Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference 2002
Libraries...a basic freedom"
Thursday, October 31
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
7:30
- 8:30 a.m.
Wisconsin Library Association Foundation Board
Meeting
8:00
- 8:30 a.m.
Intellectual Freedom Round Table Business Meeting
8:45
- 10:00 a.m.
Do You Know What They Did Last Summer?
Dr. Mary Jane Wiseman, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Library
and Information Science, Catholic University of America
Dr. Mary Jane Wiseman will present information on her research that examined the impact of summer activities on the retention of reading skills in children who had completed first grade and the implications for children’s librarians. The primary focus of her presentation will be to provide practical advice to librarians.
Sponsors: Youth Services Section, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Getting
to Know WebDewey: A Basic Introduction
Anthony Wieczorek, Cataloger, Appleton Public Library; Kathryn Beck,
Cataloger, Appleton Public Library; Holly Otts, Cataloger, Outagamie
Waupaca Library System
An action-packed hour and fifteen minutes of spine tingling, hair-raising adventure as we rush headlong into the fury that is WebDewey!
Sponsor: Technical Services Section
Library
Technology Accommodations
Kelly Fonner, Consultant, Educational and Assistive Technology
Libraries have been involved in planning and implementing access for their patrons with disabilities. Many have tackled the physical access issues as they relate to getting into and around within the building. However, we must plan beyond this because our patrons are not only challenged by the physical access, but also by the visual, auditory and cognitive challenges to utilize the sections, materials and events in the library. This session will describe and demonstrate a variety of assistive technology products that may make the library less restrictive. These products range from book reachers to software used to produce talking books. Come get an overview of what’s available and a thorough resource list for your planning.
Sponsors: Social Responsibilities Round Table, Outreach Services Round Table
Moving
a Library’s Collection
Julie Tessmer, Director of Collection Management, Wisconsin
State Law Library
Do you have a library move in your future? Julie Tessmer will cover the logistics of moving your library, from initial planning through moving day. Julie brings lots of moving experiences to her presentation, including the most recent move of the Wisconsin State Law Library.
Sponsors: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Circulation Services Roundtable, Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin
Preparing
Your Library for Disaster
Stevan P. Layne, Layne Consultants International
A very topical, nationally acclaimed program discussing recommended methods to reduce injury, loss of life, and loss of collections. A national leader in emergency preparedness walks you through step-by step procedures for assuring that necessary arrangements are in place to prepare any library for dealing with emergency evacuations, transportation and protection of assets, working with emergency response teams, and more.
Sponsors: Support Staff Section, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Using
Z39.50 for Broadcast Searching
Mary
Clark, WISCAT Coordinator, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community
Learning
The DLTCL has implemented the beginnings of a linked system that will facilitate broadcast searching across many Z39.50 host catalogs. Search options and results can sometimes be very different when doing a Z39.50 search versus doing a search in a native or local catalog. This program will discuss the new WISCAT Z39.50 gateway and demonstrate some search strategies for doing a broadcast search.
Sponsor: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
What
are They Doing at the Capitol? Resources for Tracking Legislative Activity
Michael J. Keane, Legislative Analyst, Wisconsin Legislative
Reference Bureau; A. Peter Cannon, Senior Legislative Analyst, Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
How can you find out if a bill has been introduced in the legislature allowing people to carry concealed weapons? What is the status of the bill to create a forestry department? How did Senator Smith vote on the abortion bill? …. Do you get questions like these? We will show you how to find information to answer questions on legislative activity including what’s available on the legislature’s Internet site, where it is, how often it’s updated, why you might not be able to find it, and where else you might look. Bring specific questions if you’d like us to walk you through a current problem.
Sponsors: Government Information Round Table, Library Advocacy Round Table, Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table
10:45
a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Banta Award Winner and Discussion
Fran Zell, Author
The 2002 Banta award winner Fran Zell, author of The Marcy Stories, a collection of interconnected stories, will read from and discuss her work.
