| ACRL/NEC (Association of College and Research Libraries, New England Chapter) |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Getting Your Grant: the Art and Politics of Proposal Writing |
Quezada, Heroux |
Tips to strengthen your grant application, potential sources of funding (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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Handout 1 | Handout 2 |
| Mon, 1:30-3 |
Meeting Academic Library User Needs |
Fried Foster, Gibbons, Turner |
Report on study to determine how learning and research is being conducted and how closely services and resources synchronize with scholars' needs and behaviors (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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PowerPoint |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
Forming Community Partnerships |
Halverson, Plotas |
Partnership between academic and public libraries (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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PowerPoint |
| Tue, 9-10:30 |
Metadata Cataloging and Access Control: Challenges at UVM |
Wichada Sukantarat |
(Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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| ALS (Academic Librarians Section) |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Getting Your Grant: the Art and Politics of Proposal Writing |
Quezada, Heroux |
Tips to strengthen your grant application, potential sources of funding (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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Handout 1 | Handout 2 |
| Mon, 1:30-3 |
Meeting Academic Library User Needs |
Fried Foster, Gibbons, Turner |
Report on study to determine how learning and research is being conducted and how closely services and resources synchronize with scholars' needs and behaviors (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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PowerPoint |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
Forming Community Partnerships |
Halverson, Plotas |
Partnership between academic and public libraries (Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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PowerPoint |
| Tue, 9-10:30 |
Metadata Cataloging and Access Control: Challenges at UVM |
Wichada Sukantarat |
(Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
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| EBSCO |
| Mon, 3-4 |
Refreshments in the Exhibit Hall |
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| ESTEY Library Services and Rentacrate, Inc. |
| Mon, 10:30-11:30 |
Refreshments in the Exhibit Hall |
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| H.W. Wilson |
| Mon, 3-4 |
Refreshments in the Exhibit Hall |
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| Harper-Collins Publishers |
| Tue, 1-2:30 |
Mary Jane Clark (Author Luncheon) |
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Author of "When Day Breaks" and others |
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| IFC (NELA's Intellectual Freedom Committee) |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
Social Software and Intellectual Freedom |
Jessamyn West |
Intellectual Freedom Committee, privacy issues and online interactions |
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PowerPoint | Handouts |
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| ITS (NELA's Information Technology Section) |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Up and Coming Technology |
Susan Hassler |
Preview of future technologies (Sponsor: ITS) |
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PowerPoint |
| Mon, 9:30-10:30 |
Discussion: Wireless |
ITS Panel |
Issues of wireless devices and platforms |
| Mon, 1:30-3 |
The OS Follies: Latest Operating Systems |
Andrews, Hamilton, Kehoe |
Examine the latest operating systems from Microsoft, Apple, and Linux |
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Vista handout | OSX handout |
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| NELA (events relating to NELA) |
| Sun, 12-1 |
Orientation |
Ann Connolly |
NELA Conference orientation, good for first-timers |
| Mon, 11:30-12:30 |
Discussion: Get Involved with NELA |
Ann Connolly |
Description of opportunities to get involved with NELA |
| Mon, 11:30-12:30 |
New England Library Leadership Symposium: NELLS |
Bray, Bryan |
Description of library leadership program to be held summer 2008 |
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| NERTCL (NELA's New England Roundtable of Teen and Children's Librarians section) |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
Do-It-Yourself Technology |
Gouzie, Maturevich |
MySpace, blogs & wikis (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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Handout |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Hot Teen Titles |
Hanley, Higginson, Lauzon |
Review of current teen fiction (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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PowerPoint | Handout |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Outreach to Preschoolers |
Mark, Smith |
Creative ways to reach your youngest patrons (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
| Mon, 12:30-2 |
Gregory Maguire (NERTCL Luncheon) |
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Author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" and others |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
What Makes a Winner? |
Greene, Smith, Allen, McClelland |
Policies and procedures in selected childrens' literature awards (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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Handout (Excel format) |
| Tue, 8:30-10 |
From Johnny Tremain to The Book Thief: Trends in Historical Fiction |
Anita Silvey |
Survey of contemporary historical fiction writing for ages 10–14 (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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Handout 1 | Handout 2 |
| Tue, 10:30-12 |
What's New in Children's Books, K-5 |
Pat Keogh |
Best children's books of the year (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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Handout |
| Tue, 2:30-4 |
After School Programs for Grades 1-5 |
Drake, Girouard, Mazza |
elementary kids' programs |
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Jan's Bibliography | Jan's Topics Handout | April's handout |
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| NETSL (NELA's New England Technical Services Librarians section) |
| Mon, 1-2:30 |
What's Going On at GPO? Technical Services for US Government Documents |
Linda Resler |
Government Printing Office overview of technical services activities (Sponsor: NETSL) |
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PowerPoint |
| Tue, 8:30-10 |
Tip Top Tech Training |
Dodie Gaudet |
Learn the details of providing excellent technical training (Sponsor: NETSL) |
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Handout |
| Tue, 11-12 |
The Way Ahead: A Report from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control |
Robert Wolven |
access to library materials in the evolving information and technology environment |
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PowerPoint |
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| Plymouth Rocket (www.plymouthrocket.com) |
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Conference Blog |
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nelib.wordpress.com |
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| Recorded Books |
| Mon, 11:30-12:45 |
A Narrator's Career |
Johnny Heller |
Heller describes his career and gives reading demonstrations |
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Handout |
