Thursday, November 2, 2006
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Kalahari Convention Center -- North Atrium
ALL DAY -- Book Drive
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.
All Conference Hot Breakfast Buffet
Kalahari Convention Center
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
The following meetings will be held in A&H at designated tables. Any member wishing to have breakfast must have a ticket.
Government Information Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Intellectual Freedom Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Library Research Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Library User Education Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Outreach Services Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Readers Section Business Meeting/Breakfast
Resource Sharing Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
Support Staff Section Board Meeting/Breakfast
Technical Services Section Business Meeting/Breakfast
Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table Board and Business Meeting/Breakfast
Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table Business Meeting/Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Library Association Foundation Board Meeting/Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall, 1-8
Spend time with exhibitors displaying their products and services for libraries of all types.
Empress
WLA Store
Exhibit Hall, 1-8
CELEBRATE!... with your friends and fellow conference attendees. Be sure to check out the latest in conference gifts and souvenirs.
WLA Foundation Silent Auction
Exhibit Hall, 1-8
Bid on items to benefit the Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries, such as art works, collectibles/antiques and much more.
Auction ends at 3:30 p.m. Pick up and pay for items at 4:00 p.m.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
24/7 Virtual Reference Users Group Meeting
Mangrove
Whether your library is participating in AskAway, or just thinking about it, join us for this session. There will be some presentations about virtual reference and time for discussion.
Sponsor: Media and Technology Section
Applying Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Other Positive Approaches—Balance At Work: Enforcing Rules While Meeting Human Needs in Your Library
Aloeswood
Meg Allen, Circulation Manager, Baraboo Public Library; Vicki Ruthe Cogswell, CIrculation Librarian, Beloit Public Library; Jeanne Foley, Head of Access Services, UW-Oshkosh Polk Library; Nathan Rybarczyk, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Baraboo Public Library, and library student, UW-Milwaukee
Learn ways to apply Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and other "positives" in your library. This is a panel discussion by library supervisors and front-line staff sharing success stories of ways that we search for the best in "customers", staff, and our library. How do we balance the tension between giving good customer service, and enforcing the "rules,” policies and procedures? Hints and guided audience participation on maintaining rapport between front-line staff, "customers", and supervisors—even when customers "want to speak to a supervisor.”
Sponsor: Circulation Services Round Table, Support Staff Section
Book 'em, Danno! Keeping your Library Board Within the Law and Out of Trouble
Aralia
Mike Cross, Director, and John DeBacher, Public Library Administration Consultant, Public Library Development Team, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
Mike Cross and John DeBacher review the statutory framework within which library boards must operate. They also will review recent legislative changes and Wisconsin Attorney General opinions related to library board powers, authority, and municipal relations.
Sponsors: Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates
Complete Copyright For the Academic Library
Tamboti
Carrie Russell, ALA Copyright Specialist
After a quick review of the copyright law, Russell will discuss interlibrary loan, e-reserves, distance education, using media in the classroom, and other academic library services that have copyright implications. What are the changes in the law due to digital technologies? Bring your questions and sticky copyright situations—there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions.
Dynamic Library Atmospheres (repeat of Wednesday session)
Cypress
Ted Swigon, former, Director of Exhibits, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry; Sally Decker Smith, Head of Adult Services, Indian Trail Public Library District, IL
So you’ve displayed books face out, and put slatted end panels on your shelves to display more books face out. Now what? What’s the first thing patrons see when they walk in your door? Is the copier or soda machine really the first impression you want to make? Come see how a professional and team of amateurs made some wonderful changes—for very little money!
Sponsors: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates, Friends of Wisconsin Libraries
From Monkey Business to Serious Research
Guava
Axel Schmetzke, Associate Professor, UW-Stevens Point
Deviating from his usual preoccupation with web accessibility, the presenter will reflect on the utility of the web for conducting research. Tracing the process that led from the inheritance of a rather curious sculpture—a chimpanzee contemplating a human skull—to becoming one of the world's leading experts on this piece and its obscure, late 19th-century German-Jewish creator, Hugo Rheinhold, the presenter hopes to both educate and entertain the audience with his tale of web-mediated "monkey research." As the presenter intends to demonstrate, thanks to the web, the "invisible college," which we all learned about in Library School, is no longer that invisible.
