**Conference Sessions are Subject to Change
| Date | Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tues., March 29 Preconference |
9:00-4:00 | “Creating Policies for Results: From Chaos to Clarity”
Charge of $40.00 for KLA & MPLA members, $65.00 for non-members, includes box lunch,
see Registration Form |
June Garcia |
| Tues., March 29 Preconference |
3:00-6:00 | “The Proper Care and Feeding of Libraries and Librarians” Charge of $15.00, see Registration Form | KPLACE |
| Wed., March 30 |
8:30-11:30 | FoKL Board Meeting | |
| Wed., March 30 |
9:30-11:20 | Keynote Speaker | Donald David |
| Wed., March 30 |
11:00-1:00 | KLA Council Meeting and Luncheon | Patti Butcher |
| Wed., March 30 |
11:30-1:00 | KLTA and FoKL LuncheonCharge of $21.00, see Registration Form | |
| Wed., March 30 |
1:00-1:50 | Community Access Network, Inc. (CAN) | Andy Coultis, April Coultis |
| Culinary Mysteries -- PowerPoint | Catherine Jeanjean | ||
| DIY Programming that Enlightens and Entertains your Entire Community -- .pdf file | Lissa Staley | ||
| What's Wrong with These $@#% Kids? What's Wrong with These $@#% Kids? -- PowerPoint Handout -- .pdf file |
Tricia Suellentrop | ||
| Advocacy 101: From the Grassroots (KLTA/FoKL #1) | Carolyn Ward | ||
| ACCENT-uate Your Library | Carol Scott, Victoria Juntti | ||
| 2005-2006 William Allen White Lists -- PowerPoint | Beverley Buller, Sharon Sharpe | ||
| KLA, ALA and YOU! | Patti Butcher, Laura DeBaun, Rosanne Siemens, John Chrastka | ||
| Dewey Panic? -- PowerPoint | Scarlett Fisher-Herrman, Jeff Imparato | ||
| First Come, First Served: A Free Solution for Public Library Computer Management -- .pdf file | Tabitha Hogan, Michelle Swain | ||
| Wed., March 30 |
1:00-2:50 | Hellboy doesn't live here anymore: Graphic Novels and Adult Librarianship -- .pdf file | Roger Adams, Jennifer Bergen, Chad Page, Ron Ratliff, Trent Smith, Tim Watts | GODORT Business Meeting | Debbie Madsen |
| Wed., March 30 |
2:00-2:50 | Getting Involved! Making it Work! Teen Advisory Boards | Jean Gardner, Gayle Lolley, Zachery Turner |
| Latest News from KSDE | Jackie Lakin | ||
| Kansas Library Instruction Roundtable (K-LIRT) Business Meeting | Kristen Becker | ||
| Fractured Financial Fairytales: The Payroll Fairy | Laura DeBaun | ||
| Advocacy 102: From the War Room (KLTA/FoKL #2) | Nancy Lindberg | ||
| Reading at Risk: What is to be done? | Mirah Dow, Linda Lillard, Carol Fox | ||
| World Book Online Reference Center | Floyd Hicks, Bob Buck | ||
| Athena User's Group Meeting | Charlene McGuire | ||
| Click-to-Meet: A Videoconferencing Adventure | Cindi Hickey, Doug Heacock | ||
| Let's Talk About It | Donna Lauffer, Linda Davis | ||
| BCR Update | Rosario Garza | ||
| Read'n Trash | Marcia Allen, Kay Russell | ||
| Wed., March 30 |
3:00-3:50 | Protecting Your Nest Egg | Bonnie Lynch |
| The Elementary School Library and the ELL Student | Shelia Blume, Debra Markham | ||
| Fractured Financial Fairytales: Goldilocks and the Board Reports | Laura DeBaun | ||
| Advocacy 103: From the Trenches (KLTA/FoKL #3) | Patrick Hurley | ||
| Serving Students with Special Needs in the School Library | Mona Huggins | ||
| Follett's TitleWave featuring TitleWise and TitleCheck | Jeff Lightner | ||
| User Participatory Approach in Library Systems Design | Mohan Ramaswamy | ||
| How Small Libraries Can Best Serve Seniors | Shannon Roy, Liz Nix | ||
| Anime? Manga? Help!!! | Richard Brookman, Venus Rowland | ||
| Introduction to FRBR -- CANCELLED | Anne Liebst | ||
| Wed., March 30 |
3:00-4:50 | Mature Readers Only -- Cutting Edge Titles for Cutting Edge Teens Aummunition! -- .pdf file Collecting Controversial Books -- .pdf file |
Kimberly Patton, Erin Howerton |
| Radio Frequency Identification and Your Library -- CANCELLED | Matt Shill, Dynix and Catherine Jeanjean | ||
| Grant Writing 101: Developing Winning Proposals -- .pdf file | Erica Reynolds, Whitney Davison-Turley | ||
| Wed., March 30 |
4:00-4:50 | Extracurricular Reading Programs for Students AND Parents Rotation Schedule -- .pdf file Novel Navigators, 4th Grade, 1st Semester -- .pdf file Coaches Trade Books on a Rotation Schedule -- .pdf file Challenge of the Novels Competition -- .pdf file Information Letter: 3rd-4th Grade -- .pdf file Chat and Chew -- .pdf file Chat and Chew Announcement -- .pdf file |
Paula Naden |
| Advocacy 104: From the Other Side of the Desk (KLTA/FoKL #4) | Senator Lana Oleen | ||
| What's New in Children's Literature -- .pdf file | Jennifer Dalton | ||
| Encouraging More Comprehensive Use of a Course Management System | Craig Gerdes | ||
| RIAT Annual Business Meeting | Larry Papenfuss | ||
| Exposed! Photo Project with Elementary School Principals to Promote Reading | Suzanne Miller | ||
| Chick Lit: Martinis, Men and the Perfect Pair of Manolo Blahniks! | Meghan Fryett | ||
| Wed., March 30 |
5:00-5:30 | KLTA Annual Membership Meeting | Melva Barlow |
| Wed., March 30 |
5:00-5:30 | Friends of Kansas Libraries (FoKL) Membership Meeting | |
| Wed., March 30 |
5:00-7:00 | EXHIBITORS' BASH | |
| Wed., March 30 |
7:00-9:00 | ESU School of Library and Information Management SLIM ALUMNI RECEPTION AT ESU’S NEW METRO CLASSROOM |
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| Wed., March 30 |
7:00-10:00 | KAECT Members' Business Dinner -- Hereford House Charge of $15.00, see Registration Form |
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| Date | Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs., March 31 |
8:30-9:30 | GENERAL SESSION | Joseph Janes |
| Thurs., March 31 |
9:30-10:30 | EXHIBITS ONLY | |
| Thurs., March 31 |
10:30-11:20 | Wizard or Humbug? L. Frank Baum's Impact on Children's Literature A Selected Bibliography -- .pdf file Writings of L. Frank Baum -- .pdf file |
Jean Hatfield |
| Cooperative Cross-Curricular Projects/War and the Humanities | Dee Stoecker, Paula Ripple, Jim Mapel | ||
| I Want It! Where Is It? | Linda Shafer, Kathleen Flanagan | ||
| 31: The Magic Number for Connecting Teens and Librarians 31: The Magic Number for Connecting Teens and Librarians -- PowerPoint Handout -- .pdf file |
Tricia Suellentrop | ||
| Wahrman's Web Sites -- Excel File | Jo Ann Wahrman | ||
| Don't Keep It Under Your Hat: Historical Fiction Readers Advisory | Donna Jo Atwood | ||
| Fabulous Fundraising: Small Libraries Can Do It Too! | Kimberly Martin, Carla Kaiser | ||
| The Kan-ed Portal and the Sprint Empowered Desktop | Harry Willems, Eldon Rightmeiee | ||
| Library Instruction for Older Kansans Library Instruction for Older Adults -- PowerPoint Tips for Teaching Older Adults to Use Computer -- .pdf file Resources for More Information -- .pdf file Older Adults’ Frequently Asked Questions about Computers -- .pdf file |
Kristen Becker | ||
| Online Tutorials: Just in Case, Just in Time -- .pdf file | Nancy Burich, Carol Campbell, Tami Albin | ||
| Caldecott: What's Distinguished and What's Not -- Part VII | Beverlee Kissick, Alysia Starkey | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
10:30-12:20 | Creating an Experience Library -- PowerPoint Creating an Experience Library -- Digital video captured by Kan-ed |
Cindi Hickey, Stanley Strauss |
| Genealogists! Who are they and How can We Serve Them? | Mary Bogan, Scott Lucas, Janice Schultz | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
11:30-12:20 | Book Clubs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Other Good Books for Discussion -- .pdf file For the Book Club -- .pdf file Print & Online Resources for Book Groups -- .pdf file |
Jaime Prothro, Kaite Mediatore |
| Everything Old is New Again: Building Onto the Hays Public Library | Mary Ann Thompson | ||