Sponsor: Literary Awards Committee
The
Budget Repair Bill: How Do Trustees Deal with It?
Karen Busch, Trustee, Southwest Wisconsin Library System;
Gregory Crews, Trustee, South Central Library System
What should be the trustee’s role in the shaping of the local 2003 budget?
Sponsor: Wisconsin Library Trustees Association
Five
Librarians and a (Book) Truck
John DeBacher, Director, Monona Public Library; Sylvia
Contreras, Interim Co-Director, UW-Madison Health Sciences Libraries;
Sharon Mulvey, Chemistry Librarian, UW-Madison Chemistry Library; Michele
Matucheski, Librarian, Clark Family Health Science Library, Mercy Medical
Center, Affinity Health System; Mary Bayorgeon, Director of Library
Services, Affinity Health System
As a follow-up to Julie Tessmer’s “Moving a Library’s Collection,” a panel of multi-type librarians shares their experiences in moving. Each panelist brings a different perspective to the moving experience: phasing library construction projects, incorporating knowledge from one move into a facilities consolidation project, remodeling while keeping the doors open, and providing a dose of humor goes a long way.
Sponsors: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Circulation Services Roundtable
Graphic
Novels for Young Adult Audiences
Jim Bahler, Comic Book/Graphic Novel Dealer
What is a graphic novel? Jim Bahler will present information on and examples of graphic novels for pre, middle and late teens.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
How
Many Cooks Does it Take? Decision-Making in Public Library Consortia
Martha Riel, Librarian, Town Hall Library, North Lake; Steve Platteter,
Automation Librarian, Southwest Wisconsin Library System, Fennimore;
Paul Onufrak, Automation Librarian, Eastern Shores Library System, Sheboygan;
Phyllis Davis, Associate Director, South Central Library System, Madison;
Barbara Strauss, Library Automation Manager, Outagamie Waupaca Library
System, Appleton
It’s a brave new world in the public library consortia environment—so many opportunities and so many changes! Representatives from various consortia will share experiences with governance, policy-making, joint collection development, tracking borrowing patterns, and more.
Sponsor: Technical Services Section
Issues
on Aging: Health, Social and Financial Concerns Facing Today’s
Seniors
Betty
Christen, Manager, Cedar Ridge Apartments Linda Olson, Director, Washington
County Office on Aging
The speakers will discuss major issues affecting the quality of life for seniors today in order to assist library staff in providing optimal services, both in the library and through outreach.
Sponsors: Outreach Services Round Table, Circulation Services Roundtable, Social Responsibilities Round Table, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Library Trustees Association
Post
9-11 Security and Safety
Louise S. Robbins, Professor and Director, UWMadison
School of Library and Information Studies
America’s war on terrorism has created a national dialogue on the dilemma of preserving liberty while protecting security. Professor Robbins’ presentation will provide historical context for librarians pressured to be “loyal” at the expense of personal and professional values. Case studies, role-playing and other interactive exercises will help participants focus on proactive library policies and processes.
Sponsors: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Circulation Services Roundtable, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Wisconsin Library Trustees Association
The
State of Library Technology: A Review of Division Programs and Activities
Cal Potter, Assistant State Superintendent, Division
for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning; Bob Bocher, Technology
Consultant, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning;
Sally Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library, Division for Libraries,
Technology and Community Learning
This session will review several key programs that the DLTCL is involved in managing or coordinating. Included will be brief updates on the new WISCAT and Interloan System, linking systems, the REACH program to bring direct Internet access to smaller Wisconsin public libraries, the Gates Foundation grant program, and updates on issues and activities of the state’s Library and Technology Advisory Committee.
Sponsor: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
12:00
- 2:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Library Trustees Association Annual
Business Meeting and Luncheon
12:15
- 1:00 p.m.
Government Information Round Table Business Meeting
Intellectual Freedom Committee Business Meeting
Library Advocacy Round Table Business Meeting
Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table Business Meeting
12:15
- 1:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Academic eBook Consortium Business Meeting
2:00
- 3:15 p.m.
