ASSOCIATES (vol. 2, no. 1, July 1995) - associates.ucr.edu
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MICRONESIA
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November 8-10, 1995
Pacific Islands Association
Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
The Pacific Islands Association of Libraries & Archives (PIALA)
will be holding its 5th annual conference in Yap in the Federated
States of Micronesia. This year's theme is "Preserving Culture
through Arhcives and Libraries"
A pre-conference workshop on Archives Management and Book Repair is
scheduled for Nov 6-7.
For more information, contact:
Arlene Cohen, 1995 PIALA Conference Chair
RFK Memorial Library
University of Guam
UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
Email: acohen@uog.edu
Telephone: 671-734-9416
FAX: 671-734-6882
UNITED STATES
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CALIFORNIA
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August 11, 1995
San Diego, CA
The Third Annual Greater San Diego Paraprofessional Development
Workshop is being held at California State University San Marcos.
The GSDPDW is the sponsoring group.
"Taking Wing with Technology"
TIME: 8:00am-3:30 pm Cost: $25.00
Keynote Presentation: New Adventures of the Invisible
People
ED MARTINEZ, EDITOR OF LIBRARY MOSAICS
Spanish Phrases for Library Services
SOARING TO EXCELLENCE -- Video tapes from
the national teleconference.
Choice of one
1) PROFESSIONAL IS AN ATTITUDE
2) TECHNOLOGY AND THE LIBRARY USER
3) TOOLS OF THE TRADE: REFERENCE
SOURCES FOR REAL LIFE
Palomar College Library Technician Certidication
Going for your MLS
Dealing with Difficult People
Publishing for Paraprofessionals
Format Integration
Learning the Internet
Registration $25.00 made out to: Katie Quinn, GSDPDW
Send with payment to: Katie Quinn
San Diego County Library
5555 Overland Ave
Bldg #15
San Diego, CA 92123
For more information contact:
Judith Downie
Telephone: 619-750-4341
Email: JUDITH_DOWNIE@csusm.edu
or
Bessie Mayes
Telephone: 619-553-5715
Email: mayer@nosc.mil
COLORADO
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August 2, 1995
Denver, Colorado
The 4th Annual Metro Area Parapros Conference will be held on the
Auraria Campus.
Keynote--Nancy Allen, Dean of DU Library
Topic - Technology- our jobs now and in the future.
How the new MLS program at DU assists in meeting
these needs.
Concurrent sessions:
U.S. West - Technology; new advances and what the future holds!
Jerry Brown, Director of Media Communication
CLA Lobbyists - what is happening in Colorado Libraries,
Legislation issues.
Flo and Fufi Mendez, lawyers
ADA -- American Disabilities Act and Libraries, how current is your
library?
Faith Groff, Rocky Mtn. Resource Training Association
Break Out Groups - by interest (Circ, Ill, Children's, etc.)
Highlights from the Soaring to Excellence Teleconference
COLT and SSIRT -- Kent Slade/from Utah is attending to tell us
about the Council on Library Technicians national organization.
Jim Hill from Denver will tell us about the CLA Support Staff
Interests Roundtable. They will discuss our need to participate in
local, regional and national support staff organizations.
Safety in Libraries - given by Sgt. Jim Manzareres of the CU
Boulder Libraries. He will discuss Problem Patrons and Vandalism
in Libraries. A question and answer session will follow.
Special Libraries panel-- 6 special libraries will give information
and answer questions.
Customer Service -- service with a smile by the Tattered Cover.
Paraprofessional Certification - a hot topic nationally! Do you
know about it? What if you were required to go back to school to
get certified as a Library Technician I, II, or III?
Kent Slade/ COLT Regional Chairperson
BCR-- what does it stand for, what do they do?
Reference -- new approaches to the same old subject.
Al Reddy, Auraria Reference
Massage Therapy -- sore back, arms, neck-- desk work, computer
work, shifting and moving books? It takes a toll on your body.
Learn some helpful techniques to take the PAIN out of working!
Boulder School of Massage Therapy
Poster Judging and Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place **** enter a
poster about your library/events/projects, etc. Enter your poster
at the Registration Table by 9am the day of the Conference. More
details by e-mail to oneal@spot.Colorado.Edu
Registration $2 (yes, that is correct, only 2 dollars!)
