SESSION ONE 9:30 - 10:30

REGISTRATION

No Fees Required: Opening Access to University Content - Michelle Armstrong and Julia Stringfellow, Room 201 Increasing access to university collections is a great benefit for all library communities. This session will look at how access to university records, both born digital and originally in paper, is improved by providing them in an open, digital format. Benefits for different types of libraries and patrons will be highlighted. Features of digital asset management systems used at Boise State will also be discussed. Cooking Up a Batch of Books Teens Will Devour - Gregory Taylor, Room 106 What’s the recipe that will get teens reading and have them clamoring for more? Good books, of course! I’ll book talk several of my recent favorites, including the titles that kids are chewing through in our library. Get your fork ready for this whirlwind smorgasbord! Professional Networking Among Librarians: Unnatural Acts - James Teliha, Room 105 Networking and socializing in a professional setting is a learned behavior. I will cover a number of strategies that I have used during my career in libraries. “The great good place”: Developing your library as a community destination Kate Baker, Room 107 Kate will facilitate a discussion about what third places are and how they function, as well as the importance of libraries as community centers. A number of resources and steps toward creating third places will be reviewed and discussed.

SESSION TWO 10:45 - 11:45

SMS Reference Service: A New Point of Need for Libraries - Margie Ruppel and Amy Vecchione, Room 201 Boise State University’s text reference service is growing in popularity among students. BSU librarians chose SMS software and started the service during Summer 2010. Join BSU librarians Amy Vecchione and Margie Ruppel for this session to learn what types of questions are asked through SMS, students’ opinions of the service, as well as helpful guidelines for starting your own text referencing service.

Terrific Teens: How to Build Community in a High School Library - Gena Marker, Room 105 Gena and her LABbies will present on the various events, activities and initiatives implemented this year at the Centennial High School Library.

Job searching panel - Kelsey Keyes, Room 106 This panel will discuss a variety of topics surrounding searching for a job as a librarian, interviewing and planning a presentation, hiring and being on a search committee.

El Día Delicioso! - Erica Compton, Room 107 Reach out to your Spanish speaking families on this special day celebrating children and books. This session will provide you with recipes for cooking up inviting El Día activities. A collection of the latest bilingual and Spanish children’s books will also be served up for your enjoyment. Let’s have a fiesta! *Salsa not included.

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REGISTRATION FEE: (circle one)

$27 ILA Member (Lunch included)

$52 ILA Non-member (Lunch included)

AM PM $15 half day fee (members)

AM PM $40 half day fee (non-members)

No Refunds

For ILA membership information:

http://www.idaholibraries.org/membership/ Please make checks payable & mail by February 1st, 2011 to:

Idaho Library Association Southwest Regional Conference (SWILA) Joy Lear, Registrar c/o Star Branch Library PO Box 397 Star, ID 83669

Questions? Kate Baker Committee Chair Silverstone Branch Library (208) 884-2616 www.mld.org/silverstone.html

http://bit.ly/SWILA11

PROGRAM Keynote: Lisa McGrath - The Internet Librarian: Maximizing the Benefits of Social Media While Minimizing Risk, Room 106

Libraries are increasingly using Web 2.0 and social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Instant Messaging Services, and Blogs, to enhance patron services and attract new users. This keynote will cover how libraries can maximize the benefits of these online tools while minimizing the risks through best practices.

8:00 - 8:30 Registration

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:15 Keynote: Lisa McGrath

9:30 - 11:45 Sessions One & Two 11:45 -1:30 Lunch | Vendors

1:30 - 3:45 Sessions Three & Four

3:45 - 4:15 Closing remarks

~ VENDOR BREAK 10:30 - 10:45 ~

Lunch | Vendors 11:45 -1:30

Please mark the programs you plan to attend so presenters may prepare a sufficient number of handouts.

SESSION ONE—9:30 to 10:30

SMS Reference Service: A New Point of Need for

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Terrific Teens: How to Build Community in a

High School Library

Job searching panel

El Día Delicioso!

SESSION TWO—10:45 to 11:45

No Fees Required: Opening Access to

University Content

Cooking Up a Batch of Books Teens Will Devour

Professional Networking Among Librarians:

Unnatural Acts

“The great good place”: Developing your library as

a community destination

SESSION THREE—1:30 to 2:30

Technology Assistance through Community

Involvement

If you Love Books, you’ll Love Shelfari

Personal Learning Network

One Library’s Path to Serving New Americans

SESSION FOUR– 2:45 to 3:45

Mobile Technologies: Trends and Tools

Bookclubs for Homeschooled Kids

Pursuing an MLIS Degree– First Steps!

Transforming Life After 50

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Evaluations Door prizes

Technology Assistance through Community Involvement - Megan Egbert, Room 105 This is a discussion of one way to utilize the community to conquer the digital divide.

If you Love Books, you’ll Love Shelfari Glynda Pflieger, Room 201 Want to jump into social networking but are just a little bit afraid of veering off your library’s mission? If so, then attend this hands-on training in Shelfari, a social network for book lovers. You’ll learn how to create a bookshelf of all the books you’ve read and plan to read, add your own book reviews, and more. We’ll also show you how to create a widget to put on your website to share your recommended reads to parents, teens, and readers everywhere.

Personal Learning Network Shirley Biladeau, Room 107 With all of the wonderful learning resources available, how do you organize the tools that are important to your professional and personal life? Explore the world of Personal Learning Networks to discover how it can bring order to some of the chaos in your life!

One Library’s Path to Serving New Americans Elizabeth Prusha-Parlor, Room 106 The path to serving New Americans, refugees and immigrants, in our library began with the rude knowledge that we were not prepared. This workshop will share a brief history of how we built our path and built community. It will share our strategies for participation, and discuss our outcomes. Included is a slide show featuring some of the programs we have provided through our Worlds Connect series, which highlights the countries of the various refugee and immigrant communities that we serve.

SESSION THREE 1:30 - 2:30

~ VENDOR BREAK 2:30 - 2:45 ~

Mobile Technologies: Trends and Tools Memo Cordova, Room 201 This presentation will explore mobile computing trends and applications. Bring your mobile phone and be ready to play, experiment, and augment your professional, educational, and personal reality via a mobile computing system that happens to have phone capabilities.

Bookclubs for Homeschooled Kids Kimbre Chapman and Jennifer Riebe, Room 105 Creating great bookclubs for homeschool kids. Information on other specialized bookclubs will be included.

Pursuing an MLIS Degree – First Steps! Shirley Biladeau, panel facilitator (with Lizzy Walker, Fiona May, Colleen Bonnell, Kristine Brumley, & Gena Marker), Room 106 Learn from those who have taken the plunge to earn their MLIS. Several students who are currently working on their MLIS through University of North Texas will share their challenges and successes in balancing school, work and personal life.

Transforming Life After 50 Sue Walker and Erica Compton, Room 107 17 Idaho library staff have been selected as Fellows in the Transforming Life after 50 Western Regional Fellowship. The presentation will provide an overview of the program, introduce Idaho’s participating library staff, and begin the discussion on a statewide plan to collaboratively develop library services for Idaho’s citizens 50 and older.

IDAHO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Southwest Regional Conference

http://bit.ly/SWILA11

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