2010 Paraprofessional Conference - Richmond Koger Center

• Web Design 101
  Ross C. Edmonds
• Web Design 201
  Ross C. Edmonds
  
  
• LIBRARY AS FACILTATOR FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING
  Benjamin P. Norris and Esther E. Norris

• Beyond Search: What Can Google Do For You?
  Pt. 1
  Pt. 2
  Steve Helm

• Zotero: The Coolest Firefox Plugin Ever
  Steve Helm
  

2010 VLA/CRL Program

"Collaboration: Libraries Moving Forward Together"
(UVA’s Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, VA May 27, 2010)

Lori Goetsch, ACRL President
Bruce Hulse, Washington Research Library Consortium

2009 VLA Annual Conference - Williamsburg

• Preconference on Books Old and New
  Noreen Bernstein, Andrew Smith and Barry Trott
  • ThrillerList
  • Three Millennia of Crime Fiction
  • Picture Books
  • Great Crime Fiction
  • FOR LOVERS OF TWILIGHT
  • EDGY

• Broadcast Business Information: Library Instruction for 500
  Jason Sokoloff and Kathy Clarke
  • Broadcasting Business Information -

• VLA Beyond Recession
  Abiodun Solanke and Dora Douglas
  VLA Beyond Recession Abiodun and Dora Friday Oct 30 -

2008 VLA Annual Conference - Williamsburg

• Welcome to the Virginia Library Association -
  Karim Khan, Caroline Labbé, Jessica Schwab, VLA Region V Committee
• Making the River Flow Uphill: Getting Frontline Knowledge Where it Needs to Be
  John Huddy and Karim Khan
  

• AACR2, FRBR, and RDA: It’s a Brave, New Cataloging World!
  Dr. Robert Ellett
• Providing Freedom for Information Access:  Ranganathan’s Five Laws in the 21st Century
  Jamie Price
• Open Access: Potential and Challenges
  Cy Dillon
• Contemporary Black Fiction In Today's Library
  LeoNard T. Thompson
• A Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP)
  Karen Strege   and Nancy Bolt
• Update:  2007-08 VIVA Users Group
  Tansy Matthews
• The Hand-Held Tsunami: What does it mean for library services, content...and VIVA?
  John Ulmschneider
• A Balanced Perspective: Identifying Hot Buttons andInterpreting Opinions(Presentation)
  A Balanced Perspective: Identifying Hot Buttons andInterpreting Opinions (Excercise)
  Janna Mattson, Heather Groves Hannan, Ian Reynolds
• Sharing Links: A Guide to Social Bookmarking
  Jon Ritterbush
• The Many Faces of Fantasy
  The Many Faces of Fantasy
  Neil Hollands
• Discovering the General Assembly Web Site to Better Engage Your Patrons
  Mary Clark and Mary Dessypris
• Teaching Library Instruction to the Millennial Generation
  Katherine Absher. and Mary Rose Amidjaya
• Enhancing Team Dynamics for Excellent Frontline Service: A Practical Approach
  Cheryl Foreman and Ann Pettingill
• ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Research-based Best practices
  Phil Turner
• New Market Library
  Jonathan Garber
• Capturing the Voices of Randolph-Macon College: Oral Histories
  Lynda Wright
• Gamer Librarian: More Than Just Mario
  • Handout
    Bibliography
    Heather Blicher, Laura Dowler, and Chuck Gray
    

2007 VLA/VALL Annual Conference - Homestead

• Program Planning 101: Tips to ensure a quality, successful program
  Heather Groves Hannan and Becki Bronson, VLA Continuing Education Committee
• What is the Library of Virginia?
  Kip Campbell and Suzy Szasz Palmer

• Las Vegas Lessons: What Libraries Can Learn from Vegas, Disney, Abba, Cirque de Soleil, and the Stones
  Barbie Selby
• Bridging the Gap: Serving Re-entry Students in Public and Academic Libraries
• Bridging the Gap: Serving Re-entry Students in Public and Academic Libraries
  Jessie Schwab, PWCPLS
  Heather Groves Hannan, GMU
  Bill Fleming, NOVA CC
  

