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1 October 20 23, 2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Seve Sprigs Moutai Resort, Seve Sprigs, PA PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2 PROGRAM 7 CAREER CENTER 11, 16, 18 POSTER SESSIONS 13 CONTINUING EDUCATION/ 24 HOTEL RESERVATION 25 REGISTRATION 28 TRADESHOW

2 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 Registratio Desk PaLA Store Local Iformatio Desk Cyber Suite Exhibits 9:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Closed Closed 9:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Goveror s Advisory Coucil (GAC) o Library Developmet Coucil Meetig Presidig: Cythia K. Richey, Chair, GAC The Goveror s Advisory Coucil o Library Developmet plays a key role i stregtheig library service throughout the Commowealth. The Coucil will coduct oe of its four official meetigs durig the PaLA Coferece. Come ad observe the Coucil as they debate the critical issues of library services i Pesylvaia. Sposor: The Office of Commowealth Libraries 10:00 11:45 a.m. BEST PRACTICES BREAKFAST Pesylvaia libraries are providig fu, istructioal ad developmetally-appropriate programs ad services to childre uder the age of six ad to their families ad caregivers. Fid out what libraries are doig best, as PaLA presets the 2013 Best Practices Awards. Featured Presetatio Meet Ele (Fred Rogers Ceter, Early Learig Eviromet) Taya B. Smith, Project Coordiator, Early Learig Eviromet (Ele), Fred Rogers Ceter for Early Learig ad Childre s Media Welcome to the digital media age. Techology ad digital media are everywhere ad seem to be takig over the world! I this sessio you will lear how to use a excitig ew resource, the Early Learig Eviromet, (Ele) i ways to promote professioal developmet ad iformal learig. Ele is a free iovative olie space where adults ca fid high-quality digital resources that support early literacy, media literacy, ad other learig ad developmet for childre from birth to age five. Ele highlights ways to tur media ito laguage-rich, adult-child iteractios ad provides a set of fu ad egagig activities, resources, ad other materials for adults that move beyod tip sheets. This sessio will also iclude iformatio about how to alig Ele resources with PA early learig stadards ad the NAEYC-Fred Rogers Ceter positio statemet o techology ad youg childre. Come prepared to play, ad if you have a smart phoe, laptop, ad/or tablet, please brig it with you! Pre-registratio required. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio ad Best Practices Committee 11:00 11:45 a.m. Pesylvaia Citizes for Better Libraries (PCBL) Busiess Meetig 12:00 1:45 p.m. TRUSTEE DIVISION/ PCBL AWARDS LUNCHEON Facebook Is t the Oly Way to Get Frieds! Tricia Richards, Presidet, The PR Dept., LLC Durig this lucheo presetatio, you ll lear the most effective way to icrease your Frieds membership ad it s free! This powerful techique ca be used by ay Frieds orgaizatio to get great results! Joi us to fid out more. Pre-registratio required. Sposor: Pesylvaia Citizes for Better Libraries (PCBL) 2:00 3:00 p.m. Buildig Bridges ad Bridgig Cultures: Parterships Betwee Academic ad Public Libraries Marcia Wager, Director, Muhleberg Commuity Library Mary Elle Heckma, Assistat Dea of Library Services ad Learig Resources, Readig Area Commuity College Deise Sticha, Systems Admiistrator, Berks Couty Public Libraries A partership betwee a academic ad public library beefits studets ad patros. Readig Area Commuity College s Yocum Library ad Muhleberg Commuity Library have etered ito several parterships to beefit studets ad library users. Whe Yocum was awarded the NEH grat Bridgig Cultures, they partered with MCL to provide a substatial collectio of Islamic materials icludig fictio, o-fictio ad DVDs for the public library s growig Muslim populatio. Other parterships betwee the two libraries iclude a QR Code grat for the college that eables smart phoe users to coect to the library catalog, resultig i a icrease i the circulatio of tee materials; a college library faculty member shares her expertise o geealogy by presetig a geealogy program at the public library; ad college studets, iterested i pursuig library careers, were hired as public library employees. Whe academic ad public libraries decide to build bridges, everyoe wis! Sposor: College & Research Divisio 2

3 Poetry Power: Usig the Best New Poetry i Your Story-times ad School-Age Programs Cheri Crow, Youth Services District Cosultat, Motgomery Couty-Norristow Public Library The preseter will share the basic elemets of poetry ad give examples, usig selected metor texts ad ew poetry books. Ageappropriate poems ad iteractive activities will be give for twelve themes, eablig librarias to icorporate poetry ito existig programs. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio The Bus Stops Here: How Oe Library s Use of a School Bus to Trasport Refugees Took o a Life of Its Ow Paula Kelly, Director, Whitehall Public Library Deise Igasky, Childre & Youth Services Libraria, Whitehall Public Library The Whitehall Public Library i Pittsburgh, PA serves a sigificat populatio of multi-ethic re-settled refugees. Through a variety of commuity partership ad grat opportuities they have created umerous programs ad services crafted specifically for this user group. The iitial success of the library s LEARN (Library Access for Area Residets i Need) Bus program, which has garered umerous awards, subsequetly lead to grat fuds for additioal services both i the library as well as library outreach. May of the ideas ivolved with these iitiatives ca be easily replicated i other library settigs for ESL or other uique library users. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Small, Medium ad Large: Library Reovatios for Small, Medium ad Large Budgets Kathlee Mulroy, Director, Rador Public Library Cheryl Fiory, Director, Upper Dubli Public Library Jaet Fricker, Executive Director, Bethlehem Area Public Library Susa Jeffery, Director, North Pocoo Public Library Library directors from libraries that have just completed, or are curretly udergoig reovatios, at three differet price poits, will show what ca be accomplished. Sposor: Buildigs, Equipmet & Furishigs Roud Table Measurig the Success of the Kowledge Commos: Whe Coutig Aloe Is t Eough Joseph Feewald, Head, Tombros McWhirter Kowledge Commos, Pesylvaia State Uiversity The Kowledge Commos, Pesylvaia State Uiversity Libraries, aims to be the most studet-cetered learig space o campus. Did we succeed? This presetatio explores the data collected to measure success. We use a variety of methods coutig patros, recordig questios, trackig computer ad wireless use, observig behavior, iterviewig studets, ad collectig reports from our IT parters. Like others, we may be coutig more tha what our admiistrators, developmet officers, ad colleagues eed. Kowig what each group wats ad how to preset the data i a way that beefits them is critical. Just because it ca be couted does t always make it valuable. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Makig Frieds i the Commuity: Buildig Better Busiess Relatioships Tricia Richards, Board Member, Pesylvaia Citizes for Better Libraries; Presidet, The PR Dept., LLC Ofte, Frieds groups focus o idividual ad family memberships, devotig attetio to buildig those relatioships. It s wise to expad that circle with the orgaizatios, clubs ad busiesses i your area. Fid out how to do that while protectig existig relatioships betwee those groups ad your library. Sposor: Pesylvaia Citizes for Better Libraries (PCBL) 2:00 4:15 p.m. Ope Forum: Goveror s Advisory Coucil o Library Developmet Cythia Richey, Chair, Goveror s Advisory Coucil ad Director of the Library, Mout Lebao Public Library Members, Goveror s Advisory Coucil The Goveror s Advisory Coucil o Library Developmet formulates plas, recommeds policy ad advocates for strog library services ad iitiatives that eable all Pesylvaias to be ispired, productive lifelog learers. The Ope Forum gives participats a chace to voice cocers ad ask questios. Sposor: Office of Commowealth Libraries 3:15 4:15 p.m. Learig Commos: Re-evisioig the 21st-Cetury Academic Library Kare Rege, Director, Library Services, Delaware Couty Commuity College Over the past three decades, the academic library has udergoe umerous chages from the traditioal brick ad mortar storage of kowledge i-prit to cloud-based storage of electroic kowledge, accessed mobily, with librarias providig assistace ad traiig i accessig resources. While ehacemets such as added cafés, computer labs, etc., have bee icorporated ito libraries, the focus is still library-cetric. The Learig Commos facility, however, shifts away from library cetricity ad focuses o studet learig. This presetatio will describe the philosophical shift ad the lessos leared from buildig ad operatig a Learig Commos. Sposor: Buildigs, Equipmet & Furishigs Roud Table So May Childre s Books: Which Oes Do I Choose? Tracee Yawger, Head of Childre s Services, Motgomery Couty -Norristow Public Library So may books, so little time. Yes, ad with less moey to buy them. Approximately 30,000 juveile ad YA titles are published each year i the Uited States. How do we choose? With budgets tighter tha ever, we wat to make every dollar cout! Come ad explore resources to help you make these tough decisios. We will look at traditioal review sources, wholesalers, meta sources, specialty publishers, blogs, ad social etworkig. Lear ad share tips ad tricks with others who share a passio for childre s books! Sposor: Youth Services Divisio 3

4 Coectig Your Commuity with Jobs: Uderstad ad Overcome Obstacles to Employmet Wesley W. Roberts, Seior Libraria, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh, Job & Career Educatio Ceter Lear about four recet explaatios for high uemploymet job skills mismatch; techological stagatio; techological iovatio; ad failures of huma resources techology ad how they affect Pesylvaias. Build uderstadig that will help you cotextualize problems job seekers face ad iform strog job resource programs. I this sessio, you will hear suggestios for library programs for job-seekers ad explore a program model, based o the successful Caregie Library of Pittsburgh WORKshops, that coect major local employers to job seekers i your commuity. Sposor: Public Library Divisio 3:15 6:00 p.m. TOUR OF THE FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL O Tuesday morig, September 11, 2001, the U.S. came uder attack whe four commercial airliers were hijacked ad used to strike targets o the groud. Nearly 3,000 people tragically lost their lives. Because of the actios of the 40 passegers ad crew aboard oe of the plaes, Flight 93, the attack o the U.S. Capitol was thwarted. Visit the site of the plae crash ear Shaksville, ad hoor those brave U.S. citizes who put others first o that ifamous day. Trasportatio, via local school buses, will be provided. Pre-registratio required I Search of the White Whale: Recastig IL from Oe-Shot Sessios to Course Embedded Istructio Ae Schwelm, Assistat Library Director, Cabrii College At Cabrii College, iformatio literacy has evolved from sigle sessio presetatios, to a oe credit stad-aloe course offered as a elective, to embedded istructio as part of a required course i the geeral educatio curriculum. The preseter will discuss the challeges ad successes of the process which iclude gettig faculty o board, riggig lesso plas ad assessmet tools, ad avigatig the academic goverace structure. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Your Library as a Tourist Destiatio Casey Sirochma, Director, Caregie Free Library of Coellsville Rethik the space i your library or add a additio ad ivite the tourists to view your historical collectio of books or artifacts. If you are re-purposig ad your space eeds a makeover, cosider applyig for local tourism moies to redesig. Collaborate with your local historical society ad cultural trust to determie the best items to highlight ad display. Come to braistorm ways to make your library a local historical destiatio! Sposor: Rural ad Small Libraries Roud Table Silver Bullets ad Advocacy i the Real World Gle R. Miller, Executive Director, Pesylvaia Library Associatio We would all like to kow the secret to effective advocacy that oe ca t-miss silver-bullet truth that will yield results every time. PaLA s executive director, Gle Miller, has bee aroud the advocacy track a few times ad will share a short list of what works ad why. (Spoiler alert: Silver bullets are overrated.) Sposor: Legislative Committee 3:15 5:30 p.m. 2 Hours U-Coferece Sessio The u-coferece is a iovative type of coferece programmig where sessio attedees are the preseters! Attedees decide o the topics to be discussed, the break up ito small groups to discuss, gather iformatio, share ideas ad attempt to solve the issues raised. At the ed of the sessio, summaries of the group discussios will be shared for the beefit of the full group. It s collaboratio at its best! Sposor: U-Coferece Committee View dow the Wall of Names as it follows the flight path to the Ceremoial Gate ad the crash site beyod 4:30 5:30 p.m. Pricked Pikies, Peas ad Poisoed Apples: A Fu Look at Adapted Readers Theater Nacy K. Wallace, Youth Services Coordiator, Ellwood City Area Public Library Core curriculum ecourages librarias workig with elemetary school studets to itroduce public speakig at a early age. Readers Theater provides the perfect low stress itroductio to public performace. My series of six titles: Readers Theater: How to Put o a Productio (to be released August 2013 by Magic Wago, a divisio of the ABDO Group) itroduces teachers ad librarias to Adapted Readers Theater which icludes all the glamour of costumes, makeup, ad props! A fu, hads-o workshop for youth services librarias! Sposor: Youth Services Divisio A Most Epic Evet: Parterig with Towships Tega Coer-Cole, Youth Services Libraria, Wissahicko Valley Public Library How a library s collaboratio with a local towship created a evet that covered Earth Day, PA Oe Book, Every Youg Child, ad coected multiple commuity orgaizatios. Your towships are your frieds ad a perfect parter i evets ad more. Lear how you, too, ca collaborate with your towship to play to your best stregths. This sessio will focus o family ad youth evets. Sposor: 4

