Draft Uploaded 3/28/12

Draft uploaded 3/28/12

Program Tracks
Administration / Covers managerial topics like human resources, leadership, finance, public relations, and other administrative library functions. Also includes governance related issues like policy planning and board development.
Adult Services / Includes programming, customer service, collection development, reference topics and other services specifically targeted to adults.
Front Line Staff / Includes programming on issues faced by those staff who deal directly with the public, including customer service, patron confidentiality, dealing with change in the organization, etc.
Outreach/Technology / Includes bookmobile, homebound delivery, delivery services to senior centers, and outreach to outside organizations serving adults or children. Additionally, this track may provide programs that include trends in technology, cataloging or computer applications.
Youth Services / Includes programming, collection development, and other services specifically targeted to children and young adults, including outreach.
Trustees / The Trustee Certification Track is new this year and offers library trustees the opportunity to take training to become certified while learning about board organization, trustee and director roles, policy development, budget and finance, and advocacy.
Track Information / The tracks listed above are separated out to help you make decisions on what sessions might be of interest to you; however any attendee may decide to attend any session of interest.
Some sessions will fill up quickly. Fire codes prevent the addition of chairs or sitting on the floor or blocking the doors. If you come into a room that is crowded, please observe these cautions. Also, please be aware that leaving in the middle of a session is disruptive to the presenter and to the other attendees in the room. If you have questions about a session, please contact a conference committee member or ask the presenter prior to the session.
*To accommodate our hotel hosts, please consider their policy that no confetti or glitter is permitted in any of the meeting space at the Holiday Inn or Sloan Convention Center.
Pre-Conference Sessions
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
7:30-5:00 pm
Registration Desk / Registration
9-12:00 pm
Meeting Room 1 / Low-Cost, High-Impact Marketing
Stacey Biggs, Chief Marketing Officer, Western Kentucky University; Jeremy Chandler, Social Media & Media Relations Specialist, Werkshop Marketing; Jayne Pelaski, Marketing Manager, Warren County Public Library
Find out how to use everything at your fingertips -- with little or no cost to you -- to market your library's valuable resources. Library professionals and marketing experts will teach you how to move your library ahead using social media, local talent, and other community connections to establish your library as the go-to place for all their needs.
9-12:00 pm
Meeting Room 2 / Grant Writing 101
Johna Rogers, Grant Writer, Green River Regional Educational Cooperative
Your budget is shrinking and you would like to get on the grant writing bandwagon, but don't know where to start. Johna Rogers takes you through a step-by-step process to writing a grant and shows you that it doesn’t have to be a scary process!
12-4 pm
Board Room / KDLA Staff Meeting
1-4:00 pm
Meeting Room 1 / Understanding the Teenage Brain
Jennifer Watson, President and Lead Trainer, genNow Consulting
Research completed over the last few years on the teenage brain gives us a new understanding about teenagers and why they behave the way they do. This workshop will offer insights into the developing teenage brain and will address techniques to improve relationships and interactions between adults and teens and how public libraries can best serve this often misunderstood population.
1-4:00 pm
Meeting Room 2 / Working Through Change
Beth Gordon, Performance Consultant, Governmental Services Center, Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
In today’s ever-changing environment, this session is always relevant. Included will be discussion on the 5 stages of dealing with change (similar to the grief stages) and reactive vs. proactive attitudes and behaviors. If you’ve got employees who have difficulty adapting, this is a great workshop to show them that there are advantages to change.
4:00 pm
Board Room / KPLA Board Meeting
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:15 am-5 pm
Registration Desk / Registration Open
7:15 am / Light Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Peel & Holland
8 am – 4 pm / Exhibits Open!
Visit the exhibits and play to win a special package sponsored by Holiday Inn University Center. Drop off your completed ticket at the 4:30pm KPLA Business Meeting. Details are in your registration packet! You must be present to win.
8-8:50 am
Ballroom B / The State of the State – Wayne Onkst, Kentucky State Librarian and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives
9 am-4:20 pm
Ballroom B
Track: Trustees
All trustee certification sessions will be in Ballroom B / Kentucky Library Trustee Roundtable (KLTRT) - Certification Track
Beth Milburn, Continuing Education Consultant-KDLA; Paul Poland, Scott County Trustee and
Chair of KLTRT
Attention: All Trustees are strongly encouraged to attend this very important meeting.
