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LLA Annual Conference
March 13-15, 2019
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Table of Contents
President’s Welcome ............................................ 4
Crowne Plaza Layout ........................................... 6
Schedule at a Glance .......................................... 7
Meeting Room Schedule
Thursday ........................................................ 8-9
Friday ......................................................... 10-11
Program Sessions
Wednesday ................................................... 12
Thursday .................................................... 12-21
Friday ......................................................... 21-26
Featured Speakers .............................................. 27
Author’s Row .................................................. 28-29
Poster Sessions ..................................................... 31
Exhibitors ............................................................... 32
Exhibitor Info ................................................... 33-35
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WELCOME TO THE 93RD ANNUAL LOUISIANA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE!
Awards, Exhibits, and Sessions—Oh my! Have we got a conference for you! This will be One Heart,
One Voice…One GREAT Conference hosted by the Louisiana Library Association, March 13-15, 2019, at the
Baton Rouge Crowne Plaza! This is One GREAT Conference Committee, planning One GREAT Conference!
They are experienced attendees and planners themselves, so the 2019 conference will set a high standard
for future events!
You will want to set aside all three days as the pre-conference sessions are going to offer “one of a
kind can’t get anywhere else” experiences! Have you wanted to plan an author visit, book festival, or other
major event, but didn’t know where to start? “Host it, and They Will Come” may be just for you! Have you
thought of offering an escape room but need to experience one first before you plan one? “Escape to LLA”
will offer you the chance to see what this is all about!
Using Google Tools but do not feel confident or, perhaps, need training to even try? Come to the
Google Tools training for a hands on experience! Does handling the “business” of being a librarian get you
all bothered? The pre-conference on Business Librarianship should help you deal with numbers other than
Dewey!
These sessions are planned with ALL librarians in mind, so get out of the comfort zone of your
section, and plan to attend a pre-conference. The cost is minimal, and the experience will be maximum!
We are having the ribbon cutting for Exhibits on Wednesday at 6:30, so you will want to head to
Baton Rouge as early as possible. You won’t want to miss this time to meet the vendors. After the opening,
lots of fun activities and games will be hosted by LLA members at the Crowne Plaza.
Another exciting event planned for you is the Awards Recognition and Reception, which will be held
on Thursday evening. Each year, when librarians hear about the food, and winners of the prestigious awards,
they regret not attending. This event is included in your conference registration fee, so why not get the most
for your money, and make a point to attend? Help us celebrate all that we have accomplished as individuals
and an association. Recognizing worthy colleagues is another form of advocacy, as word of mouth and press
releases help spread the news of notable things librarians do every day!
Join me at the President’s Program where Dr. Tommy Karam, senior instructor at the LSU EJ Ourso
College of Business, will be speaking about personal branding. It will be a session you truly don’t want to
miss, followed by the LLA Business Meeting.
Along with the regular conference sessions, there will be Round Table discussions, Lightning talks,
and Poster Sessions, even a contributed paper or two! Yes, this will be One Great Conference, and you won’t
want to miss it!
Have we got a conference for you!
Cathy Smith, LLA President
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LLA Conference Attendance Policy
All conference programs, committee meetings, and section and interest group meetings are open to registered
attendees. Attendees must wear a conference badge to be admitted. The Awards Ceremony and Reception are open
to guests. As a reminder and courtesy to presenters and other attendees, LLA requests that everyone turn off or
silence all cell phones and other devices when attending conference programs.
ADA Compliance & Special Needs
Please see the registration desk for any questions or if special accommodations are required.
Registration Information
Registration is required for admission to the LLA Annual Conference and for all meal functions. Registration and
check-in will be at the Crowne Plaza in the atrium during the following times:
Wednesday, March 13: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, March 14: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Friday, March 15: 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
Meal Event Tickets
Tickets for meal events will be placed in the registration packets of those who have pre-registered. Those who register
on-site should inquire at the registration desk for any extra availability. A message board will be located in the
registration area for attendees to post information about the exchange or resale of tickets.
Exhibits
Exhibits will be displayed in the Exhibit Hall in the Crowne Plaza. Please join us for exciting activities, and stop by each
exhibitor’s booth to visit and thank them for their support of LLA!
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
Exhibits will be open during the following times:
Thursday, March 14: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Coffee Break: 4:30 - 5:00 pm
Friday, March 15: 9:00 am –11:00 am Coffee Break: 10:00 am – 10:30 am
Win a door prize by participating in the exhibits game! Game forms are located in your registration packet. Once
completed, please return the form to the LLA Exhibits Booth just inside of the Exhibit Hall.
Internet
Wireless internet is available to all attendees, speakers and exhibitors at no cost. Please use the wifi name
“LLAconference” with the password “library2019”. Signs will be posted throughout the Atrium of the Crowne Plaza
Suggested Attire
The LLA Conference is a time for networking and professional development with your library colleagues. It is
recommended that business casual attire be worn.
Authors’ Row & Poster Sessions
Be sure to check out the schedule on pages 28 & 29 for approximately 40 exciting author signings to be held in the
Exhibit Hall.