Diaries of Women and Girls: Programs & Preservation
Dr. Suzanne L. Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State University,
Mankato
Professor Bunkers will speak on her experiences in gathering, editing, and using diaries in her teaching and research. Her approach to diaries as historical documents, folk literature, and forms of therapy can be applied to library programs in “family values,” literature, history, and genealogy. She will also touch on the use of diaries in genealogical research and the importance of collecting and preserving diaries in library and local history archives.
Sponsors: Wisconsin Women Library Workers, Circulation Services Roundtable, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Genealogy & Local History Roundtable
Estate
Planning for Librarians
William Mott, Library Funding Associates
Librarians don’t earn huge salaries, but many have great retirement packages. This program will help librarians think about the lasting contributions they can make to their libraries and to future professionals through planned gifts. The discussion will include ways WLA members can make a lasting contribution to the WLA Foundation.
Sponsors: Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
Federal
and State Legislative Agenda and Budget Issues
Cal Potter, Assistant State Superintendent, Division
for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning; Paul Nelson, Director,
Middleton Public Library
This is an opportunity to learn about the current status of library legislation at the state and federal levels, to review progress, and to assess efforts on behalf of the library legislative agenda. Among the topics to be discussed will be the 2003-2005 state budget and other legislative initiatives, the federal budget for 2003, LSTA reauthorization, and other federal legislative issues.
Sponsors: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning; Library Development & Legislation Committee
Finding
Opportunities in Library Buildings
Tracy Blaschka, Library Director, Whitefish Bay Public
Library; Sandra Lockett, Assistant City Librarian, Milwaukee Public
Library; Taj Schoening, Business Operations Manager, Milwaukee Public
Library; Art Lopez, Building Maintenance Manager, Milwaukee Public Library;
Del Wilson, Partner, Uihlein Wilson Architects, Milwaukee Public Library;
Paula Kiely, Deputy City Librarian, Milwaukee Public Library
Some older libraries are definitely worth saving. This program will help library decision makers make that assessment and will address numerous aspects of renovations: how to renovate and remain open, how to fund the project, how to achieve public and private partnerships, and more.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Meet
the Children’s Book Award Winners
Marc Kornblatt, Author; Alden Carter, Author
Marc Kornblatt is the author of the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award for the best children’s book of the year by a Wisconsin author, Understanding Buddy. Alden Carter was named Notable Author of the year for the body of his work. Both authors will speak about their books.
Sponsors: Children’s Book Award Committee, Youth Services Section
Photo
Collection Preservation Basics
Spencer Howard, D.M.A., Bennett Project Conservator,
Wisconsin Historical Society
Come
explore the basics of storage and preservation issues revolving around
these unique collections that just about all libraries have. How do
you store oddsized photos? What’s the best way to handle damaged
or deteriorating prints? Examples from the Wisconsin Historical Society
collections will illustrate good/better/best approaches to solving these
problems. Conference-goers are encouraged to bring in photographs from
their collections to share and discuss
preservation concerns.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Genealogy & Local History Roundtable
Print,
Portals and Public Access: A Panel Discussion on the Future of the Wisconsin
Document Depository Program
Sally
Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library; Lloyd Velicer, Wisconsin
State Documents Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society
What changes are in store for the Wisconsin Document Depository Library Program? What expectations do we have of this program? Online technologies are quickly transforming how readily government information becomes and remains available to the public. Find out how librarians can influence how Wisconsin government information is distributed, cataloged, and maintained. Take this opportunity to share your comments and questions with members of a newly formed statewide task force on the future of the WDDP and access to Wisconsin government information.
Sponsor: Government Information Round Table
When
Do You Drop the Print?
