Friday, November 3, 2006
7:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Kalahari Conference Center -- North Atrium
The Social Responsibilities Round Table has chosen the Wisconsin Dells Literacy Council as this year's book drive recipient. Please bring your books or monetary contributions to the registration area. The Council will distribute books at Christmas time to local needy families; children's books are always a big need.
Sponsor: Social Responsibilities Round Table
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Kalahari Conference Center
8:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Empress
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Beyond Newsletters: RSS Feeds, Blogs, and Podcasts
Suite 3
Bonnie Shucha, Reference & Electronic Services Librarian, Law Library, UW-Madison; Amy Gannaway, Library Services Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
What’s the difference between a blog and a podcast? And what does RSS stand for, anyway? During this session you’ll find out the answers to these questions as well as discover how you can use these tools to create “newsletters” that showcase library resources and services.
Sponsors: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association
Council on Library and Network Development Public Hearings -- CANCELLED
Suite 6
Kathy Pletcher, COLAND Chair
The Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) will hold public hearings on library cooperation and resource sharing programs, the progress and condition of libraries, and policies of the Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning. Kathy Pletcher, COLAND Chair, will gather public testimony and make recommendations to the State Superintendent. All are welcome to attend, to speak, and/or submit written testimony.
Sponsor: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
Discovering Your Ancestral Story
Aloeswood
John Leonard Berg, Coordinator of Public Services, Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville
John Leonard will facilitate this “show & tell” presentation, and will summarize years of genealogical research on a German immigrant family that settled in New Ulm, MN. Beginning with an obituary discovered in a local newspaper, this research project connected diverse cultural and historical events, including the Sioux War of 1862. The research chronicles one family’s journey from poverty in 19th Century Europe to steamboating up the Mississippi River, homesteading on Indian Lands, and farming successfully in the Minnesota River Valley. He will get the stories flowing by detailing his experiences in doing genealogical research, but come prepared to share your own unique stories! John will wrap up the presentation by providing some ideas for practical and unconventional strategies and approaches.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
H. H. Bennett: The Man who Made Wisconsin Dells Famous
Cypress
Dale Williams, Director of the H.H. Bennett Studio and History Center, Wisconsin Dells
Dale Williams will highlight the life of H.H. Bennett, who came to the Dells at the age of 14 and became a photographer. It was his photography that made the Wisconsin Dells famous, and his life’s work is preserved at the H.H. Bennett Studio and History Center, the most recent site recognized by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Genealogy & Local History Roundtable
Meeting the Demand: 21st Century Trends in Resource Sharing
Marula
Joan Sommer, Head of Interlibrary Loan, Marquette University; Amy Crowder, ILL/Web Resources Librarian/Cataloger, Wisconsin State Law Library; Rick Dross, Library Patron and ILL user, Wisconsin Dells; Karen Probst, Head of Reference and ILL, Appleton Public Library
In today’s change-enhanced library world, electronic access, print, speed and ease of use are the watchwords as resource sharing has taken on new dimensions and flavors. Panel members will share their experiences and observations on changing patron expectations, emerging trends, talk about how their libraries are adapting in the ever-evolving world of resource sharing and propose where they see resource sharing heading in the near and distant future.