Sponsor: Library Research Round Table
Suite E
Scott Niedermeyer, Scott Niedermeyer & Associates, Sales Consulting & Training
Do you quake at the thought of asking someone for money to fund a library project? Or do you just wonder what the best, most organized approach might be? Then listen to what a sales professional with a proven track record can teach you about asking for money for your library. Use his straight forward, simple system to plan your presentation and improve your comfort level and success rate in “making the ask.”
Sponsors: Wisconsin Library Association Foundation, Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates, Friends of Wisconsin Libraries
Tamarind
Kirsten Houtman, Member Services Librarian, WiLS; Michelle Rosenberg, Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Winnefox Library System
You'll flip over the newest cat in town! Join Kirsten Houtman and Michelle Rosenberg as they talk the talk about a new union catalog in Wisconsin called BadgerCat, and how it's used every day at Winnefox. More than a list of holdings, BadgerCat has the depth of the OCLC WorldCat bibliographic database behind it. Simplify resource sharing by using a single view of the Wisconsin group, or slice and dice it the way you want it. BadgerCat: Be there or be square!
Sponsor: Technical Services Section
New Directions in Public Access to Scholarly Research
Suite F
Julie Schneider, Head, Information Resources & Collection Development, Scholarly Communications Coordinator, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
The process of publishing research results is changing rapidly and the libraries of the UW-Madison are joining national efforts to engage faculty and university administrators in a discussion of scholarly communication issues. Legislation introduced in late 2005 and in May 2006 has sent an important signal that there is interest in Congress to broaden free public access to federally-funded scholarly research. Join us as we explore the issues and discuss the library’s role in the current debates.
Sponsor: Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians
Ready to Read with Books2go: The Six Skills for Early Literacy
Marula
Kelly Hughbanks, Coordinator of Children’s Services, Milwaukee Public Library; Victoria Sanchez, Books2Go Outreach Coordinator, Milwaukee Public Library
The Milwaukee Public Library’s Books2Go program provides outreach services to child care centers. In 2005, the library expanded Books2Go to include ‘Ready to Read with Books2Go: The Six Skills for Early Literacy,’ an in-depth training program for childcare providers and families. This pilot program includes monthly story time visits that model early literacy techniques based on national research. Learn how the Milwaukee Public Library implemented this program and the results.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
Take a break and stretch your legs! Quench your thirst with a tasty beverage while you visit the exhibit area. Pick up useful information about products and services for your library, and say hello to our fantastic line-up of exhibitors.
Exhibits Hall, 1-8
Scott Niedermeyer
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
A New Direction: Stepping Off the Ivory Tower and Into the Community
Tamboti
Kathy Myers, Reference Librarian, Carthage College
Though they are often seen as assets for the community, colleges and universities, and particularly the libraries of those institutions, too frequently take a passive approach to providing cultural, recreational and educational opportunities to non-student members of the local community. Hedberg Library at Carthage College has proactively pursued bringing to the Kenosha and Racine communities a variety of regularly scheduled programs of interest to children and adults. The 4-year old Friday Family Fun Night has been sponsoring programs such as visits from Mother Goose and Curious George, poetry readings and poetry creation workshops for children. And for mixed age groups, a variety of authors discussing their books, Carthage students and faculty sharing a multitude of interesting ideas and activities, and special celebrations of Hispanic, African American, Asian and other ethnic cultures, to name just a few events. The evolution of the Fun Night offerings to stronger and more diversified activities, and the successes and weaknesses of this public relations program, will be discussed along with costs and benefits to the library, students and the college.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
An Extended Form of Housekeeping: Women Environmentalists Past and Present
Guava
Kathy Miner, Education Programs Coordinator, UW Arboretum
Women environmentalists have been prolific authors. This program will teach you some things you didn’t know about the environmental movement, and send you away with a list of wonderful books besides. Part readers’ advisory and part history lesson, it explores the life and work of women from Mary Hunter Austin to Fran Hamerstrom to Terry Tempest Williams.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Women Library Workers, Readers Section
Best Books for Young Adults 2007
Aralia
Librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center will discuss nominees for the 2007 Best Books for Young Adults list. The session will be presented by librarians from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.