The Poster Session will be presented in the Atrium just outside of the Exhibit Hall. A complete schedule of poster
presentations is located on page 31.
Game Night
Join us on Thursday after the awards ceremony for a game night in Room 253!
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Schedule-at-a-Glance
Tentative Schedule (Subject to Change)
Wednesday March 13, 2019
Time Event/Session Location
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Atrium
9:00 am - 11:00 am Pre-Con: Host it and They Will Come! Cypress I
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Pre-Con: Escape to LLA Conference Room 253
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Pre-Con: Business Librarianship Bayou & Levee
10:00 am - 12:00 pm LASL Executive Board Meeting Chairman’s Library
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Pre-Con: Host it and They Will Come! Cypress I
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pre-Con: Escape to LLA Conference Room 253
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pre-Con: Google Tools: G Suite & Beyond Bayou & Levee
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm LLA Executive Board Meeting Chairman’s Library
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Ribbon Cutting & Exhibits Party Premier II & III
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Past President’s Dinner (By Invitation Only)
Thursday March 14, 2019
Time Event/Session Location
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration Atrium
8:00 am - 8:50 pm Program Session 1 Meeting Rooms
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open Premier II & III
9:00 am - 9:50 am No Conflict Breakfast Premier II & III
10:00 am - 10:50 am Program Session 2 Meeting Rooms
11:00 am - 11:50 am Program Session 3 Meeting Rooms
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm Public/Trustee Luncheon Premier I
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm Academic LLA/ACRL-LA Luncheon Bayou & Levee
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Program Session 4 Meeting Rooms
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Program Session 5 Meeting Rooms
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Program Session 6 Meeting Rooms
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm No Conflict Final Voting Friendliest Booth Premier II & III
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Cash Bar Awards Reception Atrium
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Awards Ceremony & Dinner Reception Premier I
Friday March 15, 2019
Time Event/Session Location
7:30 am - 2:30 pm Registration Atrium
8:00 am - 2:00 pm Poster Session Atrium
8:00 am - 9:50 am GODORT Breakfast & Business Meeting Premier I
8:00 am - 8:50 am Program Session 7 Meeting Rooms
9:00 am - 11:00 am Exhibits Open Premier II & III
9:00 am - 9:50 am Program Session 8 Meeting Rooms
10:00 am - 10:30 am No Conflict Time for Last View of Exhibits Premier II & III
10:30 am - 11:50 am President’s Program & LLA Business Meeting Cypress II
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm LASL Makerspace Lunch & Learn Premier I
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Program Session 9 Meeting Rooms
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Program Session 10 Meeting Rooms 7
Meeting Room Schedule - Thursday, March 14, 2019
Cypress I Cypress II Premier I Premier II&III Room 253 Room 254 Creole
Queen
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration
Migrating from What’s New In
Refreshing our
Physical to Children’s Literature Roundtable Feast on Graphic Eugene P. Watson:
Image: How We are
8:00 am - 8:50 am Streaming Media and How to Use Session 1 Novels Across the Louisiana Library
Making the Library
Collections: A Case Them In Teaching Curriculum Legend
More Welcoming
Study and Programming
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open
9:00 am - 9:50 am No Conflict
Breakfast in the
Exhibit Hall
God has left the
Building: Library
10:00 am - 10:50 am Roundtable Children’s Services Panel Discussion:
Recruitment Architecture,
Session 2 Discussion Group Southern Writers
Strategies for Librarianship, and
Finding Your the Soul
a Diverse LIS
Ancestors:
Population/
Genealogy in Print
Diversity Interest The Role of
and Online
Group Business Children’s Book Academic Libraries
11:00 am - 11:50 am Meeting Panel Discussion: in Accreditation:
Repair, A How-To What I Learned About
Mystery Writers
Session Creating Program
Impact Studies
Public/ Trustees
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Luncheon
Attorney, Teacher,
Copyright and Copy Librarian: How One
Wrong: Helping Talented Information Academic Section Public Section
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm School Campuses Professional Meshed Lightning Talks
Business Meeting Business Meeting
“Keep it Legal” in the Varying Strategies to
Digital Age Successfully Engage
Once Reluctant Readers
Subject Specialists Connecting World Hosting Job Fair at
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Business Meeting Book to your Library Public Library
Legal Information Needs
Resources for Discussing Diversity
Self-Represented in Children’s Picture Visits with Leonardo
Litigants: LEAP is Books UL Lafayette
Here to Help! Institutional Best Practices for
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Repository: Choosing Being the Most
the Right Platform Effective Board
for Our University’s Member You Can Be
Scholarship
No Conflict Final
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Voting “Friendliest
Booth”
Cash Bar Before
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Awards
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Awards Ceremony
& Dinner Reception
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Meeting Room Schedule - Thursday, March 14, 2019
Riverboat Bayou & Natchez Samuel Delta Queen Mississippi
Levee Clemens Queen
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration
More Than a Pretty Coding for Little Bits: Best Practices In Librarians Read and
Interface: The Louisiana Using Coding Concepts Library Managers Marketing & Outreach Rave: Upcoming Books
8:00 am - 8:50 am Power Up Your TAB
Digital Library as a Data in Classrooms and Youth Interest Group Business To Amplify Discovery & that Librarians are Wild
Hub Programming Meeting Engagement About
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open
9:00 am - 9:50 am
The Well-Tended Not Your Average Excuse Me, I Believe
Team: Germination Outreach Services/ No Space, No Panel: Tugging @ Your You Have My Stapler...