Preregistration by 7/20/95
$3 at the door
For registration and more information contact:
Terrie O'Neal,co-chair
Telephone: 303-492-4400
Email: oneal@spot.Colorado.Edu
or
Peggy Hogan, co-chair
Telephone: 303-980-5651
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October 1, 1995
Colorado Library Association, Paralibrarian Division
Snowmass, Colorado
AnnaMarie Kehnast, Chair of the ALA Support Staff Interests
Roundtable, will present "Our Responsibilities as Para-
professionals" at the CLA annual conference in Snowmass, Colorado.
AnnaMarie will identify changes all support staff need to make to
connect with our colleagues in the fast-paced, ever-changing world
of librarianship.
Single day registration is $30 ($45 after Sept.8) or full
conference (3 days) for $50 ($65 after Sept.8)
For information contact:
Patti Bateman, Conference Chair
Telephone: 303-340-2250
Email: bateman@csn.org
or
Jackie Konselman, Para Division Chair
Telephone: 719-593-3523
KANSAS
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November 2-3, 1995
Kansas Library Operation Associates (KLOA)
Wichita, KS
The KLOA conference will be held at the Red Coach Inn, I-135 & 53rd
Street North in Wichita. The theme is KLOA: Rising to the
Challenge. Our featured speaker is Tinker Massey.
The topics for her two keynote addresses are:
Rising to the Challenge: Library Careerists Evolving
and
Library Support Staff: Your Career
Tinker's smaller presentations are:
Participative Management
and
Role and Future of the Paraprofessional
Other sessions will cover: financial planning; disaster planning;
supervision/communication; Internet; diversity of patrons;
directors' panel; material in different formats; plus more.
For more information contact:
Kay Kennedy,
Sterling College Library
P.O. Box 98
Sterling KS 67579-0098. Her
Fax: 316-278-2775.
MINNESOTA
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August 18, 1995
Branch Out 1995
Collegeville, Minnesota
Sponsored by the Minnesota Library Association Support Staff Round
Table and employers of the planning committee, Branch Out 1995 will
be held this year at St. John's University. This will mark the
fourth "Branch Out" conference to be held in Minnesota. This year'
program offers a divers program including presentations ranging
from "Building Team Consensus", "Internet for the Curious, but
Inexperienced", and "What are you Searching for? Subject Searching
on the Internet". A tour of the unique collection of the Hill
Monastic Manuscript Library will also be included as one of the
conferences options.
Keynote presenter is Meralyn Meadows, administrative assistant and
currently acting director of the Stanly County Public Library in
North Carolina. The conference will also give those who
participated in the "Soaring to Excellence" teleconferences to
attend the presentation "Soaring in Minnesota: Learning
Opportunities for Library Staff" and a special presentation looking
at the lighter side the role technology plays in our lives with
"Soaring or Souring on Technology".
For registration information contact:
Cathy Knoke
Minnesota State Law Library
25 Constitution Ave
G55
St. Paul, MN 55155
Telephone: 612-297-7660
or
Mary E.S. Hawkinson
University of Minnesota
Business Reference Service
201 Wilson Library
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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October 11-13, 1995
Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference
Mankato, Minnesota
Programs planned by Support Staff Round Table for Friday, Oct. 13:
Keynoter: Sheila Creth, University Librarian, Univ. of Iowa
"The Future of Information Services and Your Place in This World"
Rapid and significant changes in technology and information
delivery force us to rethink how we do things. If libraries are to
secure their place in the next century, we need to examine what
changes are required in our work. Creth will address such issues
as redefining our roles and responsibilities and what this implies
for all staff, the need to acquire not only new knowledge and
skills, but new outlooks, approaches and a willingness to give some
of the "old", and finally the need to reshape our organizations to
support this new environment.
Sheila Creth gave the summary to "Who's who: the changing roles of
librarians and support staff" at ALA in Miami, 1994. She is an
excellent presenter who speaks to both librarians and support
staff as she challenges us to change NOW.
Panel: "Side by Side in Service"
Teams comprised of a librarian and paraprofessional and
representing academic, special and public libraries will discuss
how they work in tandem to meet the challenges of their changing
work.
Panel: "The Grease that Keeps the Gears Turning: Admininstrative
Support Staff"
Despite their crucial roles in the library programs they serve,
administrative support staff are often overlooked in conference
programming. Although not part of Technical Services or Public
Services, the work of those in administrative services plays
an important role in meeting the library's mission. This panel
will hightlight the ways in which their jobs support libraries.