Sponsors: Youth Services Section, Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Celebrate What's Right with the World—Tipping the Balance Towards the Positive: Exploring Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Other Positive Approaches to Change
Aloeswood
Vicki Ruthe Cogswell, Circulationi Librarian, Beloit Public Library
Actively explore some ways to revitalize and improve your work, your work team, and maybe your life! The audience will participate in “guided mental exercises” to experience how it feels to define change, understand differences and use positive approaches. Includes excerpts of the inspirational film, "Extraordinary Visions!" with Dewitt Jones, a National Geographic photographer that shares how he celebrates what's right with the world.”
Sponsors: Circulation Services Round Table, Support Staff Section
It Doesn't Have to Be Boring: Government Produced Websites for Kids, K-12
Tamarind
Nancy Mulhern, Documents Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society Library; Beth Harper, Government Documents Reference Librarian, Memorial Library, UW-Madison
Two Wisconsin documents librarians will present an overview of state and federal government websites designed for children K-12 that are educational and, in the words of one 9-year-old, “way cool!”
Sponsor: Government Information Round Table
LibraryThing: Online, Social, Do-it-Yourself Cataloging
Suite F
Abigail Blachly, Archivist and Librarian, LibraryThing.com, Boston, MA
Abigail Blachly, archivist and librarian, together with programmer Tim Spalding, runs LibraryThing.com, an online service where people catalog their personal book collections. This very popular online source called LibraryThing uses library science and FRBR concepts, tools like Z39.50 and real MARC records. Abby will demonstrate how LibraryThing works and will shed some light on the almost fanatical enthusiasm its users—or “Thingamabrarians”—show for do-it-yourself cataloging.
Sponsor: Media and Technology Section
Organizing Your Library (guided discussion)
Cypress
Nancy Kruschke McKinney, Organizing Coach, Consultant, and Speaker
Do you wonder what other libraries are doing to help them get and stay organized? Here is an opportunity for you to share what is working for you and find out from others what is working for them. Nancy Kruschke McKinney, owner of Successful Organizing Solutions, will facilitate this open discussion to enable library staff to share their most and least effective strategies with each other. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from your peers.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee, Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
Marula
Gary Warren Niebuhr, Library Director, Greendale Public Library; Mary Bethke, Library Director, Marathon County Public Library
See a PowerPoint movie created by Gary to describe both his experiences as a delegate and the personal challenges he encountered during the trip. Hear about water bottles, full-time work for librarians in China, flying pigs, nightmare traffic, toilets, the Bridge of Intelligence, kung fu, March Madness Chinese style, scorpions and the Great Mall of China. Mary Bethke and Gary will be available after the movie to answer questions about the trip.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Reaching Out to People Coming Out
Mangrove
Lynn Evarts, High School Media Specialist, Sauk Prairie High School; Joanne Elder & Harriet Bruyn, parent members of PFLAG Madison (Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians); and Karen Lucas, Youth Services Librarian, Madison Public Library
Find out how libraries can reach out to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people, particularly young people, to make sure they have access to the information they need. We’ll hear from librarians who are making sure this sensitive topic doesn’t get swept under the rug and from advocates who have ideas about how to make libraries more responsive to the needs of the community.
Sponsors: Outreach Services Round Table, Youth Services Section, Social Responsibilities Round Table, Intellectual Freedom Round Table
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Outreach Services Round Table Luncheon: On Being a Librarian
A&H
Sanford Berman, retired, lifetime member of ALA
“Understand who it is you are working for, and it is not to satisfy bosses or supervisors or simply to obey abstract protocols, it is for the…library user population. They’re the ones you’re working for—nobody else, and if you keep that in mind, everybody’s going to benefit.” Excerpts from interviews with Sanford Berman conducted by Alki, Bottom Line, and Counterpoise illuminate the challenges, rewards, and motivations of librarianship.