10:00 am - 10:50 am and Growth through Bookmobile Interest State of the State and Other Business
Problem Heartstrings to Impact
Training, Teaching, and Group Meeting Library Reference Questions
Students (& “Loving” It
Trickery While You’re at It!) You Shouldn’t Ignore
Public Libraries as Partners
Technology The Wonderful for Community Health: Print Culture & Books
11:00 am - 11:50 am Catch ‘Em All: Crash How the New Orleans
Enhanced Lessons World of Library Public Library is Working
Interest Group Business
Course with Canva
for Libraries Centers to Improve Health and Meeting
Promote Health Literacy
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm Academic LLA/
ACRL-LA Luncheon
3-5th Grade Booktalks
Tech Tools and
The Last Bastions of for the 2019-2020 A Roadmap to LaSSAL Business
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Techiniques for
Democracy Louisiana Young Innovation Meeting
Collaboration
Readers’ Choice
6-8th Grade Adventurous
Puzzles and Pop
A Model Public Booktalks for the Collection
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Culture: Planning Writing for
Library Board 2019-2020 Louisiana Development:
Escape Rooms for Publication 101
Meeting BreakoutEDU: Young Readers’ Finding Indie
Preteen Patrons
Thinking Outside Choice (LYRC) Treasures
of the Box for
Growing eBook
Library & Classroom
and eAudiobook
Collaboration Louisiana Collection, You, Too, Can Run a
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Collections in
Louisiana via State Library of Tween/Teen Book Presentations 101
cloudLink by Louisiana Group
cloudLibrary™
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Meeting Room Schedule - Friday, March 15, 2019
Cypress I Cypress II Premier I Premier II&III Room 253 Room 254 Creole
Queen
7:30 am - 2:30 pm Registration
9:00 am - 11:00 am Exhibits Open
Feeding Young “How Do I Reach
Beyond Trinkets: 3D Minds: Libraries Cutting Edge or These People?”
8:00 am - 8:50 am Printers as Library Respond to the Crazy idea? You Successful Practices
Program Enhancers Needs of Hungry Decide From the Second
Kids Smallest Parish in
Population.
GODORT Breakfast &
Performer Showcase
Business Meeting
Teaching Truly Collaborative:
HarperCollins Digital Information Literacy School and Public
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Book Buzz Through Drawing Library Partnerships
and Short Stories for Successful
Summer Learning
No Conflict Time for
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Last View of Exhibits
All Conference
Session
President’s
10:30 am - 11:50 am Program (ft. Dr.
Tommy Karam)
& LLA Business
Meeting
LASL Makersspace
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Lunch & Learn
Roundtable LASL Business Learning Kits from
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Contributed Papers
Session 3 Meeting A to Z
Preservation of Your
Library Materials
Let’s Get Social:
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Using Social Media
at Your Library
10Meeting Room Schedule - Friday, March 15, 2019
Riverboat Bayou & Natchez Samuel Delta Queen Mississippi
Levee Clemens Queen
7:30 am - 2:30 pm Registration
9:00 am - 11:00 am Exhibits Open
No Money, Don’t
Access for All:
Worry: Finding Create Inspiring
Making Your Human Library
8:00 am - 8:50 am ACT Summer Camp and Curating Free Spaces - A Case
Library Accessibility Collection
Open Educational Study
Friendly
Resources
Parliamentary
Procedures: The
Root of Effective
Meetings
2019-2020 Louisiana
How to Weed Your
Teen Readers’ The Classroom and HELP! I’m a School
Attic: Getting Rid Media Literacy Week
9:00 am - 9:50 am Choice Booktalks the Street: Two More Librarian! Now
of Junk Without at Your Library
(9th-12th Grade Sites for Change what?
