Annual Conference

Conference Catalog November 3 - 6, 2011 Saratoga Springs, NY

What’s Inside

4 Special Guests

6 Local Information

8 Programs by Time

10 Wednesday Programs

12 Thursday Programs

15 Friday Programs

18 Saturday Programs

20 Membership Information

22 General Information

24 Programs by Sponsor

28 NYLA Exhibitor Listing

34 Trade Show Map

36 Saratoga Hilton Map

38 My Personal Conference Schedule 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Introduction New York Library Association NYLA Council 2011 6021 State Farm Road / Guilderland, NY 12084 518-432-NYLA (6952) / 800-252-NYLA (6952) President ASLS President Councilors-at-Large www.nyla.org / [email protected] Marcia Eggleston Blake Carver Debby Emerson Ellen Rubin Executive Director President-Elect LAMS President Gail Barraco Michael J. Borges Matt Bollerman Julie Hamrah Johnson Jennifer Morris Tom Bindeman Deputy Director Immediate Past-President PLS President Mary Donohue Jeremy Johannesen Kathy Miller Geoffrey S. Kirkpatrick Accounting Director ALA Councilor-at-Large Galina Tsvaygenbaum Treasurer RASS President Rocco Staino Christine McDonald Sharon Cox Marketing and Communications Manager Cara Longobardi SSL President Membership Coordinator Frances Roscello Lois Powell SMART President Special Projects Coordinator Sarah Maximiek Mary Anne Waltz YSS President The NYLA Annual Conference Final Program is published annually Roseanne Cerny 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 SSL Section of School Librarians – 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 Special Thanks to Our 2011 ESRT Ethnic Services – Kacper Jarecki NYLA Annual Conference Sponsors: GIRT Government Information – Rosemary LaSala IFRT Intellectual Freedom – Bob Devino NMRT New Members – Mary Lindner • Communication Services RLRT Rural Libraries – Joan Pellikka RLSP Library Services to Special Populations – Brigid Cahalan • Evanced Solutions RRT Retiree Roundtable – Bernie Tomasso Committee Programmers • EBSCO CE Continuing Education – Deborah Emerson Exhibits Exhibits/Trade Show – Rocco Staino • Mango Languages LC Legislative – Jean Sheviak • Habiterra Architecture & Affiliate Programmers LTA Library Trustees Association of New York – George L. Stamatiades Landscaping Architecture, PC NY3Rs New York 3Rs Association – Nora Hardy NYSLAA New York State Library Assistants’ Association – Donna Kuhner • JanWay PULISDO New York State Public Library System Directors – Tim Burke and Carol Clingan REFORMA Manuel Figueroa • A.L.D. Services, Inc. SED/NYSL State Education Department/NYS Library – Mary Beth Farr SLSA School Library System Association – Rebecca Gerald • Library Interiors, Inc.

2 Conference Facts Marcia Eggleston, Ellen Rubin, and the 2011 NYLA Conference Programmers invite you to join the library community of New York State at the Registration Desk Saratoga Hilton / Lobby Wednesday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Thursday, 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM 2011 NYLA Annual Conference Friday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday, 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Wednesday, November 3 – Saturday, November 6, 2011 Saratoga Springs, NY NYLA Store Hours Booths 97 & 98 of the Trade Show Thursday, 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM Whether you work for the large New York Public Library, which is Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Saratoga Ballroom celebrating its 100th birthday this year, or the small Hepburn Library in Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Norfolk, which turns 90 this year, New York Libraries ROCK! Each library Internet Café & Lounge in our state is run by dedicated library staff members who do their very best Saratoga Hilton / Phila Wednesday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM to provide access to a wide range of resources in both the physical and digital Thursday, 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM worlds. From pre-school story hours to senior citizens’ Internet workshops, Friday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday, 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM patrons of all ages are assisted by professional librarians and library staff to find Conference Bookstore whatever they need. Saratoga Hilton / Pavilion At this conference, you will find CE workshops to help you effectively Wednesday, 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM Thursday, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM present information, use performance metrics for greater success, study baby Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM Saturday, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM brain development and school readiness, learn sign language, and understand the latest rules regarding copyrights in the digital age. NYLA Library Goods & Services Exhibitor Trade Show During the conference, you can choose from workshops on high school to Saratoga City Center Thursday, 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM college collaboration, reading in correctional facilities, film programs, census Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM data, small business information, supporting veterans and military families, Trade Show Exploration Time hear about the latest e-readers, iPads, and apps, and meet with NYS Education Thursday 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Commissioner John King, among many other offerings. All of these workshops 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM provide insight into the library world in all different types of libraries and for Friday all kinds of library patrons. 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM There are many special programs for you to take advantage of, such as the Trade Show Special Events YSS annual storytelling event, the LAMS, RASS, and YSS luncheons, as well Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Saratoga Hilton / Lobby as the PLS Author! Author! event. Don’t forget to attend the NYLA Inaugural Thursday, 10:30 AM

Dinner and the Scholarship Bash. Our two special events, the keynote luncheon Diversity Fair with Sonia Manzano and the conference farewell luncheon with Joe Raiola are Saratoga City Center / Trade Show Lounge Thursday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM also not to be missed. Poster Sessions Please take the time to visit the 2011 conference trade show to see the Saratoga City Center / Trade Show Lounge latest and greatest products our vendors have to offer and to thank them for Friday, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM coming to Saratoga this year. NYLA Membership Meeting Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom Join us in networking with librarians from all over the state at our annual Thursday, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM conference to show how New York Libraries ROCK! Section Luncheons LAMS Luncheon RASS Noted Author Luncheon YSS Empire State Award Luncheon Friday, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

NYLA Inaugural Celebration Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom Thursday, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

NYLA Scholarship Bash Saratoga Gaming and Raceway Friday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Conference Farewell Luncheon Marcia Eggleston Ellen Rubin Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom NYLA President Conference Chair Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

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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 circuit Award winning television writer, for nearly two decades, Joe and author of two children’s books 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 as College in New York, where the show was captured live and 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, This is a ticketed event. Please see Registration Desk 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. This is a ticketed event. Please see Registration Desk for details.

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2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Local Saratoga Springs Information & Tours

A mix of culture, past and present, makes Saratoga Springs Compton’s Restaurant a popular destination. Stop by the Local Arrangements Saratoga Attractions 457 Broadway | (518) 584-9632 table to get the insiders’ scoop on the best places to play, As found on www.discoversaratoga.org Family-operated with breakfast and lunch served all day. dine, and shop. We’ve planned some high-quality tours to Friendly, quick service at reasonable prices. round out your stay. Won’t you join us? Saratoga National Historical Park Rt. 4 & 32 | Stillwater Country Corner Café @ 165 High Rock Ave. Stores in Saratoga Springs (518) 664-9821 165 High Rock Avenue | (518) 584-8300 Celebrate your inner shopper… with enticing boutiques… http://www.nps.gov/sara/ Serving breakfast & lunch 7 days. In-house bakery making cozy bookstores… cool outdoor outfitters… antiques… Site of the first significant American military victory during muffins, scones, and desserts. Gift shop featuring our and your favorite national retailers… You can spend days the Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga rank among the homemade preserves, fresh butter cream fudge and other shopping in Saratoga. fifteen most decisive battles in world history. The Battlefield specialty items. Visitor Center is open daily from 9am to 5pm. No fee required in November. Dine Like Kings Forno Bistro So many wonderful restaurants in Saratoga Springs, New 541 Broadway | (518) 581-2401 York – so little time! Choose from charming sidewalk cafés, National Museum of Dance Located at the edge of Broadway, Forno Bistro offers a fireside inns, intimate bistros, gourmet restaurants, and 99 South Broadway | Saratoga Springs variety of rustic Italian food, Tuscan style. From the thin informal fun spots. (518) 584-2225 crust, wood fired pizza to the homemade pastas in an www.dancemuseum.org elegant but casual atmosphere. Saratoga is Queen of the Spas Located in the former Washington Bath House, a spacious, airy 1918 Arts and Crafts–style building, in the Saratoga Relax with a mineral bath, soothing massage, loofah scrub, Four Seasons Natural Foods Store State Park, it is the only museum in the country dedicated or seaweed wrap… Visitors and guests just love Saratoga’s to American professional dance. Open to the public Tue- And Cafe famous spas! Sun, 10-4:30; beginning Nov. 5, Fri-Sun 10-4. 33 Phila Street | (518) 584-4670 Fine vegetarian ethnic cuisine and natural foods shopping. Horses, of course Serving lunch and dinner 7 days. Daily specials, soups, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery Discover the horses that make Saratoga Springs, New salads, sandwiches, organic produce, vitamins and more! Skidmore College York, famous at the National Museum of Racing and Hall 815 Broadway | Saratoga Springs of Fame… then take in the live action at the Saratoga (518) 580-8080 Hattie’s Restaurant Raceway! tang.skidmore.edu 45 Phila Street | (518) 584-4790 One of the first interdisciplinary museums of its kind in Authentic Southern & Louisiana cuisine. Serving dinner Learn Something New the country, the Tang develops exhibitions and programs Wed-Sun, Sep-Jul. Open 7 days during track season. Winner So many amazing museums to visit in Saratoga – including that present art together with science, history and other of the Fried Chicken Throwdown with Bobby Flay as seen on the National Museum of Dance, the National Bottle subjects. Tue-Sun 12-5, Thu till 9. the Food Network! Museum, the Military Museum, the Tang Museum at Skidmore, the Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame, and many Jacob & Anthony’s American Grille more! Plus, don’t miss Grant’s Cottage… the General Phillip The Crystal Spa 120 South Broadway | Saratoga Springs 38 High Rock | (518) 871-1600 Schuyler House… and Saratoga National Historic Park – the (518) 584-2556 With a look that is a slice of pure Americana and dishes site of the turning point of the American Revolution. www.thecrystalspa.net featuring classic recipes with a modern presentation, Jacob Experience a luxurious, relaxed atmosphere at affordable & Anthony’s is a true American Classic. Jacob & Anthony’s Victorian Sidewalks prices in one of the world’s finest mineral bathhouses. The is next door to the Hampton Inn. Admire flying buttresses, gothic gables, stained glass Rosemary Spring was discovered in 1964 and is housed windows, gingerbread porches and charming gazebos – under a beautiful restored Victorian Gazebo. Each mineral Karavalli Regional Cuisine of India Saratoga Springs, New York has more than 1,000 beautiful bath is fed from the spring and you can drink directly from 47 Caroline Street | (518) 580-1144 buildings on the National Historic Register. the gazebo fountain. Open 7 days a week, 8:30-4:30. Karavalli Regional Cuisine of India offers creative dishes Please call during our business hours to book a reservation from various regions of India. Open daily for lunch buffet and for prices. 11:30-2:30. Weekend brunch buffet 12-3. Dinner Sun-Thu Local Arrangement Tours 5-10, Fri-Sat 5-11. Trolley Tavern Tour Saratoga Springs Restaurants Mouzon House Wednesday 5:00pm – 8:00pm A small sampling, as found on www.discoversaratoga.org 1 York Street | (518) 226-0014 A pub crawl on a trolley! Hop aboard the Horsin’ Around Fine dining in a restored 1800s home overlooking High Rock Park. Highlighting true French Quarter cuisine, fresh Trolley Car and let someone else do the driving as you Brindisi’s Restaurant & Bar get oriented to Saratoga Springs and some of its favorite from local organic farms, featuring an extensive wine list. 390 Broadway | (518) 587-6262 watering holes. Drink and food specials will be available Open Thu-Sun off-season. Italian and Continental cuisine, steaks, seafood, pasta, at each stop, and each guest will receive a “goodie” bag as chicken and veal. Serving dinner Mon-Sat 3-10; Sun 1-9. you board the trolley. This is a ticketed event. Please see Olde Bryan Inn the Registration Desk for details. 123 Maple Avenue | (518) 587-2990 Cantina Serving a variety of salads, sandwiches, choice center- 430 Broadway | (518) 587-5577 Batcheller Mansion - Tour, Tea and a Book cut sirloin, fresh Atlantic seafood, pasta, and homemade Fresh, delicious Mexican cuisine and festive drinks in a Wednesday 2:00pm – 4:30pm desserts. Open Sun-Thu 11-10, Fri-Sat 11-11. relaxing atmosphere. Stop by for our famous margaritas or Guests are treated to a first person tour of the Batcheller bring the whole family for dinner. Mansion by ‘Mr. Batcheller’ and concludes with a Victorian One Caroline Street Bistro tea with ‘Mrs. Batcheller.’ Those who participate receive One Caroline Street | (518) 587-2026 Chianti Il Ristorante a copy of the book The Batcheller Mansion. Guests will An intimate little bistro with fabulous food and a great wine The Lofts @ 18 Division St. | (518) 580-0025 appreciate what it was like to live in this beautiful Victorian list. Live music nightly and soft piano music during dinner. Chianti Il Ristorante is an authentic Italian restaurant where house, referred to as “Saratoga’s Crowning Glory” by the Fresh, organic ingredients from local farms. charming atmosphere, excellent food, and impeccable New York Times. This is a ticketed event. Please see the service blend together to give you a wonderful dining Registration Desk for details. experience.

