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Sunday

Sunday, 1:00 - 1:50 (Concurrent Sessions)

New Members Session

Author Fairs and Literary Festivals: Maximizing Program Potential with Local Authors
Presenter: Heather Robideaux
Showcasing regional talent with author fairs and literary festivals offers authors a larger platform and enhances libraries' reputations as a driving force for innovative programming. This workshop will discuss the Ozark Writers Live festival in Fayetteville and Books in Bloom festival developed in Madison County.

Ruled by Race
Presenter: Grif Stockley
Educating students about Arkansas's racial and ethnic heritage is a current project of the Bulter Center/CALS. Funded by the Wintrhop Rockefeller Foundation, the Ruled by Race? Project features an ADE approved textbook, Race Relations in the Natural State. This book's author, Grif Stockley, will discuss the research used to develop this book as well as the January publication, Rule by Race: Black/White Relations in Arkansas from Slavery to the Present. The session attendess will receive utilization tips of the searchable, online databases or oral histories and lesson plans associated with the project content.

An Hour with Arkansas Children's Book Illustrator, Ard Hoyt
Presenter: Ard Hoyt
Meet Bentonville resident and children's picture book illustrator, Ard Hoyt. Ard will share his early appreciation for books, discuss how his illustrating career has developed and show examples of his work.

With a Little Help From My Friends: Using Blogs and Wikis to Improve Reference Services
Presenters: Dennis Van Arsdale, UA-Fort Smith; Kelly Kirk, Fayetteville Public Library; and Karen Vargas, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Panel will discuss the benefits and problems of using wikis and/or blogs in reference services.

A Library Board's Practical Guide to Self-Evaluation
Presenter: Donna McDonald
Library Board members/trustess must understand their roles/responsibilities and possess information for making good decisions. An annual self-evaluation tool will assist them in assessing competencies essential to performance as trustees.

Sunday, 2:00 - 3:00

Opening Session
Presenter: Will Manley

Sunday, 4:00 - 6:00

Grand Opening Exhibits

Sunday, 7:00 - 9:00

Reception
Desserts & Storytelling at Rogers PL

Monday

Monday, 8:00 - 8:50

Round Table Sessions

Monday, 9:00 - 9:50 (Concurrent Sessions)

Humor in the Workplace
Presenter: Will Manley

Look, I'm Superman!
Presenter: Will Hose
An overview of graphic novels and role-playing games in public libraries, including important works and information on starting a collection, starting clubs, and community outreach.

Including Faculty in Collection Development Processes
Presenter: Daniel Page
This session will focus on ways to include faculty and staff in collection development processes. The session will primarily focus on how to develop partnerships with these groups and how to provide guidance in their decision making processes. Attendees will share ideas on best collection development tools.

Teaching Citations for Online Resources
Presenter: Rachel Shankles
Everyone uses a different method for citing online resources all according to MLA and the students end up confused. Rachel will present a quick and easy method to avoid confusion in teaching simple MLA for our online resources like EBSCO, Gale products, and web sites. Handouts will be provided.

Streaming Music
Presenters: Laura Speer, UCA; and Chris Springer, UCA
At the University of Central Arkansas we are beginning the process for providing streaming music to library patrons. Laura Speer, Music Librarian at UCA, will describe the benefits of streaming music and the copyright issues surrounding this service. Chris Springer, Systems Librarian at UCA, will describe how streaming music works and the equipment you need to provide streaming music in your own library.

Planning to Build
Presenter: Gwen Khayat
Planning to build a new library is a multi-step process. Each step, from the community needs assessment through feasibility, is important for community buy-in, keeping on track and reaching an outcome that will best serve the community.

Monday, 10:00 - 10:30

Break in Exhibit Hall

Monday, 10:30 - 11:20 (Concurrent Sessions)

Management
Presenter: Will Manley

The Nonprofit Resource Center: Helping Build a Strong Nonprofit Community
Foundation Center Cooperating collections offer a single access point to materials and resources that allow nonprofit organizations to grow, develop leadership, and improve their performance. This workshop reviews the resources, workshops, and partnership potential available at Cooperating Collections.

