Utah
Library Association Annual Conference
May 17-19, 2006 - St. George, Utah
When the Boundaries Blur…Creating Synergy in a Time of Transformation
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Welcome
to the Utah Library Association's 2006 Annual Conference. The conference theme,
When the Boundaries Blur: Creating Synergy in a Time of Transformation, refers
to the astounding transformations occurring in our libraries today. With the
rapid growth of collections and the even more rapid growth and diversification
of Utah's population, we look towards creative solutions to balance excellent
customer service while keeping up with trends.
This year's conference programs focus on collections, community, customer service, costs, connectivity.
Leading the conference is keynote speaker John Berry, III, senior editor of Library Journal. Mr. Berry's many illustrious years in and around the library profession give him a unique vantage to see how libraries have been transformed. Wednesday's luncheon speaker is Utah's own Robert Kirby, columnist for Salt Lake Tribune. Wednesday night will be the second annual President's Party.
Thursday we have more excellent speakers lined up, including Rachel Singer Gordon, nationally-recognized library author and www.lisjobs.com creator. Thursday's luncheon is the annual ULA Awards event. Thursday evening ULA hosts, for the first time, the Utah Book Awards, presented annually by the Utah Center for the Book. Also for the first time, ULA is providing conference attendees with the opportunity to attend a nationally advertised LAMA post-conference program.
St. George is a beautiful and rapidly changing part of Utah. You can sign up for one of two tours for Saturday, to enjoy the breathtaking vistas of Zion National Park, or kick up your heels in neighboring Mesquite, Nevada. Downtown St. George offers many restaurants and activities, including their now-famous Thursday night walkabout, xxx.
I look forward
to seeing you in St. George!
Hikmet Sidney Loe
2005-2006 Utah Library Association President
Early Regsitration is now closed. You can still register onsite. Full refunds for Registration Fees will be given for requests postmarked on or before April 9, 2006. After that date, a $10 processing fee will be assessed. There will be no refund for meals. Onsite Registraion Info:
If you are not a member of ULA, you need to renew or register as a non-member.| Conference May 17th and 18th |
On
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ULA
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Not
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| Single day - Wednesday |
$55
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$90
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| Single day - Thursday |
$55
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$90
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| Full Conference |
$80
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$125
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| Current Library School Student |
$30
Single Day,
$50 Full Conference |
$30
Single Day,
$50 Full Conference |
Meals
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Wednesday,
May 17th
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Lunch
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Robert
Kirby / International Buffet
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$17
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Thursday,
May 18th
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Lunch
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Awards
Luncheon / Chicken Picatta
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$17
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Your help is needed with this year's ULA Conference being held in St. George, May 17-18, 2006. Volunteers are needed to help the Protocol Committee and to assist at the Registration desk.
Volunteers for Protocol will count attendance of the sessions they are attending and report that information to the Protocol Committee station. They will make sure that water is provided to the speakers. Volunteers will assist the speakers with the distribution of hand-outs and collect session evaluations, if used. They will serve as a runner to alert Technical Support or the Protocol Committee station of any problems or needs during the session. If you are interested in helping, please send us your name, the sessions you plan to attend, and the day(s) you will be available. Send your e-mail to Barbara Hopkins, hopkinba@uvsc.edu prior to May 10, 2006.
Volunteers for registration will serve at the desk in 1 to 2 hour blocks throughout the conference and post-conference, registering conference attendees and providing conference information. If you can help, contact David Zielke, zielke@dixie.edu.
Thank you
for your help.
There are
rooms reserved at three hotels in St. George: the Hilton Garden Inn
which is located adjacent to the Dixie Center and also at the Holiday
Inn and Hampton Inn which are a short, driving distance away. Be
sure to mention the Utah Library Association when making your reservation.
The following links will provide information about the prices, locations and
amenities that are available at each location. The hotels are extending the
conference price into the weekend for those who would like to stay over and
enjoy the area
Driving directions:
From the North traveling on 1-15, take exit #6, (Bluff Street), turn left, go over the freeway to the first light and turn right onto Convention Center Drive. The Hilton hotel and the Dixie Center are down one block on your left.
From the South traveling on I-15, take exit #6, (Bluff Street), turn right, then at the next light turn right again onto Convention Center Drive. The Hilton Garden Inn and the Dixie Center are down one block on your left.
St.
