Wednesday, Sept. 24
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Pre-Conference Session OCLC Connexion Training. Location: Bismarck State College |
| 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Pre-Conference Session HTML-EZ. Location: Hughes Education Center, 806 N Washington Windows computer lab on main floor. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Executive Board meeting. Radisson Hotel |
| 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Conference Registration & Hospitality Table. Radisson Hotel, 2nd floor Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Pre-Conference Tour Fort Lincoln & Custer House. Meet in hotel lobby for vans |
Thursday, Sept. 25
| 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Exhibitors set up. |
| 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Conference Registration & Hospitality Table. |
| 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast & First General Session. Welcome NDLA President's comments Exhibitor introductions North Dakota State Library North Dakota Library Coordinating Council |
| 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Exhibits open. |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Business meetings. New Members Roundtable Technical Services Roundtable Government Documents |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. | Business meetings. Academic & Special Libraries Section Health Sciences Section Public Library Section |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Exhibits & lunch. |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 1: EBSCO. | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. | Bureau of Labor Statistics. Norma Malcom |
| Rural Assistance Center. Mary Markland (Health Sciences Section program) | |
| E-books: What's all the fuss? Angi Falks, MINITEX Is your library using e-books? MINITEX has been involved with bringing netLibrary eBooks to our 3-state area for several years. This session will give you the basics and beyond. | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. | Vendor Demonstration Session 2: Sagebrush. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | One City/One Book. Part 1. Karen Chobot & Bonnie MacIver: Didn't make it to ALA Preconference for their intensive workshop on the One Book Initiative? Come to a presentation by Karen Chobot & Bonnie MacIver of Wahpeton, to hear how the organized and carried out the first such program in North Dakota. Discussion will include choosing a book, special events, funding and community partnerships. Intended to be a practical session to give you some insight into carrying out your own community wide reading project. |
| Virtual Reference Service in Health Sciences Across ND. Lila Pedersen & Barb Knight. (Sponsored by Health Science Info Section) Virtual reference is an innovative web-based library reference service that allows online real-time assistance. Beyond just the chat feature, the librarian can Apush@ web pages containing relevant content or sources of information to the users, pointing out specific information and showing the user how to navigate the site. Virtual reference offers equivalent service to users inside and outside the library building. | |
| OCLC Connexion. Virginia Dudley, MINITEX Demonstration of OCLC Connexion: Passport for Windows, OCLC's primary cataloging interface will be discontinued December 2003. This session will present a live demonstration of Connexion, the new browser-based cataloging interface that will eventually replace all current cataloging interfaces on OCLC. She will also discuss future enhancements and migration considerations. | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 3: Proquest. | |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break. |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Tribal College Libraries: Linking Native Americans to Health Information. Judy Rieke. Health Sciences Judy will describe the partnership between the HEF Library of the Health Sciences and the five tribal college libraries in North Dakota. This project was designed to bring quality electronic health information to users on the reservations. Details of the project, results, and evaluation will be presented. It will also highlight the possibilities of different types of libraries working together for a common goal. |
| MINITEX Update. Bill DeJohn Bill will share information about some of the success and challenges MINITEX has experienced over the past year, as well as his predictions for what's around the corner. | |
| ReadND. Lynn Severson & Marlene Anderson | |
| One City/One Book. Part 2. Karen Chobot & Bonnie MacIver Group Discussion. Don't miss out on the exciting, first-ever reading event at Conference! All conference attendees are invited to read White Crosses by local author Larry Watson and participate in a group discussion to share thoughts and insights from this gripping story. Did you love it? Did you hate it? What would you like to share about this book and the small town life it represents? Whether you read White Crosses before you attend or buy a copy at the conference, we guarantee this is a book you will think about for a long time. | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 4. | |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Second General Session. Business Meeting Phyllis Bratton - ALA Councilor's Report |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Appreciation Social sponsored by EBSCO. |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Awards Banquet. |
| 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Auction & Cash Bar. |
Friday, Sept. 26.
