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Homeschooling 101 for Librarians

Over 11,500 children throughout the state of Oregon are homeschooled. The public library has much to offer this population and even more to gain from their support. Jana Hoffman, Children’s Librarian at the Ledding Library of Milwaukie, will cover a core collection for parents, how to create a resource binder, relevant organizations in Oregon, and programs that have proven successful for homeschool parents and children alike.

With Marsha Weber, Library Assistant in the Multnomah County Popular Library. For anyone who has been intimidated by the question, "Can you recommend a good book for me to read?" Using hands-on exercises, participants will learn to think about books by using the "7 idioms for highly effective readers’ advisory" and gain helpful techniques for building their readers’ advisory skills. -- Audience limit: 40 people

With Penelope Hummel, Public Relations Manager for Multnomah County Library and owner of Hummelworks Writing & Consulting. Every library has a unique story to tell about the services, materials and programs it offers to the public, yet it’s sometimes difficult to get the word out. How can we share the good news of what’s happening at libraries so that it really gets heard? This interactive workshop will explore communication strategies that libraries can use to raise visibility and market specific library services and programs. We’ll discuss creating effective messaging, working with the media and developing partnerships with other community organizations. Appropriate to anyone whose work includes public relations, program development and implementation or outreach services.

Not just annoying people, but darkly seductive. Emotional Vampires draw you in with charm, beauty, talent and pulse pounding excitement. Then they drain you – not of blood but of every last drop of emotional energy. You know them – Sexy, but unreliable lovers, drama queens who use emotions like Afghan Rebels use Kalishnikovs, jealous spouses, demanding parents, obnoxious patrons, manipulative coworkers, and bosses with gigantic egos, who are so small everywhere else. It’s almost supernatural how quickly Emotional Vampires can get you to trust them, then, just as quickly, get under your skin and drain you dry. It’s downright scary how quickly they can trick you into letting them come back and do it again. Psychologists would diagnose Emotional Vampires with Personality Disorders, those strange mental illnesses drive other people crazy. To protect yourself from children of the night, you must understand what personality disorders are, and how they operate. With checklists, examples, humor, and detailed, step-by-step instructions, Dr. Albert J. Bernstein, Psychologist and best-selling author, will tell you all you need to know to save yourself from a tremendous pain in the neck.

Christopher Leebrick’s extended workshop includes exciting examples of multicultural storytelling, tips & techniques for becoming a better teller, vocal / physical warm-ups for storytellers, suggestions & discussion regarding storytelling for older children, as well as hands-on coaching of interested volunteers. All interested are encouraged to attend, regardless of previous experience. -- Audience limit: 50 people. -- Storytelling volunteers needed!

How often have you done a search, clicked on pages that address your question, and then wondered "who/what/why" and "what next"? You may have asked yourself:

• "How can I (in the few minutes I have to deal with this question) develop enough confidence in what I’m seeing to give it as an answer?
• What caveats do I wrap around the answer?
• Should I look somewhere else? Do some search engines give more reliable sites than others?
• What are my alternatives to wading through search engine results?"

Joe Barker, Librarian & Program Coordinator at the Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley, offers a systematic approach to evaluating what you find, with examples on a variety of topics that may arise in public libraries. Tips on ways to share the burden of evaluating by using directories.

What impact do libraries have on the book business? Do we create an interest in reading and thus create a bigger market for books? Or, do people buy fewer books because they can borrow them from the library? Are libraries big enough customers to influence the business? And what do authors, publishers, and retail stores really think about us? This panel will address these issues and give us some ideas on our impact on the business of books. With Vince Kohler, author, Oregonian reporter and book reviewer; Jill Hinckley, co-owner, Murder by the Book bookstore; Michael Martens, Vice President of Marketing & Shawna Ervin-Gore, Press & Publicity Coordinator, Dark Horse Comics.

With MaryKay Dahlgreen, Youth Services Coordinator for the Oregon State Library; Sandi Olmstead, Newberg Public Library; Colleen Winters and Ann Dondero, Forest Grove Library. A panel discussion about successful school / public library cooperative efforts. Library directors and youth services librarians will learn how they can work with their local school.

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", etc. Most suitable for library board members, friends, volunteers or new employees, this program will de-mystify some of our favorite "librarian speak."

