NEO-RLS Continuing Education Hot Events

Summer Library Symposium - 08/13/2008 - Kent,OH

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:05:00 -0500

Date: 08/13/2008Kent,OH

Keynote: Jennifer L. Holm''s first book Our Only May Amelia, the story of a 12-year-old girl living in the late 1800s, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. She is the author of several highly praised novels including the Boston Jane trilogy, the Babymouse series (on which she collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm) and Penny from Heaven (2006). Inspired by her family''s stories, her books have twice been awarded Newbery Honors, were American Library Association Notable Children''s books, and on The New York Times best-selling lists. Her most recent book is Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf (Simon and Schuster, 2007). She lives in Fallston, Maryland.

Breakout Session One: You have the following choices:

Children''s Literature Update:
Sue McCleaf Nespeca, NEO-RLS, will give an update on the latest and greatest K-6 literature that is available to school librarians.
Getting Google and Wikipedia to Work for You: Don Boozer, KnowItNow Coordinator
Google and Wikipedia are inescapable players in today''s information world. Are you uneasy admitting you use Google? Wouldn''t be caught dead using Wikipedia? Contrary to popular belief, both of these online juggernauts can be useful tools if you know how, why, and when to use them. This workshop will provide tips and caveats about each of these online tools and show how to get the most out of them for you and your patrons.
TRAILS: Where we are now in assessing information literacy:
Barbara Schloman and Julie Gedeon, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science
This session will highlight TRAILS features for assessing information literacy competencies at the 6th and 9th grade levels, as well as share what?TRAILS use to date has revealed about?student skills. There will be an opportunity for a hands-on tour of TRAILS.

Breakout Session Two: You have the following choices:

Young Adult Literature Update:
Rollie Welch, Cleveland Public Library will give an update on the latest and greatest Young Adult literature that is available to school librarians.
INFOHIO/OPLIN Databases:
While INFOhio databases cover a wide swath of resources, this session will focus on some specific core resources ideal for helping students and staff alike.? Included in this hands- on session will be a review of Student Research Center, EBSCOhost Page Composer, SIRS Discoverer and other selected jewels.
Red Hot Reference Resources
Dr. Meghan Harper, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science
The purpose of this program is to provide an informative overview of new print and non-print reference resources that promote information literacy skills and support Academic Content Standards. Suggestions for using these resources to teach information literacy skills will also be included.

Closing Sessions:

Alternative Forms of Fiction in Children''s and and Teen Literature -Sue McCLeaf Nespeca, NEO-RLS
What is happening in children''s and teen literature today? Is the present use of digital forms of communication effective in books for today''s young readers? What other types of alternative formats are being explored? From novels written in free verse, blogs, IM''s, emails, newspaper clippings, diary entriesandDoes this new type of literature entice new readers?

Emerging Technologies: Shawn Walsh, NEO-RLS
Looking for info on the latest techno-trends for teachers, schools, students, and patrons but you don''t want to be overwhelmed by too many techie details?? Come join Shawn Walsh, for a discussion and a?friendly show and tell program where you can learn about what''s in and what''s out in the world of technology.

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Look into the Crystal Ball: Creating a Marketing Plan for Your Library - 10/14/2008 - Wooster,OH

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:07:00 -0500

Date: 10/14/2008Wooster,OH

In this workshop we will cover the 5 Steps to Create a Marketing Plan. In each step participants will get templates, worksheets, group discussion and insights on how to create a library specific marketing plan. There is one pre-workshop activity that participants will want to do with Patrons before they attend (The 1-2-3 Sheet). This will be high energy, fast paced and will focus on returning home to each library with an action plan.

Participating Libraries will:

Create a Library Marketing Plan
Get tools to create library messages that connect and motivate Stakeholders
Develop a Communication Plan

This workshop will help libraries:

To get levies passed.
Increase patron use of library.
Improve communications to staff.
How to position your library for maximum exposure.
Make your current programs and offerings more powerful and have "word of mouth" PR .
How to get and use testimonials to improve Library image.
To leverage current and future marketing budgets for more results.
Gather best practices from peer libraries.
And. . . tips, tricks and traps of marketing

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Look into the Crystal Ball: Creating a Marketing Plan for Your Library - 10/15/2008 - Cleveland Heights,OH

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:07:00 -0500

Date: 10/15/2008Cleveland Heights,OH

Participating Libraries will:

Create a Library Marketing Plan
Get tools to create library messages that connect and motivate Stakeholders
Develop a Communication Plan

This workshop will help libraries:

To get levies passed.
Increase patron use of library.
Improve communications to staff.
How to position your library for maximum exposure.
Make your current programs and offerings more powerful and have "word of mouth" PR .
How to get and use testimonials to improve Library image.
To leverage current and future marketing budgets for more results.
Gather best practices from peer libraries.
And. . . tips, tricks and traps of marketing

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Look into the Crystal Ball: Creating a Marketing Plan for Your Library - 10/22/2008 - Warren,OH

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:07:00 -0500

Date: 10/22/2008Warren,OH

Participating Libraries will:

Create a Library Marketing Plan
Get tools to create library messages that connect and motivate Stakeholders
Develop a Communication Plan

This workshop will help libraries:

To get levies passed.
Increase patron use of library.
Improve communications to staff.
How to position your library for maximum exposure.
Make your current programs and offerings more powerful and have "word of mouth" PR .
How to get and use testimonials to improve Library image.
To leverage current and future marketing budgets for more results.
Gather best practices from peer libraries.
And. . . tips, tricks and traps of marketing

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