George Dixie Center
St. George Travel
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Rates for ULA Conference: May 16-20, 2006
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 53 North River Road, St. George, Utah 84770 Toll Free: (800) 892-1203 Rates
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Speaker Contacts ( for ULA Session Sponsors Travel and Speaker Contr act informaion )
John Nichols
Berry III
Keynote Speaker
Wednesday May 17th 9:00-10:30 Garden Room
John
Nichols Berry III
41 Chester Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06905
Office: 646 746 6822; Home: 203 359 2495
E-mail: jberry@reedbusiness.com
John speaks to our conference theme:
"Forces over which our society apparently has little control, have forced
librarians to reconsider and create a new mission for themselves and their
libraries. New technology, especially Google and the search engines, external
forces like war and terrorism with the accompanying jeopardy they bring to
civil liberties, and especially to free expression and private, free access
to information, and the diffusion, if not disintegration of the American community
brought on in part by these forces and the automobile, require a redefinition
of library. As the only profession with a mandate to foster and nurture free
inquiry, librarians are put in a precarious position defending freedom, exercising
in, and convincing citizens that it is worthy of tax support. I'll certainly
cover many of the questions here, and offer some answers as to what the new
mission contains."
During John's
tenure within librarianship, he is proudest of his 41 years at Library Journal,
at having taught at the library schools at the University of Arizona, University
of Pittsburgh, University of Washington, Louisiana State University, Pratt
Institute, and Simmons College (his MLS alma mater). John won the ALA Lippincott
Award, The first annual alumni from the Simmons library school, and to has
spoken at ALA, ASIS, the Australian Library and Information Association, the
Canadian Library Association, and at the library associations of more than
three-quarters of the states. Although he has just retired, John will continue
as Editor at Large at LJ.
Experience:
Editor-in-chief,
Library Journal (1969- ); Editor-in-chief, Library Hotline (1972- ); Editor-in-chief,
Corporate Library Update (1992-2004); Reed Business Information, Inc., 360
Park Avenue, South, New York, NY 10010; Chief Editor, New Book Projects, R.
R. Bowker Co., (1966-68); Assistant Editor, Library Journal and Assistant
Editor, New Book Projects, R. R. Bowker, Book Editorial Dept., (1964-66)
Assistant Director,
College Library, Simmons College, Boston (1962-64); Acting Director (1963)
; Reference Librarian (1960-62); Youth/Reference
Librarian, Reading Public Library, Reading, Massachusetts (1958-60)
United States Army (1955-57)
Robert
Kirby
Luncheon Speaker
Wednesday May 17th 12:00-1:00 Ballroom
Salt
Lake Tribune humor columnist Robert Kirby was raised in a military family.
After serving an LDS mission to South America, Kirby became a police officer.
His law enforcement career was cut short in 1989 by the idiotic notion of
becoming a writer.
He has since been an editor, correspondent and columnist for a variety of
publications. He is the author of six books of demented humor, two novels,
and a history book. END OF WATCH: Utah's Murdered Police Officers, 1858-2003,
was released by the University of Utah Press in February 2004.
Robert has written for the Tribune since 1994. His column appears every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday. A confused grandfather, Kirby has three daughters
and one wife. He lives with his long-suffering family and a cat named Bob
Valdez in Herriman, where his neighbors no longer speak to him.
Rachel Singer Gordon
Thursday May 18th 9:00 - 10:00 Auditorium
The
Cross-Generational Workforce
Today's multigenerational library workforce faces a number of both internal and external challenges. To meet these challenges, we need to learn how to work together effectively and draw on individuals' unique strengths. In a graying profession, we also need to pay attention to succession planning, passing on institutional wisdom, and recruiting, retaining, and mentoring the next generation of librarians.
Topics include:
* What defines
generations -- and why people tend to resist definition
* Why it is essential in a 21st-Century library that multiple generations
cooperate and collaborate
* Ways to overcome communication gaps and prevent misunderstandings between
generations
* Ways to recruit, retain, and mentor the next generation of librarians --
emphasizing that creating an environment where NextGens thrive benefits libraries
as a whole.
Understanding
generational differences, and clearing up misperceptions, can help us overcome
workplace challenges and plan for a successful future.