Karen Ripley of the Boulder Public Library in Colorado will cover how to begin, fund, and create programs for adults, including how to use the facilities and resources in your community. This information is important for anyone who is already involved or would like to become involved in cultural programming, and it will provide a road map of how to create & continue this programming. The format will include a 15-20 minute video, handouts, and a discussion of successes, failures, and the positive impact on the library.

Angela Reynolds, Youth Services Program Manager for Washington County Cooperative Library Services, and Linda Stiles Taylor, Forest Grove City Library, will give an overview of WCCLS efforts to increase use of libraries and library resources by the growing Latino population. Any library staff member who has seen Oregon’s census figures and noticed the changing face of this state will find ideas to try in their own libraries. Washington County libraries vary from small and rural to large and urban. You’ll hear what worked and what did not.

With Candace Morgan, Associate Director, Fort Vancouver Regional Library. This workshop will consider the following questions:

• What is the constitutional framework within which public libraries provide services?
• Is freedom of speech absolute?
• If not, what are the limits and how do they apply to public libraries?
• What about children? Parents?
• How do we respond in a positive way to the hard questions?

Participants are encouraged to come with situations to discuss.

Join Normandy Helmer, Ben Farrell, Lesli Larson, and Tiffany Lantz-Halbrook of the U.S. Newspaper Project: Oregon team from the University of Oregon Library for an overview of the National Endowment for the Humanities funded grant to identify, catalog and microfilm all Oregon newspapers. Currently in the final year of its funding, the project has, since 1994, sought to uncover the history of newspaper publishing in our state, provide bibliographic access to the many titles and then preserve the papers for posterity through high quality microfilming. The panel presentation will provide a glimpse into the inner workings of the project and answer the question of why preserving newspapers is a valuable activity to undertake.

Teens are important library customers, but how do you get them in the door? Food is not the only answer. Creating cool programs, including outreach events, will entice young adults into your library to boost your circulation. The panel discussion will give generalists and youth services specialists ideas on how to plan and deliver both traditional and outside-the-box programs. With Jackie Rose, Youth Services Supervisor at the Lake Oswego Public Library; Trish Segal, Coordinator of Young Adult Services at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library; and Heidi Weisel, Youth Services Librarian at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

Beyond Google: Finding and Using the Invisible Web and Directories in Reference

Joe Barker, Librarian & Program Coordinator at the Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley, will focus on strategies to do Internet reference as effectively and efficiently as possible. This session will explore the assets and limitations in Internet reference of search engines (like Google and a few more advanced search engines). We will also look at some directories that provide more efficient gateways to the vast "invisible web" - billions of pages hard or impossible to find in any search engines. Examples will try to cover some of the huge range of interests in public library reference.

Marie Dahlstrom, consultant for Strategies Northwest, will provide an opportunity for participants to gain a better understanding of the Latino community and how to provide customer and community services that can lead to increased access. Service to the Latino community requires an understanding of Latino culture and values, community needs and the ability to provide services in a culturally competent manner. Overview will cover demographics of Oregon’s Hispanic population, values of Latino families, Latinos and libraries, libraries and inclusiveness. All who provide community services should attend this didactic and interactive session.

For some bizarre reason, the public’s perception of library work hasn’t changed much since the days when a monk silently copied manuscripts by hand, while humming Gregorian chants! Someone will invariably say, "Wow! You lucky dog! You get to work someplace quiet and even get paid to read books!" Outsiders are unaware of the fact that this work— in libraries of all types and sizes, both rural & urban—often leaves library staff vulnerable to difficult and inappropriate behaviors by "problem patrons." Sara Behrman, freelance writer and consultant, will share "war stories" about these encounters of the worst kind with humor, offer practical advice, talk about expectations, and swap coping strategies (preventative, as well as "after the fact"). Attendees will learn how to keep their self-esteem intact while maintaining their "grace under fire."

Join Todd Feinman , Reference Librarian at the Lake Oswego Public Library and Daniel Peterson, Member Services Librarian at LINCC, for this opportunity to play with the EBSCOhost search features. Bring your difficult searches, with or without answers, and we can brainstorm together to find additional ways to track down what your patrons are looking for. In addition, we’ll talk about some of the ways that EBSCOhost can be customized at your library. -- Audience limit: 20 people

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