Post-conference Resources
THURSDAY, MAY 5th
10:30 - 11:30am - First Session
- Who Gets What and When? Discussion of Possible Revisions to the 2005 Wisconsin Interlibrary Loan Guidelines (RSRT)
- WLA's Oscars: Why and How to Nominate Our Best & Brightest (Awards & Honors Committee)
- Wisconsin's Public Library Funding Landscape (LD&L and WLTF)
- Videotaping your Patrons: Program and Marketing Ideas (MATS)
- Children's Spaces, Family Places: Developing Interactive Early Literacy Environments in Your Library (YSS)
1:30 - 2:30 pm - Second Session
- Local Library Planning (WAPL & WLTF)
- Wisconsin Poet Laureate Project (READ)
- Librarians as Financial Experts: Challenges in Assisting Patrons with Financial Inquiries (SLIS & WAPL)
- System Level Cataloging: We May All Be in the Same Boat, But Are We Paddling in the Same Direction? (TSS)
Link to two-part audio of this session
Centralized Cataloging in a Public Library System
- Outreach at the Library: A Win-Win for Staff and Patrons (WAPL)
2:45 - 3:45 pm - Third Session
- Successful Small Businesses Need Information (WAPL & WLTF)
- Googliciousness Revisited (MATS)
- How to get your weeding off the ground (TSS, RASS)
Library Weeding Checklist
- Budgeting in Good Times and Bad (WISLR)
Sample Budget Accounting Spreadsheet
Sample Format of a Minimal Library Budget.doc
WAPL.pptx - Story Time Swap (YSS)
4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Speed Networking (NMRT)
- Are You Still Buying That Reference Book? (RASS)
- Adventures in Digitization: Digital Collections (MATS)
- IM in a Library: Instant Messaging at Milwaukee Public Library (WAPL)
- Free Legal Assistance Clinics at Your Library Need complete description (OSRT & WLTF)
FRIDAY, MAY 6th
9:00 - 10:15 am - Fourth Session
- Hearing Loops in Meeting Rooms and at Service Desks (WAPL)
- Hosting a Multicultural Fair (OSRT, EMIERT)
Multicultural Books 2011
Multicultural Songs and Rhymes 2011
- Rooted in Excellence: Growing Library Services Through Excellent Relationships with Your Clients! (WISLR)
- What If: Questions and Answers on Intellectual Freedom (YSS)
- Notable Genre Book Marathon (READ):
Linda DeCramer - Children Books for the Soul bibliography
10:30 - 11:45 am - Fifth Session
- E-books: The Future Is Here (RSRT)
- Improve the Local Funding Outlook through Community Advocacy (WILS)
Milwaukee Public Library Geeks the Winter Olympics (Video)
- Young at Heart: Great Teen Books Even Grown-Ups Will Love (YSS)
- Think Free! The Best Free Digital Tools for Public Libraries (WAPL)
- Defending Your Budget with Data from the Annual Reports (DLTCL)