Table Talks

Table Talks are fun, interactive discussion groups intended to stimulate conversation and allow discussion among all of those attending. Participants are encouraged to enjoy visiting with all those attending while participating in informal discussions centered on topics of current interest to our profession, sharing ideas, concerns, and best practices. Speakers will answer questions.

Tuesday, 11:30 - 1:00

Table Talk — Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma: One Book, One Conference

Sponsor: Centennial Ad Hoc Committee

Join the celebration for the final Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma winning book. There will be a discussion of the 2007 book as well as exciting ideas for programs and tips for promoting the selection.

Speaker: Rilla Askew, a native Oklahoman and two-time recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award, is the author of three novels and a collection of stories. Her work has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Dublin IMPAC Prize, has received the Western Heritage Award, and was selected for Prize Stories 1993: The O.Henry Awards. Her novel Fire in Beulah, which deals in part with the Tulsa Race Riot, received the Myers Book Award and the American Book Award in 2002, and will be the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection for 2007. Her new novel Harpsong is forthcoming from the University of Oklahoma Press in April 2007. She is married to actor Paul Austin and divides her time between Oklahoma, where she teaches at OU in the spring semesters, and the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.

Of interest to public and academic librarians, managers, and support staff.

Table Talk — Streetwise or Booksmart: What Does It Take to Be a Librarian?

Sponsor: SRRT, SSRT, SMART

Give us your two cents on what it takes to excel as a librarian. Who should have the edge at the interview- -an MLS or an LTMLS (lived through multiple library summer-programs)? Hear what other people on all rungs of the library career ladder think.

Of interest to public and academic librarians, managers, and support staff.

Wednesday, 11:30 - 1:00

Table Talk — Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma: One Book, One Conference

Sponsor: Centennial Ad Hoc Committee

Join the celebration for the final Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma winning book. There will be a discussion of the 2007 book as well as exciting ideas for programs and tips for promoting the selection.

Speaker: Rilla Askew, a native Oklahoman and two-time recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award, is the author of three novels and a collection of stories. Her work has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Dublin IMPAC Prize, has received the Western Heritage Award, and was selected for Prize Stories 1993: The O.Henry Awards. Her novel Fire in Beulah, which deals in part with the Tulsa Race Riot, received the Myers Book Award and the American Book Award in 2002, and will be the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection for 2007. Her new novel Harpsong is forthcoming from the University of Oklahoma Press in April 2007. She is married to actor Paul Austin and divides her time between Oklahoma, where she teaches at OU in the spring semesters, and the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.

Of interest to public and academic librarians, managers, and support staff.

Table Talk — Partner Up!

Sponsors: OASLMS, CATS

How should public and school librarians collaborate? What are some great ideas that have worked in the past? Come gather new ideas, ask opinions, and share your own ideas. School and public librarians will learn new ways to reach out to each other. Make the most of a partnership which can help you better serve your community.

Speakers: Stephanie McDaniel and Sue Anderson

Of interest to public librarians and members of OASLMS and CATS.