Library Instruction @ a Distance
Presenters: Veronica Stewart, Pulaski Technical College; Laura Speer, University of Central Arkansas; and Dominique Hallett, Arkansas State University.
Panel will discuss both the research and practice of teaching the library to distance learning students.

Get Your Game On
Presenter: Beth Gallaway
How much did the gaming industry gross in 2007? What percent of libraries circulate video games? What percent of games sold are rated M for mature? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this interactive session, and discover the value of supporting gamers in your community and creating gaming experiences at the library.

Your Library's Brand: Taking Simple Steps for Great Impact
Louise Schaper, Executive Director, Fayetteville Public Library; Tim Walker, president and creative director of DOXA; and Sarah Terry, Marketing Manager
Your library's brand is the evidence of its commitment to the population it serves and to its staff and supporters. It sets the tone and guides all marketing efforts and communications and increases their effectiveness. This program will feature the Fayetteville Public Library's efforts to develop a memorable, consistent, and effective brand program. Louise Schaper, Executive Director, will discuss how the library began the branding process; Tim Walker, president and creative director of DOXA, will describe his company's relationship with the library and the process of creating an effective brand identity; and Sarah Terry, Marketing Manager, will discuss the library's continuing efforts to streamline its marketing, maximize its message throughout the community, and influence patrons' perceptions of what the library can be in their lives.

Monday, 10:30 - 12:20

Intro to Microsoft Office '07
Presenter: Elaine Contant
MS Office '07 is full of ribbons, orbs and things that flash before your eyes. This session will be a hands-on approach to the introduction of this new version of Office '07. A limited number of laptops will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring their own.

Monday, 11:30 - 12:20 (Concurrent Sessions)

Preserving Family Treasures
Presenter: Jane Thompson
This program highlights basic conservation treatments that can be done at home with minimal supplies and equipment to ensure a long life for letters, documents, books, newspaper clippings and more.

Use of Citation Analysis to Build Research Collections
Presenter: Lutishoor Salisbury
This presentation will provide the methodology and results obtained on identifying users' needs and the use made of information through a study of the University of Arkansas faculty publications for a two-year period. This study can be used to inform us on how well we are supplying a core of literature for the research need of faculty, graduate and honor students, and provide evidenced-based collection development techniques.

Coming Home Again!
Presenter: Daniel Omotosho Black
Daniel Omotosho Black spent the majority of his childhood in Blackwell, Arkansas. In his book, They Tell Me of a Home, he takes the reader on a journey of self discovery. Dr. Black is an associate professor specializing in African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University. He will discuss this book plus share information on his current projects. His publisher, St. Martin's Press, is hosting him at ALA in Anaheim. This Arkansas author wants to come home again and share his works with Arkansas Libraries.

Library Policies for Mere Mortals
Presenter: Shawna Thorup, Fayetteville Public Library
Is your library operating without a formal, written policy manual? Or do you have a manual that's outdated, poorly organized or lost? Library policies are easy to ignore with all the daily work we face. Policies can seem overwhelming to write, revise and organize. Fear not! Mere mortals can and should develop and maintain policies for their libraries. Library policy maven Shawna Thorup, Fayetteville Public Library's Director of Operations, will provide tools you can use tomorrow to review, revise and develop policy statements that support your library's priorities and reality and ensure that your library patrons receive equitable and consistent services.

Monday, 12:30 - 2:00

Luncheon
Presenter: David Pryor

Monday, 2:00 - 2:50 (Concurrent Sessions)

Rural Libraries
Presenter: Patricia Hector
Use the resources available in your local community to overcome obstacles, such as tiny staffs, few continuing education opportunities and others to deliver great service.

Implementing Change in a University Library
Presenters: Kathie Buckman and Linda Evans
Henderson State's Huie Library has implemented a staff reorganization due to the evolving nature of the delivery of information and services. Work-flow in may areas has drastically changed, and while some departments are inundated with additional work, other areas are literally looking for things to do.