The Trustee Certification Track is new this year and offers library trustees the opportunity to
take training to become certified. What does this mean? The benefits of certification include
being up-to-date on trustee duties and responsibilities and knowing resources to go to for
additional guidance. The five classes will consist of training on board organization, trustee
and director roles, policy development, budget and finance, and advocacy.
This is a good opportunity for those interested trustees to get all their credit at one time.
*Certification will not be finalized for trustees without a completed application form
and paid $20 fee. Also, trustees who began their first term on/after July 1, 2011 need to submit
a completed and signed Orientation Checklist form. More information on the Kentucky Public
Library Trustee Certification Program can be found on the KDLA Trustees web page. http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/trustees/Pages/default.aspx
Thursday, April 12, 2012
9-9:50 am
Meeting Room 1
Track: Front Line / Managing Conflict Before It Manages You
Jack Montgomery, Western Kentucky University
In the library workplace, we hire and assemble a group of people to perform tasks to accomplish the objectives and goals of the organization. In the ideal world, all of these contributions would be complimentary, and each person would positively enhance the position they were assigned and the organization as a whole. This however, as we all know, is not an ideal world and workplace conflict is often an integral part of the workplace environment.
9-9:50 am
Meeting Room 2
Track: Youth Services / Ignite the Creative Spirit through Books and Reading
Terri Diebel, Children's Librarian; Cecilia Horn, Juvenile Collection Development Librarian, Kenton County Public Library
This engaging session will offer ideas to incorporate art and reading together in the library setting. Participants will preview the newest books, both fiction and non-fiction, about art and artists. A bibliography will be provided along with instructions for hands-on activities. Be prepared to get "artsy." No art experience required.
9-9:50 am
Meeting Room 3&4
Track: Administration / Abolishing Performance Evaluations: Why they don’t work and what does
Carrie Herrmann, Public Service Coordinator, Boone County Public Library; Amy Helm, Human Resources Manager, Warren County Public Library
Do you dread performance evaluations? Your subordinates do, too! Both Boone County Public Library and Warren County Public Library abandoned performance evaluations and found better ways of achieving the same results while increasing performance levels and morale in the process.
9-9:50 am
Salon A
Track: Outreach/Technology / Technology Planning for Small Libraries
Katherine Kimball, E-rate Consultant, KDLA
We’ll examine the components of a successful plan from the perspective of small libraries. Learn how a technology plan can be leveraged to prepare for emergencies, comply with the Kentucky Public Library Standards, take advantage of E-rate discounts, and better advocate for LSTA and other grants. We will also cover tools that simplify the planning process. You’ll leave this program understanding the benefits of a technology plan, and will be ready to create or update an existing plan.
9-9:50 am
Salon B
Track: Adult Services / Books by Facebook: RA online
Leigh Mauer, Kenton County Public Library
Your library Facebook page is the perfect place for readers' advisory "on the fly.” In real time, people post a few titles or authors they enjoy, and we offer suggestions for their next great read. It's a fun, friendly way to connect with patrons. Join Readers' Advisory Librarian Leigh K. Mauer to learn about and discuss making good book suggestions online.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
9-9:50 am
Salon C
Track: Administration / Hey, You Elected Official! The Library Rocks!
JC Morgan, Director, Campbell County Public Library; County Judge Executive Carolyn Keith, Owen County; County Judge Executive Michael Buchanon, Warren County.
Advocacy is not just a once per year trip to Frankfort. Advocacy starts at home, at your circ desk, and in your board meetings. Making your local elected officials aware of the worth of your library is important. In this session, pick up some tips on reaching out to your local officials.
10-10:50 am
Meeting Room 1
Track: Outreach/Technology / Thinking Outside the Building: Mobile laptop labs
Katherine Kimball, E-rate Consultant, KDLA; Tracy Cooper, Boyle County Public Library; Jennifer Nippert, Director, Owen County Public Library; Debra Lawson, Director, Spencer County Public Library
Three BTOP grant recipients will share their experiences creating mobile laptop labs and offering computer training outside the library. Join us for discussion of considerations ranging from equipment, bandwidth, and carrying cases to the return on the investment that comes from embedding library technology in the community. We’ll share success stories and obstacles encountered, and conclude with a list of other grant opportunities that could contribute to funding a mobile lab for your library.