Bio:
Rachel Singer Gordon is Consulting Editor, Information Today, Inc., Book Publishing
Division, and webmaster, Lisjobs.com. She publishes the electronic newsletter
Info Career Trends, and co-authors Beyond the Job, a professional development
weblog for librarians. Rachel is the "Computer Media" review columnist
for Library Journal; she is also a frequent contributor to LJ's "NextGen"
column and the author of Emerald's "Publish, Don't Perish" Library
Link column. Her published work includes The Librarian's Guide To Writing
for Publication (Scarecrow, 2004), The Accidental Library Manager (ITI, 2005),
and The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide (ITI, 2006). Rachel holds an MLIS
from Dominican University and an MA from Northwestern University.
Julie
Wright
LDS Fiction Extravaganza!
Back Again and Better than Ever!
Thursday May 18th 1:15 - 2:15 Sunbrook 3
Julie
Wright started writing her first book when she was fifteen years old. It took
her a few years to finish it, her character growing up as she did. She attended
BYU with a focus in literature and writing and then married her high school
sweetheart. Together they have three kids and own a small general store in
west central Utah. Her current publications are: My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life,
Loved Like That, and To Catch a Falling Star. Julie's favorite things are
reading, writing, four wheeling with her kids in the sand dunes, snuggling
with her husband to watch movies and Disneyland. She has completed four novels,
one technical manual, and is currently working on her fifth novel. She loves
hearing from her fans so feel free to contact her at www.juliewright.com
Brad Hainsworth
LDS
Fiction Extravaganza!
Back Again and Better than Ever!
Thursday May 18th 1:15 - 2:15 Sunbrook 3
Brad
E. Hainsworth is emeritus professor of communications at Brigham Young University.
He has taught at five major universities and has held senior positions in
local, state, and national government including the U.S. Congress, the White
House, U.S. Department of the Interior Deputy Lieutenant Governor of Utah,
and currently, the Kanab City Council. He is the author of numerous books
and professional papers. His other works of fiction include One Wagon West,
Camp of the Saints, and End of the Rope.
Karl Goodman
LDS
Fiction Extravaganza!
Back Again and Better than Ever!
Thursday May 18th 1:15 - 2:15 Sunbrook 3
KARL
GOODMAN was born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in the West. At age seventeen
and just at the end of WWII, Karl joined the army and ended up in the Second
Infantry Division. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the northern
states and Great Lakes area, where he met his wife, Wilma, a "lady missionary."
They have eight living children-five sons and three daughters. Karl was engaged
in a building business with a contractor's license, until, at the age of thirty-eight,
he graduated from the University of Utah and began teaching along with running
his building business. He and his wife have served missions together in Mexico,
Costa Rica, and Tonga. He has traveled extensively in Mexico and Central America
pursuing his interest in archaeology. He became interested in writing as a
youth and has previously published a novel entitled Walk the Edge of Panic.
He says, "I enjoy writing exciting, romantic adventure. I let my characters
strive in man's often imperfect way to live the principles of the gospel as
they live in this world."
David
Farland
LDS Fiction Extravaganza!
Back Again and Better than Ever!
Thursday May 18th 1:15 - 2:15 Sunbrook C
David
Farland is the New York Times bestselling author of The Runelords fantasy
series from Tor books, along with dozens of science fiction novels for both
children and adults. In addition to his own books, he has worked on a number
of the largest story franchises—including writing novels for Star Wars
and The Mummy and creating video games for Xena and StarCraft’s Broodwar.
He has won a number of awards for his work.
He has worked in a number of fields as a writer and editor, including a decade
spent mentoring new writers through the Writers of the Future program, but
his fondest memories were of the time he spent teaching science fiction and
fantasy writing at Brigham Young University.
Currently, David lives in Saint George, Utah, with his wife and four children,
where he is currently writing full time on hisnext Ravenspell book.
Salvador
Avila
Thursday, May 18, 2:45-3:45, Auditorium
Salvador
Avila has been a library ambassador for Spanish Speaking communities for the
past 10 years. He has lectured at local, state and national conferences and
has been the recipient of several awards. He has a sincere desire to introduce
library services to Spanish Speaking communities and has a proven track record
of successful partnerships and programs/services being offered in public libraries.
Shannon
Hale
Thursday May 18th 3:45 - 4:45 Entrada B
Shannon
Hale started writing books at age ten and never stopped, eventually earning
an MFA in Creative Writing. After nineteen years of writing and dozens of
rejections, she published her first book, The Goose Girl, an ALA Teens’
Top Ten. Enna Burning and River Secrets (fall 2006) are companion books to
Goose. Princess Academy is a Newbery Honor Book and New York Times best seller.