Bridging Literature & Art: The Bentonville Public Library and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Presenter: Lynn Berkowitz
Literacy and visual literacy are different limbs of the same tree with roots steeped in cultural communication, awareness and understanding. The art of reading and comprehending a book is deeply connected to the art of looking and appreciating a work of art because of how we process words and images and thoughts and feelings. By combining the visual arts with language arts, meaning-making takes on deeper resonance and opens up avenues of approach that appeal to different types of learners. This interactive session will showcase how one established public library is working with an art museum under construction to create enriching community-spirited programs that focus on profound meaning-making opportunities.

Intergrity Awareness & Safe Hiring Practices: A Boon for Future Success
Presenter: Dennis Collins
This sessions discusses maintaining public confidence by taking affirmative steps to implement best hiring practices for employees and volunteers. It covers integrity awareness and ethics, relationships with employers, volunteers and the public, and looks to future success by ensuring that the public continues to embrace the idea that their public library is one place where people can go that is safe, secure, and where all good things in life can be found.

Monday, 2:00 - 3:50

Intro to Microsoft Excel '07
Presenter: Elaine Contant
Participants should have a working knowledge of the Windows environment. This will be a very basic, introductory workshop on how to create a spreadsheet using the new MS Excel 2007 application.

Monday, 3:00 - 3:50(Concurrent Sessions)

Effective, Humane Strategies for Dealing with the Mentally Ill
Presenter: David Williams
Libraries, by their very nature, are comfortable, welcoming environments. This is wonderful and as it should be, but this very sense of openness can also invite a unique set of challenges when dealing with individuals suffering from severe, potentially untreated mental illness. This program is designed to highlight the prevalence of mental illness in our communities and to suggest effective and humane solutions to issues that may arise when dealing with members of this population. The presentation will address safety concerns for staff and patrons, specific needs of mental health consumers, helpful communication approaches, when to include other agencies, and options that library staff members may incorporate when seeking help for individuals in crisis.

I've Got the Music in Me
Presenter: Laura Lennertz Jetton
Don't let life (or music questions) get you down. Transform your traditional reference skills. This workshop will provide participants with tips and tricks for helping library users find information and resources about classical, popular, and international music. We will look at the formats of music, as well as print resources, paid databases, and free online resources that can help in answering basic music questions.

Reading Roadshow: Outreach to Early Childhood Development Centers
Presenter: Lolly Greenwood
What good are the best early childhood library programs if the children who need them most cannot come to the library? What if you could take that experience to the children? You can! Discover Fayetteville Public Library's Reading Roadshow, a volunteer-driven initiative that takes storytime to seven early childhood development centers in the community. Learn what it takes to develop and implement a preschool outreach program from the points of view of the managers of Youth Services and Volunteer Services, active reading Roadshow volunteers and representatives from the centers they visit.

Monday, 3:00 - 4:50

Library Safety

Monday, 4:00 - 4:50 (Concurrent Sessions)

Moving to Yes! Advocating for Success
Presenter: Jan Sanders
Learn how to improve your skills in getting your message across to the decision makers. Results can mean better legislation, increased funding or anything else you're trying to "sell." Be comfortable as you go for the "ask" including guidance in framing your message. Program based on methods from the PLA publication: Libraries Prosper with Passion, Purpose and Persuasion.

Addressing the Elephant in Our Instruction Rooms: Wikipedia and Ways of Knowing
Presenter: Britt Murphy
After publicly confessing that she uses Wikipedia as much as her students, Britt Murphy will delve into a brief history of Wikipedia and then address the broader issues of web publishing, web evaluation, and the ever-increasing gulf between what we teach in instruction sessions and what our students do to find information. Is Wikipedia a symptom of the broader ills of the Internet, or is it an ingenious tool that informs and enlightens? Sponsored by the Reference and Instruction Services Division.

Promoting Traveler Databases
Presenter: Sally Hawkes
An overview of the various materials that are provided by the vendor and the Arkansas State Library to promote the Traveler Database Project as well as highlighting various training opportunities. The program will also provide a brief review of Traveler as well as what is coming in FY 2008/FY2009.

