"LINCC To Learning 2000" 20th Annual Conference Friday, October 20, 2000 Wilsonville Holiday Inn

PROGRAM:

• THE TOOLS IN YOUR JOB: AN ERGONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
  There's more to your work setting than you think.  Bill-"the-Ergo-Tool-Guy"-Prucha, a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, focuses on low-tech and low-cost solutions to ergonomic issues including body posture, repetitive stress injuries, vision & lighting, and computer workstation setup.  He will present great tips, tricks, and attitudes to help you help yourself in your work environment.
• QUICK & EASY LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS: FROM CONCEPT TO PRINT
  Let’s talk ideas and how to get them into brochures, on signs, into the web, into handouts, postcards, business cards... Randy Collver, Director of the Molalla Public Library, will inspire you to try something new with publication design elements and eliminate the fear of failure.
• PEEKING UNDER THE HOOD: A BEGINNING GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR WINDOWS PC.
  Greg Nelson, Network Specialist for Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service, will give you a basic look at how the PC connects to the network, what can cause problems, and what you can do about it - even if the technician isn’t available.
• THE Ps AND Qs OF AV: PROBLEMS, PROCESSES, QUESTIONS, QUANDARIES
  With Lynn O'Brien, Hillsboro Public Library; Bev Harris, Salem Public Library; Mary Norman, Lake Oswego Public Library.
  A panel presentation to share successes and failures in packaging/processing AV materials, followed by an open question/answer discussion and audience idea sharing. The audience should be encouraged to bring samples of: best and worst types of AV cases, problems in need of help to solve, (and perhaps even their favorite supply sources, in terms of cost, quick delivery, durability, etc.)
• OUR TIME IS NOW!  THE POWER OF INFORMATION AND LIBRARIANS
  Please join Michael Eisenberg, PhD, Director of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington for a fun, upbeat talk about who we are as librarians and why our job is important.
• VALUES BASED CIRCULATION SERVICES
  How do you make your customer your partner?  How do you reflect your library's values in every patron transaction?  The answer is Values Based Circulation Services.  Lewis Belfont, Head of Circulation at Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland, will share how to identify your organization's values, evaluate your current service and create a new service model.
• WHAT DOES "DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE" MEAN?
  Jan Jewett is a Professor of Human Development and Program Coordinator for the Child Development Program at WSU Vancouver, a former day care teacher & teacher trainer. We will look at what is developmentally appropriate for children from birth to 5, and learn age appropriate activities and management strategies for the very young in story times and programming.
• YOU'VE TRIED THE REST, NOW SEARCH THE BEST!
  Abigail Elder, Salem Public Library.  What's the best search engine?  Depends on what you want to find!  Find out the latest gossip about major search engines, including a few you've probably never tried before.  We'll explore some techniques for finding sound, picture, video and all things multimedia, as well as the traditional web pages.
  Are you one of the 44% of web users who say they are frustrated with web navigation and search engines?  Then this session is for you!
• MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR BOOKS
  Carolee Harrison and Kris Kern of the Portland State University Library will present the general steps necessary to maintain a library's print collection using preservation and conservation techniques, including shelving and handling procedures.  The decision-making process for determining which repairs can be made quickly and inexpensively in-house and when books need rebinding will be described.  There will be a demonstration of basic repairs with a discussion of the essential tools and materials to use.
• HANDS-ON ROCKET BOOKS
  Drop in to this room and get your hands on a real Rocket e-book, on loan to us from the collection of Salem Public Library. Not a demo or lecture, this is a drop in opportunity to find out what the fuss is all about and see them for yourself. Several Rocket e-books will be available for you to handle and read.
• 100% COMMUNICATION (TWO-PART SESSION)
  With Mary Devlin, PORTALS Director.  The main cause of problems -- both at work and at home -- comes from faulty or incomplete communication. We think we've communicated effectively, only to find out that what we intended to convey wasn't what the other person got at all. Words are an important part, but only a part, of communication. The non-verbal parts of communication are even more critical. Wouldn't it be helpful to see how this works and get a feel for some simple ways to communicate more effectively. Using the tools taught in "One Hundred Percent Communication" will attune you to others in a new and powerful way. You will:  
  * Increase the level of understanding you reach with others  * Develop flexibility and clarity in your language choices  * Gain insight into the way others think and react  * Recognize and tap into non-verbal communication  * Learn to develop rapport with others within seconds.
• DO YOU  HAVE A CHILDREN'S BOOK IN YOU?
  A birds-eye view of what it takes to get a children’s book published. West Linn’s own Judy Cox is the successful author of "The West Texas Chili Monster," "Mean, Mean Maureen Green," and "Weird stories from the Lonesome Café." This mom also teaches kindergarten and a course in Writing for Children at Portland Community College. Judy will have books for sale and autographing following her session.
• NET LIBRARY - IS IT IN YOUR FUTURE?
  Come listen to a presentation from a representative from Net Library, a fast-growing library oriented publisher of electronic books that promises "anytime, anywhere access to an extensive collection of full-text electronic books and information via the Internet. Find out how these books are marketed to libraries and what they can do to enhance your collections.
• NOW READ THIS: RECOMMENDING MAINSTREAM (OR NON-GENRE) FICTION 
  Nancy Pearl, Executive Director, Seattle Public Library's Washington Center for the Book
  Learn new ways of thinking about and recommending mainstream fiction.
• LIBRARY JARGON EXPLAINED
  Joanna Rood, Manager of the Library Information Network of Clackamas County, will try to shed some light on common library jargon, like "circ" "PAC" "MARC" "web interface" "bib records", etc. Most suitable for library board members, friends, volunteers or new employees, this program will de-mystify some of our favorite "librarian speak."
• DON'T PANIC!  WHAT TO DO WHEN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN IS AWAY
  MaryKay Dahlgreen, Youth Services Consultant, Oregon State Library, Ellen Credle, Children’s Librarian, West Linn Pub.Library.  We are delighted that there are so many children with so many questions at our libraries now, but how can our public service staffs keep up? We’re offering a crash course in kiddie lit that the whole staff will find easy to do. 
• A LIBRARIAN'S LOOK AT E-BOOKS
  Janice Weide, Adult Services Manager at Salem Public Library, will share her experiences and the research she and her library did before purchasing their first e-books. She will present a librarian's inside overview of the range of e-book products, the critical collection development, usage and circulation issues that you will face as you begin to investigate the world of e-books.
• GRANT FINDING
  Randy Collver, Director of the Molalla Public Library and winner of the year 2000 OLA Olé award, has done outstanding work finding and receiving grant money for his library. He will share with you his successful strategies for finding grant opportunities, writing a winning proposal, and putting that money to work!     