She resides in Salt Lake City with her husband, toddler son, and their pet,
a small, plastic pig.
Conference schedule and program descriptions.
Utah Book
Award to be Presented at ULA Conference
Thursday
May 18th 5:30 - 6:30 Dixie Center Garden Room
The winners for the Utah Book Award will be presented at the
Utah Library Association's 2006 Annual Conference. Sponsored by the Utah Center
for the Book and the Salt Lake City Public Library, the ceremony will be at
the Dixie Center in St. George May 18, 2006 in The Garden Room 5:30 - 6:30
PM.
The Utah Book Award was established to honor outstanding achievements by Utah writers and to recognize books written with a Utah theme or setting. In 1999, the first and only award was presented that year to author Robert Van Wagoner for his book "Dancing Naked". Since then, the categories have been expanded to include fiction non- fiction, poetry, and literature for children and young adult. According to Adriane Juarez, the 2005-2006 chair of the Utah Center for the Book, "We believe the award has demonstrated that although Utah is a relatively small state, we produce great literature that is comparable to what is created anywhere else in the nation. Utah has an active and vibrant literary community that deserves our recognition and support."
Until this year, the ceremony for the Utah Book Award was held at the Salt Lake City Library. Deciding to change venue and announce the award at the ULA conference, committee members are aiming to give more exposure to the Utah Center for the Book and the Utah Book Award and to solicit participation from others in Utah's library community.
The Center for the Book was created in 1977 by the Library of Congress and beginning in 1984, the expansion of affiliated Centers for the Book in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Library of Congress created the Center for the Book to foster understanding and appreciation of the vital role of books, libraries and reading and literacy in society. On behalf of books and reading, the Center for the Book serves as an advocate, a catalyst, and a source of ideas--both nationally and internationally.
In Utah, the Center for the Book is located at the Salt Lake City Public Library. In addition to the Utah Book Award, the Utah Center for the Book oversees several programs including the hugely popular program for students in Utah's schools, Letters About Literature. The Utah Center for the Book also sponsors visits and lectures from authors from all around the world.
For more
information about the Utah Center for Book and the Utah Book Award or for
information about participating, contact Adriane Juarez at ajuarez@slcpl.org.
Awards
ULA
Announces Award Winners for 2005-2006
The Utah Library Association is pleased to announce winners of its 2005-2006
awards which recognize contributions in leadership, pioneering effort, and
teaching for the benefit of Utah libraries and their communities as well as
the librarian profession. The awards will be presented at the upcoming Utah
Library Association conference to be held at the Dixie Center in St. George,
Utah, May 17th through May 19th.
Hyrum
Library/Museum Fundraising Committee
Special Services
to Libraries Award
Since September of 1999, a committee of citizens of Hyrum and surrounding communities has worked tirelessly to raise over $4 million dollars to construction a new library and museum complex in the historic section of downtown Hyrum. The committee was instrumental in convincing Hyrum City Council to donate $1.5 million to the project, and then worked tirelessly to raise the remaining funds. During the years that followed, they held concerts at the local high school; drawing contests at the schools; rode in parades; painted tiles; sold bricks; went door-to-door asking for donations; sold T-shirts; and met with the mayors and city councils of all surrounding communities to enlist their support.
As a result of this great committee and community effort, the groundbreaking for the complex was held November 5, 2005 and construction is now in progress for the new 26,000 square foot building. This library and museum complex will help to revitalize Main Street and once again establish downtown Hyrum as the center of the city. None of this would have been possible without the great leadership and vision of the Fundraising Committee members.
The Fundraising
Committee is comprised of several different committees made up of citizens
of Hyrum and surrounding communities. R. Deane Harrison and Bruce Leishman
serve as Co-Chairmen of the Fundraising Committee. Other committee heads are
as follows: former Hyrum Mayor, Gordon Olson (Community Involvement); Richard
Spillman (Special Projects); Dennis Andersen (Small Businesses); Alice Ostermiller
(Government Relations); Karen Petersen (Major Donors); Glen Stringham (Grant
Writing); Linda Christiansen (Construction Consulting); Doug Nielsen (Surrounding
Community Representatives); and Larry Gittins (Schools).
