Presentations

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Technical Services

Gifts: Are They Worth the Effort?
Georgi Bordner, Assistant Technical Services Librarian, Regent University

Are you tempted to accept all gifts that are offered to your library because you can't turn down "free books"? Or, are there situations in which it would be better not to accept a gift? This workshop will cover a variety of factors that should be considered when deciding whether to accept large donations of materials, including the relevance of the materials to the library's collection, the cost of cataloging and processing, and the importance of donor relations.


Technical Services Roundtable
Anne Reynolds, Resource Management Librarian, Liberty University

As the demand for and use of electronic resources continues to increase, this roundtable discussion seeks to discuss issues regarding how this is affecting technical services in libraries of any type. Topics revolving around this issue will include: electronic resources vs. print, vendor-neutral e-monograph cataloging, work flow issues, and whether or not library catalogs are now outmoded. This informal discussion may also include topics such as cataloging foreign and non-Latin languages and any other points of interest that attendee discussion precipitates.


Institutional Scholarship: Options for Access and Marketing
Moderator: Steven Baker, Dean of Warren Library, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Panelists: Kathy Boyens, Library Director, Olivet Nazarene University
Kent Gerber, Digital Library Manager, Bethel University (MN)
Craighton Hippenhammer, Informatics Librarian, Olivet Nazarene University

Several key issues in the development of an institutional repository will be examined, including consideration of institutional scholarship context, options for software, and models of implementation. The session objective will be supported by the demonstration of existing repositories.


Making Sense of Alphabet Soup: The Changing Library Cataloging Scene
Steve Brown, Technical Services Librarian, Indiana Wesleyan University

Such terms as AACR2, ISBD, LCSH, MESH, LCC, DDC, DC, MARC, OCLC, PCC, XML, etc. have been around for some years. Now we see the terms like RDA, FRBR, FRAD bursting on the scene. What do they mean for the library world? What is changing? What is staying the same? How do I prepare to use them? Do I have to update bibliographic and authority records already in my catalog? These are the questions that will be covered including the latest available information on RDA.


Repurposing Space for Archives
Mick Williams, Reference and Serials Librarian, Nyack College

The archives presentation will show, step by step, how Bailey Library planned for and actually went about transforming a little-used "Back Issue Periodical Room" into a much more spacious, well lit, warmer, and drier Archives Room. The presentation will also show how the room previously used for archives was made into a Microform Room.


Beginning Indexing for the Christian Periodical Index
Carrie Beth Lowe, Librarian, Johnson Bible College

The objective of this presentation is to present basic indexing instructions to new CPI indexers or those who are considering volunteering as indexers. The content will include selection of subject headings, subject and name authorities, data entry specifications, and indexing of a sample article.


Access GPS: The Electronic Delivery Compass
Shelia Gaines, Access Services Librarian, Carson-Newman College

This roundtable discussion will focus on current practices and thoughts on electronic reserves, course management systems and copyright compliance. Attendees should come prepared with specific questions and examples on how they handle copyright concerns for electronic reserves and ILL requests for electronic delivery of articles. A summary of a planned survey of ACL libraries’ practices on these issues will be available.

User Services

Administering a Church: Where Do Pastors Turn For Information?
Joshua Lambert, Head of Access Services, Missouri State University

Church members look to their pastors for an astoundingly wide array of information. In a single day a pastor may speak about history and theology, counsel a couple whose marriage is in trouble, help investigate tax issues for the church, and preside over a funeral service. Each of these activities may involve searching for information. This presentation will describe how one set of pastors satisfied their information needs and accomplished the administrative tasks they were called upon to do. This presentation will also discuss how librarians can help pastors.


LibraryPrize: Testing "Millennial Generation Thought" in a Library Outreach Event
Eric Bradley, Instructional Services and Outreach Librarian, Cornerstone University

The last decade brought a tsunami of literature on the Millennial Generation, those individuals born between 1980 and 2000. Millennials have been both praised "the next great generation" as team-oriented heroes incorporating new technologies, and critiqued "the dumbest generation" as self-absorbed victims of the digital age. Are millennials really any different from earlier generations, and if so how should academic libraries accommodate? This presentation describes one outreach event developed at Cornerstone University which incorporated and tested so-called millennial generation thought, and provides recommendations for how academic libraries should (and should not) respond to generational changes.


