2010 Conference Schedule
May 6, 2010
8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast (Exhibits Open)
9:00-9:30 Exhibits
9:30-10:30 Program Session I
10:30-11:00 Exhibits
11:10-12:10 Keynote Speaker
12:10-1:10 Lunch and Learn / Exhibits
1:15-2:15 Program Session II
2:15-2:45 Exhibits, Raffles, and Dessert
2:45-3:45 Program Session III
2010 Conference Programs
Click here for the 2010 "Programs At A Glance"
Registration and Exhibits Open
8:30 am to 9:30 am
Arrive early and sample our Continental Breakfast in the Exhibits Area
9:30 to 10:30
Aiming for Success at the Library: What Makes a Great Employee
Room: Plaza
Speaker: Cathleen Towey, Director, Westbury Library
Description:
Ms. Cathleen Towey, Director of Westbury Library, will discuss the attributes of staff that Library Directors want to hire, support and promote. From the initial hire until retirement, learn what kind of employee behavior earns respect and appreciation from management.
Sponsor: NCLA Clerical Division
Arranger:Angela Khilnani, Syosset Public Library
Recipe for Success: Collaboration between School and Public Libraries
Room: Emerald
Speakers: T.B.A.
Description:
Description and discussion of how public and private school librarians can collaborate with young adult librarians in public libraries.
Sponsor: NCLA Young Adult Services Division
Arranger:: Peter Cirona, Massapequa Public Library
Superheroes to Serial Killers: Librarians in Literature
Room: Emerald II
Speaker: Michael Gannon, Associate Director, Administrative Services, Prince George's County Memorial Library
Description:
Tired of those worn-out stereotypes: the spinster with her hair in a bun wearing sensible shoes, or the mousy man in a tweed jacket with reading glasses on a chain around his neck? Forget those stale clichés - discover the fascinating librarians that exist in every genre of popular literature.
Sponsor: The Reader's Advisory Committee, RASD of SCLA
Arrangers: Brian Adams, Longwood Public Library and Grace O'Connor, West Islip Public Library
Policies: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Room: Terrace
Speaker: Chris Valentino, Esq., Labor Law Specialist, Jackson-Lewis
Description:
A critical look at your handbook and record keeping policies. All employee relations, responsibilities and practical advice and strategies that participants can use to effectively manage employment-related risks.
Sponsor: Public Library Directors Association
Arranger: Lisa Richland, Floyd Memorial Library
Shipwrecks, Bus Stops, and Chicken: Latino/a Stories of Immigration in Suffolk County
Room: Hampton Gardens
Speaker: Lisa Meléndez, Professor, Library Services, Suffolk County Community College
Description:
Lisa Meléndez's presentation will focus on first-person accounts collected during an oral history project with Latino and Latina immigrants during Spring 2007. Participants were invited to share stories, thoughts and memories of their own choosing and the collection points to the daily challenges and everyday ironies immigrants face while living in Suffolk County. The talk will also include an overview about the process of collecting, transcribing, and translating the stories, as well as ways in which the materials are being made available.
Sponsor: Division of Academic and Special Libraries, SCLA
Arranger: Kristen Nyitray, SUNY Stony Brook
Exhibits
10:30-11:00
Keynote Speaker
11:10-12:10
Lunch and Learn/Exhibits
12:10-1:10
Program Session II
1:15-2:15
Everybody Has a Story - How Storytelling Made me a Writer: The Natural Connection between Oral and Written Literacy
Room: Plaza
Speaker: Norah Dooley, Children's Author
Description:
Using anecdotes and artifacts from her personal experience, Norah Dooley brings into the very beginning of the writing project that culminated in the publication of her first picture book Everybody Cooks Rice. Norah shows how questions, noticing and the oral tradition informed her work. She will examine and explore issues of emerging literacy through the lenses of her own writing process, recent neurological research and the art of storytelling.
Sponsor: CLASC, Inc.
Arranger: Jane Drake, Patchogue-Medford Library
Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows
Room: Emerald
Speaker: Kathleen Collins, Author and Librarian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Description:
Cooking has become so popular in the past decade that chefs have become as famous as movie stars. Librarian/author Kathleen Collins scoured the archives for years of cooking programs, from James Beard to Jamie Oliver, to give us a history of America's changing tastes and attitudes when it comes to meals.
Sponsor: Nassau RASD and Suffolk RASD
Arrangers: Rose Marut, Patchogue-Medford Library and Tracey Simon, Floral Park Public Library
Interpreting the Library Bill of Rights: Putting Principles into Practice
Room: Emerald II
Speakers:
Frances La Duca, Co-Founder, Long Island Educators for Intellectual Freedom
Kevin McCoy, Professor, Library Services, Suffolk Community College
Frank McKenna, Director, Island Trees Public Library
Description:
For 70 years the Library Bill of Rights, along with a series of interpretive documents, has stated the basic principles that should govern the service of all libraries and provided guidelines for their implementation. How relevant and practical does the Library Bill of Rights remain for today's librarians? Come hear a diverse panel of librarians discuss these key documents as applied to various workplace situations.
Sponsor: Intellectual Freedom Committees of NCLA & SCLA and Long Island Coalition Against Censorship
Arranger: Jeffrey Feinsilver, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury Campus
What I Have Learned from 35 Years of Mistakes
Room: Terrace
Speaker: J. Robert Verbesey, Executive Director, Southeast Florida Library Network, Florida Gulf Coast University
Description:
Highlights from a library career that is appropriate for all library employees ranging from directors to clerks. Experiences include managing the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library for 25 years and teaching Library Science at the Palmer School and Queens College.
Sponsor: ASLD of NCLA
Arranger: Linda Gorman, Nassau Community College
Green Computing: Ways to Reduce IT Energy Consumption in the Library
Room: Hampton Gardens
Speaker: Rocco Cassano, Assistant Director, East Meadow Public Library
Description:
Did you know that you can take steps to reduce the amount of electricity that your desktops require without limiting access to computing resources? Come learn the advantages associated with thin client computing and how easy it is to save your library money by implementing this technology. Target audience includes library administrators and managers, librarians and library IT staff.
Sponsor: LILRC Regional Automation Committee
Arranger: Min Liu, Long Island Library Resources Council
Exhibits, Raffles, and Dessert
2:15-2:45
Program Session III
2:45 to 3:45
The Leaky Cauldron
Room: Plaza
Speaker: Melissa Anelli, Author, Award-winning Webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron
Description:
Melissa Anelli is the New York Times best selling author of Harry, A History, a former NYC news reporter, and webmistress of the most popular Harry Potter site on the internet, The Leaky Cauldron. Join Melissa as she takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenon, from his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
Sponsor: Children's Services Division of NCLA
Arranger: Jacqueline Fitts, Uniondale Public Library
Solving Sticky People Problems... a necessary ingredient in your library's success recipe
Room: Emerald
Speaker: Tim McHeffey, Innovative Business Educator
Description:
Using the PHP formula, Tim McHeffey demonstrates how this powerful communication technique can help immensely in the quest to give better service to our external customers (patrons), as well as our internal customers (fellow employees). Participants are invited to bring with them their most prickly, tricky issues (personal but not confidential please); we’ll discuss them openly and demonstrate how powerful PHP can revolutionize our dialogues, and curb some of our stress in the process.
Sponsor: Support Staff Division of SCLA
Arranger: Anne Marie Hoffman, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library
Newcomers in Town: Tips for Effectively Serving the Needs of Your Immigrant Community
Room: Emerald II
Speaker: Fred J. Gitner, New Americans Program/Special Services & International Relations, Queens Library
Description:
Presenter from the New Americans Program at Queens Library will speak on the many services available to better serve diverse communities.
Sponsor: MOSAIC of RASD/SCLA
Arranger: Mary Kelly, Huntington Public Library, Station Branch
Going Green: A Tale of Two Parking Lots
Room: Terrace
Speaker: Peter Ward, Lindenhurst Memorial Library
Description:
A panel discussion of the various aspects of a “green” building from the point of view of the library director, trustees, designer and project manager.
Sponsor: Suffolk County Library Association
Arranger: Peter Ward, Lindenhurst Memorial Library
50 Must-have Open Source Applications
Room: Hampton Gardens
Speakers:
Ted Gutmann, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Bob Johnson, Port Jefferson Free Library
Description:
Our speakers will describe and demonstrate 50 different free, open-source software applications that you can use. These programs range from alternatives to commercial applications to handy utilities to help you in your day-to-day work. CD-Roms containing all the programs will be distributed so that you can take them back and try them on your own.