Kimberly
Rollins
Librarian
of the Year Award
Kim Rollins, Assistant Library Director at Utah Valley State College, has been a driving force in creating and improving services to the UVSC campus and libraries throughout Utah for the past 16 years. Her professionalism is of the highest quality and reflects her outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and management skills. She has taken an active role in state professional organizations, serving as the 2005 Utah Library Association Conference Chair and providing leadership on other ULA committees, including the Library Administration and Management Round Table and the New Perspectives Round Table. She has served as chair of the Utah Academic Library Consortium's Resource Sharing Committee, or which she is an ongoing member, and currently serves on UALC's Publicity Task Force.
Kim also takes an active role on campus, entering her second year on UVSC's Strategic Direction Advisory Committee and the newly formed Campus Copyright Committee. She played a major role in leading the Library's accreditation team, and prepared the library section of the final document. She has an integral part in planning the new 180,000 square foot Digital Learning Center/Library at UVSC and is well known across campus for her skills and willingness to improve UVSC as a whole. Patrons are always her first priority as she looks for ways to improve services and she enjoys interacting with them in the classroom and at the reference desk. When working with faculty and staff, she is always available when needed and will assist in solving problems as quickly as possible. Overall, Kim has provided service above and beyond the call of duty, both at UVSC and throughout Utah.
Julene
Butler
Special Recognition Award
Julene Butler earned her Master of Library Science at BYU and her Ph.D. in Communication, Information, and Libraries Studies from Rutgers University. She is currently the Associate University Librarian at Brigham Young University, and has worked in the BYU Library for the past 35 years. During that time she has served in numerous capacities, including the Library Administrative Team, Library instruction, overseeing the public services division, cataloging, and reference.
She is actively involved in the University Executive Council on Northwest Accreditation, the University Faculty Development Council, and the Library Coordinating Council. She is a past Chair of LIRT, ULA Conference Chair, Utah Library Association Vice-Chair and she has been active in the Utah Library Association Academic Section.
Her publications include numerous articles in professional journals, two instructional videos, and numerous papers presented at conferences. She is active in professional organizations and the community. Her greatest fulfillment comes through mentoring and associating with her fine colleagues.
Pat
Montgomery
Distinguished Service Award
Pat Montgomery has worked in, with, and for Utah's public libraries for thirty
years. She began her Utah library career with Salt Lake County Library in
1976. During those years she helped develop the Reference and Information
Service at Whitmore Library, headquarters for the County system, and later
became manager of the West Valley Library during a time of rapid growth and
change in the community.
Ms. Montgomery served as the director of the Park City Library during a critical
time in its history. Following the award-winning remodel of the old Miner's
Hospital into a library, Pat established a pattern of library service that
earned the library accolades as one of the best small town libraries in the
West. She also oversaw the creation of the new Park City Library.
Ms. Montgomery has always been the State's unofficial library consultant,
willing to share her time and expertise with anyone who needed advice and
assistance, whether someone in a rural area struggling to put together a volunteer
library or an urban library director looking to design a new library.
Most recently, as an official Library Consultant with the Utah State Library,
Ms. Montgomery has prepared online resources for library trustees, developed
new certification standards for public libraries, and organized and conducted
training sessions across the state on Pioneer, Utah's Online Library, as well
as various library management topics.
She has served the Utah Library Association in several capacities, including
as Member-at-Large and as an officer or member of various committees, including,
the Continuing Education Committee and New Perspectives Round Table.
2005-2006 ULA Awards Committee:
Lori Stevens, Chair
Deborah Devereaux
Claudine Boothe
Ruby Cheesman
Friday, May 19th
Collaborating,
Partnering, Cooperating & In Cahoots - The Good, the Bad and the Future
- an ALA LAMA regional institute presented by Julie Todaro - 9:00-5:00 Auditorium
Libraries - in ever increasing numbers - are partnering to better serve customers/patrons,
deliver services, maximize resources, address space issues and speak to political
agendas…to name just a few reasons. Although many environments and umbrella
institutions tout, propose and even require that libraries enter into partnerships,
the library world still enters such some relationships with trepidation. Libraries
have been involved in and - in many cases - "inventors of" partnerships
and consortia, but based on discussions in the past decade relating to "partnering
for the wrong reason," "it's cheaper," "all libraries
offer the same services," and "a library is a library is a library,"
it's time that libraries investigate what works to the benefit of library
patrons, community and institutional constituents, libraries, and library
staff. In addition, it is critical that librarians educate their umbrella
organizations and institutions about which partnerships work, what the differences
are between and among partnerships, collaborations, consortia and formal and
informal agreements.
