Friday, October 12
OLC Living Room – Battelle Hall
Registration Desk
7:30 am – 12:00 pm
Hospitality Desk
7:30 am – 12:00 pm
Convention Store
8:00 am – 2:00 pm |
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Email Café
7:30 am – 2:00 pm
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OLC thanks OPLIN our event sponsor! |
| OLC thanks the State Library of Ohio for providing the computers for the E-mail Café. |
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Exhibit Hall
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
OLC Connects!
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
8:30 – 9:30 am
Exhibit Hall Opening with Refreshments
Start your convention day with a fresh cup of coffee while you visit the dozens of vendors spotlighting the latest products and services. The exhibits close at 12:00 today so don't miss this exclusive block of convention time to see what's new and exciting!
| OLC thanks BWI our event sponsor! |
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6:00 am
Running in Columbus |
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Are you a jogger or runner who likes early-morning running in a group? All levels of joggers and runners are welcome to meet in the Hyatt Regency Hotel (High Street) lobby at 6:00 am on Thursday October 11 and/or Friday October 12 for a run up High Street. We'll run between 30-60 minutes, depending on who shows up and their needs. There are several Starbucks on High Street which makes this activity even more enticing! Email Pat Carterette at pcarterette@heightslibrary.org or Molly Carver at mcarver@bellevue.lib.oh.us for more information.
9:45 – 10:45 am
Public Libraries and Public Schools: How to Reconnect, or "Whadda You Mean You Don't Have Time for a Class Visit from the Library?"
(Education Track)
Denise Callihan, Lancaster City Schools; Marilyn Steiner, Fairfield County District Library
From an educator's perspective, a summary of the impending state mandated graduation changes as well as the timelines public schools are faced with to implement these curriculum imperatives would help librarians statewide be better prepared to collaborate with public schools. In addition, an overview on "A day in the life of a public school teacher" may help library staff be more aware of the requirements our educators have and how we might reach out to help them attain their goals. The overview might also demonstrate how the needs and requirements of public school affect the students who come to us for resources.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
9:45 – 10:45 am
Learning in the Workplace: Motivation in 21st Century Libraries
(Leadership Track)
Pat Wagner, Pattern Research, Inc.
Learn how your own choices and behaviors as a supervisor or manager (from a daily hello to conducting a performance appraisal) impact employee motivation. Discover ways you can improve and influence workplace learning and retention, regardless of your organizational constraints. From theory to practice, learn how you can create a better learning environment in your library. Core Competency: Personnel Management
Sponsored by: Library Education Committee and Human Resources and Trainer Development Division
9:45 – 10:45 am
Making Trustees into Good Ambassadors
(Leadership Track)
Don Barlow, Westerville Public Library; Rebecca McFarland, Euclid Public Library; Jeffrey Davis, Trustee, Southwest Public Libraries
Library trustees are special in that they are willing to work for something they believe in with no thought to monetary compensation—all the while holding themselves up to public scrutiny. While securing funding, keeping an eye on the budget and knowing the law, trustees also serve as advocates throughout the entire community. On the surface it might seem overwhelming, but tips from these seasoned professionals might help make the task a little easier – and more fun.
Sponsored by: Marketing and Public Relations Division
9:45 – 10:45 am
Is Your OPAC Fun?: Lessons from LibraryThing
(Marketing and Product Development Track)
Tim Spalding, LibraryThing
Making your collection finable is a noble goal, but why not aim higher? Why not have the OPAC drive demand, connect to patrons and their lives—in short, why not make OPAC fun? Tim Spalding the founder and developer of LibraryThing, discusses where library catalogs can go, using tags, recommendations, user-generated content, blog widgets, social networking and other "Web 2.0 pixie dust" to unleash a new, fun OPAC.
Sponsored by: Information Technology Division
9:45 – 10:45 am
Get Your Game On: The Logistics of Bringing it to Your Library
(Next Generation Librarians Track)
Julie Scordato, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Christina Getrost, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
You have seen the articles in journals and postings on the listservs and blogs. Now it is time to really learn about video games and how they fit into our profession. In this informative session you will get a background in gaming culture, industry facts, why gaming is relevant to library values and how it has tremendous potential in reaching our teen library customers. You will also learn about tools to help you communicate the advantages of gaming to your administration and staff. By the end of this session you will be ready to learn about how to actually hold gaming programs at your library.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
9:45 – 10:45 am
Re-Automated—Moving Up, Moving Over, Moving Out
(Organizational Redesign Track)
Ann Riegle-Coursey, New Madison Public Library; Jim Wilkins, Bucyrus Public Library; Nancy McAlpin, St. Paris Public Library
Many libraries that automated in the late 1900s are considering upgrading or replacing an aging system. In this panel discussion, three library directors will share the questions, considerations and decisions they made that led them to change automation vendors, upgrade with the same vendor and/or join an automation consortium. They will also share their reflections looking back upon the process and projects. This program is about the decision-making process related to automation upgrades, not one particular solution.
