Conference Schedule - THURSDAY, October 30
Complete Schedule available in PDF | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday
7:00-9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Lobby -Seating in Grand Ballroom Center
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Library Research Round Table Business Meeting
D5
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Intellectual Freedom Round Table Board Meeting
D4
Legislative Advocacy Round Table Business Meeting
D7
Wisconsin Association Of Public Libraries Spring Conference
Planning Meeting
D2
WLA Foundation Board Meeting
D3
8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Consumer Health Resources
D6
Barbara Ruggeri, User Education/Reference Librarian,
Medical College of Wisconsin;
Barbara Jamieson, Public Services Librarian, Medical
College of Wisconsin
In the tidal wave of confusing health information, Barbara Ruggeri and Barbara Jamieson will help you navigate to a safe harbor of both web and print resources for answering consumer health questions. A major focus of the program will be a detailed overview of Medlineplus, a consumer health database from the National Library of Medicine. Topics covered will include finding a doctor, drug information, medical information regarding children, and resources available in Spanish.
Sponsors: CIRCULATION SERVICES ROUND TABLE, REFERENCE AND ADULT SERVICES SECTION, ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN SPECIAL LIBRARIANS
Federal and State Legislative
Agenda and Budget Issues
Creole
Richard Grobschmidt, Assistant State Superintendent,
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning;
Paul Nelson, Chair, WLA Library Development and
Legislation Committee, and Director, Middleton Public Library;
Sue Center, WLA Federal Relations Coordinator
and Assistant Director for Public Services, UW-Madison Law Library
This is your opportunity to become familiar with the current status of library legislation at the state and federal levels. We will also review the progress made and assess the efforts still needed 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 2004, LSTA reauthorization, and other federal legislative issues.
Sponsors: DIVISION FOR LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNITY LEARNING, LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Stress Management 101
Mardi Gras
Carole McGinley Edland, D.MIN, MA, BSN, Secretary,
Friends of Wisconsin Libraries, Director of Butterfly Ministry
Basic instruction on how to understand, overcome and live gracefully with the challenges of life.
Sponsors: FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION
Allies in Your Library Community
D5
Erin Meyer-Blasing, PhD Student with an emphasis
on Intellectual Freedom, UW-Madison SLIS
Community allies are essential when you face challenges to your materials or policies, especially if the challenge becomes an issue of community debate. Defending intellectual freedom begins long before a challenge occurs; it begins with the cultivation of the local government, the press, and community groups. This session examines successful strategies to establish, sustain, and utilize your library's allies.
Sponsors: INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Communication Among Interlibrary
Loan Systems Using ISO Standards
D2
Sally Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library;
Mary Williamson, Assistant Director, Wisconsin Library Services
Reference and Loan Library and WiLS staff will describe their experiences in sending interlibrary loan requests among WisCatILL, ILLiad, OCLC, and Minitex using ISO standards communicating between interlibrary loan management systems. Policy and technical issues will also be addressed.
Sponsors: INTERLIBRARY LOAN ROUND TABLE, DIVISION FOR LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNITY LEARNING
Edgy YA Novel
D7
Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children's Book
Center
Megan Schliesman of the CCBC will discuss current YA literature and the trend toward the "edgy" YA novel.
Sponsors: YOUTH SERVICES SECTION, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
9:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Assistive Technology Fair
Exhibits Area
Drop by the Assistive Technology Fair anytime between 9 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Experiment with new gadgets and products that can assist people with disabilities in using your library. Discover how these products operate and how well they've performed in other Wisconsin libraries from people who have used them.
Sponsors: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION, YOUTH SERVICES SECTION, OUTREACH SERVICES ROUND TABLE
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
One System One Library: The Strategic
Vision of CUWL
D5
Kenneth Frazier, Director, UW-Madison General
Library System
"One System-One Library" is a shorthand slogan to describe the UW System libraries' ultimate goal. This ambitious strategic plan envisions resource-sharing systems that provide barrier-free access to collections for all members of the UW community in addition to the closely coordinated development of print and electronic collections by all the libraries in the UW System. This presentation will consider how libraries can honestly assess their progress toward idealistic goals and overcome the bureaucratic obstacles that are blocking the development of transformative new models of library collaboration and cooperation.