Sponsor: Resource Sharing Round Table
Tamboti
William Kent Krueger, author; Carl Brookins, author; Ellen Hart, author
For three-and-a-half years, three mystery authors who came together to form the Minnesota Crime Wave have been traveling the highways and byways of the great U.S., promoting their books. In that time, The Wave has established a website, a press packet and two promotional posters, a quarterly newsletter, and a growing database of fans, libraries, bookstores and reviewers. During their presentation, they will discuss why they chose to band together, the benefits to them as well to libraries, and how the energy and synergy of three authors traveling together produce a more marketable and entertaining program. The need for self-promotion today is unquestionably not only necessary, but vital, but it can also be draining, expensive, and often beyond the reach of a single author. The Crime Wave will lead off the event by presenting a shortened version of their standard panel discussion, which will give the audience a feel for the kind of program they do. Once that is finished, they'll talk about how they work with libraries to create a successful event. Participants will be shown examples of the promotional materials they have developed to help libraries create a buzz. They also will discuss, from an author’s perspective, the specifics they need from libraries to help them in their promotion, and how this collaboration can help create a dynamic presentation.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Mangrove
Roxane Bartelt, Head of Children’s Services, Kenosha Public Library; Shawn Brommer, Youth Services and Outreach Coordinator, South Central Library System; Kelly Hughbanks, Coordinator of Children’s Services, Milwaukee Public Library
More and more libraries are hitting the road in the summer and reaching out to underserved and unserved children in their communities. You too can take your summer reading program ‘on the road’ and connect with children who have little chance of making it to the library. Learn how to work with community-based organizations, how to stretch your staff, and how to find funding. Whether you serve an urban or rural population, these ideas can work for your library. While your traditional summer reading program continues to flourish in your library, imagine the possibilities of going beyond your library walls to involve even more children in your summer activities.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
Technology Trends in Libraries
Guava
Jessamyn West, author of librarian.net, co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux, an ALA councilor, a rural librarian, and library activist
It can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to new technology in your library. The more you know, the better you help others, and everyone in the library can help. In this program, Jessamyn West will show the good and the bad of some tech trends in libraries. Jessamyn is a librarian, community technology mentor, and the editor of the weblog librarian.net. She tries hard to advocate for sensible technology use at all types of libraries.
Sponsors: Media & Technology Section, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates, Friends of Wisconsin Libraries
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
POSTER SESSIONS
North Atrium
Building Connections: A Collaborative Discovery of Online Teaching
Ulrike Dieterle, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
During the 2004-05 academic year, School of Nursing clinical instructors and librarians at the Ebling Library, UW-Madison, combined their creative energies to produce four online library tutorials. This presentation will illustrate: 1) project objectives; 2) how the group planned, developed, and implemented online learning objects; 3) lessons learned from experiences and assessments; and 4) implications for future projects and collaborations.
Casper the Ghost as an Academic Library User—"Friendly But Still Invisible”
John Jax, Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse
Academic library print collections yield critical information such as circulation (and browse) counts by discipline, patron status, program or major, and even provide physical evidence of wear and tear. Today, with more and more print collections migrating to an electronic format, a more critical collection development and assessment dilemma has been spawned due to the absence of such clues, which normally allow librarians to make informed decisions with regards to what kinds of resources are best for our constituents. In essence, academic library users have become more invisible than ever to the libraries that serve them. Therefore, in order for academic library managers to properly manage, plan, and budget, more data (both quantitative and qualitative) about the use of one's electronic collections are required. Directors of academic libraries must be informed about who is using what, why, and even for what purpose so as to provide invaluable justification to higher education administration in order to secure continued funding of increasingly expensive digital collections of scholarly information.
Celebrating a Century of Library Education in Wisconsin
Barbara Arnold and Jane Pearlmutter, School of Library and Information Studies, UW-Madison
The Wisconsin Library School was founded in 1906, as part of the Free Library Commission, and became the Library School of the University of Wisconsin shortly thereafter (now the School of Library and Information Studies). SLIS will present a slide show of pictures and documents from the Library School’s first century.
Connecting Librarians and Film: Identifying Stereotypes
Jennifer Snoek-Brown, Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville
The portrayal of librarians in film has been a popular subject of recent research, both in journals on popular culture and academic publications for librarians. The upcoming documentary “The Hollywood Librarian” has spurred even more recent interest in this topic. However, most of the existing research on librarians in film neglects to identify or discuss specific stereotypes: most articles actually foster the stereotypes by assuming that readers already know the stereotypes and the movies that portray them. My interest lies in outlining specific stereotypes for both male and female librarians and demonstrating how these stereotypes help or inhibit connections between librarians and the general public. I have divided my poster focus into two main areas: “Beyond the Bun: Female Librarian Stereotypes in Film” and “Beyond the Bowtie: Male Librarian Stereotypes in Film.” My poster session is built on more than five years of researching and analyzing librarian portrayals in hundreds of films. Because most research either generally discusses librarian stereotypes (primarily female stereotypes) or focuses more on librarians’ reactions to those stereotypes, I feel my approach of identifying specific stereotypes—both male and female—will provide fresh and stimulating insight to this topic. Librarians will have the opportunity to laugh (or groan!) at their own profession’s images on film, and recognition of librarian stereotypes may help librarians make better connections with the public.
