PLA 2003 Spring Symposium Programs
I. Building the Perfect Library
Program Agenda
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| Richard Hall Library Bond Manager California State Library Sacramento, California |
Larry Neal Assistant Director Clinton-Macomb Public Library Clinton Township, Michigan |
| Rick McCarthy Architect and Library Trustee Burnidge Cassell Elgin, Illinois |
C. Drew Pennington, ASID Senior Associate TMP Associates Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Clara Nalli Bohrer Director Bloomfield Township Library Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
Christine Lind Hage Director Clinton-Macomb Public Library Clinton Township, Michigan |
The focus of this workshop will be on practical advice from architects, consultants, and experienced librarians on library construction. Presentations include how to make a decision such as whether to go with a construction manager or general contractor, tips on signage, renovating and building small libraries, designing space to fit the latest technology, designing service desks, and what's new in children's services design.
Participants will
- Identify strengths and weaknesses connected with using a general contractor or construction manager in a library construction project and the library's roles in the construction team.
- Identify appropriate signage sizes, and what is a reasonable budget allowance for signage.
- Identify a mission for their perfect children's room.
- Identify areas of major concern in small library renovation/construction.
- List advantages of stand up desk service, sit-down desk service and storage components desired in a public service desk.
- Plan for adequate space for new technologies (automated sorting, 24-hour pick up, RFID self service counters).
- Learn how to select library fixtures and furnishings that will stand the test of time.
- Learn how to select signage that is legible and will add to the library's style.
- Learn why it is important to do a good building program.
- Learn about the major components of a building program.
- Learn about the various parts of a library project budget.
- Learn about the major funding sources for public library buildings.
II. Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Effectiveness
Program Agenda
Presenter
Maureen SullivanOrganizational Development Consultant
Annapolis, Maryland
This workshop has been developed in response to requests made by PLA members who attended a brief program on this subject at the 2002 PLA Conference in Phoenix. This program assumes that everyone is a leader and that each of us displays our leadership in a different way and in different arenas. Using David Goleman's work as a basis, participants in this interactive program will explore how the competencies for emotional intelligence influence leadership effectiveness. This workshop will give participants and opportunity to explore the concepts and practices included in Primal Leadership in more depth.
Participants will:
- Understand the concepts of emotional intelligence, leadership, and competencies.
- Know more about their own leadership competencies and will have identified areas for their own leadership development.
- Know the key practices for effective leadership in today's libraries.
- Identify two or three specific goals for enhancing their own effectiveness.
III. Power Up With Print: Connecting Teens and Reading in a Digital Age
Program Agenda
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| Patrick Jones Manger, Outreach Services Hennepin County Library Minnetonka, Minnesota |
Bonnie Kunzel Teen Specialist Princeton Public Library Princeton, New Jersey |
| Amy Alessio Teen Coordinator Schaumburg Township District Library Schaumburg, Illinois |
James
W. Bennett Author |
| Jennifer Bromann Head, Youth Services Prairie Trails Public Library District Burbank, Illinois |
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23% of all library users are young adults. Do you want to reaffirm the importance of teen's reading in your program? Improve your YA reader's advisory skills? Learn new strategies for promoting reading to teens? Update your knowledge of teen reading interests? Learn about awards for young adult literature?
All this and more is being offered in this interactive, hands-on institute sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the nation's leading organization in library service to young adults. The speakers are specially trained YALSA members who have completed Serving the Underserved seminars and who have expertise in both service to young adults and adult learning.
Presented in cooperation with the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Participants will:
- Plan, develop, and implement a collection development action plan to increase use of collections by young adults.
- Plan at least three programs to promote young adult reading.
- Identify core documents, resource lists, professional associations, and collection development tools.
IV. Emergent Literacy Part II: Research and Preschool Services
Program Agenda
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| M. Susan Burns Associate Professor George Mason University Graduate School of Education Fairfax, Virginia |
Gilda Martinez Center for Reading Excellence Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
| Elaine Czarnecki Center for Reading Excellence Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
Bernadette Nowakowski Director Children and Young Adult Services Chicago Public Library Chicago, Illinois |
| Robin R. Cabot Senior Program Officer Office of Library Services Institute of Museum and Library Services Washington, D.C. |
Charles Brown Director Hennepin County Library Minnetonka, Minnesota |
| Sari Feldman Deputy Director Cleveland Public Library Cleveland, Ohio |
Elizabeth McChesney Assistant Director, Children and Young Adult Services Chicago Public Library Chicago, Illinois |
| Elaine Meyers Phoenix Public Library Phoenix, Arizona |
Carla Morris Children's Librarian Provo City Library Provo, Utah |
How do we know we have made a difference in a child's development, helped the child enter school ready to learn and helped the child develop a love of reading? PLA developed research-based programs in 2000 for this purpose and 20 demonstration sites tested these programs in 2001-2002 to see if they were effective in reaching parents and children.
Come hear both the results of the demonstration sites' work and further research that bears on how to incorporate important skill-building methods into programs for preschool children and their parents/caregivers. Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) is a partner in testing the programs and in further developing these tools for public libraries.
Participants will
- Understand key factors of current research on emergent literacy and be able to apply this information in planning their public library's programs for parents and preschool children.
- Understand effective evaluation of these research-based public library preschool programs and be able to develop and conduct effective evaluation of their local programs that can be used to justify and "sell" their programs locally.
- Learn how public libraries can incorporate educationally sound practices into preschool programs without sacrificing the fun of children's programs, and will be able to work more effectively with their local education community to increase the public library's role in preschool education.
V. Staffing for Results
Program Agenda
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| Diane Mayo Vice-president Information Partners, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio |
Jeanne Goodrich Consultant Portland, Oregon |
How long does it take to catalog a book? Can it be speeded up so some staff hours can be moved from Technical Services to Public Services? Allocating staff to all of a library's activities is a challenging process. This session introduces the data gathering and analysis tools from PLA's newest management publication, Staffing for Results: A Guide to Working Smarter.
Participants will:
- Know how to collect, process, and evaluate numerical data on activities and tasks in their libraries.
- Know ow to involve staff in the process of analyzing tasks to identify more effective or efficient ways to operate.
- Know how to present results and gain agreement for suggestions on staffing and work process changes.