Sponsor: INTERLIBRARY LOAN ROUND TABLE
Virtual Learning Environments:
Interest, Involvement, Interactivity, and Imagination
D2
Nicholas C. Burbules, Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor,
Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois
The quality of "virtuality" is not essentially a technological creation, but an experience of immersion between a person and an experiential environment: the sense of things "as if" they were real. Four elements that help to foster this are the "4 I's" -- Interest, Involvement, Interactivity, and Imagination. These elements are not only qualities that foster the sense of immersion -- they are characteristics of effective learning. They include processes of cognitive engagement as well as motivation. In this sense any successful learning environment must have a quality of the "virtual," while at the same time any virtual environment designed with learning in mind must include attention to the aforementioned characteristics.
Sponsors: LIBRARY USER EDUCATION ROUND TABLE, DIVISION FOR LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNITY LEARNING, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS
Continuing the Top Ten Human
Resources Issues
D1
Marion C. Smith, Director of Labor Research, Michael
Best & Friedrich LLP
Ms. Smith's expertise in human resource issues will enlighten and entertain you. Her presentation at the 2002 WLA Annual Conference was so well received that she has been invited back. Expect role-playing regarding the "difficult" employee. Other topics include Family Medical Leave, Use of Progressive Discipline, and What Questions Can I Ask? Question and answer session to follow. If you are a manager of people or involved in the hiring and evaluation of personnel, don't miss this session!
Sponsor: WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WAPL's PERSONNEL AND PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
We Are All in This Together
D6
Terry Dawson, Director, Appleton Public Library;
Bernie Bellin, Director, Lakeshores Library System;
Martha Gammons, Public Relations Coordinator,
Arrowhead Library System;
David Brostrom, Associate Director of Public Services,
Waukesha Public Library;
Anne Reid, Adult Services Supervisor (Retired),
Menomonee Falls Public Library
Come hear some ideas for library representation, including leadership roles, as visible, active, and effective partners on community, county, or statewide boards or councils. Increasing our participation and visibility provides an opportunity to promote the materials and services libraries have that tie in with the missions, needs, and interests of members of these organizations.
Sponsors: PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN SPECIAL LIBRARIANS
Discover the World of MarcoPolo:
A Rich Resource for Schools and Libraries
D4
James Klein, MarcoPolo Consultant, Instructional
Media and Technology, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
MarcoPolo is a consortium of eight national education organizations, 50 state education agencies, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. Its mission is to provide K-12 standards-based Internet content to every school in the United States and the requisite professional development for teachers and librarians. Jim Klein will show how MarcoPolo works in Wisconsin, demonstrate some interesting interactive lessons, and discuss how librarians can use MarcoPolo to enhance their work with students and teachers.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, YOUTH SERVICES SECTION
Women Poets in History
Mardi Gras
Andrea Musher, Poet Laureate of Madison and Associate
Professor of Languages and Literature at UW-Whitewater
Andrea Musher presents "Women Poets in History." She will take a lively look at women poets throughout history and the power of their words through the ages. Andrea uncovers the story of these poets and highlights the resources and poets that librarians will want to know about in order to make their poetry collections great!
Sponsors: WISCONSIN WOMEN LIBRARY WORKERS, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS, REFERENCE AND ADULT SERVICES SECTION, READERS SECTION, YOUTH SERVICES SECTION, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The Patriot Act and Then Some
D7
Tomas A. Lipinski, JD, LLM., PhD, Assistant Professor,
UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies
The USA Patriot Act and other current legal issues that impact libraries will be covered in this session. Come with questions!
Sponsors: WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION, CIRCULATION SERVICES ROUND TABLE
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Intellectual Freedom Committee Business Meeting
D3
Interlibrary Loan Round Table Business Meeting
D5
Library User Education Round Table Business Meeting
D4
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Business Meeting
D2
Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table Business
Meeting
D7
Wisconsin Library Trustees
Association Luncheon - "With a Little Help From My Friends"
New Orleans
Richard Grobschmidt, Assistant State Superintendent,
DLTCL
Learn about the importance of establishing collaborative relationships for the purpose of providing financial support, patron service, and community advocacy.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION, FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES
2:00-3:15
David Benjamin, author
Mardi Gras
David Benjamin's book, The Life and Times of the Last Kid Picked, was one of ten titles that received the Literary Awards Committee award for Outstanding Achievement. Join us in a book reading and discussion.
