
the laws of a community and judges who are charged with dispensing punishment
for their misdeeds. His philosophy has shown surprising results in lower
recidivism. This program may spawn a new type of discussion group in
your library. Reading is not only a skill! It can be an opportunity
to connect to characters in books and rethink our own behaviors. At
11:00 a.m. will be the ILTA business meeting, to elect officers and
a presentation on the LINK Certification Program. The ILTA luncheon
will be from 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. At 1:30 p.m. there will be
a program titled “Just Ask the Experts.” A panel of attorneys
will discuss the subjects that most interest YOU! Are you hiring or
firing? Are you contemplating a building project? Do you know how your
city code affects your library? Jane Herdon is a bond specialist at
Ice-Miller and serves as a trustee for the Carmel Clay Public Library.
David Truitt, currently serving as library attorney for the Lebanon
and Thorntown Public Libraries, was a former city and county attorney.
Lezlie Simmons is the Associate Director of the Evansville Vanderburgh
County Public Library and is an attorney. She currently chairs the ILF
Human Resources and Personnel committees.
Sponsor: Indiana Library Trustee
Association
10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
The Wireless Librarian
Librarians without reference desks? Learn how to implement wireless
technologies for optimal reference services. Holly Hibner, Reference
Librarian, and Derek Engi, Network Administrator, with Salem-South Lyon
District Library in South Lyon, Michigan will give practical advice
on how you can implement this new technology at your reference desk!
Speakers: Holly Hibner, Salem-South
Lyon District Library, Michigan; Derek Engi, Salem-South Lyon District
Library, Michigan
Sponsor: Reference Division
10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
A Perfect Likeness: Care and Identification of
Historical Photographs
The speaker will discuss tips on identifying types and eras of different
photographic images. She will also discuss best practices in caring
for photographs and managing photographic collections.
Speaker: Joan Hostetler, Heritage
Photo
Sponsor: Media Resources Division
10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
The Problem Employee-How Do You Deal With Them?
What do you do with the Antagonist, Blameless Bob, the Whiner, the Thumb-Twiddler,
the Tortoise, Amy Attitude, the Hand-Holder, the Early Retiree, or the
Clock-Watcher? If you supervise one or more of these employees, it is
time to take action, but how? When performance problems are ignored,
they don’t go away, they turn into bigger problems.
Speaker: Mary J. Stanley, IUPUI
Sponsor: Middle Managers Division
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Broken Glass and Yellow Stars: Holocaust Sources
for Children and Young People
Broken Glass and Yellow Stars is a bibliography of sources about the
Jewish Holocaust. Discussion will include choosing age appropriate materials,
discussing the Holocaust, creating “booktalks” and choosing
a balanced selection of sources; including literature, videos and websites.
This project is the result of a grant from ALA.
Speaker: Karen Evans, Indiana
State University
Sponsor: Division on Women in
Indiana Libraries
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Federated Searching: The Good the Bad and the
Ugly
This program explores the implementation of a federated search engine
project in a medium-sized academic library. The presenters, one liaising
with the library staff as well as evaluating customization of the front
end interface and other engaged on the technical side, will discuss
the process from selection of a federated search product through initial
launch and rolling over to a new version of the software. The discussion
includes what to consider when evaluating federated search products;
identifying and incorporating stakeholders’ needs; pitfalls and
challenges to expect in implementation; and the evolution and scalability
of the product.
Speakers: Cathy Salyers, Saint
Joseph’s College; Kathleen Hanna, IUPUI; Mary Beth Minick, IUPUI
Sponsor: Indiana Academic Library
Association
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Vocabulary and Narrative Skills: Integrating Early
Literacy Skills into Your Storytimes
Vocabulary is knowing the names of things. Narrative skills is the ability
to retell stories and to describe things and events. Learn what the
research says about the importance of these two skills, identified in
the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library project from the American
Library Association. How do our storytimes (from newborn to age five)
support these skills? What can we do to strengthen them? How can we
help parents and caregivers understand what they can do to support early
literacy?
Speaker: Saroj Ghoting, Early
Childhood Literacy Consultant
Sponsor: Children and Young People’s
Division
11:00 a.m. – 11:50
a.m.
