Category: Events – Conferences    

Critical brain development occurs for every young child between the ages of 0 – 48 months for (1) trust, (2) impulse control, (3) cooperation, (4) independence, (5)thinking skills and (6) motor development. Families with young children need to experience the fabulous programs and the access to resources their public library provides!

The Born to Read District Library Meeting led by Maureen Farley, Born to Read Coordinator for Dauphin County Library System, and Laurell Tarka, volunteer assistant, will give you new ideas and strategies for library programs and community partnerships focused on infants, very young children, and parents. This is your opportunity to learn how to take another step in successfully promoting literacy for young children and increasing library attendance by families. Public libraries have the resources needed to make the difference for very young children and this workshop will provide “tools” to help you.

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Time: 9:00 AM nametags and refreshments

9:30 – 11:30 presentation by Maureen Farley and Laurell Tarka

Location: Red Land Community Library, a newly renovated library that reopened in March
48 Robin Hood Drive
Etters, PA 17319

(Route 83, Exit 34N or Exit 33S. Library is easy to drive to & complete directions will be emailed to those attending)

If planning to attend, contact Victoria Dick, District Consultant at: vdick@yorklibraries.org

Once again it is time for the LV PaLA Spring Conference!

Join us on May 21st at East Stroudsburg University for Library Fellowship and Continuing education!

Click below to access the brochure/application:2009brochure.pdf

Sessions include (*Books available for purchase/signing are in ALL CAPS ):

A. Patents & Trademarks in a Digital Age

Tim Wherry, College Librarian at Penn State-Altoona, will address patents and trademarks in a digital age. Even for experienced librarians, the field of patents and patenting presents challenges. Information about patents is presented as well as the method for performing a patent search in order to assist library users in this complicated process.

B. MANHATTAN: Seeds of the Big Apple

Gloria Waldron Hukle, a native & resident of New York State, is an 11th generation Waldron in the line of the New York Dutch Waldron family upon which the 17th century epic saga, MANHATTAN: SEEDS OF THE BIG APPLE (2006), is based. 2007 saw the publication of THE DIARY OF A NORTHERN MOON and the third book of the Wal-dron Series is scheduled for publication in 2009.

C. 40 Online Tools in 40 Minutes

Tina Hertel, Lehigh University, will provide a fast-paced, yet fun and informative session on 40+ Web 2.0 tools you can use now. These easy-to-use tools will help you manage information, the Internet, meetings, documents, and also enable you to share information quickly with students, patrons, or colleagues.

10:30 – 11:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

D. Challenges and Opportunities for Per-sonal Service in an Impersonal World

Coping with tight budgets, high client expectations, constant change, technology, and multiple time constraints threaten our professional equilibrium. Despite these realities, this program challenges you to consider the possibility of outstanding and personalized service to every library user. Dr. Marie Radford, author and professor, presents this engaging and provocative presentation to inspire

and to reaffirm excellent service as a core library value. Dr. Radford is the author of ACADEMIC LIBRARY RE-SEARCH and VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICE (available through the ALA bookstore online).

E. First Wizards, Then Vampires, Now Zombies? Current Trends in Young Adult Literature

Carlie Webber is a teen librarian, book reviewer, and writer with a special interest in educating other librarians about teen services. Currently, she works as the YA Services Librarian for the Bergen County Cooperative Library Sys-tem in Hackensack, New Jersey. In this presentation, Car-rie will discuss today’s trend in young adult literature.

F. The Amazing Beatrix Potter

Jacqueline G. Mock will share her Amazing Beatrix Potter program, which evolved from her admiration for Beatrix Potter and from Jacqueline’s desire to tell people about the person behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Jacqueline’s presentations and programs continue to enthrall her audi-ences as she reveals the extraordinary quality of Beatrix Potter’s mind and her noble character.

1:30 – 2:30 KEYNOTE & BOOKSIGNINGS

The Lehigh Valley Chapter is pleased to bring in Dr. Barbara Chernow, author of BEYOND THE INTERNET: SUC-CESSFUL RESEARCH STRATEGIES. Dr. Chernow is a career encyclopedist, researcher and reference book editor. She is also coeditor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, fifth edition. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and is an adjunct assistant professor of publishing at New York University. Dr. Chernow’s insider tips and techniques for developing research skills apply to anyone searching for information, including professionals, teachers, researchers, scholars, students, and general readers.

2:45 – 3:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

G. Countdown to Counting: Front End Analysis

What are the first steps in developing a plan to evaluate the value of a library? The Kirkpatrick Phillips model of building an evaluation plan for a library will be reviewed. As libraries transition to ever more electronic resources, remote users, and, often, decreased physical space, old measures of collections and clients-in-the-door may not provide adequate assessments of what the library pro-vides. Linda Matula Schwartz, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, will present the basic concepts of library metrics and detail the experience of participating in a front end analysis in a special library viewed as part of a larger Division of Education.

H. Grants: An Alternative Approach to Library Funding

Looking for other sources of funding during these tough economic times? Wondering how libraries and other organizations are able to secure funding through grants? Take this opportunity to hear from an experi-enced grant writer (Rachel Frick Cardelle, Northampton Community College) and a librarian (Raquel Braemer, Clymer Library) who have successfully navigated through the grant writing process.