10-10:50 am
Meeting Room 2
Track: Front Line Staff / Librarians as Teachers…Librarians as Marketers
Paige Sexton, Communications Officer, KDLA
You help your patrons learn new things every day...literacy skills, how to find items in your catalog, how to do research - in short, you teach! If you can teach, you can market! Teaching and marketing are amazingly similar. You already have the skills to market the great programs and services that you offer. Come to this session and see how to translate your teaching skills into marketing skills.
10-10:50 am
Meeting Room 3&4
Track: Adult Services / Kentucky’s Archival Repositories & Unique Collections at the Kentucky State Archives (KDLA)
Valerie Edgeworth, Librarian, Kentucky Guide Program, KDLA
This session will highlight some of the unique collections found in Kentucky’s archival repositories. From Ashland to Whitesburg, Carrollton to Murray, join us as we explore historical collections ranging from folklore to railroads, oral histories, horse racing, and much more. We will also take a glance at some of the more interesting collections housed at the Kentucky State Archives.
10-10:50 am
Meeting Room 5
Track: Administration / Project Management Basics
Martha White, Director of Planning Projects and Communications, Lexington Public Library
PM Basics will help you identify exactly what needs doing, how and when it should be done, who should do it and how much it will cost. Following these steps will also help you avoid missing important pieces and be sure that the project will be carried through to its completion. It also sets up a way to measure the success of the project. This is an introductory session to learn key concepts and understand the basics. Come if you’d like PM – LITE!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
10-10:50 am
Salon A
Track: Adult Services / I Seek Dead People
Jama Watts, Reference/Genealogy Librarian, Marion County Public Library
If you work at a small public library with limited space and funding, but still cater to genealogists and local historians, then this program is for you. This session will show you how to utilize Ancestry.com and other resources (some free!) effectively.
10-10:50 am
Salon B
Track: Administration / Kentucky State Auditor, Adam Edelen
Adam Edelen, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Kentucky
As the primary function of the office, the Auditor of Public Accounts acts as an impartial auditor entirely independent of state administration and charged the office with the responsibility to audit the accounts and financial transactions of all spending agencies of the Commonwealth. Additionally, the office conducts technology audits, testing the security of state government computer systems, special investigations, and performance auditing. Sworn in as the 46th Auditor of Public Accounts in January of this year, Mr. Edelen will speak to current and future issues and what that means for public libraries.
10-10:50 am
Salon C
Track: Youth Services / Dinosaurs, Clocks, and Challenges... Oh My! 3 Different programs for 3 different age groups
Kinzie Gregg Gaunce, Youth Services Librarian, Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library
Who says you can’t do it all? A dinosaur program, for ages 3-5, will include a short bibliography, dinosaur poems/songs, and a cute take-away. The Clocks program is based on the Selznick book The Invention of Hugo Cabret and is for ages 7-12. Information about the book and one of its special characters, a short video and a description of two possible crafts. The third is a Teen program for ages 11 and up called Silent Minute. It will be an overview of the planning process along with the challenges that we used for our program.
11-11:50 am
Meeting Room 1
Track: Administration / Looking at Libraries from Both Sides, Now…County Judge Executive Carolyn Keith Offers a Unique Perspective
County Judge Executive Carolyn Keith, Owen County
As a taxing district we all need to better understand the workings of each tax district and their sources of income, as well as their financial responsibilities to the people they serve. Once a member of the Owen County Public Library Board of Trustees, she is now the County Judge Executive of her county. What changes in perspective happen when you make that transition? Come hear her explain how the transition has changed some of her views where the library and county government are concerned, why they needed to change, and how she sees libraries and local governments working better together.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
11-11:50 am
Meeting Room 2
Track: Adult Services / From Off the Shelf : adult book discussions
Andrew Halford, Professor Emeritus, Western Kentucky Community & Technical College; Julie Hart, Director, McCracken County Public Library