Project Counter – A Coordinated Solution to
Statistical Reporting
Electronic resources continue to grow in number and to form an increasingly
large portion of library collections. It has become vital that librarians
have tools that allow them to track and compare usage of these resources.
Project COUNTER, a UK-based project sponsored by a number of resource
publishers, is providing one solution. The COUNTER standards call for
a simple set of core statistics, with the participating publishers being
audited for compliance. James Mouw, a member of the COUNTER International
Advisory Board, will present the standard, discuss the present status
of publisher compliance, and talk about plans for the future. For more
background information see http://www.projectcounter.org
Speaker: James R. Mouw, University
of Chicago
Sponsor: Indiana Academic Library
Association
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Author Talk: Mike Redmond
Mike Redmond, author of Six of One , Half Dozen of Another and The Night
the Wheels Fell Off, will remind you that laughter is the best medicine.
His proudest achievement was winning first runner-up in the Cub Scout
Pack 135 Halloween Costume Contest in 1963. The stories in The Night
the Wheels Fell Off center of change – the changes you bring upon
yourself, the need to embrace change, the need to count your change
before you leave the drive-up window. His tales will take you back to
his kidhood and help you to remember your own.
Speaker: Mike Redmond, Author
Sponsor: Indiana Public Library
Association
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Author Talk: Writing for the Spiritual Lives of
Children with Sandy Sasso
Teaching spirituality through children’s narrative is a powerful
vehicle for nurturing the soul. When you listen to a story, you have
to quiet the soul. Good children’s literature can be a window
to teaching spiritual values and ideas and can help develop the religious
imagination of children. Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is the award-winning
author of several acclaimed children’s books, including God’s
Paintbrush and But God Remembered: Stories of Women From Creation to
the Promised Land.
Speaker: Sandy E. Sasso, Author
Sponsor: Indiana Public Library
Association
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
The Future of the Technical Services
A panel of librarians from Indiana academic, public, and special libraries
will review the changes in technical services departments from the past
five years and offer their perspectives on the next five years. The
panel will discuss the changing duties and responsibilities of the technical
services staff. Further, panelists will discuss ways that technical
services departments might reorganize to remain valued parts of libraries
by adapting the traditional information skills they have traditionally
offered to new resources and services that libraries in the 21st century
are embracing.
Speakers: Robin Crumrin, IUPUI;
Cindy Harkness, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library; Ellen Summers,
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Sponsor: Technical Services Division
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Take Thou Authority
Authority Control is one of the least understood processes undertaken
by the technical services side of the library. Yet the demand for a high
quality, value added database (that’s the catalog to you and me!)
is one of the first on many administrator’s lists when it comes
to customer satisfaction. It isn’t cheap and it isn’t easy,
but we will look at ways to campaign for the right to authority control,
achieve some measure of control without busting the budget (and increasing
the load on local mental health professionals), and tools than can help
the process.
Speaker: La Donna Riddle Weber,
Ball State University
Sponsor: Technical Services Division
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Legislative Hot Topics
ILF Legislative Advocates John V. Barnett, Jr. and Carolyn T. Elliott
will offer their assessment of the 2005 legislative session –
the good, the bad, and the ugly. As the legislature will be in session
until April, this program will be a preliminary look at the long session
which will result in a new biennial budget. Please attend and find out
firsthand what legislation may affect your library.
Speaker: John V. Barnett, Jr.;
Carolyn T. Elliott
Sponsor: ILF Legislative Committee
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
NAICS and Its Effect on BLS Statistics: What,
When, Where, and Huh?
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) introduces
significant changes in the way industry-based statistics are reported.
Learn about the new NAICS structure, revision introduction dates for
BLS surveys, and the effect on the employment statistics.
Speaker: Ronald Guzicki, U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
ICNLA and Legislative Committee Luncheon
Join us as Alphonse Vinh, reference librarian, at National Public Radio
discusses all reference things considered at NPR.
Speaker: Alphonse Vinh, NPR
Sponsor: Indiana Corporate and
Network Library Association and ILF Legislative Committee
12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Indiana Public Library Association & Indiana
Library Trustee Association Luncheon
Join Peggy Sullivan as she gives her take on the theme of “Beyond
Survival.” Peggy is a library consultant who specializes in executive
searches for public library administrators. Her career as librarian,
library educator, and consultant spans six decades, positions in six
states, and a variety of positions, including administration and association
management. She has had professional responsibilities or presentations
in every one of the fifty states and six of the continents (not Antarctica,
which she has only visited). She is the author of several books on library
management, library history, and library recruitment and career-building,
as well as two children’s books and numerous articles and reviews.