5 New Model for Faculty/Libraria Collaboratio: Digital Media Literacy Istitute Jacquelie Fritz, Faculty Liaiso Learig Techologies Libraria, Bucks Couty Commuity College Margaret Motet, Iformatio Literacy Libraria, Bucks Couty Commuity College The Learig Resources Departmet at Bucks Couty Commuity College cultivates parterships amog classroom faculty ad faculty librarias i four-day immersive istitutes. These parterships are fudametal to improvig studets iformatio literacy ad digital media literacy skills. I this presetatio, Bucks librarias will discuss theoretical approaches to creatig relatioships betwee classroom faculty ad librarias. The impact of each program o studet attaimet of digital media literacy skills will be discussed, alog with the masterig of skills eeded to thrive i the future workplace. Participats will egage i a iteractive social media activity to practice the theory preseted. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Ca You Say Multitask: How Do We Fill the Library Positios of the Future? Susa Drummod, Istructio Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Sadra Jaicki, Referece Libraria ad Chair of the Library Faculty, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia What professioal library positios have bee elimiated over the last twety years? How did we ed up with the professioal library positios that we curretly have? Based o the eed for balace betwee traditioal library work ad chagig techologies, how do we create ad fill the professioal library positios of the future? We have examied the chages i professioal library positios at our library over the past twety years ad ivite you to joi us to discuss what has chaged, why, ad where thigs are headed i effort to meet the ew challeges ahead. Sposor: Library Admiistratio & Maagemet Roud Table Fast ad Furious: Racig to Reach Olie Learers Brye Norto, Public Services Maagemet Libraria, McDaiel College Jordaa Shae, Educatio, Outreach ad Referece Libraria, Philadelphia Uiversity Have you bee left i the dust as your istitutio rushed to adopt olie learig? What ca you do to catch up with the pack? Do t crash ad bur! Lear how we met the challege of ew, surprise additios to our olie family of distace learers. Speed ad agility fueled our approach to gaiig sufficiet tractio to embed outreach, support, ad istructio ito the olie learig eviromet of these ew studets. A portal for distace learers ad icreased video tutorials were just two of our pit stops. Hear how we got geared up ad share your roadmaps with us. Sposor: Teachig, Learig ad Techology Roud Table Makig Every Book Cout: Cooperative Collectio Developmet for a Small Library System Rob Lesher, Executive Director, Adams Couty Library System Bradt Esor, Director, East Berli Commuity Library The Adams Couty Library System is a small, rural, federated system i south cetral area of the state with a growig populatio of people relocatig from other states. The system has udergoe a te year process to streamlie its collectio developmet process, collectio maagemet ad techical services. The focus of this process has bee how to get to the public, what they wat, with the fewest umber of barriers. I this program, the system s collectio philosophy will be outlied ad how a cosolidated collectio developmet pla was achieved. 4:30 5:00 p.m. Coferece 101: New Members/First-Time Coferece Attedee Orietatio Come ad lear how to make the most of your coferece experiece ad get excited about what you ca do for your professio through PaLA. All who ca beefit are ivited to atted. 5:00 6:00 p.m. New Member Receptio New PaLA members are ivited to joi members of the PaLA Board ad Membership Committee at this iformal, gettig to kow you evet. PaLA Chapter ad Divisio represetatives will preset poster sessios o their activities. Light sacks ad beverages will be served. 6:00 7:30 p.m. Moutai Barbecue Joi your colleagues for a traditioal feast of picic fare at this iformal die-i. Chapters, ad other PaLA uits are ivited to reserve tables for their members to die together or attedees ca egage i impromptu pairigs. This is etworkig at its best! Pre-registratio required. 7:45 10:00 p.m. PRESIDENT S PROGRAM & DESSERT RECEPTION We are pleased to welcome Dr. Frakli Toker, Professor of Art ad Architecture at the Uiversity of Pittsburgh ad author of Falligwater Risig: Frak Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufma, ad America s Most Extraordiary House as our featured speaker. Dr. Toker s book chroicles the uusual collaboratio betwee Frakli Lloyd Wright ad Edgar J. Kauffma, to build Falligwater. Dr. Toker will share with us, this compellig saga of the most famous private house i the world ad the dramatic persoal story of the fasciatig people who built ad used it. A must atted sessio if you pla to joi the tour of Falligwater o Tuesday afteroo! A dessert receptio will follow the presetatio. Sposor: Uiversity of Pittsburgh Libraries 5

6 MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 Registratio Desk PaLA Store Local Iformatio Desk Cyber Suite Career Ceter Exhibits 7:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6 7:30 8:45 a.m. PUBLIC LIBRARY DIVISION BREAKFAST Public Libraries i the Digital Age Sari Feldma, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Couty Public Library (OH) By embracig digital techologies ad desigig ew services to deliver the library experiece through coveiet ad creative models, America s public libraries are busier ad more relevat tha ever. Hear from Sari Feldma, Executive Director of the Cuyahoga Couty Public Library ad recet recipiet of the Public Library Associatio s Charlie Robiso Award. The library has received top rakig for its size i Hee s America Public Library ratigs, i multiple years. Sposor: Public Library Divisio ad the Associatio of Pesylvaia Public Libraries (APPLS) Digital Commos Group Meetig Iterested i etworkig with other Digital Commos (DC) customers? Wat to share best practices/war stories? The please joi us for a DC users group meetig. Dave Stout, a represetative from BePress, will be i attedace to aswer questios. Topics discussed will iclude joural publishig usig the DC platform, techical issues/requests, outreach ideas, etc. This sessio will also be of iterest to o-dc customers who are cosiderig startig a istitutioal repository. Breakfast items may be purchased ad brought to the meetig. Sposor: BePress 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. CAREER CENTER See page 7 for Career Ceter activities & programs. 9:00 10:15 a.m. Marketig Your Library: 60 Ideas i 60 Miutes Tricia Richards, Cosultat, The PR Dept., LLC Great promotioal tactics are t limited to compaies with marketig departmets ad huge budgets. This fast-paced sessio takes examples from a variety of busiesses ad idustries ad demostrates how you ca adapt those ideas to get your message to the right people. Participats will receive hadouts ad worksheets to share with peers ad keep those ideas comig. A 15-miute questio-ad-aswer sessio follows the oe-hour presetatio. Sposor: Public Library Divisio We Are All i this Together: Activities for Positive ad Productive Library Orgaizatios Theresa McDevitt, Govermet Documets/Outreach Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Je Joes, Corporate Traier; Adjuct Busiess Professor, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia I this workshop, a experieced busiess traier ad a libraria will lead fu ad effective activities tested i the busiess world ad adapted to library employees ad work places to build work teams, improve commuicatio, ad reduce stress. The sessio will begi with a brief overview of the beefits of productive teams ad effective commuicatio ad the egative impact of uhealthy levels of employee stress ad the ivite attedees to participate i a umber of fu ad effective team buildig activities. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Coectig First-Year Studets ad Academic Libraries Usig the Five Literacies PA Forward Barbara E. Eshbach, Assistat Libraria, Pe State York Why should academic libraries be ivolved i the ew studet s firstyear experiece i higher educatio? Oe reaso ca be foud i the list of beefits provided by PA Forward: i order to raise the profile ad importace of libraries ad librarias. The preseter will explore the idea of developig a first-year experiece usig the five literacies of PA Forward as a way to provide opportuities throughout the academic year for studets to iteract with the library faculty, staff, ad each other. These literacies ivolve some key areas of challege, ad ofte chage, i the lives of our first-year studets. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Jugglig Fictio ad No-Fictio Daw Daria, Educatio Director, Flow Circus Paul Miller, Executive Director, Flow Circus Some of your library regulars love readig stories while others use the o-fictio sectio to satisfy curiosities. There s also that third group that might come for programs, but avoid readig. How ca you develop programs that bridge fictio, o-fictio, ad active learig? This workshop will provide a model for jugglig all three areas, literally. Daw Daria ad Paul Miller of Flow Circus will provide selectios from Daw s 2012 Moobeam Award wiig book Grouded for Good, a jugglig readig list, DIY projects, ad istructioal resources. No-jugglig examples of programmig that ca also bridge this gap will be braistormed. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio

7 CAREER CENTER Moday 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Wedesday 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Career search got you dow? Atted oe of the group sessios described below, or sig up for a iformal oe-o-oe 30-miute sessio with colleagues who are experieced i recruitmet procedures ad protocols. Get geeral advice o your career path, the job market ad résumé ad iterview best practices. Moday, October 21 8:00 9:00 a.m. Oe-o-Oe Coachig 2:00 3:15 p.m. How to Craft a Résumé that Results i a Iterview Mary K. Biagii, PhD, Associate Professor ad Director, School Library Certificatio Program, School of Iformatio Scieces, Uiversity of Pittsburgh Your résumé must represet you i the first roud of the hirig process the formig of a pool of likely cadidates to iterview based o their résumés. If you hope to make it to that secod roud, you eed a résumé that is as dyamic as you are. What you eed to move to the iterview roud is a flawless résumé that expresses your accomplishmets i cocrete, results-orieted laguage accompaied by a succict cover letter that matches what you have to offer to what the employer is seekig. Lear how to craft your résumé ad cover letter to tell your professioal story i ways that appeal to employers. 3:30 4:00 p.m. Oe-o-Oe Coachig Tuesday, October 22 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Oe-o-Oe Coachig 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Oe-o-Oe Coachig 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Hire Right the First Time Tracy Carey, Director of Public Services, Cetre Couty Library ad Historical Museum Hire Right the First Time will discuss how to strategically prepare, advertise, iterview, ad hire the right persoel, the first time. Lear techiques to streamlie your search process, break out of the same old iterview questios box ad fid the best match for your orgaizatio. Wedesday, October 23 8:00 9:00 a.m. Oe-o-Oe Coachig 10:30 11:45 a.m. Networkig: Buildig Relatioships & Parterships Charity Leoette, Marketig & Commuity Parterships Coordiator, Alleghey Couty Library Associatio Buildig your professioal etwork is as simple as coversatios. Strategic ad seredipitous oe-o-oe casual meetigs create coectios ad plat seeds. Gather poiters o the who, what, whe, where ad how of etworkig for you ad your library. 7

