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Hold that Tomato! A Discussion of Two Books and the Local Food Movement
Book discussion at WAAL
Friday, April 18 10:30-11:45am
Two authors independently move to Virginia farms to live off the land and just happen to publish their books about their experiences within a month of each other! Come and discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, and Logan Ward’s See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America.
Read one book or both. We’ll talk about the books, the local food movement and living off the land. Share your experiences and ideas. The discussion will be led byKirsten Houtmanof WiLS.
Call for Volunteers
Volunteers may contact Charles Elftmann at charles.elftmann@alverno.edu
Volunteers are needed to play the following roles:
1) Assist at the Registration Desk.
2) Serve as Room Monitors for presentations, speeches and other events.
3) Introduce speakers, presenters and panel members. *
4) Monitor the Internet Cafe.
* Volunteers are especially needed to…
Introduce speakers, co-presenters, and panelists at the WAAL Conference.
There is still a limited demand for registration help and room monitors.
The WAAL Conference planning committee would like to thank you for volunteering.
A small donation of your time and talents will help assure a successful conference for all participants.
Volunteers should specify which role they would like to play and identify the time(s) when they would be available.
While you're in the neighborhood...
Check out the New York Times' article, "A Tour of Candyland in Wisconsin, Timeless and Sweet" and plan your visit.
Keynote Speaker: Gary Price
Gary's Web Research Toolbox
Wednesday, April 16 (9:00 - 10:15 AM), Ballroom Central
Gary Price is a librarian, formerly with Ask.com, and the founder and chief editor ofResourceShelf.com. He is also the founder and a contributor toDocuTicker.com.
Price earned his MLIS from Wayne State University and holds a BA from the University of Kansas. From 1995-2001, he worked as a Reference Librarian at George Washington University, and from 2004-2006, Gary was the News Editor of Search Engine Watch. He is a frequent speaker at professional and trade conferences, a contributor to Searcher magazine and the co-author of The Invisible Web.
He will cover numerous topics, with demonstrations of many tools. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions throughout the presentation.
Topics will include:
- Web 2.0 Tools & Trends
- The Latest in Web Search
- The Invisible Web Circa 2008
- Web-Based Collection Development
- E-Books & Multimedia Search
- Tools to Keep Current
Luncheon Speakers: Rochelle Pennington and Leslie Umberger
Luncheon with Rochelle Pennington
Wednesday, April 16 (noon - 1:45 PM), Atrium
Rochelle Pennington, local author of The Historic Christmas Tree Ship: A True Story of Faith, Hope and LoveandThe Endurance: History's Greatest Shipwreck,will share little-known facts surrounding one of the most well-known shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, including the ship's mysterious disappearance, clues washed ashore in the decades following its demise, ghost ship sightings of the Phantom Schooner, and omens believed to have cursed the ship immediately before it set sail on November 22, 1912. The author will also have a recently acquired collection of artifacts from the sunken ship on display.
Pennington is an award-winning freelance author and newspaper columnist whose work has been included in several bestselling series includingChicken Soup for the Soul,Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,andStories for the Heart.
Pennington’s research on the Christmas Tree Ship has been featured on several television stations including FOX-TV and The Weather Channel’s Storm Stories holiday special.
Luncheon with Leslie Umberger
Thursday, April 17 (noon - 1:45 PM), Atrium
“Sublime Spaces & Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists” has been a landmark exhibition for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan. Visitors from across the U.S. and six continents have been enthralled by the astonishing range and power of the 22 environment builders featured. In the hands of these little-known artists, patches of wasteland become transcendent kingdoms. Empty lots and sheds are gateways to healing and the heavens. Homes and yards are simultaneously museum and masterpiece. Mysterious machines and concrete menageries; thrones of bone and towers of steel; volumes of poetry and libraries of wordless books: all are created by the artist-builders featured.
Leslie Umberger is senior curator of exhibitions and collections at the Kohler Arts Center. She specializes in American art history and the work of folk, self-taught, and vernacular artists.
Congratulations to Scholarship Recipients
Please extend a warm welcome to our conference scholarship recipients.
Undergraduates
Colette Hershey, UW-Madison
Holly Erickson, UW-Whitewater
Graduates
Joia O'Brien, UW-Madison SLIS
Brett Rohlwing, UW-Madison, SLIS