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Wednesday
Program Description:
A one-day pre-conference
covering: History of Book, Paper making and Friend or Foe of Books (Slides:
about 1 hour) Washing a book from
a flood -- and Sewing intact (Demonstration:
about 1 hour) Treatment of the Nuremberg Chronicle, Audubon's Birds, Wilson's
Birds, and others (Slides: about 1 hour) Rebacking of Nineteenth Century
Publisher's Binding ((Demonstration: about 1 1/2 hour) Leaf casting and
Paper-splitting (Slides: about 1 hour) Fine Bindings and Boxes (Slides:
about 1 hour)
Speakers:
Bill Minter of William Minter Book Binders
and Conservation, Inc.
Audience:
The audience for this talk is librarians
interested in state-of-the-art book conservation as well as local bookbinders,
book conservators, rare book dealers, etc.
Sponsor:
Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections
(AMSC)
Genealogy Online: Using the Right Internet Tools, Cast the net, locate your ancestor (31)
Program Description:
This half-day workshop has three
parts: 1) the tools and search methodologies in using link indexes, general
search engines, genealogically-focused search engines, meta search engines,
and integrated search sites; 2) a demonstration of how to effectively use
the Internet to find primary sources online; and 3) a look at the many
geographical resources available to help researchers find the location
of ancestors.
Speakers:
Matthew L. Helm, Executive Vice President,
and Chief Technology Officer for FamilyToolbox.net, Inc.; publisher Journal
of Online Genealogy.
Audience:
Librarians serving genealogists, members
of the community interested in family history and genealogy.
Sponsor:
Genealogy (GENRT)
HeritageQuest and Family History Library, New Genealogy Products on CD-ROM (28)
Program Description:
This half-day workshop features the two
largest genealogical index publishers, Heritage Quest and the Family History
Library, demonstrating their newest and most popular CD-ROM publications
for library and home use."
Speakers:
Thomas J. Kemp, Library Director, Heritage
Quest, and Raymond W. Madsen, Product Manager, Family and Church History
Department.
Audience:
Reference librarians, collection development
librarians, and community members interested in family history and genealogy.
Sponsor:
Genealogy (GENRT)
Program Description:
Why do we need a catalog
in the first place? What is the purpose of the catalog? Is cataloging "metadata"?
Why do we need cataloging rules and codes? Robert Maxwell, Special Collections
and Ancient Languages Cataloger at Brigham Young University, will discuss
the basic principles behind cataloging beginning with the work of Charles
Amie Cutter and its reflection in the 1998 IFLA study called "Functional
Requirements for Bibliographic Records." He will show how each part of
the catalog code (AACR2) and record (MARC) support these principles. This
session will help reference librarians as well as catalogers increase their
understanding of the fundamentals of cataloging. Speaker(s):
Robert Maxwell
Audience:
Catalogers Reference Librarians
Sponsor:
Technical Services (TSRT) & Academic
Section
Program Description:
This workshop is designed
to help institutions identify the many facets of imaging projects and how
they work as tools for preservation. Topics to be covered include: how
to create the best representation of the original; what type of metadata
is important to keep about the image files; what is bit-depth and why should
we care; a discussion about the on-going changes in technology and how
they will affect the longevity of the image files you create and the unexpected
benefits to digitization that may change photographic research forever.
Lunch break from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM. Ms. Koelling will conclude her session
from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Panel discussion from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. This
panel discussion will be moderated by Max Evans, director of Utah State
History. The panelists will relate their experiences and advice on the
"nuts and bolts" of carrying out digital projects in the state. Panel members
will include Ms. Koelling as well as individuals involved in digitization
and scanning projects from: BYU--(Robert Espinoza) UofU--(Kenning Arlitsch
and Roy Webb), SUU--(Matt Nickerson), and SLCounty--(Terry Ellis).
Speaker(s):
Jill Marie Koelling
Audience:
Librarians and archivists who are interested
in digitization as a preservation measure. Special Collections administrators
who are investigating digitization projects to promote or to provide access
to their collections.
Sponsor:
Archives, Manuscripts, & Special Collections
(AMSC) Roundtable
With a generous subvention from the Utah
Academic Library Consortium (UALC) Special Collections/Digitization Committee
Patrick
Jones, Creating Raving Fans into the 21 st Century: Connecting Young Adults
and Libraries (59)
Session I. Why YA? Justifications
for and Trends in Library Service
(For administrators, managers
and librarians)
Session II. How to Do It!
Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of YA Services
(For librarians and staff)
Program Description:
2 1/2 day workshops
building on each other, but able to stand alone for those who are involved
in YA, youth services and management/administration. Expert Patrick Jones
will talk about the who, what, how, and especially why's of serving young
adults.
Speaker(s):
Patrick Jones
Audience:
Youth services and adult services librarians,
library assistants, managers/administrators and those interested in connecting
with teens.
Sponsor:
Young Adult Services (YART)
Thursday
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Roy Tennant is an award winning, internationally
recognized pioneer in digital library development and Internet training.
He is Manager - eScholarship Web & Services Design for the California
Digital Library. He created and manages the eScholarship web site at http://escholarship.cdlib.org/.
Prior to that he was the Digital Library Project Manager for the Library
at the University of California, Berkeley. He developed and managed UC
Berkeley’s Digital Library SunSITE (Software, Information and Technology
Exchange), sponsored by Sun Microsystems. The SunSITE is a showcase and
repository of information about how to plan, create and maintain digital
libraries. It provides access to many of the digital libraries on the World
Wide Web.
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Thursday
Lunch Break, Recorded books program: David L. Robbins, author of "End of
War," & George Guidall, reader
Program Description: Business meeting
for YART and an opportunity for ya librarians from around the state to
discuss problems, programs and any other concerns about serving the young
adult population in Utah.
Speakers:TBA
Audience: YART
members, any librarian interested in young adult services in libraries
Any librarian who makes decisions regarding
electronic information.
Sponsor: Young Adult Roundtable
Program Description:
Acquiring electronic
information usually includes accepting or negotiating licenses. These licenses
may govern such things as digital information usage in the library by defining
who may use the resources, the time period that usage is permitted, copying,
archiving, warranties, and penalties for violating the license. Printed
formats are governed by the traditional practice of ownership through purchase
and copyright law with which librarians should be very familiar. Electronic
resources, however, are increasingly governed by license agreements and
contract law that can limit the information usage rights formerly enjoyed
by libraries for materials under copyright law. Though licensing for digital
formats will likely be as common as use privileges afforded by copyright
law in a few years, for the present, vendors, publishers and librarians
are negotiating their respective positions in this new area.
Speaker(s):
Paul Angerhofer, Associate Director, Copyright
Office, Brigham Young University
Keith Sterling, Electronic Access Specialist,
Copyright Office, Brigham Young University
Julie Williamsen, Science Reference Specialist,
Chair - Lee Library Electronic Licensing Committee, Brigham Young University
Audience:
Any librarian who makes decisions regarding
electronic information.
Sponsor:
Academic Library Section
Program Description:
Learn basic techniques
for effectively and efficiently searching the Pioneer/EBSCOhost databases.
Class will be taught by experienced reference librarians from academic
and public libraries. Examples will demonstrate "real world" searches for
all levels of education: primary, secondary, and academic. Topics will
include sociology, humanities, psychology and health.
Speaker(s):
Alison Allen (Orem PL)
Jeanne Le Ber (Uof U Eccles Library)
Brad Monson (BYU)
Keith Slade (SLCC)
Audience:
Information providers who work with the
public
Sponsor:
Health (HEART) and (LIRT)
Program Description:
Learn which programs
are currently available for pursuing your library science degree online.
This session will discuss the mechanics of these programs and some basic
requirements necessary to complete the degree.
Speaker(s):
Matthew L. Helm, MLS, co-author of Get
Your Degree Online
Audience:
Para-professionals and librarians interested
in distance education.
Sponsor:
Genealogy (GENRT)
Program Description:
A brief look at the
different types of Internet resources available to those searching for
their ancestry.
Speaker(s):
Matthew L. Helm, MLS, co-author of Genealogy
Online for Dummies and publisher of Journal of Online Genealogy
Audience:
Librarians serving genealogists, members
of the community interested in family history and genealogy.
