ASCLA at Annual '09
Preconferences
(events requiring ticket purchases)
Purchase tickets to these events through “Step 6 – Your Events” of the online registration form. If you have already registered for the conference, you can log back in and add these events to your registration.
You can also register via phone by calling 1-800-974-3084.
Interested in only attending a ticketed event and not the conference? You must use the print registration form and submit via mail or fax.
On-site registration for all of these events will be available if they have not reached capacity.
Be My Guest: Customer Service from the Best
Friday, July 10, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA
What do libraries have in common with casinos? Both focus on making the customer’s experience the best it can be. Library patrons are our guests, and as library staff, there are many ways we can ensure they feel welcomed and have a positive library experience. Based on a highly successful program hosted by the New Jersey State Library in partnership with Trump Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City, this pre-conference will offer insights into hospitality industry practices and provide a variety of models libraries can implement to improve and enhance customer service.
Speakers: Jennifer Babcock, Trump Entertainment, and others to be announced.
Tickets: Advance Registration (until May 22): ASCLA member, $90; ALA member, $135; Non-member, $210; Student, $50
Regular Registration (after May 22): ASCLA member, $115; ALA member, $160; Non-member, $235; Student, $75
Event Code: AS2
After the Grant Runs Out: Funding Collaborative Digitization
Friday, July 10, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA Interlibrary Cooperation and Networking Section (ICAN)
Learn from speakers and panelists how to cultivate diverse revenue streams for funding sustainable collaborative digitization programs, including membership fees, grants for innovative research projects and services, and participants’ operating budgets.
Speakers: Kenning Arlitsch, University of Utah; Jim Neal, Columbia University Library; Dreanne Belden, University of North Texas Library; Liz Bishoff, BCR; Lucy Barber, National Historical Publications and Records Commission; Beth Joffrion, National Endowment for the Humanities; Rachel Frick, Institute for Museum and Library Services; and others to be announced.
Tickets: Advance Registration (until May 22): ASCLA member, $135; ALA member, $180; Non-member, $225; Student, $70
Regular Registration (after May 22): ASCLA member, $160; ALA member, $205; Non-member, $250; Student, $95
Event Code: AS1
LSSPS Annual Dinner
Sunday, July 12, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Tickets: Advance Registration (until May 22): ASCLA member, $40; ALA member, $45; Non-member, $50; Student, $35
Regular Registration (after May 22): ASCLA member, $50; ALA member, $55; Non-member, $60; Student, $40
Programs
(included in conference registration fees)
Conference registration is required to attend one of these events. You can register online, by phone (1-800-974-3084) or by mail and fax with the print registration form.
Moving Mountains: Latest Trends in the Physical Delivery of Library Materials
Saturday, July 11, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA ICAN and RUSA
How do you move 5, 10, or even 20 million items a year between libraries? The 2008 Moving Mountains Symposium in Cincinnati explored the best methods for delivering materials between libraries as well as new trends in home delivery. A panel will present Symposium highlights including best practices in current delivery, future trends, home delivery, automated material handling systems, and ways to collaborate.
Speakers: Anna Abate, SWON Libraries- OH; Valerie Horton, CLiC-CO; David Millikin, OCLC-OH; Greg Pronevitz, NMRLS-MA
What Can $930 Million Do for Library Services Nationwide? The Impact and Future Directions of LSTA
Saturday, July 11, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA State Library Agency Section (SLAS)
How to states use their LSTA dollars to improve library services? In an IMLS study, Himmel and Wilson examined all of the states’ five year evaluations, and reported on the observed major trends. A panel of speakers will present new directions of states’ projects in technology infrastructure, reference and information services, special populations outreach and literacy and reading development.
Large Print for All: Bigger is Better
Sunday, July 12, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS)
Aging baby boomers, struggling young readers, individuals with reading disabilities, and persons with low vision are increasing demand for large print materials. Learn what publishers are producing in large print, how to display and promote large print collections for all ages, and current research findings on the uses and benefits of large print.
ASCLA President’s Program: Revitalizing the Library Experience
Sunday, July 12, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In a world where information is an off-shored commodity, where Google handles more questions in a second than a reference librarian will answer in a career, and where social gatherings have migrated to online networks, how can our libraries thrive, how can we demonstrate the greatest return on funders' investment? ASCLA President Carol Desch invites you to the President’s Program to discuss these questions with library pundits Joan Frye Williams and George Needham, who will challenge you to rethink library services, turning some old stereotypes on their ears while making our work more valuable and more fun.
Future Perspectives: Collaboration and Innovation
Sunday, July 12, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA Interlibrary Cooperation and Networking Section (ICAN)
How do we nurture innovation? How do we advance library services that meet patron needs today and in the future? Join Brenda Bailey-Hainer, executive director, BCR, Lorcan Dempsey, vice-president of research and chief strategist, OCLC, and Veronda Pitchford, vice-president, membership and communications, Urban Libraries Council, in a panel presentation and discussion of the role of collaboration in strategic innovation as libraries strive to respond to the rapidly changing environment in which they now operate.
Multiple Intelligences @ Your Library: A Tool for Better Services
Monday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) and ALSC
Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences can empower you to reach out and more effectively serve your entire community, including special populations. This panel discussion will present a brief theoretical overview and a practical showcase of services to children and youth. Attendees will learn how to improve readers’ advisory, programming outreach, reference, book discussion and collection development in public, school and academic libraries. Patrick Carman, award-winning author of the best-selling series The Land of Elyon will speak about using technology with literature.
Libraries and Hospice: Developing a Vital Community Partnership
Monday, July 13, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by ASCLA Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS)
As hospice care becomes an integral part of American family life, opportunities arise for program alliances with both academic and public libraries. This program highlights these partnerships, and will feature representatives from hospice organizations as well as a panel of librarians who have worked with hospice on programs, collection development, and community education.