| Grand Ballroom C,D,E | Room 101 | Room 102 | Room 103 | Room 201 | Room 202 | Room 203 | Ballroom 3 | Executive Room 100 | |
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| 8:45- 10:30 |
KEYNOTE | ||||||||
| 10:35 - 12:00 |
T1 How to Lobby Your Legislature |
T7 The Hidden Question in Adoption |
T8 Where is My Book Budget Going |
T2 What Am I Doing Here? |
T3 Catalog the Easy Way |
T4 Partnering Internationally |
T5 Looking For Love in All The Wrong Places |
T6 Accelerated Reader |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 |
Lunch with J.A. Jance | ||||||||
| 1:30- 2:30 |
No Conflict Time | ||||||||
| 2:45- 3:45 pm |
T11 Evaluating Web Pages |
T16 So Many Books, So Little Time! |
T14 IF Issues and National and Local Perspective |
T9 Advanced Subject Analysis/Subject Authority |
T10 Zip Your Lip |
T13 Therapy For Health Promotion and Prevention |
T15 FamilySearch Internet Genealogy |
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| 2:45 - 3:45 |
T17 Serving Families and Youth Through Partnerships |
T18 Preparing For The Digital Library |
T19 All Libraries Are Special |
T20 BCR Network Update |
T22 Connecting The Patrons To Web Resources |
T21 GPO Access |
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| 6:30 pm | AWARDS BANQUET AT OGDEN MARRIOT | ||||||||
| 10:00 am-1:00 pm | AMSC TOUR AT USU |
TIME: 9:00 AM TO NOON
Room: Weber State University, meet at WSU Library General Reference Desk
A half-day tour/symposium highlighting the Archives and Special Collections of Weber State University. A discussion concerning the status of up and coming archival repositories in Utah (repositories beyond the well-known University of Utah, Brigham Young University and the LDS Church Archives). Afterwards visit, share ideas and look at some of the collections. Refreshments will be served
Sponsor: Archives, Manuscripts and Special Collections
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: members of the public and all librarians
Time: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Room: 101
Find out how the catalogers at the Library of Congress solve the mystery of subject analysis and make decisions about what subject headings go on a book. Also, you will learn how to create the needed subject authority record with the correct cross-references. Once the record is created you will want to know how to have our new record included in the Library of Congress Subject Heading through the SACO program. Name and series headings will also be discussed with added information about the NACO program. Reference librarians if you have ever wondered how in the world a subject heading ended up on a book, here is the place to find out. Come join us and find out more information that will help you be better reference librarians.
Sponsor: TSRT
Speakers: John Mitchell, Library of Congress, Cooperative Cataloging Team
Track: Personnel and Professional Development
Target Audience: Catalogers and Reference Librarians
Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Room: Ballroom 3
Through slide presentations and examination of historical blueprints and architectural drawings, Lois Olcott Price (Senior Paper Conservator at the Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, DE) will: Describe the materials and techniques used to produce American architectural drawings and photo-reproductions; Provide instruction in identifying the most common processes and media; Discuss the environmental and housing needs of these materials; Explore reformatting and treatment options. Developed between 1993 and 1996 as an educational outreach program for PhiladelphiaÆs Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, the research underlying this presentation was supported by a number of grants including one from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This state-of-the-art presentation will appeal to anyone with an interest in preservation, including librarians, curators, archivists, and architects (a technical preservation background is not a prerequisite).
Sponsor: Preservation Project
Speaker: Lois Olcott Price
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: Anyone interested in preservation
Time: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Room: 202
An overview of various policies and procedures used in smaller libraries including Internet policies and filtering; circulation policies (cards, fees, overdues, magazines, lost items).
Sponsor: Small and Rural Public Libraries
Speaker: Chip Ward, moderator; Linda Fields, Richfield; Howard Petersen, Tri County Bookmobile; Deb Greathouse, Delta; and Barbara Roberts, Blanding
Track: Management
Target Audience: Small and Rural Librarians
Time: 8:30 am-11:30pm
Room: 201
This workshop provides a chance for you to take a look at your personal attitudes about change, examine how “friendly” your style is to change, and find out how you tend to act during change. Topics to be discussed include types of responses to change, tips for dealing with nonstop change, and how managers and employees can work through change together. During this interactive workshop, participants will do several exercises, watch a video, and have time for discussion.