2006 Annual Conference - Williamsburg

• "Is There A Librarian 2.0 In The House?"
• "Is There A Librarian 2.0 In The House?"
  Lydia Patrick and Bob Bowie (Fairfax County Public Library)
• "Blogs, Wikis and Listservs... Oh My!" (warning 13.2 Mb)
  Steve Helm (Radford University)
• "Link Checking: A Quicker Path to Quality Web Resources"
  Paul Barron (George C. Marshall Foundation)
• "When Passive is Active: Booklists, Bookmarks, and Displays in Readers' Advisory."
  Neil Hollands
• "Copy Cataloging Done Smarter!: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel in the Age of Google"
  Robert O. Ellett, Jr., Ph.D.
• "Grow Your own Circulation Staff"
  Fran Millhouser and Robert Harvey
• "Beyond the Misty Mountains: Readers' Advisory for Fantasy Fiction"
  Neal Wyatt, Andrew Smith, and Barry Trott
  • Dark Fantasy to Suggest to Readers
  • Genre Slides: Fantasy as Conduit
  • Heroes, Kingdoms, Swords, and Sorcery
• "Promoting Promoting National National Library with Pizzazz!"
  Diane Bowden
• Virginia Department of Taxation Partnership with Libraries
  Holly Anna Jones
• More Than Just Noise: Library Podcasts That Teach
  • Handout
    Bettina J. Phifer
    

2005 Annual Conference - Williamsburg

• VLA 100th Anniversary Publication
• Honoring the Past - Building the Future
  Pat Howe

• Developing a Culturally Inviting Collection: Reaching the Muslim Population
  Qadir Abdus-Sabur

• "My college freshman is your high school senior: Starting the transition conversation"
  Jennifer Nutefall

• Hard Science Fiction Genre Study
  Science Fiction Genre Study
  Appeal Factors For New Space Opera
  Time Travel, Alternate, and Parallel Universe Science Fiction
  Readers’ Advisory Tools for Science Fiction
  Barry Trott, Neal Wyatt and Andrew Smith
  
• Scanning the Library Future Outline
  Scanning the Library Future
  Both PPT and Word files (ZIP)
  George M. Needham
  
•  EJMS Resources
   Managing Electronic Serials
  Virginia Kinman and Louveller Luster

• SWING Contracts
  Beth Horn

• Did He Serve: Successfully Researching Civil War Military Records
• Did He Serve Bibliography
  Carolyn Barkley

• The Librarian and the Genealogist Should Be Friends ...
  Jean Cooper

• Breaking the Taboo: Interlibrary Loan of Audiovisual Materials
  Avery Hicks and Rosa Townsend

• The Library Challenge!
  Candice Benjes-Small, Lisa Vassady and Eric Ackermann

• Building a Technology Savvy Team
  Anita Jennings

2004 Annual Conference - Williamsburg

• Get the Scoop on RFID
  Steve Helm

• UnTether Your Library
  Steve Helm

• Implementing a PC Reservation and Pay for Print System
  Ron Altemus, Jeff Gaines, and Chang Liu.

• Information Survivor! Equipping Patrons for Research
  Karen M. Robinson

• Son of CIPA
  Julie Ramsay

• Marketing Library Services and Materials
  Matthew Todd

• Cooperative Staff Development Getting More Bang for Your Buck!
  Amy Bond and Kelly McBride

• Active Learning Bibliography
• Evaluating Sources Activity
• Keyword Activity
• Research Question Activity

 

• Book Discussions: They’re in the Bag
  Karim Khan, Holly Peterson, and Susan Schweitzer

• Future of Library Education Panel
  Patricia Szarek

• Looking for Love in All the Right Places
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Romantic Fiction Study
  • Regency and Fantasy
  • Historicals
  • Inspirationals
  • Bibliography for Romance Readers
  • Complete Handout Set
    Andrew Smith, Barry Trott and Neal Wyatt

• Ask Us at the Kiosk:  Optimizing Customer Service through an Interactive Information Kiosk
  Steven Kenneally and Leanne Strum

• E-Metrics
  Virginia Kinman

• Info Rx: Providing Information First Aid to Your Users
  Jean Shipman and Shannon Jones

• Murder in the Library: Getting Off to the Right Start
  Amy W. Boykin and Alicia Willson-Metzger
  

2004 Paraprofesssional Conference

Lily McGovern
Government Documents in Your Library

Lily McGovern
Additional Resouces on Government Documents May 24, 2004

2001 Conference

Karen Dillon (SWING):
"Keeping Your Auditor & Procurement Office Happy for Pennies a Day"

Mary Grattan:
"Extending Career References Services"

Steve Helm:
"Bringing It Home"

Beth Wescott:
"Finding Medical Information with your Library Users"

Beth Wescott:
Library Partnerships: Examples of Working Together

Leslee Zipper: (Softline)
Meeting the Diversity Needsof Your Community

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