Sponsor:
Genealogy (GENRT)
The Lighter Side of Intellectual Freedom and Censorship in Utah (3)
Program Description:
A program featuring
Pat Bagley, cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune. Pat will talk about
intellectual freedom, First Amendment and censorship issues in his media
profession and what these principles mean to libraries and society.
He'll provide cartoons to illustrate his talk.
Speaker(s):
Pat Bagley
Audience:
Librarians of all types
Sponsor:
IF Committee
Program Description:
Ronald Jenkins, Director of Logan City Library, will discuss how they have
collected and organized a small archives for Logan's public library. They
will describe a few of the problems and solutions in their efforts to preserve
this small historical collection. Lyndon Cook, Curator of Special Collections
and Professor of History at Utah Valley State College, will discuss the
current status of the small special collections at UVSC and the College's
plans to expand the scope of the collections in the near future. Closing
Comments: We will allow time for opendiscussion and questions.
Speaker(s):
Ronald Jenkins, Lyndon Cook
Audience:
Academic and public libraries interested
in creating small collections of historical materials.
Sponsor:
Archives, Manuscripts, & Special Collections
(AMSC)
Program Description:
An overview and evaluation
of the many different magazines available for teens and kids done by the
Salt Lake County Periodicals Committee. Will include many new magazines
for these age groups.
Speaker(s):
Anna Zanarini, Laura Jones and Marsha
LeClair-Marzolf
Audience:
Primarily public librarians, especially
those working with kids and teens.
Sponsor:
Children's Services (CSRT) and Young Adult
Services (YART)
Program Description:
Several technical services
librarians will discuss projects they are working on. Topics include
the use of collection level cataloging as an access tool; outsourcing acquisitions,
cataloging, and processing functions; and new approaches to cataloging
for departmental libraries.
The business meeting of the Technical Services
Round Table will follow the presentations.
Speaker(s):
Jim Dooley, University of Utah
Hikmet Loe, Salt Lake City Public Library
Cheryl Walters, Utah State University
Audience:
Technical services librarians
Sponsor:
Technical Services (TSRT)
Handling Legal Questions and Legal Forms in the Library (51)
Program Description:
Patrons often come
to libraries asking for legal information and legal advice, often without
understanding the difference between the two and the limits that librarians
have to observe in answering questions of this type. This program will
offer guidelines, tips, and suggestions on how to provide patrons with
quality service when answering legal reference questions without unintentionally
offering legal advice. The panelists will include Nadia Lashmanova from
the Weber County Law Library, Steve Averett from the BYU Hunter Law Library,
and others. The program will also provide an overview of the State Courts'
new Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP). The OCAP allows individuals
to obtain customized court documents for uncontested divorces and tenant
evictions through the Courts' web site. This will impact public and academic
libraries since people who don't have Internet access at home will be coming
to their local library to access this resource. Kim Allard from the Administrative
Office of the Courts will address common questions and concerns that are
often asked when using the site.
Speaker(s):
Nadia Lashmanova, Kim Allard
Audience:
Public and academic reference librarians
Sponsor:
Public Library Section
The Role of the Illustrator as Storyteller in Multicultural Children's Literature (72)
Program Description:
As culturally authentic
literature for diverse populations becomes more readily available, professionals
must continue to carefully and critically evaluate its content. This presentation
will explore in depth the role of the illustrator in developing character,
plot, theme, setting, point of view, style, and tone in multicultural children's
literature.
Speaker(s):
Graciela Italiano-Thomas, Ed.D., C.E.O.
Centro de la Familia de Utah
Audience:
Anyone serving children and young adults
in public and school libraries
Sponsor:
REFORMA de Utah
Allies or Competitors: What does Questia and its competitors mean to libraries? (43)
Program Description:
How will Questia and
its competitors impact the way users view the library and how we will provide
service in the future? Join Margaret Landesman and Carolyn Klatt
as they talk about the impact on academic and public libraries. After
their short presentation, the floor will be opened for discussion amongst
audience members
Speaker(s):
Margaret Landesman
Carolyn Klatt
Audience:
Public, academic, school, all types of
librarians
Sponsor:
New Perspectives (NPRT)
Program Description:
If you are tired of
taking an aspirin for your aches and pains, you may want to attend this
program. Learn how to relieve shoulder and neck tension, eyestrain, help
prevent carpal tunnel and more. 30 seconds to 5 minute techniques to make
your days easier and increase your energy.
