Post-Conference Resources
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Wednesday, April 22
9:00 - 10:15 AM
IT/Library Collaboration Makes It Happen: The Idea Studio and other Collaborative Learning Spaces at UW-Stevens Point
Dr. Kathy Davis, Director of University Library, UW-Stevens Point
Aaron F. Nichols, Access Services Librarian, UW-Stevens Point
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Caveat Emptor: An Academic Library's Migration to an Open Source ILS
Rick Hren, Jim Walsh, and Kathy Myers, Carthage College
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Digitization on Demand: ILL Operations Participating in Institutional Digitization
Eric Robinson, Wisconsin Library Services
Laura Rizzo, Wisconsin Library Services (UW-Madison SLIS Program)
Sponsored by Resource Services Round Table
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Don’t Wait, Do It Yourself: Rewiring the Culture of the Academic Library
Keynote, Brian Mathews
- Ubiquitous Librarian Blog
- Marketing the Academic Library: A Bold New Approach for Reaching Students
- Blog post
Noon - 1:45 PM
Luncheon, David Joyce
"Tale (Tail?) of the Tyger: Strategic Planning for an Uncertain Future"
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Information Literacy Award Winner
Congratulations, Susan Heffron and Amelia Osterud!
Sponsored by LUERT
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Cultivating Quality Collaboration
Julie Fricke, Reference and Web Resources Librarian, Lawrence University
Lisa Viezbicke, Assistant Director for Library Services, Beloit College
Neal Baker, Humanities and Languages Librarian, Earlham College
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Transformative Technology: Screencasting and the Use of Jing at UW-Madison
Ian Benton, Associate Academic Librarian, College Library, UW-Madison
Steve Frye, Academic Librarian, College Library, UW-Madison
- Blog post
- PowerPoint Slide Set(PDF)
- Handout(PDF)
3:30 - 4:45 PM
What I Wish I Knew about Librarianship: A Discussion
Patrick Wilkinson, Director, Forrest R. Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
Gene Engeldinger, VP for Academic Information Services, Hedberg Library, Carthage College
Karen Dunn, Information Services Librarian, Steenbock Library, UW-Madison
Gretchen Revie, Reference Librarian and Instruction Coordinator, Lawrence University
Megan Fitch, Director of Information Services and Resources, Beloit College
Jess Bruckner, Kilbourn Public Library, Wisconsin Dells
Sponsored by New Members Round Table
- Karen's Notes (PDF)
- Blog post
3:30 - 4:45 PM
Children's Collections in Academic Libraries
Laurie Swartwout, Cardinal Stritch University Library
Kathy Myers, Access Services Librarian, Carthage College Library
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
3:30 - 4:45 PM
Learning at Lunch with Colleagues: All about our Library
Molly Susan Mathias, Library Instruction Coordinator, UWM Libraries
Ellen Engseth, Senior Academic Librarian, UWM Libraries
- PowerPoint Slide Set(PDF)
5:30 - 7:30 PM
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Thursday, April 23
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9:00 - 10:15 AM
Tapping the Creative Spirit to Spur Innovation
Keynote, Kathryn Deiss
10:30 - 11:45 AM
The 411 on Providing Pay-per-Use Access to Journal Articles
Mindy King, Serials Librarian, UW-Stevens Point
Aaron Nichols, Access Services Librarian, UW-Stevens Point
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Strategies for Managing Public Records in E-Mail
Amy Moran, State Records Manager, Department of Administration
Nancy Kunde, Records Officer, General Libraries
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Collaborating to Create Academic Research Tools
Jim Jonas, Information Services and Electronic Resources Librarian, CIMC, UW-Madison
Amanda Manteufel, Research Intern, CIMC, UW-Madison
Noon - 1:45 PM
Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture
Luncheon, Joe Foy
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Diversity and the Academic Librarian
Karla Strand, Diversity Librarian, Carroll University
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Fake It 'til You Make It with Government Documents
Nancy Mulhern, Wisconsin Historical Society, Historic Collections Consultant
Michael Current, UW-La Crosse, Government Information Public Services Librarian
Loretta Harmatuck, Government Services Librarian, Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library
Sponsored by the Government Information Round Table
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
- Handout (PDF)
- Blog post
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Supporting Learning in Second Life
Ulrike Dieterle, Ebling Library, UW-Madison
Debra Duncan, Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
Catherine Stephens, CIMC, UW-Madison
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
3:30 - 4:45 PM
Keeping It All Together: One Library's Strategy for Electronic Resource Management
William Doering, Systems, Catalog & Digital Initiatives Librarian, Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse
Sponsored by the Technical Services Section
3:30 - 4:45 PM
Teach to Divergent Learning Styles: Make Them Motivated
Jeff Desannoy, Reference Librarian, Alverno College Library
Molly Susan Mathias, Library Instruction Coordinator, UWM Libraries
Sponsored by LUERT
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
3:30 - 4:45 PM
The MacGyver Library: Amazingly Useful Stunts You Can Perform with Ordinary Library Objects
Jon Mark Bolthouse, Automation Librarian, UW Colleges
Chris Grugel, Reference Librarian, Carthage College
- PowerPoint Slide Set(PDF)
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Friday, April 24
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9:00 - 10:15 AM
A Collaborative Cruise through LGBTQ Resources
Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Women's Studies Librarian, UW-Madison
Nerissa Nelson, Librarian/Assoc. Professor, UW-Stevens Point
Melissa Adler, PhD Student - SLIS, UW-Madison
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Wikipedia and Information Literacy
Eric Jennings, Reference & Instruction Librarian, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire
Sponsored by the Support Staff Section
- Handout (PDF)
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Warning: Children in the Library! Welcoming Children and Families into the Academic Library
Kathryn Tvaruzka, Education Librarian, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire
Sponsored by the Support Staff Section
10:30 - 11:45 AM
"But I'm Not a Techie!" Painless Technical Tools for Technical Services
Becky Yoose, Bibliographic Systems Librarian, Miami University Libraries
Sponsored by the Technical Services Section
- PowerPoint Slide Set (PDF)
- Presentation with Notes (Slideshare)
10:30 - 11:45 AM
We're from the Government and We're Here to Help! : Reference and Loan Library Services for Academic Libraries
Martha Farley Berninger, Team Leader for ILL and Reference Services, Reference and Loan Library
Abby Swanton, State Documents Depository Librarian, Reference and Loan Library
Lisa Reale, BadgerLink Coordinator, Reference and Loan Library
Vickie Long, WISCAT Outreach and Training, Reference and Loan Library
Sponsored by the Reference and Loan Library
10:30 - 11:45 AM
A Cat and a Library Skyrocket to the Top of the New York Times Bestseller List: A Book Discussion of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Kirsten Houtman, Member Services Librarian, WiLS
Sponsored by the WLA Readers Section
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