Sponsor: Outreach Services Round Table
WLTA Luncheon & Business Meeting: Library Advocacy Works
Suite E
Rick Grobschmidt, Administrator of the Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning, Department of Public Instruction
Join your fellow WLTA members and other trustees from around Wisconsin for lunch and to learn more about the critical legislative issues affecting libraries at the state and federal levels. Trustees are valuable advocates and it’s important that they gain an even greater understanding of the issues.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Library Trustees & Advocates, Friends of Wisconsin Libraries
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Exhibits Hall, 1-8
Pete Hautman
2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Alerts and RSS Feeds from Badgerlink's Academic Search and Other Library Databases: What Is Right For You?
Guava
Thomas Durkin, Associate Academic Librarian, Social Science Reference Library, UW-Madison; Amy Kindschi, Academic Librarian, Wendt Engineering Library, UW-Madison; Barbara Lazewski, Reference Librarian, Steenbock Agricultural Library, UW-Madison
Library databases and publishers offer personal accounts for saved searches, free email alert services, and RSS feeds. These tools allow you to automatically monitor journal table of contents and other newly published information. How can you use alert services within BadgerLink? What library databases offer email alerts and RSS feeds? Which alert tool is right for you and your patrons? Find out about other interesting RSS feeds outside of library databases.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
Beyond the Ramp: How to Be Sure Your Programs and Services are Accessible to People with Disabilities
Marula
Robin Jones, Project Director, Great Lakes ADA & Accessible IT Center
Libraries are faced with managing a diverse customer base. Effectively serving customers with disabilities presents both challenges and opportunities. This session will focus on the obligations of libraries to meet the needs of individuals with a variety of conditions including visual and hearing impairments, psychological and cognitive limitations, as well as conditions that limit physical functioning. Modifications to policies and procedures and strategies for addressing situations where a customer’s behavior is disruptive to normal operations will be discussed. Examples of best practices will be presented and/or demonstrated and resources for additional information will be provided.
Tamboti
Melanie Kirsch, Young Adult Librarian, Rhinelander District Library; Renee Loebbaka, Young Adult Librarian, Rhinelander District Library
The Rhinelander District Library has developed a successful program to attract pre-teens and teens to the library. In more than 30 programs per year, children in grades four through nine read a book, discuss it, and then see a movie based on the book and compare the two. Renee and Melanie will tell us about this program, its many benefits, and effective recruitment and outreach efforts.
Sponsors: Outreach Services Round Table, Youth Services Section
Copyright 101: The Basics for Public Libraries
Suite F
Carrie Russell, ALA Copyright Specialist
Everything you always wanted to know about copyright but were afraid to ask. Carrie Russell will discuss copyright basics including the purpose of copyright, exclusive rights of copyright, exemptions (like library photocopying and preservation), special provisions for libraries and fair use. Time will be devoted to discussing changes in the law due to digital technologies. This program will use real-life scenarios to demonstrate the copyright issues that librarians face. Q&A time included—bring your questions!
Sponsors: Wisconsin Small Libraries Round Table, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
MARC My Words: Elements of Speaking for Librarians
Cypress
Manuel Urrizola, Head of Monograph Cataloging at the University of California, Irvine Libraries
Do you get a little nervous expressing yourself at meetings? Are you terrified before giving a speech? Whether speaking before a group or talking to your colleagues, you need to learn how to calm down, organize your thoughts, articulate, use props, entertain, advocate, persuade, and inspire. Learn the elements of skillful speaking and effective communication—and have some fun learning!
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
New and Expanded Youth with Special Needs Resource Guide
Aloeswood
Barbara Huntington, Youth/Special Services Consultant, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
Every community has youth with special needs, and the Division for Libraries and Community Learning has updated its resource guide to help libraries serve this population. Barb Huntington of the DLTCL will highlight portions of the new and expanded Youth with Special Needs Resource Guide, and discuss ways it can be used.
