PLA Enewsletter
Volume 6, Number 11
8/8/03
In this issue:
OVER 150 PROGRAMS TO BE OFFERED AT PLA 2004
PLA FACILITATION SKILLS WORKSHOP-NEW ORLEANS, October 13-17, 2003
ALA CIPA DECISION RESPONSE
ALSC SEPT. SYMPOSIUM
LIBERTY DAY KIDS
LAST CHANCE FOR 2003 AC FEEDBACK
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Over 150 Programs at PLA 2004
Over 150 continuing education programs and talk tables will be offered during the Public Library Association’s (PLA) 10th National Conference, "PLA 2004," to be held February 24-28, 2004, in Seattle.
Utilizing PLA’s educational track system, conference-goers will be able to build schedules tailored to their specific information needs. Program tracks cover 11 areas of specialization: author/reader’s advisory, buildings, collections/tech services, diversity, management,marketing/customer service, partnerships, staffing/staff development, technology, virtual service and youth services. Talk Tables on myriad subjects also are planned for each time slot. Preconference programs on Intellectual Freedom, Customer Service in a Multicultural Community, Reader’s Advisory, Technology, Effective Fundraising Strategies and Emergent Literacy are scheduled to be held immediately preceding the conference.
In addition to these continuing education programs, the conference will feature nearly 800 exhibit booths and a number of special exhibits events including an opening reception and coffee breaks scheduled throughout the conference. A number of special author events are scheduled for the conference including:
- Preconference Luncheon (Tuesday, February 24, at noon) featuring E. Ethelbert Miller
- Opening General Session (Wednesday, February 25, at 2 p.m.) featuring Anna Quindlen
- Seattle Supper Social (Thursday, February 26, at 6 p.m.) featuring novelist Jayne Ann Krentz and J.A. Jance, and narrator Dick Hill (cosponsored by the Audio Publishers Association)
- Author Luncheons (Thursday and Friday at noon) featuring Harlan Coben (support provided by Dutton/Penguin Group for this event), Nancy Farmer (support provided by Simon & Schuster for this event) and more to be announced
- Closing Session (Saturday, February 28, at 11:45 a.m.) featuring Sherman Alexie
The conference also will feature several social events, including a New Member Orientation/Reception scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, at 6 p.m., and an all-conference reception (support provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this event) slated for Friday evening of the conference.
Local arrangements information and continuously updated conference information is available on the PLA Web page . PLA members will receive registration information via regular mail by early September 2003. Conference registration also will be available at www.pla.org beginning September 1, 2003. To become a member, be placed on a National Conference mailing list, or for more ¡information, call 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA.
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PLA Facilitation Skills Workshop, October 13-17, 2003
The Public Library Association (PLA) has presented several weeklong train-the-trainer institutes designed to teach practicing librarians how to introduce librarians and library board members to the New Planning for Results, Managing for Results, and Staffing for Results.
Now, PLA is offering a unique weeklong institute designed to train practicing librarians and consultants how to facilitate the planning process in individual libraries. This event is scheduled to take place October 13-17, 2003, in New Orleans, La., at the Omni Royal Crescent Hotel. Registration fee is $795. PLA provides all training materials, continental breakfasts (Tuesday-Friday) and luncheons (Monday-Thursday).
The focus of this program is quite different than earlier train-the-trainer programs and will emphasize facilitation skills and not information about New Planning for Results. Participants will be expected to be comfortable with the theory and content of the New Planning for Results process.
The program will include the following segments:
- Introduction to facilitation - roles and activities
- Planning responsibilities, agreements, and contracts
- Working with the client library to design the planning process and prepare the staff and board
- Facilitating the first meeting of the planning committee (facilitation activity)
- Facilitation skills - managing groups
- Facilitating the staff and board review of the preliminary service responses selected during the first committee meeting (facilitation activity)
- Facilitating the second meeting of the planning committee (facilitation activity)
- Facilitation skills - helping groups reach consensus
- Helping staff in the client library write goals and objectives
- Implementation issues and responsibilities
- Characteristics of a good facilitator and personal assessment tools
Participants will leave the training with the specific skills and information needed to help a client library design and implement a planning process based on the New Planning for Results and with the broader skills needed to facilitate other group activities and projects.
