Preconferences360 DEGREES OF TEEN ADVOCACY @ YOUR LIBRARY Target Audience: Public library administrators, board members, teen services librarians, state agency youth services staff, and library educators. How can you advocate for services for teens? Participants will learn advocacy methods to incorporate into daily work, to create and use talking points, and to communicate successfully with decision- and policy-makers. Whether you provide direct services to teens, act as a board member, manage a library system, or work in library education, we can help you develop the skills needed to advocate for library services to teens. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Linda W. Braun, Educational Technology Consultant, Librarians and Educators Online (LEO), New York, N.Y.; Jeff Frost, Lobbyist, California School Library Association, Sacramento Organizer and Presenter: Francisca Goldsmith, Director, Branch Services, Halifax Public Libraries, Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
Target Audience: Public library administrators and staff. Expand your library's educational services by creating interactive learning environments for children of all ages that promote skills in areas such as early literacy and kindergarten readiness, science, and the arts. Learn about successful models, already operating in several public library systems, which range in scope from small, inexpensive, portable units to permanent, sophisticated destinations. Presenters will share their experiences from visioning through completion and lessons learned through operation. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Melanie Huggins, Executive Director, Richland County (N.C.) Public Library; Audra Caplan, Director, Harford County (Md.) Public Library, Belcamp; Mary Hastler, Associate Director, Harford County (Md.) Public Library, Belcamp; Judith Kaplan, Rosedale Branch Manager, Baltimore County (Md.) Public Library; Margaret Sullivan, Director of Interior Design, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, New York, N.Y. Organizer and Presenter: Marisa Conner, Youth Services Coordinator, Baltimore County (Md.) Public Library
Target Audience: Public library staff who provide readers' advisory and youth services staff Learn how to create a great booktalk and perform it with pizzazz to any age group in this hands-on session with a veteran booktalker and a professional actress/voice coach. Build on your enthusiasm for books with terrific technique by discovering how to use your voice, breath, and physical presence to transfix your audience. This is a custom-made class, so bring your own booktalk to perform and receive helpful guided feedback from the presenters. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Melanie Workhoven, Performer, Author, and Acting Coach, Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Organizer and Presenter: Chapple Langemack, Library Cluster Manager, King County (Wash.) Library System, Bellevue
Target Audience: Public library managers and directors; architects Going green is all the rage, but what can it mean to your library? Do you have the opportunity to build or remodel? What can you do with your existing building to either become a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building or just a 'green' building? Can you change the way you work or the supplies you use? Can you lead your community by example? Come and hear from LEED certified experts and from librarians who are working green. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Organizer: Christine Lind Hage, Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, Mich.
Target Audience: Public library administrators and staff If you don't know MMORPGs from DDR, this workshop is for you. It addresses two related aspects of gaming in libraries: hosting gaming events and gaming's impact on learning. Learn how gaming can make your library more fun and how you can use gaming to participate in this developing form of literacy. By the end of this preconference, participants will be able to: Presenters: Eli Neiburger, Associate Director, IT and Product Development, Ann Arbor (Mich.) District Library
Target Audience: Public library staff who work in reference, readers' advisory, collection development, youth services, and technical services Portland is a comics mecca, home to creators in all varieties of comics storytelling: from superheroes and romance to journalism and autobiography, from critically acclaimed graphic novels to vibrant, self-published minicomics. Drawing on this wealth of local talent, this preconference offers unique insights from industry professionals; practical tools to select and catalog comics; programming ideas; a discussion By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Farel Dalrymple, Cartoonist, Portland, Ore.; Steve Duin, Metro Columnist, The Oregonian, Portland; Shaun Huston, Associate Professor, Western Oregon University, Monmouth; Dylan Meconis, Comics Creator, Periscope Studio, Portland; Jeff Parker, Author, Marvel Comics, New York, N.Y.; Sara Ryan, Teen Services Specialist, Multnomah County (Ore.) Library, Portland; Diana Schutz, Executive Editor, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Ore.; Douglas Wolk, Author, DaCapo Press, New York, N.Y. Organizer and Presenter: Sara Charlton, Director, Tillamook County (Ore.) Library
Developed by PLA with funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Turning the Page is an advocacy training program designed to equip librarians and library supporters with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to create community partnerships, build alliances with local and regional decision-makers, and ultimately increase funding for their libraries. This training is primarily offered to library systems participating in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Opportunity Online hardware grants program, Turning the Page includes: Turning the Page is free for up to the first 200 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis, and is open only to PLA members who are also registered for PLA 2010. To register for turning the Page, either by mail, fax, or online, complete the registration form on pages 21 & 22 (or online at www.placonference.org) and mark the Turning the Page option under preconferences.