| Simple to Sublime: Marketing Your Library |
Carol Robison, Joyce Mahin | ||
| Encouraging Writers @ Your Library -- .pdf file | Lissa Staley | ||
| The "Peer and Tier" Reference Model at the University of Kansas | John Stratton, Kathy Graves | ||
| Library Legislative Update | Rosanne Siemens, Pat Gaunce, Carol Barta | ||
| Finding Treasure on Your Shelves | Kate Capps, Marsha Fassold, Craig Odle | ||
| Death by PowerPoint: Why we Hand out Chocolate | Harry Willems | ||
| Promoting Literary Reading Graphic Novels -- .pdf file Life Behind Bars -- .pdf file Living Large -- .pdf file Street Fiction -- .pdf file Science Fiction -- .pdf file |
Virginia Hermes, Leslie Loftus, Ron Scrogham | ||
| Together We Can Do It: Building Interlibrary Cooperation | Eric Hansen | ||
| Grant and Oral History Project | Diane Taylor | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
11:30-1:00 | KAECT Board Luncheon | Marcia Herman |
| Thurs., March 31 |
11:30-1:30 | CULS Luncheon and Business Meeting Charge of $25.00, see Registration Form | Terri Summey |
| Thurs., March 31 |
1:00-1:50 | Impact of Technology on Space Planning and Furniture, Worden and Hicks-Ashby | Linda Visscher, Jim Baldwin |
| Keep Up with KANAnswer | Eric Hansen | ||
| Leading the Way: Opportunties for School Library Media Leadership at the Local, State and National Levels | Ann Schuster | ||
| Cultivate Relationships for a Fundraising Harvest! | Cindi Hickey, Jim McHenry, Kathryn Groesbeck | ||
| KLA Children's Section Annual Meeting | Amy Bayes | ||
| Story Swap | Jean Hatfield, Gary Kuntz | ||
| How to Use CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints for Current Events and Research | Max Burson | ||
| Blogging and On-line Courses | Brenda Frieden, Sue Stidham, Lisbeth Ohse | ||
| Indexing and Finding Obituaries Searchable on the Web | Kathy Ripple | ||
| Bite Me!: Vampires in Current Fiction | Kaite Mediatore | ||
| Projects, Projects, Projects-Read, Write and Learn Handout #1 -- .pdf file Handout #2 -- .pdf file |
Pat Conover | ||
| Reading the Romance: Or, How to Judge a Book by Its Cover | Lissa Staley | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
2:00-2:50 | EXHIBITS ONLY | |
| Thurs., March 31 |
3:00-3:50 | Impact! Software | Robie Martin |
| Who's New at SLIM | Daniel Roland | ||
| Brighten Your Library, Show Off Your Books | Roberta Kobbe | ||
| KPLACE Roundtable Business Meeting | Connie Doeden | ||
| Tech Tools for Teaching -- New and Exciting Developments | Brian Retzlaff, Chris Rigdon | ||
| "How Can ILLers State-wide Help Everyone Learn Resulting in Improved Resources Sharing? Why Training and Mentoring, of Course!" How could you use mentoring to encourage resource sharing? -- .pdf file What is Mentoring? -- .pdf file Brainstorming, Draft Notes -- .pdf file Brainstorming, More Draft Notes -- .pdf file Training and Interlibrary Loan -- .pdf file |
Nancy Burich, Rosario Garza, Chris Rippel | ||
| Visualize the Peaks and Valleys: An Easy-to-Use Excel Reference Statistics Tool You can Adapt to Your Library | Richard Matthews | ||
| Marketing Information Literacy to Faculty | Beverlee Kissick, Judy Collins, Jung Oh, Alysia Starkey | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
3:00-4:50 | J & AJ's Best Picks from 2004 | Julie Tomlianovich, Amy Bayes |
| Library Learning to the Desktop: Reality Now | Cindi Hickey, Gary Werchan | ||
| Collection and Technical Services Roundtable | Catherine Jeanjean | ||
| Carnegie 2.0: Envisioning Libraries of the Future | Candace Boardman, SLIM MLS Students | ||
| Goal: Kansas as the Best Place to Raise a Child | Sue Blechl | ||
| Kansas Unicorn Users Group | LeAnn Weller | ||
| Thurs., March 31 |
4:00-4:50 | William Allen White Children's Book Awards | Joyce Davis |
| PALS Meeting | Susan Taylor | ||
| Reading Circle Picks with Betsy and Shelia | Shelia Blume, Betsy Losey | ||