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Putnam Market 435 Broadway | (518) 587-3663 Putnam Market is located in the heart of downtown Saratoga. They are known for their spectacular selection of Spring into Action… and great food. Stop by for a deli sandwich, picnic, delicious dinner, gift basket or catering for your party! YOU could WIN a FREE 2012 Ravenous 21 Phila Street | (518) 581-0560 NYLA Conference Registration! Ravenous features a wide selection of savory and sweet crêpes for lunch, dinner, or weekend brunch. Locals also Congratulations to our 2011 Spring into Action winners rave about the Belgian pommes frites: fresh-cut, twice- Julie T. Moore was recruited into NYLA by Ike Pulver. Both work at the Saratoga cooked French fries served in paper cones, with your choice Springs Public Library in Saratoga Springs, NY. As the winners of this promotion, of dipping sauce. both received a FREE registration to the 2011 NYLA Conference. Sushi Thai Garden Restaurant 44-46 Phila Street | (518) 580-0900 Great news! We’re doing it again! Just a few steps away from Broadway, step into the Far Encourage a new person to join NYLA and you and your new recruit have the East! We serve the finest Thai Cuisine along with the taste of Japanese Cuisine. Lunch 11:30-3; dinner Sun-Thu 5-10, chance to win a free 2012 NYLA Annual Conference registration. Anytime a Fri-Sat 5-10:30. current NYLA member recruits a new first-time NYLA member between now and August 31, 2012, you both will have a chance to attend the 2012 NYLA Union Grille Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY for FREE! This contest is part of NYLA’s 534 Broadway | (518) 682-2600 Membership Committee membership drive. Union Grille is located inside the Saratoga Hilton. Steaks, chops, chicken, seafood, pub food. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. We need your support! For full details, rules and dates, please visit: Wheatfields Restaurant & Bar 440 Broadway | (518) 587-0534 www.nyla.org Wheatfields Restaurant and Bar serves lunch, dinner, and late night daily. Wheatfield’s menu is a collection of homemade NYLA Membership forms available at the Registration Desk. pastas, chicken, beef, seafood, and daily specials.

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Thursday 11/3/2011 Program Slot #1 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Census Data: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly GIRT Hampton Inn / Hampton: Henry Everything “E” – Ebooks Selection and Acquisition SMART/PLS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 High School to College Collaboration ASLS/SSL /SLSA Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Inside Far from Home CORT/ESRT Hampton Inn / Hampton: Lake NYS Education Commissioner SED/NYSL/NYLA Leg. Cmte/LTA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Rocking NY Teens with Social Media YSS/SSL Saratoga Hilton / Travers Small Business Information: Resources that Won’t Break the Bank RASS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Program Slot #2 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 21 More Ideas for 21st Century Libraries LAMS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 American Memory: Time Travel Made EZ GIRT/SSL Hampton Inn / Henry Devices: E-Readers, iPads, Apps PLS/SMART Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Mystery Slam RASS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Read2day Summer Reading Program SSL/YSS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Serving Deaf Customers in the Library RLSP Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Supporting Veterans and Military Families CORT Hampton Inn / Lake Talk Amongst Yourselves NYLA /NY Council for the Humanities Saratoga Hilton / Travers Program Slot #3 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM E-Government Services GIRT Hampton Inn / Henry Emerging Trends in Technology for Librarians SMART/ASLS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Immigration Services, At-Risk Youth, and Re-entry Programs RLSP/ESRT Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Innovations Between Libraries and Publishers ASLS Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Job Seeking After Prison CORT Hampton Inn / Lake Publisher of the Community PLS Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Sensitive and Effective Intervention Techniques LAMS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Sex in YA Fiction: How Far is Too Far? YSS/SSL Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Transferable Skills Keep You Rolling! NMRT Saratoga Hilton / Travers

Friday 11/4/2011 Program Slot #4 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Bond Basics for Financing Public Library Capital Projects NYLA /EFRT Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Intellectual Freedom Committee Meeting IFC Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Kids Can Rock YOUR Library! EFRT/YSS Hampton Inn / Henry Library in Your Pocket – Mobile Trends for Libraries SMART/BIRT/PLS Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Networking for Career Success NMRT Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 Public-School Library Cooperation ROCKS! SSL/PLS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Travers RASS-berries, Bagels, and Roundtables RASS Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Tools for Digital Preservation and Asset Management ASLS Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Untold Story of Blacks and Latinos Who Came Through Ellis Island ESRT/REFORMA Hampton Inn / Lake Video Game Design: No Programming Needed YSS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM I STILL Don’t Want to Talk About It LAMS Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Program Slot #5 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Advocating Acceptance: Confronting Racism and Promoting Tolerance in Your Library REFORMA/ESRT Hampton Inn / Lake Building a Dynamic Website ROCKS! SSL/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Legal Issues for Association Libraries NYLA/IFRT/PLS Saratoga Hilton / High Rock SMART Membership Meeting & FLASH Talks SMART Saratoga Hilton / Travers Stories of Our Past: Oral History Projects ASLS/EFRT Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Successful Programming and Friends Groups EFRT/PLS Hampton Inn / Henry Sustainability, High Performance Buildings, and Integrative Design NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Telling Tales Performance YSS Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2

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Program Slot #6 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM All on the Same Page: Board-Friends-Director Relationships EFRT/PLS Hampton Inn / Henry ESOL 101: English @ Your Library ESRT/REFORMA Hampton Inn / Lake Futureproofing Your Library NY 3Rs Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Malcolm Hill Lecture: Lewis Lapham on the Art of Reading PULISDO Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 QR Codes Rock the Library on Your Phone BIRT/SMART/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Teen Spaces Reimagined PLS/YSS/SSL Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Teleconferencing: Delivering Library Service in the 21st Century SED / NYSL/SMART/PLS Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Transliteracy: New Library Lingo SLSA/SSL Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM Confidentiality, the Patriot Act, and Your Library IFRT/PLS Saratoga Hilton / Travers Program Slot #7 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM 2020 Vision for Library Services in NYS: the Discussion Continues SED/NYSL/LTA/NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 2 ESRT ROCKS! ESRT Hampton Inn / Lake How May I Help You? Implementing the Single Service Desk in Libraries ASLS Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Making Music at Your Library RASS Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 PLS Annual Meeting, Awards and What’s Next in Public Libraries Table Talks PLS Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 Profiles in Library Leadership LAMS Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Safety and Security in Public Libraries LTA Hampton Inn / Henry Storytimes that Sizzle YSS Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 T(w)eens ROCK the Library! SSL/YSS/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Take it to the Cloud SMART Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2

Saturday 11/5/2011 Program Slot #8 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM ABC’s of Fundraising NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Coffee Klatch with ALA NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Declare Financial Independence: Become a Library District! NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Mastering Conflict in the Workplace NMRT Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Re-imagining Existing Library Space LAMS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama SSL Membership Meeting and Hot Topics SSL Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 The Fight for Freedom: the True Story of the Breadfruit ESRT Saratoga Hilton / Travers Program Slot #9 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture SMART Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Tax Cap Impact on Libraries NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Technology Policy and Planning from USNY SSL/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / High Rock The First in the 21st NYLA /IFRT Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 What Do Our Users Want? Patron-driven Acquisitions Projects ASLS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama YSS Table Talks YSS Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Program Slot #10 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Bullying and Cyberbullying SLSA Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Empire State Center for the Book is for Everyone NYLA/NY Council for the Humanities Saratoga Hilton / Whitney One ILS to Rule Them All, One ILS to Find Them - Norwich University’s WorldCat Local Experience SMART Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 School Library Initiatives from NYSED SSL/SED/NYSL/SLSA Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Throw the Bums Out: a Weeding Workshop NYLA Saratoga Hilton / Travers

9 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Wednesday Programs Wednesday Programs CE-C Workshop: The Library as an tips in communicating with Deaf patrons, simple signs Pre-conference Continuing Education Employer: Legal Issues in Hiring related to the library, strategies to make your library more and Employment Deaf friendly and resources to help participants continue Workshops their sign language and Deaf culture education. NYLA’s Continuing Education Committee coordinates the 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours Speaker: presentation of these in-depth programs. The topics require Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 2 Miranda Johnson Stefano more time and attention than is possible in the standard The quality of a library’s staff largely determines the quality of conference program format. We believe you will find the a library’s services. Learn how to identify and respond to legal programs offered to be enticing and exciting. Immerse issues concerning the hiring and employment of library staff. CE-F Workshop: Copyright Boot yourself in a full day presentation or enjoy a half day This workshop will address key developments in employment Camp for Librarians program in the morning and/or afternoon. laws applicable to libraries; critical issues in hiring; how and 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours why to develop personnel policies; best practices regarding Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 2 CE-A Workshop: Beyond the Bullet Point performance evaluations and discipline; application of the A primer session on copyright basics with an emphasis on digital media, current issues, and topics of particular 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / ASLS / 3 Contact Hours Civil Service Law; issues in collective bargaining; and the role relevance to librarians. You will gain a fundamental grasp Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 of the board of trustees in personnel issues. of copyright principle, understand current copyright issues, In this workshop, you will learn how to present information Speakers: appreciate the tensions between the needs / missions of that does not rely only on bullet points and the usual Ellen Bach, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna libraries and the demands of copyright-based industries, presentation formats. You will learn ways to effectively Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & and develop a realistic and pragmatic approach to copyright engage your audience, discover low-cost and free resources Hanna law in a library setting. for graphics to help you deliver your message, examine Speaker: alternative presentation tools, learn basic principles of data CE-D Workshop: Mother Goose Paul Rapp, The Law Office of Paul C. Rapp visualization, gain an overview of tools to create powerful on the Loose data visualizations, and select appropriate tools to make 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM / YSS / 6 Contact Hours your next presentation more effective. Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1 NYLA Leadership & Management Speaker: An all-day workshop with information about baby brain Academy Programs Polly-Alida Farrington, PA Farrington Associates development and school readiness, as well as a hands-on These courses are offered as part of the NYLA Leadership & “Mother Goose on the Loose” session. By the end of this Management Academy. There is a separate registration fee CE-B Workshop: Using Performance workshop, participants should feel comfortable planning required to participate in these programs. All participants Metrics for Greater Success and running programs of their own. This workshop will be must complete the application form found on the web at www.nyla.org. 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / PLS / 3 Contact Hours presented by Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 of “Mother Goose on the Loose.” “Using Performance Metrics for Greater Success” will provide Speaker: Legal Issues participants with a variety of quantitative tools to analyze Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of “Mother Wednesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM the performance of their libraries or systems on key metrics: Goose on the Loose” Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3 operational and material expenditures, circulation program This course focuses on the laws, rules and regulations at sessions and attendance, visitor count, card registrations, CE-E Workshop: the local, state and federal level that govern the operations and other key performance measures. The workshop will Sign Language for Librarians of libraries. show attendees how they compare with similar libraries in 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM / CE Comm. / 3 Contact Hours Speaker: their population groups. The PLDS Statistical Report will be Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Jim Farrell, Ossining Public Library used as a primary resource tool. This workshop will introduce library faculty and staff to Speaker: Deaf culture and basic library related sign language. James Keller, Queens Library Participants will learn a variety of things including: basic Wednesday, November 2, 2011 November Wednesday,