8 8 Help! I m i Charge! Supervisory 101 Tracy Carey, Director of Public Services, Cetre Couty Library & Historical Museum First-time supervisor? Tryig to get the most out of your team? Need help? This workshop will focus o the basics of supervisio ad leadership to help those just startig out or those eedig a refresher to maximize your team s potetial. Take charge the right way! Sposor: Library Admiistratio & Maagemet Roud Table SPARK Update Lewis Maurer, Executive Director, Pesylvaia Itegrated Library System (PaILS) A update ad future discussio o SPARK, Pesylvaia s Statewide Library System. Ample time will be available for Q&A. Sposor: Pesylvaia Itegrated Library System (PaILS) Childre s Author Pael Capturig the Imagiatio... Someoe has to do it! Kit Gridstaff, Author Joatha Auxier, Author Je Bryat, Author How do you strike the imagiatio of the child reader? It takes a certai tale to really capture the mids of childre ad these authors all have all successfully igited that special somethig! Kit Gridstaff s magical tale, The Flame i the Mist, really keeps the reader o the edge of his or her seat, especially whe the mist comes! Joatha Auxier captures the true meaig of overcomig obstacles i Peter Nimble ad His Fatastic Eyes which tells the tale of a 10-year old thief who is blid. Seasoed author, Je Bryat, takes a classic opera story ad makes it a strog character piece i The Fortue of Carme Navaro. Come ad ejoy these Imagiatio Capturers! Sposor: Local Authors Committee Seior Spaces: Pesylvaia Style (25 Projects ad Growig) Alla Kleima, Director, Motville Towship Public Library, NJ Paula Kelly, Director, Whitehall Public Library Joa Peiffer, Director, Gove Family Library Now i year five with 25 projects completed to-date, Seior Spaces has bee a prove catalyst i developig programs, services ad collectios for the three geeratios of older adults. It has eabled libraries to do more tha simply large prit books ad has ivolved the commuity through the use of Advisory Boards. Come ad liste to the lessos leared ad how you ca start to develop a space i your ow library. Sposor: Older Adult Advisory Committee, Office of Commowealth Libraries 9:00 11:45 a.m. Re-Imagiig Public Library Programmig ad Promotio Sari Feldma, Director, Cuyahoga Couty Public Library Hallie Rich, Marketig Director, Cuyahoga Couty Public Library At a time whe customers are bombarded with marketig messages (offers i our ibox like the latest Groupo for laser hair removal, to highway billboards remidig us that a Big Mac is oly oe exit away), libraries must fid a way to cut through the clutter to create strog customer relatioships. This workshop will focus o strategies for egagig customers through effective commuicatios, developig programs that deliver exceptioally positive customer experieces, ad trasformig library orgaizatioal culture to support a quality over quatity approach to programs ad promotio. Sari Feldma ad Hallie Rich share from their experiece i reshapig library service i the Cuyahoga Couty Public Library. Sposor: Associatio of Pesylvaia Public Library Systems 10:30 11:45 a.m. Crisis? What Crisis? Uderstadig the Crisis i Scholarly Commuicatio: ad Commuicatig the Library s Perspective to Other Stakeholders Tom Reisfelder, Assistat Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, Mot Alto Campus; Co-Editor, PaLRaP Joh Barett, Scholarly Commuicatios Libraria, Uiversity of Pittsburgh; Co-Editor, PaLRaP The phrase crisis i scholarly commuicatio has bee badied about i library literature for at least two decades. Clearly, librarias are i the kow, but how does this library problem resoate with other stakeholders, such as faculty, admiistrators, studets, ad publishers? The preseters will offer backgroud o the circumstaces that led to the crisis i scholarly commuicatio ad discuss reactios of key stakeholder groups ad proposed solutios, icludig the Ope Access movemet, ew forms of scholarly commuicatio, ad the library-as-publisher model. Fially, the preseters will lead a discussio of how librarias might implemet strategies for buildig support with various stakeholders. Additioally, i a effort to geerate Pesylvaia-wide awareess, participats will discuss possible local, regioal, ad statewide approaches to the problem. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Beg, Borrow, Steal: Adaptig Cool Ideas for Your Library ad Commuity Stacey A. Aldrich, State Libraria, State Library of Pesylvaia Jarrid Keller, CIO ad Actig Deputy State Libraria, Califoria State Library Have you read about a ew ad iovative busiess idea, cocept or tool, but have a hard time figurig out how to make it work for your library? Joi us to discuss how to trasform busiess practices ad thikig to iovate ad create ew services ad products that support your commuity. Sposor: Office of Commowealth Libraries

9 Egagig Users with Iteractive Displays: Takig Exhibits from Yaw to Yay! Tara Wik, Special Collectios Libraria, West Chester Uiversity Regia Braidotti, Govermet Documets ad Maps Techicia, West Chester Uiversity Amada Brooks, Istructioal Media Ceter Techicia, West Chester Uiversity Rya Sittler, Assistat Professor, Istructioal Techology/Iformatio Literacy Libraria, Califoria Uiversity of Pesylvaia Moica Ruae Rogers, Assistat Professor, Research ad Istructio Libraria, Califoria Uiversity of Pesylvaia Routie exhibits feel stale to patros, ad are tedious for librarias ad staff to costruct. How ca we make exhibits fu agai? Stagig displays with objects of curiosity ad iteractive elemets greatly boosts their visibility to patros. Preseters from Califoria Uiversity of Pesylvaia ad West Chester Uiversity of Pesylvaia breathe ew life ito library exhibits with iteractive displays that ecourage patros to egage with them (ad us). Skills addressed i this workshop iclude aalysis of visual compositio, idea geeratio, as well as tips ad tricks to geerate user egagemet. Attedees will have the opportuity to share success (or fiasco) stories ad work collaboratively to costruct small exhibits from preseter-provided cotet. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Talkig the Talk: Usig PA Forward as a Persuasio Tool Kathy A. Silks, Project Maager, PA Forward How to use PA Forward s bradig ad marketig tools to talk with govermet officials, fuders, parters ad thought leaders about the role your library plays i powerig Pesylvaia s progress. Sposor: PA Forward Super Your Library: Explore, Play & Discover the Fu of School Age Sciece Rachel Nard, Childre s Libraria, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill Brach Caralee Sommerer, Seior Childre s Libraria, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh, East Liberty Brach From marshmallow bridges to gooey chemistry, explore excitig ways to implemet low-cost, hads-o, sciece activities ito school age programig! Have some extra grat moey? Get more ideas about programs you ca pla. All sciece programs feature fictio & ofictio read-alouds ad iclude activities that support the PA Educatio Stadards. You do t eed to be a scietist to do these fu programs! Sposor: Youth Services Divisio Gettig by with Google?: Uderstadig Studet Research Habits i a Iformatio-Drive World Wedy Ikemoto, Library Marketig ad Outreach Associate, Imagie Easy Solutios, LLC Studets today, by habit, go to Google to begi their research ofte overlookig credible, authoritative library resources. How do we teach studets to properly research i a world of growig iformatio? We will address recet studies that show where the iformatio literacy stregths ad weakesses of studets lie, ad what we re learig as a compay about the research habits of our 40 millio users. Sposor: Teachig, Learig & Techology Roud Table YA Author Pael Let s Be Real. Tees Are Real! Elizabeth Laba, Author K.M. Walto, Author E.C. Meyer, Author The pael icludes three youg adult authors who write about differet tee situatios. Their books, The Tragedy Paper, Cracked, ad Fair Coi have iterestig, real takes o what the teeage mid thiks. We re sure they will grab your attetio ad give you a small glimpse ito the world of today s teeager. Sposor: Local Authors Committee Boomer-ize Your Library: 25 Ideas to Serve the Baby Boomer Geeratio Alla Kleima, Director, Motville Towship Public Library, NJ Claudia Koeig, Advisor, Older Adults, Office of Commowealth Libraries Pesylvaia s icreasig older adult populatio is a challege for may libraries, especially i how to reach the Baby Boomer geeratio. How ca you trasform your services, programs ad collectios for this demographic? The idea is first to start with a selfaalysis, add some commo sese, mix it with some iovatio ad creativity, get the commuity ivolved ad fially stad back ad let it happe! Sposor: Older Adults Advisory Committee, Office of Commowealth Libraries 12:00 1:45 p.m. CAROLYN W. FIELD AWARD LUNCHEON Caroly Wicker Field dedicated her life to advacig childre s literature ad the powerful role that libraria s play i the lives of youth. Sice 1983, PaLA s Youth Services Divisio has recogized the best book for yougsters by a Pesylvaia author or illustrator with its Caroly W. Field Award. Please joi us as we recogize this year s recipiet, A.S. Kig, author of Ask the Passegers, published by Little, Brow ad Compay. I additio, the Drexel Uiversity/Free Library of Philadelphia Citatio for Childre s Literature will also be preseted. Pre-registratio required. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio ad Caroly W. Field Committee 9

10 Pesylvaia Commuity College Library Cosortium (PCCLC) Lucheo The PCCLC ivites librarias ad staff to have luch with their peers ad discuss the latest issues pertiet to commuity college, juior college ad techical school libraries. Pre-registratio required. Sposor: Pesylvaia Commuity College Library Cosortium (PCCLC) 12:00 5:00 p.m. PaLA s 2013 Library Products & Services Trade Show Iteractio betwee coferece attedees ad exhibitors is crucial for the success of the coferece ad beefits both parties. For this reaso, PaLA has set aside time i the coferece schedule for you to visit the exhibits without the competitio of other activities. We ecourage you to visit the exhibits to lear about the latest products ad services that will ehace your work at the library. Admissio is icluded with your coferece registratio. I additio, Exhibits Oly passes will be available for purchase at the coferece registratio desk for guests or idividuals ot registered to atted coferece programs. Free passes are also available from registered exhibitig compaies cotact your favorite library vedor ad ask for a pass! For your coveiece, a complimetary, walk-aroud luch will be available for you to ejoy i the exhibit hall from oo 1:30 p.m. What a great way to maximize your time at the coferece! 12:45 1:45 p.m. POSTER SESSIONS See page 11 for poster sessio descriptios. 2:00 3:15 p.m. Outside the Box Programmig i a Academic Library Amada Sako, Library Assistat II/Bookstacks Supervisor, Masfield Uiversity Nichole Book, Library Techicia/Circulatio Supervisor, Masfield Uiversity A commo problem for academic libraries is marketig their image i a way that is ot perceived as uexcitig. North Hall Library has take this issue by storm, offerig a series of evets most studets had ever dreamt would be occurrig i (or sposored by) a library. Discuss marketig ideas, how to do more with less, ad programmig dos ad do ts with a group who feels they have tried it all over the past two years i a fu academic library. Sposor: College & Research Divisio You ve Got Them I, Now Get Them Ivolved: A Hads-o Approach to Freshme Library Aa Mary Willford, Istructio/Public Services Libraria, Uiversity of Pittsburgh at Greesburg Amada Folk, Referece/Public Services Libraria, Uiversity of Pittsburgh at Greesburg What are the most importat thigs that freshme should take away from their first sessio i the library? This sessio will explore the aswer to that questio as attedees lear how librarias revamped their library orietatio program for first-year studets i order to itroduce them to iformatio literacy skills ad library resources i a more egagig way. No more passively watchig tutorials ad listeig to lectures studets get their hads dirty as they re immersed i the research process. Attedees will also have the opportuity to share their ow experieces ad discuss what s worked for them ad what has t. Sposor: Teachig, Learig & Techology Roud Table Put Dow that Book! Release Your Ier Storyteller! Joaa Demarest, Storyteller Put dow that book ad release your ier storyteller! You have sparked the imagiatios of your patros with woderfully illustrated books, but ow it is time to help them develop that imagiatio as you weave your stories to delight ad etertai. Come Explore the Art of Storytellig with storyteller Joaa Demarest as she helps you fid the hidde storyteller that has just bee waitig to emerge. Whether it is for your summer readig programs or for programs to etice adults to come back to the library, Joaa will help you see how storytellig ca ehace your libraries offerigs. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio 10

