| SUNDAY |
| Sun, 12-1 |
Orientation |
Ann Connolly |
NELA Conference orientation, good for first-timers |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
Round Table Round-up for Small Library Staffers |
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Programming, collection development, space issues, budgeting, online services, and staffing levels |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
New England Centers for the Book |
Lyons, Sinclair, Shaloo, Russell, Barchi, Anderson |
Describes "Center for the Book" programs |
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PowerPoint |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
Telling It Like It Is: Communicating Effectively in Difficult Conversations |
Maureen Sullivan |
Managing emotional discussions & dialogues |
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Handouts |
| 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 |
| Sun, 1-2:30 |
Do-It-Yourself Technology |
Gouzie, Maturevich |
MySpace, blogs & wikis (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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Handout |
| Sun, 1:30-2:30 |
Discussion: Healthy Librarian |
Michelle Eberle |
Cultivating wellness in your workplace |
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Handouts |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Joy of Cookbooks |
Dojny, Altieri |
The creation and collection of cookbooks |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Free Access to Information: Researching Local History on Federal Government Websites |
Blessing, Prisco |
Appropriate for academic & public librarians |
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PowerPoint |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Leading in a Multigenerational Organization |
Maureen Sullivan |
a leadership approach that maximizes the strengths and contributions of everyone in the workplace |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Up and Coming Technology |
Susan Hassler |
Preview of future technologies (Sponsor: ITS) |
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PowerPoint |
| Sun, 3:45-5 |
Hot Teen Titles |
Hanley, Higginson, Lauzon |
Review of current teen fiction (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
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PowerPoint | Handout |
| Sun, 6-9 |
Dorothy Cann Hamilton (Banquet) |
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Founder and CEO of the French Culinary Institute in New York City and host of the PBS series "Chef’s Story" |
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| MONDAY |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Outreach to Preschoolers |
Mark, Smith |
Creative ways to reach your youngest patrons (Sponsor: NERTCL) |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Library as Commons |
Cheryl Bryan |
Find out how to make your library a "people place" |
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PowerPoint |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Benchmarking ILL/DD Service |
Jackson, Drake |
Evaluating effectiveness of existing and emerging Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery services |
| Mon, 9-10:30 |
Technology Gone Wild? Planning to Tame Technology |
Gray, Brown, Morgan |
Best practices of technology planning |
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PowerPoint | Handout |
| 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, 9:30-10:30 |
Discussion: Wireless |
ITS Panel |
Issues of wireless devices and platforms |
| Mon, 11:30-12:30 |
LibraryThing and Social Cataloging |
Blachly, Sheehan |
Description of LibraryThing website and shared, cataloged personal collections |
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PowerPoint |
| Mon, 11:30-12:30 |
Signing for Babies |
Mary Buckley |
A baby sign training program based on American Sign Language |
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Handout 1 | Handout 2 |
| Mon, 11:30-12:45 |
A Narrator's Career |
Johnny Heller |
Heller describes his career and gives reading demonstrations |
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Handout |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Mon, 1-2:30 |
Aged to Perfection: Marketing to Seniors, Part One |
Nancy Davis |
Providing outstanding products and services to people over 60 |
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PowerPoint |
| 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 |
| 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, 1:30-3 |
Discussion: The Big Picture - State of the States and the Nation |
State Lib agency reps & ALA |
State library agency and ALA representatives discuss current issues |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
Pimp My Firefox |
Jessamyn West |
Demonstration of useful and functional Firefox modifications |
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PowerPoint and Handouts |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
Aged to Perfection, Part Two |
Nancy Davis |
Providing outstanding products and services to people over 60 |
| Mon, 4-5:30 |
Relax and Rejuvenate |
Joanne Barnes |
Learn self-relaxation and meditation techniques |
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| TUESDAY |
| 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, 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, 8:30-10 |
Scriblio: A Next-Gen OPAC |
Bisson, Rancourt |
Demonstration of Scriblio |
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Handout |
| Tue, 9-10:30 |
Metadata Cataloging and Access Control: Challenges at UVM |
Wichada Sukantarat |
(Sponsor: ALS and ACRL/NEC) |
| Tue, 9:30-10:30 |
Discussion: Guerrilla Marketing |
Hathaway, Borgendale |
Discussion of marketing successes and failures |
| Tue, 10-11:30 |
President's Pick: Big Book of Jewish Humor |
Moshe Waldoks |
Waldoks is a rabbi, teacher, humorist, and raconteur. |
| 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, 10:30-12 |
Computer Down? Who Ya Gonna Call? Systems Librarian!! |
Donovan, McDermott, Welling |
job of Systems Librarian in public & academic |
| Tue, 10:30-12 |
Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0 - Updated! |
Jessamyn West |
new and old technologies to reach and interact with patrons in new ways |
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PowerPoint and Handouts |
| 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 |
| Tue, 11-12 |
Discussion: Library Life Lines |
Comer, Motta |
discussion of "life support system" collection |
| Tue, 1-2:30 |
Mary Jane Clark (Author Luncheon) |
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Author of "When Day Breaks" and others |
| 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 |
| Tue, 2:30-4 |
Create a Successful Staff Retreat |
Lapointe, Borgendale, van Zanten, Hathaway |
process for successful retreat |
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PowerPoint | Intro | Evaluations | Agenda | Topics | Checklist |
| Tue, 2:30-4 |
Get a (Second) Life |
Gallaway, Bell, Peters, Fox, Schwartz |
using the web's Second Life to offer library services |
