The South Central Chapter of Pennsylvania Library Association is holding a workshop in partnership with the Janus School in Mount Joy. You will come away from this workshop with tools valuable in serving clients of all ages and abilities who are affected by learning differences.

Pathfinders and contact lists will be provided to all attendees along with guides for working with volunteers and employees affected by learning differences.

In addition to detailed sessions a panel discussion will be held featuring individuals living with and professionals who work with people with learning differences.

The Autism Resource Center at Lancaster Public Library and Pennsylvania ASERT: Pennsylvania Autism Services – Education, Resources, Training will be present along with representatives from other organizations that serve people with special needs.

A special gift will be presented to each attendee and there will be several door prizes awarded during the lunch break.

Seating is limited so please – register soon! 4 hours of Act 48 credits are available for this workshop.

Here’s the registration form: Registration Form 2012 PaLA SCC

Session details are on this flyer and below: sccmeeting2012

Navigating the Maze of Services
This reference-based session will focus on the educational, occupational, and social services available to children on the Autism Spectrum. Though many specific programs serve moderate to severe individuals and other programs change with available funding, there remains an array of resources to support these individuals and their families. This will include information from an occupational therapist, speech/language therapist, and social worker. Learn from a panel of service providers and take home a reference and contact list for you and your organizations’ use.

Assistive Technology
Assistive technology, by definition, is any technology that helps a person with disabilities participate in activities as independently as possible. Here at The Janus School, we focus on assistive technologies that help our students become independent learners. Primarily we use software that assists students with their expressive and receptive language difficulties. This session will focus on demonstrating Don Johnston’s SOLO 6 software suite, text-to-speech software Kurzweil 3000, speech-to-text software Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and some iPad apps and accessibility options.

Make and Take – Adapting Books for Emergent Readers
This make and take session will give an overview of how to use adapted books with emergent readers. Each participant will make an adapted book that can be used with individuals or in small groups. Steps will be shown that will enable the student to go from matching pictures to identifying specific words. This technique is excellent for working with children at all cognitive levels and with a wide range of disabilities. Adapted books can be used with children who are verbal or nonverbal.

Transitioning the Student from school to life
Graduating from high school is a big milestone for any student. For a student with Aspergers, it can be a time of monumental change. Parents want to make sure that supports are in place as their student transitions from high school to post-secondary education or career. It is important that the student understand what supports are available to them, as well as how to access those supports as they move on from high school. Presenters include representatives from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Mercyhurst College, Keystone Autism Services and Lancaster HACC.

Grand Session from 11:15 – 11:45 Panel Discussion
Join a panel of students, parents, educators, and other professionals who are facing the day to day challenges of living and dealing with Aspergers, part of the autism spectrum. It’s an opportunity to discuss concerns, joys, and strategies in this interactive session. Please list specific questions and/or areas of interest on the registration form.

Learn about the Wine & Words event with David Baldacci.

Saturday, Oct. 22
9 am to 4 pm
Carlisle Expo Center
100 K Street
Carlisle, PA 17013

* $5 Adults
* Children 12 & Under Free
* Food
* Free Parking

Learn more about this event or register on their website: http://akaepsilonsigmaomega.com/iay-agenda.htm

Three library board members from DCLS are either presenting or organizing.

Ebooks the New Normal: How Libraries are Leveraging the Ebook Opportunity will take place on October 12, 2011.   Learn more at the website for the conference: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/events/e-book-summit/faq/

The Capital Area Library District has purchased a site license for this event, so if you want to watch in a group, let your supervisor know and we’ll set you up with the viewing location information, tentatively set for AFL. 

Registration and more information is below:
The District purchased a site license so librarians from our area can gather in one room to enjoy the virtual conference for thedigitalshift

What: Ebook Summit: The Digital Shift This event will bring together librarians, vendors and publishers, and industry experts and offers keynote presentations as well as three tracks designed for public, academic, and K-12 libraries to discuss how libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity to improve service and reach more users than ever before.

