“Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.”
Charles Caleb Colton
The WLA Conference Committee wishes to thank everyone who attended WLA 2005 "Grand River, Great Libraries" in La Crosse!
If you didn't go, but wish you could have, read about it on the WLA Blog. The summary of the online conference evaluation results is also available.
Speaker handouts and other resources
Tuesday
- Deciding Not to Play Small: Librarian Leaders (PowerPoint)
Wednesday
8:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
- We Have to Start Meeting Like This
- Board-erline Insanity: Creating a Succesful Teen Advisory Group
2:00 p.m.
- Fee or Free? outline and Mt. Horeb Public Library web info
- Browser Wars: A New Hope
- WISCAT Users' Group (PowerPoint)
4:00 p.m.
- The Sky's the Limit: Montana, Illinois, and OCLC Group Services (PowerPoints)
Thursday
8:45 a.m.
- Graphic Novels 101: Handout from Hollis Rudiger
- Leading to Excellence
- Library Outreach to the Incarcerated and Jail Library Group Web Site
- Archiving and Preservation of State Government Web Pages (Power Point)
- My Grandma was an Indian Princess: Documenting Native American Ancestry
10:45 a.m.
- Knit 1, Purl 2: Creating Community One Row at a Time
- Illuminating the LibQUAL Project (PowerPoint)
- Keeping Public Services Statistics Flowing (PowerPoint)
2:15 p.m.
- WisStat Statistical Database
- Skills for Library Leadership
Overview (PowerPoint)
- From Barbara Cartland to Chick Lit: The Appeal of the Romance Genre
Romance Resources
Harlequin Handout
What is Romance?
Survey Results
4:15 p.m.
- Creating Tutorials in a Collaborative Environment (Powerpoint)
- Throw Me a Life Rope: Records Retention Strategies for Public Libraries
Friday
9:00 a.m.
- MLIS Student Perceptions on Field Work Experience (Powerpoint)
- Great Legal Information From Your Desktop
- Notable Books Marathon
Noon: The President's Luncheon
Peter Hamon and Vonna Pitel had agreed to tell their stories of Lessons Learned from a Life in Librarianship, if U.S. Senator Russell Feingold was unable to speak. Well, we were excited to have Sen. Feingold, but we also wanted to hear from Peter and Vonna. So here you go!
Conference Photos By Larry Lebiecki
