TexasLibraryJournal volume 93, number 4 • winter 2017 ALADENVER MIDWINTER Get Inspired! MeetingFEBRUARY & 9–13, Exhibits 2018 Programs BOOK BUZZ THEATER Innovation Discussions Programs Denver Sessions SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES Social Events ALA Publishers Pavilions Organizations SCHEDULER MIDWINTER Experts LIVE STAGES Librarians CONNECTIONS Awards Committees LIBRARIES AUTHORS ALA Store POPTOP STAGE LEARNING Preconferences RUSA AWARDS TICKETED Networking YOUTH MEDIA 2018 Uncommons EVENTS AWARDS Mobile App Peer ALA Master Series Books News Networking PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM News You Can Use EXHIBITS Speakers ELIZABETH JUNOT DÍAZ BILL NYE MARLEY DIAS ACEVEDO Author Author and Author and Activist Author and Poet TV Personality DAVE GREGORY PATRISSE CULLORS EGGERS MONE Activist, Author and Author Author Performance Artist Find dates and other details for specific events in Can’t attend the whole event? the conference scheduler at alamidwinter.org Choose specific days to attend, or exhibits-only. ALAMIDWINTER.ORG TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL Conference Edition contents Volume 93, No 4 Winter 2017 Published by the TEXAS LIBRARY President’s Perspective: Advocacy and Storytelling .....Ling Hwey Jeng ...... 2 ASSOCIATION From the Editor ................................................... Wendy Woodland ...... 4 ALADENVER MIDWINTER OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Get Inspired! Membership in TLA is open to any Advocate for Open ................................................... Dean Hendrix ...... 6 individual or institution interested The Challenge of Open Educational Resource MeetingFEBRUARY & 9–13, Exhibits 2018 in Texas libraries. Implementation at Private Institutions....................... Diane Graves ...... 8 Student Success and Diversity and Inclusion: To find out more about TLA, order TLA OER@UH ................................................................Lisa German .... 10 publications, or place advertising in BOOK BUZZ Texas Library Journal, write to The Faculty Perspective on Open Educational Programs Texas Library Association Resources as a Means to Increase Access THEATER Innovation to Higher Education ............................................... Bruce Herbert .... 11 3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite 401 Discussions Programs Denver Austin, Texas 78746-6763; Library Support for Sustainability Open Education Sessions SYMPOSIUM ON THE call 1-800-580-2TLA (2852); or visit Using Learning Objects, Repositories, our website at www.txla.org. and Open Access Principles ............................................Hong Xu .... 12 FUTURE OF LIBRARIES A directory of TLA membership is Social Events ALA Connecting Cultures & Community ..............................Jorie Nissen .... 14 Publishers Pavilions Organizations SCHEDULER available in the “Members Only” section Libraries Share Stories of Resilience ..................................Sara Ortiz .... 15 of the website. Intercampus Collaboration on Copyright: MIDWINTER Experts LIVE STAGES Librarians CONNECTIONS Awards Opinions expressed in Texas Library Doing the ©Right Thing in the Committees LIBRARIES Journal are those of the authors and are Permian Basin ..............................Howard C. Marks & John Deats .... 17 AUTHORS not necessarily endorsed by TLA. Newsnotes .......................................................................................... 19 ALA Store POPTOP STAGE LEARNING Preconferences 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE RUSA AWARDS TICKETED Journal Staff PERFECTING YOUR GAME: A Win for Your Community Networking YOUTH MEDIA 2018 Uncommons EVENTS Corporate Sponsors ............................................................................ 21 AWARDS Mobile App Peer Editor....................Wendy Woodland Featured Speakers .............................................................................. 22 ALA Master Series Books News Programs by Topic .............................................................................. 25 Assistant Editor ..................Sara Ortiz Conference Committees ...................................................................... 33 Networking PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM News You Can Use EXHIBITS Layout/Graphics . Mary Ann Emerson Exhibiting Companies ......................................................................... 34 Advertising Mgr. .............Kasey Hyde SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Speakers Printer....................... Capital Printing Preconferences & TECH CAMP (Tuesday) .......................................... 36 Tuesday, April 3 .............................................................................. 40 ELIZABETH JUNOT DÍAZ BILL NYE MARLEY DIAS ACEVEDO Author Author and Author and Activist Wednesday, April 4 ......................................................................... 