Conference Days at a Glance
Pre-Conferences
10-11:30—Opening General Session with Herman Boone
11:30—Exhibits Open
12:00—1:30 Lunches
Humor in the Workplace (NCLPA)
Sheila Kay Adams (PLS)
We the People (LAMS)
Food and Memory (RTSWL)
1:45—2:45 Program Sessions
Book Clubs for Kids
Can Just Anyone Do Public Service?!?
Who's in Charge? Public Library Leadership
Finding Folklore in North Carolina's Stories
Byte by Byte: Small Steps Toward Building Great Web Sites
The Text Encoding Initiative in North Carolina (Part 1)
Marketing Success Stories in North Carolina Libraries
To Mend Or Not To Mend, That Is The Question
Information Literacy Instruction at Johnson C. Smith University
New Members’ Orientation Session: How to Really Get Around (1:45—3:15)
2:45—3:45 Exhibits open / Poster Sessions / Swap and
Chat (2:45—5:45)
3:45—4:45 Program Sessions
New Ways to Evaluate Youth Services Programs
Helpful Organizational Support on Job Related Training at University Libraries
Leadership Skills for the Next Generation
Keeping Book Clubs Happy and Healthy
Using the 2002 Economic Census for Business Research
Marketing: The Key is the Plan
The Text Encoding Initiative in North Carolina (Part 2)
Approach Life with Humor
Grant Writing for Libraries/Librarians
Reformistas/Change-Agents in the Carolinas
Latest Technologies in Library Automation: TLC Demo
4:45-5:45 Vendor Reception
7:00 Presidential Endowment Dinner with a performance by Larry
Leon Hamlin
Thursday, September 22
7:30-9:00
Breakfasts
Janice Del Negro (CSS)
RTSC Business Session (Members Only)
Beta Phi Mu Breakfast
9:15-10:15 Program Sessions
Encourage Early Literacy @ Your Library
The Human Side of Staff Development
Where is Everybody? Recruiting for the Future
Bibliographic Instruction Issues in Academic Libraries
NC LIVE and Free Web Sources for Company Information
NC LIVE: Open Forum and Update
Security Situations: Three Mental Aces To Keep Up Your Sleeve! Part 1
Marketing Government Resources or other Special Library Collections
Training and Re-Tooling Technical Services Staff Using Web-based Tutorials
How Deep Is It? Wading into the Public Service Waters
Trustee Section Business Meeting
10:15-11:00 Coffee with Exhibitors / Swap and Chat (10:00-11:00)
11:00-12:00 Program Sessions
Grow and Learn @ Your Library
Recruitment and Retention of Library Science Students of Color
Strategic Planning for Library Trustees
Who Gets the Next Question? Support Staff at the Reference Desk
The Library From Your Browser Toolbar
Georgia PINES: The Evergreen Solution
Making Deals: Succeeding with Sponsorhip
Special Collections in Public Libraries
Security Situations: Three Mental Aces To Keep Up Your Sleeve! Part 2
Can You Hear Me Now?
From High Tech to High Touch (RFID)
12:15-1:45 Lunches
Booklusting with Nancy Pearl (RASS)
Dr. Earl Smith (REMCO)
TNT Business Meeting / Luncheon (TNT Members only)
NC Public Library Trustees Association/NC Public Library Directors Association
Luncheon
2:00-3:30 Ogilvie Lecture (Dr. Wayne
Weigand) and Awards Presentations
3:30-4:15 Ice cream with Exhibitors / Swap and Chat (3:30-4:30)
4:15-5:15 Program Sessions
Collection Development for Youth Servicies
Planning Your Success: A Guide for New Librarians and Librarians To Be
Bruce Lee for Managers
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Interactive Mapping Web Sites at the Local and State Level
Helping Researchers Find Female Ancestors in North Carolina
Engaging Students: Using Technology in the Library Classroom
Customer Service: Focus on the Internal Customer
Microfilm and the Internet in Genealogy Collections
The Memoir, with author and librarian Karen Favreau
An Overview of What SOLINET Has to Offer You
5:15-6:15 Business Meetings / User Group Meetings / RTSWL
Reception (5:00-7:00)
7:00 All-Conference Reception
Friday, September 23
7:30-9:00 All-Conference Breakfast with Emyl Jenkins
9:00-10:00 Program Sessions
From Sidewalk Chalk to Itty Bitty Spiders
Library Support Staff in an Age of Change
Diversity Programming and Services in Our Library
Investment Resources on a Zero Budget
Technology, Popular Culture, and the Future of the Library
Extreme Makeover; Library Edition
Organizing Special Materials
E - procurement in North Carolina – One Year Later
10:00-10:45 No-conflict Exhibit Time / Swap and Chat (10:00-11:30)
10:45-11:45 Program Sessions
How Public and School Librarians Build Resiliency in Kids
An Intellectual Freedom Primer
Hispanic Services at the Union County Public Library
Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Podcasting and Other Social Software
How to Get Your Customers Talking: Word of Mouth Advertising
FRBR Demystified: Why Does it Matter To Users?
International Cooperation- Moldovan Libraries and NC Libraries
NC ECHO: Building an Enduring Legacy
Instructional Technology – What’s New and What’s Cool
12:00-2:00 All-Conference Lunch with Ron
Jones, including
installation of new officers and
prize drawings