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Registration: 8:00 am to 8:30 am

SESSION ONE: 8:30 am to 9:30 am

• The Tools in Your Job: An Ergonomic Perspective
• Quick & Easy Library Publications: From Concept to Print
• Peeking Under the Hood: A Beginning Guide to Understanding Your Windows PC
• The Ps and Qs of AV: Problems, Processes, Questions, Quandaries

BREAK: 9:30 am to 9:45 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 9:45 am to 10:45 am
        Our Time is Now!  The Power of Information and Librarians

BREAK: 10:45 am to 11:00 am

SESSION TWO: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

• Values Based Circulation Services
• What Does "Developmentally Appropriate" Mean?
• You've Tried the Rest, Now Search the BEST!
• Making the Most of Your Books
• Hands-on Rocket Books

ITALIAN BUFFET LUNCH: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm

SESSION THREE: 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

• 100% Communication (part one)
• Do you have a children's book in you?
• Net Library: Is it in Your Future?
• Now Read This: Recommending Mainstream Fiction
• What's a "Circ"?

BREAK: 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm

SESSION FOUR: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

• 100% Communication (part two)
• Don't Panic!  What to do When the Children's Librarian is Away.
• A Librarian's Look at E-books
• Now Read This: Recommending Mainstream Fiction (Repeat)                         
• Grant Finding                                    

Driving Directions  I-5 & STAFFORD RD. EXIT (286). TAKE I-84 SOUTH FROM THE PORTLAND AIRPORT AND FOLLOW ALL SIGNS TOWARD SALEM. GET OFF 1-5 AT EXIT #286 STAFFORD EXIT. BEAVERTON IS LOCATED N.W. OF INN APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES.

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