 2006
Conference Home Page Preconferences: Monday, April 24
Advocacy Institute
1:00-4:30 p.m
Learn strategies to successfully advocate for your library,
including message development, lobbying basics and how to create coalitions
with
library professionals,
trustees and Friends groups. Attendees will leave with an action plan
that they can implement in their libraries. The Advocacy Institute
is intended
for the novice advocate as well as those who need a refresher course
in fostering grassroots advocacy.
Marci Merola, PR Specialist-Advocacy, Public Information Office, American
Library Association;
Gail Dysleski, NJLTA president and past president of both the East Brunswick
Library Board and the National Association of Library Trustees and Advocates
Co-sponsored by the American Library Association, the Advocacy
Institute is made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
Co-sponsored
by the New Jersey Library Trustee Association
Ensuring Access: Training All Staff on Intellectual Freedom
Please note: this preconference will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
will include a light lunch.
Description: Learn how to implement an intellectual freedom training program
for all your library staff, from Librarians to Pages, using realistic examples
and situations. This preconference recognizes that intellectual freedom is
a core value at the foundation of service in all libraries, from public to
academic, and all employees need to be aware that they are the face of the
institution. At the Seattle Public Library, training on this issue prepares
all staff to identify questions and events that challenge principles of intellectual
freedom and to be prepared to handle them appropriately.
Speaker: Mary Bucher Ross, Staff Development Coordinator, Seattle
Public Library and Co-author of Virtual Reference Training: The Complete
Guide to Providing Anytime, Anywhere Answers (co-authored by Buff Hirko)
http://home.earthlink.net/~rosskenw/ross_bio.html
Sponsor: Intellectual Freedom Subcommittee
Make Room for Teens!
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Description: "Make Room for Teens" is geared toward public and school
libraries of all budgetary levels. Topics will include teen involvement, space
planning, design and implementation, and marketing. Attendees will learn to
easily and successfully plan, design, and market a teen area using before and
after photos of young adult spaces, practical tips, vendor information, and
valuable handouts. You will be amazed at what you can create with a little
imagination and some help from your teen friends!
Speaker: Kimberly Bolan Library Consultant and Author of Teen Spaces:
The Step-By-Step Library Makeover and Technology Made Simple: An Improvement
Guide for Small and Medium Libraries (tentative title.)
Sponsor: Young Adult Services Section
Build it Right: User-Centered Design for Library Web Sites
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Description: Just how effective is your library's web site? Can your customers
find what they are looking for? Does your site help them to be successful at
using your library? In today's online information world, the library web site
is the gateway to your collections and services. Make it the best site it can
be! Learn to design web sites for maximum usability. This program will get
you started conducting your own usability tests with no hassle, little to no
funding, and bare bones staffing.
Speaker: Jerilyn Veldof, University of Minnesota Libraries and author
of Creating the One-Shot Library Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide and “Usability
Testing” in Developing web-based instruction: Planning, designing,
managing and evaluating for results
Sponsor: Information Technologies Section
Talk It Up! The Care and Feeding of Reading Groups
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Description: Reading groups are in vogue for all ages and interests from students
through retirees. It’s a natural for libraries! If you’re leading
or hosting groups at your library—or would like to--or just supporting
community groups, come hear from authors who have written about successful
reading groups and NJ librarians who have run a variety of reading groups for
children, young adults, and adults.
Speakers: Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust, More Book Lust
Martha Burns, author of Reading Group Journal: Notes in the Margin
Mickey Pearlman, author of What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading
Group Members and Other Book Lovers
Barbara Mead
Pamela Groves
Jeri Triano
Sponsor: Readers’ Advisory Roundtable and Professional Development
Committee
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