When: Wednesday October 12, 10am – 6pm EDT. The room will be open at 10a.m. for orientation, setup and local discussion. 11a.m. is the first official “presentation” of the day. Breaks occur throughout the day and discussions will be held. Drop in for any part you can attend. Here’s the program: www.thedigitalshift.com/events/e-book-summit/program/

Where: AFL (in Hummelstown, PA) Need directions: Click here

Who Should Attend: ANYONE working for a library interested in learning about ebooks should attend. The speakers are well known professionals with lots of good information and we’ll have some great local discussions. Invite your professional network of school or college librarians to tag along with you too.

Why?: The program is full of exciting content and ideas for the future of digital items for libraries of all types. Find your digital inspiration! How much does it cost?: This virtual conference event is FREE for staff and invited guests of the Capital Area Library District. The district purchased a site license for us. We’ll be watching it together as a group and can discuss things during breaks.

Will I get CE Credits?: Attendees can report 5 hours of CE credits for attending this day. If you can’t attend the whole day, feel free to drop by the classroom at any time to join the discussion. You’ll get CE credits for active time spent in class.

Will you feed me?: Brown Bags are encouraged; bring your own lunch or choose to bring a snack to share. At AFL, there is a very small place to keep foods refrigerated for the day as needed.

The 2011 event will be hosted in State College at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The theme is Touchdown! Winning Strategies for Libraries.

More info will be available at palibraries.org as planning continues.

The 2011 event will be hosted in State College at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The theme is Touchdown! Winning Strategies for Libraries.

More info will be available at palibraries.org as planning continues.

Presenters: Michael Galloway and John Mark Ockerbloom
The Internet offers a treasure trove of free resources that can greatly expand the range of information and services that libraries can offer their patrons. But it’s not always easy to find the best information to meet users’ needs. In this program, Michael Galloway, Manager, Digital Collections for ipl2: Information You Can Trust, and John Mark Ockerbloom, editor of The Online Books Page, will give a tour of some of the millions of books, magazines, journals, and informative web sites that can be accessed online for free. They will discuss how they evaluate and describe online resources to include in their directories, how readers can find what they need in these directories and elsewhere online, and how they can distinguish useful information from unreliable or irrelevant sites. You’ll find out how you can integrate free online resources with your local library offerings in ways that give patrons better service than either online or print alone can provide. And you’ll also learn how your library and your patrons can contribute to this growing corpus of knowledge.

The teleconference will take place in the Gate’s Lab at the East Shore Area Library. There is no cost for this program. Please RSVP by no later than noon on March 10th to Jeffrey Swope, Youth Services Programming and Outreach Coordinator at jswope@dcls.org

Many library travel budgets in our region are not affording this conference, but if you have time off and some personal funds to spend and want to attend, you can express your interest here. If enough people want to fund the trip from their own dollars, we might have enough to make hotel rooms and transport more affordable.

Even if you can’t attend, take a look at all the great things happening with Computers in Libraries. Choose from topics in tracks like: Information Discovery & Search, Web Presence & Experience, Communities & Collaboration, Marketing & Measuring, Innovative Services & Programs, Next-Gen Systems & Operations, Ebook Trends & Practices, Enterprise Trends & Practices, and so much more.

Make a note or send an email if you want to attend and the district can attempt to coordinate travel if there is enough interest.

There’s always room librarians to attend and it’s FREE:
The Villanova University Technology Expo is an opportunity for the regional education community to see the latest technology from leading vendors, learn from informative keynote speakers and connect with peers to find solutions and best practices.

If you would be interested in attending, email the district consultant or share your interest here on the blog. If enough are interested, maybe we can arrange transportation.

If you’re interested in going, send me a note or make a comment below.

The Librarian’s Forum is on Feb. 14.

Those who attend will get books to use with the program.

The 2011 SRC “One World, Many Stories” Multi-District Summer Reading Program Planning Workshop is coming up on Friday, January 21, 2011. You can register here to attend the workshop. For directions to Pleasant Acres please click here.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011.

Read more details as they become available at palibraries.org.

Read more details as they become available at palibraries.org.