Luncheons

Tuesday, 11:30 - 1:00

Advocacy: The Key to "Library Heaven" Luncheon

Sponsor: Legislative Committee

Mary Baykan is the Director of the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown, Maryland and is Library Journal's 2007 Librarian of the Year. "Library Heaven" is a term that has been used to describe the favorable library environment that now exists in Maryland. Library advocates in Maryland accomplished this "heavenly environment" in 2005 by passing an unprecedented funding initiative that raised state aid an additional dollar per capita each year for four consecutive years. This funding proposal passed the state House and Senate unanimously. In 2006, they accomplished the same feat with legislation that, for the first time in the history of the state, provided state aid for the construction and renovation of library facilities. Mary will discuss her bold approach to library advocacy and her successful statewide strategies for libraries to "circle the wagons" in order to prove to legislators that their constituents use and value their libraries.

Of interest to all.

Sequoyah Award Winners Luncheon

Sponsors: Sequoyah Administrative Team, Oklahoma Association of School Library Media Specialists, Children and Teen Services Roundtable

Don’t miss this opportunity to have lunch with and hear Betty Birney, Sequoyah Children’s Award winner and Priscilla Cummings, Sequoyah Young Adult award winner at this great luncheon.

Of interest to all.

Wednesday, 11:30 - 1:00

Cat Pee on Typewriter and Other Adventures of the Writing Life

Sponsor: Public Libraries Division

Come laugh out loud with Connie Cronley, Tulsa journalist and award-winning author, as she shares stories about her life and writing career. Her highest honor is having an OKC restaurant name a hamburger in her honor.

Speaker: Connie Cronley, a Tulsa writer, has worked in newspaper, television, advertising, and public relations. She writes books and magazine articles, taught writing at a university and managed a ballet company. Her public radio commentaries are heard on KWGS, NPR 89.5.

Of interest to all.

AMIGOS Luncheon

Sponsor: AMIGOS

By invitation only

FOLIO Luncheon: Oklahoma Library Futures: New Visions, New Horizons

Sponsor: FOLIO

What should Oklahoma's public libraries offer Oklahoma's citizens and how can we meet the challenges of paying for that future?  Anne will take a look at new directions in public library services in Oklahoma and across the nation and present some thoughts about getting from here to there.

Speaker: Anne Masters is the Executive Director of the Pioneer Library System.

Of interest to all.