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Conference Agenda

Sunday, May 16


 
• 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
IOWA BALLROOM LOBBY
Registration

 
• 1:00–1:15 p.m. IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)

Welcome and Announcements
  • KURT CYLKE/DIRECTOR
  • KAREN KENINGER/DIRECTOR Iowa Department for the Blind
  • TRACEY MORSEK/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN Iowa Department for the Blind
  • JOEL PHILLIPS AND MARYBETH WISE/CONFERENCE COORDINATORS
• 1:15–2:30 p.m.
NLS/BPH Update

 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
  • KURT CYLKE
  • ROBERT FISTICK/DEPUTY DIRECTOR
  • JANE CAULTON/HEAD, Publications and Media Section
  • MICHAEL MARTYS/AUTOMATION OFFICER
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
  • MICHAEL KATZMANN/CHIEF
  • ROBERT AXTELL/HEAD, Bibliographic Control Section
  • JOHN BROWN/HEAD, Engineering Section
  • JOHN BRYANT/HEAD, Production Control Section
• 2:30–3:00 p.m. Break

 
• 3:00–4:15 p.m.
NLS/BPH Update (continued)
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (continued)
  • JAMES MILLER, EQUIPMENT CONTROL OFFICER
  • ROBERT NORTON/HEAD, Quality Assurance Section
  • EDMUND O’REILLY/HEAD, Collection Development Section
  • DAVID FERNÁNDEZ-BARRIAL, FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LIBRARIAN, Collection Development Section
NETWORK DIVISION
  • CAROLYN HOOVER SUNG/CHIEF
  • STEPHEN PRINE/ASSISTANT CHIEF
  • JUDITH DIXON, CONSUMER RELATIONS OFFICER
  • JOHN HANSON/HEAD, Music Section
  • DAWN STITZEL/HEAD, Reference Section
  • DEBORAH TOOMEY/HEAD, Network Services Section
• 4:15–5:45 p.m.
REGIONAL CONFERENCE MEETINGS
  • SALONS B–C
    Midlands Conference
    TONI HARRELL/CHAIR
    Kansas State Regional Library
  • SALON A
    Northern Conference
    VENETIA DEMSON/CHAIR
    District of Columbia Regional Library
  • SALONS F–H
    Southern Conference
    AVA SMITH/CHAIR
    Texas Regional Library
  • IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)
    Western Conference
    SUE WALKER/CHAIR
    Idaho Regional Library

 
• 6:15–7:45 p.m.
HALL OF CITIES BALLROOM
NLS/BPH Reception and
Awards
Herman H.B. Meyer Memorial Literary
Club and Declamatory Society

 

 

Monday, May 17


 
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Complimentary Victuals

 
• 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
IOWA BALLROOM LOBBY
Registration

 
• 8:30–9:15 a.m.
IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)

 
Welcome
Roll Call of the States
KIM CHARLSON/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN
Massachusetts Regional Library

 
• 9:15–10:00 a.m.
Keynote Address
STEPHEN KUUSISTO/POET

 
• 10:00–10:15 a.m. Break

 
• 10:15–11:45 a.m.

Consumers Speak
  • TOM GALANTE, Pennsylvania
  • MICHAEL HINGSON, California

• 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch

• 1:00–2:00 p.m.
A Perspective
TOM MILLER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Blinded Veterans Association

• 2:00–2:30 p.m.
Network Training Program
DEBORAH TOOMEY
VICKIE COLLINS/NETWORK CONSULTANT, Network Division

• 2:30–3:00 p.m.
Foreign-Language Collection Expansion
DAVID FERNÁNDEZ-BARRIAL

• 3:00–3:30 p.m. Break

• 3:30–4:10 p.m.
COMMONALITY SESSIONS

The Digital Talking-Book Machine: Distribution, Inspection, and Maintenance
MICHAEL KATZMANN

Quality Assuring Digital Materials
ROBERT NORTON

Fascinating Fiction for Teens and Kids
JILL GARCIA/SELECTION LIBRARIAN, Collection Development Section

• 4:20–5:00 p.m.
COMMONALITY SESSIONS REPEAT

• 5:00 p.m. Enjoy Des Moines on your own!


