Conference Handouts
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Keynote Address
- Climate Change: Local to Global and Back Again
John J. Magnuson, Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Limnology, UW-Madison
Amy Moran, State Records Manager, Department of Administration
- The Future of Bibliographic Control: A Report from the Library of Congress
Diane Dates Casey, Dean, Library Services/Academic Computering, Professor of Library Science, Governors State University
- Intermingling Worlds: How Access Services, ILL and Reference Can Work Together
Heather Weltin, UW Memorial Library
Martha Farley Berninger, Reference and Loan Library; Connie Von Der Heide, Wisconsin State Law Library
- Quality Improvement Teams: Analyze and Improve Process Flow in your Library
Jim Backus, Trustee, Wisconsin Valley Library Service
Garrett Erickson, Marathon County Public Library
Rebecca Lemons, Marathon County Public Library
- Technical Services Workflows in Time of Decreasing Budgets
Kristin Hewitt, Director, Whitefish Bay Public Library; Michael Nitz, Technical Services Supervisor, Appleton Public Library; Susan Lee, Technical Services Manager, Madison Public Library
Thursday, November 6, 2008
- Challenges for Reference Excellence: Realities & Possibilities
Marie L. Radford, PhD, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
- Helping Patrons Better Understand Environmental Issues: An Introduction to Online Tools and Resources and Bookmark
Dreux J. Watermolen, Chief of Science Information Services, Department of Natural Resources; Adam C. Mednick, Natural Resources Educator, Department of Natural Resources
- Keeping it all Together: One Library's Strategy for Electronic Resource Management
William Doering, Librarian, UW-La Crosse Murphy Library
- The Library Reformation: 95 Edicts You Should Nail to Your Library's Door
Brian Simon, Director, Verona Public Library; Nathan Deprey, Director, Osceola Public Library
- Marketing As a Team Sport
Peggy Barber, Libary Communication Strategies, Inc.
Peggy Barber, Library Communication Strategies, Inc.
- Public Library Resources for Children with Autism and their Families
Roxane Bartelt, Head of Children's Services, Kenosha Public Library; Lisa Langsdorf, Children's Librarian, Kenosha Public Library; Patricia Herr, Leader, Autism Support Group, Kenosha Achievement Center; Theresa Heberling, Early Intervention Program Teacher, Kenosha Achievement Center
Friday, November 7, 2008
- Cut to the Chase: Evaluating Services and Programs Using the Critical Incident Technique
Marie L. Radford, PhD, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
- Open Source OPAC: An Alternative Solution
Brian Simons, Director, Verona Public Library; Jim Novy, Systems Services Technician, Lakeshores Library System
- Policies for Effective Management of Employees and Benefits
Marion Smith, Michael Best & Friedrich