Preliminary Conference Program
(Sessions and Schedules are subject to change)
Tuesday
3:00 – 6:00Registration at Courtyard by Marriott hotel
Wednesday
8:00 – 5:00Registration
9:00-10:00MLA Executive Board
9:00-10:00MAGNOLIA Training: World Book for K-12
9:00-11:00The Hollywood Librarian, Film Screening
9:00-11:00Developing History Scrapbooks: Preserving Our Libraries’ Memories
Tracie Thompson, Consultant for Creative Moments
MLA Anniversary Scrapbook Committee (Limit 30)
10:00-11:00Online Reference Sources: What’s Out There Now?
Jenny Bossaler and Catharine Bomhold, the School of Library and Information Science, the University of Southern Mississippi
10:00-11:00O Donor, Where Art Thou?
Greg Johnson, Blues Archivist, the University of Mississippi and
Elaine Owens, Photograph and Sound Archivist, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Special Collections Roundtable
10:00-11:30Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries: What the Statistics Tell
Us
Barbara Martin and Yunfei Du, the University of NorthTexas
College ofInformation
IMLS Laura Bush Foundation
Funded by LTSA Grant and MLC
11:00Exhibits Opening
11:30Box Lunches with Exhibitors: Sign up in advance
12:00-1:30Go Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the First Lady
Dr.Peggy Brooks-Bertram, Co-editor and faculty in the Department of African American Studies at the University at Buffalo Virgia Brocks-Shedd Scholarship Luncheon
Black Caucus Round Table
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
1:30-2:30First General Session
Green Libraries: Smaller Footprint for Bigger Impact
Louise Schaper, Director, Fayetteville Public Library,
Fayetteville,Arkansas
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
2:30-3:30Poster Sessions
3:00-5:00Afternoon Tea With Authors
Friends of Mississippi Libraries
3:00-5:00The Hollywood Librarian, Film Screening
3:00-4:30What’s New in Teen Literature
Angie Manfredi
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
American Library Association
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
3:00-4:30American Library Association (ALA) Strategic Planning Meeting
5:00-6:00President’s Reception: Artists in Mississippi Libraries
The University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum
6:30-8:00MLA’s 100th Anniversary Bash
The Bottling Company
Thursday
8:00-5:00Registration
8:00-9:00Breakfast With Rick Bragg
2YCRT and Public Libraries Section Breakfast
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
9:00-5:00Exhibits Opening
9:00-10:00Coffee with Exhibitors
9:00-10:00Poster Sessions
9:00-10:00The Waller Photography Collection: Preserving Local History
Laura Capell, the University of Southern Mississippi
9:00-10:00LIRT Teaching Twofer: Twice as Nice as a Single Presentation With Two
Great Speakers!
Teaching BI Online Using Wimba
Mary Beth Applin, the University of Southern Mississippi
Integrating information Literacy into an Upper Division Writing Intensive Course
Ellen K. Wilson, University of South Alabama
9:00-11:00Census Data at Your Fingertips: Training Session on American FactFinder
Cliff Holley, Director of the Census Bureau’s StateDataCenter
Government Documents Round Table
9:00-11:00Fun With Poetry
Ken Waldman, Poet, Storyteller, and Fiddler
Young People’s Services Round Table (YPSRT)
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
10:00-11:00Greening Our Libraries
Greg Johnson, Blues Archivist, the University of Mississippi
10:00-11:00PALMS Business Meeting and Program
Tom Henderson
11:00-12:30Box Lunches with the Exhibitors: Sign up in Advance
12:00-1:30Sustainable and Green @ Your Library
Frederick W. Stoss, Associate Librarian, the State University of New York at Buffalo
ACRL Luncheon
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
12:00-1:30We Do Make a Difference!
Paul Griffin, Young Adult Author, Great Stories Program
Young People’s Services Round Table (YPSRT)
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
1:30-2:30Teen Services 101
Angie Manfredi
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
American Library Association
1:30-2:30Bringing Great Stories Clubs to Mississippi:
Lainie Castle, ALA Public Programs Office
Young People’s Services Round Table (YPSRT)
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
1:30-3:30Special Libraries and Collections: Relevance, Programs, and Services
Teresa Welsh, the School of Library and Information Science, The
University of Southern Mississippi
3:00-4:00Ice Cream Social in the Exhibits
3:00-4:00Poster Sessions
3:00-4:30Librarianship 101 and 201 Alumni Reunion
3:00-5:00The Hollywood Librarian, Film Screening
3:30-4:30Center for the Study of the Life and Work of William Carey, D.D. (1761-1834)
Bennie R. Crockett and Myron C. Noonkester, WilliamCareyUniversity
Beta Phi Mu, Beta Psi Chapter
3:30-4:30New Members Round Table Planning Meeting
3:30-4:30MLA Conference 2010 Planning Meeting
3:30-5:00Focus on SLIS and COA
The School of Library and Information Science,
The University of Southern Mississippi
4:00-5:00Mississippi SirsiDynix Users’ Group
Stephen Patton, Delta State University
5:00-6:00SLIS Alumni and Friends Mixer
The School of Library and Information Science,
The University ofSouthern Mississippi
6:00-8:00Mississippi Authors Awards Dinner
Friday
8:00-11:00Registration
8:00-9:00MLA Past Presidents Breakfast (Restricted to MLA Past Presidents)
8:00-11:30Sheila Snow-Croft, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Special Libraries Section and the School of Library and Information
Science, The University of Southern Mississippi
9:00-10:00Kilowatt Ours: Film Screening and Discussion
Greg Johnson, Blue Archivist, University of Mississippi
9:00-10:00Books With Bite!
Jan McGee, West Monroe (Louisiana) High School
School Libraries Section
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
9:00-10:00Mississippi University Library Directors’ Council
9:00-11:00Publicity Basics @ the Library
Ned Browning, MississippiStateUniversity Extension Service
Friends of Mississippi Libraries
9:00-11:00You’re Not Going to Believe This…A Program for Library Trustees
James R. Sherard
Mississippi Library Commission
10:00-11:00Web-vertise Your Library
Jan McGee, West Monroe (Louisiana) High School
School Libraries Section
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
10:00-11:00Technical Service Futures: What Are They?
Brad Eden, AssociateUniversity Librarian for Technical Services and
Scholarly Communication, University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara
Technical Services Round Table (TSRT)
Funded by LTSA Grant from the MLC
10:00-11:00Lyrasis Member Meeting
11:00-12:00Mississippi Polaris Users Group
11:00-12:00MAGNOLIA Steering Committee
11:00-12:00Society of Mississippi Archivists
11:00-12:00Mississippi Autographics Users Group
12:00-1:30MLA Awards Luncheon