Tuesday, May 18


• 7:30–8:30 a.m.
Complimentary Victuals

• 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
IOWA BALLROOM LOBBY
Registration

• 8:30–9:30 a.m.
IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)

The Future of Bibliographic Control
ROBERT AXTELL

Reference Expansion
DAWN STITZEL

• 9:30–9:45 a.m. Break

• 9:45–10:15 a.m.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Understanding and Using Web 2.0

• 10:15–10:45 a.m.
NORTHERN CONFERENCE PROGRAM
“Unconferences,” “Barcamps,” and “#a11y”: Web Developers
and LBPH Consumers Talk about Accessibility
VENETIA DEMSON
PATRICK TIMONY
ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY LIBRARIAN
District of Columbia Regional Library

• 11:00 a.m.
Des Moines Tour
(Buses leave for the Iowa capitol and historical sights)

• 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own at the Capitol

• 1:00 p.m.
Terrace Hill Tour
(Governor’s Mansion)

• 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Salisbury House Tour (Historic English-replica mansion)

• 6:00 p.m.
Buses leave hotel for reception at Botanical Center

• 6:30–9:00 p.m.
DES MOINES BOTANICAL CENTER
Reception
KEYSTONE LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM
(KLAS)/HOST

• 9:00 p.m.
Buses return to hotel


Wednesday, May 19



• 7:30–8:30 a.m.
Complimentary Victuals

• 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
IOWA BALLROOM LOBBY
Registration

• 8:30–10:30 a.m.
IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)

BARD Training Workshop
MICHAEL MARTYS
NEIL BERNSTEIN
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

• 10:30–11:00 a.m. Break

• 11:00 a.m.–noon

Automation Update
MICHAEL MARTYS
SYLVIA DYE/CMLS COORDINATOR
LLOYD LEWIS/READS COORDINATOR
NEIL BERNSTEIN

• Noon–1:30 p.m. Lunch

• 1:30–2:00 p.m.

NFB-NEWSLINE Update
SCOTT WHITE
DIRECTOR OF SPONSORED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
National Federation of the Blind

• 2:00–3:00 p.m.
BARD Best Practices
DAWN STITZEL
VICKIE COLLINS
NEIL BERNSTEIN
DAVID WHITTALL/BARD OPERATIONS
RICHARD SMITH/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN
Missouri Regional Library
KIM CHARLSON
BARBARA PENEGOR/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN
Kentucky Regional Library
CRIS SIPIN/CIRCULATION MANAGER
Los Angeles, California, Regional Library

• 3:00–3:15 p.m. Break

National Automation Conference
MODERATOR: MICHAEL MARTYS

• 3:15–4:45 p.m.
USER GROUP MEETINGS

SALON A
CUL
SUE CHINAULT/MODERATOR
Lansing, Michigan, Regional Library

IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)
KLAS
STELLA CONE/MODERATOR
Georgia Regional Library

Salons B–C
READS
SUE HAMMER-SCHNEIDER/MODERATOR
North Dakota Regional Library
MIKE EVERETTE/SENIOR EXECUTIVE
Data Management
GREG GOODALL/SENIOR PROGRAMMER
Data Management

• 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Stroll to Iowa Regional Library Tour and Reception
(Shuttle available if needed)


Thursday•May 20



• 7:30–8:30 a.m.
Complimentary Victuals

• 8:30–9:15 a.m.
IOWA BALLROOM (SALONS D–E)
MIDLANDS CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Managing Local Duplication of the NLS Digital Collection
  • DEBBI MACLEOD/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN, Colorado Regional Library
  • WILLIAM GRACZYK/READER ADVISOR, Wisconsin Regional Library
• 9:15–10:00 a.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Creative Ways to Survive Hard Economic Times
  • SUE WALKER/MODERATOR
  • DANIELLE MILLER/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN, Washington Regional Library
  • BESSIE OAKES/REGIONAL LIBRARIAN, Utah Regional Library
  • KERI PUTNAM, HEAD OF ACCESS AND TALKING BOOK SERVICES, Nevada Regional Library
• 10:15–11:15 a.m.
Revised Standards of Service
  • STEPHEN PRINE/MODERATOR
  • TOM PETERS, PROJECT DIRECTOR, STANDARDS REVISION, Association of Specalized and Cooperative Library Agencies, the American Library Association (ASCLA)
• 11:15–11:45 a.m.
The Future of the Network: Discussion of Needs and Challenges
ROBERT FISTICK/MODERATOR

• Noon Adjourn

Baseball at 4:00 p.m.
Iowa Cubs vs. Colorado Sky Sox
Price of $10 includes ticket, baseball cap, and picnic at the park.
Transportation will be provided.

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