Sponsors: Outreach Services Round Table, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
Tamarind
Kathy Pletcher, Association Provost for Information Services, UW-Green Bay
The ability to run effective meetings can mark you as a leader and open opportunities for advancement. This program will cover practical tips for planning and running meetings, including understanding parliamentary basics, guiding the discussion, making decisions and handling difficult people. Learn about the top 10 reasons why people hate meetings and how to get people to love your meetings.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Statewide Resource Sharing and Information Access
Mangrove
Sally Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
Sally Drew will describe the results of planning efforts and the procurement process that took place in 2005-06 to select a statewide resource sharing system and develop continued relationships among different types of libraries for 2007 and beyond.
Sponsors: Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning, Resource Sharing Round Table, Support Staff Section
Aralia
Ann Burke, Director of Public Relations, International Crane Foundation
Ann Burke will give a slide presentation entitled “Crane Conservation in Southern Africa.” Ann worked as an Aviculturist at the International Crane Foundation, specializing in “Crane Matchmaking,” and worked in all aspects of captive crane husbandry including artificial insemination, incubation and chick rearing. In 1999, she was hired as a consultant to the South African Crane Working Group based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She started her journey to South Africa with eight Wattled Crane eggs as her carry-on luggage. She spent 18 months working with both captive breeding centers and field projects throughout this fascinating country of magnificent scenery and wildlife. Ann will discuss crane biology, the problems facing crane and wetland conservation in South Africa, and the role that ICF plays in the world in providing inspiration and expertise to scientists and communities working to protect cranes and the ecosystems they inhabit.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Grand Prize Drawing
Cure that afternoon energy slump with a soda and a walk through the exhibit hall! Our exhibitors have the resources you need for your library – from furniture and software to books and puppets! And don’t miss your last chance to sign up for door prizes.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
A&H
Jennifer Steele, Ms. Seventeen
Hailing from Wisconsin, Jennifer is a blonde, blue-eyed 21-year-old with a beaming smile framed by braces. Appearances are of the stereotypical cover girl, complete with a comfortable upbringing that gave her the role-model qualities, but what lies beneath her apple-pie exterior is a remarkable story of survival against all odds.
A former Miss Cheerleader of America state finalist who volunteered at her church, she was voted onto the homecoming court and selected as the best all-around young woman in her high school class. But what outsiders wouldn’t guess is that Jennifer’s parents have been in and out of jail for years, both struggling with serious drug addictions. Her mom was just sentenced for her latest DUI arrest, and her father, currently jailed for violating parole, will soon start serving a 10-year sentence for reckless homicide.
She went to Lasell College in Newton, MA, to study fashion, and later transferred to UW-Whitewater where she is on the dean’s list majoring in journalism and minoring in women’s studies. She plans to become a fashion journalist after graduation in 2007.
As Miss Seventeen, Jennifer has a powerful platform to speak to 13 million young women, and she is eager to be a role model to which they can relate.
4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Cypress
Sean B. Carroll, the author of Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom, is a leading voice at the forefront of evolutionary developmental biology. He will discuss his recent work that makes the complex ideas of this emerging field understandable to those unfamiliar with recent scientific developments. With clarity, wit and enthusiasm, this personal account chronicles the wonder and delight of discovering how the regulatory toolkit of genes works to create the diversity of animal life around us.
Sponsors: Literary Awards Committee, Readers Section,
Partners: Banta Corporation Foundation, Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
The Bumpy Road Workshop: Journeying with Novice College Learners
Suite E
Karen E. Desotelle, Director of the Office of Student Educational Services, Marquette University
Through exercises and activities, this interactive workshop challenges participants to re-examine their experiences with and assumptions about new college students. Peppered with research data, the workshop engages participants’ intellect and affect in journeying with students making their intellectual transition to higher education. Beginning with secondary school and moving through early college years, college students’ life experiences and their implications are examined and related to their observable behavior.