Sponsor: Continuing Education Committee
Speakers: Elaine Z. Jennerich, Ph.D.,Staff Training and Development Coordinator for the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. She is the co-author of The Reference Interview as a Creative Art, 2nd. Ed., Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: all Librarians
Time: 1:00-4:00
Room: 201
Libraries provide service to customers and we deal in information. How we treat our customers and how we meet their real needs determine the quality of our service and our overall success. This workshop includes the basic principles of good service, a discussion of the key verbal and nonverbal skills employees need, and tips on problem resolution. Participants will view a video and work in small groups on case studies designed from actual library situations.
Sponsor: Continuing Education Committee
Speakers: Elaine Z. Jennerich, Ph.D.,Staff Training and Development Coordinator for the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. She is the co-author of The Reference Interview as a Creative Art, 2nd. Ed., Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: All Librarians
Time: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Room: Weber State University, Stewart Library, Classroom 138 (Main Level, north of the Reference Desk)
Hands-on workshop teaching you all the how-to's of conducting genealogical information gathering and exchange on the Internet. You'll learn what you need to get started; the research process; searching specialized Internet database services such as FamilySearch®, Ancestry.com®, Internet FamilyFinder, and RootsWeb; contacting and exchanging information with others; and options for sharing your information on the Internet. CLASS SIZE LIMITED: REGISTER EARLY
Sponsor: GenRT
Speakers: Ray Matthews, A.G., Reference Librarian, Utah State Library; Fran Zedney, Reference Coordinator, Stewart Library, Weber State University
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Members of the public and all librarians
8:45 - 10:30 am
Room: Grand Ballroom C, D, E
Learn what government really thinks about the Internet when Mark Shurtleff and Richard Reed discuss views of government and Internet filtering followed by a question and answer period.
Room: 101
Take this opportunity to hear two members of the Utah State Legislature brief ULA members on how to be effective library advocates. Questions will be encouraged after the presentations.
Sponsors: ULA Legislative Committee
Speakers: two members of the Utah State Legislature
Track: Management: Management
Target Audience: All Librarian and Directors along with board members.
Room: 201
Larry Ostler from Brigham Young University, Susan Hamada, Library Manager from the Salt Lake County Library System and Pete Giacoma, Davis County Library Director will discuss the philosophy behind being a librarian. Panel discussion with audience participation targeted at paraprofessional Librarians and those who just need a refresher course on why we are here.
Sponsors: Public Library Section
Speakers: Larry Ostler, Brigham Young University; Susan Hamada, Salt Lake County Library System; Pete Giacoma, Davis County
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: all librarians
Room: 202
Catalog the easy way! Demonstration of available cataloging programs that let you pull Marc records off the Internet and copy them into your system. Fast, easy cataloging for libraries with limited staff and resources.
Sponsors: PUB/SM/RURAL
Speakers: Lyn Oryall, Santaquin City Library; Diane Slater, Utah State Library and Bonnie Mellor, Summit County Library
Track: Technology
Target Audience: medium and small public libraries and school media centers
Room: 203
Serving an international population, providing information from other countries in other languages, and knowing where to go to find information about international topics is an ongoing challenge. Effective international librarianship requires working partnerships. This session will discuss the challenges and give guidelines for partnering abroad.
Sponsors: Special Libraries
Speakers:
Track:Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Special librarians, Public librarians, Academic librarians, Library directors.
Room: Ballroom 3
Attorney Mike O’Brien will inform librarians about the employer’s liability for sexual harassment, including by non-employees or outside activities
Speaker: Mike O’Brien
Sponsor: LAMART
Track: Management
Target Audience: Library Directors, Supervisors, Managers
Room: Executive Room 100
Four speakers will address their perspective of and involvement with the Accelerated Reader Program. There will be time at the end for questions from the audience.
Speakers: Anne Nabaum from SLCLS; RoseAnn Bowman a junior high school teacher; Lisa Morey, an elementary school teacher, and a representative from Advantage Learning Systems.
Sponsors: Program Board
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: All Librarians
Room: 102
Jill Ekstrom, member of the Utah Adoption Council and founder of Utahfinders, along with Darlene Dineen, Librarian, and Carolyn Campbell, author of “Together Again: True Stories of Birth Parents and Adopted Children Reunited” will speak on why adoptees search, how to recognize the adoption searchers, and how to help them in their search
Speakers: Jill Ekstrom, Utahfinders; Darlene Dineen, Librarian; Carolyn Campbell, author
Sponsor: PLS and GenRT
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: librarians
Room: 103
A panel discussion dealing with the problems of the soaring costs of serials and what that is doing to the general monographs budgets.
Speakers:
Sponsor: Academic
Track: Management
Target Audience:anyone dealing with monograph budgets
Room: Grand Ballroom C,D,E
Sponsor: Conference Committee
Room: 202
An advanced training session on subject analysis and subject authority work that will cover formulation of geographic headings and genre/form headings with information on how to formulate the geographic headings and subdivisions, when to the use [v subfield code, the appropriate use of the 655 field, and the new 181 subdivision authority records
Speaker:
Sponsor: ACA & TSRT
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Catalogers
Room: 203
Eileen Longsworth, director of the Rio Grande Valley Public Library in New Mexico, will discuss confidentiality issues surrounding the job of Librarian such as Internet usage and patron records.
Speaker: Eileen Longsworth
Sponsor: Public Library Section
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: paraprofessionals
Room: 101
This workshop will help develop skills important for evaluating the quality of information found on the Web.
Speaker: Linda St. Clair, Multimedia Center, Acting Head, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Sponsor: TSRT
Track: Reference and Technology
Target Audience: This is useful for personal research, Reference and Collection Development Librarians, and those who decide which Web sites to Catalog.
Room: Ballroom 3
Despite constant news of new drug therapies and new genetic modifications, diet therapy is the one of the most beneficial health promotion and disease prevention techniques available. This program will investigate some of the leading health problems and related diet therapy and nutrition information resources, including database search tips, Internet site evaluation, and collection development guidelines.
Speaker: Nancy Lombardo
Sponsor: HEART
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: Reference Librarians, all people interested in health issues
Room: 201
ALA President Elect Nancy Kranich will lead a panel discussion of Intellectual Freedom issues. Joining her on the panel will be an attorney, a library board member, a public Library director, a rural librarian, an academic librarian, and front line librarian
Speaker: Nancy Kranich
Sponsor: IFC/ALA Chapter
Track: Management
Target Audience: all Librarians
Room: Executive Room 100
A demonstration of the FamilySearch® service on the Internet including: new features, searching strategies, using the Family History Library Catalog™, downloading and submitting GEDCOM files, installing Personal Ancestral File® (PAF), importing data from FamilySearch, ordering products, using collaboration lists, and getting your own Web site indexed.
Speaker: Diane C. Loosle, A.G., British Reference Consultant, Family History Library
Sponsor: GenRT
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Genealogy enthusiasts and those unable to attend the pre-conference
Room: 102
Find out the latest and greatest reads from a panel of those who work with (and love) teenagers
Speakers:
Sponsor: YART
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Librarians interested in Young Adult literature
Room: 101
Today's libraries have the potential to play a significant role in responding to and meeting the broad needs of children, young adults and families. Learn how you can integrate your library into the community through partnerships and collaborations with other community services and providers.
Speakers:
Sponsor:YART
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: All Librarians
Room: 102
Roy Tennant of the University of California-Berkeley will identify the keys to successful preparation for the library of the future.
Speakers: Roy Tennant, University of California-Berkeley
Sponsor: ACRL Roundtable, Utah Academic Library Consortium, Weber State University
Track: Management
Target Audience: Directors, Technical Services, Public Services, and Systems.
Room: 103
A panel of special librarians in Utah will discuss what makes a library--any library--special, touching on such things as collections, clientele, and services, but particularly emphasizing publicizing and marketing the special nature of the library.
Speakers:
Sponsor: Special Libraries
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target audience: Special librarians, Public librarians, Academic librarians, Library directors.
Room: 203
Librarians will be brought up-to-date on the latest news in library information technology. Those attending will hear about what’s new at OCLC and SilverPlatter, what’s happening on the Internet, what new reference services are available, and the latest news in library-related hardware and software.
Speakers: James Speed Hensinger and Rosario Garza
Sponsor: BCR
Track: Technology
Target Audience: Librarians and library staff from all types of libraries
Room: Executive Room 100
A brief overview of the core documents of American democracy that are now freely available over the Internet from the Government Printing Office.
Speakers: Peter Kraus, Jan Robertson and David Morrison; Marriott Library, University of Utah
Sponsor: GODORT
Track: Professional Development
Target Audience: librarians
Room: Ballroom 3
As patrons become more familiar with using the web, they want to know more about what is available and how to find it. Libraries are filling this gap by providing basic instructions. The Salt Lake City Library will discuss some of the classes they have done.
Speakers: Frances Brummett and Jane Dotterer
Sponsor: Reference and Adult Services Roundtable
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: Small Public Libraries
Held at the Ogden Marriott Hotel with music provided by the Honors Quartet from Weber State University
Join the vendors in the exhibit hall for a continental breakfast. They provide a wonderful breakfast plus a chance to see some great material.
Room: 101
We'll lead you through the process of planning content; selecting a Web host and support services; selecting Web design tools; creating an online identity and interface; and anticipating the staff skills, security issues, accessibility needs, and the budget necessary to build and maintain your own library Web site.
Speakers: Diane Slater, Network Services, Webmaster, Utah State Library; Nick Newton, BYU Student, and David Armond, Webmasters, Howard W. Hunter Law Library
Sponsor: COMART
Track: Technology
Target Audience: Public library staff and managers interested in starting a Web site
Room: Ballroom 3
This session is a MUST for Library Administrators. Important discussion on recruiting, retaining, and mentoring minorities into the profession..
Speaker: John Ayala, Dean of the Library, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA.
Sponsor: REFORMA de Utah
Track: Management
Target Audience: Management and Administrative Staff
Room: 102
Join Marilou Sorensen,U of U/BYU and children's book review critic at the Desert News and Amy Sanyer, Utah Humanities Council Motheread Program, as they discuss the place of children's literature in adult and family literacy programs.
Speaker: Dr. Marilou Sorensen, BYU and U.ofU., Amy Sanyer, Utah Humanities Council Motheread Program
Sponsors: ULA President, Sue Hill
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Public Libraries, Children's Librarians, School Librarians
Room: 203
The purpose of this session is to enable librarians to better serve senior citizens and other facing “end-of-life” choices. The ten most important reference sources and websites will be discussed at this interactive session with Dr. Jay Jacobson. Librarians will learn to locate and become familiar with the materials and services that are available. This topic is not only interesting to librarians as information providers, but also as a personal issue as many of us cope with aging family members.
Speakers: Dr. Jay A. Jacobson, Project Director of the Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Utah. He is a Professor of Internal medicine and Infectious Diseases and Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at LDS Hospital and the University of Utah School of Medicine
Sponsor: HEART/Reference and Adult Services Roundtable
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience:Reference Librarians– Public, Medical, Specials, Academic
Room: Executive Room 100
This will be a demonstration of how to use LC's new Online Catalog. With tips and ideas about how we can benefit from having access to this catalog.
Sponsor: Utah Academic Section
Speaker: John Mitchell, Library of Congress, Cooperative Cataloging Team
Track: Technology
Target Audience: Catalogers, Reference Librarians and others interested in use the Library of Congress Catalog.
Room: 201
Two speakers will discuss various aspects of the different methods of children’s book illustration. One speaker an illustrator of books and an educator and one critic and an teacher will provide information to help the audience increase their knowledge of book illustration beyond whether or not something “looks” good. Since illustrations can often make or break a book and reviews are addressing illustrations more and more this program will be something that many people are interested in. The speakers will address how illustrators are chosen and how they work as well as the types, methods, and styles of illustration.
Sponsor: CSRT
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: all Librarians
Room: 202
This workshop will focus on current descriptions and MARC standards for cataloging monographic Internet resources, primarily Web sites.
Speaker: Jim Dooley, Computer Files Cataloger, J. Willard Marriott
Library, University of Utah.
Track: Technology
Target Audience: It is intended for anyone responsible for original of copy cataloging of Remote Access Electronic Resources.
Room: 101
Once you have a Website, it needs constant upgrading and servicing. Experienced library webmasters will show you how to get your services online: catalog access, circulation services, online reference, access to databases and indexes, and end-user customization of your site and services.
Speakers: Ann Marie Breznay, Systems Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library; Harold Shaw, Ed.D, Assoc. Director Instructional Technology/Media, and Patrick King, Webmaster, Granite School District; and Nancy T. Lombardo, Systems Librarian, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
Sponsor: Comart
Track: Technology
Target Audience: library technical staff and managers
Room: Ballroom 3
Tom Phelps, head of library programs for the National Endowment for the Humanities and Jean Cheney, Special Projects Coordinator for the Utah Humanities Council will show how humanities programming can enrich any type of library through programming, exhibits, special events. Grants that are available to all types of libraries will be discussed.