Target Audience: Designed for public library administrators, senior managers, and staff assuming new responsibilities who want to increase their capacity to lead, with an eye toward managing future challenges. Attendees should have a minimum of five years management experience or be stepping into a management role with greater responsibility. This fast-paced and interactive leadership development program is an opportunity for current and future public library leaders to fortify their leadership skills so that they may be Demographic shifts; institutional relevance; and new economic, business, and service models will be among the challenges facing library leaders in coming years. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Adam Goodman, Director, Leadership Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; small-group facilitators TBA Organizers: Carolyn Anthony, Director, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; Luis Herrera, San Francisco Public Library; and Karen Danczak-Lyons, Chicago Public Library NOTE: Attendance to this session is by application and registration has closed. Attendees to the Leadership Institute Preconference are required to submit an application for preconference selection, meeting criteria of a minimum number of years of service and providing a statement about their role in leadership and change management in their library.
Target Audience: Public library readers' advisory staff or staff that serves adults. In order to effectively match up a reader with just the right book, it's helpful to understand how to apply the concept of "doorways" in suggesting reading material. This session will focus on defining, identifying, and using doorways in RA interviews. We'll also discuss how mood and motivation affect whether or not a reader will enjoy a particular book, offer tips on how to grow your knowledge of books, and how to conquer By the end of this preconference, participants will: Organizer and Presenter: Nancy Pearl, Author and Librarian, Seattle, Wash.
Target Audience: Public library staff who work with collections/collection development A floating collection differs from more traditional collection models in fundamental ways. This preconference covers all aspects of a floating collection from conversion planning to ongoing maintenance of the collection. Topics include promotion of a floating collection within the organization, inherent challenges and how to address them, selection and weeding strategies that maximize the benefits of a floating collection, and suggestions on procedures to set in place to help sustain this service model over time. By the end of this preconference, participants will: Presenters: Rhonda Glazier, Jefferson County (Colo.) Public Library, Wheat Ridge; Linda Raymond, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Organizer and Presenter: Ann Cress, Deputy Executive Director, Jefferson County (Colo.) Public Library
READERS' ADVISORY 2.0: THE NEXT DIMENSION Target Audience: Public library staff who serve adults A variety of new and (for the most part) free technologies exist to help us serve readers in new 2.0 ways! Learn how to use social software (to create blogs, Twitter accounts, podcasts, online book groups, and more) not only for your own enjoyment By the end of this preconference, participants will: Organizer: Madlyn Schneider, Library Manager, Queens (N.Y.) Library
Target Audience: Public library administrators and staff Ensuring your library is always staffed with a Person in Charge (PIC) can improve staff and patron safety, provide for more effective handling of challenging situations, and enable system wide tracking of incidents By the end of this preconference, participants will: * understand the PIC philosophy and how your library can establish and benefit from instituting a PIC program; Presenter: Brett Lear, Reference, Adult Services, and Programming Coordinator, Multnomah County (Ore.) Library, Portland
THE ACCIDENTAL TECHNOLOGY TRAINER Target Audience: Public library administrators and staff Accidental technology trainers are responsible for technology training in labs, classrooms, or one-on-one with users or staff. You will learn about great tools and techniques, the most common concerns of By the end of this preconference, participants will: Organizer and Presenter: Stephanie Gerding, Independent Library Consultant, Phoenix, Ariz.
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