Bro. North, Northampton, and the Old North Church: Assisting the Genealogical Researcher
Lori Thornton, Technical Services Librarian, Carson Newman College

Family history is one of the country's most popular hobbies. Genealogical researchers visit all types of libraries to use the available resources. In most of our Christian college libraries, the researchers are seeking information on pastors or church members, the communities in which they lived, or the churches where they served or attended. This session will acquaint librarians with the standards developed by national genealogical organizations. What to expect of the researcher as well as how to meet the information literacy needs of newer researchers will be examined. Real examples will be used to illustrate many of the points.


From Northanger Abbey to Into the Beautiful North: Fiction Roundtable
Lori Thornton, Technical Services Librarian, Carson Newman College

Roundtable discussion about current fiction reading, using Kindles, Nooks, and other ebook readers and smart phone applications for reading, starting library book clubs or success stories about them, sources utilized for reviews of works of fiction, etc. Have you read a great fiction book lately? Come prepared to share a little about this book with your fellow librarians.


The Importance of Planning Library Hosted Events
Dora Wagner, Archives Librarian, Northwestern College

Academic librarians have a unique opportunity to reach out to their students, faculty, and staff and for libraries to become a place for engaging conversation. In this session we will first look at why the current social and cultural climate opens the door for the academic librarian to plan library hosted events. We will then take a look at why the academic librarian and the library as a place are particularly qualified to meet not only the academic needs but also the recreational needs of its community. Thirdly, using Northwestern College's experience as an example, we will discuss the steps involved in planning an engaging library event. The session will end with a discussion of the benefits of library events.


Back to the Basics: Finding Your Way in the Uncharted Water of Prison Christian Librarianship
Jo Ann Rhodes, Library Director, Columbia International University

What are the truly basic principles involved in providing library service to your patrons? In a day and age of increasingly electronic methods, the challenge to prepare a library and library services in a totally internet-free environment can be daunting at times. The prison setting brings such a challenge, and can serve as a strong reminder of what could be called the "true basics" to library service. Columbia International University is involved in a degree-granting program in the state maximum security prison. This session will discuss the issues faced in accommodating accreditation issues in a totally internet-free environment and some of our solutions. We will also discuss efforts to maintain some form of library service to the program graduates who are scattered around the state in various prison locations.


What Works and What Doesn't: A Roundtable to Discuss Services to Online Learners
Sandra Yaegle, Head of Public Services
Robert Sivigny, Divinity Librarian/Special Collections Librarian, Regent University

Come to this roundtable and share ways that your library assists online learners; including online tutorials, telephone reference help, instant messaging, orientations during residencies and modulars, inter-library loan delivery, assessment, and more. The facilitators will share a short history of online services at Regent University. Bring your ideas, questions, and evaluations.


There and Back Again: Searching PRIMO and Adapting its Tutorials to Your Institution
Rory Patterson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Liberty University

This workshop will introduce PRIMO, the Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database, and show how to search it for relevant materials that help you meet instruction and accreditation goals. PRIMO is a tool from the Instructional Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA) designed "to promote and share peer-reviewed instructional materials created by librarians to teach people about discovering, accessing and evaluating information in networked environments" while helping "librarians to respond to the educational challenges posed by still emerging digital technologies." (www.ala.org/apps/primo/public/search.cfm). The workshop will also demonstrate steps to obtaining, adapting, and implementing materials from PRIMO Database to your institution's technological quirks.


Picture Book Update for 2009-2010
Greg Martin, Assistant Professor of Library Science and Curriculum Materials Center Librarian, Cedarville University

Most colleges and universities with teacher training programs have collections of children's books. In many cases, the librarians who are responsible for selecting these books have a number of other responsibilities as well. This workshop, designed for those busy librarians who are not always able to devote the time they would like to the selection of children's books, will explore selected "best" picture books published during 2009 and 2010. Correlations to curricular content areas will be mentioned when applicable, and a bibliography will be provided. Many of the books will be available for browsing.


Using LibGuides for Library Instruction and Subject Guides
Jennifer Ewing, Seminary Librarian, Southern California Seminary
Matt Owen, Systems Librarian, San Diego Christian College

LibGuides is a knowledge sharing system that allows libraries to promote their resources and provide research help using their collections. It can be used for subject guides, specific research assignments, course guides to support faculty instruction, topics in library research, etc. LibGuides is web 2.0 for library 2.0.


Teaching Research Skills to Undergraduate Psychology Students
Robert Wagner, Reference Librarian, Nyack College

The presenter will demonstrate how to prepare a discipline specific information literacy course for undergraduate psychology students. Through the use of PowerPoints and handouts, attendees will learn how to develop a relevant syllabus, utilize subject specific databases and print materials, use innovative teaching strategies and formulate creative and challenging assignments utilizing a "scaffolding approach." The techniques and methodologies presented will allow attendees to use this framework and adapt it to a variety of academic disciplines and build solid professional relationships with various academic departments.