Connecting the Dots: Improving our Article Delivery Service
Eileen Severson, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse
How can we decrease our interlibrary loan costs? How can we save library staff and customer time? Are we maintaining our service standards? These are all questions we asked as we embarked on our article delivery service improvement project. By joining a library group that shares articles freely, implementing electronic article delivery, and examining our turnaround time, we accomplished our goals and found other areas of potential improvement. Visit this poster to discover how one library implemented a quality improvement project and how you might try it in yours.
Development of a Service Philosophy as a Change Management Tool
Natalie K. Reed and Terrance M. Burton, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
Consolidating five circulation and reference desks into one unified service desk in a brand new building was going to be a major change for a large academic library staff. Administration planned far ahead and applied appropriate change management principles to ensure the merger would be a positive experience for everyone. One effective tool was the process of developing a service philosophy. This poster describes this inclusive process and presents the critical elements on which all agreed.
Discover WAAL@ Wisconsin Dells
Jim Buckett and Sylvia Contreras, WAAL Conference Planning Committee
This WLA poster session will serve as a promotional and information display for the forthcoming WAAL 2007 conference to be held at the Wintergreen Resort and Conference Center, April 17-20, 2007.
The Health Information Connection: Establishing Consumer Health Libraries in Regional Clinics
Kaye Crampton, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse
Gundersen Lutheran serves a large geographic area, including Southeastern Minnesota, Northeastern Iowa, and Southwestern Wisconsin, and in addition to the main campus in La Crosse, there are numerous smaller regional clinics. In the past two years we have added two satellite health resource libraries to serve patients at regional clinics in outlying areas. This poster describes the steps taken to set up a new library—from initial request for a library to the opening ceremony.
Helping Consumers Find Reliable Health Information on the Web
Sue Coenen, Karen Hanus and Mary Blackwelder, Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee
The general public often wants reliable consumer health information but does not always know how to find it. The Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries has developed a website entitled MCWCHARTS (http://www.mcw.edu/charts), which stands for Consumer Health—Accessing Reliable, Trusted Sources. This site was developed as part of an Advancing Healthier Wisconsin grant project entitled “Students as Facilitators for Consumer/Patient Access to Quality Internet Health Information.” In the summer of 2006, high school students enrolled in the Office of Student Affairs/Diversity Apprenticeship in Medicine Program (AIM), and third-year medical students, were shown the MCWCHARTS website and asked to tell patients in the clinics where they worked about the site. In addition, community classes will be held at local public libraries to teach community members how to find reliable consumer health information on the Web with MCWCHARTS as the primary teaching tool. The MCWCHARTS site includes descriptions, highlights, and links to several excellent consumer health websites, as well as a chart with evaluation criteria to help consumers evaluate websites not listed on MCWCHARTS that they might encounter during Internet searches. This grant project is ongoing through November 2007.
Calah Goehring and Chris Hartman, School of Library and Information Studies, UW-Madison
This year, the Jail Library Group (JLG) is celebrating 15 years of connecting inmates of the Dane County jails with books, magazines and newspapers. JLG is the inmates’ only source of reading materials, and therefore provides connections not only to authors and characters, fact and fiction, but also the larger world outside the jail. One particular program that highlights the connections that books provide is Kid’s Connection. This program tapes inmates reading books aloud and sends the tape and books to the inmates’ children. The child is then able to enjoy the crucial experience of reading together with a parent, which reinforces the parent-child bond even through absence, while also forging an appreciation for reading and books. We will use this poster to celebrate the group’s accomplishments over the past 15 years by describing the services JLG provides, highlighting the types of materials that inmates most frequently request, and offering testimonials from inmates whose lives have been affected by this program.