Destroying History
Nominated Titles)
10:00 am - 10:30 am
10:30 am - 11:50 am
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Beyond an Apple
Creating an Equity
a Day: Providing Patent and
Strategy: The Good,
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Consumer Health Trademark Resource
the Bad, and the
Information at Your Center: An Overview
Awkward
Library
Caring for the Mind: Patrons and Profits:
Providing Mental A Library’s Response Processing Passport
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Health Information to the Opioid Crisis Applications at
at Your Library Public Libraries
11Program Sessions Wednesday & Thursday
Wednesday, March 13 (in 35 minutes). LLA Executive Board Meeting
Upon completion of the scenario above, 4:00 – 6:00 pm // Chairman’s Library
you will have time for questions and to
Pre-Conference Programs examine the components of the escape Ribbon Cutting & Exhibits Party
room more closely. You will leave not 6:30 – 8:30 pm // Premier II & III
Host It and They Will Come! only with a unique experience, but also
9:00 – 11:00 am, 1:00 – 3:00 pm // Cypress I a program guide for this and additional Past President’s Dinner
Sponsor(s): Public Section escape rooms that you can replicate at 7:00 – 9:00 pm // Invitation Only
Description: Large scale community your own library!
programs can help a library connect users Speaker(s): Jeremy Bolom, Head of
to the services offered. Attend our LLA Public Service, and Kris Patrick, Teen
Thursday, March 14
Fair to meet and mingle with small and Coordinator, Lincoln Parish Library
medium sized libraries that host Writer’s Program Session 1
Conferences, Book Festivals, Judged Art Business Librarianship: Helping 8:00 – 8:50 am
Shows, STEM/Science Days, Comic Cons, Researchers and Entrepreneurs
and TEDx events. Walk away with outlines Navigate the World of Business Migrating from Physical to Streaming
on hosting an event. Win door prizes! Information Media Collections: A Case Study
Speaker(s): Jessi Suire, Adult Services, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm // Bayou & Levee 8:00 – 8:50 am // Cypress I
Terrebonne Parish Library; Misty Sponsor(s): Subject Specialists Sponsor(s): Academic Section
Noble-Hodges, Outreach Coordinator, Description: Business librarians are vital Description: Academic libraries are
Tangipahoa Parish Library; Sarah when it comes to assisting researchers increasingly moving away from physical
Colombo, Assistant Director, West Baton in discovering resources, providing media collections toward more desirable
Rouge Parish Library; Lesley Campbell, knowledge, and supporting business streaming media platforms that allow
Head of Youth Services, Livingston Parish innovation. This workshop covers four for unlimited simultaneous users
Library; Ann Gomez, Branch Manager, presentations that delve into the work and unrestricted public performance
Livingston Parish Library; Jennifer Seneca, of business librarians and how they rights. The presenters will provide an
Assistant Director, Livingston Parish connect researchers, entrepreneurs, introduction to the various streaming
Library and community business owners to services and Acquisition models
information. The presentations are available to libraries. This presentation
Escape to LLA Conference: A Harry designed for those with little or no will also illustrate a yearlong project to
Potter Themed Escape Room knowledge of business librarianship, significantly downsize Sims Memorial
Experience though are also beneficial for public and Library’s physical media collections
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 – 4:00 pm // academic reference librarians, library at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Room 253 science students, and business owners. Emphasis will be placed on transitioning
Sponsor(s): Public Section Speaker(s): Tom Diamond, Allison from an outdated VHS and DVD collection
Description: Learning through Gallaspy, Ian Richardson, Andrew to streaming media platforms like
experience is the quickest way to gaining Tadman, Natalie Denby Academic Video Online: Premium and
new ideas. And, who said this couldn’t be Films on Demand, staff training initiatives,
fun! Join us for an hour on Wednesday, LASL Executive Board Meeting and the results of the weeding process.
March 13, 2018 for a Harry Potter escape 10:00 am – 12:00 pm // Chairman’s Library Speaker(s): Angela Dunnington and Paul
room experience. Kelsey, Southeastern Louisiana University
At Hogwarts School, there are few Google Tools: G Suite and Beyond
professors that strike as much fear and 1:00 – 4:00 pm // Bayou & Levee What’s New In Children’s Literature
loathing into the heart of any student in Sponsor(s): LASL and How to Use Them In Teaching and
the secret organization of “Dumbledore’s Description: G Suite applications have Programming
Army” as Delores Umbridge. the ability to streamline your workflow 8:00 – 8:50 am // Cypress II
Unfortunately, you have caught her and increase your productivity. This Sponsor(s): LASL, Children’s Services/
keen eye while practicing precise wand session will highlight the functionality Programming Interest Group
movements for a defensive spell under and best practices for frequently used G Description: Come and find out what is
your desk. Now you sit in her office for Suite applications, as well as some other new and fun in PreK-5th grade literature
an evening’s detention. Suddenly, as she Google tools that can make your life and how to use it to teach to the state
runs off to investigate illicit activities (and work) easier. Attendees will benefit standards in your school library or for
outside the Room of Requirement, you from bringing a laptop with the Chrome programming in your public library. This
have been left alone, locked in her office. browser installed and access to a G Suite interactive and fast-paced session will
This is your chance for action, but will you or personal Google Account login, which leave you with many ideas.
