Pre-Midwinter Institutes and Special Events
AASL
Tools for Transforming Your School Library Program
Date:1/20/2012 8:30amEvent Code:AAS1Create a powerful school library program with tools based on AASL’s learning standards and program guidelines. Explore AASL’s A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners with the School Library Program Assessment Rubric and learn how to collect and use data to drive program improvement. Then learn how AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action and Lesson Plan Database can take programs to the next level by building lessons cross-walked with the Common Core Standards.
Speakers:Jody Howard, Associate Professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, University Of Long IslandDonna Shannon, Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science, University of South CarolinaKathy Lowe, Executive Director, Massachusetts School Library AssociationAdvance Onsite ALA Member $239.00 $239.00 Division Member $189.00 $189.00 Round Table Member $239.00 $239.00 Retired Member $179.00 $179.00 Student Member $159.00 $159.00 Non-Member $304.00 $304.00
ALCTS
Libraries, Linked Data and the Semantic Web: Positioning Our Catalogs to Participate in the 21st Century Global Information Marketplace
Date:1/20/2012 8:30amEvent Code:ALC1The web is evolving from a global information space for storing individual documents into a highly diverse information network in which pieces of data interlink and work synergistically together to create meaning. An excellent panel of cutting-edge thinkers will discuss how librarians can employ semantic web technologies and linked data standards to maximize the use of valuable legacy data on the web and ensure that libraries play a trailblazing role in this new information landscape.
Speakers:Karen Coyle, a librarian with over thirty years of experience with library technology. She now consults in a variety of areas relating to digital libraries. Karen has published dozens of articles and reports, most available on her web site, kcoyle.net. She has served on standards committees including the MARC standards group (MARBI), NISO committee AX for the OpenURL standard, and was an ALA representative to the e-book standards development that led to the ePub standard. She follows, writes, and speaks on a wide range policy areas, including intellectual property, privacy, and public access to information. As a consultant she works primarily on metadata development and technology planning. She is currently investigating the possibilities offered by the semantic web and linked data technology.Eric Miller, president of Zepheira. Prior to founding Zepheira, he started and led the Semantic Web Initiative for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Before joining W3C, Eric was a Senior Reseach Scientist at OCLC, Inc., and the co-founder and Associate Director of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.Advance Onsite ALA Member $269.00 $269.00 Division Member $219.00 $219.00 Round Table Member $269.00 $269.00 Retired Member $99.00 $99.00 Student Member $99.00 $99.00 Non-Member $319.00 $319.00
ACRL
Scholarly communications: From understanding to engagement
Date:1/20/2012 8:30amEvent Code:ACR1Speakers:Speaker 1Advance Onsite ALA Member $305.00 $305.00 Division Member $255.00 $255.00 Round Table Member $305.00 $305.00 Retired Member $95.00 $95.00 Student Member $95.00 $95.00 Non-Member $345.00 $345.00
ALTAFF
Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends and Foundations
Date:1/20/2012 8:30amEvent Code:ALT1The popular Nuts & Bolts will feature speakers addressing topics of interest to Friends, Trustees, Foundations, and citizen advocates, followed by roundtable discussions geared toward each group. Meet and greet with coffee begins at 8:30 a.m. A boxed lunch will be served at noon. Register for the Advocacy Institute (1-4:00 p.m.) and receive a discount on combined registration. Attendees are encouraged to bring brochures, flyers, and other library marketing materials to share.
*SPECIAL NOTE: We are offering a discount of $25 off the combined registration for anyone who registers for both Nuts & Bolts *and* the Advocacy Institute.Advance Onsite ALA Member $50.00 $75.00 Division Member $50.00 $75.00 Round Table Member $50.00 $75.00 Retired Member $50.00 $75.00 Student Member $50.00 $75.00 Non-Member $50.00 $75.00 ALTAFF Gala Author Tea
Date:1/23/2012 2:00pmEvent Code:ALT2Bestselling writers will discuss their writing life and forthcoming books. Enjoy tea, finger sandwiches, and a variety of sweet treats. A book signing will follow, with some books given away free and others available for purchase at a generous discount. This ticketed event is sponsored by ReferenceUSA. This event is often a sell-out so purchase your tickets early.
Advance Onsite ALA Member $49.00 $55.00 Division Member $45.00 $55.00 Round Table Member $49.00 $55.00 Retired Member $49.00 $55.00 Student Member $49.00 $55.00 Non-Member $49.00 $55.00
LITA
Getting Started with Drupal
Date:1/20/2012 9:00amEvent Code:LIT1This preconference will provide a thorough introduction to the Drupal content management system. Presenter will guide attendees as they create Drupal sites in a sandbox environment, covering the basics of content creation, themes, modules, and user management. Demonstrations of innovative Drupal sites, including library sites, library intranets, and an electronic journal will be provided. Previous web experience is helpful, but not required. Participants should plan to bring a laptop.
Speakers:Nina McHale, University of Colorado DenverAdvance Onsite ALA Member $350.00 $350.00 Division Member $235.00 $235.00 Round Table Member $350.00 $350.00 Retired Member $350.00 $350.00 Student Member $350.00 $350.00 Non-Member $380.00 $380.00
OLA
Mobilizing Community Support for Your Library: An Advocacy Institute Workshop
Date:1/20/2012 1:00pmEvent Code:OLA1The workshop will focus on engaging and mobilizing Friends and trustee groups, opinion-makers and civic organizations to support all types of libraries. Presenters include: Dr. Jennifer Martin, Ph.D., senior associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, Texas Woman's University; Ed Palmer, chairman, Municipal Library Board, Dallas, and Rocco Staino, retired director of the Mary I. Keefe Library, North Salem Central Schools, NY & contributing editor, School Library Journal. Mobilizing Community Support for Your Library: An Advocacy Institute Workshop is sponsored by the Texas Library Association. It is presented in partnership with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), ALTAFF, and organized by the Advocacy Training Subcommittee of the ALA Committee on Library Advocacy, in conjunction with the ALA Office for Library Advocacy.
*SPECIAL NOTE: We are offering a discount of $25 off the combined registration for anyone who registers for both Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends, and Foundations *and* the Advocacy Institute.Advance Onsite ALA Member $50.00 $75.00 Division Member $50.00 $75.00 Round Table Member $50.00 $75.00 Retired Member $50.00 $75.00 Student Member $50.00 $75.00 Non-Member $50.00 $75.00
YALSA
Innovations in Essential Teen Services
Date:1/20/2012 12:30pmEvent Code:YAL1Looking for innovative ways to refresh or enhance teen services that you are already providing? Then join YALSA for a half day preconference and get tips on how to: create easy and affordable digital booktalks; revamp your homework help services using simple chat, phone and text tools; incorporate essential digital literacy skills into programs; and harness the power of apps, mobile devices, and social networking to deliver cutting-edge summer reading programming and armchair outreach.
Advance Onsite ALA Member $129.00 $129.00 Division Member $129.00 $129.00 Round Table Member $129.00 $129.00 Retired Member $129.00 $129.00 Student Member $89.00 $89.00 Non-Member $129.00 $129.00
