Tuesday, April 22
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 1

Unlocking the Keynote

Sponsor: Marketing and Communications Committee

Hate to run to the microphone in a big plenary session? This breakout is your chance to react to the keynote presentation. Based on your questions and comments, George Needham may elaborate further on the three OCLC reports, discuss the methodologies used to gather the findings, debate possible implications for the future, or give examples of places where some of these ideas have been implemented. There will be no set agenda or prepared PowerPoint slides for this program; it will evolve through your input. This is as close as Mr. Needham will ever get to realizing his childhood dream of running away from home to join the tightrope walkers in the circus.

Speaker: George Needham, OCLC

Of interest to all.

Children’s Not-Quite Sequoyah

Sponsor: Children's Sequoyah Reading Team

The Children’s Sequoyah reading team will present titles that didn’t make the current Children’s Masterlist and explain why they didn’t make it. You’ll enjoy this informal and lively discussion.

Speakers: John Allen, Darla L'Allier, Rosa Blocker, Carole Gill, Kathy Kelley, Valerie Kimble, Grace Lockridge, Marianne Stambaugh, Elaine Regier, Patty Zody.

Of interest to public and school librarians.

Assertiveness: Speak Up and Speak Clearly!

Sponsor: Supervisors, Managers and Administrators Roundtable

Learn techniques to manage emotions, set limits, assert your needs, and set boundaries. This program will also explore verbal and non-verbal messages.

Speaker: Lauren Burnett, President for the Center for Inner Quality, has provided professional development programming and consulting to help increase the effectiveness, empowerment and emotional intelligence of people in the workplace.

Of interest to public and academic librarians, managers and beginning supervisors.

ALA Forum

Sponsor: ALA Chapter Councilor

This is YOUR chance to ask questions or make suggestion about ALA, its organization, programming, conference structure, etc. This session is organized as an open forum. We are honored that ALA President Loriene Roy is our special guest this year. Don't miss this opportunity to meet and interact with her.

Speakers: Loriene Roy, President, American Library Association. The eldest of eight children, Loriene was born in Cloquet and raised in Carlton, rural towns bordering the Fond du Lac Reservation in northern Minnesota. Both of her parents were enrolled members of the White Earth Reservation of Anishinabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa). Loriene received an MLS degree from the University of Arizona and joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in January 1987 where she teaches graduate "Public Libraries," "Information Resources in the Humanities," "Information Resources in the Social Sciences," and "Library Instruction and Information Literacy." Loriene is currently serving as the 2007-2008 President of American Library Association. Anne Prestamo, OLA’s ALA Chapter Councilor, Professor, Associate Dean of Libraries for Collection & Technology Services, Oklahoma State University.

Of interest to all.

National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Community-Wide One Book Program for any Size Library

Sponsor: Public Library Division

You won’t want to miss this interesting panel discussion presented by 3 Oklahoma libraries, Pioneer Library System, Stillwater and Lawton,, who have hosted Big Read programs. Panelists will provide information and answer questions about the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program and how any size library can apply for and host a successful event.

Speakers: Karen Neurohr, Associate Professor and Assessment Librarian, OSU Library, was co-project director for the Big Read held in Stillwater in Spring 2007 and was instrumental in bringing this event to the OSU campus. Anne Harris, Coordinator for the Adult Center for Reader’s Services at the Pioneer Library System, was one of the coordinator’s, along with co-workers Anne Masters and Gary Kramer, for The Big Read: The Grapes of Wrath in the spring of 2007. PLS is currently participating in their second Big Read. David Snider, Director of the Lawton Public Library, was the third in the state to host The Big Read in the Fall of 2007.  He partnered with Cameron University and other local organizations to bring The Grapes of Wrath to the Lawton Community.

Of interest to all.

Get Your Game On: The Key to Gaming Success at Your Library

Sponsor: Children and Teens Roundtable

Are you curious about the current craze of playing video games in libraries? Join librarians from libraries large and small as they describe the success they have had incorporating gaming into their library programming. Adreinne Butler, youth consultant for ODL will unveil ODL's new gaming equipment loan program that will be starting soon and you will have a hands-on opportunity to "get your game on"!

Speakers: Adrienne Butler, Youth Services Consultant, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Emily Williams, Metropolitan Library System, Patti Lehman, Antlers Public Library, Rebecca Spence, Pioneer Library System.

Of interest to public and school librarians.

ILLiad: Up Close and Personal

Sponsor: Interlibrary Cooperation Committee, UCD

If you want to know more about the planning, implementation, and use of ILLiad look no further than this session. Panelists from a variety of academic library settings will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ILLiad and its impact on library services and patron satisfaction.

Speakers: Walee Chotikavanic, Head of Access Services, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, OU Health Sciences Center, Toni Hoberecht, Reference and Instructional Librarian, OU-Tulsa Library, Emily Tichenor, Interlibrary Loan Lead Staff, OU-Tulsa Library, Wensheng Wang, Access Services Librarian, Cameron University, Lynn Yeager, Coordinator of Education and Outreach, OU-Tulsa Library.

Of interest to academic librarians.