Annual Conference

Pr e l i m i n a r y Pr o g r a m No v e m b e r 2 - 5, 2011 Sa r a t o g a Sp r i n g s , NY

What’s Inside

4 Special Guests

5 Special Events

6 Getting There

7 Hotel Information

8 Conference Schedule at-a-Glance

10 Registration Form

12 Wednesday Programs

13 Thursday Programs

15 Friday Programs

17 Saturday Programs

18 Library Products and Services Trade Show

19 My Personal Conference Schedule 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Introduction New York Library Association 6021 State Farm Road / Guilderland, NY 12084 518-432-NYLA (6952) / 800-252-NYLA (6952) www.nyla.org / [email protected] Executive Director Michael Borges Deputy Director Amanda Wing Director of Professional Development Erika Dudden Accounting Manager Galina Tsvaygenbaum Director of Membership Services Lois Powell Special Projects Coordinator MaryAnne Waltz

The NYLA Annual Conference Preliminary Program is published annually for attendee information for the New York Library Association Annual Conference.

2011 Conference Programmers The conference programmers are representatives from all the sections, roundtables, committees, and affiliates that make up NYLA. It is their hard work that results in the conference as you know it. Many thanks to each and every conference programmer.

NYLA 2011 Conference Chair – Ellen Rubin Section Programmers ASLS Academic and Special Libraries Section – Elaine Bergman LAMS Library Administration and Management Section – Tim Burke PLS Public Library Section – Sue Considine RASS Reference and Adult Services Section – Kelly Yim SLMS School Library Media Section – Karen Sperrazza SMART Section on Management of Information Resources and Technology – Barbara Nichols Randall YSS Youth Service Section – Chrissie Morrison Roundtable Programmers BIRT Bibliographic Instruction – David Titus CORT Correctional Outreach Resource Team – Merribeth Advocate EFRT Empire Friends – Bernie Tomasso ESRT Ethnic Services – Kacper Jarecki FILM Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies – Zahra Baird GIRT Government Information – Rosemary LaSala IFRT Intellectual Freedom – Bob Devino NMRT New Members – Mary Lindner RLRT Rural Libraries – Joan Pellikka RLSP Library Services to Special Populations – Mark Donnelly Committee Programmers CE Continuing Education – Deborah Emerson Exhibits Exhibits / Trade Show – Rocco Staino LC Legislative – Jean Sheviak Web Web – Tim Baird Affiliate Programmers LTA Library Trustees Association of New York – George L. Stamatiades NY3Rs New York 3Rs Association – Nora Hardy NYSLAA NYS Library Assistants’ Association – Donna Kuhner PULISDO Public Library System Directors Organization – Tim Burke and Carol Clingan REFORMA The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking – Manuel Figueroa SED/NYSL State Education Department/NYS Library – Mary Beth Farr SLSA School Library System Association – Rebecca Gerald

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New York Libraries ROCK! No matter if you are a tiny school library in St. Lawrence County or the largest branch of the New York Public Library, all New York Libraries Rock! We all do the best we can with the most or the least resources. NYLA’s annual conference is the place for all to celebrate our successes and share great ideas. Whatever your library type, you will find many fine sessions for your professional growth and development at the 2011 NYLA Conference. NYLA’s sections, roundtables, committees, and affiliates worked diligently to organize and present a wide range of experiences. From highly specialized presentations, to programs that will appeal to everyone, there is no shortage of quality information. There is even a President’s Program track that exemplifies the conference theme. Enjoy!!

Marcia Eggleston, NYLA President

Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 3 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Special Guests NYLA Keynote Conference Luncheon Farewell Luncheon Thursday, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Saturday, 12:30pm – 2:30pm Keynote Speaker: Sonia Manzano Speaker: Joe Raiola – Senior – Television actress “Maria” on Editor, Mad Magazine Sesame Street, fifteen time Emmy A favorite on the lecture Award winning television writer, circuit for nearly two decades, and author of two children’s books Joe Raiola has appeared in The Sonia Manzano has been a Joy of Censorship at countless presence on Public Television colleges, theaters, public since the 1970’s. She is best libraries, and professional known for her role as “Maria” conferences, including the on Sesame Street. After ten years as an actress, Sonia began Henry Miller Library, Penn State, Yale and Nassau Community writing scripts for the series and has fifteen Emmy Awards College in New York, where the show was captured live and as part of the Sesame Street writing staff. Sonia also wrote for broadcast nationally on C-Span’s American Perspectives. the Peabody Award winning children’s series, Little Bill, for The Joy of Censorship sheds light on the endless arguments Nickelodeon. She has worked on the New York stage starring over banned books, movie ratings, the FCC, the Patriot Act in The Vagina Monologues and The Exonerated and is a children’s and the true meaning of obscenity. It also traces the unlikely author of the books No Dogs Allowed! and A Box Full Of Kittens. and colorful history of MAD Magazine, from renegade publisher As our Keynote Speaker, Sonia will discuss a variety of current William Gaines historic showdown with the United States and relevant topics in today’s society. In 1970, Sesame Street Senate over comic book censorship to MAD’s emergence as was groundbreaking for attempting to teach literacy through a revolutionary satiric force. The program concludes with a television. Can it continue to teach using e-books, computers, and unique slide presentation spotlighting many of MAD’s most iPads? Join Sonia as she takes you through a humorous, heartfelt, controversial and outrageous covers and articles, followed by and poignant journey encompassing how literature is taught on a lively Q&A session. the show, her own reading experiences, her foray into publishing, Tickets are $30 per person – see registration form for details her take on YA literature, and behind the scenes anecdotes about Muppets accrued in her thirty-five years on the show. Manzano expounds with humor that doesn’t belie poignancy underneath. Tickets are $33 per person – see registration form for details

A Night at the Races NYLA Scholarship Bash The Saratoga Casino and Raceway

Friday, November 4 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. NYLA would like to invite you to join us for our annual scholarship fund event at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway! We begin the evening with a full hot buffet dinner in Fortunes restaurant where you will be dining trackside, overlooking live harness racing, with wagering available right at your table. After dinner, you are free to explore the Casino to test out some of the slot machines, video poker, or even Electronic Roulette. And if slot machines aren’t really your ‘thing’, you can also “get your dance on” at Vapor Night Club, boasting the area’s hottest nightclub and premier live music venue. This is definitely the most fun you can have in one evening! Come out and support NYLA while enjoying a fun-filled evening with colleagues and friends!

Tickets are $50 per person – see registration form for details.

