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2009 Utah Library Association Conference
April 22-24, 2009
South Towne Expo Center, Sandy, UT
Pre-conferences
Five pre-conferences offered in conjunction with the 2009 Utah Library Association Conference are made available to conference attendees at no charge on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Sandy South Towne Center.
“The Basics of Reader’s Advisory Services with Joyce Saricks” from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 300 B.
“Advanced Reader’s Advisory Services with Joyce Saricks” from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Room 300 B.
Experience a unique opportunity to learn about Reader’s Advisory services from a leading expert, Joyce Saricks. A noted columnist and reviewer, Joyce is the author of “Reader’s Advisory Service in the Public Library” and Booklist’s “At Leisure” Reader’s Advisory column. She is also Readalikes editor and contributor for NoveList and adjunct professor at Dominican University’s School of Library and Information Science. Joyce provided Reader’s Advisory at the Downers Grove Public Library for 27 years.
You may attend either or both sessions.
“Law and the Library by Mary Minow” from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Room 300 C.
Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Minow will address issues librarians face every day: patron behavior, privacy, copyright, free speech, employee relations, and more.
Mary Minow received her B.A. from Brown University, her A.M.L.S. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her J.D. from Stanford University. She is the coauthor with Tomas Lipinski of The Library's Legal Answer Book (ALA Editions: 2003). She is one of the co-authors of the Library Law blog: http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/
“Accessing the Resources of the LDS Family History Library” from 9:00 a.m. to noon, repeated from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the LDS Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple. Host for tour and workshop is Cherie
The world’s largest genealogical library invites the Utah library community to learn more about accessing its wealth of resources from over 110 countries. This pre-conference activity will teach you how to help patrons get started in genealogical research, including a look at new online resources. You will also learn how to prepare patrons to visit the FHL and take advantage of the free patron classes. Also included is a Q&A session with some of the library’s experts and a “behind the scenes” tour of all five floors and the conservation lab, which is not normally open to the public. Don’t miss this chance to learn more about the popular hobby of genealogy!
Visitors may pay to park in public parking near the FHL in the link below or take TRAX which stops ½ block from the FHL.
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhl/frameset_library.asp?PAGE=library_parking.asp
Program highlights include:
Utah Center for the Book Award Winners Author Panel
Presented by Christine Allen-Yazzie, Frederick H. Swanson, Shannon Hale, and some selections read from Kenneth W. Brewer's work. The latest Utah Book Award winners read from their work and share their writing experiences
Bilingual Story time for Gringos (Reforma)
Presented by Gracie Mora, Tiffany Herbon, Tessa Epstein and Juan Lee. Ideas are given of how to engage both English and Spanish speaking kids in a bilingual story time. Covering songs, music, rhymes, hand motions, activities and crafts. Examples of different story times will be explored. Pronunciation of Spanish words will be covered. This will focus on skills for English speaking librarians to bring their kids together as a community.
Dealing With Budget Cuts in a Bad Economy (TFRT)
In these difficult economic times it is likely that all libraries will be faced with more limited budgets than in recent years. How will your library board deal with the cuts? What services and personnel will you keep, or let go? Are there any remedies or preventions for having your library's budget cut?
Space Station Nathan: Nathan Hale, Author/Illustrator (CSRT)
Children's author and illustrator Nathan Hale will talk about how he illustrates and writes books - and how it's different if you are illustrating someone else's text. Either way, it's a fascinating process from start to finish.
Making Sense of Business Reference (BRT)
Do you wish you felt more confident when faced with a business reference question? This 2-hour workshop presented by Celia Ross, Stratham Research, will help familiarize you with sources and strategies for tackling questions on companies, industries, the stock market, consumer demographics and more. Face down your business reference fears and/or add to your growing business reference arsenal. Part business reference therapy, part business reference source class, this workshop will leave you with a better understanding of the business reference process and provide you with a framework for building your business reference expertise. Discover the business reference skills you didn't even know you possessed and never (or almost never) feel like hiding under the desk when faced with business reference questions again!
Notes from a Wandering Librarian (Academic Library Section)
Presented by Jenny Lynne Semenza, Idaho State University: Oboler Library.
While on sabbatical, Jenny traveled the western states, from Arizona and New Mexico north to Alaska. She met with librarians at 26 different academic institutions in her quest for the innovative, the informative and the interesting. Come find out what she discovered to be the best, most valuable, and innovative. Think this is not for you? She also stopped along the way at public libraries and the occasional museum. While the purpose of the sabbatical was focused on Public Services (instruction, reference, distance services), she garnered many insights into space planning, development/funding, collection development and more...
Pioneer Library - Benefiting all of Utah citizens (School Library Section)
Presented by Rick Cline, Utah Education Network, Colleen Eggett, Utah State Library Division, and Ann Marie Breznay, University of Utah Marriott Library. Addressing the multi-faceted Pioneer Library and how its array of online resources is available to a variety of patrons -- K-12 and college students, faculty, and every Utah citizen young and old statewide. You will learn about the different databases that each of the Pioneer partners (public, academic, and K-12) provide and who and how they can be accessed.
You Do Not Have the Right to Remain Silent: How Legal Scholarship Found a New Voice through Open Access (TSRT)
Academic Libraries have made significant progress in developing archival systems for scholarly assets. However, the focus had been more on digital storage and preservation, rather than the development of tools to facilitate open access publishing of current content. Cognizant of the need to provide the academic community with an open access publishing tool for current campus publications, the libraries at the University of Utah, in partnership with the S.J. Quinney College of Law, developed a pilot project for publishing college materials in an Open Journal System (OJS), a journal management and publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project.
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the tools and methods used to develop open access publishing for materials that have historically been available only in print form or via online subscriptions. The discussion will cover the entire process through submission to publication and how OJS facilitates these activities.
Success with Library Surveys (CE)
Presented by Colleen Eggett, Robin Chalhoub, and Valerie Buck. Would you like to plan services and programs that truly meet the needs of your community? Would you like to report back to city hall or your community what you are doing well? If you want library feedback that is quick, confidential, and thorough, a survey is an excellent way to go. Learn the essential elements of how to create, conduct, and evaluate an effective survey for your library.
Show Me! Online Library Tutorials (LIRT)
Presented by Allyson Washburn, Lee Library, BYU, and Rita Christensen. With the availability of online content, patrons are not coming to the library and frequency of reference desk visits are declining resulting in fewer opportunities for teaching basic library information skills. How does the library reach out and provide point-of-need help? Brigham Young University GIS staff will discuss how they implemented iLearning Library Services. The new unit was developed to address the need for online learning modules for distance education students and those visiting the library online via the website. You’ll learn how we got started, how we operate, and our approach to providing Information Literacy skills and point-of-need help using short videos created with Camtasia.
Teen Author Panel (YART)
A. E. Cannon, Mette Ivie Harrison, Carol Lynch Williams, and Sara Zarr. Utah teen authors will share about the experiences writing and their new books in 2009.
The ULA Certificate of Achievement Program (LPSSRT)
With Sherry Bohman, Cedar City Public Library and Connie Lamb. This is a working session for paraprofessionals, who are interested in enhancing their library knowledge and skills by obtaining the ULA Certificate of Achievement. Members of the review board will be on hand to explain the program and help register applicants. They will assist individual attendees with what requirements they have already filled and what they still need to do to complete the program.