Support Staff Round Table Business Meeting/Reception
For more information contact:
Kathie Martin
Interlibrary Loan
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter MN 56082-1498
Telephone: 507-933-7564
Fax: 507-933-6292
Email: kmartin@gac.edu
IOWA
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September 12, 1995
Iowa Library Association Support Personnel Forum
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Support Personnel Forum of Iowa Library Association
The forum is sponsoring its second annual "Support Personnel Forum
Conference". It will be held at Kirkwood Community
College in Cedar Rapids. The fee for this one day workshop will be
approximately $15.00. The proposed program will consist of:
Panel Discussion: "Training and supervision of part-time students
and workers".
"Networking over Lunch" - informal groups
"Intellectual Freedom" session; Gretchen Revie, Grinnell College
"Netiquette" session - speaker to be announced
"Stress Factor - too much to do, too little time"; Kathy Collison,
Kirkwood Community College
For more information contact:
Kathryn Bly
Kirkwood Community College
Box 2068
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406;
Telephone: 319-398-5687 or
319-398-5553
FAX: 319-398-4908
Email: kathryn@library.kirkwood.cc.ia.us
OHIO
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November 2-3, 1995
Academic Library Association of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
The annual conference will be held at the Fawcett Center in
Columbus with the theme "Thriving in a Dynamic Environment: Moving
beyond survival". The keynote speaker for the conference will be
Dr. Patricia Senn Breivik, Dean of Libraries, Wayne State
University. Dr. Breivik will speack on Information Literacy:
Helping Learning to Thrive on Campus.
The ALAO Support Staff Interest Group will host pre-conference
programs on November 2. The theme will by "Library Support Staff:
Managing in a Changing Environment". The keynote speaker will be
Kathy Pletcher, Director of Cofrin Library at the University of
Wisconsin Green Bay. Also included will be Paulette Feld,
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, discussing the activities of the
Wisconsin Library Association Support Staff Section and how
involvement in support staff activities helps us work in the
changing library environments we all work in. The afternoon will
also include panel discussion on Life after Change.
For more information contact:
Sara Bushong
Bowling Green State University
Email: sbushon@bgnet.bgsu.edu
OREGON
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July 21, 1995
Oregon Library Association
Library Support Staff Roundtable
Wilsonville, Oregon
Guest speakers at the Oregon Library Association's First Annual
Conference include: Tinker Massey, Bill Erbes, Candy Morgan, Anne
Billeter, and Larry Oberg. Sessions include, Internet Basics;
Ill/Document Delivery; Intellectual Freedom on the Internet; Team
Building; and Staff Development.
Registration Deadline is July 19th.
For more registration and other information contact:
Donna K. Ainslie
Lake Oswego Public Library
706 4th Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
PENNSYLVANIA
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September 30-October 3, 1995
Pennsylvania Library Association
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Programs include:
Using the IOLS as the on ramp to the Info Highway
Even You Can Talk to an Elected Official
Services for Young Adults
Keeping the User in User Guide
Free Public Library Access to the Interet
How to Involve a Community in Funding a Library
Speakers include Paulette Feld, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh;
Greg W. Lubelski, Geauga Co. Public Library in Chardon, OH; Richard
Lederer, author of Anguished English (will speak at the banquet)
and also do a program titled Conan the Grammarian, and Judith Krug,
ALA Office for
For more information contact Conference Chair:
Pier Lee
Peters Township Library
610-A E. McMurray Road
McMurray, PA 15317
PH: (412) 941-9430
FAX: (412) 941-9438
RHODE ISLAND
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October 1-3, 1995
New England Library Association Annual Conference
Providence, RI
The Paraprofessional Support Staff Interest Group will present two
programs at the 1995 conference. Tinker Massey in her first New
England appearance will speak on "The Paraprofessional Career:
Challenges that Keep You on the Edge of Forever". Beth Patkus of
the Northeast Document Conservation Center will discuss "Kick-
starting Disaster Plans"
Paraprofessionals and support staff are encouraged to attend other
programs of interest at the conference. On Sunday, October 1,
there will be an organizational meeting to discuss and help the
Paraprofessional Interest Group to become a section of the NELA.