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Buffet breakfast. Rembrandt Ballroom ODIN Update Emporia State University, School of Library & Info Mgmt Alumni and Friends SLAYS breakfast meeting room 201 |
| 8:00 a.m. - noon | Conference Registration & Hospitality Table. |
| 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Exhibits open. |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Friends of Libraries. Sally Reed, Executive Director Friends of Libraries USA has been doing a great deal lately with both public and academic libraries to help them start and grow their friends groups. Come find out more about successful ideas that other libraries have implemented for membership drives, programs, fundraisers, advocacy, public awareness, logos & graphics |
| Library Confidentiality After 9/11:
The USA PATRIOT Act. Efforts and Protecting User Privacy. Part 1. Deborah Caldwell-Stone. ALA/Office for Intellectual Freedom (Sponsored by GODORT & Academic & Special Libraries Section) Learn the details about the USA PATRIOT Act and other new anti-terrorism measures that have an impact on library confidentiality. Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom will give an overview of the new anti-terrorism laws and discuss how to craft library policies that protect the confidentiality of your library users. | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 5. | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Resolutions due. |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Break. |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Library Confidentiality. Session 2. Deborah Caldwell-Stone A continuation of the previous session with an opportunity for question & answer, group discussion, for those who would like to get deeper into this vitally important issue. |
| Improving Your Library's Newsletter. Ann Miller and Charles Pace. Fargo Public (Sponsored by the Public Library Section) A good library newsletter can be an effective communication tool, a poor one can be a waste of time. Come find out about writing, editing, layout, design and more to create a great library newsletter! | |
| Using HTML-EZ - The Easy Way to Create a Library Website. Henry Borysewicz, AeroSpace Network, UND (Sponsored by SLAYS) Want your library to have a presence on the web, but don't have time to make a career of learning HTML? This session will introduce a new software that requires no special skills. HTML-eZ allows you to work with familiar web browsers and word-processing software to create content that and automatically handles the conversions, links, locations, and database functions. This could be just the tool you need! | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 6. | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Webpages That Work. Konnie Wightman, Lisa Feuldner & Kirsten Baesler (Sponsored by SLAYS) This team has designed their web pages for Bismarck Public Schools to be ADA compatible and provide maximum usability for their patrons. Here's your opportunity to find out how! |
| Collaborating to Produce a Successful Literary Series. Lillian Crook Dickinson State University's Stoxen Library co-sponsors a very successful literary series with the Department of Language and Literature. Whether you work in a public or academic library you'll find this session a winner! | |
| Webinars. Beth Staats (MINITEX) Webinars are live meetings, demonstrations or training that takes place over the internet. A number of organizations such as OCLC and MINITEX have been using this new capability for presentations. Come find out more about it and how to bring that meeting you wanted to attend right to your desktop. | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 7. | |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch. |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Marketing Your Library with Great Press Releases. Stella Cone & Teri Wilhelm Do you anguish over writing a press release? Or just wonder how to do a better job of promoting services and events? This session will prove invaluable! Get the scoop on writing, editing and working with the media to better market your library. |
| Armadillo Tattletale. Author Helen Kettemen, 2002-3 Flicker Tale Award Winner | |
| Opportunities for Reference Excellence: Improving Reference Services. Beth Staats, MINITEX Whether new to reference work, or needing a refresher, this session will introduce you to a new MORE program that provides continuing education on reference issues. The MORE program, which is divided into 3 modules, covers basic knowledge of info resources, reference interview skills, search skills, knowledge of ethics, technology, readers advisory and customer service. | |
| Open Access Publishing: What does it mean for Librarians and Researchers? Judy Riecke (Academic & Special Libraries Section) The high cost of electronic resources is heavily influenced by a few publishers. Open Access Publishing initiatives offer alternatives that have only recently become available. What is Open Access Publishing? Judy will show some examples such as SPARC and BioMed Central and offer an explanation of what it means for librarians and researchers. | |
| Vendor Demonstration Session 8. | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Exhibits close. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Third General Session. Business Meeting |
| 3:00 p.m. | Hospitality Table closes. |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Tours of Public Library and Video-Conferencing Center. |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | ND Library Advisory Council Meeting. |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Post-conference Executive Board Meeting. |
Saturday, Sept. 27
| 9:00 a.m. | Half-day tour to Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan. Ride with a friend -- meet in lobby to carpool. |