11 POSTER SESSIONS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 12:45 1:45 P.M. Admiisterig the LibQUAL+ Survey of Library Services A L. Kemper, Former Istructor, West Chester Uiversity This poster sessio presets my experiece of admiisterig the LibQUAL+ Library Survey at West Chester Uiversity i the Fall of It icludes a step by step process for the admiistrator with examples of how to set up the survey ad ideas for publicity. It s a Bird, it s a Plae, it s your Persoal Libraria! Amy E. Rustic, Referece ad Istructio Libraria, Pe State New Kesigto I order to reach out to icomig freshma, we mail persoal libraria letters, with our tradig cards. This creates persoal coectios before studets atted library istructio. Poster will iclude examples. Boot Camp: Shapig Up for Studet Success Barbara Stocklad, Referece Istructio Libraria, Harrisburg Area Commuity College Judith Ugar, Referece Istructio Libraria, Harrisburg Area Commuity College Studets troubled by techology? Lear how two librarias spearheaded a campus-wide iitiative to work oe-o-oe with our studets, teachig them the most commoly used techologies o campus. Livig, Learig Librarias: Coectig with Studets Where they Live Theresa McDevitt, Outreach Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Libraries Kelley Cotter, Social Media Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Libraries Librarias kow studets are more likely to be successful academically if they have well-developed iformatio literacy skills ad take advatage of the support services ad materials available through their libraries. Betwee , IUP Libraries ad Office of Housig, Residece Life, ad Diig have bee workig together to reach the studet where they live to build iformatio literacy skills that support studet academic ad professioal success. This poster sessio will discuss the parterships ad programs developed durig this period. Makig Chage: Fiacial Literacy Programs i the Academic Library Laure Reiter, Busiess Liaiso Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity I April 2013, Pe State Uiversity Libraries coordiated four programs o fiacial literacy, a essetial literacy for today s college studets who face growig studet loa debt, amog other fiacial cocers. Sig ReDesig Sheila Kasperek, Referece Libraria, Masfield Uiversity of Pesylvaia Usig the desig priciples of Cotrast, Repetitio, ad Aligmet alog with style guidelies, see how we radically improved the library sigage to be clearer, easier to read, ad more professioal. A Guide to Improvig the Maagemet of a Library s eresources: The Electroic Resource Maagemet System as a Life-Preserver Laure Kime, Assistat Libraria, Collectio Access & Support Services, Pe State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Scieces Library The poster will feature ideas for improvig the maagemet of a library s eresources ad idetify ways to switch to a ew product if your curret system is t a great fit. Do You Kow the Way to Sa Jose? A Olie, Part-time PhD Program for Library ad Iformatio Sciece Professioals Sue Alma, Faculty, Sa Jose State Uiversity Lear about a coveiet, primarily olie PhD program for iformatio professioals offered by Sa Jose State Uiversity ad Queeslad Uiversity of Techology that ca be completed o a part-time basis. Digital Commos@PCOM: From Iceptio to Implemetatio Christie Davidia, Electroic Resources Libraria, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicie This poster will focus o the plaig ad developmet of a istitutioal repository at a small academic health scieces library. Catalogers ad Twitter: Persoal Learig Network Effect o Social Capital Sheli McHugh, Catalogig ad Metadata Libraria, Uiversity of Scrato Survey results examiig catalogers use of Twitter as a persoal learig etwork ad their rate of social capital, the degree to which they feel they belog to a commuity. Keep o Floatig! Barbara Coopey, Asst Head, Access Services, Pesylvaia State Uiversity Libraries Barb Eshbach, Actig Head Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, York Campus Trish Notartomas, Iformatio Techology Cosultat, Pesylvaia State Uiversity Floatig Collectio is operatioal at ietee Pe State campus libraries. Customizig a floatig collectio for a large academic settig with may library locatios was a challege, but produced may beefits. Doig Libraries Differetly: Three Uique Library Solutios i Southwester PA Suzi Wackerbarth, Libraria, Northlad Public Library Kiosks, Pop-ups, Malls? This poster sessio explores how four libraries are reachig uder-reached populatios i their service areas, usig ew techology, ew ideas, ad existig mall real estate. 11

12 Not Your Gradmother s Library Mary Lou Kolowitz, Referece Libraria, Haverford Towship Free Library Ruth Styer, Referece Libraria, Haverford Towship Free Library Joyce Platfoot, Referece Libraria, Haverford Towship Free Library Jessica Holto, Referece Libraria, Haverford Towship Free Library The members of the Haverford Towship Free Library Referece Departmet will briefly discuss chages i referece duties over the last years ad offer some great ideas that librarias ca use to stay relevat, movig forward. Usig a coversatioal style ad humorous skit scearios to demostrate, the preseters will show what steps they have take to make their departmet shie. Some ideas iclude Book-a-Libraria for digital literacy, Book Clubs i a Bag, Aual Busiess Breakfast, Web page cotet, ereader ad ebook purchases, Summer Readig Club for Adults, collaborative programmig, hirig practices, library hospitality, customer service ad other importat issues. Sposor: Public Library Divisio The Edge Iitiative i Pesylvaia Libraries Paelists to be determied. The Edge Iitiative was created to provide public libraries with ew strategies ad tools to help achieve commuity priorities through ehaced techology. Edge will empower library leaders to elevate their strategic plaig, shape the future of their library, ad commuicate its value i buildig a strog commuity. Pesylvaia was oe of seve states to do a soft lauch of the bechmark tool this summer. Hear library directors from small medium ad large libraries talk about usig the assessmet tool ad what plas they have for usig the results. The State Library will also discuss plas to roll the tools out statewide i the comig moths. Sposor: Library Admiistratio & Maagemet Roud Table Catch the Weedig Bug: Takig De-Selectio from Low Priority to Routie Lisa Howald, Collectio Developmet Libraria, Dauphi Couty Library System De-selectio is ofte low priority i libraries. As duties multiply, quiet time i the stacks becomes a luxury. But eglectig deselectio is a customer service issue, leadig to packed shelves, outdated material, ad frustratio. How to buckle dow ad get it doe? The preseter helped implemet a successful de-selectio procedure at the Dauphi Couty Library, ad will share the processes, alog with thoughts o what made it such a success. The sessio will explai the process, from developmet to executio, ad will describe key elemets that tured weedig from lowest priority to regular routie. I additio, adaptatios for commo challeges will be suggested ad audiece questios will be aswered. Sposor: Techical Services Roud Table Adult Author Pael The Mysteries of...writig Philip Beard, Author Kathlee George, Author Lila Shaara, Author Ofte, the place where a author resides or grew up, ca greatly ifluece his/her writig. I fact, this place ca ofte become a character of its ow! Hear how Pittsburgh has iflueced the writigs of these three Pittsburgh-area authors. Philip Beard s book Dear Zoe is a touchig tale of grief, adolescece ad healig. Kathlee George s series of Richard Christie crime ovels, with a Pittsburgh settig, offer page-turig thrills as the mysteries are solved. Lila Shaara, writes of love, guilt ad fear i Every Secret Thig ad of great discovery ad murder i The Fortue Teller s Daughter. Come, hear how Pittsburgh may be the commo deomiator i these author s works. Sposor: Local Authors Committee CAREER CENTER How to Craft a Résumé that Results i a Iterview Mary K. Biagii, PhD, Associate Professor ad Director, School Library Certificatio Program, School of Iformatio Scieces, Uiversity of Pittsburgh Your résumé must represet you i the first roud of the hirig process the formig of a pool of likely cadidates to iterview based o their résumés. If you hope to make it to that secod roud, you eed a résumé that is as dyamic as you are. What you eed to move to the iterview roud is a flawless résumé that expresses your accomplishmets i cocrete, results-orieted laguage accompaied by a succict cover letter that matches what you have to offer to what the employer is seekig. Lear how to craft your résumé ad cover letter to tell your professioal story i ways that appeal to employers. Sposor: Membership Committee 2:00 4:00 p.m. Performers Showcase Joi us, for a preview of library performers for your library jugglers, musicias, magicias, ad more! Each performer will have 10 miutes to showcase what they do best. This will eable you to see for yourself, what they will be like i frot of your patros. Attedees will also receive a booklet of performer cotact iformatio ad descriptios of all performers ad their area of travel. Sposor: Coferece Committee 12

13 3:30 5:00 p.m. Visit the Exhibits/Refreshmet Break/Exhibitor Showcases Do t miss this fial opportuity of the day to ejoy a cold beverage while visitig the exhibits or atted a Exhibitor Showcase to obtai iformatio about products ad services for libraries! I additio, a raffle drawig for prizes doated by our geerous exhibitors will take place at 4:45 p.m. Make sure you visit lots of booths to obtai raffle tickets to icrease your chaces of wiig! (You must be preset to wi.) 5:00 6:15 p.m. PaLA Aual Busiess Meetig PaLA members are ecouraged to atted this meetig to get updates o the latest associatio activities. Recogitio of coferece grat recipiets, as well as the presetatio of several PaLA awards will also take place, followed by remarks from presidet-elect, Jais Stubbs, Assistat Director of the Delaware Couty Library System. 6:30 7:30 p.m. Ex Libris Society Members-Oly Receptio Ex Libris Society members are ivited to atted this special thak you receptio to be hosted by PaLA past presidets. Not a society member? To become a member, ad to be ivited to this exclusive, members-oly evet, make a doatio to Ex Libris to support PaLA ow, ad ito the future. Doatios may be made olie from the PaLA website. Go to click o Support PaLA, choose Ex Libris Society ad Doate Now from the drop dow meus to access the Ex Libris web page ad olie doatio lik! We appreciate your support! 6:30 p.m.???? Dier o Your Ow Whether you decide to die i oe of the resort s restaurats (various price poits ad optios available visit ad click o the diig tab for more iformatio.), or drive to Somerset or Doegal for dier out, this is a great opportuity to ejoy the compay of your colleagues! Our local iformatio committee will have meus ad directios available at the local iformatio desk. 8:30 10:00 p.m. Resort Activities Seve Sprigs offers a multitude of activities for you to ejoy! Coect with colleagues by bowlig a couple of frames or by playig a roud of mii-golf, both activities are located o the lower level of the mai lodge. Or, would you prefer the challege of a team trivia cotest? (A future blast will provide the details.) All are available for PaLA coferece attedees to ejoy, complimets of the Southwest Chapter! It s the perfect way to wid dow ad get to kow each other! AND PaLA PaLA is pleased to aouce that several coferece sessios meet the requiremets for Act 48 credit. Cosult the coferece program book for those programs idetified with the Act 48 label. What is Act 48? Act 48 of 1999 requires those holdig Pesylvaia professioal educator certificatio to complete 180 cotiuig educatio requiremets every five years i order to maitai their certificatio. This law applies to those with certificatio as school librarias, classroom teachers, ad school admiistrators. Why is PaLA gettig ito the Act 48 credit area ad why should public ad academic librarias care about it? A survey of PaLA members ucovered the astoudig fact that approximately 30% of our membership holds teachig certificatio ad eeds (ad wats) Act 48 credit i order to maitai their certificatio. Importat Chage to Act 48 Begiig September 1, 2009, the Act 48 database o loger accepts workshop or coferece activities that award less tha three Act 48 credits. If you atted the coferece, be sure to atted at least three sessios that qualify for Act 48 credit. You may ear more tha three credits, but the miimum is three. What do you eed to do if you eed Act 48 credit? Cosult your coferece booklet for the sessios approved for Act 48 credit, collect the special voucher at the ed of the sessio, take at least three vouchers eared to the Act 48 table at the ed of the coferece, ad sig the credit sheet, usig your PDE-selected professioal persoel idetificatio umber. Credit will be etered i the state database by Jauary of ext year. If you do ot eed Act 48 credit, but would like to collect a voucher for the state s requiremet for cotiuig educatio for public library staff, those vouchers will be made available at the ed of the sessio as well. (See below for more details o this program.) CONTINUING EDUCATION Please ote that all PaLA Coferece sessios, with the exceptio of the busiess meetigs, exhibit activities, ad meal evets, meet the state s requiremets for cotiuig educatio for public librarias ad staff. Vouchers will be distributed at the coclusio of each sessio ad should be collected util the ed of your coferece attedace. Simply tur i your collected vouchers at the Registratio Desk to receive a CE certificate otig the umber of credit hours you have eared. If you have ay questios about the requiremets, please cotact the District Cosultat for your area. LSTA FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGMENT Some coferece programs were made possible by a grat from the U.S. Istitute of Museum ad Library Services as admiistered by the Pesylvaia Departmet of Educatio ad the Commowealth of Pesylvaia, Tom Corbett, Goveror, through the College & Research Divisio ( of PaLA. Show your appreciatio by becomig a member of PaLA! If you are already a member thak you. 13