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NYLA Networking Breakfast/ which debuted at #6 on both the New York Times and Membership Meeting Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. His other novels include 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM the New York Times bestsellers, Skeletons at the Feast, The Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1-2-3 Double Bind, Before You Know Kindness, The Law of Similars, Sponsor: NYLA / NMRT and Midwives. This event will take place at The National Ice Cream Social Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame, the only museum in Learn about NYLA’s sections, activities, and opportunities Sponsored by Mango for professional involvement while enjoying a continental the nation dedicated entirely to dance. The museum houses 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM a growing collection of photographs, videos, artifacts, breakfast. We will also conduct the annual NYLA Saratoga City Center / Trade Show Floor costumes, biographies and more. Attendees will have the Membership Meeting as well. The NYLA Membership Take a break and join our friends from Mango for some Ben opportunity to tour the museum, hear from the author, Meeting shall be conducted in accordance with Robert’s & Jerry’s ice cream! Rules of Order. Arthur Friedman, Ed.D, will serve as the and get autographed copies of his books. Gourmet finger NYLA Parliamentarian. foods and cash bar will be catered by Panza’s Restaurant, NYLA Keynote Luncheon Saratoga Lake. Continuous shuttle service to the event is 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Trade Show Grand Opening available from the Hilton/City Center, and a return shuttle Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1-2-3 is available back to the Hilton/City Center in time for the 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Sponsor: NYLA Be sure to join NYLA President Marcia Eggleston as she cuts Inaugural Celebration. This is a ticketed event, Keynote Speaker: Sonia Manzano – television actress please see the Registration Desk for details. the ribbon and officially opens the trade show. This exciting “Maria” on Sesame Street, fifteen time Emmy Award annual showcase features the latest and greatest products Speaker: winning television writer, and author of two children’s books. Chris Bohjalian, Author and services available to the library community. This is your See page 4 for details. This is a ticketed event, please see opportunity to give the vendors feedback on their products the Registration Desk for details. and let them know how to best meet your needs and those NYLA Inaugural Celebration/ of your library. Exhibitor participation makes the conference Awards Banquet Meet & Greet Reception with NMRT affordable for attendees, so be sure to show your thanks by 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM spending lots of time exploring the show floor! Trade Show Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1-2-3 Saratoga Hilton / Hospitality Suite hours for Thursday 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM Sponsor: NYLA / Communication Services Sponsor: NMRT Been a member of NYLA for less than ten years? Have some Diversity Fair refreshments and learn about NMRT. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Join us for the farewell address of the Saratoga City Center / Trade Show Floor 2011 NYLA President, Marcia Eggleston, PLS Author! Author! The NYLA 2011 Diversity Fair celebrates examples of the presentation of NYLA’s major awards, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM diversity in the libraries of New York State and showcases and the induction of the 2012 NYLA National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame, 99 South possibilities for libraries that are in search of “diversity in President, Matthew Bollerman. This is Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY action” ideas. See page 13 for details. always a fun evening and this year, we are Sponsors: PLS, Communication Services celebrating our theme “New York Libraries PLS’s annual special event, sponsored by Communication ROCK!” This is a ticketed event, please see Services, will feature Chris Bohjalian, the author of thirteen the Registration Desk for details. books, including his most recent novel, Secrets of Eden, Thursday, November 3, 2011

11 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Thursday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #1 Small Business Information: Serving Deaf Customers in the Library Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Resources that Won’t Break the Bank Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Sponsor: RLSP Sponsor: RASS Learn about deafness and deaf culture; tips for sensitivity; Census Data: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly Free and low-cost information is available on the web that and assistive technology libraries can use to provide Hampton Inn / Henry can help libraries assist local small business start-ups and outstanding service to the deaf community. ASL/English Sponsor: GIRT existing small businesses. This session will take you through interpretation will be provided for this program. How are changes in Census Bureau data collection affecting several major websites that are rocking with valuable tools. Speakers: users? Get the inside scoop on questions being raised as Speakers: Matthew Moore, Editor, Deaf Life and author well as tips and tricks for accessing and using the American Kristen McDonough, Science, Industry and Business Library of For Hearing People Only Community Survey and the 2010 Census. Alexis Mokler, NYS Small Business Development Center Alec C. McFarlane, Libraries for Deaf Action Speakers: Rocco Ferraro, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Supporting Veterans and Military Families Joanna King, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Program Slot #2 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Hampton Inn / Lake Sponsor: CORT Everything “E” – E-books Selection and Hear from a panel of practitioners about successful ways 21 More Ideas for 21st Century Libraries Acquisition they have provided materials and opportunities for veterans Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 and military families, and developed community support. Sponsor: LAMS / SLSA Sponsor: SMART / PLS / SLSA Speakers: This popular program returns with twenty-one new examples Experienced librarians will give best practices and current Linda Deubert, Heermance Memorial Library of library innovations including customer service, facilities, trends for e-book vendors, collection management and Rob Hoffman, Groveland Correctional Facility technology and more. budgeting. Andrew Davis, Saratoga County Veterans Service Agency Speakers: Speakers: Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library Kimberly Bolan Cullin, Kimberly Bolan and Associates Rob Cullin, Evanced Solutions Talk Amongst Yourselves: Making Reading Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library and Discussion Programs Work American Memory: Time Travel Made EZ Saratoga Hilton / Travers High School to College Collaboration: Sponsor: NYLA / NY Council for the Humanities Creating and Preserving Information Hampton Inn / Henry Sponsor: GIRT / SSL Want to get your patrons talking? Join librarians and repre- Literacy Skills in Students Read from Walt Whitman’s notebooks, watch a Krazy Kat sentatives from the New York Council for the Humanities in Saratoga Hilton / High Rock cartoon, or listen to some Civil War Band Music! With a conversation about hosting great conversations. Learn how to Sponsor: ASLS / SSL / SLSA American Memory, you can learn about this priceless and bring reading and discussion programs to your library—for free! Learn how the High School to College Program in WNY free resource from the Library of Congress and soon you’ll Speakers: brings together secondary education and undergrad faculty be going back in time with your customers and enjoying it. Erika Halstead, New York Council for the Humanities and librarians to help students retain information literacy Speaker: Maryellen Cantanno, Freeport Memorial Library competencies as they move through the Kacper Jarecki, Queens Library @ Long Island City Regina Doi, Galway Public Library educational system. Debora Shon, Poughkeepsie Public Library District Speakers: Devices: E-Readers, iPads, Apps - Andrew Yeager, Medaille College Tools to Manage Your Website: Ann Marie Wik, Lancaster Central SD Successful Applications in Public Libraries Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Open Source vs. Proprietary Sponsor: PLS / SMART Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Inside Far from Home Sponsor: ASLS Hampton Inn / Lake This session will include a forum and panel discussion of successful applications of devices in public libraries including Thinking of adopting a web content management system Sponsor: CORT / ESRT (CMS)? Learn the ins and outs of open source and proprietary Readers served by correctional facilities are a microcosm of circulation, security, management tips and discussion of current issues related to devices and content. options in a discussion of Drupal vs. Entre. library users everywhere; providing services to inmates from Speakers: many language backgrounds and cultures. Speakers: Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library Blake Carver, New York Power Authority Speakers: Jaclyn McEwan, WNYLRC Brian Martin, NYS Dept. of Corrections and Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library Community Supervision Colleen Bland, Barnes and Noble Corinne Leone, NYS Dept. of Corrections and Mike Schontz, Overdrive Program Slot #3 Community Supervision Tom Mercer, 3M 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

NYS Education Commissioner Mystery Slam E-Government Services: From Wall Street Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Saratoga Hilton / Alabama to Main Street and the Backstreets Sponsor: SED / NYSL / NYLA Leg. Committee / LTA Sponsor: RASS Hampton Inn / Henry The NYS Education Commissioner will discuss the critical Learn about the latest titles and trends from mystery Sponsor: GIRT role that libraries play within education reform. publishing insiders. Learn about e-government services, and how it is re- Speakers: Speaker: shaping today’s reference services. Gain knowledge and Dr. John King, Jr., NYS Education Commissioner Talia Sherer, Macmillan understanding of the E-government Act of 2002 and how Kayleigh George, Library Marketing Associate e-government affects the constituents we service from Cheryl Herman, Random House Rocking NY Teens with Social Media workforce development to healthcare. Saratoga Hilton / Travers Speaker: Sponsor: YSS / SSL Read2day Summer Reading Program S. Michele Echols, Queens Library @ Long Island City Join us for a short YSS General Membership meeting Saratoga Hilton / High Rock followed by a presentation from YA author Michelle Zink, Sponsor: SSL / YSS / SLSA who will discuss strategies for using social Engage high school students in summer reading through media to connect with teens. a wiki, Skype, Candor, and a blog. Working with an English Speaker: teacher, the librarian implemented the Read2day program. Michelle Zink, Author of the Prophecy of the Speaker: Sisters trilogy Tina Laramie, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill CSD Thursday, November 3, 2011 November Thursday,

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Emerging Trends in Job Seeking after Prison Sex in YA Fiction: How Far is Too Far? Technology for Librarians Hampton Inn / Lake Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Sponsor: CORT Sponsor: YSS / SSL Sponsor: SMART / ASLS / SLSA Learn how to guide previously incarcerated patrons to With publishers becoming so permissive, librarians face A panel discussion and overview of current new trends in successful employment opportunities, and about targeted tough purchasing decisions. Join YA author, Eric Luper, as library technologies. support that works in libraries and other organizations. he shares the experiences authors, editors and agents face Speakers: Speakers: with this tough issue. Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State College Elaine Kost, New York State Department of Labor Speaker: Edward Corrado, Binghamton University Doug Petric, Groveland Correctional Facility Eric Luper, Author of Seth Baumgartner’s Love Blake Carver, NY Power Authority Manifesto, Bug Boy, & Big Slick Publisher of the Community: New Immigration Services, At-Risk Youth, and Librarianship Unencumbered by our Stacks Transferable Skills Keep You Rolling! Re-entry Programs Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Saratoga Hilton / Travers Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Sponsor: PLS Sponsor: NMRT Sponsor: RLSP / ESRT Imagine libraries are places to learn and create, not consume Panelists will share how skills developed in one job have Overview of two social service agencies in New York City and and check out. Imagine the day when every book published benefited them in another, including examples from non- how their numerous programs can be modeled throughout is not only available digitally, but at very low cost... imagine. librarian to librarian positions (and the reverse!) and from the state. Dave Lankes is the Director of Library Science at Syracuse one type of library to another. Speakers: University and is a passionate advocate for librarians and Speakers: Pooja Asnani, The Door their essential role in today’s society. Maria Kessler McShane, The College of Saint Rose Debbie Boar, The Harlem Community Justice Center Speaker: Margaret Lanoue, Guilderland Public Library R. David Lankes, Syracuse University iSchool Jill M. Tarabula, Clinton Community College Innovations Between Jill Wilson, Cornell University Libraries and Publishers Sensitive and Effective Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Intervention Techniques Sponsor: ASLS Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Learn how Columbia Libraries’ Center for Digital Research Sponsor: LAMS and Scholarship is creating research repositories and A clinical psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist share data support and forging partnerships with publishers to tools and techniques for library staff to employ to produce enhance scholarly communication. successful interactions with emotionally charged and NYLA Award Winners Speaker: mentally ill library users. Join us at the NYLA Inaugural Celebration and Rebecca Kennison, Columbia University Awards Ceremony on Thursday, November 3 Center for Digital Research and Scholarship at 7:00 pm as we congratulate the following award winners:

2011 Shubert Award The New York Public Library’s 2011 NYLA Diversity Fair Homework NYC Project Thursday, November 3, 2011 2011 Shubert Award Runner-up Genesee Valley Educational Partnership 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

The NYLA Diversity Fair celebrates examples of diversity presenters to highlight the work of librarians, library 2011 Outstanding Advocate of in the libraries of New York State and showcases staff and library supporters in the realm of diversity. Libraries Award possibilities for libraries that are in search of “diversity Presenters will share their success stories, experiences, Libby Post in action” ideas. Similar to the NYLA Poster Sessions, and resources through poster presentations and Jimmy Van Bramer the NYLA Diversity Fair offers a more focused venue for informal conversations. Christine C. Quinn Domenic J. Recchia Diverse Statewide Programs in Literacy MLK Community Build: Building Presenters: Community in Tompkins County 2011 Outstanding Service to Thursday, November 3, 2011 Elizabeth Carrature, NYS Education Department (NYSED) Presenters: Libraries Award Karen Balsen, NYS Library (NYSL) Sarah Glogowski, Tompkins County Public Library (Ithaca) Andrew P. Jackson Eric Kofi Acree, Africana Library of Cornell University Financial Literacy in the Community Mary Bobinski Innovative Public Presenter: One World, Many Cultures Library Director Award Selina Sharmin, Queens Library Presenters: Thomas W. Galante Tracy Allen, Finkelstein Memorial Library Helping the Newest New Yorkers Find Susan Donohue, Finkelstein Memorial Library NYLA / Sirsi / Dynix Their Voice-English Language Learning Intellectual Freedom Award at New York Public Library Socrates to Makerbots: Building Blocks American Booksellers Foundation for Free Presenter: for Diversity at Gottesman Libraries Expression (ABFFE) Lynda Kennedy, New York Public Library Presenter: Jennifer Govan, Teachers College, Columbia University NYLA Dewey Fellows Job Readiness Services for Immigrant Tracy Priest, Phoenicia Library Association Populations at Queens Library representing LAMS Presenter: Lauren Lampasone, New York Public Library Tara Lannen-Stanton, Queens Library representing RASS Starr LaTronica, Four County Library System representing YSS

