Calendar of Events
September 2003 - July 2004

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September

1. Cool, Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library
September 10, 2003 • 1-3 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
This open lab will provide training on the Project 12 tool kit, a fully customizable electronic marketing resource designed to help Illinois libraries generate awareness and use of services made possible through Illinois library cooperation.

2. OCLC ILL: The New Web Interface
September 17, 2003 • 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • CDPU: 4 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Donna Schaal, LTLS Consultant, will provide a training session on the OCLC ILL Web Interface.

3. Poetry Slam: A Teen Read Week Showcase
September 18, 2003 • 9:30 a.m-12:00 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Join Teen Read Week committee member Bette Silverman and other notable YA librarians from around the state as they discuss how to bring poetry to young adult services, and participate in a discussion on this year’s Teen Read Week theme “Poetry Slam.” Participants will also receive special ALA product discounts and prizes!
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4. The Good, the Bad, and the Dark Side: An Internet Update
September 18, 2003 • 2 sessions: 1:30-3 p.m.; repeated 3:30-5 p.m. • CDPU: 1 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Frances Jacobson of the University High School will share what’s new on the web, information on web site evaluation and web plagiarism, insight into the deep web, and other hot Internet topics.
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5. The Library’s Contribution to Your Community
September 29, 2003 • 1- 5 p.m. • CDPU: None • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Learn new techniques for demonstrating the library’s social and economic impact within the local community and receive the “Library’s Contribution to Your Community” manual valued at $200.00 absolutely free (limitations apply – contact LTLS for more details).

October

6. Repair of Library Materials
October 1, 2003 • 9:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-Subscriber Fee: $25.00
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to print materials and how to do minor repair work.

7. Repairing and Maintaining Audiovisual Materials
October 1, 2003 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-Subscriber Fee: $25.00
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to audiovisual materials and how to do minor repair work. Equipment designed to repair DVDs and CDs will also be demonstrated.

8. Lenzini in Library Land: Library Laws and Legislation Update
October 8, 2003 • 1-4:00 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $50.00
Attorney Phil Lenzini will review the latest developments in library law and legislation, and will cover topics such as CIPA compliance, the USA Patriot Act, and other legislation impacting privacy, changes to the Open Meetings Act, and pending legislation that libraries need to know about.
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9. OCLC ILL Micro Enhancer
October 9, 2003 • 9-11 a.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Participants will be trained in the use of the OCLC ILL Micro Enhancer, which improves productivity by automating many repetitious and time-consuming borrowing and lending tasks and decreases connection time to the OCLC database, thereby reducing monthly connection charges.

10. Cool, Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library
October 17, 2003 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. • CDPU: None • Part of ILA Conference fee.
Location: Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Springfield
This is a brief overview of the Project 12 tool kit, a fully customizable electronic marketing resource designed to help Illinois libraries generate awareness and use of services made possible through Illinois library cooperation.

11. LINC Pac@yourlibrary
October 21, 2003 • 1-3 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
This course is geared to staff in the non-automated LTLS libraries and will provide an overview of the new LINC Pac interface and its many new or improved functions and features.

12. Trustee Boot Camp
October 22, 2003 • 6-9 p.m. • CDPU: None • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
LTLS consultants will take public library trustees through a whirlwind overview of issues and trends in topics such as laws, levies, policies, and general responsibilities that all trustees need to know in order to be effective in library oversight.
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13. Library Management Series: Personnel Management Basics
October 29, 2003 • 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 6 • Non-subscriber Fee: $75.00
Cindy Kelly, head of human resources for the UIUC library, will present a daylong program on managing personnel, from setting salaries to evaluating performance. All bases will be covered in this basic overview of theory, tools, and techniques.
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November

14. Library Management Series: Library Fund Raising and Foundations
November 12, 2003 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $50.00
Ann Rose Johnson, Director of the Library Community Foundation, will cover the basics of library fundraising.
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15. Cool, Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library
November 19, 2003 • 2:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
This open lab will provide training on the Project 12 tool kit, a fully customizable electronic marketing resource designed to help Illinois libraries generate awareness and use of services made possible through Illinois library cooperation.