4 Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Special Events Local Arrangements Tours PLS Author! Author! RASS Noted Author Luncheon Trolley Tavern Tour Thursday, 5:30pm – 8:00pm Friday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Wednesday, 5:00pm – 8:00pm National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame, 99 South Larry Kirwan is the lead vocalist and stratocaster for A pub crawl on a trolley! Hop aboard the Horsin’ Around Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY Black 47, an Irish rock band. Larry has produced two solo Trolley Car and let someone else do the driving as you Sponsors: PLS, Communication Services recordings, “Kilroy Was Here” and “Keltic Kids”. He also has get oriented to Saratoga Springs and some of its favorite PLS’s annual special event, sponsored by Communication published two books, Liverpool Fantasy and Green Suede watering holes. Drink and food specials will be available at Services, will feature Chris Bohjalian, the author of thirteen Shoes: An Irish American Odessey. He has written eleven each stop, and each guest will receive a “goodie” bag as books, including his most recent novel, Secrets of Eden, plays and musicals. His latest novel, Rockin’ The Bronx, you board the trolley. Tickets are $30 per person – see which debuted at #6 on both the New York Times and came out in February 2011. Kirwan hosts and produces registration form for details. Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. His other novels include “Celtic Crush” for SiriusXM Satellite Radio and writes a the New York Times bestsellers, Skeletons at the Feast, The weekly column for the Irish Echo. Tickets Batcheller Mansion—Tour, Tea and a Book Double Bind, Before You Know Kindness, The Law of Similars, are $35 per person – see registration form and Midwives. This event will take place at The National for details. Wednesday, 2:00pm – 4:30pm Guests are treated to a first person tour of the Batcheller Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame, the only museum in the Speaker: Mansion by ‘Mr. Batcheller’ and concludes with a Victorian nation dedicated entirely to dance. The museum houses Larry Kirwan, vocalist, author tea with ‘Mrs. Batcheller’. Those who participate receive a growing collection of photographs, videos, artifacts, a copy of the book The Batcheller Mansion. Guests will costumes, biographies, and more. Attendees will have the YSS Empire State Award Luncheon appreciate what it was like to live in this beautiful Victorian opportunity to tour the museum, hear from the author, and Friday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm house, referred to as “Saratoga’s Crowning Glory” by get autographed copies of his books. Gourmet finger foods Join YSS as we present the 2011 the New York Times. Tickets are $30 per person – see and cash bar will be catered by Panza’s Restaurant, Saratoga Empire State Award for Excellence in registration form for details. Lake. Continuous shuttle service to the event is available Literature to Young People to Laura from the Hilton/City Center, and a return shuttle is available Vaccaro Seeger. Tickets are $35 per person back to the Hilton/City Center in time for the NYLA Networking Breakfast/ – see registration form for details. Inaugural Celebration. Tickets are $35 per Membership Meeting person – see registration form for details. Thursday, 8:00am – 9:00am NYLA Scholarship Bash Speaker: Friday, 6:00pm – 10:00pm Learn about NYLA’s sections, activities, and opportunities Chris Bohjalian, author for professional involvement while enjoying a continental A NIGHT AT THE RACES NYLA would like to invite you to join us for our annual breakfast. The annual NYLA Membership Meeting will be NYLA Inaugural Celebration and conducted as well. The NYLA Membership Meeting shall be scholarship fund event at the Saratoga Casino and conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order. Arthur Awards Banquet Raceway! Saratoga Casino and Raceway is the place for Friedman, Ed.D., will serve as the NYLA Parliamentarian. Thursday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm over 1,700 exciting slots! Now featuring incredible new This is a free event, however pre-registration is required Join us for the farewell address of the 2011 NYLA President, electronic table games, this New York Casino brings gaming – see registration form for details. Marcia Eggleston, the presentation of NYLA’s major awards, and excitement close to home. Together with live harness racing, the induction of the 2012 NYLA President, Matthew Bollerman. simulcast wagering, delicious dining, and live entertainment This is always a fun evening and this year, we are celebrating all under one roof, it is one of the finest attractions in Trade Show Grand Opening our theme “New York Libraries ROCK!” We will be giving away Saratoga Springs! Thursday, 10:30am – 12:00pm a variety of prizes - gift baskets, electronics, gift cards and We begin the evening with a full hot buffet dinner in Be sure to join NYLA President Marcia Eggleston as she cuts more!! You will receive raffle tickets and chances to win just by Fortunes restaurant where you will be dining trackside, the ribbon and officially opens the trade show. This exciting attending – don’t miss out on this great event! Tickets are $50 overlooking live harness racing, with wagering available annual showcase features the latest and greatest products per person – see registration form for details. right at your table. After dinner, you are free to explore the and services available to the library community. This is your Casino to test out some of the slot machines, video poker, or opportunity to give the vendors feedback on their products even Electronic Roulette. And if slot machines aren’t really and let them know how to best meet your needs and those Poster Sessions your ‘thing’, you can also “get your dance on” at Vapor Night of your library. Exhibitor participation makes the conference Friday, 11:00am – 12:30pm Club, boasting the area’s hottest nightclub and premier live affordable for attendees, so be sure to show your thanks by Visit the NYLA 2011 Poster Sessions to view displays offered music venue. This is definitely the most fun you can have in spending lots of time exploring the show floor! by your peers on specific programs, policies, and services. These displays offer an opportunity to gather vast amounts one evening! Come out and support NYLA while enjoying a of information on diverse topics in a short period of time. fun-filled evening with colleagues and friends! Tickets are Diversity Fair The presenters will be on hand to discuss their projects and $50 per person – see registration form for details. Thursday, 10:30am – 12:00pm answer your questions. Posters will cover many subjects The NYLA 2011 Diversity Fair celebrates examples of appealing to public, school, academic, and special libraries. Conference Farewell Luncheon diversity in the libraries of New York State and showcases Saturday 12:30pm – 2:30pm possibilities for libraries that are in search of “diversity in Speaker: Joe Raiola, Senior Editor, MAD action” ideas. LAMS Luncheon Library Leadership vs. Library Management Magazine Friday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm ...see previous page for details NYLA Keynote Luncheon Leslie Burger, Past President of ALA and creator of the Tickets are $30 per person – see Thursday, 12:00pm – 1:30pm ALA Emerging Leaders Program will share her thoughts registration form for details Keynote Speaker: Sonia Manzano – Television actress on the importance of leadership in all levels of the library “Maria” on Sesame Street, fifteen time Emmy Award profession and the fundamental differences between library winning television writer, and author of two leadership and library management. Tickets are $34 per children’s books person – see registration form for details. …..see previous page for details…… Speaker: Tickets are $33 per person – see registration Leslie Burger, Past President of ALA form for details

Library School Deans’ Meeting Thursday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Meet & Greet Reception with NMRT Thursday, 5:30pm – 7:00pm Been a member of NYLA for less than ten years? Have some refreshments and learn about NMRT. (New Members Roundtable)

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The Albany International Airport, approximately 30 minutes from downtown Saratoga Springs, provides convenient commercial air service between the Capital District and many major American cities. Taxi fare between the airport and Saratoga hotels is approximately $75. http://www.albanyairport.com/

For schedule and fare information contact Amtrak at 800-USA-RAIL or www.amtrak.com. The Saratoga Springs Amtrak station (SAR) is located near downtown Saratoga. The Albany/Rensselaer Amtrak station (ALB) is approximately 40 minutes from the downtown Saratoga Springs hotels. The Schenectady Amtrak station (SDY) is approximately 35 minutes from downtown Saratoga.

Taxi fare is approximately $12 to downtown Saratoga from the Saratoga station. Service to and from Saratoga Springs is somewhat limited, though the station is very convenient to our conference hotels. Service into Albany (best for travelers coming from points south) and Schenectady (best for travelers coming from points west) is more frequent, but the stations are much farther away and taxi fares can run as high as $85 to $100 each way.

Amtrak is offering NYLA conference attendees a 10% discount off the best available rail fare to Saratoga Springs, NY, between October 30, 2011 and November 8, 2011. To book your Greyhound and Trailways buses travel directly to the Saratoga reservation, call Amtrak group reservations at 1-800-872-7245 or Springs Amtrak station. For fare and schedule information contact your local travel agent. This offer is not available for online contact: reservation booking. When calling in your reservation, you must Greyhound at 800-231-2222 or www.greyhound.com refer to Convention Fare Code X68G-927. This offer is not valid Trailways at 800-776-7548 or www.trailwaysny.com on Auto Train and Acela Service. Fare is valid on Amtrak Regional for all departures seven days a week, except for holiday blackouts. Please note that this is not an endorsement of Greyhound, Offer valid with Sleepers, Business Class or First Class seats with Trailways, or AMTRAK, and all travel is at your own risk. payment of the full applicable accommodation charges.

From The West: Take the NYS Thruway to Exit 27 – Amsterdam. After the tollbooth take your first Right turn. Follow Route 67 East signs thru city of Amsterdam. You will be heading east towards Ballston Spa (approx. 20 miles). In Ballston Spa you will come to a light. Take a Left onto Route 50 North. This road will take you right into the center of Saratoga Springs.

From The East: Take Route 90 (Mass Turnpike) to the NYS Thruway Exit 23 to I-787 North. Take I-787 North to the Route 7 West Exit. Take Route 7 West until you get to I-87 North Exit (Adirondack Northway). Follow this to Exit 13N. You may then follow the directions FROM THE SOUTH.

From The South: Take the NYS Thruway (I-87) to the Adirondack Northway (I-87). Get off at Exit 13N. Follow signs into the city from Route 9 North. This will bring you right into Saratoga.

From The North: Take the Adirondack Northway (I-87) South. Get off at Exit 15 and bear right. Follow Route 50 South into the city.

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Please contact our conference hotels directly to make your room reservations for the NYLA 2011 Annual Conference. Headquarters Hotel The Saratoga Hilton 534 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 888-866-3591 www.thesaratogahotel.com

NYLA Room Rate: $167 single or double Guest Room Reservations Phone: 1-888-866-3596 Group Name: “New York Library Association” Online: www.thesaratogahotel.com Group code: PPIZ Reservation Cut-off Date: 10/1/2011 Spring into action and you could win a FREE 2011 NYLA Conference Registration! Additional Hotels: Courtyard by Marriott Calling all members! Encourage a 11 Excelsior Avenue new person to join NYLA and you and Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 your new recruit have the chance to 518-226-0538 or 866-210-9325 www.courtyardsaratoga.com win a free 2011 NYLA Conference Registration. NYLA Room Rate: $139 single or double Guest Room Reservations Here’s How It Works: Phone: 1-866-210-9325 or 518-226-0538 Group Name: “New York Library Association” All current NYLA members are eligible Reservation Cut-off Date: 10/11/2011 to recruit new members for this contest. Multiple entries are allowed. For each person you recruit, you’ll get an additional chance to win! To participate, simply have your new recruit fill out a NYLA membership form and have them write “I was Hampton Inn & Suites 25 Lake Avenue recruited by:” plus your name at the Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 top of the form. 518-584-2100 www.saratogaspringssuites.hamptoninn.com For the purpose of this contest, the NYLA Room Rate: $146 single or double new member must not have previously Guest Room Reservations been a NYLA member. They also Phone: 518-584-2100 cannot be signing up as a student. Group Name: “NYLA” All membership forms for this contest Online: www.saratogaspringssuites.hamptoninn.com Online Group Code: NYL need to be received at the NYLA Reservation Cut-off Date: 9/20/2011 office by August 31, 2011. Please visit www.nyla.org for additional information about this contest.

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Thursday, November 3, 2011 continued 8:00am – 5:00pm 3:00pm – 4:00pm Leadership & Management Academy: Legal Issues NYLA Exclusive Trade Show Time

10:00am – 1:00pm 3:00pm – 4:00pm CE-A Workshop: Beyond the Bullet Point ASLS Library School Deans’ Meeting CE-B Workshop: Using Performance Metrics for Greater Success PLS CE-C Workshop: The Library as an Employer: CE Comm. 4:00pm – 5:15pm Legal Issues in Hiring and Employment Innovations between Libraries and Publishers ASLS Job Seeking After Prison CORT 10:00am – 5:00pm E-Government Services: from Wall Street to Main Street and the Backstreets GIRT CE-D Workshop: Mother Goose on the Loose YSS Sensitive and Effective Intervention Techniques LAMS Transferable Skills Keep You Rolling! NMRT 2:00pm – 5:00pm Publisher of the Community: New Librarianship Unencumbered by our Stacks PLS CE-E Workshop: Sign Language for Librarians CE Comm. Immigration Services, At-Risk Youth, and Re-entry Programs RLSP CE-F Workshop: Copyright Boot Camp for Librarians CE Comm. Emerging Trends in Technology for Librarians SMART Sex in YA Fiction: How Far is Too Far? YSS 5:00pm – 6:00pm Conference Programmers’ Meeting 5:30pm – 7:00pm Meet & Greet Reception with NMRT NMRT 6:00pm – 7:00pm Treasurers’ Meeting 5:30pm – 8:00pm PLS Author! Author! PLS 7:00pm – 10:00pm Board Meetings 7:00pm – 9:00pm NYLA Inaugural Celebration and Awards Banquet

Thursday, November 3, 2011 8:00am – 9:00am Friday, November 4, 2011 NYLA Networking Breakfast/Membership Meeting NYLA/NMRT 8:00am – 9:15am Tools for Digital Preservation and Asset Management ASLS 9:15am – 10:30am Kids Can Rock YOUR Library! EFRT High School to College Collaboration: Creating and ASLS Untold Story of Blacks and Latinos Who Came Through Ellis Island ESRT Preserving Information Literacy Skills in Students Networking for Career Success NMRT Inside Far From Home CORT Bond Basics for Financing Public Library Capital Projects NYLA Film Programs to ROCK Your Library World FILM RASS-berries, Bagels and Roundtables RASS Census Data: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly GIRT Public-School Library Cooperation ROCKS! SLMS NYS Education Commissioner SED/NYSL Library in Your Pocket – Mobile Trends for Libraries SMART Small Business Information: Resources that Won’t Break the Bank RASS Video Game Design: No Programming Needed YSS The 60 Second Sell RLRT Everything “E” – Ebooks Selection and Acquisition SMART 8:00am – 10:45am Rocking NY Teens with Social Media YSS I STILL Don’t Want to Talk About It LAMS

10:30am – 12:00pm 9:30am – 10:45am Trade Show Grand Opening (Diversity Fair) Stories of Our Past: Oral History Projects ASLS Successful Programming and Friends Groups EFRT 12:00pm – 1:30pm Sustainability, High Performance Buildings, and Integrative Design NYLA NYLA Keynote Luncheon Legal Issues for Association Libraries PLS Advocating Acceptance: Confronting Racism and Promoting REFORMA 1:45pm – 3:00pm Tolerance in Your Library Tools to Manage Your Website: Open Source vs. Proprietary ASLS Building a Dynamic Website ROCKS! SLMS Supporting Veterans and Military Families CORT Membership Meeting & FLASH Talks SMART American Memory: Time Travel Made EZ GIRT Telling Tales Performance YSS 21 More Ideas for 21st Century Libraries LAMS Talk Amongst Yourselves: Making Reading and Discussion Programs Work NYLA 11:00am – 12:30pm Devices: E-Readers, iPads, Apps - Successful Applications in Public Libraries PLS Exclusive Trade Show Time (Poster Sessions) Mystery Slam RASS Serving Deaf Customers in the Library RLSP 12:30pm – 2:00pm Read2day Summer Reading Program SLMS LAMS Luncheon: Library Leadership vs. Library Management LAMS RASS Luncheon RASS YSS Empire State Award Luncheon YSS

8 Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Conference Schedule at-a-Glance Organization Meeting Schedule 2:15pm – 3:30pm QR Codes Rock the Library on Your Phone BIRT Wednesday, November 2 All on the Same Page: Board-Friends-Director Relationships EFRT ESOL 101: English @ Your Library ESRT NYLA Joint Council Meeting Futureproofing Your Library NY3Rs Wednesday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm Teen Spaces Reimagined PLS NYLA 2011/2012 Conference Malcolm Hill Lecture: Lewis Lapham on the Arts of Reading PULISDO Programmers’ Meeting Teleconferencing: Delivering Library Service in the 21st Century SED/NYSL Wednesday, 5:00pm – 6:00pm Transliteracy: New Library Lingo SLSA NYLA Treasurers’ Meeting 2:15pm – 5:00pm Wednesday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm Confidentiality, the Patriot Act, and Your Library IFRT ASLS Board Meeting Wednesday, 6:45pm – 8:00pm 3:45pm – 5:00pm How May I Help You? Implementing the Single Service Desk in Libraries ASLS LAMS Board Meeting ESRT ROCKS! ESRT Wednesday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm Video Makes the Library Reading Star: Creating Visual Media FILM Profiles in Library Leadership LAMS PLS Board Meeting Safety and Security in Public Libraries LTA Wednesday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm PLS Table Talks PLS RASS Board Meeting Making Music at Your Library RASS Wednesday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm 2020 Vision for Library Services in NYS: the Discussion Continues SED/NYSL T(w)eens ROCK the Library! SLMS SLMS Board Meeting Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture SMART Wednesday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm Storytimes that Sizzle YSS SMART Board Meeting Wednesday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm 6:00pm – 10:00pm NYLA Scholarship Bash YSS Board Meeting Wednesday, 5:00pm – 11:00pm Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:00am – 9:15am The Fight for Freedom: the True Story of the Breadfruit ESRT Re-imagining Existing Library Space LAMS Mastering Conflict in the Workplace NMRT ABC’s of Fundraising NYLA Coffee Klatch with ALA ALA SLMS Membership Meeting and Hot Topics SLMS Declare Financial Independence: Become a Library District! NYLA

9:30am – 10:45am What do Our Users Want? Patron-driven Acquisitions Projects ASLS The First in the 21st NYLA Walking the Reference Desk RASS School Library Initiatives from NYSED SLMS Take It to the Cloud SMART YSS Table Talks YSS Tax Cap Impact on Libraries NYLA

11:00am – 12:15pm Meet the Filmmaker FILM Technology Policy and Planning from USNY SLMS Bullying and Cyberbullying SLSA One ILS to Rule Them All, One ILS to Find Them – SMART Norwich University’s WorldCat Local Experience Throw the Bums Out: a Weeding Workshop NYLA Empire State Center for the Book is for Everyone NYLA

12:30pm – 2:30pm NYLA Farewell Luncheon

Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 9 Deadlines 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Postmark Deadline: Fax Deadline: Conference Registration October 12, 2011 October 14, 2011 Late registrations may not reach NYLA staff. NYLA Annual Conference You must register and pay in person on-site November 2 - 5, 2011 if you miss the above deadlines. Saratoga Springs, NY Registration forms received after October 14, 2011 may be processed on-site. Please complete ONE form per person and return it to the NYLA office with payment 1. Attendee Information

Name: First Middle Initial Last Nickname for badge Organization Name: Your Title: o Home Mailing Address: o Business Street City State Zip Code Daytime Phone Number: ( ) Daytime Fax Number: ( )

Email Address: Special Needs: Attendees needing special accommodations such as meeting rooms, communication tools, meals and transportation are asked to inform the NYLA office by October 14, 2011.

I am (check all that apply). o Female o Male o Attending my first NYLA Conference o Attending as an Organizational Representative (only one per organization, attach letter from director) o A Vegetarian o A Retiree o A Student o A Trustee o An Unemployed Librarian o A Library Friend Group Member o Spouse of NYLA Member:

2. Conference Registration Fees and Plans (please select registration fee) 3. Personal Membership

A. Package Plan Registration - Includes: Badge, entry to all non-ticketed programs, Networking Breakfast/Membership Meeting, Trade Show, Keynote Luncheon, Scholarship Bash, Inaugural Celebration, and Farewell Luncheon. o First Time $25 Postmark Dates Early Bird (8/19) Advance (10/14) Late (after 10/14) o Regular/Renewing Income Dues NYLA Members o $298 o $338 o $358 o Trustee o Friend $30 up to $19,999 $35 Non-Members o $370 o $426 o $454 o Retired o Unemployed $30 $20,000 - $29,999 $60 B. Conference Registration - Includes: Badge, entry to all non-ticketed programs, Networking Breakfast/Membership Meeting o Library Assistants/ $30,000 - $39,999 $80 and the Trade Show. Support Staff $25 $40,000 - $49,999 $100 Postmark Dates Early Bird (8/19) Advance (10/14) Late (after 10/14) o Students $15 $50,000 and over $125 NYLA Members o $158 o $198 o $218 Non-Members o $220 o $276 o $304 Pick one complimentary section! Visit www.nyla.org To register for the “Conference Registration” plan at one of the discounted rates below, you must be a member for more information o Unemployed $50 o Retired $50 o Student $50 o Friend $50 o Trustee $50 o ASLS (Academic & Special Libraries) C. Single Day Registration - Includes: A badge, entry to all non-ticketed programs, and the Trade Show (Thursday or o LAMS (Library Administration & Management) Friday). Single Day Registration is for ONE DAY ONLY. o PLS ( Public Library) Please choose day: o Thursday o Friday o Saturday o RASS (Reference and Adult Services) Postmark Dates Early Bird (8/19) Advance (10/14) Late (after 10/14) o SLMS (School Library Media) NYLA Members o $100 o $112 o $125 o SMART (Management of Information Resources & Technology) Non-Members o $130 o $148 o $165 o YSS (Youth Services) To register for the “Single Day Registration” plan at one of the discounted rates below, you must be a member o Unemployed $25 o Retired $25 Join an additional Section for $7 o Student $25 o Friend $25 o Trustee $25

4. Special Events Roundtable(s) for members with special interests for only $5 each! Please check the following event(s) you would like to attend. Events listed in bold are included in the Package Plan Registration. Please note Visit www.nyla.org for more information that the Package Plan is not available when registering onsite. If you would like to purchase more than one ticket to an event, please indicate the number of tickets next to the event. o BIRT (Bibliographic Instruction) Wednesday, November 2 Friday, November 4 o CORT (Correctional Outreach Resource Team) o NYLA Leadership & Management Academy: Legal Issues – $130 o YSS Telling Tales – $15 o EFRT (Empire Friends) o Local Arrangements Tour: Trolley Tavern Tour – $30 o LAMS Luncheon – $34 o ESRT (Ethnic Services) o Local Arrangements Tour: Batcheller Mansion o RASS Noted Author Luncheon – $35 o FILM (Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies) o Tour, Tea, and a Book – $30 YSS Empire State Award Luncheon – $35 o GIRT (Government Information) o NYLA Scholarship Bash – $50 o IFRT (Intellectual Freedom) Thursday, November 3 o NYLA Networking Breakfast/Membership Meeting – FREE Saturday, November 5 o NMRT (New Members) (pre-registration required, space limited) o NYLA Farewell Luncheon – $30 o RLRT (Rural Libraries) o NYLA Keynote Luncheon – $33 o RLSP (Library Service to Special Populations) o PLS Author! Author! Event – $35 o RRT (Retiree) o NYLA Inaugural Celebration and Awards Banquet – $50 o SRRT (Social Responsibilities)

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5. Pre-Conference CE Workshops – Wednesday, November 2 Please check workshop(s) and applicable ticket price Morning Workshops (10:00am – 1:00pm) Postmark Date Early Bird (by 8/19) Advance (10/14) o CE-A: Beyond the Bullet Point Morning or Afternoon Workshop o CE-B: Using Performance Metrics for Greater Success NYLA Members: o $65 o $80 o CE-C: The Library as an Employer: Legal Issues in Hiring and Employment Non-Members: o $90 o $105

Full Day Workshops (10:00am – 5:00pm) Full Day Workshop o CE-D: Mother Goose on the Loose NYLA Members: o $100 o $115 Non-Members: o $125 o $140 Afternoon Workshops (2:00pm – 5:00pm) o CE-E: Sign Language for Librarians o CE-F: Copyright Boot Camp for Librarians