Sponsored by: Small Libraries Division
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9:45 – 10:45 am
Taking It Home and Making It Work
(Organizational Redesign Track)
Christine Schneider Smith, CASS Enterprises |
Have you identified several great new services or adjustments to your current offerings during your attendance at this convention? Has past experience shown you, however, how hard it can be to integrate new ways of doing things once you're back at the library? If so, this session is for you. Through a facilitated conversation, Chris will help you look at the benefits and obstacles of setting goals. And she'll give you a S.M.A.R.T (SPECIFIC, MEASUREABLE, ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT, TIME LIMITED) approach that provides a framework for you to carry back and implement new concepts at your library.
Sponsored by: Program Committee |
9:45 – 10:45 am
Workforce Planning and Reorganization
(Organizational Redesign Track)
Christina Ganz, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Jon Reneau, Columbus Metropolitan Library
Learn ideas and concepts to consider when reorganizing your library's workforce.
Sponsored by: Human Resources and Trainer Development Division
9:45 – 10:45 am
What Can We Do For You?
(Service and Services Track)
Carol Mitchell, Moderator, Greene County Public Library
For years, we have worked to forge stronger cooperative relationships with schools, agencies, teacher education programs, and other entities serving youth in our communities, but are we really giving them what they want and need? At this program, we will go straight to the source with a panel discussion featuring representative from these user groups.
Sponsored by: Children's Services Division
9:45 – 10:45 am
When Traditional Institutions Provide Services to Non-traditional Populations: The Slate Hill Elementary School Experience
(Service and Services Track)
Marlene Graham, Slate Hill Elementary School; Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Worthington Libraries
In the midst of a traditional suburb that recently celebrated its 200th anniversary is a new community composed largely of new American families. Learn the innovative techniques Slate Hill staff and volunteers have used to provide services to new-American populations (both students and parents) who might not understand English or know American customs.
Sponsored by: Reference and Information Services Division
9:45 - 10:45 am
Vendor Demo: Polaris Library Systems
An Open Commercial ILS – The Best of Both Worlds
Terrence V. Morris, MLS, Director Library Partnerships
Why settle for choosing between an open source solution and a commercial ILS offering? Libraries across the country are migrating to the Polaris Integrated Library System (ILS) because we offer the best of both worlds – a completely open database with solid customer support and ongoing maintenance.
Join us for a 60-minute session to learn how Polaris customers have leveraged this open database structure to develop services and solutions that save their libraries time and resources and increase patron satisfaction. We'll demonstrate how Polaris offers complete data access, enabling you to report on anything and everything, yet provides a layer of protection to ensure full data integrity. What's more, we'll showcase how the Polaris ILS allows you to customize the software to meet the specific needs of your library.
See for yourself how you can enjoy the same advantages that an open source ILS might provide, while placing the burdens of development, support and maintenance where they belong, leaving you free to concentrate on your library's mission.
9:45 am – 10:45 am and 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (2 hr program)
Telling the Story of Story Hour: Building a Learning Community Through Experiences, Images, and Words
(Education Track)
Barb White, Akron-Summit County Public Library
The story of story hour is one that we—children and adults—write together through our exploration of narrative and expressive arts. But story hour need not end when our time together at the library is over. Reflection and dialogue with story hour participants can continue until we meet together again, and a community of lifelong learners, building and understanding of how children learn and how we can best participate in and facilitate that learning, take root. Join us for a lively, interactive examination of the role photographic documentation of our story experiences can plan in expanding the richness and impact of your future story hours.
Sponsored by: Children's Services Division
9:45 am – 10:45 am and 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (2 hr program)
Get Your ImaginOn! Creating a New Generation of Library Services for a New Generation of Library Users
(Service and Services Track)
Michele Gorman, ImagineOn/Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Last year you heard keynote speaker Melanie Huggins talk about the creation and grand opening of ImagineOn, a collaborative venture between the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC) and the Children's Theater of Charlotte. This year come back to hear about ImagineOn's first year of successes, failures, and ongoing challenges from ImaginOn's Teen Services Manager, Michele Gorman. Michele will give a general overview of ImagineOn's first year, including an inside look at how ImagineOn is changing the face of library services for teens, or as they like to call them—the new generation of library users!
Sponsored by: Young Adult Services Division
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ready to Read Initiative: Taking it Home
(Education Track)
Cathy Williams, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Mary Ann Crago, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Ruth Metcalf, State Library of Ohio; Kate Hastings, Upper Arlington Public Library
The State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library Council will be working to train library boards of trustees, library directors, librarians, and childhood specialists about the benefits of integrating the Public Library Association's Every Child Ready to Read program into their libraries. Ready to Read Coalition members Kate Hastings (UAPL) and Ruth Metcalf (SLO) will provide an overview of the coalition's goals. Children's librarians Cathy Williams and Mary Ann Crago of Columbus Metropolitan Library will offer a demonstration of how ECRR can work to promote early literacy in your community.
Sponsored by: Children's Services Division
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Learning Styles 101 for Supervisors, Peer Trainers and Public Service Staff
(Leadership Track)
Pat Wagner, Pattern Research, Inc.
When deadlines loom and new technology, library policies or procedures need to be learned fast, learn to apply adult learning styles in your formal or informal library instruction. Understand adult learning styles and you will increase your effectiveness as well as lower your stress levels! Whether you are conducting a reference interview, giving instruction or managing committees and projects, the more you know about learning styles, the more successful you will be. Core Competency: Deliver Training
Sponsored by: Library Education Committee and Human Resources and Trainer Development Division
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Do You Know Who Your Patrons Are?
(Marketing and Product Development Track)
Rachel Rubin, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Wendy Rawson, Worthington Libraries
The speakers will present a resource guide for libraries to help them understand and track demographic trends that will affect their libraries in the next five years. They will also include resources to help libraries identify organizational behaviors that will enable them to effectively manage these predicted changes. This presentation was originally developed as a poster session for ALA Annual as a project for the Emerging Leaders program, in which the speakers are members of the inaugural class.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Vendor Demo: Brodart Co.
John Dougherty, Brodart Co.
BibzII.com, Brodart's new online collection development and ordering tool.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Gaming at MY Library?
(Next Generation Librarians Track)
Julie Scordato, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Christina Getrost, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library; Nick Ruegsegger, Teen Gamer; Dan Ruegsegger, Teen Gamer; Kate Ruegsegger, Teen Gamer
In this second session on gaming you will learn the nuts and bolts of putting together open play gaming programs and simple tournaments for your organization, no matter the its size or resources. From getting the equipment to empowering teens to run the program, you'll be able to try it on your own. Teen gamers will be on hand to show you how easy games are to set up and play. Games like Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and the Nintendo Wii will be on hand for participants to experience.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Girls, Guys, Goths, Googlin', Gangs and Groups: Serving all Teens
(Next Generation Librarians Track)
Rollie Welch, Cleveland Public Library; Paula Brehm-Heeger, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Social networking and other emerging technologies embraced by the millennial generation, combined with shrinking options for welcoming, relatively safe places for young adults to gather in many communities, is drawing teens of all kinds into public libraries in unprecedented numbers. Many libraries may feel overwhelmed by the new and growing demands of energetic teen customers using the library in non-traditional ways. Paula and Rollie, two leading experts in the field of teen services, will offer innovative ideas and suggestions for positively serving the wide variety of teens flocking to Ohio 's public libraries every day.
Sponsored by: Young Adult Services Division
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Competencies – How Libraries are Using them with Success!
(Organizational Redesign Track)
Betsy Eikenberry, Washington-Centerville Public Library; Wendy Crosby, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Phyllis Winfield, Worthington Libraries
As libraries continue to evaluate and contemplate redesigning themselves as an organization, they must identify the right issues, pinpoint the right obstacles, and decide on the right way to change. For this, the right people are needed. Using competencies to create useful job descriptions and to hire and evaluate staff will help you get the right people; using competencies in selecting training opportunities that help staff develop or enhance specific skills and behaviors will help you keep them. In this session, you will hear success stories of how Ohio librarians are using competencies with great success and discuss with them how you can use them, too.
Sponsored by: Library Education Committee
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Taking It Home and Making It Work
(Organizational Redesign Track)
Christine Schneider Smith, CASS Enterprises |
Have you identified several great new services or adjustments to your current offerings during your attendance at this convention? Has past experience shown you, however, how hard it can be to integrate new ways of doing things once you're back at the library? If so, this session is for you. Through a facilitated conversation, Chris will help you look at the benefits and obstacles of setting goals. And she'll give you a S.M.A.R.T (SPECIFIC, MEASUREABLE, ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT, TIME LIMITED) approach that provides a framework for you to carry back and implement new concepts at your library.
