Friday Sessions
A1 8:45 am - 10:00 am Keynote Session - John Wood Co-sponsored by Alberta Municipal Affairs and Micromedia ProQuest
9:30 am - 3:00 pm Exhibits Open
10:00 am - 10:45 pm Coffee Break Sponsored by Legacy Library Services
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Conference Sessions
B1 Reaching Out: Stepping Into the Future Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing gathered input from across the province to develop the vision and strategic plan for the delivery of Public Library Service in Alberta. WE ARE UNVEILING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. Come… Hear… Step into the future with us. Session sponsored by Axia. Presenters: Bonnie Gray and Grant Tolley
B2 The Library as a Place of Spirit Much has been written about the library as a physical space. However, it is also a place of spirit and inspiration that reflects key values, beliefs and aspirations. This session will explore the notion of spirit, how it is derived and created from many different sources and how it comes together in a unique institution called the public library. Presenter: Gerry Meek
B3 Meeting your Users’ Expectations By Building a Nextgen Webscale for Libraries Meeting expectations is never easy, especially when expectations can change for each individual. Thanks to the Web, users commonly expect simple discovery and intuitive delivery. In addition to traditional searching, users want to socially collaborate and participate in their search experience. This can be achieved by employing social networking tools and by combining the power of the local library with libraries regionally and worldwide. Libraries need a scaled, compelling user environment that connects to a transparent mechanism for delivery of library resources. Examples will be drawn from OCLC’s Montana home delivery pilot, WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local services. Presenter: Mindy Pozenel
B4 Building Community Partnerships This session will provide an overview of the importance of community collaboration and community partnerships as an important tool for working effectively with other organizations and community members. The session will outline a partnership process and tips for building effective partnerships. Presenter: Anne Smith
B5 Reach Out to the Children: Summer Reading Programs as a Community Service Public libraries provide an important service to their communities each year through their summer reading programs (SRPs). This session will present an overview of some of the current research about the impact of SRPs on children’s reading interests and habits. A brief introduction to the presenter’s research project will be given and participants will be given an opportunity to share ideas and questions about their upcoming SRPs. Presenter: Joanne de Groot
B6 Lorne McRae Intellectual Freedom Lecture If intellectual freedom is one of the core values of librarianship, then development and promotion of that value in society should be part of our mandate. How successful have we been in fulfilling that responsibility and connecting that value to our profession and to our institutions? This session examines the “face” of intellectual freedom in school curricula and public/academic library materials, and includes recommendations on how we can repair what the speaker considers to be a broken connection between libraries and intellectual freedom. Presenter: Ann Curry
B7 Reaching Out from the Other Side of the Desk: A User’s Perspective on Evolving Library Services As service delivery models change, and as librarians increasingly reach out to their communities, some users reach back. The last few years have seen profound changes in the academic library environment reflecting the seminal changes in academia. Publishing models, research tools, and scholarly communication have all been revolutionized. As libraries adapt, researchers do as well. This session will provide a user’s perspective on some of these changes. Presenter: Mark Vajcner
B8 Reaching Out: Taking Information Literacy Online Ever thought about making Information Literacy available online? NAIT Libraries has made an interactive IL tutorial available via WebCT. This session will review the pitfalls, challenges and sources of assistance throughout the development process, and discuss the user-focussed teaching pedagogy behind this project. Hear about the broader impact that this online tutorial has had on library services at NAIT. Presenters: Christine Bourchier and Shannon D’Agnone
B9 Our Favourite New Books for the Spring and Summer 2008 We have pulled books from our lists that have struck a chord personally. These books are chosen for their unique topics or storylines, or sometimes for the beauty of the language. Our aim is to provide a variety of titles for librarians to recommend to their patrons. Presenters: Maylin Scott, Anne Stevens, and Lahring Tribe
B10 Social Marketing - Building Relationships, Changing Behaviours, Part 1 Social marketing is an approach designed to encourage changes in behaviour over the long term. Is social marketing a strategy that could be implemented to generate new users, revenue, or an enhanced role in our communities? Participants will have an opportunity to explore the basic principles of social marketing and develop central elements of a social marketing strategy or program within their community or organization. Note: This is a two-part session; please register for B10 and C10. Presenter: Keith Seel
