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2007 Annual Conference
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Annual Conference 2007 (updated 3.23.07)
Friday, June 22, 2007
Pre Conference: Raising Library Capital in the Capitol
1:30 - 5:30 pm
Registration $85.00
Description: Does your library work to match funding opportunities with appropriate donors and corporate sponsors? Is your library utilizing Web-based fundraising to better reach potential donors? Is your library considering starting a foundation to better harness the goodwill of patrons and advocates? In this session you will learn the principles of fundraising from development professionals and how you can leverage your library’s unique position in the community.
Speakers: Joan Claffey, Director of Development, American Library Association and Susan Roman, Dean and Professor, Dominican University (IL).
ALTA Gala
7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Tickets are $50
Description: Washington,DC is welcoming ALA for our annual conference. A special evening is planned You won't want to miss this opportunity to see the old along with the new. This event requires registration – please see the Registration form.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Opening Session: Trustees, Friends and Library Staff: Developing an Effective Library Advocacy Network
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Description: This program is the Opening Session for Trustees. Public library budgets are under constant pressure to fight for your fair share of funding? Elected officials and key decision-makers will see libraries as the critical community resource they are if you can develop an effective library advocacy network that includes trustees, friends patrons and staff. This session will focus on specific techniques that Brooklyn Public Library has used to successfully develop a library Advocacy Network in its annual budget fights at City Hall and in
Speakers: Dianne Mac-Harvin, Interim Executive Director, Brooklyn Public Library, Steven Schechter, Director, Government and Community Relations, Jerry Aiello, Director, Friends & Volunteer Services, Mable Robertson, 2nd Vice President, Moderator.
Intellectual Freedom Program: Intellectual Freedom Who's Responsible?
10:30 – 12:00 noon
Description: Who's Job Is It? Alonzo Robertson, Esquire, will discuss issue on the Patriot Act, panel discussion on who and how to mannage intellectual freedom issues, Media, Online etc. Be prepared for audience particiption.
Speakers: Alonzo Robertson, Legislative Attorney, National Security Agency (NSA)
President’s Program: "From Advocate to Player: Trustees Transforming Libraries"
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Description: Does your library sit at community decision-making tables or wait underneath for crumbs to fall off? Veteran trustees and authors Ellen G. Miller and Patricia H. Fisher discuss going from advocate to community player. It starts by understanding the six major community tables. Find out why economic development is a major factor. Participants will work in pairs to plan how to position your library as a community player.
Speakers: Ellen Miller, Consultant, Ellen Miller Group; Patricia Fisher, Consultant & Author, P. Fisher & Associates; Rose Mosley, Moderator
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Education of Trustees Program: "Crossing the Line/Director Relationship"
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Description: A panel discussion on the Trustee/Director relationship. Participants will learn pitfalls to avoid to ensure a healthy and productive working relationship with Library Director and Board of Trustees. Specific duties and job responsibilities of the Library Director and Board of Trustees will be reviewed in detail based on actual experiences.
Speakers: Patricia Owens, Moderator; Christine Lind Hage, Director, Rochester Hills Public Library; Meredith Bromfield, Trustee, Fountaindale Library; Jean Tabor, Director
Lifting the Gag: Patron Privacy and the Patriot Act
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Description: When a federal lifetime gag order prevented our speakers from revealing that the FBI had demanded library records, they refused to comply. Represented by the ACLU, they successfully sued the government. Of the thousands who have received National Security Letters, Mr. Chase, Ms. Bailey and two colleagues are the only ones free to discuss the experience. They will discuss their personal and professional roles in defending patron privacy.
Speakers: Peter Chase, Library Director,
SOS Luncheon "The Library is on My Street and I Refuse to Move"
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Price: $45
Description: The focus of the luncheon will center on achieving community involvement the library. Speaker and author, Salome Thomas-EL, will discuss the challenges of inner city involvement with the community. How to recruit and keep interest for the youth. The library is the only institution where knowledge is provided for free and technology is provided to the underserved and disadvantaged. We will discuss collaborating with schools, churches, social agencies and the corporate world to build a community. Q & A, plus Book signing. This event requires registration.
Speaker: Salome Thomas -EL.,
Technology for Trustees
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Description: What questions do trustees need to ask before their library invests in major technology projects such as library automation, RFID and self-check systems? What is the library's culture regarding risk taking? Can we sustain this technology? Will we need more staff? What are the policy implications? What happens if the vendor goes out of business or fails to deliver?
Speakers: Dale Ross, Vice President, Ames Public Library Bd of Trustees; Christine Lind Hage, Director, Rochester Hills Public Library; Larry Neal, Director, Clinton-Macomb Public Library; Andrew Pace, Head ,Information Technology, North Carolina State University Libraries; Karen Schneider, Director of Library for Tech & Research, Florida State University.