escape or face her compounded wrath will allow them to try out applications as Speaker(s): Shannan L. Hicks, Caddo
upon her return? See if you (and your they are shared. Parish Public Schools
colleagues) have what it takes to solve Speaker(s): Kim Howell, Tiffany
the clues and ESCAPE before she returns
12 Whitehead, Stephanie Wilkes, Chris YoungProgram Sessions Thursday
Roundtable Session 1 Feast on Graphic Novels Across the addressing the needs of our students
8:00 – 8:50 am // Premier I Curriculum and patron base through addressing the
8:00 – 8:50 am // Room 253 building aesthetics, signage, outreach
Transforming School Libraries in Sponsor(s): Subject Specialists, LASL, and programing, and working with
Louisiana Children’s Services/Programming Interest student organizations on campus. We will
Description: There are many ways to Group also be addressing the challenges and
transform school libraries. From remixing Description: Once referred to as “the limitations we have faced as a committee
what we have to fresh starts made each marijuana of the nursery” and the “bane throughout our continued efforts to
year, librarians are constantly updating of the bassinet,” comics and graphic better serve our students and patrons.
and transforming their libraries. This novels have become increasingly Speaker(s): Abigail DeSoto, Government
round table discussion will center on popular. Of course, librarians have Documents Librarian, and Nolan Eller,
the steps taken in Caddo Public School supported graphic novels for decades University Archivist, Louisiana Tech
district to refresh and renew, with because they can convey complex ideas, Univeristy
input from the audience as to what has increase vocabulary, and teach multiple
been done in other districts. From the literacies while engaging students. The Eugene P. Watson: Louisiana Library
discussion, new ideas will emerge on how graphic novel format spans genres Legend
librarians can continue to be relevant and (fantasy, historic fiction, realistic fiction, 8:00 – 8:50 am // Creole Queen
continue to transform their libraries to biography, and informational texts) and Sponsor(s): Academic Section
better serve their patrons and schools. curricula including ELA, science, history, Description: Eugene Payne Watson
math, arts, and geography. The format (June 29th, 1911-February 29th, 1964),
School Library and Public Library often makes text and information more librarian, Catholic, scholar, chess
Partnerships accessible and enjoyable for students aficionado, and polio survivor, achieved
Description: Join the Children’s Services who have grown up in a digital world. much in his brief span of fifty-two years.
Interest Group to discuss ways to develop Yet, many educators are still wary of He was president of Louisiana Library
relationships with your Public Librarian using them in the classroom. Join us Association (1947-1948), founder of the
or School Librarian to make the best as we Feast on Graphic Novels across Louisiana state documents program
possible experience for the children we the Curriculum. Get ideas on how to and a major contributor to the Louisiana
service. It takes a village and there are incorporate the graphic novel into your Newspaper Index. He also established the
ways we can work together to promote classroom—which graphic novels to “Louisiana Room” of the Russell Library
information literacy. What works? What choose, how to convince others about which collected materials pertaining to
doesn’t? Please bring positive success the benefits of graphic novels, and how north Louisiana history. From 1950 to
stories as well as speed bumps from to teach using the graphic novel. Not 1961 he dedicated his life to founding
either side. More heads are better than only do graphic novels prepare students Alpha Beta Alpha, the only coeducational
one! for the SAT (which was updated in 2016 library fraternity. Over this ten-year
to include more visual literacy) and for period Watson gradually built a national
Louisiana Documents Educational college, they also fulfill the Common Core reputation as a leader in librarianship for
Programming Overview ELA standard requiring evaluation of his work in recruitment of new librarians
Description: In a roundtable format, content “presented in diverse formats and to the profession. This paper will focus on
the State Library of Louisiana’s Recorder media.” Best of all, graphic novels create Eugene Watson, the expansion of Alpha
of Documents and members of the LIFELONG READERS. Beta Alpha into a national fraternity of
state depository program will hold Speaker(s): Alicia Schwarzenbach, forty-five chapters (and 2000 members)
an overview of educational series Delgado Community College, and Soline and will conclude with a brief discussion
and discussion about Louisiana Holmes, Academy of the Sacred Heart of the library which bears his name.