B11 “New, No-Fuss” Web Design for Small Public Libraries: How to Build and Maintain a Fabulous Website in a Tenth of the Time Use the open-source software Wordpress to learn to create a dynamic content-rich website for your library. Enjoy the benefits of email notification, RSS, library event calendars, public forums, embedded video and much more. No web design experience necessary. Gain a clear understanding of how to use open-source content management systems to create or improve your websites. Presenter: James MacDonald
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (Exhibits are open during lunch)
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Conference Sessions
C1 The Librarian and the Antiquarian Bookseller: Competition or Symbiosis? This session explores the means by which Booksellers and Librarians may find common ground, not only in the enrichment of collections through retrospective purchasing, but also by the cultivation and harvesting of donations-in-kind. Presenters: Merrill Distad and Cameron Treleaven
C2 Great New Books to Get Them Reading Our favourite picks from tots to teens. Books to capture and delight the youngest potential readers. Books for reluctant readers and adventurous readers. Our lists of recommended titles will help librarians be on top of the best new books for young readers. Presenters: Maureen Johnson, Rosalyn Steele, and Anne Stevens
C3 Creating Partnerships: Easing the Administration of Collaboration Libraries have made tremendous steps towards implementing digital technology. So what’s next? How can we use the Alberta SuperNet to leverage collaboration? Learn how new technologies can be implemented in Alberta libraries to host virtual board meetings, collaborate with other libraries and use video conferencing. Presenter: Bob Muir
C4 What Difference Does Your Public Library Make in Your Community? Public libraries are critical to the success of the communities they serve. Learn how one public library engaged its community in an effort to understand the personal, social, and economic benefits and impacts of the library on its community. Presenter: Barbara Sonnenberg
C5 Librarians as Community Leaders Explore successes and challenges of working with school libraries and other community partners. We’ll discuss outreach initiatives, partnership efforts for Summer Reading statewide (Idaho), and ideas on how to develop community connections. PNLA’s Leadership Institute and other strategies for encouraging staff of all levels to develop leadership roles will also be discussed. Presenters: Anne Abrams and Mary DeWalt
C6 Designing the Future: Architecture and the Changing Role of Libraries In the design of 21st century libraries the interactive cultural experience takes precedence over the information desk. Libraries are being transformed from reading and information centres to community gathering places with diverse responsibilities. From London’s Idea Store to Cerritos’ Club Med for the Mind, take a thought-provoking visual tour of new libraries and highlights design innovations around the world. Presenter: Rosemary Griebel
C7 Stepping Out with Stories Storytelling can be used in the library world, not as entertainment of young listeners, but as a major communication tool to convey the fundamental nature and value of the library in today’s society. Presenter: Gail de Vos
C8 The Power of Citizen Input So, your community has told you what they think about the library and what they would like to see the library offer in the future. How do you interpret and act on this information? This session explains the advantages and disadvantages of needs assessment tools. It also presents the results of using focus groups in cities with populations of 15,000 and 30,000. Explore the wealth of information that citizen input provides, and learn how the library can use it to its best advantage. Presenters: Pat Cavill and Wendy Newman
C9 Leadership: Make a Difference Discover your leadership strengths! Create a climate that encourages others to accomplish extraordinary tasks. Discover the practices that allow visions to become reality, obstacles to become innovations, and challenges to become successes. As the world changes, so do some of the best practices of leadership. Recognize the universal pillars of leadership. Each leader is unique, but every leader shares the patterns of best practice. Make extraordinary things happen by encouraging the leader within everyone. Presenter: Renate Taylor Majeau
C10 Social Marketing - Building Relationships, Changing Behaviours, Part 2 This is a continuation of B10. Presenter: Keith Seel
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee Break Sponsored by Edmonton Public Library
3:00 pm Exhibits close
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ALTA and LAA Annual General Meetings
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner
D1 8:00 pm Author Talk: Guy Vanderhaeghe and Dave Bidini
D2 9:00 pm Movie: The Sweetest Embrace: Return to Afghanistan
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