Selected Tracks and Sessions

Library Administration and Management
  • Leadership Skills for the Next Generation
  • Strategic Planning for Library Trustees
  • Bruce Lee for Managers: Using the Martial Arts Philosophies of Bruce Lee at Work
  • Intellectual Freedom Primer
Wednesday, 3:45-4:45
Thursday, 11:00-12:00
Thursday, 4:15-4:45

Friday, 10:45-11:45
Staff Development
  • Core Competencies for Public Services Librarians 
  • Recruitment and Retention of Library Science Students of Color
  • Library Support Staff in an Age of Change
Wednesday, 1:45-2:45
Thursday, 11:00-12:00
Friday, 9:00-10:00
Library Programming
  • Nancy Pearl on Keeping Book Clubs Happy and Healthy
  • Bibliographic Instruction Issues in Academic Libraries
  • Who Gets the Next Question? Support Staff at the Reference Desk
Wednesday, 3:45-4:45
Thursday, 9:15-10:15
Thursday, 11:00-12:00
Technology
  • Georgia PINES: The Evergreen Solution
  • Technology, Popular Culture and the Future of Libraries
  • Instructional Technology: What’s New and What’s Cool
  • New Communications Tools for Libraries: Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Podcasting and Other Social Software
Thursday, 11:00-12:00
Friday, 9:00-10:00
Friday, 10:45-11:45
Friday, 10:45-11:45
Marketing and Advocacy
  • Marketing Success Stories in North Carolina Libraries
  • Marketing Government Resources or Other Special Library Collections
  • Making Deals: Succeeding with Sponsorship
  • How to Get Your Customers Talking: Word of Mouth Advertising
Wednesday, 1:45-2:45
Thursday, 9:15-10:15
Thursday, 11:00-12:00
Friday, 10:45-11:45
Youth Services
  • Book Clubs for Kids
  • New Ways to Evaluate Youth Services Programs
  •  Collection Development for Youth Services
Wednesday, 1:45-2:45
Wednesday, 3:45-4:45
Thursday, 4:15-4:45