December

16. Library Management Series: First–rate Facilitation and Meeting Management
December 12, 2003 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
Members of the LTLS consulting team will share essential facilitation theories and techniques that participants can apply to meeting planning and facilitation and utilize to generate better employee participation in library planning and development.

January

17. Conflict Management
January 14, 2004 • 9:30-12:30 p.m. • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Marshall Huffman, Director of the Parkland Hospitality Industry Program, will share hands-on techniques for managing conflict in the work place more effectively.
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18. Library Management Series: Safe Harbor: Policies and Procedures for a Safe Library
January 14, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Rose Chenoweth, Library Development Consultant at Alliance Library System, and Sue Herring, retired director at Peoria Public Library, will take library directors, managers, and board members through the newly published resource, Safe Harbor, on how to develop effective policies and procedures and ensure a safer library for library patrons and staff.
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19. Repairing and Maintaining Audiovisual Materials
January 29, 2004 • 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to audiovisual materials and how to do minor repair work. Equipment designed to repair DVDs and CDs will also be demonstrated.

20. Repair of Library Materials
January 29, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to print materials and how to do minor repair work.

February

21. Library Management Series: Let Your Voice be Heard: Advocating for Your Library
February 4, 2004 • 9:30-12:30 • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
During this 3-hour demonstration and discussion, Dawne Tortorella, technology consulting firm co-owner and founder of BellCow, Inc, will share some of the electronic communication tools available to track issues important to libraries and discuss how participants can more effectively utilize these valuable assets to connect with elected officials.
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22. Reducing Spam and Electronic (@#%*!!) Annoyances
February 4, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 • CPDU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
Dawne Tortorella, technology consulting firm co-owner and founder of BellCow, Inc, will review some of the techniques and tools available for reducing the onslaught of unsolicited ads and e-mail. She will present some guidelines for managing electronic accounts, such as creating a web-hosted free e-mail account to use for purposes of registration to web services and how to keep your business e-mail box uncluttered.
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23. Long Range Planning Basics
February 11, 2004 • 9:30-12:30 • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
The LTLS consulting team will provide an overview of techniques and approaches to long range planning, which many libraries are required to do for their parent organization, their municipality, or other fiscal requirements, such as those attached to the Public Per Capita Grant application for FY 2005.
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24. Learning the FISH! Philosophy of Customer Service
February 11, 2004 • 1:30–4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
Library staff members interested in a refreshingly fun approach to customer service will love the world famous, highly successful Pike Place Fish Market’s FISH! Philosophy of customer service. The philosophy creates a more effective work environment using four basic principals: Play, Make Their Day, Be There, and Choose Your Attitude.

25. Searching with FirstSearch@yourlibrary
February 19, 2004 • 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.; repeated 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Participants will engage in hands-on training and leave better able to select and search databases such as WorldCat that are available through FirstSearch.

26. Cool, Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library
February 19, 2004 • 1-3 p.m.-Cancelled. Rescheduled to April 22, 2004 • 2-4 p.m.
CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
This open lab will provide training on the Project 12 tool kit, a fully customizable electronic marketing resource designed to help Illinois libraries generate awareness and use of services made possible through Illinois library cooperation.

27. Trustee Boot Camp - Cancelled
February 25, 2004 • 2-5 p.m. • CDPU: None • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
LTLS consultants will take public library trustees through a whirlwind overview of issues and trends in topics such as laws, levies, policies, and general responsibilities that all trustees need to know in order to be effective in library oversight.

March

28. IREAD Virtual Showcase
March 5, 2004 • 10-11:30 a.m. • CDPU: None • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
The IREAD virtual showcase is a statewide V-Tel aimed at bringing librarians from around the state together to begin preparation for summer reading 2004, “Explore the Reading Trail,” which will focus on the bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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29. Books to Go: Children’s Services Outreach with Janice Harrington
March 5, 2004 • 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • CDPU: None • Non-subscriber Fee: None
Join Janice Harrington, head of children’s services at Champaign Public Library, for a brown bag lunch meeting to discuss outreach services to children.