For more information contact:
Susan Ravdin
Special Collections
Bowdoin College Library
Brunswick, Maine 04011
Email: sravdin@bowdoin.edu
WASHINGTON
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September 22, 1995
Washington Library Association
Interlibrary Loan Interest Group
Ellensburg, WA
Annual Fall Meeting
Central Washington University Library
Program: Morning Session - Copyright Issues for Libraries
with Kay Vyhanek, Washington State University
Afternoon Session - Internet for ILL with Nina Chambers,
University of Washington
For more information contact:
Becky Smith
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA
Telephone: 509/963-1003
Fax: 509/963-2126
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November 2-4, 1995
Washington Association of Library Employees (WALE)
Chelan, WA
The Washingtron Association of Library Employees (WALE), an
interest group of the Washington Library Association, will present
their fourth annual conference at Campbell's Conference Center in
Chelan, WA. This year's Conference "Bridges to the Future," offers
participants a broad spectrum of workshops and speakers furthering
the participant's education and exploring ways library employees
can successfully meet the challenges in today's rapidly changing
library environment.
Focuses For This Year's WALE Conference
- Recorded Books: Bridging Print and Paper
- The Power of Change
- Reference: How to Get to the Real Question
- Listservs and Internet
- Dealing with Problem Patrons
- Book Theft, Mutilation and Mending
- Olympia Report
- Personal Safety
- Reader's Advisory: A Bridge to Reading
- Special Libraries Panel
- Supervision: Planning Workflow
- Microsoft Technology
Registration if paid by August 1 WLA member $75 Non-member $90
Registration if paid between August 2 - September 15 WLA member $80
Non-member $95
For registration and more information contact:
Leslie Franzen, Conference Registrar
840 W Patmore Rd.
Coupeville, WA 98239
Telephone: 360-678-4911
FAX: 360-678-5261
WISCONSIN
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August 29-30, 1995
Madison, Wisconsin
Hands on Internet (0.5 CEU)
Section 0062: Tuesday, August 29, 1995, 8:30 am-1 pm
Section 0063: Wednesday, August 30, 1995, 8:30 am-1 pm
Limit: 24 each day
Fee: $75
Location: Computer lab, 4191 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park
Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Explore the Internet in this introductory workshop for library
support staff and others. Learn about email, gopher, discussion
groups and much more. Practice sending and receiving email from
each other during class; subscribe and unsubscribe to electronic
discussion groups; sample four freenets and play within them;
explore Gopher, including a virtual reference desk and gopher
jewels (a subject list in alphabetical order). The class meets in
a computer lab for hands-on instruction.
Instructor: Mark Beatty, Automation Specialist, Wisconsin
Interlibrary Loan Service
For more information:
Linda Mundt
Telephone: 608-263-4452
Email: mundt@macc.wisc.edu
For telephone registration: 608/262-7942
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October 24-27, 1995
Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference
Appleton, Wisconsin
The Support Staff Section of WLA will sponson a full day of
programming on Tuesday, October 24 including presentations on
Reengineering Government, Certification of Paraprofessionals, ADA
and empowerment, and Humor in the Workplace. Tuesdays program also
includes the annual business meeting and discussion groups.
The section will also cosponsor sessions on Wednesday including a
panel discussion on Unions in Libraries and Security in the
library.
For more information contact:
Paulette Feld, Support Staff Section Chair
Technical Services
Libraries and Learning Resources
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Telephone: 414-424-7369
Fax: 414-424-2175
Email: feld@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
TELECONFERENCES
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College of Dupage
Soaring to Excellence II will be a reality, despite the fact that
the federal government did not fund a second year of the grant!
Here is a sneak preview:
Soaring II will happen on Fridays this time.
Probably the same time (approx. 12 to 3 EST)
It will be on 11-3-95, 2-2-96, and 5-3-96.
The topics and presenters are still in the formative stages. Some
ideas are Internet II, How not to be an invisible person, Reference
tools II, The library "climate": everybody's responsibility,
special programs for special needs such as after-school care, and
the homeless.
For more information and suggestions contact:
Linda Slusar
College of DuPage
22nd St. and Lambert Rd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
To promote your conference or workshop in the November or any
future issue of "Associates" contact:
Paulette Feld, Events Editor
Technical Services
Libraries & Learning Resources
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Telephone: 414-424-7369
FAX: 414-424-2175
Email: feld@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu