WAPL Conference 2009
Program at a Glance
Wednesday May 6
4 – 6 p.m. WAPL Board Meeting
5 – 8 p.m. Registration
7 – 10 p.m. Cocktail dessert reception
Thursday May 7
7:30 - 9 a.m. Glacier Canyon Breakfast Buffet
7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration
9 – 10 a.m. Keynote Address: Emily Sheketoff - Executive Director of the ALA office in Washington, DC.
10 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. First Concurrent Sessions
- SOS! My patron has a legal question (AWSL)
- Notable Genre Book Discussion (READ)
- WISCAT Update (DLTCL)
- Casting @OWLS (MATS)
- Tweaking the Tween Scene (YSS)
- Old Farm: A history featuring author Jerry Apps (WAPL)
- Spring Bird migration in Wisconsin author John Bates (WLTF)
- What’s New under the Dome? (DLTCL)
12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon & Program: Wisconsin: A story of restoration and renewal
Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko
2 – 3 p.m. Second Concurrent Sessions
- Read ‘Em their Writes (READ)
- KIDS!@your library Campaign (WAPL)
- BadgerLink: Moving into the Second Decade (DLTCL)
- Wisconsin information network for school success – WINSS Database (GIRT)
- Googlicious (MATS)
- Gone to Soldiers: Research your Civil War ancestor (WIGHLR)
- It’s just walking 2176 miles, or 5,000,000 footsteps on the Appalachian Trail (WLTF)
3 – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 – 4:30 p.m. Third Concurrent Sessions
- Developing Online Local History Resources for your Library (WIGHLR)
- Locked in the Library: Late night & all night programs for Kids and Teens (WISLR)
- Video Online 2.0, what we’ve done, Why not you? (WAPL)
- Evaluating your Library Director (WLTF)
- In service to Wisconsin: The Reference and Loan Library (DLTCL)
- Storytime Swap (YSS)
- Gates Foundation’s PC Grant Program: Online Opportunity (DPI)
4:45 – 6 p.m. Business Meetings: OSRT, READ, WISLR, WLTF, YSS
Dinner on your own – enjoy the wonderful restaurants in the Wisconsin Dells.
Friday May 8
7:30 – 9 a.m. Deluxe Continental Breakfast with Bagel Bar
7:30 – 10 a.m. Registration
9 – 10:15 a.m. First Concurrent Sessions
- Space needs for Public Libraries in the 21st Century (WDLTC)
- Audio books – Who listens, how to understand, doing Audio book advisory interviews (READ)
- Get creative with puppets @your library (YSS)
- Tracking down problem requests (RSRT)
- Opening the window onto the world for young readers (WAPL)
- Fuelish thoughts: Lessons learned from the lowly gas station (WAPL)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (WLTF)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45 Second Concurrent Sessions
- What I wish I knew about Librarianship: A discussion (NMRT)
- Enhancing your library’s teen services: a community effort (WAPL)
- Library services for older adults: mind the gap (OSRT)
- EXCELlent!!!: Top five lists of ways to create great Youth Services at your library (YSS and WAPL)
- Tales from the front: Customer service at the Reference Desk (WISLR)
12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Luncheon & Program, The Flavor of Wisconsin: History and Culture through recipes, Terese Allen