Monday, 4:50 - 5:30

Reference and Instruction Services Division meeting

Monday, 6:00

Dine Around

Tuesday

Tuesday, 8:00 - 8:50

ArLA Business Meeting

Tuesday, 9:00 - 9:50 Concurrent Sessions

Maps of Arkansas: Online Historical Maps and Interactive State Maps
Presenter: Janet Dixon
With the transformation of formats of Arkansas maps, one can now view historical maps online and create customized maps with an interactive viewer online at libraries in Arkansas. The U of A Libraries has collected various online map resources in our Maps and GIS Web page, and the Arkansas maps are highlighted. The maps range back to the early 1880s and provide both statewide and some local coverage. The New Arkansas Map Viewer, developed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Office, is useful for creating customized online maps. These free web resources are accessible to Arkansas libraries for reference and educational needs.

RDA, FRBR & FRAD: What's Going on in Cataloging?
Presenter: Carol Seiler
RDA, Resource Description and Access, is slated to replace AACR2 in 2009. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) are the basis for the proposed standards. Come learn how these began and what it means to you.

Tuesday, 9:00 - 10:50

Intellectual Freedom
Presenter: Judith Krug, ALA
Hear from the Director of the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom about book challenges, censors (both would-be and successful) and the crucial role libraries of all types play in promoting intellectual freedom. Judith Krug will inspire and educate all library workers and library affiliates with her passion for and dedication to the freedom to read and view.

Tuesday, 10:00 - 10:50 Concurrent Sessions

Updating the Academic Libraries Survey
Presenters: Kathy Buckman, Britt Murphy, and Jim Robb.
A survey of academic libraries was conducted two years ago. It's time to follow-up. This session provides an opportunity for academic librarians to critique the previous survey and make suggestions about what questions should be on the next survey.

A Prescription for Teen Services: Strategies for Successful Health & Wellness Programming
Presenter: Erin Lockledge, editorial director for the Teen Health & Wellness database
Obesity, substance abuse, eating disorders, school violence. . . Teen health is a national priority, and librarians have the power to be pivotal to that movement. But how to get teens the information they so desperately need, but are too embarrassed or busy to ask for? Erin Lockledge, editorial director for Rosen Publishing's award winning, critically acclaimed Teen Health & Wellness database shares strategies to leverage databases, the Web, print, and other resources to support creative teen health and wellness programs. She also offers tips for maximum outreach to schools, parents, and the community at large.

Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies
Presenter: Bill Walker
Libraries are relying more and more on digital technologies to create, store and make information available to their patrons. But how will they preserve digital information for the long term? One aspect of the issue of digital preservation is preservation metadata. This session will introduce two standards for preservation metadata: Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) and the NISO Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (Z39-87 - 2006). The program will discuss the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) as a carrier for preservation metadata and demonstrate methods for automating the capture of preservation metadata using open source tools.

Tuesday, 11:00 - 11:50 Concurrent Sessions

Here's Grandpa: Introduction to the Arkansas Ancestry Certificate Program
Presenter: Jerrie Townsend
Documenting your ancestors' arrival in Arkansas is a logical step in preserving your research and their journey to our state. Learn how to prepare your applications for the Arkansas Ancestry Certificate Program.

Serials - Print to Ejournals: A Strategy for the Transition in an Academic Library
Presenter: Henry Terrill
A discussion of the issues and considerations involved in moving from a largely print-based to a largely electronics-based serials collection. An approximately 30 minutes presentation will be followed by a sharing and Q & A period.

Early Literacy Storytimes @ Your Library in Action!
Presenters: Sue Ann Pekel and Trudy Hill
Help your storytime attendees build a strong foundation for reading readiness. Storytimes have traditionally brought young children and books together. Hear the latest research on early literacy and learn to incorporate the six early literacy skills into storytimes that are fun for the children and informative for parents and caregivers.

Google Groups: For Collaboration and Fun
Presenter: Shawna Thorup
Learn how to collaborate on projects and work assignments within your library or across the miles using Google Groups. See how the ArLA conference planning committee used Google Groups to plan the programs with a minimum of meetings. How to get started will be demonstrated. Tips for working effectively and hazards to watch out for will be shared.

Storytelling in a Digital Age
Presenter: Laura Cleveland
In the long ago time before now, great communicators told stories. Today, the smart ones still do! Increase target audience response to education, marketing and business proposals through the ancient art of storytelling. Come fine out when to use it, how to do it and the tips that will help it take you to the top!

Tuesday, 12:00 - 2:00

Award Lunch