Speaker: Peggy Sullivan
Sponsor: Indiana Public Library
Association & Indiana Library Trustee Association
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Copyright Questions and Answers
Get the scoop on the latest copyright issues facing libraries today.
Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist for ALA’s Office for Information
Technology Policy, will address how current trends in copyright protections
may impact freedom of access to information and answer the copyright
questions that come up in your library.
Speaker: Carrie Russell, American
Library Association
Sponsor: Intellectual Freedom
Committee
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
ILF 101: Membership Benefits
Join the ILF membership committee for an introduction to the Federation
for members - new and old! We will discuss the many ways you can be
an active part of our Federation. From committees to associations, ILF
provides an area of interest for everyone. Included will be time for
questions and an introduction to the new interest areas of ILF.
Speakers: Panel of Committee Members
& Staff
Sponsor: ILF Membership Committee
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
How Libraries Can Help Promote Science Education
Dr. Gilmore will present an overview of the Science Education Alliance
organization and programs, and the plans for the new “Indiana
Institute for Science Education”. The Science Education Foundation’s
purpose is to enhance science education in the K-12 grades as well as
to interest all citizens in the value of technology in the lifestyle.
Libraries could be critical partners in these programs.
Speaker: Dr. William Gilmore,
Science Education Foundation of Indiana
Sponsor: Indiana State Library
1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
Improving the Efficiency of Library Operations
Benjamin Franklin said a ‘penny saved is a penny earned’
and, at a time when libraries are struggling for every penny we can
get, there is ample evidence that we could earn plenty by simply improving
the efficiency of our operations and using the money we do have more
effectively. For example, did you know that – on average -- it
costs more than twice as much to operate a library than it does a bookstore
of the same size, or that the Singapore National Library has a branch
where they do 100% self-checkout, or that a number of libraries are
experimenting with reducing the cost of reference with centralized call
centers? Come hear more about these and lots of other ideas –
both large and small – for reducing the cost and improving the
efficiency of library operations on Thursday, March 24, 2005 ….
(time, location, etc). Presenter, Steve Coffman, Vice President of Business
Development, LSSI, librarian, and author of “What If You Ran Your
Library Like a Bookstore?” and other articles on all aspects of
library operations.
Speaker:
Steve Coffman, Library Systems & Services, Inc., California
Sponsor:
Fund Raising and Resource Development Section, ILF
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Technical Service Websites that Train, Organize
and Store
Participants will see examples of technical service department websites
(one cataloging and one acquisitions) that function as tools for accomplishing
daily tasks, organizing departmental records, and training new department
members. Not only will the specific content of the websites be discussed
but more importantly the methods of organization described. This will
allow participants to apply successful organizational strategies to
their own department’s policies and procedures.
Speakers: Kristi Palmer, IUPUI;
Jennifer James, IUPUI
Sponsor: Technical Services Division
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Tickle Tales: A Creative, Hands-on Approach to
Early Literacy for the One-Year Old
Through the use of individual props, activities and tactile play, babies
expand language and listening skills @ your public library. Special
emphasis is placed on involving the caregiver in playtime learning.
The presentation includes video footage of this approach to lapsit programs.
Speaker: Laura Appleby, Plainfield-Guilford
Township Public Library
Sponsor: Children and Young People’s
Division
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
The Courthouse Told Me You Have This Form!
Do you have patrons coming to you daily for help with filing for divorce,
guardianship, and other legal matters? Confused about what help you
can and can’t give? This is the workshop for you! Anthony Zapata,
Staff Attorney for the Indiana Supreme Court, will give an introduction
to the Indiana Supreme Court Pro-Se website. He’ll discuss how
you can best assist your patrons with forms and other legal resources.
This speaker is back by popular demand!
