On The Front Lines: The Seventh Statewide Library Practitioners Conference

When:		Monday, March 15, 2010 (11:00 AM - 8:00 PM) Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (8:00 AM - 8:30 PM) Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (8:00 AM - 1:30 PM)
Where:		University of Illinois Springfield Public Affairs Center (In Person)
Cost:		$15.00

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PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT!!! CANCELLED


ON THE FRONT LINES: AGENTS OF CHANGE CONFERENCE
The purpose of this conference is to equip and enlighten front line staff persons with training, exposure and techniques that will enable them to deal effectively and efficiently with their day-to-day activities as front line employees. Conference sessions will focus on topics of interest to all types of libraries.

Exciting keynote and session speakers are on the line-up.

Keynote Speakers that will be present at the conference include Kelly Krieg-Sigman; Director of La Crosse Public Library, Carol Brey-Casiano; Director of El Paso Texas Public Library, Lauren Burnett; Trainer and Coach, Center for Inner Quality, Building Conversations and Cultures of Influence, Richard J. Urban; University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign, Stephen Rhind-Tutt; Alexander Street Press, Greg Buss; Chief Librarian of the Richmond Public Library, B.C. Canada, and Anne Craig; Director of Illinois State Library.

The cost to attend the conference is a total of $15.00. If you plan to attend one, two, or three days, the cost still remains $15.00. This cost includes all content and conference meals. This is huge!!!

Send your payments to
University of Illinois Springfield Public Affairs Center
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703-5407
Attn: Mary Ellen McElligott

Checks should be made payable to the University of Illinois Springfield.

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Thirty "On The Front Lines: Agents of Change" scholarship applicants have been selected. The scholarship will cover the cost of registration, all conference provided meals, and lodging at the University of Illinois Founder's Hall located in Springfield, Illinois and the Drury Inn and Suites.

Director Anne Craig is excited to once again extend this opportunity to members of the ILLINET library community.

“FRONT LINES" ACCOMODATIONS
All hotels have limited rooms. Closer to the date, we’ll poll you about interest in a shuttle service to campus. Many motels are within five miles of UIS and located along the Dirsken Parkway corridor.

Crowne Plaza, 300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL $105. Call 877-270-1393, $105. Specify Front Lines. (Rooms are still available)
Drury Inn & Suites, 3180 S. Dirksen Parkway, (217) 529-3900
Pear Tree Inn, 3190 S. Dirksen Parkway, (217) 529-9100
Microtel Inn & Suites www.microtelinn.com, 2636 Sunrise Drive, Springfield, IL 62703, (217) 753-2636
Candlewood Suites Extended Stay Hotel Springfield, www.candlewoodsuites.com,
2501 Sunrise Drive, Springfield, IL 62703, (217) 522-5100
Northfield Inn, Suites, & Conference Center, 3280 Northfield Drive, Springfield, IL 217-718-3943
Baymont Inn, 5871 S. 6th Street Frontage Rd., Springfield, IL 217-529-6655
Days Inn, 3000 Stevenson Drive, 217-529-0171
Holiday Inn Express, 3050 Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL 217-529-7771
Hampton Inn and Suites, 2300 Chuckwagon Drive, Springfield, IL 217-793-7670
Hilton Garden Inn, 3100 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL 217-529-7171

PENDING ON THE FRONT LINES CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Monday, March 15, 2010

All Day: Registration

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Kelly Krieg-Sigman, Director of LaCrosse Public Library
Title: “THE BEACHBALL HYPOTHESIS, OR, STEP AWAY FROM THE PING-PONG BALL!”

Synopsis: For most of us, it is and always has been part of our human nature to yearn for that which is stable and unchanging. In fact, much of the energy we expend in the workplace is specifically designed to try and achieve that state. Sadly, though, our failure is pre-ordained as to be human necessitates perpetual change. But all is not without hope, as the (highly interactive!) keynote address will demonstrate. Bring your stories; fabulous prizes for the best ones!

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Session 1) Laura Barnes, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Track:Green
Presentation Title: Forming a Green Team and Making It Work

Session 2) Kate Boyle, Metropolitan Library System
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Optimizing Interlibrary Loan throughout ILLINET

Session 3) Terry Sebastian & Michelle Carter, College Of Lake County
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Title: Embedded Librarianship: Tales from the Trenches

Session 4) Kevin Becker, Lewis and Clark Library System
Track: Technology
Presentation Title: Open Source, or how I learned to quit Windows and love Tux

Session 5) Jennifer Hain Teper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Head, Department of Conservation
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Library Disasters: Preparing for and Recovering from the Unimaginable

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Break (no snack)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Session 1) Lynne Thomas, Northern Illinois University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Preservation in a Hybrid World: Past, Present, and Future

Session 2) Shawn Healy, McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Press Freedoms in the Information Age:Sources, Shields, and Citizens

Session 3) Rebecca Butler, Northern Illinois University
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Copyright Compliance in a Web 2.0 World

Session 4) Sally Decker Smith, Indian Trails Library System
Track: Staff Development
Presentation Title: Reference Desk Realities