Sponsor: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
Life in the Bubble: Information Literacy at Elmhurst College
Mangrove
Donna Goodwyn, Head of Reference; Susan Swords Steffen, Library Director; Jennifer Paliatka, Reference/Instruction Librarian; Jacob Hill, Reference/Instruction Librarian; Peg Cook, Reference/Instruction Librarian
This program will describe how Elmhurst College conducts Information Literacy in its “Bubble Classroom” (nicknamed by students). The glass-enclosed classroom on the main floor is where Elmhurst conducts more than 250 classes a year in collaboration with college faculty from all disciplines. Presenters will discuss the mission, goals, assessment, and provide practical examples. There will also be time for questions and answers.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Meet the 2006 Burr/Worzalla Award Winner
Tamboti
Pete Hautman is the winner of the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award for his young adult book, Invisible. He will talk about writing for teens, how and why teens read (or don't), how he got started as a YA writer, and why he keeps on doing it. Mr. Hautman's other young adult titles include Godless, winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Mr. Was, No Limit (formerly titled Stone Cold), Hole in the Sky, Sweetblood, and Rash, published earlier this year.
Sponsors: Children's Book Award Committee, Youth Services Section, Worzalla Publishing Company
The Ramp of the Future: Providing Equal Access to Technology
Aloeswood
Janet Peters, Head, Accessible IT Initiative, Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center, University of Illinois, Chicago
This session will examine how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to Information Technology. Participants will learn the key terminology, see examples of accessible information technology in action, and learn about practical steps libraries and institutions of higher learning can take to meet their legal obligations.
Sponsor: WLA Conference Committee
Recruiting and Retaining an Ethnically Diverse Workforce
Tamarind
Kyung-Sun Kim, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, UW-Madison; Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, doctoral student, School of Library and Information Studies, UW-Madison
The proportion of ethnic minorities in the LIS student population has remained constantly lower than the proportion observed in the U.S. population, despite efforts by LIS schools and associations to recruit more minorities into the field. To identify effective strategies for recruiting and retaining minority students in LIS schools, a nationwide web survey of librarians of color was conducted. Based on study findings, suggestions will be made to improve the ethnic/cultural diversity in LIS education and librarianship.
Sponsor: Library Research Round Table
Marula
Amber McCrea, Youth Services Librarian, Beloit Public Library
Amber McCrea, the Youth Services Librarian at Beloit Public Library, will be talking about myspace.com, livejournal.com and runescape. She will review their organization (i.e. what composes the various parts of each site), what issues libraries have with these sites and teens and how they can be used to our advantage.
Sponsor: Youth Services Section, Support Staff Section
The World of Wikis and Libraries
Aralia
Terri Muraski, Access Services & Reference, UW-Stevens Point; David Null, University Archivist, Archives & Records Management Services, UW-Madison
What’s a wiki? This program will provide an introduction to the world of wikis and the concept of community knowledge and collective wisdom on the internet. Wikipedia and the highs and lows of wiki reference tools will be discussed. In addition, the presenters will take a look at the many ways librarians are using and directly participating in the world of wikis, including those that are directly related to libraries and librarians and others in public and academic disciplines. A case study of a stem-cell wiki will be featured!
Sponsors: Media and Technology Section, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
5:15– 6:00 p.m.
Cypress
Sean Carroll
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Library Association/WLA Annual Business Meeting
Suite F
This is your opportunity to vote on organizational issues, including bylaws amendments, learn of this year’s accomplishments and future directions, and receive an update on the Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries. All members are encouraged to attend. (Agenda)
Sponsors: Wisconsin Library Association, Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
A&H
Join us for this annual celebration in recognition of those professionals who symbolize the best in librarianship. Dinner will be followed by presentation of the following awards: Banta Award, Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award, Library of the Year Award, WLA/Highsmith Award, Trustee of the Year Award, Special Service Award, Citation of Merit Award, and WLA/ProQuest Intellectual Freedom Award.
Sponsor: WLA Awards & Honors Committee
Partners: DEMCO Inc.; Highsmith Inc.; Wisconsin Library Association Foundation; Worzalla Publishing Company; Banta Corporation Foundation