Speaker(s):
Celeste Metz, LMT & Michael Nordenstrom,
Salt Lake City Public Library
Audience:
Everyone
Sponsor:
Health Round Table (HEART)
Embracing the Future: Client-centered, team-based service for the new millennium (7)
Program Description:
The creation of the Centralized Periodicals Facility at BYU has seen the
successful blending of three departments, two technical services (Serials
and Bindery Prep) and one public service (Periodicals), with the end result
- a cohesive reference team of faculty, administrative, paraprofessional
staff and student employees. This workshop would focus on the successful
model of cross training between technical and public services personnel
and the use of the serials record in providing quality reference service
to a large periodical collection. This workshop is geared primarily toward
the academic librarian; however, it is an area that would appeal to a wide
variety of public reference and technical service librarians as well.
Speaker(s):
Lanell Rabner, Pao Shan Wu
Audience:
Academic and Public Librarians
Sponsor:
Academic Library Section
Program Description:
Quick introductions
to some of the new favorite books for children by the presenters.
Speaker(s):
Linda Dial
Sara Wever
Vivian Milius
Carla Morris
Audience:
Children's Librarians and anyone interested
in new kids books.
Sponsor:
Children's Services (CSRT)
Friday
Digitization in Utah: Practical applications and opportunities for the future (25)
Program Description:
This presentation
will show some of the digitization projects that have been created over
the past year at the University of Utah. It will also introduce an
idea for state-wide collaboration that will encourage the sharing of resources
and enable smaller institutions to enter the digital arena at a much-reduced
cost.
Speaker(s):
Kenning Arlitsch
Audience:
Librarians, archivists, curators
Sponsor:
Computer Applications (COMART)
Program Description:
This session
will introduce two new resources for health consumers in Utah:
the Spanish Patient Education Project and the Utah Consumer Health Information
Network. The Spanish Education Project, a collaborative project between
the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and University of Utah
Health Sciences Center, provides full text patient education materials
to the Spanish-speaking community. This project was funded
by the National Library of Medicine, and includes over 200
documents. The Utah Consumer Health Information Network (UCHIN)
is a joint project of the Eccles Library and ULA. Its goal
is to reach people seeking health-oriented information at the first
point of need, and accomplishes this by providing resources for consumers,
healthcare providers, and librarians. Its resources include
links to evaluated Websites, patient information materials, collection
development tools, and a directory of community resources throughout Utah.
Speaker(s):
Liz Workman, Clinical Librarian, Eccles
Health Sciences Library, University of Utah Amy Birks, Interlibrary Loan,
Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Audience:
Public and health sciences librarians,
consumers, healthcare providers
Sponsor:
Health Round Table (HEART)
Program Description:
Ellen Fox from
BCR will provide an introduction to e-books. BCR has developed a partnership
to provide eBook collections to libraries and Ms. Fox has a unique perspective
working with both the vendors and the library customers. With an Internet
connection and LCD projector, Ms. Fox will be able to show how eBooks work,
examples of eBooks and answer questions about the use of e-books as a part
of library service.
Speaker(s):
Ellen Fox
Audience:
Public, Academic Librarians
Sponsor:
Public Library Section
The New Internet Navigator: Results of a statewide initiative (41)
Program Description:
Members of the Information for Life
committee of UALC will describe and demonstrate the new features of the
redesigned Internet Navigator online course. This course is designed to
support information literacy competency for higher education. It
can be used by all types of libraries for user education.
Speaker(s):
Carol Hansen, Stewart Library, Weber State
University, Nancy Lombardo and Jeanne Le Ber, Eccles Health Sciences Library,
University of Utah, Amy Brunvand, Marriot Library, University of Utah
Audience:
Reference, Instruction and school media
librarians
Sponsor:
Library Instruction (LIRT)
Program Description:
This program
will be an update and follow-up to the program by Dr. Jay Jacobson at the
ULA 2000 Conference. The purpose of this session is to enable librarians
to better serve patrons 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 of interest to librarians as information providers, but also
as a personal issue as many of us cope with aging family members.
The Speaker will be: 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
Speaker(s):
Dr. Jay Jacobson, M.D.
