WLA Annual Conference 2004
Nov. 2 - 5, 2004/ Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Program Schedule – Friday
7:30-9:30
Library Advocacy Round Table Business Meeting
Galewood D
8:00-9:00
Pre-registration required.
Bid farewell to Lake Geneva with a refreshing morning ride aboard The
Walworth, the most recently restored boat owned by Lake Geneva Cruise
Lines. Enjoy a narrated tour of the grand estates along the shoreline and
a catered breakfast on board. Learn about the rich history of these mansions,
including the architecture and the personalities, which gave Lake Geneva
its signature identity as “The Newport of the West.”
Transportation to and from the Riviera dock not included. Directions from the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa to the Riviera : Exit parking lot to Resort Main Entrance on Highway 50 (also called Main Street). Turn right (West). Proceed to fourth stoplight (Broad Street). Turn left. Riviera Dock is straight ahead one block.
Sponsors: WLA Conference Committee, WLA Membership Committee
8:45-10:00
Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table Business Meeting
Academy Boardroom 4311
Administrative Essentials: a New Handbook for Wisconsin Public Library Directors
Galewood C
Mike Cross, Director, Public Library Development Team, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
A draft of a new handbook for Wisconsin public library directors will be explained and comments will be solicited. The new handbook, Administrative Essentials, is based on the Wisconsin public library trustee handbook Trustee Essentials.
Sponsor: Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
Can't BEAT This! LC Bibliographic Enrichment and Advisory Team
Swinghurst
David Williamson, Cataloging Automation Specialist, Cataloging Directorate, Library of Congress
BEAT is an LC program that conducts research and undertakes initiatives to enrich bibliographic records. BEAT has initiated projects to investigate, prototype, develop, and place into production activities that both enhance the content of LC bibliographic records and improve access to the information which the records contain. BEAT has specialized in creating tools to aid catalogers in creating and retrieving bibliographic data.
Sponsor: Technical Services Section
Information to Protect the Environment: EPA Web and Library Resources
Loramoor A
Penny Boyle, Librarian, (contractor), US EPA Region 5 Library, Chicago, IL
Learn tips on finding the latest information on mercury emissions, recycling computers, Superfund sites, plus much more during this presentation by a librarian from the Region 5 (Midwest) EPA library. Discover how the EPA Library Network supports this important federal agency and how it can serve your library through the information resources it recommends or can make available to your library.
Sponsors: Government Information Round Table, Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians
Library Networks for Literature: Bringing Writers to Your LibraryGalewood B
Don Litzer, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin Lead Library, ALA Library Networks for Literature Initiative); David Brostrom, Vice-Chair, Wisconsin Humanities Council; James A. Gollata, Board Member & Past President, Wisconsin Center for the Book; Bruce Dethlefsen, Director, Montello Public Library; Mark Turcotte, Poet, Sister Bay
Panel members will introduce ALA's Library Networks for Literature initiative, share successful library experiences in producing a range of library literary programming, provide the perspective of organizations that share with libraries an interest in promoting and nurturing the work of Wisconsin authors—and producing and funding quality library programs—and generally provide inspiration and help if you're interested in bringing writers and patrons to your house of books!
Sponsors: Reference and Adult Services Section, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Library Research Round Table
Training and Promotion of Badgerlink
Loramoor B
Barbara Lazewski, Sr. Academic Librarian, Steenbock Library, UW Madison; Jane Jorgenson, Librarian II, Alicia Ashman Branch, Madison Public Library; James Leaver, Badgerlink Coordinator, Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning; Vonna Pitel, IMC Director, Cedarburg High School
This panel discussion will highlight training and promotion for Badgerlink, an information resource available to library users in all types of libraries throughout the state of Wisconsin . What training and promotional materials are available from the DPI BadgerLink program? How do various libraries (school, public, academic) use the BadgerLink provided databases to teach information literacy to our users?
Sponsors: Library User Education Round Table, Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
Evergreen I
Larry Watson, novelist, author of several novels, including Montana 1948 and Orchard, will read from his fiction and discuss some of the research problems faced by authors who write historical fiction.
Sponsors: Readers Section, Circulation Services Round Table
10:45-Noon
Discussing the 2004 Children's Book Award winners
Galewood D
Roxane Bartelt, Kenosha Public Library; Shawn Brommer (chair), South Central Library System, Madison; Nancy Jackisch, Oshkosh Public Library; Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library; Eric Norton, McMillan Public Library, Wisconsin Rapids; Maryann Owen, Racine Public Library; Joan Robb, Cofrin Library, UW – Green Bay
Members of the 2004 Children's Book Award Committee will facilitate a book discussion of the 2004 Burr/Worzalla Award winning book, Harvesting Hope, by Kathleen Krull and honor books Sweet Blood, by Pete Hautman, George Washington's Teeth, by Deborah Chadra & Madeleine Comora, and Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes. Facilitators will also present book talk ideas to highlight the work of this year's notable author award winner, Marion Dane Bauer.
Sponsor: WLA Children's Book Awards Committee
GLBT Literature for Children and Teens
Galewood B
Kathleen Horning, Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center; Merri Lindgren, Librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center; Hollis Rudiger, Librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center; Megan Schliesman, Librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center
Members of the CCBC staff will discuss trends in publishing, focusing on picture books for children in lesbian/gay families, and literature about GLBT teens. They will look at how literature for youth featuring gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender characters has evolved over the years. What has changed in terms of the books themselves—both literature for children and literature for teens—and in terms of how the literature is perceived and received?
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
Swinghurst
Merrilee Proffitt, RLG Program Officer
In RedLightGreen, RLG has adapted the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) established by the International Federation of Library Associations and the Library of Congress to design a web catalog that meets the needs of students and scholars using the RLG Union Catalog. From the outset, user testing has influenced the service goals, design, and interface of RLG's RedLightGreen. Merrilee Proffitt follows up with the nuts and bolts to Roy Tennant's 2003 WLA presentation on “What's Hot.”
Sponsors: Technical Services Section, Media & Technology Section
Using Electronic Newsletters to Get Out Your Message
Loramoor B
Martha Gammons, Public Relations Coordinator, Arrowhead Library System; Rhonda Puntney, Youth Services and Special Needs Consultant, Lakeshores Library System
Hear these e-newsletter creators and editors discuss what goes into their individual newsletters and how it meets the needs of their audience. Different newsletter formats and publishing software will be presented.
Sponsors: WLA Public Relations Committee
Wisconsin Digital Library Planning
Loramoor C
Digital Library Exploratory Committee
Discussion of options and issues in planning the Wisconsin Digital Library. Learn how others are providing local information. From this meeting, the nucleus to move forward on statewide digital resources to capture our state's heritage.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Wisconsin Public Library Standards: Proposed 4th Edition
Galewood C
Mike Cross, Director, Public Library Development Team, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning; Al Zimmerman, Consultant, Public Library System Administration and Finance, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
A draft of a new edition of the Wisconsin's Public Library Standards will be explained and comments will be solicited. The presenters will provide practical suggestions for use of the Standards to plan for and achieve improved library service.
Sponsor: Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
Noon-2:00
President's Luncheon: All (Reference) Things Considered
Ballroom A
Alphonse Vinh, Reference Librarian, National Public Radio
Mr. Vinh will speak on his experiences as a news librarian at National Public Radio. In addition to his reference contributions, hear how his "Musings" column enriches the NPR programs that you hear every day. Come with your questions about how his services at a major national news network are different – or the same – from those at your library.
Sponsors: WLA, Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians
Partner: WLA Foundation