Sponsor: President
Speaker: Tom Phelps, National Endowment for the Humanities; Jean Cheney, Utah Humanities Council
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: Academic, Public, School Librarians
Room:202
Learn about various software and service options you can use to measure use of your library's web site, including what areas are used the most and least, how often they are visited, and who's visiting. Discover ways to use this information to make your site more useful for your customers and for political and budgetary purposes.
Speakers: Linda Dial, Hunter Library; Carolyn Klatt, Bingham Creek Library; Cheryl Mansen, West Jordan Library; Stan Workman, Whitmore Library.
Sponsor: SLCLS Reference Committee
Track: Technology
Target Audience: Anyone who contributes to a web site or who is involved in compiling information about library use.
Join a panel of local and national experts to discuss the ins and outs of cooperative collection development. Room: 203
Speakers: Margaret Landesman, University of Utah; Julia Blixrud, SPARC; Doug Abrams, Utah State Library Division
Sponsor: ACRL Roundtable
Track:: Management
Target Audience: Directors, Bibliographers, Acquisitions, Technical Services, and Public Services
Room: Executive Room 100
Kimball Young, Laura Bayer, and Amy Owen will discuss the current status and findings of the 21st Century Library Needs Assessment * a first step toward establishing a building fund for new public libraries. Learn about the conditions of public library facilities across Utah and what the results of the statewide public opinion survey tell us about how Utahns view libraries.
Speaker: Kimball Young, Laura Bayer and Amy Own
Sponsors: PLS
Track: Management
Target Audience: Directors, Board Members, Supervisors
Room: 102
Two professional puppeteers will present tricks and tips for using puppets in the library. How to find and adapt stories for puppets, how to construct different types of puppets, how to make simple stages, and other information on how to use puppetry in large gatherings as well as in story times. Each attendee will construct four simple puppets during the session that will allow them to do a Three Little Pigs puppet show.
Speakers:
Sponsor:CSRT
Track: Personal and Professional development
Target Audience: Children’s Librarians, anyone interested in puppetry
Room: 201
Learn successful merchandising and display techniques employed by bookstores to increase sales and customer satisfaction - which can be used to increase circulation and patron satisfaction in your library!
Speaker:
Sponsor: YART
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: anyone interested in Marketing
At Friday's "Table Topic" lunch program Nancy Kranich, the ALA President Elect, will serve as a roaming catalyst for discussion.
Room: 101
Bev Norton will present "Hidden Genealogical Treasures in Public Libraries," the results of a statewide on-site survey of one-of-a-kind historical and genealogical gems held by public libraries in Utah. Nola Kraut will share ideas and experiences in how public libraries can assist genealogical researchers through friendly and customized access, Interlibrary Loan, and collection development policies.
Speaker: Nola Kraut, Salt Lake County Library System; Bev Norton, Brigham Young University
Sponsors: Academic Library Section and GenRT
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience: Public librarians, board members, and members of the public
Room: 202
Demonstration of how to use catalogers Desktop and Classification plus to improve accuracy and speed in cataloging
Speakers: John Mitchell, Library of Congress, Cooperative
Sponsor: Academic and TSRT
Track: Service to Special Populations
Target Audience:
Room: Ballroom 3
If archival repositories are to meet the ever growing collections of data and continue to fulfill their societal role in enhancing access to information, they must reevaluate the criteria for archival collections and be willing to adapt to and take advantage of the ever changing technology. This panel will discuss different ways in which archival repositories may evaluate, store, and provide access for archival materials. The panel will also address the issue of archiving electronic data.
Speaker: Panel - TBA
Sponsor:AMSC
Track: Personal and Professional Development
Target Audience: Preservationist
Room: 201
Learn about the various options available to librarians and districts searching for easy-to-use library automation. Learn how Alexandria gives librarians the ability to successfully install and maintain a proven library information system.
Speaker: Mark Lorenzen
Sponsor: Alexandria/COMPanion Corporation
Track: Technology
Target Audience: Librarians, Media Specialists, Media Coordinators, Technology Coordinators
Room: Executive Room 100
Kimball Young, Laura Bayer, and Amy Owen will discuss the planned public information campaign to promote the role and importance of Utah's libraries, the upcoming major fund raising campaign for a library building fund, potential legislative initiatives for the 2001 session of the Legislature, and grant administration issues.
Speaker: Kimball Young, Laura Bayer, Amy Owen
Sponsor: PLS
Track: Management
Target Audience: Directors, Board Members, Supervisors