Inviting the 800-pound Gorilla to the Table: Integrating Google & Google Scholar into an Information Literacy Program
Felicia Vastalo, Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee
This informational poster discusses how Google and Google Scholar were integrated into the medical student curriculum and library education programming at the Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries (MCW). With Google’s powerful finding ability, the search engine has become a popular and reliable database to mine for information. In late July 2006, a keyword search for “Google” in PubMed reveals that Google is cited in the medical literature over 180 times mainly as a database used in literature reviews. Teaching the skills to leverage the most out of Google has enlightened our patrons in the strengths and weaknesses of Google and Google Scholar and, more importantly, has illustrated to our users when it is more efficient and effective to use another database. The Google classes have been well attended and are meeting an educational need in the MCW community, which includes clinicians, researchers, faculty, students and staff. This poster describes the various Google and Google Scholar classes offered at MCW in conjunction with the medical school curriculum, and as skills workshops offered to the wider MCW community, and how the Google classes fit into the overall educational programming at MCW Libraries.
Liaison Success: How to Connect
Michael Venner and Sandra Phelps, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
In 2003, the UW-Madison Health Sciences Libraries (soon to become Ebling Library) hired a new director, Terry Burton. One of his first directives was to implement a liaison program, and we were assigned the Department of Medicine, as well as several other areas. In this poster we will illustrate the variety of experiences over the last three years since we assumed our responsibilities. We will start with a brief background of Ebling’s liaison program. We’ll explain examples of our activities and how key events have often times created an interest in our expertise. For example, the need for bibliographic software training (EndNote) and the UW’s subscription to RefWorks opened many doors, and the decision to replace Ovid technologies’ MEDLINE with PubMed created increased demand for library instruction. This association has raised awareness of other library resources and services as well. This poster will illustrate methods and techniques that others might find useful.
Making Connections with Patient Care: The MCW Libraries Clinical Medical Librarian Service
Linda Backus, Barbara Ruggeri and Rita Sieracki, Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee
Clinical Medical Librarian (CML) Services were introduced to hospital librarianship in the 1970s. A reference librarian attends regularly scheduled patient care team conferences in several departments, including Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. As the physicians discuss challenging cases, questions arise about best diagnosis and treatment. The Clinical Medical Librarian searches the medical literature and locates the best articles to answer these questions. The poster will provide a description of the MCW Libraries’ program, and will include an examination of how librarians connect residents, faculty and patients with valuable information that impacts decision making and treatment.
MCW Libraries’ Support of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
Rita Sieracki, Roberto Harrison, Felicia Vastalo, Steve Reitci, Mark Lebow, Alexis Divine, Elizabeth Wagner, Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee
The Medical Transcriptionist's Tool Box: Addressing the Information Needs of MTs
Michele Matucheski, Mercy Medical Center, Affinity Health System, Oshkosh
Medical transcriptionists have a unique set of information needs in their daily work environment, requiring quick answers on a variety of topics. This poster seeks to address some of the common information needs of MTs, while offering sources that can help them find the quick answers they seek. Early in 2006, one of our MTs asked me to do a library orientation program for their department. She provided a very specific list of a dozen types of questions for which they commonly need to find quick answers. These questions ranged from verifying spellings of drug names, medical procedures, surgical instruments, and physician names to the correct formats for cancer tumor classifications and bibliographic citations. My response was to create The Medical Transcriptionist's Toolbox, a webpage that unites these common questions with likely sources for answers. This page has been a huge hit with the Affinity Medical Transcriptionists, resulting in subsequent requests to present the program to more and more MT departments within the health system. It has also resulted in the MTs using their time more efficiently.
Prairie du Chien Memorial Library’s Expansion
Nancy Ashmore, Prairie du Chien Memorial Library
This poster will share with you the results of a proposal to build a new library on “green” principles. The design for this library came from a team of UW-Platteville Engineering students. Come away with your own ideas of how to build similar library/student partnerships at your institution.
