"Your Library - More Than Books on a Shelf"
7th Annual Network Conference
April 4, 1986
Monarch Motor Hotel
Clackamas, Oregon
PROGRAM:
DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE & STRESS MANAGEMENT
Alberto Cereghino is president of his own business and
professional management consulting firm, currently advising adn conducting
in-house seminars for large corporations. He also teaches management
/ personnel classes for Portland State University and Pacific Lutheran University
in Tacoma. A former college professor, Dr. Cereghino teaches every
other summer at the University of Genoa, Italy. This workshop will
cover productive techniques for communicating with difficult people, whether
coworkers or patrons; recognizing different types of difficult personalities
and using this knowledge to draw positive results from negative situations;
building confidence in confronting and effectively resolving crises; improving
communications, especially under trying conditions; learning to understand,
manage, and turn stress into positive energy; and mastering all-day and in-depth
relaxation techniques.
QUICK & READY REFERENCE - HELP! THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
IS OUT TO LUNCH!!
Jane Putnam, M.L.S., has worked 15 years for the
Clackamas County Library. Other work has been in University reference
and special libraries. Mary Pauli, M.L.S., has reference and cataloging
experience at the Klamath Falls Public Library and Montana Law Library, and
is currently a reference librarian for Clackamas County Library. They
will present a slide show "tour" or the libraries in Clackamas County,
highlighting strengths and specialties. A discussion and demonstration
of a few most useful tools for ready reference will be given. Role
playing will be done to develop skills in the patron interview.
HOW TO DO "THE THREE BEARS" WITH TWO HANDS: PUPPETRY
IN THE LIBRARY
Walter Kafton-Minkel is the Children's Librarian at Woodstock
Branch Library in Multnomah County. He operates the New Rag Bag Theatre,
which has performed from Los Angeles to Vancouver, B.C., since 1980. Being
a great puppeteer takes a lifetime of hard work, but a dedicated library
worker can become a good puppeteer with enough desire and practice. How
do you write a script, or adapt one from a book or folktale? How do
you create a puppet character that will appeal to you and to children?
Should you use a stage or not? This workshop will answer these
questions and include tips on puppet construction and manipulation, plus
the best (and worst) ways to involve your audience.
APPEALING LIBRARIES
B.J. Doty has worked in advertising and
promotion, as well as retail management. A studio art major, she is
an ongoing student at the Oregon School of Arts & Crafts in book arts
and graphics and is currently working at West Linn Public Library. This
workshop will demonstrate what makes a library appealing, with emphasis on
visual aspects, along with program and public relation ideas. A slide
presentation will show examples of appealing libraries, with discussion of
improvement ideas.
STRATEGIES FOR STRETCHING THE BOOK BUDGET
Mary Dimick is the retired Head of Adult Services of the
Lake Oswego Public Library. She will share helpful hints on selecting
and purchasing books along with useful strategies for trying to make book
budgets go farther.
A.V., '86 STYLE
Bob Miller is the head of Salem Public Library's Adult
Services, which includes the Reference and Audio-Visual Centers. Bob
helped plan and design the A.V. Center at Salem P.L., which includes a
microcomputer lab, video viewing areas, and a variety of A.V. materials for
both in-house use and for circulation. A slide presentation of this
A.V. Center will be given, along with discussion of what libraries can offer
other than "just books."
COMMUNICATE EIGHT - THE DISCUSSION PROCESS
Lynne Anderson is Librarian at Clackamas High School and
an active member of International Training in Communication. She conducts
summer workshops in speech communication throughout the United States. All
of us are involved in some type of organized discussion almost daily, from
routine work sessions to committees and staff meetings. Clear and effective
communication depends on clear and effective use of the discussion process.
This workshop includes values and weaknesses of systematic discussion;
specific responsibilities of participants; eight crucial interpersonal
communication skills; importance of interpreting nonverbal cues; and alternative
responses to obstructions and other pitfalls.
FRIENDS: "KICK UP YOUR HEELS!"
Christy Phillips-Matlock, President of the Friends of the Salem Public Library,
will present an hour workshop jam-packed with enthusiasm and fun while exchanging
ideas regarding visual and positive activities for your Friends group.
TEACHING READING IS A NEVER-ENDING STORY
Karen McAllister is the Chapter 1 Reading Coordinator for Oregon City School
District, and a Language Arts instructor and Student Teaching Supervisor
at Lewis & Clark College. Teaching reading should not only be "drill
& practice" and instruction of skills, but also motivational through
having children discover the joys which reading can bring. Ideas,
activities, and commercial programs which teach both will be presented.
BOOK MENDING TIPS
Russell Kane, retired Preparation Assistant in the
Preparations Unit at Portland State University Library is back by popular
demand. Russell will give a two-hour workshop demonstrating various
techniques used to mend damaged and worn library materials, along with giving
tips on how to keep those books circulating!
CENSORSHIP
Dick Tuffli, M.L.S., Library Director for Clackamas County Library, has 16
years experience in the private sector of sales and management, and 18 years
experience as a library director. Censorship in the public library
will be discussed with emphasis on the practical and administrative aspects
of it. Suggestions on what to do before and after the censor arrives
will be given. Actual current, local cases will be presented. Theory
and practice of book selection and its relation to censorship will be touched
upon. Leslie Hatfield, Branch Library Coordinator, and Doris Grolbert,
Branch Librarian, will assist.
THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Jerome Degraaff is the Social Sciences Librarian at Portland State University.
His background is history, political science, international affairs
and geography. A functional map collection is within everyone's reach.
Although we often think the world of maps and geography is only for
the specialist, each library can and should have a map collection. General
and special resources from the PSU collection will be used to illustrate
this point.