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EBSCO Breakfast books, Liverpool Fantasy and Green Suede Shoes: An Irish- 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Section Luncheons American Odessey. He has written eleven plays and musicals. 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / His latest novel, Rockin’ the Bronx, came out in February 2011. Saratoga Ballroom 1-2 Kirwan hosts and produces “Celtic Crush” for SiriusXM Satelite Sponsor: EBSCO LAMS Luncheon: Library Leadership vs. Radio and writes a weekly column for the “Irish Echo.” This Join EBSCO for breakfast and Library Management is a ticketed event, see Registration Desk for information on products and services. Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 2 details. Sponsor: LAMS / Evanced Solutions Speaker: Trade Show Peter Bromberg, Assistant Director of Larry Kirwan, Independent Muscian and Princeton Public Library in Princeton, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM Author Take in another opportunity to stroll around the Trade Show. New Jersey and Facilitator for the Visit the vendors you may have missed on Thursday, and ALA Emerging Leaders Program YSS Empire State Award Luncheon will share his thoughts on the importance of leadership take in the Poster Sessions. Trade Show Exploration Time Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 in all levels of the library profession and the fundamental 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Sponsor: YSS differences between library leadership and Join YSS as we present the 2011 Empire State Award library management. This is a ticketed event, Poster Sessions for Excellence in Literature to Young People to Laura please see Registration Desk for details. 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Vaccaro Seeger. This is a ticketed event, see Speaker: Visit the NYLA 2011 Poster Sessions to view displays offered Registration Desk for details. Peter Bromberg, Princeton Public Library by your peers on specific programs, policies, and services. Speaker: These displays offer an opportunity to gather vast amounts of Laura Vaccaro Seeger, New York Times Best- information on diverse topics in a short period of time. The RASS Luncheon selling Author and Illustrator presenters will be on hand to discuss their projects and answer Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 your questions. Posters will cover many subjects appealing to Sponsor: RASS public, school, academic, and special libraries. See page 16 Larry Kirwan is the lead vocalist and stratocaster for Black 47, for complete details. an Irish rock band. Larry has produced two solo recordings, “Kilroy Was Here” and “Keltic Kids.” He also has published two

NYLA Scholarship Bash Friday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM A NIGHT AT THE RACES NYLA would like to invite you to join us for our annual scholarship fund event at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway! Saratoga Casino and Raceway is the place for over 1,700 exciting slots! Now featuring incredible new electronic table games, this New York Casino brings gaming excitement close to home. Together with live harness racing, simulcast wagering, delicious dining, and live entertainment all under one roof, it is one of the finest attractions in Saratoga Springs! 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! This is a ticketed event, please see Registration Desk for details. A complimentary shuttle departs from the Saratoga Hilton beginning at 5:30 PM, with a return shuttle from the Casino & Raceway beginning at 9:00 PM. Friday, November 4, 2011 November Friday,

14 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Denotes President’s Program Friday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #4 RASS-berries, Bagels, and Roundtables Speakers: Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Renate Dunsmore, White Branch Library 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Sponsor: RASS Jean M. Kaleda, Patchogue-Medford Library Join RASS leaders for a discussion on a variety of hot “table Gilda Ramos, Patchogue-Medford Library Bond Basics for Financing talks.” Membership meeting to follow. Lisa Melendez, Suffolk Community College Public Library Capital Projects Speaker: Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Sharon Cox, Queens Library Building a Dynamic Website ROCKS! Sponsor: NYLA / EFRT Saratoga Hilton / Alabama An overview for public library districts and not-for-profit Tools for Digital Preservation and Sponsor: SSL / SLSA libraries on the legal steps required to authorize the Asset Management Learn about free, user-friendly online tools for building financing of new library facilities as well as improvements Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B websites and how to use these websites to support student to existing libraries and various financing Sponsor: ASLS research, online library access, book promotion and more! techniques available. Learn how two university libraries are preserving digital Speaker: Speaker: materials using Ex Libris’ Rosetta and Luna Imaging’s Luna. Joanna Zant, Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis Library, St. Douglas E. Goodfriend, Esq. Orrick Herrington Speakers: John’s University + Sutcliffe LLP Mark Wolfe, SUNY Albany Edward Corrado, SUNY Binghamton Legal Issues for Association Libraries Intellectual Freedom Committee Meeting Rachel Jaffee, SUNY Binghamton Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Molly O’Brien, SUNY Binghamton Sponsor: NYLA / IFRT / PLS Sponsor: IFC Open forum discussion of legal Issues specific to association The NYLA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) meeting is intended Untold Story of Blacks and Latinos Who libraries. for committee members and is open to anyone interested in Speakers: finding out about the IFC and/or serving on the committee. We will Came Through Ellis Island Hampton Inn / Lake Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna review the revised Intellectual Freedom Manual and discuss ways Sue Considine, Fayetteville Free Library for the committee to become more a vital part of NYLA. Sponsor: ESRT / REFORMA Although Blacks and Latinos immigrated through Ellis Wendy Scott, Dewitt Community Library Island, there is limited or no published information related Kids Can Rock YOUR Library! to them coming through Ellis Island. Learn about this SMART Membership Meeting & FLASH Talks Hampton Inn / Henry “unwritten” history of America and how you can improve Saratoga Hilton / Travers Sponsor: EFRT / YSS your collection and offer unique library programming to Sponsor: SMART Listen to officers of the Jr. Friends of the Weedsport Library empower your customers. Annual meeting and presentations of new initiatives in NYS talk about their activities, trips and fundraisers. Find out how Speakers: libraries in a shortened “flash talk” format. you can encourage student participation in your library! Margaret Gibson, Queens Library @ Elmhurst Speaker: Speakers: Sarah Aponte, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Sarah Maximiek, Binghamton University Anne Mlod, Genesee Elementary School Holly Dietsche, Jr. Friends of the Weedsport Library Stories of Our Past: Oral History Projects Cheryl Austin, Weedsport Free Library Video Game Design: No Programming Needed Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Sponsor: ASLS / EFRT Library in Your Pocket – Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Sponsor: YSS Collecting oral histories helps us capture the collective Mobile Trends for Libraries “I’m going to make video games when I grow up!” With free memories of a community. Come hear about the Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 applications, you can teach yourself & your library teens to implementation of several oral history projects in NYS. Sponsor: SMART / BIRT / PLS design video games, without programming knowledge! Speakers: An overview of mobile applications, how they can help Speaker: Reagan Brumagen, Radkow Library, Corning Museum of Glass library patrons as well as bring the library Trevor Oakley, Saratoga Springs Public Library Jim Gandy, NYS Military Museum to community members who are not regular Ellen McHale, NYS Folklore Society library users. I STILL Don’t Want to Talk About It Speaker: Successful Programming and Friends Groups Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Double Session 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Hampton Inn / Henry Sponsor: LAMS Sponsor: EFRT / PLS Networking for Career Success This popular program returns with more thought provoking discussion Friends Groups can be a wealth of ideas when it comes to Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 on sensitive administrative/personnel issues such as discipline, bringing patrons into the library again and again. You will Sponsor: NMRT evaluations, and policies that all libraries face at some point. gain ideas to increase traffic in your library Discover the tactics it takes to build your network, including Speaker:

Speakers: Friday, November 4, 2011 how to work a room, the three circles of influence, and how Jerry Nichols, Palmer Institute for Public Kathy Adam, Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library to integrate social media into a comprehensive Library Organization and Management networking strategy. Doreen Woods, Buffalo & Erie County Public Sustainability, High Performance Speaker: Library Buildings, and Integrative Design Dr. Thomas J. Denham, Careers In Transition Saratoga Hilton / Whitney LLC Program Slot #5 Sponsor: NYLA As sustainability becomes an increasing focus in our 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Public School Library Cooperation ROCKS! society, libraries, in their roles as educators, need to lead Saratoga Hilton / Travers the way by focusing on indoor environmental quality, energy Sponsor: SSL / PLS / SLSA Advocating Acceptance: Confronting Racism consumption, water and environmental impacts. Learn the How to make your public or school library program even and Promoting Tolerance in Your Library principles of collaborative and integrative design and how better? Cooperation is the answer! Learn how these school Hampton Inn / Lake they can be addressed in the operation, maintenance, and and public librarians are working together to build stronger Sponsor: REFORMA / ESRT construction of your facility. library programs. Language and cultural differences and a lack of Speakers: Speakers: understanding among people of various ethnic groups Matthew Bollerman, Westhampton Free Library Lynda Kennedy, New York Public Library can create considerable tension. This panel will share Victor Canseco, Sandpebble Builders, Inc. Hilary Virgil, New Hartford CSD experiences of successful programs at different libraries Bob Viola, Sandpebble Builders, Inc. Lisa Breitbach, The Community Library, Cobleskill that have helped to change attitudes and promote Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Mid Hudson Library System Amy Jo Southworth, Bayshore CSD understanding and acceptance.