46 Author and Poet TV Personality © Texas Library Association Thursday, April 5 ............................................................................ 59 Texas Library Journal (ISSN 0040-4446) is Friday, April 6 ................................................................................. 71 published quarterly in spring, summer, fall, and INDEX of Events, Speakers, & Sponsoring Units .................................... 76 DAVE GREGORY PATRISSE CULLORS winter by the Texas Library Association, 3355 EGGERS MONE Activist, Author and Author Author Performance Artist Bee Cave Road, Suite 401, Austin, Texas 78746- FORMS 6763. Periodicals Postage Paid at Austin, Texas. Conference Preregistration Form ..................................................... 81 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Texas TLA Membership Form .................................................................... 83 Library Journal, 3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite 401, Find dates and other details for specific events in Can’t attend the whole event? Austin, Texas 78746-6763. Subscription price: to the conference scheduler at alamidwinter.org Choose specific days to attend, or exhibits-only. members of TLA, 94 cents, included in annual Dallas April 3-6 dues; to nonmembers, $25 per year for domestic, ALAMIDWINTER.ORG $30 out-of-country. Single issues: $7. 1 Texas Library Journal • Winter 2017 President’s Perspective BY LING HWEY JENG Advocacy & Storytelling for Our Community Librarians are affected by politics every Good storytelling shares how residents day. Be it state legislative sessions, or city of our community learn and grow council, library board, or academic affairs together to become who they are today, meetings, there are issues that directly the distance they can go tomorrow; and or indirectly impact our work, staff, and how we facilitate their success along the budgets and each carries consequences way. In these fascinating and moving that reach beyond library users to the stories, our libraries and librarians are much broader communities where indispensable to communities. libraries belong. In essence, this is what the 2018 TLA According to Pew Research Center, Annual Conference is about – perfecting 95% of Americans think libraries help our advocacy and storytelling game. people’s lives and librarians are among I invite each and every one of you to Listen to regional United Way the most trusted professionals. However, join me and thousands of your fellow leaders’ insights into how a nonprofit that positive perception does not always librarians in Dallas April 3 – 6. I organization transforms itself successfully translate to public action and support. promise. You will be enlightened and by using a collective impact approach to While the public believes that libraries inspired! community building. are nice and helpful, they need to see that T.Scott Gross will raise your aspirations Author Grace Lin and artist Harlan libraries are valuable and essential. to provide “Positively Outrageous W. Butt will demonstrate how Librarians cannot be accidental Service.” You’ll discover effective storytelling can be a powerful tool for advocates, speaking up only when a strategies in community coalition sharing cultural heritage. Two iconic legislative crisis threatens. Advocacy building where everyone can lead, lexicographers, Kory Stamper and Anu means passionately engaging to help our courtesy of Paul Schmitz. Garg, will thoroughly entertain you as community shape a collective cultural Sharpen your awareness of larger they discuss the use of words in today’s identity that is aligned with our core communities with an understanding of public rhetoric. values of access, equity, democracy, Texas demographic and employment And finally, join David Lankes for the and diversity. It is not only getting out trends shared by Steve Murdock closing session to recharge and renew our votes during elections or making calls and Michael Sherrod, as well as commitment to an action plan where and sending emails during a particular John Horrigan’s data rich session on librarians aspire to be exceptional and time, but also strengthening community Americans’ use and attitudes toward communities can expect more from us. members’ common beliefs and passion libraries. Advocacy and storytelling are not just for libraries, as well as unwillingness to about words, they are about our outlook, do without. our aspirations, our constant presence, To influence community cultural and how we engage community members identify, we must be excellent storytellers in everything we do. Our library stories and choose words wisely in our advocacy are the stories of our communities. language – words that are different; When members of the community see words that elicit strong emotions; words themselves