Jim Tobin, Collection Development Librarian, Golda Meir Library, UW-Milwaukee;
Christopher Gawronski, Librarian III, Milwaukee Public Library
With the proliferation of electronic resources and stagnant or shrinking library budgets, when and how to decide to drop a print resource in favor of its electronic counterpart is a question with which librarians continue to struggle. This panel presentation will look at the issues surrounding this question and provide insight from both academic and public librarians in how they approach this often very difficult question at their own institutions.
Sponsor: Reference and Adult Services Section
4:00
- 5:15 p.m.
Doctoral Dissertation Research— Telling
It the Way It Is
Dr. Patti Clayton Becker, Coordinator of Reference/Instruction, University
Library, UW-Stevens Point; Dr. Mary Jane Wiseman, Visiting Assistant
Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The Catholic University
of America, Washington, D.C.
Two recent UW-Madison dissertators describe their PhD research as well as personal observations on their topics of Victory Book campaigns in World War II and the impact of summer reading activities on reading skills of first graders.
Sponsors: Library Research Round Table, Library Careers Committee, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Youth Services Section
Make
the Most of What You Have
Dawn Lux, Children’s Programming Assistant, Oshkosh Public Library;
Georgia Jones, Children’s Librarian/Director of Programming, C.A.
Friday Library, New Richmond; Mary Stapleton, Director, Rochester Public
Library
In these times of budget crunches it may be necessary to make the most of what you have! This panel of public librarians who “do it all” will share ideas on how to use your staff in creative ways, for example, using paraprofessionals to plan and present programs.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
An informal discussion group of mid-sized public library directors.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Photo
Collections and Digital Solutions
Spencer Howard, D.M.A., Bennett Project Conservator, Wisconsin Historical
Society
How can digital solutions help in managing a photograph collection? How do you begin? Find out what to do and what to avoid when beginning to plan and implement a scanning project for protection and preservation of a photo collection. Issues addressed will include output goals, equipment selection, file storage and managing metadata.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Genealogy & Local History Roundtable
Turning
the Page: PR Activities Related to New Building/Renovation Projects
Tracy Blaschka, Whitefish Bay Public Library; Darla
Jean Kraus, Random Lake Public Library; Bea Lebal, Merrill Public Library;
Kathy Manders, Mauston Public Library; Carol McDaniel, Darlington Public
Library; Barbara Roark, Franklin Public Library Roberta Olson, Germantown
Public Library
Ideas for creative PR activities related to a new building/renovation process: getting the bucks, keeping the public informed on progress, surviving the moving/closing phase, the grand opening, and providing public recognition for those who made it happen.
Sponsor: Public Relations Committee
Virtual
Reference in Public Libraries
Anne Yackle, North Suburban Library System, Wheeling,
IL
This program will describe virtual reference service in public libraries in the Illinois North Suburban Library System. What is it? How is it being used in public libraries to expand traditional reference service? What types of software have been tested? What issues need to be considered when planning virtual reference service? How are public libraries cooperating to provide virtual reference service?
Sponsors: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning; Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries; Wisconsin Library Trustees Association
5:30
- 6:30 p.m.
WLA & WLA Foundation Business Meeting
Celebrate your freedom to guide the actions of your professional association by participating in the annual business meetings of the Wisconsin Library Association and the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation.
7:00
- 9:00 p.m.
WLA Awards and Honors Banquet
Presentation of awards and honors by the Awards and Honors Committee, Children’s Book Award Committee, Intellectual Freedom Committee, and Literary Awards Committee. Join us in this evening of celebration and fun.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
Chauffeured rides to area restaurants will be available for conference attendees who wish to explore the wealth of dining opportunities in the Madison area. Sign up at the conference registration table.
Sponsor: Conference Planning Committee
9:00
p.m. - Midnight
Conference Salons
Conference attendees and their guests are in for a treat with three options for entertainment on this Halloween night. Attendees are encouraged to dress in the costume that strikes their fancy as they sample the activities in these three “salons”: African Drumming, Trivia, and Dancing. A cash bar, located near all three events, will provide conference attendees with thirst quenching beverages during this entertaining evening.
Last revised: October 1, 2002
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