WLA Annual Conference 2004

Conference-at-a-glance

Tuesday, November 2

1:00-4:00 p.m.
Preconference Seminar
Library PR 101: "Hey out there, is anyone listening?" (Pre-registration required.)

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Board Meeting

5:00-6:00 p.m.
Youth Services Section Board Meeting

6:00-8:00 p.m.
WLA Board of Directors Meeting

6:30-8:30 p.m.
Community Reads - Winesburg, Ohio
Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W. Main St., Lake Geneva

Wednesday, November 3

7:00-9:00 a.m.
Free Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Circulation Services Round Table Business Meeting
Media & Technology Section Business Meeting
Reference & Adult Services Section Business Meeting
Support Staff Section Business Meeting
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Business Meeting
Youth Services Section Business Meeting

8:00-9:30 a.m.
Past Presidents' Breakfast (by invitation only)

8:45-10:00 a.m.
Customer Service for Patrons With Mental Illness
Rethinking Wisconsin Libraries
Shifting Gears: Merging Information and Technology Literacy
Tongue Fu! How to Deal With Difficult Individuals Without Becoming One Yourself - Part I of II
Yes, Ma'am: Mood, Appeal, And Motivation in Providing Excellent Readers' Advisory

10:00-10:45 a.m.
No-conflict break in the exhibit area

10:45-Noon
Consumer Health Training Tools for a Healthier Wisconsin
ERIC, ENC, NLE - What Works Now? The Changing Face of Education Information
How Do They Do It? Finding Writers and Illustrators for Kids' Periodicals
Making the Media Work for You
Top 10 (or more) Political Issues That Will Affect Your Job and Your Library
Today's Teens in Libraries
Tongue Fu! How to Deal With Difficult Individuals Without Becoming One Yourself - Part II of II
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are: Raising Funds and Building Support

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Box Lunches in Exhibit Area (pre-registration required)

Noon-1:30 p.m.
YSS Author's Luncheon: Avi
Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians Business Meeting
Interlibrary Loan Round Table Business Meeting
Technical Support Section Business Meeting

1:30-5:00 p.m.
Special Libraries Tour - Wisconsin School for the Deaf and Walworth County Historical Society

2:00-3:15 p.m.
Buy, Don't Borrow: Interlibrary Loan Meets Collection Development
I Paid How Much For That Journal? Librarians and the Open Access Movement
RFID - the Next Frontier in Automation
Using Blogs in the Library World

3:15-4:00 p.m.
No-conflict break in the exhibit area

4:00-5:15 p.m.
Capture This! Creating, Changing, and Using Digital Images in Your Library
I Want It! Utilizing Teachable Moments at the Public Service Desk
Membership Committee Meeting
Review It! Tips and Suggestions for Writing Reviews
WISCAT User Group Meeting

5:30-6:30 p.m.
An Evening of Book Lust with Nancy Pearl;
music preceding the keynote by the Williams Bay High School Jazz Band

6:30-7:30 p.m.
SLIS-Madison and SOIS-Milwaukee Combined Reunion

6:30-8:30 p.m.
WLA Foundation Fund-Raising Dinner
Cactus Club, 430 Broad St., Lake Geneva

8:00-9:30 p.m.
All Conference Dessert Reception

Thursday, November 4

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Friends of Wisconsin Libraries Business Meeting
Library Research Round Table Business Meeting
Library User Education Round Table Business Meeting
Readers Section Business Meeting
Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Business Meeting
Wisconsin Association of School Librarians Business Meeting
Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table Board Meeting

7:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet (pre-registration required)

8:00-9:30 a.m.
WLA Foundation Board of Directors

8:45-10:00 a.m.
Accessing Web-Based Information: What's the Fuss about Accessibility?
LC Classification Web: What You've Wanted to Know
Management Strategies for One Person Libraries: Tips & Tricks
The New BadgerNet Statewide Telecommunications Network
Redheaded Schoolmarm and Associates: Early Wisconsin Teachers Speak
Valuing Female Friendship: The Ethics of Intimacy in American Women's Novels from 1870-1990
Web Standards

10:00-10:45 a.m.
No-conflict break in the exhibit area

10:45-Noon
Promoting School Libraries: the @ yourlibrary Campaign
Girl-illa Theater Presents "It started with Melvil"
Notable Books Marathon
School Library Connection: Making It Work for You
Search Soup and Rhyming Lines: Innovative Instruction Techniques for Information Literacy
Update on DLTCL Technology Plans and Programs
Use 'Em or Lose 'Em: Challenges to First Amendment Rights and the Library Response
The Visible Librarian: Tips & Tricks for Asserting Your Value with Marketing and Advocacy
Wiscon-Sing

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Box Lunches in the Exhibit Area (pre-registration required)

12:00-1:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Library Trustees Association Luncheon: Engaging Citizens in the Political Process: The Role of Libraries

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Education and Curriculum Librarians Meeting

12:00-2:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table Business Meeting

2:00-3:15 p.m.
Banta Award Winner - Orchard by Larry Watson
Chocolate and More: Tips for Adult Programming
Everything You Need to Know About School Libraries (if You're Not a School Librarian)
Funding Our Future
Government Information Round Table Business Meeting
A New Political Covenant: the Wisconsin Library Caucus
Patriot Act & Other Legal Issues Affecting Libraries
Telephone Reference Rotary Wheels--Still a Good Idea?

3:15-4:00 p.m.
No-conflict break in the exhibit area

4:00-5:15 p.m.
GIS in Libraries: Services and Geospatial Data Collections
Intellectual Freedom Round Table Business Meeting
Outreach Services Round Table Business Meeting
Records Retention Strategies: In the Know About What Can Go
Take My Advice - Please!: The Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board Assessment/Mentoring Project
Wireless Internet Access in Libraries

5:30-6:30 p.m.
WLA and WLA Foundation Annual Business Meeting

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Awards Banquet

9:00 -11:00 p.m.
Book discussion: Orchard by Larry Watson
A Royal Revelry
Steal this Literary Series Idea! - the McMillan Coffeehouse on Tour
WLA Socrates Café

Friday, November 5

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Library Advocacy Round Table Business Meeting

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast on the Boat (pre-registration required)

8:45-10:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table Business Meeting
Administrative Essentials: a New Handbook for Wisconsin Public Library Directors
Can't BEAT This! LC Bibliographic Enrichment and Advisory Team
Information to Protect the Environment: EPA Web and Library Resources
Library Networks for Literature: Bringing Writers to Your Library
Training and Promotion of Badgerlink
Writer as Researcher

10:45-Noon
Discussing the 2004 Children's Book Award winners
GLBT Literature for Children and Teens
RedLightGreen: FRBR in Action
Using Electronic Newsletters to Get Out Your Message
Wisconsin Digital Library Planning
Wisconsin Public Library Standards: Proposed 4th Edition

Noon-2:00 p.m.
President's Luncheon: All (Reference) Things Considered

 

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