Friday, December 10, 2010

Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference 2011

         The fourth annual ISLOC conference, "Exploring the Possibilities, Embracing the Future" offers keynote speakers, concurrent sessions on a variety of topics, an evening session just for trustees, poster sessions, and an exhibit hall--all online in Adobe Connect classrooms, so librarians and trustees can attend from their home or libraries. Participants can "come and go" from the conference, attending the sessions in which they're interested. (Up to 5 hours CE credit, depending on number of sessions you attend; certificates given at end of each session.)
Keynote speakers are George Needham (morning) and Jim Connor (evening trustees session)

Sessions include:

The Bookstore Model

Library Districts in the Code...and a County Reality

Small Steps to Big Change: Enliven Your Work with Webtools

Tech Trends for Small Libraries

Presentation Zen: Making Memorable PowerPoint Slide Shows

Recruiting and Managing Volunteers

Youth Outreach

Reader's Advisory and eBooks

Staff Incentives on a budget



Poster sessions:

"Dirty Thirties" Video History Project at Shenandoah PL

Library Ark: Freddy Frog and Grant the Dog: Library Mascots

QR/Two Dimensional Codes

Ereaders

Finding Newsworthy Content

Trustee Trouble Videos: How Are Libraries Using Them?



Vendors will be available in the Virtual Exhibit Hall to talk with participants and show them their products.
Schedule and other information, including links to enter the classrooms can be found on the conference website: http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/isloc (Please note: the links to the classrooms will not be "live" until the day of the conference.)

SWILSA - Online Thursday January 20th, 2011 09:00AM - 07:30PM

To view details for this event and to register, please Click Here

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