Space is limited and the selection of the participants is a competitive process. The deadline for submitting applications is August 31, 2003. Applications may be mailed, submitted electronically or by fax. The meeting agenda and application are available here
Questions and concerns can be directed to Linda Bostrom, e-mail: lbostrom@ala.org; phone: 800/545-2433, ext. 5027; fax: 312/280-5029.
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ALA CIPA Decision Response
Visit ALA's web site to see ALA President Carla Hayden's response to the CIPA decision.
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ALSC Symposium
September 18-19, 2003
Washington, DC
Start Thinking Early!
Registration for this exciting two-day, research-based symposium event is now available online. Visit ALSC's web site for conference, hotel and registration details. Space is limited so those wishing to participate are encouraged to register early.
Guided by what is now known about how young children learn, the symposium will focus on how the early years impact engaged learning throughout the lifespan. The symposium is convened by Association of Children's Museums; Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association; Civil Society Institute; and Families and Work Institute; and is co-hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Targeted to representatives from the museum, library, public television, early learning and lifelong learning communities, the symposium will connect early learning to the creation of a lifelong learner.
ALSC is pleased to announce the participation of the following esteemed speakers:
Visit this site to find out more about the Symposium.
Bookmark the above link for symposium updates and further speaker announcements!
Questions? Please contact the Association for Library Service to Children at 312.280.2163 or alsc@ala.org
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Liberty Day Kids
Liberty Day Kids is an activity to educate people about our country's founding documents -- the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The organization called Liberty Day (not just about a day) has been putting together activities that help kids to learn about the US Constitution for 7years.
One of the group's most successful activities is called Liberty Day Kids. A ‘team’ of 2 to 4 fifth or sixth grade kids (kids aged 10 to 12 years) are each given 24 questions and answers about the US Constitution to study and learn. Then they go to a public place where adults are waiting in line, and quiz them! [sample questions: What are the 5 rights in the First Amendment to the US Constitution? Or . . . How many years are there in a US Senator’s term of office?] The questions and answers are taken directly from the exact text of the Constitution -- no ‘interpretation’ or ‘concept’ questions. The kids are learning and awareness is raised all around.
Liberty Day been doing this in various states for over a year, but would like to make it a national effort. Liberty Day is attempting to get AT LEAST 20 teams of Liberty Day Kids in each state (kids between the ages of 10 and 12), with 2 to 4 kids per team, to go someplace where people are waiting in line (this is usually US Post Offices, motor vehicle offices, airline ticket counters) for at least one hour, to quiz customers waiting in line about the US Constitution. Be sure to get permission first!! (The national US Post Office knows about this, and wants us to get individual permission from local postmasters).
Liberty Day is planning to do a big national Liberty Day Kids event on December 13th, 2003. Volunteers are usually service club members, but are often employees of corporations that sponsor teams. In several places in this country, County Commissioners have teams, County Sheriffs have teams, or County District Attorneys have teams. Anyone interested in participating in this National Liberty Day Kids educational effort should contact: Andy McKean, National office, w 303-333-3434, h 303-795-0741, e-mail: libertyday@aol.com or snail mail: 2275 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 218, Centennial, CO 80122 OR Kathy McKean (303)795-0741 kathyg333@aol.com web site: www.libertyday.org
Last Chance for 2003 AC Feedback!
The online evaluation form for PLA sponsored programs at the 2003 ALA Annual Conference in Toronto will shut down at the end of the work day on August 15. If you attended any of PLA's programs and haven't completed our simple online evaluation form, please take a few minutes to do so today. The evaluation form can be accessed from the PLA homepage (www.pla.org). Just click on "Fill Out Annual Conference Program Survey Here." PLA wants to know what you think!
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