Sponsor: LITERARY AWARDS
Special Sponsor: DAVIDSON TITLES, INC.
Advocacy is Scary…And It Should
Be!
D1
David L. Polodna, Director, Winding Rivers Library
System
Are you uncomfortable approaching legislators and officials with your requests for library support? Would you like to find a way to ease the process? Have you ever felt that library supporters are not taken seriously? The time has come for trustees and staff to adopt new practices and goals for advocacy. Come together to discuss methods that will make advocacy less scary for you and more immediate for the officials who need to hear the message.
Sponsors: LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION, FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES
Are Wider Library Units Wiser?
D5
Thomas J. Hennen, Jr., Director, Waukesha County
Federated Library System
What form of organization delivers the best library service? In an article published in the June/July 2002 issue of American Libraries, Hennen states "although they serve 21st century users, most of the 9,000 library units in the U.S. are built on 19th century tax bases and use 20th century service assumptions." Hennen calls for research on whether wider units of library service provide superior services. Library trustees, library administrators, municipal officials and the public all need to reexamine assumptions regarding libraries in order to remain viable. Hennen's entire article can be found at http://www.haplr-index.com/Wider_Wiser.htm
Sponsors: LIBRARY RESEARCH ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, CIRCULATION SERVICES ROUND TABLE, FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES
Helping Students Learn in an
Online Setting
D2
John DeBacher, Director, Monona Public Library;
Amy Kindschi, Head of Faculty and Student Services,
Wendt Library, UW-Madison;
Elizabeth Buchanan, Assistant Professor and Co-Director,
Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee.
Panelists from university settings and a public library will share their observations regarding student learning in online courses or distance education situations. Ideas will be proposed on how we can improve our skills as teachers in an online environment.
Sponsors: LIBRARY USER EDUCATION ROUND TABLE, DIVISION FOR LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNITY LEARNING, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Intellectual Freedom and the
Endangered Rights of Librarians and Library Users
Grand Ballroom West
Peg Lautenschlager, Wisconsin Attorney General
Because of recent legislation and executive orders, librarians, library users and citizens are concerned that civil rights enjoyed in the past are in danger of being curtailed. Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager provides information about individual responsibilities and insight into the magnitude of this situation.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION, CIRCULATION SERVICES ROUND TABLE, FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ROUND TABLE
Ties That Bind: Helping Children
With Family & Local History
D8
Deb Anderson, Archivist, UW-Green Bay Area Research
Center;
Kim Ropson, Children's Librarian, Marshfield Public
Library
Two experienced librarians share ideas on how to help young researchers in their quest for family and local history. Deb Anderson, Archivist for the Area Research Center at UW-Green Bay, and Kim Ropson, Children's Librarian for the Marshfield Public Library, reveal creative recording methods to breathe life into family stories.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, YOUTH SERVICES SECTION
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Fast Facts for Busy Friends
D1
Sandy Dolnick, Founder and retired Director of
FOLUSA (Friends of Libraries USA)
Basic facts for the efficient operation of a Friends organization.
Sponsors: FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION
What's Your Intellectual Freedom
I.Q.? Exploring Intellectual Freedom Competencies
D6
Carin M. Bringelson, Intellectual Freedom Information
Services Coordinator, Cooperative Children's Book Center
ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom has created a set of Intellectual Freedom competencies for all library staff to master. This session looks at the competencies and provides ideas for implementing them in your library.
Sponsors: INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Stories of Advocacy: Or How
We Walked the Walk and Talked the Talk
Mardi Gras
John Nichols, Director, Oshkosh Public Library;
Darla Jean Kraus, Director, Lakeview Community
Library, Random Lake;
Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause of
Wisconsin;
W. Larry Kaseman, Executive Director, Wisconsin
Parents Association
This panel discussion brings together four people who've made a difference in their organization via advocacy. Each member of the panel has a story to tell about being an effective, successful advocate. Learn from them how to walk-the-walk and talk-the-talk of advocacy.