15 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Friday Programs Denotes President’s Program 2011 NYLA Poster Sessions Telling Tales Performance QR Codes Rock the Library on Your Phone Friday, November 4, 2011 Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Sponsor: YSS Sponsor: BIRT / SMART / SLSA YSS’s annual storytelling event and fundraiser for QR (Quick Response) codes can provide seamless access A poster session is an opportunity for several presenters the Ann Gibson Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $15 to tutorial and informational material. As more and more to share information about a research problem, project, and can be purchased at the Registration Desk. patrons have camera-enabled mobile or study with many colleagues by developing a table-top Speakers: phones, these 2D barcodes become more display on a set of poster boards. Several posters are Carol Connolly, Tales ‘n Tunes Storytelling Duo important for libraries. available at one time with the presenters standing by their Don Darmer, Tales ‘n Tunes Storytelling Duo Speaker: tables to talk informally about the project with interested Marni Gillard, Independent Storyteller Meredith Farkas, Portland State University participants. The poster may include printed materials, Margaret French, Independent Storyteller graphics, and additional handouts. Presenters will be Teen Spaces Reimagined available for questions and discussion during this time. Program Slot #6 Saratoga Hilton / High Rock 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Sponsor: PLS / YSS / SSL Case Study: Launching a Circulating Device Forum/panel discussion of public and school libraries Collection at the Fayetteville Free Library All on the Same Page: Board-Friends- innovative and creative use of teen spaces to meet the need of today’s users. Presenters: Director Relationships Speakers: Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library Hampton Inn / Henry Pete Cioppa, Fayetteville Free Library Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library Sponsor: EFRT / PLS Shauntee Burns, New York Public Library The Library Board, Director and Friends Group all work Sue Kowalski, Pine Grove Middle School Commemorating the 1911 Capitol Fire: together - or should. Listen to stories where this has been Mary Klucznik, Chittenango High School Cultural Partnerships Bring History Alive successful and where it has been unsuccessful and became a success story. Presenter: Teleconferencing: Delivering Library Paul Mercer, New York State Library Speaker: Judith Jerome, Dunham Public Library Service in the 21st Century Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Fab Lab Sponsor: SED / NYSL / SMART / PLS Presenter: ESOL 101: English @ Your Library A panel consisting of public library staff using Lauren Smedley, Fayetteville Free Library Hampton Inn / Lake Sponsor: ESRT / REFORMA teleconferencing services as part of their participation in the New York State’s Library Broadbandexpress@yourlibrary Libraries Change Lives: CLRC’s Regional Is your library providing this vital service to the community? Learn about having a successful ESOL Program at your project will discuss the uses and issues involved with this Patron-Created Video Contest type of technology in a public library. Presenters: library by working with volunteers, applying for grants, and watching out for common pitfalls! With a Q&A session at Speakers: Déirdre Joyce, Central New York Library Resources Council Mary Linda Todd, New York State Library, Division of Library Katie O’Connell, Central New York Library Resources Council the end. Speakers: Development Sherin Hamad, Queens Library Mary Ann Stiefvater, New York State Library, Division of LibraryPalooza in Six Minutes, Forty Seconds Peggy Kyrkostas O’Hanlon, Port Washington Public Library Library Development Presenter: Jerry Schell, North Country Library System Carol Lee Anderson, University at Albany, State University Ken Behn, Southern Tier Library System of New York Futureproofing Your Library Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Sponsor: NY 3Rs Transliteracy: New Library Lingo Lost in the Crowd – How Alphabetical In this lively, interactive session, George Needham will offer Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Listings in Yearbooks are Eroding History strategies for “futureproofing” your library - building on a Sponsor: SLSA / SSL Presenters: continuum that links the valuable library services we’ve This session will focus on the changing world of literacy. Alison Herrero, Howland Public Library (Beacon) built and loved to the possibilities offered by Librarians are in the literacy business, but literacy has Ann Wemple, Guilderland Public Library a changing environment. a new face. Come learn what the new face of reading Dale LaGue, Troy Public Library Speaker: resembles and what skills are necessary for success in our George Needham, OCLC Online Computer digital world. New York Libraries Salary Survey 2011 or Library Center Speaker: What’s a Librarian Worth? Paige Jaeger, WSWHE BOCES SLS Saratoga Presenter: Malcolm Hill Lecture: Lewis Lapham on Confidentiality, the Patriot Act and Mary Anne Waltz, NYLA the Art of Reading Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Your Library Recognizing and Preventing Burnout in Sponsor: PULISDO Double Session 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM Library Staff: a Guide for Public Library Internationally recognized speaker Lewis H. Lapham is the Saratoga Hilton / Travers Directors editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, A Magazine of History and Sponsor: IFRT / PLS Presenter: Ideas. He also serves as editor emeritus and national This two-part session is a follow-up to the “Why Confidentiality Susan A. Carver, Recent UAlbany MSIS Graduate correspondent for Harper’s Magazine, and is the author of Law Matters to your Library” from the 2010 Conference. It numerous books, including Money and Class in America, will feature Peter Chase, one of the “Connecticut John Does” who helped expose the Justice Department demanding Rocking Success with Littles Theatre War, Gag Rule and, most recently, Pretensions to library user records under false pretenses. Presenter: Empire. Mr. Lapham will share his thoughts Speakers: Carol Anne Germain, University at Albany, State University and ideas on the art and future of reading. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Office for Intellectual of New York Speaker: Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly Freedom, American Library Association Peter Chase, Plainville (CT) Public Library Understanding Average Use of OPACs and How They Compare with Online Consumer Sites Presenters: Meghan Dowell, Long Island University Kelly Blanchat, Long Island University Friday, November 4, 2011 November Friday,

16 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Denotes President’s Program Denotes President’s Program Friday Programs SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Safety and Security in Public Libraries Program Slot #7 Spotlight Sessions are presented by exhibitors at the Hampton Inn / Henry 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM NYLA Trade Show, in order to provide more in-depth Sponsor: LTA information about their products or services. Learn ways to address patrons who violate library policy; 2020 Vision for Library Services in NYS: patrons who demonstrate behavioral problems; criminal The Discussion Continues activity; and how to proactively deal with tweens and teens. Adaptive Re-Use for Library Buildings Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 2 Speaker: Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Sponsor: SED / NYSL / LTA / NYLA Michael Daly, Queens Library Sponsor: BBS Architects & Engineers, P.C. Discuss New York State’s new draft statewide policy plan for Discussion of the history of the Smithtown Library library services with members of the Regents Advisory Council Storytimes that Sizzle Bond Referendum, with a focus on LEED and library planning for adaptive re-use of an existing armory for on Libraries and other library and education leaders. Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 the Nesconset Branch Library. Speakers: Sponsor: YSS Speaker: John Hammond, RAC Taskforce on 2020 Vision Planning Stuck in a storytime rut? Join us for an interactive program Roger P. Smith, AIA, LEED AP, Principal Architect with Marsha Eggleston, President, NYLA where we’ll explore all kinds of storytime enhancers, from BBS Architects & Engineers, P.C. Mary Ellen O’Connor, President, LTA of NYS shakers, scarves, and silly songs to participatory props and Jeffrey Cannell, Deputy Commissioner for pom-poms! Cultural Education Speakers: Brainfuse and the NY State Library: Molly Chatt, East Greenbush Community Library Learn How to Utilize JobNow (and ESRT ROCKS! Rose Stuart, East Greenbush Community Library HelpNow) in Your Community Hampton Inn / Lake Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Sponsor: ESRT T(w)eens ROCK the Library! Sponsor: Brainfuse Everyone’s invited! Come listen, have fun, and learn how Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Brainfuse is America’s leading provider of live online tutoring you can get involved! Sponsor: SSL / YSS / SLSA and job-search services. JobNow and HelpNow provide Libraries must create a culture of connectedness for teens comprehensive assistance in job-search, academics, and How May I Help You? Implementing the and tweens. Encouraging patron leadership in planning and testing. Join our Spotlight session to learn more. Single Service Desk in Libraries participating in library programming increases a sense of Speaker: Saratoga Hilton / Whitney ownership and active involvement. Jack Rothstein, Brainfuse Sponsor: ASLS Speakers: The need to create efficiencies combined with lower in- Sue Kowalski, Pine Grove Middle School Financial Ratings Series Online person demand for reference has caused some libraries to Rebecca Buerkett, Franklin Academy High School Saratoga Hilton / Whitney consolidate reference and circ tasks at a single desk. Learn Sponsor: Grey House Publishing how this model is working for one academic library. Take it to the Cloud Offers the library community a single source for Speaker: Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 accurate, unbiased ratings of banks, credit unions, Jill Dixon, Binghamton University Sponsor: SMART mutual funds, stocks, and how-to guidance for financial Cloud Computing, Web-Scale, and similar terminology has planning and investing advice. Making Music at Your Library become common in libraries. This session will discuss what Speakers: Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 it is and will provide examples of how cloud Brian Ahern & Cliff Johnson, Grey House Publishing Sponsor: RASS based solutions are being implemented. Libraries are not just about books. Find out why music Speaker: If I was Ready for Tomorrow’s programs and collections are important to have in your Edward Corrado, Binghamton University Challenges Today: Everything You Need community; plus ways you can hold music programs that to Know About Long-Term Care won’t break the bank. Saratoga Hilton / Highrock Speakers: Sponsor: New York Long Term Care Brokers Carol Pijacki, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Everything you need to know about Long-Term Care Aaron Friedman, Make Music NY Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid in 2012. This Lambert Shell, Queens Public Library session provides a great open forum to learn and have your questions answered. All attendees will also learn PLS Annual Meeting, Awards and What’s about the discounted Long-Term Care Insurance plan Next in Public Libraries Table Talks for NYLA members and their families. Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 Internet Café & Lounge Speaker: Sponsor: PLS Saratoga Hilton / Phila Brian M. Johnson, CLTC, MBA, New York Long-Term Care Annual meeting, awards, program. Wednesday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Speakers: Thursday, 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM Need Help Answering the Phone? Friday, November 4, 2011 Monica Kuryla, Fayetteville Free Library Friday, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Leah Kraus, Fayetteville Free Library Saturday, 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM Sponsor: Unique Management Services, Inc. Pete Cioppa, Fayetteville Free Library Unique’s got you covered! Our on-demand service for Kathleen Naftaly, Crandall Public Library patron account questions can help you redefine how Susan Currie, Tompkins County Public Library you deliver customer service at your library. Alumni Receptions Speaker: Profiles in Library Leadership Take the opportunity to reconnect with your Rob Klaus, Unique Management Services, Inc. Saratoga Hilton / High Rock classmates! Sponsor: LAMS Unbound: Media and Literacy Illustrated with two examples from the front lines of library Long Island University Saratoga Hilton / Boradway 3-4 leadership, this program will demonstrate how to become Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM Sponsor: Playaway a library leader and how to identify opportunities for Lillian’s Restaurant, 408 Broadway Let’s explore how technology has changed the way leadership in your own department, library, or community. students learn today. See how media is used to improve Speakers: Syracuse University Alumni literacy and how Playaway and Playaway View emerge Peter Bromberg, Princeton Public Library Reception as technology tools that teach. Bridget Quinn-Carey, Queens Public Library Friday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Speaker: Gillian Thorpe, Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Andrea Eshelman, Playaway Mouzon House, 1 York Street Library

17 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog Saturday Programs Denotes President’s Program Program Slot #8 Re-imagining Existing Library Space Tax Cap Impact on Libraries Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Saratoga Hilton / Whitney 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Sponsor: LAMS Sponsor: NYLA Learn how to re-imagine, re-configure, and re-purpose spaces An analysis of the tax cap legislation and its impact on ABC’s of Fundraising in your library without a major renovation. An experienced library budgets. Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 library architect and a librarian who has Speakers: Sponsor: NYLA transformed her own library will help you see Ellen Bach, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Learn how to encourage funding sources to support the the possibilities of what your library could be Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna mission of your Library. Explore the “Exchange Relationship” with a little creativity and imagination. and analyze why people, corporations and foundations give. Speakers: Technology Policy and Planning from USNY In this session, we will review various fundraising techniques Paul Mays, Butler Rowland Mays Architects, LLP Saratoga Hilton / High Rock and how to determine which tactics will be Rosemary Cooper, Albert Wisner Public Library Sponsor: SSL / SLSA most effective in achieving your goals. The role of librarians in establishing online learning programs Speaker: SSL Membership Meeting and Hot Topics and Internet safety/instruction in schools and communities Ron Barrows, The Barrows Group Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 will be discussed. An updated Internet Safety Sponsor: SSL Resource Toolkit will be shared. Coffee Klatch with ALA Following a brief meeting at which the new SSL president will Speakers: Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 accept the gavel from Fran Roscello, Core Curriculum, APPR Dr. Lawrence Paska, Office of Educational Sponsor: NYLA and other hot topics will be discussed in small groups. Design and Technology, New York SED Come hear an update on ALA initiatives and activities, and Speaker: John P. Brock, Office of Educational Design opportunities for you and your library. Fran Roscello, SLS President and Technology, New York SED Speaker: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Office for Intellectual Freedom, The Fight for Freedom: the True Story of The First in the 21st American Library Association the Breadfruit Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Saratoga Hilton / Travers Sponsor: NYLA / IFRT Declare Financial Independence: Sponsor: ESRT Hear our panelists discuss the state of the first amendment Become a Library District! What does the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution and in the 21st Century/post 9/11 age as it relates to libraries, Saratoga Hilton / Whitney the Breadfruit have in common? Come and hear the true books, eBooks, etc. Sponsor: NYLA story behind the book and movie, “Mutiny on the Bounty” and Speakers: An overview of the procedures to become see how we are all connected in the stream of history. Svetlana Mintcheva, National Coalition a library district and how to sell it to your Speaker: Against Censorship voters. Michael Brice, South Hollis @ Queens Library Joe Raiola, MAD Magazine Speaker: Libby Post, Communication Services Program Slot #9 What do Our Users Want? Patron-driven 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Acquisitions Projects Mastering Conflict in the Workplace Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture Sponsor: ASLS Sponsor: NMRT Learn how to enhance your library’s collection in a cost How do you treat difficult people - the ones you don’t understand Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Sponsor: SMART effective, practical way through purchase on demand and and can’t relate to? Learn strategies to deal with other patron driven acquisition models. them and to make conflict productive. A presentation about open access through the lenses of Cornell’s three initiatives: eCommons, arXiv, and Euclid. Speakers: Speaker: Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo Evelyn Butrico, East Greenbush Community Library Speaker: Oya Yildirim Rieger, Cornell University Marcy Strong, University of Rochester Sheila Smokey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Saturday Events NYLA Conference Farewell Luncheon Sponsored by A.L.D. Services, Inc. 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1-2-3 Join us for the closing event of the 2011 NYLA Annual Conference. “The Joy of Censorship” sheds light on the endless arguments over banned books, movie ratings, the FCC, the Patriot Act and the true meaning of obscenity. It also traces the unlikely and colorful history of MAD Magazine, from renegade publisher William Gaines historic showdown with the United States Senate over comic book censorship to MAD’s emergence as a revolutionary satiric force. The program concludes with a unique slide presentation spotlighting many of MAD’s most controversial and outrageous covers and articles, followed by a lively Q&A session. This is a ticketed event, see Registration Desk for details. Speaker: Joe Raiola, Senior Editor, MAD Magazine Saturday, November 5, 2011 November Saturday,

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YSS Table Talks Empire State Center for the School Library Initiatives from NYSED Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Book is for Everyone Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Sponsor: YSS Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Sponsor: SSL / SED/NYSL / SLSA Roundtable discussions and hands-on activities for Sponsor: NYLA / Empire State Center for the Book / New Interactive discussion and presentation addressing children’s and young adult programming and services. York Council for the Humanities Board of Regents Reform Agenda, Race To The Top, AASL Topics: Anime/Manga Clubs;As Seen on TV (programming); Learn about the Empire State Center for the Book, New Standards and Information Fluency Continuums, APPR, Audiobooks (Kids, Tweens and Teens); Baby Storytimes; The York’s affiliate of the Library of Congress’ national Center SLMPE, Commissioner’s Regulations 100.2, BEDS, and the Morgue, The Merrier: Teen Horror Writing Workshop; PAWS for for the Book. Letters About Literature, the New York State P-16 data system. reading; SRP Crafts for Kids; SRP Crafts for Teens; Together Writers Hall of Fame and the Empire State Book Festival Speakers: for the Humanities; What To Do When It’s Due Tomorrow are some of the center’s current activities. Learn how you, John P. Brock, Office of Educational Design Speakers: your library and your community can become involved with and Technology Beth Barning, Huntington Public Library the center. Cassie Artale, New York State Library, Division Gail Brown, Voorheesville Public Library Speaker: of Library Development Jenny Burke, DeWitt Community Library Rocco Staino, Empire State Center for fhe Book Chair Shauntee Burns, NY Public Library Throw the Bums Out: Serena Burns, NY Public Library One ILS to Rule Them All, One ILS to Find a Weeding Workshop Serena Butch, Schenectady County Public Library Them - Norwich University’s WorldCat Saratoga Hilton / Travers Kelly Chambala, Maxwell Memorial Library Local Experience Sponsor: NYLA Erika Halstead, NY Council for the Humanities Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Overcome your reluctance to weed, establish practices for Sponsor: SMART continual weeding, make informed decisions about each Program Slot #10 Elliot Polak, Head of Technology from Norwich University item, and get your staff, trustees, and public on board. For 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM will explain how the WorldCat Local catalog public and school librarians. program was started and how it is working Speakers: Bullying and Cyberbullying from a staff viewpoint. Mary J. Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Speaker: Jo-Ann M. Benedetti, Upper Hudson Library System Sponsor: SLSA Elliot Polak, Norwich University This session will address current trends in bullying, cyberbullying and cyberthreats. Speaker: Trooper George H. Murphy Jr., School & Community Outreach Coordinator Saturday, November 5, 2011

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The various types of NYLA membership are briefly described below. Your basic membership Contribution Explanations entitles you to free membership in one section. You may join as many additional sections Intellectual Freedom Defense Fund: Contributions to this resource fund will be used to and roundtables you like for an additional charge. NYLA memberships are for a period of advance the issues of intellectual freedom. It may be used for supporting NYLA members one year beginning the first of the month in which your membership payment is received. who find themselves in need of financial help if they are involved in defending the rights Dues allocation: the basic section receives 25% of NYLA membership dues for its programs. of intellectual freedom. Any NYLA member may make an application to the fund. Decisions When no section is selected, all dues to go NYLA programs. about the use of the fund are made by the Intellectual Freedom Committee with the endorsement of the Council of the New York Library Association. QUESTIONS? Please look at our website at www.nyla.org or contact the NYLA office at 1-800-252-6952 or [email protected]. We’ll be happy to respond. The Endowment Fund: Established to provide NYLA a stable source of income that would allow the Association to respond to the changing needs of the library community of New Personal Membership Types York. Donations to the Endowment Fund are tax-deductible and help ensure NYLA’s future First Time: ($25.00) First time NYLA members are offered an introductory rate for the first ability to support New York’s library community through advocacy, professional development year. Regular member dues will apply at the start of the member’s second year (see dues opportunities and promoting public awareness of the value of libraries and the library table below). profession.

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Leadershipand Management Academy

Overview Curriculum The New York Library Association’s Leadership and Management Academy is an Graduates of the Leadership and Management Academy will emerge with knowledge educational program for emerging leaders in the library profession. Participants will and skills in the following topics: gain the skills and knowledge they need to advance up the career ladder in library l Leadership and Management Practices management. l Communication and Presentation Skills l Budgeting Enrollment in the Leadership and Management Academy is limited initially to 40 l Conflict Resolution and Team Building students each year. Enrollees are required to complete ten courses over a three year l Time Management and Organizational Skills period to receive a Leadership and Management Academy Certificate. l Strategic Planning l Fundraising and Board Relations Qualifying courses will be held at the NYLA Annual Conference (Oct.-Nov.) and in June. l Facility/Building Management l Legal Issues Who should attend the academy? l Human Resources The Academy is designed for mid-career library professionals interested in obtaining the practical knowledge and basic skills critical to becoming a library leader or Application Process manager. Applicants must either have five years of library experience and a Bachelors Visit www.NYLA.org for details. Submit application form along with resume and Degree or two years of library experience and an MLS. appropriate payment.

Instructors Tuition Courses in the Leadership and Management Academy will be taught by experienced The Leadership and Management Academy is only open to NYLA members. library leaders, academic faculty members, specialized experts, and consultants in Applicants have a choice of paying a per course fee of $130 or $800 for the entire particular fields. program.

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Badges To ensure admittance to programs and exhibits, NYLA requires you to wear your badge while attending conference events. If you lose your badge, a replacement will be provided for $1.00.

Child Care Information on local child care options (i.e. a listing of local bonded babysitters or other “outside contractors”) may be obtained by contacting your hotel.

Conference Catalog This guide provides information on everything you need to know to participate in this year’s conference. Replacement copies are available at the Registration Desk for $1.00.

Exhibit Fast Passes People who want to see the exhibits without registering for the conference must purchase an exhibit fast pass at the conference Registration Desk. Daily exhibit fast passes cost $10. Passes may be used to enter the exhibit hall only during exhibit hours.

Future NYLA Annual Conferences 2012 - November 7 - 10, Saratoga Springs, NY 2013 - September 25 - 28, Niagara Falls, NY

Houses of Worship Information on area churches and temples may be obtained at the front desk of the hotel.

Internet Café and Lounge An Internet Café and Lounge is provided to allow conference attendees to access e-mail, as well as to provide a place for small private discussion. The Internet Café and Lounge is located in the Phila Room of the Saratoga Hilton.

Local Information The Saratoga Convention and Visitors Bureau has provided information on local restaurants and attractions, available near the Registration Desk in the lobby of the Saratoga Hilton. Additionally a listing of local restaurants can be found on page 6.

Message Board A message board will be located near the NYLA conference Registration Desk and used by NYLA staff to notify conference participants of schedule and meeting room changes. Conference participants may also post messages.

NYLA Fundraising Store Plan to shop at the NYLA Gift Shop for books, publications, note cards and much more! Proceeds from the sale of gift shop items help support NYLA’s general programs. Hours and locations: Booths 97 & 98 of the Trade Show Thursday 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Saratoga Ballroom Saturday 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

NYLA Membership Application Are you a NYLA member? If you are not, join today to take advantage of NYLA membership benefits throughout the year. NYLA membership applications are available at the Registration Desk.

Observers at Meetings NYLA welcomes observers at committee and board meetings. Please: (1) notify the committee or board chair in advance that you plan to attend, (2) keep in mind the obligations of the committee or board to transact NYLA business, and (3) be aware that space restrictions may limit the accommodations of observers. Conference registration is required.

Parking Parking is available at The Saratoga Hilton, the Hampton Inn, and the Courtyard by Marriott. If these lots are filled, there are free public parking lots in Saratoga Springs. However, many of these lots have two-hour parking limits. Please note signs posted in parking lots. There may be a charge for parking.

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Safety Tips Unused Tickets Onsite / Ticket Exchange Do: Registrants having event tickets they will not be using are asked to donate them back to l Keep a list at home of the credit cards and identification you plan to take with you. It will NYLA at the registration desk in The Saratoga Hilton. The New Members Roundtable is be hard to count on your memory if these items are lost. coordinating re-distribution of unused event tickets. If you are in need of an event ticket, you l Carry with you the name, address, and telephone number of an individual to contact in may check at the NMRT booth to inquire about availability of unused tickets. case of an emergency. l Be sure to carry a card describing any medical difficulties. Ticket Sale Policy l Take as little cash as possible. Carry traveler’s checks and credit cards to cover your Following an agreement of the NYLA Conference Advisory Committee in December 1990, expenses. a limited number of tickets may be purchased by conference registrants for conference Do Not: events. l Display large amounts of case when paying for taxis, tips, etc. For events occurring between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm, a registrant may only purchase l Leave luggage unattended. Keep it in full view at all times. If your hotel room is not two tickets (one in addition to registrant’s own). Additional tickets are unlimited for the available when you check in, see the front desk of the hotel. following: l Wear your name badge on the street. l NYLA’s Inaugural Celebration and Awards Ceremony and the Scholarship Bash Event. l Scholarship Bash (formerly Vitality Fund) Smoking l The annual Scholarship (formerly Vitality Fund Event) is held to raise money for the The NYLA Council has established a policy prohibiting smoking in meeting rooms where NYLA Future Librarians’ Scholarship Program. Scholarship Program contributions will be NYLA conference programs and events are being held. accepted at the NYLA conference registration desk.

Tax Deductible Expenditures “Tax deductions for educational expenses,” Treasury regulation #1.162.5, permits an Conference Bookstore income tax deduction for educational expenses (registration fees and cost of travel, meals Blackwood & Brouwer Booksellers, Ltd. and lodging undertaken to (1) maintain or improve skills required in one’s employment or Saratoga Hilton / Pavilion other trade or business or (2) meet express requirements of employment, job status or rate Wednesday, 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM of compensation. Thursday, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM If you are employed by a not-for-profit organization and wish to have your room tax waived, payment must be made by the institution’s check or credit card claiming tax-exempt Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM status and a copy of the organization’s tax exempt form must be presented to your hotel Saturday, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM prior to or upon check-in. A portion of proceeds to support NYLA.

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Academic and Special Libraries Government Information NYLA Talk Amongst Yourselves: Making Reading and Section (ASLS) Roundtable (GIRT) Discussion Programs Work Census Data: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly High School to College Collaboration Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Hampton Inn / Henry Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Bond Basics for Financing Public Library Capital Projects American Memory: Time Travel Made EZ Innovations Between Libraries and Publishers Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Hampton Inn / Henry Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Legal Issues for Association Libraries E-Government Services Tools for Digital Preservation and Asset Management Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Hampton Inn / Henry Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Sustainability, High Performance Buildings and Stories of Our Past: Oral History Projects Integrative Design Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Intellectual Freedom How May I Help You? ABC’s of Fundraising Implementing the Single Service Desk in Libraries Committee (IFC) Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Intellectual Freedom Committee Meeting Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Coffee Klatch with ALA What do Our Users Want? Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Patron-driven Acquisitions Projects Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Declare Financial Independence: Intellectual Freedom Become A Library District! Roundtable (IFRT) Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Confidentiality, the Patriot Act and Your Library Tax Cap Impact on Libraries Bibliographic Instruction Friday 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Roundtable (BIRT) QR Codes Rock the Library on Your Phone The First in the 21st Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Library Administration and Empire State Center for the Book is for Everyone Management Section (LAMS) Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney 21 More Ideas for 21st Century Libraries Correctional Outreach Resource Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Throw the Bums Out: A Weeding Workshop Team (CORT) Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Inside Far From Home Sensitive and Effective Intervention Techniques Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Hampton Inn / Lake

Supporting Veterans and Military Families I STILL Don’t Want to Talk About It Friday 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Public Libraries Section (PLS) Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Hampton Inn / Lake Devices: E-Readers, iPads, Apps—Successful Applications in Public Libraries Job Seeking After Prison Profiles in Library Leadership Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Hampton Inn / Lake Re-imagining Existing Library Space Publisher of the Community: Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama New Librarianship Unencumbered by our Stacks Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2

Empire Friends Roundtable (EFRT) Teen Spaces Reimagined Kids Can Rock YOUR Library! Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Hampton Inn / Henry Library Trustees Association of New York (LTA) PLS Annual Meeting, Awards and What’s Next in Public Successful Programming and Friends Groups Libraries Table Talks Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Hampton Inn / Henry Safety and Security in Public Libraries Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Hampton Inn / Henry Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3

All on the Same Page: Board-Friends-Director Relationships Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Hampton Inn / Henry New Members Roundtable (NMRT) Public Library System Directors Transferable Skills Keep You Rolling! Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Organization (PULISDO) Malcolm Hill Lecture: Ethnic Services Roundtable (ESRT) Lewis Lapham on the Art of Reading Untold Story of Blacks and Latinos Networking for Career Success Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 Who Came Through Ellis Island Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Hampton Inn / Lake Mastering Conflict in the Workplace Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock ESOL 101: English @ Your Library Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Hampton Inn / Lake Reference & Adult Services Section Small Business Information: ESRT ROCKS! Resources that Won’t Break the Bank Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Hampton Inn / Lake NY 3Rs Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Futureproofing Your Library The Fight for Freedom: the True Story of the Breadfruit Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Mystery Slam Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama

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Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture Making Music at Your Library Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 One ILS to Rule Them All, One ILS to Find Them— RASS-berries, Bagels and Roundtables Norwich University’s WorldCat Local Experience Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4

REFORMA Section of School Librarians (SSL) Advocating Acceptance: Confronting Racism and Read2day Summer Reading Program Promoting Tolerance in Your Library Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Hampton Inn / Lake Public-School Library Cooperation ROCKS! NYLA Disaster Relief Fund Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Travers The following libraries have been identified as having T(w)eens ROCK the Library! incurred damage due to the recent flooding: Roundtable on Library Service to Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Special Populations (RLSP) Altamont Free Library SSL Membership Meeting and Hot Topics Serving Deaf Customers in the Library Desmond-Fish Library Thursday 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 3 Goshen Public Library Immigration Services, At-Risk Youth, and Building a Dynamic Website ROCKS! Re-entry Programs Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama MacArthur Elementary School Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B Technology Policy and Planning from USNY Middleburgh Public Library Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock Moffat Library School Library Initiatives from NYSED State Education Department/ Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Owego Elementary School New York State Library (SED/NYSL) Phonecia Library NYS Education Commissioner Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Rye Free Reading Room Youth Service Section (YSS) Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library Teleconferencing: Rocking NY Teens with Social Media Delivering Library Service in the 21st Century Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Schoharie Free Assoc. Library Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Saratoga Hilton / Whitney Sex in YA Fiction: How Far is Too Far? Wallkill Public Library 2020 Vision for Library Services in NYS: Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock The Discussion Continues Wells Memorial Library Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 2 Video Game Design: No Programming Needed Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Alabama Windham Public Library

Telling Tales Performance NYLA is accepting donations to the Disaster Relief Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Fund to benefit those libraries that have applied for School Library System assistance. Please see Registration Desk for details. Association (SLSA) Storytimes That Sizzle Bullying and Cyberbullying Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / High Rock YSS Table Talks Transliteracy: New Library Lingo Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom 1 Friday 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Hampton Inn / Saratoga A/B

Section on Management of Information Resources & The NYLA Gift Shop Technology (SMART) The NYLA Gift Shop offers a wide array of Everything “E” – Ebooks Selection and Acquisition Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 unique and hard to find gifts for the librarian on your shopping list. With numerous new Emerging Trends in Technology for Librarians offerings this year the Gift Shop is sure to have Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 3-4 something for everyone.

Library in Your Pocket – Mobile Trends for Libraries Gift Stop Hours / Location Friday 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2 Booths 97 & 98 of the Trade Show Thursday, 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM SMART Membership Meeting & FLASH Talks Friday, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Friday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Saratoga Hilton / Travers Saratoga Ballroom Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Take it to the Cloud Friday 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Saratoga Hilton / Broadway 1-2

25 Supporting NYLA NYLA Annual Membership Meeting &

The New York Library Association was launched in the late 19th century in response to the Parliamentary Procedure need for a service organization that would assist librarians and advance libraries. Thursday, November 3,2011 Today, NYLA works to promote the services that libraries offer, while providing a home 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM for the broad specialties of librarianship, facilitating communication among libraries and Saratoga Hilton / Saratoga Ballroom library professionals, offering scholarships to help prepare the librarians of tomorrow, and much more. When addressing the Chair, the person desiring recognition will go to the microphone and, NYLA’s successful work in the areas of state and national-level advocacy, public when recognized, state name and library first. relations, media relations, and public awareness all depends on the generous support of its contributors. With your support, we can continue to build prestige for libraries by enhancing Motions: their public visibility, and help local libraries remain strong and vital. In addition, we All main motions and amendments shall be signed by the mover and seconder and support the education of librarians and offer them ways to enhance their professional lives. presented to the Chair in writing.

Resolutions: Here are some of the ways you can help support NYLA: All resolutions must be submitted to the conference registration desk by 4:30 PM on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, so that they can be ready for distribution at the meeting. Endowment Fund Debate: The purpose of this fund is to provide NYLA with long-term financial stability and ensure Debate shall be limited to three minutes for each speaker; no speaker may have the floor NYLA’s future ability to serve its members. Interest from the endowment would be used to on the same question until all who wish to speak have spoken. provide another revenue stream for the Association to carry out its mission. Rules: By general consent, if there are no objections, these rules shall govern. Any rule may be Donation Amount: $ suspended by a two-thirds vote. Agenda: Intellectual Freedom Fund After adoption of the rules, the meeting will adopt the agenda as presented by the Chair at The purpose of this fund is to advance the cause of intellectual freedom and help NYLA the beginning of the meeting. If new topics are later proposed, they will be considered if time members in their efforts to defend the rights of intellectual freedom. permits, by consent of a two-thirds vote after the agreed-upon agenda has been completed. Quorum: Donation Amount: $ One hundred personal members shall constitute a quorum. Advocacy Fund The purpose of this fund is to help underwrite the costs of NYLA’s advocacy efforts at both Parliamentary Procedure the state and local levels. Funds would be used to promote libraries and their need for Definitions more public funding at the state and local level. l Main Motion: Proposal for action or expression of certain views. l Subsidiary Motion: Motion to modify or delay action on the main motion. Donation Amount: $ l Amend or modify by striking, inserting or adding language at the end of line; or substituting. l Refer to committee for information, appropriate recommendations and/or implementation Disaster Relief Fund of recommendations. l Postpone to a certain time. The purpose of this fund is to provide funding to libraries in New York damaged or destroyed l Defer further consideration of the main question until a definitely stated time. by natural or manmade disasters like flooding, hurricanes, fire, etc. l Lay on the table is to set aside temporarily by majority of vote without discussion. If definite time is desired, postpone should be employed. Donation Amount: $ l Move the previous question to close debate on current question. l Affirmative vote (two-thirds without discussion_ closes debate and orders immediate Scholarship Fund debate on pending question. The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to one student at each of the seven l Incidental Motions (These arise from the pending question and must be decided library and information science schools in New York State. before the question. No recognition required): Request for Information; Appeal; Point of Order; Division of Assembly. Donation Amount: $ l A standing vote need not be counted unless the outcome is uncertain or a record of the vote is required. l Adjourn: Closing of the meeting by general consent or motion. Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Mr. & Mrs. / Dr.

Address When to Use Motions City / State / Zip l To introduce business: move to main motion l To approve action: move to accept, adopt or ratify Telephone (include area code) l To modify or change: move to amend or refer to a committee l To defer action: move to postpone to a definite time, refer to a committee or lay on table Email l To limit discussion: move to limit debate l To stop discussion: move the previous question. Make check payable to New York Library Association l To determine correctness of an announced vote; move for division of assembly l To suppress a question: object to consideration, move to postpone indefinitely or lay Charge my:  Visa  Mastercard  Discover on table l To object to decision of Chair: move an appeal from the decision Card number l To make a request: call for point of information, rise to parliamentary inquiry or raise question of privileges Exp Date l To consider a second time: make move to take from the table, reconsider or rescind l To repeal action move to rescind Name on Card

Signature REFERENCE: Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised, Current Edition NYLA Parliamentarian: Arthur Friedman, Ed. D.

26 27 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog NYLA Exhibitors 2011 3M Library Systems AWE, Inc. Brainfuse The Book Farm, Inc. Booth #: 129 Booth #: 52 Booth #: 56 Booth #: 22 3M Center 2501 Seaport Dr. 271 Madison Ave. 210 Lazenby St. 225-04-N-14 Suite 410-SH 3rd Floor Blanchester, OH 45107 St. Paul, MN 55144 Chester, PA 19013 New York, NY 10016 937-783-8093 800-328-0067 610-833-6400 866-272-4638 www.thebookfarminc.com www.3m.com www.awe-net.com www.brainfuse.com Wholesale children’s books (prebound Self check, RFID, automated materials AWE’s Early Literature Station™ and ELS Brainfuse is America’s leading provider of and trade binding), puppets (hand, stage, handling, materials loss prevention and a Bilingual Spanish™ are the world’s premier online tutoring and job-search services. and finger puppets), puzzles (floor, board, new e-book lending service. digital learning centers for children ages JobNow™ and HelpNow™ provide wooden), felt products. 2-10. comprehensive assistance in job-search, A.L.D. Services, Inc. academics, and testing. C TECH Table #: 102 Baker & Taylor, Inc. Booth #: 62 Albany Int’l Airport Booth #: 3 Britannica Digital Learning 2 N. Williams St. Latham, NY 12210 2550 W Tyvola Rd. Booth #: 67 Pearl River, NY 10965 518-242-2457 Suite 300 331 N LaSalle Dr. 800-228-7798 A.L.D. Service offers innovative delivery Charlotte, NC 28217 Chicago, IL 60654 www.lvpshop.com solutions for small to mid sized companies 800-775-1800 800-621-3900 C TECH sells products for people who are and library systems. Founded in 1996 www.btol.com www.info.eb.com blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, and A.L.D. was among the first companies Baker & Taylor, Inc., is a global information Britannica Digital Learning is a leader in learning disabled. Our line of products to offer real time driver tracking to it’s and entertainment services company education publishing whose products can includes the following but not limited to: customers and it’s commitment to quality offering print and digital books, and be found in many media, from the Internet Electronic Video Magnifiers, Scan and service has led to growth by offering real entertainment products along with value- to wireless devices and to books. A pioneer Read Software, Screen Readers, Screen savings in efficiancy and overall cost to it’s add services to libraries, educational in electronic publishing since the early Magnifiers and Braille products. clients. We offer both delivery service and institutions and retailers. 1980’s, the company markets a variety of consultation to self operated organizations reference works, supplemental curriculum Career Cruising who require real answers to keep service up Basch Subscriptions Inc, a Prenax products and other learning resources. Booth #: 35 and costs down. With large customers such Company/The Reference Shelf 1867 Yonge St. as United, U.S. Air and Delta Airlines, and Table #: 125 Brodart Company Suite 1002 small, A.L.D. is at your service. 10 Ferry St. Booth #: 50-51 Toronto, ON M4S 1Y5 Suite 429 500 Arch St. 800-965-8541 ext. 128 A.R. Kropp Co. & Sons Concord, NH 03301 Williamsport, PA 17701 www.careercruising.com Booth #: 57 603-229-0662 800-233-8467 Career Cruising is an industry-leading online 1515-B Fifth Industrial Ct. www.basch.com www.brodart.com career and education planning system for Bay Shore, NY 11706 BSI and Prenax, Inc. provide responsive, Brodart provides libraries with shelf-ready your patrons, accessible to them 24/7. 631-549-9240 customer-oriented print and electronic books, electronic ordering systems, high www.arkshelving.com subscription management. BSI services quality furniture, and supplies. Castle Learning Online From Design, sales and installation of and systems are shaped by the needs Castle Software library furniture, shelving, millwork and of medical, government, academic and Butler Rowland Mays Architects, LLP Booth #: 84 accessories. public libraries; those of Prenax mesh Booth #: 60 626 Layport Dr. with corporate fulfillment systems and the 57 West High St. Sebastian, FL 32958 American Interfile and Library Relocations desk-top ordering and approval processes Ballston Spa, NY 12020 772-532-5966 Table #: 110 common among legal, financial, and 518-885-1255 www.castlesoftware.com 55 Sweeneydale Ave. industrial clients. www.brmarchitects.com www.castlelearning.com Bay Shore, NY 11706 Architectural design services for libraries CLO is web-based review, testing and 631-231-3309 BBS Architects & Engineers, P.C. and library systems including construction, assessment for grades 1-12 in all core www.americaninterfile.com Booth #: 92 additions, and interiors/furnishings. subjects, foreign language and ESL. A national library relocation company 244 E Main St. providing transition consulting, planning, Patchogue, NY 11772 BWI CCP Solutions, LLC and moving services as well as interior 631-475-0349 Booth #: 94 Booth #: 37 facelifts to libraries including, painting, www.bbsarchitecture.com 1340 Ridgeview Dr. 18 Beadel St. carpeting, shelving system changes and Architectural/engineering services special- McHenry, IL 60050 Brooklyn, NY 11222 renovations. izing in green library design and adaptive 800-888-4478 800-221-4445 re-use. www.titletales.com www.ccpcopy.com Artistic Ambitions Jewelry BWI offers books, A/V and more to CCP Solutions is a provider of self-service Table #: 103 Books on Tape and Listening Library public libraries. For specialized collection scan station solutions, including the Fairport, NY 14450 Booth #: 26 development and personal service, choose Bookscan Station and Kodak Photo Scan 585-520-7724 400 Hahn Rd. BWI. 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Unabridged audiobooks on CD and Booth #: 126 Booth #: 83 downloads for adults, children, and teens. 64 Main St. 1387 Dutch American Way AudioGo Suite 207 Beecher, IL 60401 Booth #: 17 Bound To Stay Bound Books Cortland, NY 13045 800-230-1279 42 Whitecap Dr. Booth #: 82 607-423-1625 www.childrensplusinc.com North Kingstown, RI 02852 1880 West Morton www.barrowsgroup.com Children’s Plus provides classroom and 800-621-0182 Jacksonville, IL 62650 Development and fundraising services, library books for pre-K to young adults. www.audiogo.com/library 800-637-6586 specializing in capital campaigns, feasibility Publisher of unabridged audiobooks and www.btsb.com studies, and volunteer training. dramatizations with flexible standing order Prebound juvenile library books with plans and 3000+ titles under $50! full processing and automation support available.

28 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog NYLA Exhibitors 2011 Clancy-Cullen Moving & Storage The Caregiver’s Path to EBSCO Gaylord Bros. Table #: 121 Compassionate Decision Making Booth #: 7 Booth #: 138 310 Tiffany St. Booth #: 150 110 Olmsted St. 7282 William Barry Blvd. Bronx, NY 10474 11862 Balboa Blvd. Ste. 200 Syracuse, NY 13212 800-223-8340 #174 Birmingham, AL 35242 800-448-6160 www.bookmove.com Granada Hills, CA 91344 800-633-4604 www.gaylord.com Turnkey library relocation services - moving, 805-807-4474 www.ebsco.com Gaylord—Your Trusted Source for library shifting, offsite book storage, cleaning, move www.thecaregiverspath.com EBSCO provides e-journal, e-book and supplies, furniture, archival solutions. Ask consultation, integration or segregation. Recommended by Booklist and the “2011 e-journal package and print subscriptions, about our Free Layout & Design Service! Caregiver Friendly Book Award,” The Caregiver’s e-resource management tools, full-text Combined Book Exhibit Path to Compassionate Decision Making, and secondary databases, and related Globe Pequot Press Booth #: 131-137 offers practical tools, strategies and support services for all types of libraries, research Table #: 113 277 White St. for making decisions for those with Alzheimer’s, organizations and corporations. 246 Goose Lane Buchanan, NY 10511 strokes, and other mental limitations. “There is Guilford, CT 06437 914-739-7500 no other reference like it!” Educational Furnishings 973-239-0231 www.combinedbook.com Booth #: 49 www.globepequot.com See hundreds of books from hundreds DEMCO Interiors 301 Island Blvd. Globe Pequot Press is a book publisher and of large and small publishers all in one Booth #: 95 Sunbury, PA 17801 distributor specializing in travel, outdoor, location. 4810 Forest Run Rd. 570-988-1710 and regional titles. However Globe also Madison, WI 53704 www.educationalfurnishings.com publishes and distributes an eclectic mix of Communication Services 800-747-7561 Designing and furnishing innovative library books to please all reading tastes. Booth #: 91 www.demsointeriors.com environments 50 Colvin Ave. Our services include everything from design Grey House Publishing Albany, NY 12206 and layout to project management and full Evanced Solutions Booth #: 32 518-438-2826 installation. Booth #: 96 4919 Rte. 22 www.commservices.net 7830 Rockville Rd. P.O. Box 56 Creative branding and marketing to set Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc. Suite C Amenia, NY 12501 the stage for planning and implementing (DRA Architects) Indianapolis, IN 46214 518-789-8700 building referendum, budget/funding and Booth #: 80 317-352-2188 www.greyhouse.com charter change campaigns. 225 Oakland Rd. www.evancedsolutions.com Publisher of reference titles, in print and Studio 205 Cost-effective tools specifically for online, for public, academic and high Cornell University Press South Windsor, CT 06074 libraries, related to program management, school libraries. Topics cover financial Table #: 119 860-644-8300 meeting room booking, summer reading ratings, general reference, history, business Sage House www.DRAarchitects.com management, staff scheduling, and information, health and education. Stop 512 E. State St. Innovative architecture, planning and automated materials vending. by the booth to demo our new Financial Ithaca, NY 14850 interior design services for libraries and Ratings Series Online! 607-277-2338 community buildings with emphasis on Facts On File www.cornellpress.cornell.edu green design. Booth #: 130 Guildcraft Arts & Crafts Cornell University Press is the leading pub 132 W. 31st St. Booth #: 38 lisher of titles about New York City and The Donohue Group, Inc. New York, NY 10001 100 Fire Tower Dr. State. Table #: 122 800-322-8755 Tonawanda, NY 14150 41 Mechanic St. www.factsonfile.com 800-345-5563 Creative Library Concepts Windsor, CT 06095 Award-winning publisher of educational www.guildcraftinc.com Booth #: 63-64 860-683-1647 online databases, streaming video, and Your source for quality craft kits for summer 525 Boulevard www.dgiinc.com e-books. reading programs & more!! Order today! 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Since 1956, Habiterra is your architect Boston, MA 02111 646-422-7499 Faxvend.com specializing in green, inventive and dynamic 855-292-6100 www.easybib.com library architecture. www.corp.credoreference.com EasyBib is a bibliographic and research Gale, Cengage Learning A customizable online reference service management tool that helps students avoid Booth #: 142 Hale Manufacturing offering 1500+ full-text titles from the plagiarism, assess source credibility, and 27500 Drake Rd. Booth #: 72-73 world’s best publishers, with options for synthesize information, allowing educators Farmington Hills, MI 48331 P.O. Box 186 subscription and purchase. to effectively teach critical information 248-699-8988 Frankfurt, NY 13340 literacy skills. www.gale.cengage.com 315-894-5490 Gale, part of Cengage Learning, serves the www.halesince1907.com world’s information and education needs Since 1907. 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29 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog NYLA Exhibitors 2011 Image Integrator, LLC JanWay Company Magazine Subscription Service Agency Morningstar, Inc. Booth #: 31 Booth #: 74 Booth #: 14 Table #: 118 1005 W. Fayette St. 11 Academy Rd. P.O. Box 217 22 W. Washington Syracuse, NY 13204 Cogan Station, PA 17728 Elfers, FL 34680 Chicago, IL 60602 315-474-9788 570-494-1239 800-368-7922 312-696-6534 www.imageintegration.com www.janway.com www.magazinesubservagy.net www.morningstar.com The Konica Minolta PS7000C MKII : Full Promotional/fundraising items: custom- We are a small, independent subscription Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of Color Digital Book Scanner - The superior printed canvas, nylon, non-woven (Go agency that services libraries. We handle independent investment research. Morningstar color scanning solution for oversized books Green), plastic bags, bookmarks, drinkware, over 250,000 publications. Investment Research Center is our database and magazines; ST BookReader Center with magnets, pens/pencils, flash drives, etc. Use specifically designed for libraries which Audio - Scan and convert books to spoken for advocacy, special events, new services Mandarin Library Automation includes stocks, funds and ETFs. words; ST BookScan Center – a standalone (i.e. tech-related). Reading incentives. Booth #: 148 scanning system for public locations, for 1100 Holland Dr. U.W. 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30 31 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog NYLA Exhibitors 2011 New Yorkers For Better Libraries Joseph P. Price Agency Inc. The Penworthy Company SenSource Inc. Booth #: 149 Booth #: 59 Booth #: 145 Booth #: 41 P.O. Box 795 1150 Portion Rd. 219 N. Milwaukee 3890 Oakwood Ave. Canton, NY 13617 Suite 14 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Youngstown, OH 44515 Advocating for state library aid to provide Holtsville, NY 11742 800-262-2665 800-239-1226 the excellent library services that New 631-698-7400 www.penworthy.com www.sensourceinc.com/library Yorkers need. www.joepriceinsurance.com Penworthy makes buying children’s books Accurately report patrons visiting your All lines of insurance for a a library the pleasure it ought to be® with an library with SenSource traffic counters. Newson Publishing, LLC representative of the Utica National Library exceptional selection, sturdy Penworthy SenSource makes it simple with easy Table #: 116 Program. 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32 2011 NYLA Conference Catalog NYLA Exhibitors 2011 Syracuse University Press WALDO Booth #: 85 Booth #: 19 621 Skytop Rd. P.O. Box 360 Suite 110 Somers, NY 10589 Syracuse, NY 13244 866-579-6051 315-443-5547 www.waldolib.org www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu Westchester Academic Library Directors Syracuse University Press will display Organization (WALDO) is a non-profit a sixty-five-year tradition of publishing membership organization supporting significant and groundbreaking books. the procurement & administration of electronic information services for Tech Logic libraries since 1982. Booth #: 5 1818 Buerkle Rd. World Book, Inc. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Booth #: 76 800-494-9330 233 N. Michigan Ave. www.tech-logic.com Suite 2000 Simplifying material receiving, sorting, Chicago, IL 60601 distribution and self check functions, 800-975-3250 while saving libraries funds and space. www.worldbookonline.com World Book provides the best print and The DRS Imaging Group/ScanPro 2000 online resources worldwide. Booth #: 9 75 Maiden Lane WT Cox Subscriptions New York, NY 10038 Booth #: 93 212-924-8680 201 Village Rd. The DRS Imaging Group and IMR market Shallotte, NC 28470 the Scan Pro 2000 in New York State. We 800-571-9554 are long time microfilm service bureau’s www.wtcox.com with a focus on preservation microfilm. The Offers serial acquisitions and manage- Scan Pro 2000 is the latest microfilm/ ment tools as a New York State Approved fiche scanner technology on the market. Vendor. The scanner is software based and offers a multitude of improvements over the traditional reader printers on the market. NYLA Groups will be represented at the Please stop by booth #9 for a demon- Annual Conference and Trade Show in stration! (please bring your own film) the following locations: Triton Construction Sections Booth #: 2 ASLS—Academic & Special Libraries 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd. Section Suite 200 Booth #: 15 Garden City, NY 11530 516-780-8100 LAMS—Library Administration and www.tritonconstruction.net Management Section Triton is a leading library construction Booth #: 28 manager with a solid record of quality, PLS—Public Libraries Section on-time and within budget performance. Booth #: 90 Unique Management Services, Inc. RASS—Reference & Adult Services Booth #: 30 Section 119 E. Maple St. Booth #: 34 Jeffersonville, IN 47130 SSL—Section of School Librarians 800-879-5453 Table Top Display in Pavilion Hallway www.unique-mgmt.com Customer service, notifications, and SMART—Section on Management of material recovery. Information Resources & Technology Booth #: 55 VenMill Industries YSS—Youth Services Section Booth #: 70 Booth #: 81 670 Douglas St. Uxbridge, MA 01569 Roundtables 866-864-0210 The following NYLA Roundtables will be www.venmill.com hosting table top displays in the hallway Scratched disc repair services and leading to the Pavilion in the Saratoga Hilton. equipment. Repair movies, games, music, ESRT—Ethnic Services Roundtable and books-on-disc inexpensively. GIRT—Government Information Roundtable RLRT—Rural Libraries Roundtable NMRT—New Members Roundtable

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36 37 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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