Audience:
Reference librarians- public, medical,
specials, academic
Sponsor:
Health Round Table (HEART)
Program Description:
Librarians,
records managers, and other information professionals rely on digitized
information for research and to archive data. Yet the very process of digitization
can destroy information. Media choices can render access impossible. Electronic
resources can disappear due to licensing and other legal issues. Web sites
can change their content overnight, altering the value of information.
The first step in dealing with these dilemmas is understanding the scope
of the problem. Then librarians can find workarounds" and strive to prevent
problems from recurring.
Speaker(s):
Audience:
Special librarians; any information professional
interested in the digitization issues of media incompatibility, information
disappearances, and value rot.
Sponsor:
Special Library Section
Utah's Statewide Implementation of the Lexile Framework for Reading (55)
Program Description:
Starting in
the Fall 2000, Utah students in grades 3,5,8 & 11 received a lexile
measure computed from the reading comprehension portion of the Stanford
Achievement Test, Ninth Edition. The lexile measure is an exciting
tool that encourages reading and supports any of the numerous reading programs.
Along with their lexile measure, students received a customized Reading
Pathfinder Report that lists books that are at their current reading level.
This session will introduce individuals to lexile and give ideas on how
lexile can be utilized.
Speaker(s):
Hal L. Sanderson, PHd., Specialist, Evaluation
and Assesment
Audience:
School and Public Librarians, Teachers,
Parents and Administrators
Sponsor:
School Library Section
Preserving the Personal Reference Interaction with Remote Users (46)
Program Description:
Susan McGlamery,
project director for the 24/7 Reference Project, an initiative of the Metropolitan
Cooperative Library System in Los Angeles, will describe providing real-time
reference assistance via the Web. Susan will address various issues to
consider when launching an online reference service, including staffing,
software selection, and marketing.
Speaker(s):
Susan McGlamery
Audience:
Academic and public librarians
Sponsor:
New Perspectives (NPRT)
Program Description:
The U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO) provides an excellent and free resource for children
and young adults at the K-12 level. "Ask Ben" contains information on the
role of the U.S. Government in today's society and the historical role
of government and its origins. In addition, resources are available for
parents and teachers, including information about using "Ask Ben" as a
learning resource or curriculum tool.
Speaker(s):
Peter L. Kraus, Dave Morrison, & Jan
Robertson, Documents & Microforms, Marriott Library, University of
Utah
Audience:
Media Specialists, Curriculum Specialists,
School Librarians, Children's Librarians, Young Adult Librarians and Reference
Librarians.
Sponsor:
Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT)
Cost-Per-Use: A model for preserving, managing and maintaining the periodicals collection (5)
Program Description:
In 1999, construction
was completed on a 234,000 square foot addition to the Brigham Young University
Harold B. Lee Library. Part of the new addition became home to the
library’s extensive periodical collection, known as the Periodicals Department,
as well as the Serials and Bindery Preparation Departments. Over
15,000 titles, 9,000 plus active, were included in this move. At
that time, it was determined that a cost-per-use study was necessary to
manage the periodical collection both fiscally, as well as physically.
This workshop would focus on the design
and implementation of a cost-per-use tool used to assess usage of both
bound and unbound (current) periodicals and how that project lead
to the development of a successful model for cross training technical and
public services personnel.
This workshop is geared primarily toward
the academic librarian; however, it is an area that would appeal to a wide
variety of public reference and technical service librarians as well.
Speaker(s):
Lanell Rabner – BYU Periodicals Department
Chair
Audience:
Academic and Public librarians
Sponsor:
Academic Library Section
Program Description:
State Library
Division staff will present the current status of initiatives, grant opportunities
and legislative matters that will affect nearly every public library in
the state during the coming year: Technology grants from the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation; The LSTA Five-Year Evaluation; The 21st Century Library
Initiative; A new LSTA Assistive Technology Initiative; and Updates on
House Bills 157 and 131, requiring public libraries to have approved policies
restricting “ . . .access by minors to Internet or online services that
contain obscene material.”
