Tuesday, April 22
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Luncheons and Table Talks

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.

Table Talk—Meet OKLAHOMA LIBRARIAN editor Janet Croft

Meet Janet Croft and bring your ideas for future articles or ways to improve the newsletter.

Speaker: Janet Brennan Croft is Head of Access Services at the University of Oklahoma Libraries. She is currently the editor of Mythlore and Oklahoma Librarian.

Of interest to all.

Table Talk—Presentation Session

Sponsor: University and College Division

Come and see what your colleagues are up to: brief presentations on both research and practical applications that have originated in their libraries, including papers, short demonstrations, and projects. These can include power point slides and/or posters, and each will be 10 minutes in length.

Of interest to academic librarians.

Table Talk—Reaching Out With Podcast Kits

Sponsor: Information Technology Roundtable

In 2007 Tulsa Community College's Learning Resource Center began making available podcasting kits and a small recording space for faculty to make their own podcasts. We will discuss what the kits contain, where the recording rooms were located and how instructors used podcasting.

Speaker: Nathan Bomer, Learning Resource Center and Electronic Resources Coordinator, Tulsa Community College. In addition to his interest in distance learning, information literacy and the effective use of technology, Nathan is also a sometimes blogger at www.dynamiclibrarian.blogspot.com and he has at least four readers.

Of interest to academic and school librarians.