Speaker: Anthony Zapata, Indiana
Supreme Court
Sponsor: Reference Division
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Beyond Door No 1: Offering Multiple Opportunities
for Library Instruction
This multimedia presentation describes and demonstrates the results
of collaborative efforts between USI librarians, faculty and administrative
staff to develop and promote online library instruction. Several pilot
projects, attempting to address multiple issues (content, pedagogy,
access, technology, audience, and assessment) will be discussed. Any
library setting involved in instruction will gain useful information
from this presentation.
Speakers: Susan Metcalf, University
of Southern Indiana; Philip Orr, Distance Learning Librarian; David
Rice, University of Southern Indiana; Dr. Kevin Valadares, University
of Southern Indiana
Sponsor: Indiana Academic Library
Association
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Why and How to Talk to Your Legislator
This is the first meeting of a newly formed group to provide “legislative
mentoring” for those who panic at the thought of contacting their
legislator. We can coach you on why and how to approach legislators
on matters of importance to you and your library.
Speakers: Panel of Legislators
and Library Directors
Sponsor: ILF Legislative Committee
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Author Talk: Historically Drawn with Gary Varvel
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, will discuss
drawing on the events that change history. His first book, Varvelous,
is a compilation of editorial cartoons that was published in 2000. Varvel
is a nine-time first place winner of the Indiana Society of Professional
Journalists’ Award for Best Editorial Cartoon.
Speaker: Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis
Star
Sponsor: Indiana Public Library
Association
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
If It’s Not Full-Text, I Don’t Want
It! The Effect Technology Has Had On User Behavior
A discussion of the impact of the availability of full-text articles
on how patrons use library resources. Problems, solutions, suggestions.
Speakers: Gabrielle Carr, Indiana
University; Melanie Hughes, Indiana University
Sponsor: Library Automation and
Technology Division and Reference Division
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Are We Having Fun Yet?!
Manage stress, boost creativity, and rediscover your joy de vive. This
is a fast-paced, highly interactive session. Laughter is the best medicine!
Speaker: Kathi Wittkamper, Kokomo-Howard
County Public Library
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
How to Reach The Community through Outreach
You would be surprised of how a lot of patrons are not aware of services
libraries provide. There are a variety of avenues and media outlets
that can be used to reach our patrons informing them of the services
and programs we offer.
Speakers: Panel of Outreach Librarians
Sponsor: Outreach Division
1:30-2:20pm
Author Talk: Hart Hasten
Join Hart Hasten as he discusses his book: I Shall
Not Die which describes his youth in a Polish shtetl, fleeing Nazi-occupied
Poland and life in America. It is a striking saga of overcoming hardships
and attaining outstanding achievements.
Speaker: Hart Hasten, Author
Sponsor: Indiana Corporate and
Network Library Association
2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
SAMS Afternoon Tea featuring Author Brenda Hiatt
& Recognition of Indiana State Library Retiring Associate Director,
Martha Roblee
Join us for a book discussion with author Brenda Hiatt. Brenda began
writing in 1988, an Army wife at home with two preschool children. She
promised herself that if nothing sold before her youngest began school
she’d get a “real job,” so she was thrilled to sell
a Regency romance novel to Harlequin six months ahead of that deadline.
Originally from Virginia, Brenda received degrees in Biology and Psychology
from the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, before attending
graduate school at Texas A&M University. She has since lived in
Hawaii, South Carolina, and now in Indiana. We will also take time to
honor Martha Roblee, Associate Director of the Indiana State Library,
for her many years of tremendous service to Indiana Libraries.
Speaker: Brenda Hiatt
Sponsor: Small and Medium Size
Libraries and Support Staff Division
3:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Academic Law Libraries and Budgetary Challenges
We all have noticed the huge increases in serials costs. Journal price
increases, the cost of the electronic delivery of information, and budgetary
constraints has severely hit the academic Libraries. Join us to share
your thought and recommendations in the acquisitions of new materials,
the choice of publishers and vendors, and resource sharing to create
a decent Library collection in academia.
Speaker: Mahnaz Moshfegh, IUPUI
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Understanding the Globe: Author Talk with Sam
Wilkin & Dan Lefkovitz
Ted Koppel of ABC News called The Kimchi Matters a “must-read
for the architects of US policy”. Join the authors for a fascinating
discussion of one of America’s great challenges, and one in which
libraries play a key role: Understanding the politics of distant countries
in this age of globalization. The authors will discuss foreign political
crises including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan – why they
happen, what they mean to the US, and what can de done about them. The
Harvard Business Review praised the book as “powerful” and
Trend Magazine said, “The authors’ analysis of political
stability mixes humor, drama, and an eye for ironic detail”.