Speaker(s):
Audience:
All public library directors and school,
academic, special librarians for LSTA information
Sponsor:
Library Administration & Management
(LAMART)
Bridging the digital divide: Policy issues and strategies focusing on Latinos and the Spanish speaking (53)
Program Description:
According to Larry
Irvin, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Telecommunications, "America's
digital divide is fast becoming a 'racial ravine'. It is now one
of America's leading economic and civil rights issues and we have to take
concrete steps to redress the gap between the information haves and have
nots." Richard Chabrán, Director of Communities for Virtual
Research, University of California, Riverside, and Ana Alvarez, Seattle
Public Library will provide information and some practical, hands-on tips
to help Utah libraries begin to address this important issue.
Speaker(s):
Richard Chabrán and Ana Alvarez
Audience:
Public, academic and school librarians
Sponsor:
REFORMA de Utah
Program Description:
How to do your
own investment research using the Internet. Heather Wilder from Weber
County Library will demonstrate how to mine the wealth of free investment
information available on the World Wide Web.
Speaker(s):
Heather Wilder
Audience:
Librarians working in small- to medium-sized
libraries with internet access
Sponsor:
Reference & Adult Services (RAS)
Program Description:
Should we catalog
all of our electronic resources? If we have a journal in both print
and electronic format, should we combine the records or keep them separate?
Should we catalog each individual journal available in full text through
large collections such as EbscoHOST? What tools are available to
assist in cataloging electronic journals? Join Jim Dooley from University
of Utah Marriott Library in a discussion of these issues and more.
Speaker(s):
Jim Dooley
Audience:
Technical Services, Acquistions, Public
Services, Managers
Sponsor:
ACRL, Utah Chapter (ACRL)
Program Description:
Panel of representatives from various
programs and institutions will discuss continuing education options and
implementing career plans. Representative programs include: ULA certification
and workshops, Salt Lake Community College's Certification, and Emporia
State MLS Program (SLIM).
Speaker(s):
Lynnda Wangsgard, Pat Montgomery, Becky
Taylor and Debbie Ostvig
Audience:
Library Paraprofessionals and those interested
in library career planning.
Sponsor:
Library Paraprofessional & Support
Staff (LLPSS) Continuing Education Committee
Children's Literature Association Nominations for 2002 for Non-Fiction and Picture Books (19)
Program Description:
Introducing the new nominations for the
award for 2001-2002
Speaker(s):
Children's Literature Association Board
Audience:
Children's Librarians and those interested
in children's literature
Sponsor:
Children's Services (CSRT)
Children's Literature Association Nominations for 2002 for the Children's and Young Adult Awards (18)
Program Description:
Introduction of the new children's
and young adult books nominated for the 2002 CLAU Award.
Speaker(s):
Children's Literature Association Board
Audience:
Children's Librarians and those interested
in the books nominated for the award
Sponsor:
Children's Services (CSRT)
Communications Between Authors and Readers of Genre Fiction (44)
Program Description:
Report preliminary
findings of a survey of participants of genre discussion lists (romance,
mystery and science fiction). The focus of the presentation will
be on the results of the romance survey and will look at how the internet
has impacted communications between readers and authors.
Speaker(s):
Leslie M. Haas
Audience:
Public librarians Collection Development
librarians and anyone who enjoys reading romance fiction or how the internet
is used by readers of fiction
Sponsor:
New Perspectives (NPRT)
Dissension in the Ranks: Are internal customer issues the real problem? (49)
Program Description:
Each day library staff
work with each other as much as with external customers. Often in
our desire to improve our customer service skills we neglect to examine
how we work with each other and concentrate instead on how we work with
patrons. But the lack of good service among ourselves is often at
the root of many of our customer service problems. This program will examine
how we interact with people in our organizations, identify
the most common customer service problems that occur between staff members,
and look for ways to eliminate these problems from our everyday work environment.
Attendees will work together in small groups for portions of this program.
The presenter will be Ann Booth, a branch manager for the Weber County
Library System. In the last two years she has researched, prepared,
and presented several in-depth customer service training sessions
for her library system. Ann has worked for many years in various library
positions and obtained her MLS from Syracuse University in 1996.
She brings years of customer service experience to her work and to
this presentation.
Speaker(s):
Ann Booth
Audience:
Public and academic librarians
Sponsor:
Public Library Section
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: New squeaky-clean vs. edgy books for teens (60)
Libraries Build Sustainable Communities: New roles for libraries (45)
Program Description:
Sustainability
means a healthy community,a viable economy, and environmentally sound buildings.
As gateways to knowledge and community gathering places, libraries are
well-suited to promote sustainability. A panel will discuss the concept
of sustainability, new roles for libraries, and local and regional resources.("Libraries
Build Sustainable Communities" is an ALA initiative, in partnership with
Global Learning, Inc., and the U.S. Agency for International Development).
Speaker(s):
Audience:
Administrators, Trustees, Public Service
Librarians, and Individuals interested in new perspectives on library service.
Sponsor:
New Perspectives (NPRT)
Superheroes in your library: the need for graphic novels and comics in your collections! (61)
Program Description:
An overview
and description of graphic novels and comics and why we need them in our
library collections.
Speaker(s):
Patricia Foster, Bret Armstrong, Brandon
Oveson and Laura Jones
Audience:
All librarians working with young adults
and reluctant readers.
Sponsor:
Young Adult Services (YART)
Program Description:
Staff from the
Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR), a nonprofit, multistate library
cooperative, will present an overview of new information on automated library
products and services. Issues relating to CD-ROM, online systems,
the Internet, hardware and software, OCLC and cataloging will be
highlighted.
Speaker(s):
Ellen Fox, Manager, R&D; and Regan
Harper, Senior Member Services Librarian, Bibliographic Systems & Services
Audience:
Librarians and library staff form all
types of libraries
Sponsor:
Technical Services (TSRT)
Don't
Get Caught in the Web: Research strategies - a new video
for use in library instruction
sessions for first-year writing students (6)
Program Description:
We will show
our new video, produced during summer 2000, that we use in our first-year
writing program at BYU. We will also show the PowerPoint slides that
accompany it.
Speaker(s):
Sandy Tidwell, Instruction Librarian
Audience:
Academic libraries, reference/instruction
librarians
Sponsor:
Academic Library Section
Program Description:
This program
will feature library managers and public relations officers discussing
with media people on how to use media to best promote libraries to the
public. What are the misunderstandings that arise, and how can these
be overcome? How does one best promote a library campaign?
How do we best communicate clearly with the media in order to accomplish
our goals?
Speaker(s):
Dana Tumpowsky, Community Relations Manager
for Salt Lake City Library
Audience:
Library managers, public relations officials,
and anyone who interacts with the media
Sponsor:
Library Administration & Management
(LAMART)
What Should I do Next?: Preserving sanity when planning storytime (24)
Program Description:
Clever ideas
to liven up story times and make them more fun for you and your audience.
Speaker(s):
Carrie Kelley
Janell Pearce-Mattheus
Toni Mitchell
Judy Yada
Audience:
Children's librarians and those interested
in the books nominated for the award
Sponsor:
Children's Services (CSRT)
Program Description:
Nicholson Baker,
the best-selling novelist (Vox) and library critic ("Deadlines," The New
Yorker, July 24 2000) has agreed to present a program he will also present
at the upcoming annual ALA conference in San Francisco. His topic
deals with the politics of the National Preservation Microfilming Program
that led to led to last copies of many historic U.S. newspapers being discarded.
The downside to this policy is the rising awareness that the microfilm,
while improving the ease of access to this material, was in some cases
flawed and incomplete, and that in fact no surrogate is actually capable
of "preserving" newspapers as well as the original paper format.
The loss of every copy of the original newspapers is an irreversible oversight
on the part of national library planning with modern implications for current
trends in digital "preservation." Mr. Baker will also read from his
novels during one of the conference lunches and sign copies of his books
provided for sale by the King's English Book shop.
Speaker(s):
Nicholson Baker
Audience:
The audience for this talk is librarians,
as the them encompasses fundamental questions about library theory and
practice
Sponsor:
Academic Library Section
Program Description:
Sarah Talley,
Preservation Officer of Utah State Archives, will address the difficulties
of preserving and treating books and library materials on a small budget.
She will offer alternatives and options for librarians who operate with
limited resources. Ms. Talley will show examples of few simple repairs
on library and archives materials. Time will be given for questions and
discussion.
Speaker(s):
Sarah Talley
Audience:
Librarians and records keepers who have
limited resources, but have responsibilities for treating deteriorating
library materials
Sponsor:
Archives, Manuscripts, & Special Collections
(AMSC)
Program Description:
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Audience:
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