I. Cataloging in the Digital Age

Pat Lawton, Digital Projects Librarian from the Univer-sity of Notre Dame, will discuss cataloging in the digital age. Pat will draw on her research interests, which in-cludes digital libraries; utility and transformation of cata-loging tools in the digital world; digital-rights manage-ment; changes in information work processes; online pedagogy.

PANO’s 2009 Annual Conference & Advocacy Day

Special Thanks to Event Sponsor: Eastern University

May 5 & 6, 2009
Harrisburg Holiday Inn East – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Registration opens at 7:30 a.m

Click here to register events.php

Join colleagues, volunteers, board members, businesses and community leaders this
year to network, share ideas, and choose from NINE sessions on cutting-edge topics.

Register by April 28 to get these early-bird discount rates!

Member

$99 – PANO Annual Conference & Membership Meeting
$79 – Advocacy Day (attending Annual Conference)

Nonmember

$149 – PANO Annual Conference & Membership Meeting
$99 – Advocacy Day (attending Annual Conference)
$75 Student Rate (attending both days)

Another teleconference in the Soaring to Excellence teleconference series, “An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics,” airs Thursday, April 16, 2009, from Noon to 1:30 p.m. Below is the link to the satellite coordinates for the broadcast and the URL for the simultaneous webcast.

index.php?id=4104

Leadership Harrisburg has announced this year’s annual nonprofit conference. It’s Sat. Apr 4 7:30 am to 3 pm at Central PA College Conference Center in Summerdale. You may want to share this info with your Friends groups as well.

There are many good sessions led by knowledgeable speakers:
“Increasing In-Kind Donations”
“IRS 990 Has Changed”
“High Impact Boards” and recruitment
“Best Boards Begin With Assessment”
“Advocacy vs. Lobbying”
more information is available at index.php

The cost is $75 per person with lunch and down to $65 if there is a group of 3 or more. That includes parking, materials, meals

The 44th Annual PAACE Midwinter Conference on Adult Education, the largest gathering of adult educators in Pennsylvania, will be held at the Hershey Lodge, February 11-13, 2009. Adult educators and those from related areas will convene for the premier professional development and networking opportunity for all aspects of adult education in Pennsylvania.

The theme, “PAACE Yourself: Keeping Up with Adult Education,” will provide a focal point for exploring educational opportunities for all types of adult students, more efficient delivery systems, transition to postsecondary education and training, new research, professional development, workforce development, public policy supporting adult education, and the great strides within the field.

Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ian Baptiste who is an Associate Professor of Education and Professor-in-Charge of the Adult Education program at the Pennsylvania State University. As our 2009 keynote speaker, Dr. Baptiste will explore the role community partners can play in defining, developing, and assisting residents in applying literacy in their daily lives.

Honorary conference chair is the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.

Special invited guests include Jackie Taylor who is the advocacy co-chair for the Tennessee Association of Adult and Community Education and runs Tennessee’s federal level advocacy network and Katherine Ayres, author of Up, Down, and Around, the 2008 selection for the third annual Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child program.

Fun and networking are on the agenda: the Marketplace Grand Opening, PDC reception, and PAACE Night, encompassing the Thursday evening reception, banquet, and after-dinner entertainment.

Registration opens December 1. The fee for PAACE members who register by December 31 is only $125, including 8 Act 48 hours. To qualify for the member discounts, your membership needs to be in effect during the conference registration. Look for session descriptions, awards information, conference registration, and a link to hotel reservations at:

www.paacesite.org

The 44th Annual PAACE Midwinter Conference on Adult Education, the largest gathering of adult educators in Pennsylvania, will be held at the Hershey Lodge, February 11-13, 2009. Adult educators and those from related areas will convene for the premier professional development and networking opportunity for all aspects of adult education in Pennsylvania.

The theme, “PAACE Yourself: Keeping Up with Adult Education,” will provide a focal point for exploring educational opportunities for all types of adult students, more efficient delivery systems, transition to postsecondary education and training, new research, professional development, workforce development, public policy supporting adult education, and the great strides within the field.

Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ian Baptiste who is an Associate Professor of Education and Professor-in-Charge of the Adult Education program at the Pennsylvania State University. As our 2009 keynote speaker, Dr. Baptiste will explore the role community partners can play in defining, developing, and assisting residents in applying literacy in their daily lives.

Honorary conference chair is the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.

Special invited guests include Jackie Taylor who is the advocacy co-chair for the Tennessee Association of Adult and Community Education and runs Tennessee’s federal level advocacy network and Katherine Ayres, author of Up, Down, and Around, the 2008 selection for the third annual Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child program.

Fun and networking are on the agenda: the Marketplace Grand Opening, PDC reception, and PAACE Night, encompassing the Thursday evening reception, banquet, and after-dinner entertainment.

Registration opens December 1. The fee for PAACE members who register by December 31 is only $125, including 8 Act 48 hours. To qualify for the member discounts, your membership needs to be in effect during the conference registration. Look for session descriptions, awards information, conference registration, and a link to hotel reservations at: www.paacesite.org

Reference librarians are encouraged to attend to find out what resources the state provides to the public.