14 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Registratio Desk PaLA Store Local Iformatio Desk Cyber Suite Career Ceter Exhibits 7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 14 8:00 8:45 a.m. Uit Busiess Meetigs To be aouced. 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. CAREER CENTER See page 7 for Career Ceter activities & programs. 8:00 10:00 a.m. U-Coferece Sessio The u-coferece is a iovative type of coferece programmig where sessio attedees are the preseters! Attedees decide o the topics to be discussed, the break up ito small groups to discuss, gather iformatio, share ideas ad attempt to solve the issues raised. At the ed of the sessio, summaries of the group discussios will be shared for the beefit of the full group. It s collaboratio at its best! Sposor: U-Coferece Committee 9:00 10:00 a.m. 2 Hours Studet Veteras ad the Academic Library Chloe P. Mills, Public Services Libraria, Robert Morris Uiversity Jackie Kletzi, Iterim Head of Public Services, Robert Morris Uiversity Emily Paladio, Web Services Libraria, Robert Morris Uiversity The umber of military veteras takig advatage of recetlyexpaded GI bill beefits has bee icreasig dramatically at colleges ad uiversities i the Uited States. While studet vetera participatio i may aspects of higher educatio has bee studied, this populatio s relatioship to the academic library has yet to be fully uderstood. This sessio will preset the prelimiary results of a case study coducted at a small uiversity participatig i the US Departmet of Vetera Affairs Yellow Ribbo Schools program. The researchers admiistered a short survey to the uiversity s studet veteras i order to capture ad the describe this populatio s characteristics as well as discover ay specific library research eeds of this growig populatio. This survey was followed by more itesive oe-o-oe iterviews of self-selected vetera studets i order to further elucidate themes which emerged from the aalysis of the survey results. While the fidigs preseted here are case specific, similar istitutios will be able to cosider this iformatio ad adapt it to their idividual situatios i order to develop successful outreach iitiatives for their studet veteras. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Buildig Your Ow Book Buch : Creatig Lastig Relatioships with the Childre You Serve Nacy K. Wallace, Youth Services Coordiator, Ellwood City Area Public Library I this rapidly chagig world, librarias are offered the rare opportuity to provide childre with a safe, stable, eviromet. By our words ad actios, the programs we offer, ad the eviromet we create i our libraries, we ca affect childre i amazig ways. I the recetly published series, Abby ad the Book Buch, four third-graders voluteer at a Public Library because of their rapport with the childre s libraria. The series is based o a real group of kids at Ellwood City Library. The presetatio will emphasize the value ad importace of establishig log-term relatioships that ca trasform childre s lives! Sposor: Youth Services Divisio Raisig Awareess ad Makig Coectios Kare Austi, Field Marketig Maager, Geek the Library, OCLC Commuity egagemet is a critical compoet to esure your commuity ot oly uderstads the value of the library, but also recogizes how the resources ad programs offered help trasform lives ad how each idividual plays a importat role i support. Geek the Library, a commuity awareess campaig, has helped hudreds of public libraries raise awareess, chage commuity attitudes ad perceptios, ad drive positive behavior associated with supportig the library. This sessio will feature real-world examples of how this free program provides uique opportuities to build ad stregthe commuity coectios, ad start importat local coversatios about the library. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Capture All the URLs: First Steps i Web Archivig Kriste Yarmey, Digital Services Libraria, Uiversity of Scrato Alexis A. Atraccoli, Records Maagemet Archivist, Drexel Uiversity Judy Silva, Fie & Performig Arts Libraria ad Archivist, Slippery Rock Uiversity of Pesylvaia As higher educatio embraces ew techologies, teachig, learig, research, ad record-keepig is icreasigly takig place o uiversity websites, o uiversity-related social media pages, ad elsewhere o the ope web. This dyamic digital cotet, however, is highly vulerable to degradatio ad loss. This sessio will itroduce the cocept of web archivig ad articulate why it s importat for colleges ad uiversities. Speakers will demostrate web archivig service Archive-It ad the share lessos leared from their istitutios web archivig iitiatives, from uexpected stumblig blocks to strategies for raisig fuds ad support from campus stakeholders. Sposor: Electroic Resources Roud Table

15 Movig PA Forward with Moey Smart Your Library Michael Dowlig, Director, Chapter Relatios Office, America Library Associatio Elaie Stefako, MLS Coordiator, Iformatio Services, Osterhout Free Library Joi the hudreds of libraries across Pesylvaia ad across the coutry i April 2014 to provide crucial fiacial literacy programmig to your commuity. Be part of this growig iitiative from ALA ad the Federal Reserve Bak to provide programs for all ages, ad all stages of life. All types of libraries have bee part of Moey Smart your library. Lear about the program, ad how other PA libraries have bee successful participats, created iovative programs, foud ew parters, ad icreased their value to the commuity. Sposor: America Library Associatio Effective ad Efficiet: The Iterlibrary Delivery Service of Pesylvaia Katherie Furlog, Board Presidet, Iterlibrary Delivery Service of Pesylvaia Pamela Newma Dia, IDS Admiistrator, Iterlibrary Delivery Service of Pesylvaia Have you ever wodered how Pesylvaia libraries ship over 400,000 packages aually to facilitate iterlibrary loa? Come to this sessio to lear more about how IDS works to reduce shippig costs for its member libraries. This meetig will be iformatioal ad will fuctio as the aual meetig for member libraries. Sposor: Iterlibrary Delivery Service of Pesylvaia (IDS) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Post-Reovatio Revelatios Melissa Gold, Scieces Libraria, Millersville Uiversity Eri Dorey, Outreach Libraria, Millersville Uiversity At the time of this presetatio, our ew library will have bee ope for approximately oe moth. After a extesive two-year reovatio, our buildig opeed with a multitude of ew services from outside parters, icludig a satellite writig ceter, digital learig studio, ad faculty collaboratory. Additioally, librarias are offerig ew services icludig library studet ambassadors/ cocierges, o-call research help, ad more. Come lear what s differet about our approaches to space, commuicatio, service, ad partership i the ew library ad (most importatly) whether or ot they re workig as we imagied. Sposor: Buildigs, Equipmet & Furishigs Roud Table 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. PaLA s 2013 Library Products & Services Trade Show Iteractio betwee coferece attedees ad exhibitors is crucial for the success of the coferece ad beefits both parties. For this reaso, PaLA has set aside time i the coferece schedule for you to visit the exhibits without the competitio of other activities. We ecourage you to visit the exhibits to lear about the latest products ad services that will ehace your work at the library. Admissio is icluded with your coferece registratio. I additio, Exhibits Oly passes will be available for purchase at the coferece registratio desk for guests or idividuals ot registered to atted coferece programs. Free passes are also available from registered exhibitig compaies cotact your favorite library vedor ad ask for a pass! For your coveiece, a complimetary, walk-aroud luch will be available for you to ejoy i the exhibit hall from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. This is a great way to maximize your time ad resources at the coferece! 10:00 11:00 a.m. Visit the Exhibits/Mid-Morig Break/Exhibitor Showcases Take advatage of this opportuity to ejoy a hot beverage betwee sessios ad visit the exhibits or atted a Exhibitor Showcase to obtai iformatio about products ad services for libraries! I additio, a raffle drawig for prizes doated by our geerous exhibitors will take place at 2:00 p.m. Make sure you visit lots of booths to obtai raffle tickets to icrease your chaces of wiig! (You must be preset to wi.) POSTER SESSIONS See page 16 for poster sessio descriptios. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Keepig Them Safe Whether They Like It or Not Mauree Diaa Sasso, Director, Iformatio Services, Gumberg Library, Duquese Uiversity Taya Frederick, Studet Supervisor, Gumberg Library, Duquese Uiversity Joe Nelso, Circulatio Maager, Gumberg Library, Duquese Uiversity Libraries have a obligatio to keep their staff ad users safe. For academic libraries, this is a complex udertakig depedig o locatio, physical layout, operatig hours, ad staffig. It becomes more difficult whe expectatios of admiistratio, staff, ad library users do t match. Whe studets see the library as a safe place ad resist complyig with procedures desiged to protect them, they may reset the library ad staff that eforce policies. This workshop will explore parterships, commuicatio, ad traiig as tools to help libraries empower staff while balacig customer service expectatios. Sposor: College & Research Divisio ad Public Library Divisio 15