Sponsors: LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ROUND TABLE, WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES, WISCONSIN LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION
Love Knows No Age
D7
Shawn Chilson, Director, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational
Care
A primary goal of the St. Ann Center is to improve the quality of life for people of all ages in our community regardless of faith, culture, or ability to pay. The Center also has a strong commitment to promoting respect and interactivity among the generations. Their motto is "The wisdom of the old nurtures the dreams of the young." Come hear about how the young and the old learn from one another and heal each other.
Sponsors: OUTREACH SERVICES ROUND TABLE, YOUTH SERVICES SECTION
"Coffeetalk" for Librarians
D4
Debra Duncan, Technical Services Librarian, Forrest
R. Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
This program provides a forum for academic and public librarians to talk informally and brainstorm about the issues and trends facing Reference and Information Services Departments today. You'll leave with ideas and strategies to adopt in your own library.
Sponsor: REFERENCE AND ADULT SERVICES SECTION
Garbage In, Garbage Out, or
Understanding and Interpreting Catalog Records
D8
Dave Dettman, UW-Green Bay;
Michael Cohen, Center for Instructional Materials
and Computing, UW-Madison
Cataloging rules and record structures have led to highly standardized catalog records, but how helpful is some of the information in these records to the average library user? The problem is further complicated by the vagaries of indexing. Does what goes into the record come out in understandable form? Ideally every piece of information in a record should be searchable, but in real life library catalogs don't always work that way. Join a team of catalogers and instruction librarians for a look at catalog records and their meanings.
Sponsor: TECHNICAL SERVICES SECTION
Undertaking a Digitization
Project: "Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History," A Digital Collection
at the UW-Milwaukee Libraries
D5
Krystyna K. Matusiak, Digital Project Librarian,
UW-Milwaukee Libraries
This pilot digitization project features the performances of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1977 to 1994. The collection is available at http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/milrep/index.htm. The presentation will provide an overview of the digitization process, including selection, scanning, image processing, metadata, and digital image preservation.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION
Library Foundations - From
Birth to Maturity
D2
Jean Gurney, Financial Development Director;
Alice Hensen, President, Sun Prairie Public Library
Foundation, Vice President, Bank of Sun Prairie;
James D. Friedman, President, Weyenberg Public
Library Foundation
Panel of three who have experience with library foundations of different ages provide information on how to manage the growing pains.
Sponsor: WISCONSIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
WLA/WLAF Business Meeting
New Orleans Center & North
Don't miss your chance to learn what your professional association and foundation have accomplished during 2002-03! All WLA members are invited to attend and vote on proposed bylaws changes. AGENDA (pdf)
8:00 - 10:30 p.m.
All-Conference Reception
Milwaukee's Central Library and Marquette University's John P. Raynor, S.J.,
Library
Shuttle service between the reception sites will be provided. Dessert's on us @ The Heart of the City! After a great dinner on the town, join us for dessert at two of Milwaukee's premiere libraries located in the downtown area. Whether you're interested in state-of-the-art technology, special collections, or historic architecture, you'll find it all at these libraries.
Marquette University's John P. Raynor, S.J., Library, 1355 West Wisconsin Ave. Tour this state-of-the-art, 120,000 square foot facility (opened September 2003) that features an information commons open 24/7, two library classrooms, a Writing Center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and a reading room. There are also group study spaces, a conference center, and an Internet café that connects with the renovated Memorial Library.
Milwaukee's Historic Central Library, 814 West Wisconsin Ave. Admire this beautifully renovated 1898 landmark and the largest public library in Wisconsin, featuring the Richard and Lucile E. Krug Rare Books Room, the Betty Brinn Children's Room and many special collections. Check out the two new accessible workstations donated by the Hewlett Packard Library Technology Access program, and see a special exhibit of the UW-Milwaukee's AGS Map collection.
8:15 - 9:30 p.m.
The Making of Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Library - Central Library
John Gurda, Milwaukee-born writer and historian
Tuesday | Wednesday | FridayExperience "The Making of Milwaukee"-- a fast-paced slide presentation that captures the full sweep of the community's history, from its wilderness past to the complex patterns of the 21st century. John Gurda is your host for this excursion into Milwaukee's past.
Sponsors: WISCONSIN GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY ROUND TABLE, LIBRARY COUNCIL OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY