Monday

"Making Sense of Business Reference"

Preconference Workshop with Celia Ross

Powerpoint Presentation:

Making Sense of Business Reference 

"Marketing as a Team Sport"

Preconference Workshop with Peggy Barber

Sponsored by the Public Relations Committee 

Handout:

Marketing as a Team Sport

 Tuesday 

1.   Mail It?  It's In the Bag:  Books and More, Netflix Style

   Gail Sweet, Sarah Thomson, and Molly Connor, Burlington County System; Bob Wetherall, Nancy Polhamus, and Karen Shiles, Gloucester County Library System; Moderator: Peter Bromberg, SJRLC

    

2. Helping Your Patrons Understand the Global Financial Crisis:  Looming Economic Meltdown or Useful Teaching and Marketing Tool? with Celia Ross.  Also see Celia Ross's website Stratham Research.  

3. "Promoting Online Resources"

   Presenter: Peggy Barber  

   Handout:  Promoting Online Resources 

    

4. Showtime!  Putting the Reader Center StagE -- Diana Loevy

   Showtime

   Book Titles for Book Discussions 

    

5. Make Mine A MysterY -- Gary Warren Niebuhr

   Basic Readers Advisory

   Crime and Mystery Fiction Readers Advisory 

    

6. "Surviving a Genealogy Reference Interview" 

   Presenter: Jack Simpson 

   Basics of Genealogy Reference

    

7. "Reinventing Your Small Library: Trading Spaces in Collingswood"

   Presenters: Kathy Schalk-Greene, Director Mount Laurel Library; Brett Bonfield, Director, Collingswood Public Library

    

8. In Defense of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll:  How to Talk to Parents about YA Fiction

   Presenter: Jennifer Hubert, Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York

   Handouts: 40 Developmental Assets

9. Ready… Set… Action!  Producing an Award-Winning DVD Collection

   For more information about this presentation, please contact Patty Slezak at the Wayne Public Library. Phone: 973-694-4272 x5416, Email: slezakp@waynepubliclibrary.org

Wednesday

1. Paco Underhill Keynote: Why We Borrow: Using Retail Techniques in Libraries
2. Beyond Google: Tools to Optimize Your Library's Web Presence

   Ranjna Das, Web Services Librarian, Burlington County Library System; Moderator: Amy Kearns, CJRLC

3. The Year's Best Graphic Novels 2008:  Handout | Presentation

   Presenters: Karla Ivarson, David Lisa, Laverne Mann, Tyler Rousseau

4. READ 'EM THEIR WRITES -- GARY WARREN NIEBUHR

   Why talk about books

5. Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches, Oh My! Handout

   Presenters: Ilene Lefkowitz, C.L. Quillen, Yvonne Selander.

6. Pop Goes the Library:  Public Relations Tips & Tricks to Connect with Your Whole Community

   Presenters: Sophie Brookover, Elizabeth Burns
7. Harmonizing the Iconic and Iconoclastic: How “Traditional” and “Web 2.0” Librarians Can Learn to Get Along

   (use the free download)

   Hannah Kwon, Ph.D. student, Rutgers University, School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies; Moderator: Leslie Kahn, Newark Public Library Administration and Management Section, Information Technologies Section and Reference Section