Student Employees

Library 2.0 and Management: How to Effectively Use a Blog and Meebo to Manage Student Employees
Robin Dodds Lang, Circulation and Reserve Desk Supervisor, Point Loma Nazarene University

The presentation will cover Library 2.0 principles as applied to the use of a Word Press blog and the free instant messaging aggregator service Meebo as a management tool, a communication tool, an online information repository for documents such as the student employee manual, and as a way to promote a sense of community among student workers. A brief demonstration will be given on how to set up a blog for library use.


Untapped Potential: Utilizing the Gifts and Talents of Student Workers Through a Student Supervisor Program
Alison Johnson, Public Services Librarian, Indiana Wesleyan University

In the face of shrinking budgets and hiring freezes, your library may be looking for creative ways to get more work done with less money and less staffing. This workshop will share the experiences of the Student Supervisor program at Indiana Wesleyan University's Jackson Library and explain how Student Supervisors can increase productivity and save money in your library. At Jackson Library, these student workers provide supervision of the library in the absence of professional library staff during late night hours, perform important, but time-consuming maintenance of the collections, and work on special projects according to their areas of study and skills (marketing, graphic design, education, etc). Learn how your library can turn your "part-time help" into vital pre-professional staff.


Should You Use Student Workers on the Reference Desk?
Randy Miller, Library Reference and Instruction Coordinator, Liberty University

Liberty University uses primarily undergraduate student workers (along with professional librarians during daytime hours) to staff our three reference desks. This workshop will outline benefits and disadvantages of using student workers. We will discuss our hiring and supervisory practices; including a demonstration of a computerized database we developed to tally all reference and directional questions.


Training Students for the Reference Desk
Randy Miller, Library Reference and Instruction Coordinator, Liberty University

Liberty University largely uses undergraduate student workers to staff our reference desks. They successfully work without professional librarians during evenings and weekends, supervised by student staff. This workshop will explain how we prepare students to do reference work. Students arrive early for a full-day training session that includes hands-on instruction. We developed training modules (including video tours and instruction) which each student is required to complete and be tested on. During the course of the year, each student is required to review and evaluate our collection of nearly 400 electronic databases. We also email specific "stumper reference questions of the week" instruction for difficult topics they are likely to encounter. This workshop will present these training tools.

Technology & Internet

Starting a Digitization Project
Kent Gerber, Digital Library Manager, Bethel University (MN)

What resources and materials are hiding under a bushel at your institution? One way to broaden access and preserve these materials is to digitize them. Find out what is necessary to initiate a digitization program at your institution and the tools and resources to help you do it.


Drawing From the Depths: Deep Web Searching
John Jaeger, Doctoral Research and Reference Librarian, Dallas Baptist University

In successful web searching, a particular challenge is accessing the material below the surface, usually referred to as that in the deep or invisible web. Search engines such as Google and Bing now access some of this material, but other search tools specifically geared to search the deep web are particularly helpful. This presentation will focus on the best search tools for reaching deep web material.


Something Wiki This Way Comes
Beryl Pagan, Instructional Services Librarian, Point Loma Nazarene University
Robyn Reid, Social Sciences Librarian, Texas Christian University

Since its debut in 2001, Wikipedia has become a point of controversy in the academic community. Librarians and professors bemoan the lack of authoritative content, yet students love it for its ease of use. This session will explore ways to make peace with Wikipedia and use its best features in the academic environment. It will explore the accuracy of Wikipedia vs. print encyclopedias, particularly as it relates to starting points in the research process; demonstrate how linking from Wikipedia to authoritative content on library websites can increase usage of library resources; and discuss the value of changing the appearance of library websites to make them look more like Wikipedia.


Evergreen Open Source ILS Experience
Kevin Pischke, Library Director, William Jessup University

William Jessup University has been using the Evergreen open source integrated library system since December 2008. Come hear how this small staff at WJU managed to be the first U.S. academic library to install and migrate to Evergreen all on their own. Could an open source ILS be in your future? In this presentation, you will hear the realities of an open source ILS to help you make your own informed decision.

Administrative

Hiring in a Library 2.0 World
David Tipton, Library Director, Ohio Christian University

Hiring a new employee is always difficult. In a Library 2.0 World, it can be even more challenging with so many good people available, tight budgets, and, with so much technology integrated into the libraries, how do you find the best fit and skill set for your position and organization? We will look at a successful search from assessing the job description, posting the position, evaluating the resumes received, ... clear up to the final offer, and discuss some of the rational behind the decisions and approaches taken.


Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job
Paul Mathias, Library Director, Valley Forge Christian College

This presentation will be a roundtable discussion of the book Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job (Revised Edition) by Otto Kroeger, Janet Thuesen and Hile Rutledge. Through participant interaction and discussion, personality differences and the impact of these differences on the work environment will be explored. Attendees are encouraged to read the book prior to attending the workshop.


Compass Points: Preparing Your Library for an Accreditation Visit
Carol Reid, Librarian, Free Will Baptist Bible College

This workshop is primarily for librarians at smaller institutions seeking initial accreditation or candidacy. Helpful suggestions for preparing documents, anticipating questions, hosting the visit, and responding to recommendations will be the focus of the workshop.


Don't Trip Over Your Shoestring While Moving Your Library
Mary Ann Buhler, Director of Library Services, Manhattan Christian College
Denise Denison, Technical Services Librarian, Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Two academic libraries with holdings of 40,000-50,000+ volumes each recently moved into new facilities. Join Denise and Mary Ann as they share what worked and what did not as they moved their libraries on a shoestring budget.


Finding Your True North: Directors Panel
Susan Watkins, Director of Library Services, Eastern Nazarene College, convener

All are welcome to hear veteran directors respond to audience questions regarding the essential components of successful directing—leading, communicating, managing, planning, and developing partnerships. Attendees who are or want to be directors will benefit from the wisdom and experience of the panelists. Prior to conference, questions will be solicited through the list.


Sunday Hours and Christian Academic Libraries
Sheila Carlblom, Library Director, Indiana Wesleyan University, convener

This panel discussion will include panelists from institutions that provide Sunday hours, those that do not and will not, and those who are considering Sunday hours. In a non-scripted format, the panelists will relate their experiences, the reasons behind their decisions, and their responses to pressure and criticism from their constituencies. Come learn how others have dealt with this challenging topic and maybe glean some ideas for your situation.

Personal And Professional Development

Time Management and Librarians
Bob Triplett, Learning Resources Consultant, Palm Beach Atlantic University

Every librarian can identify with the statement, "All I need is less to do and more time to do it." At times, librarians are faced with the choice between doing fewer things well or more things haphazardly. This workshop will discuss the three Ps of effective time management, namely planning, prioritization, and procrastination, two of which we should embrace and one we should avoid. We will examine the various personal work styles such as the hopper, the perfectionist, the fence sitter, the cliff hanger, etc. and the implications of each one for managing time. Other key related issues will be discussed including time wasters, putting out fires, organizing space, and integrating time management into work and personal life to create balance. Practical tips for efficient management of time will be presented.


Shine as Lights
Carol Reid, Librarian, Free Will Baptist Bible College

When you work with Christian people, go to chapel every day, and deal constantly with spiritual things, falling in a rut is easy. How do you keep your light shining in the daily routines of Christian service? How do you keep the gospel message fresh and meaningful in your life? How do your interpersonal relationships and job tasks reflect your love for Christ? This workshop will look at dangerous pitfalls to avoid and practical suggestions to follow as Christian librarians serving Christ in Christian institutions.


Getting a Library Job in Today's Economic Market: A Case Study
Dr. Ray L. Morrison, Coordinator of Access Services, SUNY-Oswego.

The presenter will be sharing his experiences in applying for over 100 positions this past year before finally landing a professional library position in an academic setting. Even though he had been a librarian for 34 years (and a library director for 23 years), getting a new position wasn't as easy as it used to be. Included in the presentation will be job search strategies taken, statistics of how libraries responded to his application materials, challenges faced along the journey and tips future applicants can use in obtaining jobs on their own.


A Historical Look at the Personal Library of C. S. Lewis
Dr. Roger White, Professor University Libraries Special Collection, Azuza Pacific University

C. S. Lewis was a lover of books. He appreciated the look and feel of books and enjoyed collecting them throughout his life. But how did the library of C. S. Lewis take shape over the years and what themes are represented in his vast collection? Beginning with a look at early influences during his youth and continuing on with highlighting books relating to his academic career, this presentation provides a general overview of Lewis' library, the state of the collection near the time of his passing, as well as details of its present home. Anecdotes from Lewis' book buying, his reading habits, and descriptions of his favorite books are presented in the context of the unfolding story about the library of this renowned and beloved Christian author. The narrative is based on firsthand interviews and research conducted at Oxford University, where Lewis taught.

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