16 POSTER SESSIONS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 10:00 11:00 A.M. My Little Free Library David Zilka, Director, Moesse Public Library Jill Godlewski, Childre s Libraria, Moesse Public Library Moesse Public Library is settig up little free libraries housed i various structures aroud the city that cotai books for commuity members to read at their leisure. Iterlibrary Loa via Access PA: How our Academic Library Ca Help You Michele Corcora, Library Assistat 2, Idiaa Uiversity of PA Beth Farabaugh, Library Assistat 2, Idiaa Uiversity of PA Poster will provide a overall descriptio of the process to borrowers that fall outside the realm of academic libraries. Experiecig the the Caregie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) Boie McCloskey, Seior Libraria, First Floor-New ad Featured, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh CLP offers ietee laguage classes ad clubs for adult ad tee audieces represetig myriad cultures ad laguages from all over the world. Lear about recruitig voluteers, maagig participats ad more. Partership Blueprit: PA Forward Programmig Usig Academic Experts Marily Harhai, Professor, Clario Uiversity Departmet of Library Sciece Daiel R. Parker, Executive Director, Clario Free Library/ Clario Couty Library System The poster will provide details of a grat-fuded public library programmig iitiative ivolvig a higher educatio partership. The project was based o the PaLA 21st Cetury Literacies Iitiative, PA Forward. CHAIRity Fudraiser ad Social at Mt. Lebao Public Library Cythia K. Richey, Director, Mt. Lebao Public Library Artists, craftspeople, ad hobbyists reewed 75 old woode library chairs i poor coditio for our CHAIRity silet auctio ad social. See how we raised more tha $7,500 i oe eveig! Lessos Leared The Pattee Library Kowledge Commos Larry Paye, Seior Associate, WTW Architects The poster sessio will provide a overview of a multi-phase 45,000 SF iterior reovatio project recetly completed at the Pattee Library at Pe State Uiversity. What They Did t Teach Me i Library School Lisa Erickso, Executive Director, Cetre Couty Library & Historical Museum Lugee Shelly, Director, Williamsburg Public Library Humorous, but helpful tips ad suggestios for all those thigs that were ever taught i ay MLS class. Stai removal? Patro problems? Cat i your bookdrop?! We ca help! Literacy Ulocked Maggie McFalls, Commuity Egagemet Coordiator, Office of Exteral & Govermet Relatios, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh As of March, 2013 staff from across Caregie Library of Pittsburgh lauched a oe-year pilot i which we deliver osite programmig ad library services to Alleghey Couty Jail (ACJ) residets ad the families visitig them. This project ivolves programmig for imates, childre s story times ad other iteractive activities i the Family Activity Ceter durig Saturday visitatio ad traiig from ACJ staff to library staff about how to best serve this populatio upo release. Libraries ad PEMA Alice L Lubrecht, Director, Library Services, State Library of Pesylvaia Heather F. Davis-Jekis, CFM Director, Bureau of Strategic Plaig Pesylvaia Emergecy Maagemet Agecy Protectio of cultural heritage items ad all-hazards preparedess begis with a coversatio betwee the istitutios holdig these items ad those charged with preparedess. This poster will itroduce PEMA to discuss the ReadyPA.gov program ad hazard mitigatio efforts that ca assist libraries ad other istitutios to prepare ad recover from disasters. Book Bigo Juior Jeae Marie Clacy, Head of Youth Services, Chester Couty Library System After usig a simple game of Bigo to distribute free books to our Summer Readig Club members for years, i 2012, the Chester Couty Library took the pluge ad developed our ow game for o-readers. Preseted for preschoolers ad their parets, Book Bigo Juior was a great success! We ll share our formula for developig Book Bigo Juior for your library. 16

17 Today s Tees, or Programmig without Pizza Jackie Cao, Tee Program Coordiator, Frak Sarris Public Library We pla to survey 100 tees from the Cao-McMilla School district ad play Family Feud or Library Feud for the first part of the sessio. Afterward, we will talk about what tees wat ad how life for the America tee has chaged over the years. We will close with a Power Poit presetatio of tee programs. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio PA s New Library Code: Update ad Coversatio State Libraria, Stacey Aldrich ad her staff are developig draft regulatios to implemet Pesylvaia s revised Library Code passed i Joi her for a update o where thigs stad ad a coversatio about the Library Code regulatios ad the future of library services i Pesylvaia. Sposor: Office of Commowealth Libraries For Me, For You, For Later: Fiacial Literacy for Very Youg Childre Laura Brecher, PNC Project Coordiator, Luzere Couty Library System Librarias have the opportuity to lay the groudwork for lifelog fiacial literacy by icorporatig cocepts of earig, savig, spedig ad sharig moey ito story hours for three to five year old childre. A two-year grat from the PNC Foudatio eabled the Luzere Couty Library System to offer such programs to childre i daycare ad library settigs. Usig materials desiged by Sesame Workshop, story hours were held that ecouraged parets ad childre to complete activities so the child could ear play moey. At the program s coclusio, childre were able to buy gifts from the store set up just for them. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio Project Maagemet 101 Julia McGiis, Techical Services Libraria, Califoria Uiversity of Pesylvaia This sessio will demostrate how to break dow a major (or mior) project ito maageable steps, how to pla for worse case scearios ad how to maitai your saity. Differet types of projects icludig system upgrades, reclassificatio, ad collectio shiftig will serve as examples. Project creep ad escalatio will also be addressed. Sposor: Library Admiistratio & Maagemet Roud Table Digitizatio ad Access to the Art ad Artifact Collectios at Bry Mawr College Mariae Weldo, Collectios Maager for Art ad Artifacts, Bry Mawr College This talk will be a overview of how Bry Mawr College s Art ad Artifact Collectios have bee made accessible olie. The presetatio will iclude iformatio o how we orgaized ad set up our database utilizig a variety of stadardized vocabularies that worked best with our collectios. Additioally, the talk will cover our procedure for teachig studets to do documetatio photography, ad all of our stadards documets created. Sposor: Preservatio Roud Table Family History Night at the Library: Marketig ad Project Ideas for Your Local History/Geealogy Collectio Rhoda Clark, Assistat Professor of Library Sciece, Clario Uiversity Nacy Clemete, Suhr Library Supervisor, Clario Uiversity Lida Cheresowski, Suhr Library, Clario Uiversity Wat to raise awareess of your local history/geealogy collectio? Wat to coect with the public with iovative programmig o local topics? Come to this sessio that gets you to braistorm ad share ideas, after hearig models ad best practices from the speakers. Ideas iclude creative crafts for kids with geealogy ad family photos, settig up a quick digital family history exhibit, hostig oral history ight, preservatio of family memorabilia ad more. Sposor: Public Library Divisio CAREER CENTER Hire Right the First Time Tracy Carey, Director of Public Services, Cetre Couty Library ad Historical Museum This sessio will cover how to strategically prepare, advertise, iterview, ad hire the right persoel, the first time. Lear techiques to streamlie your search process, break out of the same old iterview questios box ad fid the best match for your orgaizatio. Sposor: Membership Committee 12:15 1:45 p.m. COLLEGE & RESEARCH DIVISION LUNCHEON Curriculum Mappig as Strategy ad Structure Char Booth, Istructio Services Maager ad E-Learig Libraria, Claremot Colleges (CA); ACRL Immersio Program Faculty Member I a icreasigly resource-strapped ad assessmet focused world, it is critical for academic librarias ad libraries to ivestigate the learer experiece at their respective istitutios i order to alig their istructioal efforts directly to the curriculum. This presetatio will discuss approaches to ivestigatig academic commuities of practice i order to prioritize services ad develop targeted istructioal iitiatives from the idividual to the orgaizatioal level. Sposor: College & Research Divisio 12:45 1:45 p.m. POSTER SESSIONS See page 18 for poster sessio descriptios. 17

18 POSTER SESSIONS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 12:45 1:45 P.M. Homeschoolig Away from Home, Creatig Successful Programs i the Library Ay Laepple, Youth Services Maager, Haverford Towship Free Library Egage with your homeschoolig commuity by forgig relatioships that result i excitig programs ad icreased circulatio! This sessio will highlight HTFL s top programs for this dyamic group. Revisig Welless withi the Library Casey Sirochma, Director, Caregie Free Library Healthy eatig ad welless is a curret tred ad improvig your commuities health literacy by rethikig the role of the Library as a collaborator ad advocate to make healthy lifestyle chages over time istead of temporarily followig curret movemet by highlightig alterative activities to support ad explore health ad welless topics. TechWAGGIN: Techology Traiig for Frot-Lie Library Staff Jackie Wright, Digital Services Maager, Citizes Library & District Ceter/ WAGGIN Katy Pretz, Admiistrative Assistat, Washigto Couty Library System/Citizes Libray/WAGGIN TechWAGGIN is a techology traiig iitiative for public libraries i Washigto ad Greee Couties i Southwest Pesylvaia. The olie pilot ra February-May Topics are aliged with the EDGE Bechmarks ad the PA Forward Literacies. More iformatio ca be foud at www. techwaggin.wordpress.com. Beyod the Book: Itegratig Techology ito Homeschool Programs Deborah Priore, Seior Libraria, Childre s Departmet, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Mai Deborah El, Library Assistat, Childre s Departmet, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Mai This program series for the homeschool commuity ecourages creative exploratios o a variety of topics. Each week features books ad resources with a emphasis o techology, discussio, ad hads-o activities. If It s Happeig, it is here! Lear How to Build/Develop a Commuity Caledar Barbara McGary, Executive Director, James V. Brow Library Melissa Rowse, Assistat Director, James V. Brow Library Lear how a public library used a LSTA grat to develop a olie commuity evet caledar for their commuity. Read It & Eat It Browe Gamble, Assistat Director & Youth Services Supervisor, Readig Public Library Highlightig PA Forward s Health Literacy, kids read a story & make their ow healthy sacks. Recipes collected i a family cookbook. Kale tacos, apple douts ad more! Not Your Gradmother s Computer Class! Jessica Holto, Referece Libraria, Haverford Towship Free Library We ll explore what we foud to work, ad ot work, i promotig digital literacy ad meetig the public s eeds while accommodatig our library s limited staff, budget, ad techology. I Got a Fellowship You Could Too! Suzi Wackerbarth, Catalogig Libraria, Northlad Public Library I am a public libraria, ot a scholar. However, I spet this May i Florida studyig rare childre s books. I will talk about keys to a good fellowship applicatio process. Puppets to Go: Commuity Use & Arts Egagemet Charity Leoette, Marketig & Commuity Parterships Coordiator, Alleghey Couty Library Associatio Sara Eckelberry, PittParter, Alleghey Couty Library Associatio Elaie Volpe, Head of Youth Services, Bethel Park Public Library Aita Greee, Library Director, Braddock Caregie Library Through a creative partership betwee public libraries ad a local artist, hadmade giat puppets are ow available for checkout with a library card i Alleghey Couty. Scrato: At the Pod: Who s Bee Here? I the Woods: Who s Bee Here? Lauree Maloey, Head of Childre s Services, Lackawaa Couty Childre s Library Elizabeth Davis, Digital Libraria, Scrato Public Library A uique way for families to ejoy readig, exercise, ad ature at the same time. Follow the trail ad read the story! Origial StoryWalk created by Ae Ferguso, Motpelier, VT Brig Sciece to Life: NASA Your Library! Melaie Ramsey, Director of Youth ad Childre s Services, Hollidaysburg Area Public Library Parter with the Natioal Aeroautics ad Space Admiistratio (NASA) s educatioal divisio to preset educatioal programmig about the Jupiter missio, icludig programs titled Jump Start Jupiter, Jiggly Jupiter, ad Weather Statios! What Do I Read Next?: Pailess Reader s Advisory Aita Ditz, Head of Childre s Services, Schlow Cetre Regio Library Provide great book recommedatios with miimal staff time. Share picture books via displays that reiforce early learig stadards ad facilitate paret/child coversatios. Browse the Read Alikes otebook that egages school age readers with bright graphics ad tatalizig descriptios. Take away templates ad sample lists. 18

19 2:15 3:30 p.m. PaLRaP Update: Growth ad Reader Respose Durig the First Year Tom Reisfelder, Assistat Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, Mot Alto Campus; ; Co-Editor, PaLRaP Joh Barett, Scholarly Commuicatios Libraria, Uiversity of Pittsburgh; Co-Editor, PaLRaP Members of the editorial board will preset a report o PaLA s ew olie joural, Pesylvaia Libraries: Research & Practice, discussig its growth ad developmet, as well as reader respose i the first year. Paelists will also discuss a umber of possibilities for addig ew cotet ad features to the joural. Attedees are ecouraged to share feedback ad ideas as we work to produce a better publicatio. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Brachig Out ito K-8 Public Schools: Behid the Scees of a Successful Summer Readig Partership Boy Yeager, BLAST School Outreach Specialist, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh LeeA Aa, Tee Services Coordiator, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Ady Yeug, BLAST School Outreach Specialist, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Dai Boyd, BLAST School Outreach Specialist, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Buildig strog parterships with local public schools ca be tricky. I this workshop, we ll highlight Caregie Library of Pittsburgh s aual outreach to the Pittsburgh Public School s Summer Dreamers Academy, a program that reaches over 2,500 childre ad tees durig the summer moths. We ll take you behid the scees, coverig our timelie, expectatios, ad our process for evaluatig the partership. We ll be sure to iclude all the helpful tips ad tricks we ve leared alog the way. The secod portio of the sessio will be spet at hads-o programmig statios, so you ca walk away with some egagig ideas for ext summer! Sposor: Youth Services Divisio I Feel Like a Detective: Usig Archives to Actively Egage New Users Doris Malkmus, Outreach Coordiator, Special Collectios Library, Pesylvaia State Uiversity Matt Herbiso, Public Services Archivist, Drexel Uiversity College of Medicie Rachel Grove Rohrbaugh, Archivist ad Public Services Libraria, Chatham Uiversity Accessig archives ca be itimidatig, especially for ew users, but research with these materials (photographs, letters, ewspapers, ad more) ca be a fasciatig ad rewardig experiece. Archives are ideally situated to help users studets i particular fid their ier-detective ad develop critical thikig skills. This workshop will preset basic methods for itroducig your differet audieces to both olie ad traditioal archives. While focusig o studets (K-12 ad udergraduate), these approaches have prove effective for diverse patro types. Speakers will discuss specific resources for archival istructio, show how primary sources fit with ew teachig stadards, ad give examples of hads-o activities. Sposor: Preservatio Roud Table Highlights i Pesylvaia Library History: Part 2 Beradette Lear, Behavioral Scieces ad Educatio Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, Harrisburg Campus Mark Podvia, Associate Law Libraria, Dickiso School of Law Followig last year s successful program, Beradette Lear ad Mark Podvia retur to tell three etirely ew stories about the history of librariaship i Pesylvaia. This time, Lear will itroduce Haah Packard James ( ), Wilkes-Barre s first public libraria ad a fouder of PaLA. Podvia will the describe the history of couty law libraries, oce accessible oly to attoreys ad ow ope to the public. Lear s secod presetatio, Libraries For the Duratio, will showcase the surprisig rage of library activities durig World War II as revealed through records recetly ucovered i PaLA s archives. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Supportig a Healthy Commuity Lydia N. Collis, Cosumer Health Coordiator, Natioal Network of Libraries of Medicie, Middle Atlatic Regio This sessio will examie the health iformatio eeds of cosumers, explore the role of librarias i helpig citizes make better health care decisios, ad idetify reliable health iformatio resources for buildig health literacy from the Natioal Library of Medicie ad other reputable agecies. Come ad lear about your Regioal Medical Library, ad the traiig ad resources available. Sposor: PA Forward Maage All Your Referece Needs Usig QuestioPoit with Ask Here PA Vice Marier, Deputy Director, HSLC Cidy Pitcho, Director of Public Services, HSLC Need a maagemet solutio for chat, i-perso, ad referece services? Would your library like a customizable live chat widget ad a local chat queue to serve your patros aytime? Wat the statistics ad reports available from a sigle web-based iterface? Ask Here PA utilizes QuestioPoit software ad provides free access to the software i retur for staffig Ask Here PA. The uique liks provided from your website capture local use statistics. Text referece service is a available optio! Atted this sessio to lear more about utilizig QuestioPoit with Ask Here PA ad workig cooperatively with other PA libraries. Sposor: Electroic Resources Roud Table 2:15 5:00 p.m. Show Me the Moey! Grats ad Proposal Writig for Libraries Kate Flewellig, Outreach Coordiator, Natioal Network of Libraries of Medicie, Middle Atlatic Regio This sessio will give attedees the tools to start fidig fudig for ew projects. Desiged for begiig grat proposal writers, this sessio presets a geeral overview of the grat ad fudig processes as well as the level of detail required i a successful proposal. Each compoet of the grat writig process will be addressed, icludig: documetig the eed; idetifyig the target populatio; writig measurable objectives; developig a work pla, a evaluatio pla ad dissemiatio pla. Resources for fidig fudig opportuities will also be covered. Sposor: Public Library Divisio 2 Hour 19

20 2:15 6:15 p.m. TOUR OF FALLINGWATER Built over a waterfall, Falligwater is oe of the most uique homes i the world, ad it eeded people just as uique to make it happe. Edgar Kaufma, Sr., was a highly regarded Pittsburgh busiess ma ad ower of Kaufma s Departmet Store. Edgar Kaufma, Jr., oly so of Edgar ad Liliae Kaufma, became the catalyst for the uio of the Kaufmas with Frakli Lloyd Wright, a agig architect, desperate to prove that his best years were ot behid him, which resulted i oe of the greatest architectural triumphs of the 20th cetury. Falligwater was used as the Kaufma family retreat util the early 1960 s whe, followig his father s wishes, Edgar Jr., tured the home, alog with several hudred acres of lad, to the Wester Pesylvaia Coservacy. Falligwater is the oly major Wright-desiged house ope to the public with its furishigs, artwork, ad settig itact a must see! Trasportatio to be provided via local school buses. Pre-registratio required. 3:45 5:00 p.m. Icreasig Studet Egagemet: Embeddig i Udergraduate Research Experieces Jeffrey Kapp, Referece & Istructio Libraria, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, Altooa Campus Nicholas J. Rowlad, Assistat Professor of Sociology, Pesylvaia State Uiversity, Altooa Campus I a time of tighteig budgets ad calls for icreased studet-ceterdess i academia, college libraries eed to fid more cocrete ways to demostrate their effectiveess. Libraria Jeff Kapp has joied with sociologist Nicholas Rowlad, who rus a cohort-based, udergraduate research experiece i the social scieces, ad is beig wove ito all activities, from desig to implemetatio, icludig co-teachig semiar meetigs ad workig closely with lab studets. They will preset their experiece, followed by a discussio with attedees o other o-traditioal ways librarias ca demostrate, ad hopefully icrease, their effectiveess. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Childre s Choice Awards Kriste Rama, Youth Services Coordiator, Alleghey Couty Library Associatio Amy Cribbs, Academic Evets Specialist, Alleghey Itermediate Uit Elaie Volpe, Youth Services Libraria, Bethel Park Public Library Childre s Choice Awards is a couty-wide, collaborative program that ecourages twees i grades 3-6 to read popular books, vote for their favorites, ad participate i a special literacy evet each sprig. There are a variety of activities at the evet icludig author sessios ad a battle of the books. This program is a partership betwee the Alleghey Couty Library Associatio ad the Alleghey Itermediate Uit. Registratio icreased from 250 to 425 betwee 2012 ad Schools i 14 districts work together with public libraries to provide comprehesive programmig for studets ad families, icludig mii-award programs at local libraries. Visit RCsClubhouse.org. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio How to Liste to Your Patros: Maximizig the Value ad Outcomes of Library ad Techology Services through Commuity Isight Samatha Becker, Research Maager, U.S. IMPACT, Uiversity of Washigto Iformatio School Collectig data o patro use ad eeds for library ad techology services is critical to providig valuable services to your commuity. This sessio discusses how to efficietly collect data through iterviews, focus groups, ad surveys, ad how to use that data for strategic plaig ad advocacy efforts. The sessio will also itroduce the audiece to the Impact Survey, a tool desiged by the Uiversity of Washigto Iformatio School to help libraries easily survey their patros. The sessio will be led by Samatha Becker, a public library researcher ad creator of the Impact Survey. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Preservatio through Digitizatio Amy Haley, Director, Meyersdale Public Library Cythia Maso, Archivist, Meyersdale Public Library Caroly McKiey, Idepedet Cotractor, Meyersdale Public Library The Meyersdale Public Library is a rural library i Somerset Couty. Because local history is extremely importat to our patros, we employ a full-time geealogist. As a small library, we have successfully completed several preservatio ad digitizatio projects. The first half of the sessio will focus o the library s cemetery locatio project, which ivolved trekkig through Somerset Couty s farms ad forests i search of more tha 600 cemeteries. The secod half will focus o a LSTA photograph digitizatio project to make Somerset Couty s history come alive olie. Participats will lear how to pla ad implemet projects to preserve Pesylvaia s past. Sposor: Preservatio Roud Table Buildig Effective Media Relatios Teri Heig, Executive Director, Pesylvaia NewsMedia Associatio Lear how to develop successful relatioships with prit, broadcast, ad olie media to tell your library s story, reach key audieces, create parterships, ad effectively serve your commuity. Sposor: PA Forward 20

21 PALS Showcase ad Social The PaLA Academy of Leadership Studies (PALS) is a program that has offered ew librarias from all over the state of Pesylvaia a chace to develop the skills they eed to be leaders, both at the chapter ad state level, regardless of their curret professioal title. Several classes of librarias have graduated from this program ad have goe o to do great thigs for PaLA. Specifically, the graduates of 2012 have completed group projects aimed to produce a ed product that will directly beefit their colleagues ad fellow PaLA members. Durig this sessio, PALS 2012 graduates will preset poster sessios demostratig the result of their group projects. I additio, former PALS attedees will be ivited to share their experieces sice graduatig from PALS ad offer advice o how to get more ivolved i PaLA. Sposor: PaLA Academy of Leadership Studies (PALS) 6:00 9:30 p.m. ALL-CONFERENCE RECEPTION AND BANQUET This prestigious coferece evet begis with the Pre-Baquet social hour from 6:00 7:00 p.m., to feature musical etertaimet ad light hors d oeuvres. The baquet will follow the receptio, ad icludes the presetatio of PaLA s Distiguished Service Award ad a keyote presetatio by acclaimed author, Adre Dubus III. He is the author of a collectio of short fictio, The Cage Keeper ad Other Stories,ad the ovels Bluesma, ad New York Times bestsellers, House of Sad ad Fog ad The Garde of Last Days. His memoir, Towie, published i 2011 has bee icluded o may Top Te No-Fictio Book lists. His ewest book, Dirty Love, is to be published this fall. A eveig with this taleted, egagig author is sure to be a highlight for coferece attedees. Pre-registratio required. TIPS FOR JUSTIFYING YOUR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE TO YOUR BOARD OR SUPERVISOR Library budgets have ideed take a hit over the past few years, but the modest icrease i the most recet budget has us hopig that the tide has tured. But budgets are still lea, so how do you justify attedig the PaLA Aual Coferece to your board or supervisor? We have a few tips to ot oly sell your attedace at this importat evet, but also how to icrease your library s ROI: 1 Poit 2 The 3 Create 4 Create 5 Trai 6 Compare 7 Report 8 While out that the coferece offers more tha 80 cocurret educatioal sessios, more tha 30 poster sessios, as well as ample opportuities to etwork with your peers from across the state. coferece exhibit hall cotais a wealth of iformatio o ew products or services for your library, all uder oe roof. Shop ow or widow shop for future purchases. It s a oe-stop shop, ad will make the most of your time whe cosiderig purchases for the library. a report to describe what you ve leared ad how you will share it with others i your library. a actio pla to implemet what you ve leared ito your work or programmig at the library. Periodically report o the actios that have bee take, ad the improvemets they have made i the library. others. Share the sessio hadouts ad ideas you ve leared with your co-workers. the cost of coferece registratio to the cost for other cofereces, educatioal courses or cosultig fees. The PaLA Coferece is likely to be the better bargai. your coferece attedace, ad the fact that you are cotiuig your educatio to improve library services to your local ewspaper, brigig your library ito the public light i yet aother way. discussig purchases or programmig for your library with your supervisor, be sure to preface your statemet with Oe of the speakers at the PaLA Coferece said. Or, I saw this ew product at the PaLA exhibits, with it, we ca. Givig credit like this will reiforce the thought that the PaLA Coferece is a beefit, ot oly to you, but to the library overall. Easy, fast ad secure olie registratio for the coferece is available at By registerig olie you will avoid the $10 processig fee, savig you eve more! See you at the Sprigs! 21

22 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 Registratio Desk PaLA Store Local Iformatio Desk Cyber Suite Career Ceter Exhibits 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Closed (Iformatio available for self-service) 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Closed 22 8:00 8:45 a.m. Uit Busiess Meetigs To be aouced. 8:00 9:00 a.m. Past Presidets Breakfast By ivitatio oly. 8:00 10:00 a.m. U-Coferece Sessio The u-coferece is a iovative type of coferece programmig where sessio attedees are the preseters! Attedees decide o the topics to be discussed, the break up ito small groups to discuss, gather iformatio, share ideas ad attempt to solve the issues raised. At the ed of the sessio, summaries of the group discussios will be shared for the beefit of the full group. It s collaboratio at its best! Sposor: U-Coferece Committee 8:00 12:00 a.m. CAREER CENTER See Page 7 for Career Ceter activities ad programs. 9:00 10:15 a.m. 2 Hours Overcomig Our Legacy: Courageous Exploratios Above ad Beyod the Oe-Shot Sessio Rachel W. Gammos, Learig Desig Libraria, Millersville Uiversity If we take away what we kow about the limitatios ad beefits of oe-shot library istructio what would be left? If we stopped maufacturig teachable momets where might we fid them? Leave your precoceptios at the door ad come joi a aggressively positive coversatio about the possibilities of istructio beyod the classroom walls. Share isights, iovatios, ad ispiratio. Take home some ew ideas. Come prepared to cotribute ad explore! Sposor: College & Research Divisio Gratful for YALSA: The Basics of YALSA Grats Patty Zio, Library Assistat, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library Karl Rebo, YA Coordiator, Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library Hear how a small rural library received ad implemeted YALSA/ Dollar Geeral grats two years i a row. Applicatio procedures, tips, ad program ideas for the $1000 tee summer readig ad itership grats (for libraries located ear a Dollar Geeral Store) will be discussed. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio Basics of Employmet Law: At Will Employmet ad Exceptios Ala Carlos Blaco, Esq, Attorey, Rothma Gordo, P.C. The sessio will preset a aalytical framework for uderstadig the employmet relatioship. We will cover what it meas to be a employee at will, the most typical type of employmet relatioship. We will also cover the major exceptios to at will employmet with a focus o those most importat to libraries. The focus will be practical so that high risk situatios ca be idetified. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Coectig Ucovetioally Corie Brumbach, Childre s Libraria, Wyomissig Public Library Lear the secrets, successes ad ucovetioal methods to etwork ad collaborate with members of your commuity to beefit your library. Makig the appropriate cotacts will aid your library with creative programmig, icreased statistics, fiacial success, ad your library s positive rapport i the commuity. There s great value i hoig a friedly relatioship with the postal widow clerk, the local Etsy shop ower, the local boutique ower ad may more. Networkig is ot exclusive to library directors, thus this sessio is appropriate for ayoe liked to a public library; circulatio desk staff, board members, childre s librarias, etc. Sposor: Rural & Small Libraries Roud Table RDA Lite for School ad Public Libraries James Maccaferri, Associate Professor, Clario Uiversity of Pesylvaia Dept of Library Sciece This hads-o workshop will itroduce school ad public librarias to creatig RDA core-level records. It will cover descriptio, assigmet of access poits, ad formulatio of authorized access poits for prit ad o-prit material. Sposor: Techical Services Roud Table

23 Geeks Bearig Gifts: Uwrappig New Techology Treds Missy Harvey, Techology & Commuicatios Coordiator, Natioal Network of Libraries of Medicie, Middle Atlatic Regio This sessio is iteded to provide a fu, fast-paced, ad iformative itroductio to, ad update o, today s hottest techology treds. Program participats will be able to idetify techology treds ad they will uderstad how these treds will impact or ca be itegrated ito traditioal library services: Sposor: Electroic Resources Roud Table 9:00 11:45 a.m. Gimme Five: A Showcase of Five Literacies Practices Kathy A. Silks, Project Maager, PA Forward This lightig roud of PA Forward best practices will offer brief activity presetatios by public ad academic librarias, sharig programs, evets, services, ad other model activities that brig each of PA Forward s five literacies to life. Attedees will have the opportuity to share their ow activities, ideas, ad questios. Sposor: PA Forward 10:30 11:45 a.m. 2 Hours Pesylvaia Law: Basic Legal Research Skills for Librarias Laura Ax-Fultz, Access Services Libraria, Pe State Dickiso School of Law This sessio will provide a overview of Pesylvaia law usig free olie resources. It will be useful for all librarias ad ca be used for educatioal purposes, referece trasactios, ad scholarly research. No prior kowledge, beyod basic civics, is ecessary. The program will discuss the structure of law i Pesylvaia, olie free Pesylvaia legal resources, ad a suggested list of key olie resources for Pesylvaia law. Sposor: College & Research Divisio Oe Year of the CLP: Itegratig a Youth-Drive Digital Media Lab ito a Public Library System Corey Wittig, Digital Learig Libraria, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Molly Dickerso, Library Assistat/Labs Metor, Caregie Library of Pittsburgh Joi CLP (Caregie Library of Pittsburgh) metors i this discussio of their first year pilotig a system-wide tee learig lab that icorporates elemets of the digital media lab ad maker space models (e.g. Chicago Public LIbrary s YOUmedia). Topics to be addressed iclude: workshop/activity developmet, metors, badgig, circulatio of equipmet, ad promotio. Attedees will walk away with a uderstadig of the beefits of a coected learig eviromet focusig o tee egagemet. They will also lear how to leverage this iovative style of programmig to build log-lastig relatioships with schools ad commuity parters. Sposor: Youth Services Divisio Basics of Employmet Law: Key Employmet Policies & Employee Hadbooks Ala Carlos Blaco, Esq, Attorey, Rothma Gordo, P.C. This sessio builds o the foudatio laid i the earlier sessio, Basics of Employmet Law ad will cover why it is a good idea to have a employee hadbook, ad what kids of policies are most importat for iclusio i the hadbook. Sposor: Public Library Divisio How the Library Helps Prevet Social Isolatio amog the Elderly Leslie Kig, Seior Outreach Coordiator, Readig Public Library The elderly are oe of the most overlooked ad uder-served populatios i our commuities. They suffer from boredom, loeliess, ad isolatio, particularly if they live aloe. Establishig a library outreach program that visits the elderly i their resideces ca ward off social isolatio ad keep seiors mids, bodies, ad spirits egaged through prit ad audio/visual materials ad iteractio with the admiistrator(s) ad fellow patros. This sessio will cover how to establish ad maitai a successful seior-focused outreach program that facilitates literacy, promotes lifelog learig, ad celebrates the value of seiors i our commuities. Sposor: Public Library Divisio Stad Up ad Participate! Icorporatig Active Learig ad Assessmet ito Your Library Istructio Christie Iaicelli, Referece Libraria, Immaculata Uiversity Active learig ad assessmet are two of the most popular buzzwords i educatio right ow, ad yet it ca be extremely difficult to fid time to icorporate either of these ito your istructio. This presetatio will discuss simple ways you ca itegrate active learig ad assessmet simultaeously ito your oe-shot sessios through game-based learig. Library Jeopardy, Family Feud, ad scaveger huts are just some of the games that will be showcased. Sposor: Teachig, Learig & Techology Roud Table Trasplatig E-Books ito a Prit Book Workflow Joa Jaosko, Collectio Developmet/E-Resources Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Theresa McDevitt, Outreach Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Ji Pag, Acquisitios Serials Libraria, Idiaa Uiversity of Pesylvaia Academic libraries buy books. New e-books have a variety of purchasig models: idividualized collectios, cosortial collectios, idividual purchase, DDA/PDA, cosortial DDA/PDA, subscriptio ad loa models. Libraries must choose appropriate models for their istitutios ad develop ew techical processes to accommodate this ew format ad ew marketig techiques to promote them. This sessio will discuss oe academic library s experieces with e-books, cocetratig o curret orderig ad processig through a book approval vedor ad marketig techiques to help itroduce this ew format to their academic costituets. Time will be available to share other libraries experieces with e-books. 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24 CAREER CENTER Networkig: Buildig Relatioships & Parterships Charity Leoette, Marketig & Commuity Parterships Coordiator, Alleghey Couty Library Associatio Buildig your professioal etwork is as simple as coversatios. Strategic ad seredipitous oe-o-oe casual meetigs create coectios ad plat seeds. Gather poiters o the who, what, whe, where ad how of etworkig for you ad your library. Sposor: Membership Committee HOTEL RESERVATIONS 12:00 2:00 p.m. CLOSING LUNCHEON How Digital Media, Etertaimet, ad Librarias Ca Chage the World Carl Kurlader, writer, producer ad screewriter, co-fouder, Steeltow Etertaimet Project Carl Kurlader is a screewriter ( St. Elmo s Fire ) ad TV writer/producer ( Saved By the Bell ) who will discuss his seredipitous jourey home to Pittsburgh to teach at the Uiversity of Pittsburgh for what he thought would be a oe year Hollywood sabbatical, but istead which has led to the formatio of a o-profit, Steeltow Etertaimet Project, which has played a sigificat role i developig a thrivig etertaimet idustry i Southwester Pesylvaia, as well as pioeerig a iovative youth ad media program which uses digital media to empower the lives of youg people. Kurlader is also the producer of A Shot That Saved the World, a award-wiig film about how Joas Salk ad his team at the Uiversity of Pittsburgh developed the first polio vaccie, featurig a rare film iterview with Bill Gates, which will be broadcast o the Smithsoia Chael i October. That film ispired Take a Shot at Chagig the World, a viral video cotest which has egaged hudreds of studets from over 60 schools i Southwester Pesylvaia to create videos about how Pittsburgh has chaged the world ad what they would do to make a differece i their ow commuities. Kurlader will discuss the vital role librarias have played i this iitiative, ad how he believes digital media presets uique ad powerful opportuities to chage studets, libraries, ad the world. Sposor: Coferece Program Committee 777 Waterwheel Drive Seve Sprigs, PA Seve Sprigs Moutai Resort, a four-seaso resort located i southwester Pesylvaia, is easily accessible from the Pesylvaia Turpike ad offers top-otch coferece facilities. PaLA has reserved a block of rooms at Seve Sprigs at the coferece rate of $134/ight plus 9% occupacy taxes. To make a reservatio: Call ad ask for a room i the Pesylvaia Library Associatio block. Note: The coferece block expires at midight EST o September 19, Reservatios received after this date will be subject to prevailig room rates ad availability. PaLA ecourages coferece attedees to reserve a room i the PaLA room block. Doig so will help PaLA meet its obligatio to the hotel ad will prevet the possibility of additioal fees ad pealties. What s more, higher lodgig pick up will put us i a better bargaiig positio as we egotiate hotel rates for future cofereces. Thak you for your cooperatio. 24