| Beta Phi Mu Program and Initiation | Sherry Backhus | ||
| One Stop Shopping: Web Site Partnerships with Your City -- .pdf file | Michelle Swain | ||
| KLC/KICNET User Group Fun with ISBNs -- .pdf file |
Rhonda Machlan, Jeff Hixon, Lynn Shrewsbury | ||
| Spectrum Users Group | Nancy McFarlin, Sharon Barnes, Rita Herl | ||
| Teaching Reading Strategies in the School Library | Christine Walker, Sarah Shaw | ||
| Thurs., March 31, |
5:00-5:30 | KLA Presidential Awards | |
| Thurs., March 31 |
5:30-7:00 | Give KLA a Leg Up -- Geography Bee Charge of $10.00, see Registration Form | |
| Date | Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., April 1 |
7:00-8:00 | School Library Media Directors Breakfast | Linda Corey |
| Fri., April 1 |
7:30-9:30 | Breakfast with Kansas Authors Charge of $25.00, see Registration Form |
Roy Bird |
| Fri., April 1 |
8:30-9:20 | What's a Wiki and Why would we want one? A Look at Next Generation Collaborative Tools | David Pownell |
| Advocacy, KASL and You | Nancy McFarlin | ||
| KASL Showcase | Eric Rohmann | ||
| Evaluating Reference and Instruction: Washburn's Experience with SAILS and WOREP WOREP -- PowerPoint WOREP Results -- PowerPoint SAILS -- PowerPoint Information Literacy Skills Assessment -- PowerPoint |
Judy Druse, Dean Corwin, Martha Imparato, Heather Smith-Collins | ||
| Record a Book for a Child -- Community-Library Relations | Nina M. Sipes | ||
| Reference, Resource Sharing and FRBR: Why Should I Care? | Rosario Garza | ||
| Coffee and Conversation with Your Colleagues | Catherine Newland, Kimberly Beets | ||
| Reading Kansas -- "The Santa Fe Trail Trilogy" -- Soaring Eagle, White Grizzly, Meadowlark | Mary Peace Finley | ||
| Blogs and RSS: Your News, Your Way! | Whitney Davison-Turley | ||
| Librarianship and the Law: Working for, with and against Lawyers | Robert Mead, Carolyn Clark | ||
| What you Need to Know Before the IT Guy gets hit by a Truck or Wins the Lottery What you Need to Know Before the IT Guy gets hit by a Truck or Wins the Lottery -- PowerPoint Personal Systems -- .pdf file |
Mary Linse, Cassie Woolworth | ||
| Battle of the Books | Arlene Wiler, Jennifer Dalton | ||
| Fri., April 1 |
9:30-10:20 | Autographs by Eric Rohmann | |
| Fri., April 1 |
9:30-10:30 | EXHIBITS ONLY | |
| Fri., April 1 |
10:30-11:20 | What to do after the IT Guy gets hit by a Truck (Or Wins the Lottery) -- PowerPoint | Mary Linse, Rob Didlake |
| Utlilizing Teamwork to Achieve Information Literacy and Technology Goals | Denise Cottenmyre | ||
| Trespassing Time: Ghost Stories from the Prairie What About Ghosts? -- .pdf file |
Jerri Garretson, Barbara Baldwin, Linda Madl, Sherri McGathy | ||
| Would you let your MOTHER Read that Book? | Kimberly Patton, Erin Howerton | ||
| Interactive DVD's for Do-It-Yourself Vehicle Repair | Jim Lockhart, Bill Lockhart | ||
| KANAnswer and Virtual Reference: An Operator's Perspective Virtual Reference -- PowerPoint Slides |
Catherine Jeanjean | ||
| Librarians on Parade! | Sue Blechl | ||
| Wearing the Public Relations Hat | Diana Friend | ||
| Kansas Library Card Care and Support | Eric Hansen | ||
| Action Research for School Improvement, Accountability and Student Achievement | Jody Howard, Su Eckhardt | ||
| A Leadership Institute for You! | Kate Capps, Connie Doeden, Holly Mercer | ||
| Using Expository Text with Integrated Units Nonfiction Convention Notebook -- PowerPoint Slides Nonfiction Text -- .pdf file Sample Books for Teaching Expository Text Structure -- .pdf file |
Linda Olson, Daneen Deam | ||
| Outcomes-based evaluation for libraries and museums | Dr. John Agada | ||
| Fri., April 1 |
11:30-12:30 | Conference Closing Reception | |
| Fri., April 1 |
12:30-2:30 | KASL Luncheon and Business Meeting Charge of $17.00, see Registration Form | Eric Rohmann |