Session5) Teri Ross - Program Director/Attorney at Law
Illinois Legal Aid Online, www.illinoislegalaidonline.org
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Free Legal Resources for Illinois Residents

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Break with Snack

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Session 1) Kate McDowell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Read It Again! Great Books for Pre-school Groups

Session 2) Karen Egan, Illinois State Library
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Turning a Good Grant into a Great Grant

Session 3) Rebecca Vnuk
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Subject: "Feel the Need to Weed"

Session 4) Josh Elder, Graphic Cartoonist/Author
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Comics in Libraries, Comics in the Classroom

Session5) Michelle Roubal & Kara Kohn, Plainfield Public Library District
Track:Resources
Presentation Title: The Extreme Adult Reading Program Makeover

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Break

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Greg Buss Richmond Public Library, Vancouver BC, and Dinner
Presentation Title: TBA


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

7:15 a.m.
Early Pick-up from hotels to UIS

All Day: Registration Open

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Hot Breakfast

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker - Lauren Burnett, Trainer and Coach, Center for Inner Quality, Building Conversations and Cultures of Influence
Presentation Title: Emotional Intelligence: Raise the Bar on Service

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 am.
Session 1) Mickail “Mick” Jacobsen, Skokie Public Library
Track: Technology
Presentation Title: Screen casting to an Audience of One

Session 2) Mike Hughes, Attorney General’s Office
Track: Resources
Presentation Subject: Internet Safety

Session 3) Angie Green, Alliance Library System
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: I-SAIL:Navigating Between Library and Classroom

Session 4) Diana Brawley Sussman, Shawnee Library System, Director, Southern Illinois Talking Book Service
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Title: Serving the 54 Million: One In every 5 Library Patrons Has a Disability—Tips For Serving Them Well

Session 5) Brian Smith, Prairie Area Library System
Track: Technology
Presentation Title: “Web Search Playground”

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Carol Brey-Casiano, El Paso, Texas, Director
Presentation Title: "They Went Thataway: Turning Your Library Around in an Era of Change"

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Session 1) Mary Marshall, Addison Public Library
Track: Green
Presentation Title: Green Programs for a Greener Library

Session 2) Nanette Donohue, Champaign Public Library
Track: Technology
Presentation Title: :"Lifehacks: Harnessing the Power of Technology to Work (and Play) More Efficiently"

Session 3) Amanda Lundeen, Illinois Attorney General's Office
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: “Freedom of Information Act”

Session 4) Janice Sherman, Morton Public Library
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Title: Caring for Our Customers

Session5) Autumn Mather, Newberry Library
Presentation Track: Resources
Presentation Subject: Newberry Library

3: 30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Snack and Table Talks
Table: Next generation reference service - Theresa Sebastian and Michelle Carter, moderators
Table: Green libraries - Laura Barnes, moderator
Table: Synergy/library leadership/leading from any position - Gwen Harrison, moderator
Table: Life hacks/productivity - Nanette Donohue, moderator
Table: Libraries cooperating with community organizations - Kathy Dowd, moderator

4:30 p.m. – 5: 30 p.m.
Session 1) Mary Wilkes Towner, The Urbana Free Library
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Title:Readers' Advisory: staying current and confident in a world that publishes thousands of books a year

Session 2) Maggie Hommel, Park Ridge Public Library
Track: Technology
Presentation Title: Beyond Bait: Video Games for Literacy and Learning

Session 3) Brad Bone, Illinois Fire Service Institute
Track: Resources
Presentation Subject: Emergency Preparedness

Session 4) Sheena Beaverson, Illinois State Geological Survey
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: Aerial Photograph Collections at the Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Session5) Mike Scott - MSF&W
Track: Technology
Presentation Title:"Introduction to Accessibility: Making the Web Work for People with Disabilities"

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Richard Urban, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presentation Title: The Past's Present Future: Emerging Trends in Online Cultural Heritage

Heavy hor d'oeuvres served at the Illinois State Library.
This event is co-sponsored by the Illinois OCLC User's Group (IOUG).
Tours will be available at the Illinois State Library.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

All Day
Registration Open

8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m.
Hot Breakfast

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Alexander Street Press
Presentation Title: “The library of 2020 – what do we need to do today to make it so?”

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Session 1) Vandella Brown & Cheryl Goza Smith, Illinois State Library & Tonyia Tidline, PhD. – Dominican University
Track: Staff Development
Presentation Subject: Be a Librarian: Why? Diversity Scholarships to Go!

Session 2) Kathryn Harris, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: “We’ve Got the Goods: The Museum”

Session 3) Jenifer Grady, American Library Association-Allied Professional Association
Track: Staff Development
Presentation Title: “This and That: Issues which are important to YOU in librarianship” (Library Support Staff Certification Program)

Session 4) Pat Norris, Sharon Ruda, Ron Winner and Gwen Harrison, Illinois State Library
Track: Resources
Presentation Title: It's Cheap, It's Free, Illinois State Library C.E.

Session5) Janice Harrington, Creative Writing Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Track: Customer Service
Presentation Title: TBA

11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker - Director Anne
Presentation Title: 1 UP: Serving the Ones Coming Up