This institute
will provide an overview on the partnership, collaboration, and cooperative
venues concept in general and in libraries today; define the various terms
in popular and scholarly literature review; outline the elements and management
aspects of partnerships today; provide processes for development, measurement
and assessment of partnerships today; outline benefits of partnerships; and,
determine elements of and discuss examples of benchmark partnerships.
Dr. Julie
Beth Todaro has been a library manager and consultant for over thirty years.
She specializes in the management of all types of libraries in the areas of
21st century human resources issues; strategic planning; organizational design
and effectiveness; community partnerships; and information literacy. Her professional
career includes academic library manager for 22 years (community college,)
library school educator, (public library specialist and management of non-profits,)
and public librarian, (children's and young adult.) Todaro also has her all-level
school library certification. Julie has been closely involved with a variety
of initiatives for all types of libraries including: Chair of the Texas Committee
to Develop Standardfor School Libraries; Chair of a Joint Task Force on Implementation
of the Texas Public Library Study; and, Chair of the Information Literacy
Community Partnerships initiative for ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy.
Julie was named a 2005 "Profiles in Power" winner by the Austin
Business Journal in 2005 and is past president of the Texas Library Association
from 2000-2001. The Texas Library Association has honored her as the Librarian
of the Year in 1996; and, she received the YWCA Austin Educator of the Year
Award in 1999. Todaro was chosen in 2006 as one of the seven providers for
PLA's Certified Public Library Administrator Program with her workshop "Staffing
Issues for the 21st Century."
Disaster Preparedness for Librarians: When nature crosses the boundary into your books – presented by Randy Silverman – 8:00-12:00
Mr.
Silverman helped with major library disasters in four states (including the
2004 Hawaii flood and 2005 Hurricane Katrina), and will help you and your
library prepare and survive what nature may bring to Utah.
Randy Silverman is the Preservation Librarian at the University of Utah's
Marriott Library. He has worked in the field of book conservation since 1978
and holds a Masters degree in Library Science. He initiated the passage of
Utah's permanent paper law in 1995, served as co-chair of the Library Collections
Conservation Discussion Group of the American Institute for Conservation from
1991-98, and was the President of the Utah Library Association from 2000-2001.
Mr. Silverman is currently an adjunct faculty member at Emporia State University, the University of Arizona, the University of Denver, and the University of North Texas, teaching "Preservation" courses at the masters level in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah.
Since 1987, Mr. Silverman has received 11 grants, including one from the National Park Service to investigate "Emergency Mass Drying and Sterilization Techniques for Historically Significant Books." He consults broadly, has published 56 professional articles or book chapters to date, and has delivered 143 lectures or workshops in 24 US states and 7 countries. As a member of the International Federation of Library Associations, he is presently working with colleagues at the Library of Congress to establish a National Disaster Center for Cultural Property.
Mr. Silverman's program is being generously underwritten by a grant from the Mountain Plains Library Association. Registration fees for this program will be reduced for MPLA members.
Utah Kids Ready to Read!...Emergent Literacy in your library 1:00-5:00
Whether
you call it emergent literacy, early literacy, or pre-literacy, is one of
the most exciting new trends in library services to families. By learning
about emergent literacy you become a valuable resource to your community.
Utah Kids Ready to Read! is a state-level initiative organized to help library
personnel across Utah learn how to get kids ready to read. Attending this
workshop will provide you with useful information to enhance the programming
you already provide. This is a wonderful follow-up for those who have already
hosted Utah Kids Ready to Read! presentations and for those wishing to get
started. For Committee contact and bio information, please visit: http://library.utah.gov/utah_kids/committee.htm
See the At-a-Glance Information for Exhibitors for more details on conference specifics. You’ll also find a copy of the Exhibit Space Registration Form, though we prefer you to register and pay online Registration. In addition to exhibitors, we’re also looking for organizations interested in becoming sponsors for some of our conference programs and activities—an opportunity that would give an extra measure of visibility at the conference.
Contact: Debbie Petersen, ULA Exhibits Chair email: jonesde@uvsc.edu
Wednesday