Sponsored by: Program Committee |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Foundation Center Resources for Grantseekers
(Service and Services Track)
David Holmes, The Foundation Center, Cleveland; Sally Freaney, Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County
"How do I get a grant for that?" Does this question strike fear into your heart? Well, fear not, because the Foundation Center and its Cooperating Collections can help you and your patrons. The Foundation Center is a national nonprofit organization that helps nonprofit grant seekers learn to write grants, find funders, and plan their fundraising. One way the Center extends its outreach is through its network of more than 300 Cooperating Collections in libraries and resources nationwide—including 13 in Ohio . Dave Holmes of the Foundation Center 's regional library in Cleveland will lead this informative session discussing the Foundation Center 's resources, and the location of and assistance available at the Foundation Center 's Cooperating Collections. You will also find out more about how your library can apply to become a Cooperating Collection for your area.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
One Card/Two Libraries – Academic and Public Library Collaboration
(Service and Services Track)
Sandra McConnell, Nelsonville Public Library; Carrie Ator-James, Hocking College Library
If you have your student ID, you're good to go at both the college library and the public library. A unique collaboration between Hocking College and Nelsonville Public Library provides easy access to the resources of both the academic and public systems. Two collections, two complementing on-line resources, two opportunities to borrow from around the state, and two sets of professional staff working together to better serve the students and the community.
Sponsored by: Program Committee
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Author Luncheon featuring Tori Carrington
American Dreamers: Authors Tony and Lori Karayianni's journey to best-sellerdom and their ever changing definition of happily ever-after... |
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Nationally best-selling, multi-award-winning husband-and-wife team Lori and Tony Karayianni write under the pen name Tori Carrington and count nearly three dozen published titles to date. The latest is FOUL PLAY, the third critically acclaimed book in their Sofie Metropolis mystery series. They've been honored with the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for their romances, and the Reviewers International Organization's Award of Excellence and two nominations for the National Readers' Choice Award for their Sofie titles. While Tony hails from Greece , it's America that inspired in him the dream to reach for more, to become more, to be more...all the while understanding that his own ancestors were the rock on which western civilization was built. And his twenty-five year romance with partner and lifelong Toledoan Lori provided him the wings with which he learned to fly.
While the couple have attended countless writing seminars and conferences over the years, zero is the number of college degrees between them, thirteen is the number of years they spent learning how to write by trial and error, twenty-seven is the number of unpublished manuscripts gathering dust in their attic, thirty-seven is the current number of published titles to their credit, and three million is the number of copies of their books in print worldwide. They've traveled the country in a trailer named The Baklava Express, shared thousands of pieces of Tony's Famous Baklava, and have survived tornadoes, a hungry gator and a meandering bear that caught wind of the honey always on hand...all while taking full advantage of every opportunity to laugh at life's adventures.
Come listen to the team explain how they got where they are, how they convince themselves to enjoy what they have now, but never at the expense of forever dreaming of something even better. And expect to be challenged and inspired to follow/revisit your own dream.
Lori and Tony call Toledo, Ohio home base, but travel to Tony's hometown of Athens , Greece , as often as they can. Visit the authors' sites at www.toricarrington.net and www.sofiemetro.com for more info.
Book signing session from 1:45 - 2:45 pm
Cost: $30.00 (Pre-Registration is required) |
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12:00 – 1:30 PM
OLC Awards and Honors Luncheon
The OLC's Awards and Honors program recognizes the extraordinary people and organizations that work so hard to make Ohio 's libraries successful. Join us as we honor the recipients of the 2007 OLC Awards:
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- Hall of Fame Librarian: Martha Gardin, Director (Retired), Greene County Public Library
- Librarian of the Year: Nancy J. Kelley, Director, Way Public Library, Perrysburg
- Supportive Staff Member of the Year: Martha E. Hamilton, Southwest Public Libraries
- John Philip Outreach Award: Carol Ann Carmack, Stark County District Library
- Trustee Award of Achievement: Patricia T. Holter, Meigs County District Public Library
- Library Innovation Award: Training Team of the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
- Ohio Friends of the Library Recognition Award: Friends of the Tuscarawas County Public Library, New Philadelphia Location
- Citizen of the Year Award: Sibongile Sithe, Cincinnati
James Cook Teen Book Award – Ask Me No Questions, by Marina Budhos. Sponsored by the OLC Young Adult Services Division.
Cost: $30.00 (Pre-Registration is required) |
Closing General Session
1:45 – 3:00 pm
Life is Change
Judson Laipply, Nationally-renowned Motivational Speaker and Creator of “Evolution of Dance” |
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Anyone working in a public library—whether for three years or 30 years—knows that change is inevitable. However, not everyone is able to embrace change for the adventure it truly can be.
Judson Laipply's life has been full of change—especially career changes that have led him to work on a cruise ship, at a camp in Colorado , as an aerobics instructor, as a published poet, as a part-time auctioneer, and as a weekly columnist. Through laughter, story telling, personal examples, and crowd participation, Laipply will inspire participants to discover the power of choice and how that influences each person's life. His vast array of experiences allow him to apply his life philosophy, “Life isn't always the party we hoped for but while we're here, we might as well dance” to any audience. His finale, “The Evolution of Dance,” is requested by audiences everywhere he goes and has been seen on Good Morning America, Today, Inside Edition, and Fox News. |
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