School Libraries & Student Achievement: Making the Connection
Kate Bugher and Donna Steffan, Libraries, Technology and Community Learning, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; Vonna Pitel, retired, IMC Director, Cedarburg School District
The poster session and materials will focus on the results of a year-long research study of Wisconsin school libraries and their impact on student learning. Detailed analyses were conducted on the correlation between library media staff, resources and Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WKCE) scores for all Wisconsin school districts, and the factors impacting those correlations were identified.
Shear Terror: Trimming the Print Reference Collection
Barbara Hamel, Steenbock Library, UW-Madison
As the budget continues to shrink, the Internet invades, and the battle for better use of building space rages, Steenbock Library’s print reference collection has taken a hit. Escalating costs, plummeting use and online alternatives have necessitated a re-evaluation of the traditional print reference collection. This poster session will address the factors influencing change, what was done to the reference collection, and how the reference staff and patrons have coped.
Study Abroad Programs and Site Libraries: Rovigno, Istria (Croatia); La Pocatiere, Quebec (Canada); Izmir, Turkey; and Tangier, Morocco
Patricia Kuntz, UW SLIS Alumni, UW-Madison
The poster will describe some of the libraries available to Wisconsin students who study abroad during summer programs. Two programs deal with cultural programs (Rovigno "Border Crossings" & Izmir "Women & their Work") while two others (La Pocatiere—French and Tangier—Arabic) deal with language immersion programs in French and Arabic. The point of the poster presentation is to emphasize the need for study abroad directors to work closely with librarians in preparing orientation materials prior to departure, and to work closely with site librarians during the programs to enrich the content and build collaboration by discipline and librarianship.
M. Christine Chamness, UW-Fox Valley Library, Menasha
The poster will explain how to research a startup business for BUS 101 students.
Top Ten Benefits of Being a GMR Network Member
Susan Jacobson, Ruth Holst, Holly Ann Burt, Jacqueline Leskovec, Tammy L. Mays, Charniel McDaniels, Bryan S. Vogh, Rosalva Diaz, and Nelida Cruz, Greater Midwest Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Chicago
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
Tamboti
Minnesota Crime Wave
William Kent Krueger
Carl Brookins
Ellen Hart
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
A Torturous Route: Combing National Security Files and Finding 50-Year-Old CIA Fingerprints All Over Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo
Cypress
Alfred McCoy, Professor of History, UW-Madison
In his new book, “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror,” Alfred McCoy decodes the language of psychological torture, noting particular methods that point to signature Cold War torture techniques. He will elaborate on his research methods and how he pieced together a puzzle by wading through mountains of government documents, piles of academic research papers—often tied closely to CIA contracts—and personal interviews with torture victims and perpetrators.
Sponsors: Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Library User Education Round Table, Social Responsibilities Round Table, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates
Aiming High: Bringing Topnotch Authors and Humanities Programs to Your Library
Tamboti
David Brostrom, Associate Director, Waukesha Public Library, past Board Chair of the Wisconsin Humanities Council, Public Relations Coordinator for Governor Doyle's 'Poet Laureate Commission', and poet and nonfiction writer
This program will feature tips and strategies on how to “land” big authors, implement a multi-part humanities series, dive into new adventures like poetry and film festivals, and how to incorporate music and other arts into library programming. Puzzled as to where to look for grant money? This program will help you discover where to find substantial humanities support at federal, state, and local granting levels. Based on his experiences, the presenter will also share insider tips on how you can submit a proposal that 'sticks out like an orange poppy' in the competitive field of grant applications. If you are someone interested in taking a fresh programming idea from germination to a full-blooming flower, this special program is for you!