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NYLA Leadership & Management CE-B Workshop: Using Performance development and school readiness, as well as a hands-on Academy Programs Metrics for Greater Success “Mother Goose on the Loose” session. By the end of this These courses are offered as part of the NYLA Leadership & 10:00am – 1:00pm / PLS / 3 Contact Hours workshop, participants should feel comfortable planning Management Academy. There is a separate registration fee Using Performance Metrics for Greater Success will provide and running programs of their own. This workshop will be required to participate in these programs. All participants participants with a variety of quantitative tools to analyze the presented by Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of “Mother must complete the application form found on the web at performance of their libraries or systems on key metrics: operational Goose on the Loose.” www.nyla.org. and material expenditures, circulation program sessions and Speaker: attendance, visitor count, card registrations, and other key Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of “Mother Goose Legal Issues performance measures. The workshop will show attendees how on the Loose” 8:00am – 5:00pm they compare with similar libraries in their population groups. The This course focuses on the laws, rules and regulations at PLDS Statistical Report will be used as a primary resource tool. CE-E Workshop: Sign Language for Librarians the local, state and federal level that govern the operations Speaker: 2:00pm – 5:00pm / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours of libraries. James Keller, Queens Library Library faculty and staff will be introduced to deaf culture Speaker: and basic library related sign language. Learn a variety of Jim Farrell, Ossining Public Library CE-C Workshop: The Library as an things including: basic tips in communicating with deaf Employer: Legal Issues in Hiring and patrons, simple library related signs, strategies to make your Preconference Continuing Employment library more deaf friendly and resources to help participants continue their sign language and deaf culture education. Education Workshops 10:00am – 1:00pm / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours Speaker: NYLA’s Continuing Education Committee coordinates the The quality of a library’s staff largely determines the quality of Miranda Johnson Stefano presentation of these in-depth programs. Immerse yourself a library’s services. Learn how to identify and respond to legal in a full day presentation or enjoy a half day program in the issues concerning the hiring and employment of library staff. morning and/or afternoon. This workshop will address key developments in employment CE-F Workshop: Copyright Boot Camp laws applicable to libraries; critical issues in hiring; how and for Librarians CE-A Workshop: Beyond the Bullet Point why to develop personnel policies; best practices regarding 2:00pm – 5:00pm / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours 10:00am – 1:00pm / ASLS / 3 Contact Hours performance evaluations and discipline; application of the A primer session on copyright basics with an emphasis In this workshop, you will learn how to present information Civil Service Law; issues in collective bargaining; and the role on digital media, current issues, and topics of particular that does not rely only on bullet points and the usual of the board of trustees in personnel issues. relevance to librarians. You will gain a fundamental grasp presentation formats. You will learn ways to effectively Speakers: of copyright principle, understand current copyright issues, engage your audience, discover low-cost and free resources Ellen Bach, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna appreciate the tensions between the needs / missions of for graphics to help you deliver your message, examine Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman libraries and the demands of copyright-based industries, alternative presentation tools, learn basic principles of & Hanna and develop a realistic and pragmatic approach to copyright data visualization, gain an overview of tools to create law in a library setting. powerful data visualizations, and select appropriate tools CE-D Workshop: Mother Goose Speaker: to make your next presentation more effective. on the Loose Paul Rapp, The Law Office of Paul C. Rapp Speaker: 10:00am – 5:00pm / YSS / 6 Contact Hours Polly-Alida Farrington, PA Farrington Associates An all-day workshop with information about baby brain

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8:00am – 9:00am Everything “E” – Ebooks Selection and 21 More Ideas for 21st Century Libraries NYLA Networking Breakfast/ Acquisition Sponsors: LAMS, SLSA Membership Meeting Sponsors: SMART, PLS, SLSA This popular program returns with twenty-one more new see page 5 for details Experienced librarians will give best practices and current examples of library innovations including customer service, trends for ebook vendors, collection management and facilities, technology, and more. Program Slot #1 budgeting. Speakers: Kimberly Bolan Cullin, Kimberly Bolan and Associates 9:15am – 10:30am Speakers: Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library Rob Cullin, Evanced Solutions High School to College Collaboration: Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library Talk Amongst Yourselves: Making Reading Creating and Preserving Information Rocking NY Teens with Social Media and Discussion Programs Work Literacy Skills in Students Sponsors: YSS, SLMS Sponsors: NY Council for the Humanities, NYLA Sponsors: ASLS, SLMS, SLSA Join us for a short YSS General Membership meeting Want to get your patrons talking? Join librarians and Learn how the High School to College Program in WNY followed by a presentation from YA author Michelle Zink, representatives from the New York Council for the Humanities brings together secondary education and undergrad faculty who will discuss strategies for using social in a conversation about hosting great conversations. Learn and librarians to help students retain information literacy media to connect with teens. how to bring reading and discussion programs to your competencies as they move through the educational system. Speaker: library—for free! Speakers: Michelle Zink, author of the Prophecy of the Speakers: Andrew Yeager, Medaille College Sisters trilogy Erika Halstead, New York Council for the Humanities Ann Marie Wik, Lancaster Central SD Maryellen Cantanno, Freeport Memorial 10:30am – 12:00pm Regina Doi, Galway Public Library Inside Far from Home Trade Show Grand Opening (Diversity Fair) Debora Shon, Poughkeepsie Public Library District Sponsors: CORT, ESRT see page 5 for details Readers served by correctional facilities are a microcosm of Devices: E-Readers, iPads, Apps— library users everywhere; providing services to inmates from 12:00pm – 1:30pm many language backgrounds and cultures. Successful Applications in Public Libraries NYLA Keynote Luncheon Sponsors: PLS, SMART Speakers: see page 4 for details This session will include a forum and panel discussion of Brian Martin, NYS Dept. of Correctional Services successful applications of devices in public libraries including Corinne Leone, Gowanda Correctional Facility Program Slot #2 circulation, security, management tips, and discussion of current issues related to devices and content. Film Programs to ROCK Your Library World 1:45pm – 3:00pm Speakers: Sponsor: FILM Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library Business meeting followed by a panel of people from academic, Tools to Manage Your Website: Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library public, and school libraries to talk about fun film programs. Open Source vs. Proprietary Colleen Bland, Barnes and Noble Sponsor: ASLS Rene San Jose, Overdrive Census Data: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly Thinking of adopting a web content management system (CMS)? Learn the ins and outs of open source and Sponsor: GIRT Mystery Slam How are changes in Census Bureau data collection affecting proprietary options in a discussion of Drupal Sponsor: RASS users? Get the inside scoop on questions being raised as vs. Entre. Learn about the latest titles and trends from mystery well as tips and tricks for accessing and using the American Speakers: publishing insiders. Community Survey and the 2011 Census. Blake Carver, New York Power Authority Speakers: Speakers: Jaclyn McKewan, WNYLRC Amy Einhorn, Penguin Group Rocco Ferraro, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Jennifer Hershey, Ballentine Bantam Dell Joanna King, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Supporting Veterans and Military Families Liate Stehlik, HarperCollins Sponsor: CORT Hear from a panel of practitioners about successful ways NYS Education Commissioner Serving Deaf Customers in the Library Sponsors: SED/NYSL, NYLA, Leg. Committee, LTA they have provided materials and opportunities for veterans Sponsor: RLSP The NYS Education Commissioner will discuss the critical and military families, and developed community support. Learn about deafness and deaf culture; tips on sensitivity part that libraries play within education reform. Speakers: issues; assistive technology libraries can use to provide Speaker: Linda Deubert, Heermance Memorial Library outstanding service to the deaf community. NYS Education Commissioner Rob Hoffman, Groveland Correctional Facility Andy Davis, Saratoga County Veterans Service Agency Speaker: Matthew Moore, editor, Deaf Life and author of For Hearing Small Business Information: People Only Resources that Won’t Break the Bank American Memory: Time Travel Made EZ Sponsors: GIRT, SLMS Sponsor: RASS Read2day Summer Reading Program Free and low-cost information is available on the web that Read from Walt Whitman’s notebooks, watch a Krazy Kat cartoon, or listen to some Civil War band music! With Sponsors: SLMS, YSS, SLSA can help libraries assist local small business start-ups and Engage high school students in summer reading through existing small businesses. This session will take you through American Memory, you can learn about this priceless and free resource from the Library of Congress and soon you’ll a wiki, Skype, Candor, and a blog. Working with an English several major websites that are rocking with valuable tools. teacher, the librarian implemented the Read2day program. Speakers: be going back in time with your patrons – learning history and enjoying it! Speaker: Kristen McDonough, Science, Industry and Business Library Tina Laramie, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill CSD William Brigham, Albany Small Business Development Center Speaker: Kacper Jarecki, Queens Library @ Long Island City 3:00pm – 4:00pm The 60 Second Sell Exclusive Trade Show Time Sponsors: RLRT, NMRT Learn strategies to create quick, engaging talks you can use 3:00pm – 4:00pm to effectively promote anything—a new library service, an Library School Deans’ Meeting upcoming program, a new project, or yourself! Speaker: Martha M. McCormick, Capital EAP

Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 13 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Thursday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #3 successful interactions with emotionally charged and Emerging Trends in Technology 4:00pm – 5:15pm mentally ill library users. for Librarians Speakers: Sponsors: SMART, ASLS, SLSA Innovations Between Libraries Dr. Lisa Norelli, Ph.D, Capital District Psychiatric Center A panel discussion and overview of current new trends in Dr. Ronald Gerrol, Ph.D, Capital District Psychiatric Center and Publishers library technologies. Sponsor: ASLS Speakers: Learn how Columbia Libraries’ Center for Digital Research Transferable Skills Keep You Rolling! Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State College Sponsor: NMRT and Scholarship is creating research repositories and Edward Corrado, Binghamton University Panelists will share how skills developed in one job have data support and forging partnerships with publishers to Blake Carver, NY Power Authority benefited them in another, including examples from non- enhance scholarly communication. librarian to librarian positions (and the reverse!) and from Speaker: Sex in YA Fiction: How Far is Too Far? one type of library to another. Rebecca Kennison, Columbia University Sponsor: YSS, SLMS Center for Digital Research and Scholarship Speakers: With publishers becoming so permissive, librarians face Maria Kessler McShane, The College of Saint Rose tough purchasing decisions. Join YA author, Eric Luper, as Margaret Lanoue, Guilderland Public Library he shares the experiences authors, editors Job Seeking After Prison Jill M. Tarabula, Clinton Community College Sponsor: CORT and agents face with this tough issue. Jill Wilson, Hiscock and Barclay, LLP Learn how to guide previously incarcerated patrons to Speaker: unrestricted employment and licensing opportunities, and Eric Luper, author of Seth Baumgartner’s Love about targeted support that has been successful in public Publisher of the Community: New Manifesto, Bug Boy, & Big Slick libraries. Librarianship Unencumbered by our Stacks Speaker: Sponsor: PLS 5:30pm – 7:00pm Representative from Saratoga County Employment & Training Imagine libraries are places to learn and create, not Meet & Greet Reception with NMRT consume and check out. Imagine the day when every book see page 5 for details E-Government Services: from Wall Street published is not only available digitally, but at a very low cost...... imagine. Dave Lankes is the Director of Library 5:30pm – 8:00pm to Main Street and the Backstreets Science at Syracuse University and is a passionate advocate Sponsor: GIRT PLS Author! Author! for librarians and their essential role in today’s society. Learn about e-government services, and how it is re- see page 5 for details Speaker: shaping today’s reference services. Gain knowledge and R. David Lankes, Syracuse University iSchool understanding of the E-government Act of 2002 and how 7:00pm – 9:00pm e-government affects the constituents we service from NYLA Inaugural Celebration and workforce development to healthcare. Immigration Services, At-Risk Youth, and Awards Banquet Speaker: Re-entry Programs see page 5 for details S. Michele Echols, Queens Library @ Long Island City Sponsor: RLSP, ESRT Overview of two social services agencies in New York Sensitive and Effective Intervention City and how their numerous programs can be modeled throughout the state. Techniques Speakers: Sponsor: LAMS Pooja Asnani, The Door A clinical psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist share Debbie Boar, The Harlem Community Justice Center tools and techniques for library staff to employ to produce

14 Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Denotes President’s Program Friday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #4 RASS-berries, Bagels, and Roundtables Successful Programming and 8:00am – 9:15am Sponsor: RASS Friends Groups Join RASS leaders for a discussion on a variety of hot “table Sponsors: EFRT, PLS Tools for Digital Preservation and talks.” Membership meeting to follow. Friends groups can be a wealth of ideas when it comes to Asset Management Speaker: bringing patrons into the library again and again. You will Sharon Cox, Queens Library Sponsor: ASLS gain ideas to increase traffic in your library. Learn how two university libraries are preserving digital Speaker: materials using Ex Libris’ Rosetta and Luna Imaging’s Luna. Library in Your Pocket – Kathy Adam, Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library Speakers: Mobile Trends for Libraries Mark Wolff, SUNY Albany Sponsors: SMART, BIRT, PLS Legal Issues for Association Libraries Edward Corrado, SUNY Binghamton An overview of mobile applications and how they can help Sponsors: PLS, IFRT Rachel Jaffee, SUNY Binghamton library patrons as well as bring the library Discussion of legal Issues specific to association libraries. Molly O’Brien, SUNY Binghamton to community members who are not regular Speakers: library users. Randy L. Braun, Attorney-at-Law Kids Can Rock YOUR Library! Speaker: Sue Considine, Fayetteville Free Library Sponsors: EFRT, YSS, SLMS Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Wendy Scott, Dewitt Community Library Listen to officers of the Jr. Friends of the Weedsport Library talk about their activities, trips, and fundraisers. Find out how Video Game Design: Advocating Acceptance: Confronting Racism you can encourage student participation in your library! No Programming Needed and Promoting Tolerance in Your Library Speakers: Sponsor: YSS Sponsors: REFORMA, ESRT Anne Mlod, Genesee Elementary School “I’m going to make video games when I grow up!” With free Language and cultural differences and a lack of Holly Dietsche, Jr. Friends of the Weedsport Library applications, you can teach yourself and your library teens understanding among people of various ethnic groups Cheryl Austin, Weedsport Free Library to design video games, without programming knowledge! can create considerable tension. This panel will share Speaker: experiences of successful programs at different libraries Untold Story of Blacks and Latinos Who Trevor Oakley, Saratoga Springs Public Library that have helped to change attitudes and promote Came Through Ellis Island understanding and acceptance. Sponsors: ESRT, REFORMA I STILL Don’t Want to Talk About It Speakers: Although Blacks and Latinos immigrated through Ellis Island, (double session 8:00am – 10:45am) Renate Dunsmore, White Branch Library there is limited or no published information related to them Sponsor: LAMS Jean M. Kaleda, Patchogue-Medford Library coming through Ellis Island. Learn about this “unwritten” history This popular program returns with more thought provoking Gilda Ramos, Patchogue-Medford Library of America and how you can improve your collection and offer discussion on sensitive administrative/personnel issues Lisa Melendez, Suffolk Community College unique library programming to empower your customers. such as discipline, evaluations, policies that all libraries Speakers: face at some point. Building a Dynamic Website ROCKS! Margaret Gibson, Queens Library @ Elmhurst Speakers: Sponsors: SLMS, SLSA Sarah Aponte, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Jerry Nichols, Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization Learn about free, user-friendly online tools for building and Management websites and how to use these websites to support student Networking for Career Success Doreen Woods, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library research, online library access, book promotion and more! Sponsor: NMRT Speaker: Discover the tactics it takes to build your network, including Program Slot #5 Joanna Zant, Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis Library, St. how to work a room, the three circles of influence, and how to 9:30am – 10:45am John’s University integrate social media into a comprehensive networking strategy. Stories of Our Past: Oral History Projects Membership Meeting & FLASH Talks Speaker: Sponsors: ASLS, EFRT Sponsor: SMART Dr. Thomas J. Denham, Careers In Transition LLC Collecting oral histories helps us capture the collective Annual meeting and presentations of new initiatives in NYS memories of a community. Come hear about the libraries in a shortened “flash talk” format. Bond Basics for Financing Public Library implementation of several oral history projects in NYS. Speaker: Sarah Maximiek, Binghamton University Capital Projects Speakers: Sponsors: NYLA, EFRT Reagan Brumagen, Radkow Library, Corning Museum of Glass An overview for public library districts and not-for-profit libraries Jim Gandy, NYS Military Museum Telling Tales Performance on the legal steps required to authorize the financing of new Ellen McHale, NYS Folklore Society Sponsor: YSS library facilities as well as improvements to existing libraries YSS’s annual story- and various financing techniques available. Sustainability, High Performance telling event and fundraiser for the Ann Speaker: Buildings, and Integrative Design Gibson Scholarship Douglas E. Goodfriend, Esq., Orrick Herrington Sponsor: NYLA Fund. Tickets are $15 + Sutcliffe LLP As sustainability becomes an increasing focus in our and can be purchased at the registration desk. society, libraries, in their roles as educators, need to lead Speakers: the way by focusing on indoor environmental quality, energy Carol Connolly and Don Darmer, Tales ‘n Tunes Storytelling Duo, Public-School Library Cooperation ROCKS! consumption, water, and environmental impacts. Learn the Marni Gillard Sponsors: SLMS, PLS, SLSA principles of collaborative and integrative design and how Margaret French How to make your public or school library program even they can be addressed in the operation, maintenance, and better? Cooperation is the answer! Learn how these school construction of your facility. 11:00am – 12:30pm and public librarians are working together to build stronger Speakers: library programs. Matthew Bollerman, Westhampton Free Library Exclusive Trade Show Time (Poster Sessions) Speakers: Victor Canseco, Sandpebble Builders, Inc. Lynda Kennedy, New York Public Library Bob Viola, Sandpebble Builders, Inc. 12:30pm – 2:00pm Hilary Virgil, Cobleskill-Richmondville CSD Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS • LAMS Luncheon: Library Leadership Lee Ricci, Community Library, Cobleskill vs. Library Management Amy Jo Southworth, Bayshore CSD • RASS Luncheon • YSS Empire State Award Luncheon see page 5 for details

Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 15 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Friday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #6 Teleconferencing: Delivering Library ESRT ROCKS! 2:15pm – 3:30pm Service in the 21st Century Sponsor: ESRT Sponsors: SED/NYSL, SMART, PLS Everyone’s invited! Come listen to fun music and learn how QR Codes Rock the Library on Your Phone A panel consisting of public library staff using teleconferencing you can get involved! Sponsors: BIRT, SMART, SLSA services as part of their participation in the state library’s QR (Quick Response) codes can provide seamless access Broadbandexpress@yourlibrary project will discuss the uses and Safety and Security in Public Libraries to tutorial and informational material. As more and more issues involved with this type of technology in a public library. Sponsor: LTA patrons have camera-enabled mobile Learn ways to address patrons who violate library policy; phones, these 2D barcodes become more Transliteracy: New Library Lingo patrons who demonstrate behavioral problems; criminal important for libraries. Sponsors: SLSA, SLMS activity; and how to proactively deal with Tweens and Speaker: This session will focus on the changing world of literacy. Teens. Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Librarians are in the literacy business, but literacy has a Speaker: new face. Come learn what the new face Michael Daly, Queens Library All on the Same Page: Board-Friends- of reading resembles and what skills are Director Relationships necessary for success in our digital world. PLS Table Talks Sponsors: EFRT, PLS Speaker: Sponsor: PLS The Library Board, Director, and Friends group all work Paige Jaeger, WSWHE BOCES SLS Saratoga Annual meeting, awards, program. together—or should. Listen to stories where this has been Speaker: successful and where it has been unsuccessful and became Confidentiality, the Patriot Act, and Your Fayetteville Free Library Librarians—Digital Devices Discussion a success story. Library (double session 2:15pm – 5:00pm) and “Sandbox” Speaker: Sponsors: IFRT, PLS Judith Jerome, Dunham Public Library This two-part session is a follow-up to the “Why Confidentiality Making Music at Your Library Law Matters to Your Library” from the 2010 Conference. It will Sponsor: RASS ESOL 101: English @ Your Library feature Randy Braun, a knowledgeable attorney, and Peter Speakers: Sponsors: ESRT, REFORMA Chase, one of the “Connecticut John Does” Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library Is your library providing this vital service to the community? who helped expose the Justice Department Aaron Friedman, Make Music NY Learn about having a successful ESOL Program at your demanding library user records under false Lambert Shell, Queens Library library by working with volunteers, applying for grants, and pretenses. If you would like to have specific watching out for common pitfalls! There will be a Q&A questions answered at this session, please 2020 Vision for Library Services in NYS: session at the end. forward them to [email protected]. the Discussion Continues Speakers: Speakers: Sponsors: SED/NYSL, LTA, NYLA Susan Dalmas, Queens Library Randy L. Braun, Attorney-at-Law Discuss New York State’s new draft statewide policy plan for Peggy Kyrkostas O’Hanlon, Port Washington Public Library Peter Chase, Plainville (CT) Public Library library services with members of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries and other library and education leaders. Futureproofing Your Library Program Slot #7 Speakers: Sponsor: NY3Rs 3:45pm – 5:00pm Bridget Quinn-Carey, NYS Regents Advisory Council on Libraries In this lively, interactive session, George Needham will offer John Hammond, RAC Taskforce on 2020 Vision Planning strategies for “futureproofing” your library—building on a How May I Help You? Implementing the Marcia Eggleston, President, NYLA continuum that links the valuable library services we’ve Single Service Desk in Libraries Mary Ellen O’Connor, President, LTA of NYS built and loved to the possibilities offered by Sponsor: ASLS Jeffrey Cannell, Deputy Commissioner for a changing environment. The need to create efficiencies combined with lower in- Cultural Education Speaker: person demand for reference has caused some libraries to George Needham, OCLC Online Computer consolidate reference and circ tasks at a single desk. Learn T(w)eens ROCK the Library! Library Center how this model is working for one academic library. Sponsors: SLMS, YSS, SLSA Speaker: Libraries must create a culture of connectedness for teens Teen Spaces Reimagined Jill Dixon, Binghamton University and tweens. Encouraging patron leadership in planning and Sponsors: PLS, YSS, SLMS participating in library programming increases a sense of Forum/panel discussion of public libraries innovative and Video Makes the Library Reading Star: ownership and active involvement. creative use of teen spaces to meet the need of today’s Creating Visual Media Speakers: Sue Kowalski, Pine Grove Middle School users. Sponsor: FILM Rebecca Buerkett, Franklin Academy High School Speakers: Authors and librarians who have become creators of library Pete Cioppa, Fayetteville Free Library related visual media will share their experiences and discuss Sauntee Burms, New York Public Library things to consider before launching a video production Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture Sue Kowalski, Pine Grove Middle School project. Hear how book trailer videos can increase traffic Sponsor: SMART on your website. A presentation about the Open Library, Internet Archive, Malcolm Hill Lecture: Lewis Lapham on Speakers: Google Books and other projects to allow access to the Arts of Reading Barbara Dee, author of tween fiction, Trauma Queen intellectual content through the internet. Sponsor: PULISDO Marilyn Johnson, author, This Book is Overdue Internationally recognized speaker Lewis H. Lapham is Zahra M. Baird, Chappaqua Library Storytimes that Sizzle the editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, A Magazine of History Sponsor: YSS and Ideas. He also serves as editor emeritus and national Profiles in Library Leadership Stuck in a storytime rut? Join us for an interactive program where correspondent for Harper’s Magazine, and is the author of Sponsor: LAMS we’ll explore all kinds of storytime enhancers, from shakers, numerous books, including Money and Class in America, Illustrated with two examples from the front lines of library scarves, and silly songs to participatory props and pom-poms! Theater of War, Gag Rule, and, most recently, Pretensions leadership, this program will demonstrate how to become Speakers: to Empire. Mr. Lapham will share his thoughts and ideas on a library leader and how to identify opportunities for Molly Chatt, East Greenbush Community Library the art and future of reading. leadership in your own department, library, or community. Rose Stuart, East Greenbush Community Library Speaker: Speakers: Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly Leslie Burger, Princeton Public Library, Past ALA President 6:00pm – 10:00pm Bridget Quinn-Carey, Queens Library NYLA Scholarship Bash Gillian Thorpe, Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library see page 5 for details

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The Fight for Freedom: the True Story of What do Our Users Want? Patron-driven Meet the Filmmaker the Breadfruit Acquisitions Projects Sponsor: FILM Sponsor: ESRT Sponsor: ASLS A Q&A screening with an independent filmmaker. What do the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution and Learn how to enhance your library’s collection in a cost the Breadfruit have in common? Come and hear the true effective, practical way through purchase on demand and Technology Policy and story behind the book and movie, Mutiny on the Bounty and other patron driven acquisition models. Planning from USNY see how we are all connected in the stream of history. Speakers: Sponsors: SLMS, SLSA Speaker: Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo The role of librarians in establishing online learning programs Michael Brice, South Hollis @ Queens Library Marcy Strong, University of Rochester and Internet safety/instruction in schools Sheila Smokey, Rochester Institute of and communities will be discussed. An Re-imagining Existing Library Space Technology updated Internet Safety Resource Toolkit will Sponsor: LAMS be shared. Learn how to re-imagine, re-configure, and re-purpose The First in the 21st Speakers: spaces in your library without a major renovation. An Sponsors: NYLA, IFRT Dr. Lawrence Paska, Office of Educational experienced library architect and a librarian Hear our panelists discuss the state of the First Amendment Design and Technology, New York SED who has transformed her own library will in the 21st Century/post 9/11 age as it John P. Brock, Office of Educational Design help you see the possibilities of what your relates to libraries, books, eBooks, etc. and Technology, New York SED library could be with a little creativity and Speakers: imagination. Joan Bertin, National Coalition Against Censorship Bullying and Cyberbullying Speakers: Joe Raiola, MAD Magazine Sponsor: SLSA Paul Mays, Butler Roland Mays Architects This session will address current trends in bullying, Rosemary Cooper, Albert Wisner Public Library Walking the Reference Desk cyberbullying, and cyberthreats. Sponsor: RASS Speaker: Mastering Conflict in the Workplace Trooper George H. Murphy Jr., School & Community Outreach Sponsor: NMRT School Library Initiatives from NYSED Coordinator How do you treat difficult people—the ones you don’t understand Sponsors: SLMS, SED/NYSL, SLSA and can’t relate to? Learn strategies to deal with Interactive discussion and presentation addressing One ILS to Rule Them All, One ILS to Find them and to make conflict productive. Board of Regents Reform Agenda, Race to the Top, AASL Them – Norwich University’s WorldCat Speaker: Standards and Information Fluency Continuums, APPR, Local Experience Evelyn Butrico, East Greenbush Community SLMPE, Commissioner’s Regulations 100.2, BEDS, and the Sponsor: SMART Library P-16 data system. Elliot Polak, Head of Technology from Norwich University, Speakers: will explain how the WorldCat Local catalog ABC’s of Fundraising John P. Brock, Office of Educational Design program was started and how it is working Sponsor: NYLA and Technology from a staff viewpoint. Learn how to encourage funding sources to support the Cassie Artale, New York State Library, Division Speaker: mission of your Library. Explore the “Exchange Relationship” of Library Development Elliot Polak, Norwich University and analyze why people, corporations, and foundations give. In this session, we will review various fundraising Take it to the Cloud Throw the Bums Out: techniques and how to determine which Sponsor: SMART A Weeding Workshop tactics will be most effective in achieving Cloud Computing, Web-Scale, and similar terminology has Sponsor: NYLA your goals. become common in libraries. This session will discuss what Overcome your reluctance to weed, establish practices for Speaker: it is and will provide examples of how cloud based solutions continual weeding, make informed decisions about each Ron Barrows, The Barrows Group are being implemented. item, and get your staff, trustees, and public on board. For Speaker: public and school librarians. Coffee Klatch with ALA Edward Corrado, SUNY Binghamton Speakers: Sponsors: ALA, NYLA Rachel Jaffe, SUNY Binghamton Mary J. Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System Come hear an update on ALA initiatives and activities, as Molly O’Brien, SUNY Binghamton Jo-Ann M. Benedetti, Upper Hudson Library System well as opportunities for you and your library. YSS Table Talks Empire State Center for the SLMS Membership Meeting and Sponsor: YSS Book is for Everyone Roundtable discussions and hands-on activities for children’s Hot Topics Sponsor: NYLA, Empire State Center for the Book, New York and young adult programming and services. Topics include: Sponsor: SLMS Council for the Humanities Anime/Manga Clubs; PAWS for Reading; SRP Crafts for Kids; Following a brief meeting at which the new SLMS President Learn about the Empire State Center for the Book, New What To Do When It’s Due Tomorrow; Together – Book Talk will accept the gavel from Fran Roscello, Core Curriculum, York’s affiliate of the Library of Congress’ national Center for Kids and Parents; The Morgue, The Merrier: Horror Lit & APPR, and other hot topics will be discussed in small for the Book. Letters About Literature, the New York State Teens; Tell Me a Story: Audiobooks for Children, Tweens and groups. Writers Hall of Fame and the Empire State Book Festival Teens; Baby Storytime Keepsake Flannel Book; As Seen on Speaker: are some of the center’s current activities. Learn how you, TV – Programs for Teens; SRP Crafts for Teens Fran Roscello, SLMS President your library and your community can become involved with the center. Declare Financial Independence: Tax Cap Impact on Libraries Speaker: Become a Library District! Sponsor: NYLA Rocco Staino Sponsor: NYLA An analysis of the tax cap legislation and its An overview of the procedures to become a library district impact on library budgets. 12:30pm – 2:30pm and how to sell it to your voters. Speakers: NYLA Farewell Luncheon Ellen Bach, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Speaker: see page 5 for details Libby Post, Communication Services Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

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Attend the NYLA Annual Trade Show, November 3 & 4, 2011, to discover what’s new in library equipment, technology, and services.

Don’t forget to visit the exhibitors at the NYLA Trade Preliminary List of Exhibitors Show. This exciting annual showcase features the latest and greatest products and services available to A. R. Kropp Co & Sons JanWay Co the library community. American Interfile and Library Relocation Services Joseph P. Price Agency, Inc The Trade Show is your opportunity to give the vendors AudioGo Liberty Mutual feedback on their products and let them know how to AWE Inc Library Insight Inc best meet your needs and the needs of your library. Basch Subscriptions, Inc Mandarin Library Automation Exhibitor participation makes the conference affordable Blackstone Audio Mango Languages for attendees, so be sure you show your thanks by BOT/Listening Library Marshall Cavendish / M.E. Sharp visiting them. Brodart Co National Library Relocations Inc Caregiver's Path.com New York Long Term Care Brokers Trade Show Hours: Clancy-Cullen Moving & Storage New York State Public Entities Safety Group 497 Thursday, November 3, 2011 Combined Book Exhibit New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) 10:30am – 6:00pm Communication Corner Inc NuTech Products Communication Services Palombo Group Ribbon Cutting Grand Opening Ceremony Creative Library Concepts Penworthy Group 10:30am Demco Interiors Playaway-Findaway World Exclusive Trade Show Time: Donohue Group Inc Plymouth Rocket Inc 10:30am – 12:00pm Drummey Rosane Anderson Inc (DRA Architects) Polaris Library Systems 3:00pm – 4:00pm Dr. Oliver Akamnonu Authors & Publishers Quality Books Inc Educational Furnishings Co Recorded Books Friday, November 4, 2011 Evanced Solutions RTI Disc Repair 9:00am – 2:30pm Gale Group Sandpebble Builders Gaylord Bros SUNY Press / Research Foundation of SUNY Exclusive Trade Show Time: Globe Pequot Press Syracuse University Press 11:00am – 12:30pm Guildcraft Arts & Crafts Triton Construction H. W. Wilson W. T. Cox Subscriptions Exclusive Trade Show Time has been set aside during the Hale Manufacturing World Book Inc conference when no other programming will be taking Images Integrator, LLC place, to allow you time to explore and experience the Inner Space Systems Inc *BOLD Indicates NYLA Vendor Partner Trade Show. Innovative Interfaces Inc

18 Visit www.nyla.org for expanded conference information and registration 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog My Personal Conference Schedule

Use this chart to create your own personal itinerary of events for the 2011 NYLA Conference. Fill in the program you wish to attend during each of the program slots.

Wednesday, November 2 Friday, November 4

Pre-Conference Continuing Education Workshops 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Program slot #4 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Morning Session Full Day Continuing 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Program slot #5 Education Programs 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Afternoon Session 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Exclusive Trade Show Time

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Thursday, November 3 LAMS/RASS/YSS Luncheons (registration required)

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM NYLA Network Breakfast/Membership Meeting (registration required) Program Slot #6

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Program Slot #1 Program Slot #7

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NYLA Scholarship Bash (registration required) Trade Show Grand Opening

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Saturday, November 5 NYLA Keynote Luncheon (registration required) 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Program Slot #8 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM Program Slot #2 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Program Slot #9 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Exclusive Trade Show Time 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Program Slot #10 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Program Slot #3 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Conference Farewell Luncheon (registration required) 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Section & Alumni Receptions

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM PLS Author! Author! (registration required) Please note this schedule is provided for your own personal use only. You do not need to submit this as part of your registration. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Completing this form in no way implies registration for or guarantees NYLA Inaugural Celebration and Awards Banquet (registration required) entrance to any particular program.

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