Speaker: Sam Wilkin, Dan Lefkovitz,
Chicago, Illinois
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Finding Women Online: Free (and Nearly Free) Resources
for Gender and Women’s Studies
What is women’s studies? And what’s the difference between
women’s studies and gender studies? We will discuss the history
of women’s studies and gender studies, present search tips for
the free databases available in INSPIRE, and unearth websites from several
points of view: women, men, girls, feminists, misogynists; and from
several different disciplines. Women hold up half the world—do
they also hold up half of the Web?
Speakers: Anne Bock, Indiana University;
Moira Smith, Indiana University
Sponsor: Division on Women in
Indiana Libraries
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Starting a Small Press Publishing Company
Daniel E. Blackston, Senior Editor of Pitch-Black, LLC. and Managing
Editor of SFReader.com discusses small press publishing. Topics covered
include: print and electronic publishing, tips for writers who are searching
for a publisher, and the importance of (and methods for) networking
in today’s publishing industry.
Speaker: Daniel E. Blackston,
Pitch-Black, LLC
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Multicultural Resources
Resources purchased with 2004 Hispanic/Latino Services LSTA Grant funds
will be exhibited. Resources from an established Black Experience Collection
will be shared. Web-based resources related to multicultural children’s
literature will also be presented. These and other resources will be
available to help 2005 Multicultural LSTA grantees with purchasing ideas.
Speakers: Michelle Bradley, Frankfort
Community Public Library; Denyce Malone, Indianapolis Marion County
Public Library; Mei-Yu-Lu, Indiana University
Sponsor: Indiana Corporate and
Network Library Association
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
SAVI, A Community Information Resource
SAVI (Social Assets and Vulnerabilities Indicators) is a community information
system with a comprehensive electronic database of data about the Indianapolis
metropolitan area. It includes data such as census, demographic, health,
education, crime, welfare, and other statistical information, as well
as information on social service agencies, schools, religious organizations,
libraries, health care facilities, and other community organizations.
SAVI is now accessible through an interactive mapping application over
the Internet (www.savi.org) which allows you to search for and view
data in a variety of formats (e.g., maps, tables, charts, and narratives).
During this session, we will demonstrate how to use SAVI and will demonstrate
its utility to librarians as an information resource.
Speaker: Sharon Kandris, IUPUI
Sponsor: Library Automation and
Technology Division
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
That Wonderful Voice – Professional Narrators
Although many of their voices are familiar to us, few of us have actually
met a professional audio book narrator. Find out how a title is recorded
and what a narrator brings to the process – besides that great
voice.
Speakers: To Be Determined
Sponsor: Media Resources Division
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
So You Want a New Website
This presentation will outline the process the University Libraries
of Notre Dame used to redesign its website. This will include a presentation
of the various assessment activities utilized (surveys, focus group
interviews, usability studies). It will also include a description of
how the libraries articulated a vision for the website and a strategic
plan. Finally, the presentation will describe some of the retrospective
conversion processes we had to implement in order to make things usable
and consistent.
Speaker: Eric Morgan, University
of Notre Dame
Sponsor: Technical Services Division
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Indiana Digital Summit Update
The Indiana Digital Summit Update will review progress in developing
an “Indiana Digital Library.” Learn about recommended standards
for digitization, best practices, and funding, as well as the future
for an “Indiana Digital Library.” See what has been accomplished
since the first summit in December 2003!
Speakers: Kris Brancolini, Indiana
University; Andrea Bean Hough, Indiana State Library
Sponsor: Indiana State Library
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Sustenance and Sanctuary: A Story Time for Service-Minded
Adults In Need of Refreshment
Librarian-Storyteller Hope Baugh shares some of the folk tales, literary
tales, and personal tales that have strengthened and inspired her in
her work as a librarian over the years. Let them become your “power
stories”, too, or let them prompt you to remember and develop
your own for the challenging times ahead.
Speaker: Hope Baugh, Carmel Clay
Public Library
Sponsor: ILF Annual Conference
Committee
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