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Behind Closed Doors? Service on Children's Literature Awards Committees
Guava
Ginny Moore Kruse, Director Emeritus, Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, UW-Madison; M. J. Wiseman, Children’s Literature Specialist; Shawn Brommer, Youth Services & Outreach Coordinator, South Central Library System
Are you curious about serving on book award committees for youth? A panel of Wisconsin librarians will discuss their service on state, regional and national awards committees including the Caldecott, Batchelder, Geisel and Burr/Worzalla awards. Join us to learn about serving on awards committees and discover ways to get involved in book discussion activities in your own communities that will prepare you for award committee work.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
Destination ImagiNation: Creative and Critical Reading Skills
Marula
Pat Schoonover, UW-Stevens Point School of Education, and state director of Wisconsin Creative Problem Solving Programs
Destination ImagiNation is an international creative problem-solving program. Each year five new team challenges are developed and distributed to teams that join. The challenges require careful reading, but more than that, the challenges also require a great deal of research on the part of the team. Teams learn to research more effectively, to read for comprehension, and write with clarity and creativity. This presentation will describe the program, but will focus on the team’s learning and development of creativity and problem solving as well as the kind of reading and research they must do. There also will be a discussion on the part that team building and team work might play in this development.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
From the Codification of Text to the Manipulation of Reality: A New Paradigm for Information Professionals
Aloeswood
Johannes Britz, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee
This session will focus on the new techno-economic paradigm that is brought about by modern information and communication technologies (ICT). Specific emphasis will be on its impact on the education and work of librarians and other information professionals. Included will be an explanation of the new techno-economic paradigm; its impact on business (such as the publishing and airline industries), government, banking, etc; and what implications it has for the information industry, specifically the education of librarians and other information professionals, as well as for the job market. Dr. Britz will discuss how SOIS addresses the new techno-economic paradigm in preparing its graduates.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
Small Libraries and The Digital Divide
Suite 3
Jessamyn West, author of librarian.net, co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux, an ALA councilor, a rural librarian, and library activist
Are there Luddites in your library? Are you looking at the Digital Divide or the Digital Chasm? Could it be your patrons (or maybe your staff) are not just information poor, they are technology averse? Learn from LJ 2002 "Mover and Shaker" Jessamyn West, a former ALA Councilor, how to make technology plans and implement them in the face of a reluctant public, or a foot-dragging staff.
Sponsors: Media & Technology Section, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates, Friends of Wisconsin Libraries.
Tradition and Innovation: Helping Patrons Perform Historical Research in the Printed and Online World
Mangrove
Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, Curator & History of Health Sciences Librarian, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
From finding a 19th century obituary to locating original sources on Southern midwives in the 1950s, historical inquiries constitute a wide range of reference questions. This presentation will examine innovative approaches to framing a historical inquiry, and to identifying print and online resources. Between electronic catalogs, newly accessible finding aids, digitized images, and full text databases, there’s never been a more dynamic and fulfilling time to help your patrons discover the “old stuff.”
Sponsors: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association
Wisconsin's Legislative and Judicial Websites: What's There, What's Where, What's New
Suite 6
Connie Von Der Heide, Director of Reference and Outreach Services, Wisconsin State Law Library
When your patrons need help finding a Wisconsin statute, regulation, or court opinion on the web, are you up to the task? During this overview of the Wisconsin Legislature and Wisconsin Court System websites you'll get tips on searching the recently upgraded Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Code databases; locating current legislation and background information; finding court opinions and forms; locating information on attorney conduct grievances; and you'll take a look at resources especially for self-represented ("pro se") litigants.
Sponsors: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians, Law Library Association of Wisconsin
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Books, Bytes, and Soap Boxes: Speaking Up for Libraries
A&H
Manuel Urrizola, Head of Monograph Cataloging at the University of California, Irvine Libraries
The great Library of Alexandria was by all accounts…great—full of great ideas and a great amount of information. And the importance of libraries is no less today than in the past. As a librarian, I have the expertise and experience to know just how important libraries are to each individual and to society. I must also have the voice to express the essential role libraries play in my daily life, in my neighborhood, and in this democracy. I must stand on my soap box to passionately speak out for libraries and to articulate the treasure-trove of information they unlock. I look back fondly and with amusement at my life-long relationship with books and libraries. I look forward with pride and prejudice to my continuing relationship with libraries—as a patron, as a worker, and as an advocate.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee, WLA Foundation