30. Multi-Vendor Book Fair
March 5, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Baker and Taylor, BWI, and Follett will share new products and services available to libraries, with highlights on collection development for children.

31. The Dos and Don’ts of Library Web Site Design
March 12, 2004 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. • CDPU: 2 to 4 • Non-subscriber Fee: $50.00
Chris Deweese, web master at Lewis and Clark Library System, will take participants through a review of the critical elements any basic library web site should contain, and she will be available for an afternoon hands-on practice lab.
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32. A Mind/Body Approach to Stress Management
March 19, 2004 • 2 sessions: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; repeated 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
This program will provide a two-fold mind and body approach to dealing with stress. Psychologist Karen Aprill (the clinical coordinator at Provena Behavioarl Health at Centerpoint in Champaign) will discuss approaches and techniques to stress management. Lisa Sullivan, a certified instructor at the Champaign Fitness Center, will take participants through basic physical exercises that can be used right at your desk to relieve physical tension and stress.
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April

33. Long Range Planning Basics
Date: Wed., April 14, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
The LTLS consulting team will provide an overview of techniques and approaches to long range planning, which many libraries are required to do for their parent organization, their municipality, or other fiscal requirements, such as those attached to the Public Per Capita Grant application for FY 2005.
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34. Visual Merchandizing & Other Retail Marketing Strategies for the Library
April 28, 2004 • 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $30.00
Tom Rich of Warren Newport Public Library will take participants through an overview of visual merchandising and how libraries can capture the interest of their patrons and move valuable “products” that languish on the shelf by showcasing their “merchandise” just like Nordstroms and Crate & Barrel.
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26. Cool, Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library - Cancelled
April 22, 2004• 2-4 p.m. Rescheduled from February 19, 2004 •
CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
This open lab will provide training on the Project 12 tool kit, a fully customizable electronic marketing resource designed to help Illinois libraries generate awareness and use of services made possible through Illinois library cooperation.

35. Library Management Series: Marketing as a Team Sport
April 28, 2004 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $50.00
Peggy Barber and Linda Wallace of Library Communications Strategies Inc. will present a program on what everyone on your staff needs to know about marketing, how it relates to good customer service, and his/her role. They will introduce basic marketing principles with emphasis on promoting good two-way communication between the library and its key audiences. Topics will include strategies and techniques for delivering the library message, word-of-mouth marketing, how to handle tough questions, the “80-20” rule, and other tips for building the library’s “sales force.”
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May

36. Putting Some Salsa into Your Spanish Acquisitions Program
Cancelled - to be rescheduled for fall 2004.
May 12, 2004 • 1-4 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Reforma, an ALA division focusing on services to Spanish speaking and Latino people, will provide a panel discussion on everything from needs assessment, to evaluation, to tips and hints for library staff responsible for ordering Spanish language resources for all ages.

37. Ready to Learn: A Literacy Program for Families
May 26, 2004 • 2- 4 p.m. • CDPU: 2 • Non-subscriber Fee: $25.00
Holly Downs, education outreach coordinator for WILL, will provide an overview of the PBS Ready to Learn program and how librarians working with children can share this exciting program. The program is designed for parents, teachers, and childcare providers (learn more about Ready to Learn at www.pbs.org/readytolearn).

June

38. Locating and Applying for Grants: A Primer
June 9, 2004 • 2 sessions: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; repeated 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $45.00
The LTLS consulting team members have participated in extensive grantsmanship training and will be sharing the tips and tools of the trade.

39. Telling the Library Story to the Community and to the Board
June 16, 2004 • 1-4:00 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00
Donna Schaal, LTLS consultant, has presented a series of workshops on how pubic libraries can demonstrate their economic and social value to their local community. She has adapted this program to share the universal tools of demonstrating the value of the school, academic, and special library.

July

40. Photos Without Film: Introduction to Digital Photography
July 7, 2004 • 1-4:00 p.m. • CDPU: 3 • Non-Subscriber Fee: $25.00
In the digital age, libraries are relying more and more on a virtual forum to relate their history and current events. UIUC web designer Sheila Daniels will share tips and techniques on how to improve your technique.

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