Documents. The discussion topics grew Speaker(s): Michael E. Matthews,
out of the responses that depository Refreshing our Image: How We Are Northwestern State University
librarians provided to a survey that Making the Library More Welcoming
the Advisory Council of the Louisiana 8:00 – 8:50 am // Room 254
Public Documents Depository Program Sponsor(s): Subject Specialists, Academic More Than a Pretty Interface: The
conducted. Topics will include Section, LaSSAL, Reference Interest Group Louisiana Digital Library as a Data Hub
information on working with the public, Description: Have you ever wondered 8:00 – 8:50 am // Riverboat
understanding the classification system, how to make your library more Sponsor(s): Academic Section,
finding documents online, helpful welcoming and aesthetically pleasing Preservation Interest Group
resources, and an overview of depository to students and patrons? Through the Description: The Louisiana Digital Library
work. This session will have information creation and efforts of our library building (LDL) is an online platform for libraries,
useful for newcomers, experienced committee, we at Louisiana Tech’s museums, archives, and historical
librarians, and library managers and Prescott Memorial Library are striving to organizations across the state. The books,
directors. Questions are encouraged do just that. This presentation will focus manuscripts, oral histories, maps, and
throughout the meeting. on the ways in which our committee is photographs held in the LDL showcase
13Program Sessions Thursday
the cultural resources of Louisiana. Librarians Read and Rave: Upcoming Exhibits Open
The metadata about these items is also Books that Librarians Are Wild About 9:00 am – 5:00 pm // Premier I & II
a great asset. When explored in their 8:00 – 8:50 am // Delta Queen Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall: 9:00 – 9:50
entirety, the data held in the LDL is as Sponsor(s): Public Section am
valuable as the digital facsimiles. This Description: Join this panel of public
talk will explore the LDL as a data hub, a librarians from around the state as they Program Session 2
place to gather and share the metadata sound off about the upcoming books that
of the participating institutions. Open they are most excited about and can’t 10:00 – 10:50 am
data is a growing trend in archives and wait to share with their patrons. (With
special collections, enabling new types of thanks to publishers Hachette, Houghton Finding Your Ancestors: Genealogy in
interactions with collection material. We Mifflin Harcourt, Ingram Publisher Print and Online
will contextualize the field of open data Services, Macmillan, Penguin Random 10:00 – 11:50 am // Cypress I
in historical institutions, and explore uses House, Sourcebooks, Workman, W.W. Sponsor(s): Subject Specialists,
for downloaded metadata from the LDL. Norton. And special thanks to program Preservation Interest Group, Academic
Speaker(s): Scott Ziegler, LSU Libraries advisor, Vicki Nesting!) Section, Reference Interest Group
Speaker(s): Shemeka Adams, Tangipahoa Description: For the beginner to
Coding for Little Bits: Using Coding Parish Library; Zach Bartlett, New advanced researcher, come learn about
Concepts in Classrooms and Youth Orleans Public Library; Lauren Bordelon, print and online resources for useful
Programming Assumption Parish Library; Rebecca genealogical research.
8:00 – 8:50 am // Bayou & Levee Cloud, Lincoln Parish Library; Sarah Speaker(s): Charlene Bonnette, Manager,
Sponsor(s): Children’s Services/ Colombo, West Baton Rouge Library Louisiana Department, State Library of
Programming Interest Group Louisiana
Description: Through a grant funded Power Up Your TAB
partnership with Southeastern Louisiana 8:00 – 8:50 am // Mississippi Queen Recruitment Strategies for a Diverse
University, branch managers Lindsey Sponsor(s): Public Section LIS Population/Diversity Interest
Hines and Avery Smith, MLS developed a Description: Teen Advisory Boards can Group Business Meeting
training including a wealth of resources make a huge impact on your library 10:00 – 11:50 am // Cypress II
and hands-on activities to be used in and in your community, but in a multi- Sponsor(s): Diversity Interest Group,
classrooms and libraries. Come learn branch system it is difficult to bring the Public Section
teaching strategies, do fun activities, and
teens together. Livingston Parish Library Description: In a panel discussion,
take home plugged-in and unplugged has implemented a series of successful Project Recovery Scholars and
resources to enhance your programming! TAB programs that served to unite the recipients of the Ollie H. Burns Minority
Speaker(s): Lindsey Hines, Tangipahoa teens into a cohesive front. In January Scholarship reflect on the challenges
Parish Library, and Avery Smith, MLS, 2017, we hosted our first annual TAB and opportunities they have faced post-
Tangipahoa Parish Library Convention. This program featured an SLIS graduation and what strategies are
opening address, three breakout sessions, needed to recruit and retain a diverse
Library Managers Interest Group and, of course, lots of food. The TAB also workforce to mirror our communities.
Business Meeting attend field trips to a local book store Following the panel discussion, a short
8:00 – 8:50 am // Natchez to purchase materials for the collection. Diversity Interest Group Business Meeting
Sponsor(s): Library Managers Interest The teens sold colored hair streaks at will be held.
Group our annual Book Festival to raise money Speaker(s): Dr. Alma Dawson, Professor
Description: Members of the interest to purchase t-shirts for all members. Emeritus, LSU School of Library and
group can bring topics to discuss and At our upcoming TAB Convention, we Information Science, Project Recovery
share. We will discuss the groups purpose, are planning on launching two new Scholars and Ollie H. Burns Minority
etc. initiatives in the coming year. The TAB Scholarship Recipients
Reader’s Choice Awards will be a teen-
Best Practices In Marketing & Outreach driven program in which they nominate Round Table Session 2
To Amplify Discovery & Engagement titles, refine the list, and open voting to 10:00 – 10:50 am // Premier I
8:00 – 8:50 am // Samuel Clemens whole of the parish. Teens will also be
Sponsor(s): Public Section designing and developing a program Cataloging Round Table
Description: Take away best practices that will be offered during the summer as Description: The RoundTable will discuss
for marketing and outreach from our “Teen Advisory Board presents…” These cataloging issues, practices, innovations,
network of libraries to raise awareness programs show that our teens have a procedures, and standards. All library
and usage of your OverDrive service. We’ll strong voice in our system and that we types and skill levels are welcome. Library
touch on the importance of goal setting, hear them. school students and non-catalogers are
leveraging the Resource Center, curation Speaker(s): Lesley Campbell, Livingston welcome, too! Bring your cataloging
and much more. Parish Library issues and questions and we can
Speaker(s): Whit Arnold, Product brainstorm together.
14 Support SpecialistProgram Sessions Thursday
Accessibility and Libraries Children’s Services Discussion Group Description: This session will explore the
Description: Do you have a lot of 10:00 – 10:50 am // Room 253 radical changes in public and academic
questions about accessibility and Sponsor(s): Children’s Services/ library architecture over the past 150
libraries? This round table is for you! Do Programming Interest Group years. Libraries were once considered to
you have a lot of answers to questions Description: This is a chance for be centers of both the intellect and the
about accessibility and libraries? This Children’s Services staff to discuss what’s divine spirit, second only in importance
round table is also for you! Let’s get new on the horizon, problems, and have to the campus chapel or local church.
together to ask questions and try to questions answered. It is a time to share Today, the library is transforming from a
get some answers together. Specific what we do and how we do it. sacred space to a retail space. Why? The
topics that may be discussed include presenter will provide a historical tour
accessibility of print resources, digital Panel Discussion: Southern Writers of library architecture from the middle
resources, physical spaces, and assistive 10:00 – 10:50 am // Room 254 19th century to the present day and will
technology in the library. This round table Sponsor(s): Public Section discuss how seemingly small changes
is appropriate for all types of libraries. Description: Join authors Kent Wascom, in construction were likewise reflected
David Armand, and Maurice Carlos in the “evolution” of librarianship (from
Somebody’s Watching Me: A Ruffin as they discuss what it means to vocation to profession) and users (from
Roundtable about Paranoia and the be a modern writer in the South. The patrons to customers).
Public Library discussion will be moderated by Sarah Speaker(s): Michael Matthews,
Description: Every library has a couple Colombo, Assistant Director of the West Northwestern State University of
of patrons who believe some odd things. Baton Rouge Library and book review Louisiana
Maybe that Toby Keith is breaking into columnist for the West Side Journal.
their computer to steal song lyrics. Or Kent Wascom is the author of The Blood The Well-Tended Team: Germination
maybe it is that plumbers are planting of Heaven, named a best book of the and Growth through Training,
mold into people’s homes to make them year by the Washington Post and NPR, Teaching, and Trickery
ill. We all have these peculiar patrons and Secessia, and The New Inheritors. He 10:00 – 10:50 am // Riverboat
typically they come to us for information was the winner of the 2012 Tennessee Sponsor(s): Public Section, Library
requests or technical help and, aside Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Managers Interest Group
from their belief, they appear normal. The Prize for Fiction, selected as one of Description: The excuse of being
question is, “how do you best help these Gambit‘s 40 Under 40, and described “too busy” to include developmental
patrons without being drawn into their by The Washington Post as “one of the opportunities for your staff and team can
story and keep yourself and the library most exhilarating historical novelists in be damaging to your workplace. Over
from becoming part of the ‘conspiracy’?” the country.” David Armand is a novelist, time, neglect may lead to individual and
There is a ton of information out that memoirist, and poet. He is the author organizational stagnation, burn-out, and,
helps out with so called “difficult” patrons of The Pugilist’s Wife, Harlow, The Deep in some cases, apathy and negativity.
and a fair amount about patrons with Woods, My Mother’s Home, and Debt. Supervisors should assume responsibility
mental illness, but information about He is the winner of the George Garrett and take the initiative to incorporate
helping paranoid patrons can be difficult Fiction Prize and the Writer-in-Residence as many training opportunities into
to find. Let’s brain storm on how to best at Southeastern Louisiana University. their employees’ routines as possible.
help your paranoid patron! Maurice Carlos Ruffin has been a recipient Come join the harvest of inspirational
of an Iowa Review Award in fiction and a ideas today and sow your own seeds of
Affirming Ourselves: Libraries and the winner of the William Faulkner–William achievement in your team tomorrow.
Accreditation Process Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Speaker(s): Jeremy Bolom, Lincoln Parish
Description: Is your academic library for Novel-in-Progress. His debut novel Library
participating in accreditation this year We Cast a Shadow was called “a singular
or in the next few years? Most academic and unforgettable work of political art” Outreach Services/Bookmobile
libraries in Louisiana are active in the by Publishers Weekly and “Brilliant and Interest Group Meeting
Southern Association of Colleges and devastating” by Booklist. 10:00 – 10:50 am // Bayou & Levee
Schools (SACS) reaffirmation and interim Speaker(s): Kent Wascom, Southeastern Description: Interest Group gathering
reporting process. Responsibilities Louisiana University, David Armand, for those working on bookmobiles or
include data collection, draft writing, Southeastern Louisiana University, and offering outreach services. The discussion
compilation of supporting documents Sarah Colombo, West Baton Rouge will be based on the needs of those in
and other duties. Furthermore, Library attendance such as, homebound services,
libraries are frequently involved in the programming out of the library, pop-up
establishment and implementation of God has left the Building: Library libraries, and services to senior or daycare
the accompanying Quality Enhancement Architecture, Librarianship, and the centers.
Plan (QEP). This round table serves as Soul
a discussion and support session for 10:00 – 10:50 am // Creole Queen
those administrators and faculty who are Sponsor(s): Academic Section, Public
involved in SACS accreditation. Section, Preservation Interest Group 15Program Sessions Thursday
No Space, No Problem Cheré Coen, and Ashley Weaver for a
10:00 – 10:50 am // Natchez State of the State Library panel discussion moderated by Sarah
Sponsor(s): Public Section 10:00 – 10:50 am // Delta Queen Colombo, Assistant Director of the West
Description: Don’t have a meeting Sponsor(s): Public Section Baton Rouge Library and book review
room or an inch of space to spare? Don’t Description: State Librarian Rebecca columnist for the West Side Journal.
know how to make your incredible ideas Hamilton will present an overview of The panel will discuss mystery writing.
happen in your current library layout? No the activities and initiatives of the StateRob Kuehnle is a graduate of the
problem! Join us as we talk about how to Library of Louisiana. University of the South (Sewanee)
creatively use existing library spaces for Speaker(s): Rebecca Hamilton, State where he studied creative writing under
fun and innovative library programming Librarian, State Library of Louisiana Sewanee Review editor, Andrew Lytle.
in both small and large branches. We His debut murder mystery novel, Grand
will share how we went from story time Excuse Me, I Believe You Have My Slam Murders, will be released in January
and book club to tech talks, coding club, Stapler... and Other Business Reference of 2019 under the pen name R.J. Lee.
jewelry making, and even a mystery Questions You Shouldn’t Ignore Cheré Coen is a veteran newspaper and
dinner! No budget? Branch too busy 10:00 – 10:50 am // Mississippi Queen magazine journalist who writes freelance
to take up valuable real estate with a Sponsor(s): Reference Interest Group, travel and food stories for print, blogs
“traditional” program? We will also discuss Subject Specialists, Academic Section and social media. She is the author of the
passive programming, displays, social Description: This presentation will Viola Valentine Mystery Series under the
media, and more ways to engage patrons! serve as a primer for reference librarians pen name Cherie Claire. Ashley Weaver is
Join us for some practical and fun ideas looking to develop or sharpen their the Technical Services Coordinator for the
that you can start using right away. business subject knowledge. Topics Allen Parish Libraries in Louisiana. She is
Speaker(s): Jennifer Mayer, Crissie covered will include the most common the author of the Amory Ames Mysteries.
Molina, Virginia Parker, and JoAnna types of information resources She was nominated for an Edgar Award
Reeves (St. Tammany Parish Library) patrons need and how to find them in for Best First Novel for the first book in
comprehensive database collections to the series, Murder at the Brightwell.
Not Your Average Panel: Tugging @ which you may already have access or
Your Heartstrings to Impact Students using free and open resources. There’s no The Role of Academic Libraries in
(& “Loving” It While You’re At It!) reason a business reference question has Accreditation: What I Learned About
10:00 – 10:50 am // Samuel Clemens to be a drag! Those TPS reports might be Created Program Impact Studies
Sponsor(s): LASL another matter. 11:00 – 11:50 am // Creole Queen
Description: Student members of the Speaker(s): Allison Gallaspy Sponsor(s): Academic Section, Subject
Louisiana Teen-age Librarians Association Specialists, Distance Learning Interest
(LTLA) and their librarian-sponsors will Program Session 3 Group
“lure” you into providing fun and student- 11:00 – 11:50 am Description: This pertains to how
loving experiences to students who love academic libraries help the programs
to read, be involved &/or yearning to be Children’s Book Repair, A How-To at their institutions with accreditation
a part of a “home” (a.k.a. club). After a Session or re-accreditation. I will go over how I
presentation about the LTLA, students 11:00 – 11:50 am // Room 253 create my studies using information from
& sponsors will answer questions Sponsor(s): Children’s Services/ my library’s OPAC and Word. I will talk
as potential LTLA sponsors ponder Programming Interest Group, LASL, about how I have changed how I do them
becoming a part of a dynamic group that LaSSAL over the years and the information that is
students love being a part of! Description: Children’s books take a lot typically requested. I will talk about what
Speaker(s): Moderator-Tiffany of wear and tear, especially those Disney happens during a site visit and how the
Whitehead, LASL President; Student books! Learn the basics of book repair so studies help with showing your worth to
Presenters-Joy Sutton, LTLA State you can: Tip a new page in to replace torn the department (s) in question.
Treasurer, & JaeLynn Taylor, Zachary HS; out or crayoned book pages, stabilize Speaker(s): Caitlin Cooper, Delgado
Natalie Clemmons, LTLA Vice President, a book spine, learn what best removes Community College
Lacassine HS (note: additional officers pencil and crayon, receive a list of fairly
may attend-names to be submitted); inexpensive supplies with places to Technology Enhanced Lessons for
Librarian-Sponsors-Christina Knight, purchase them, and more! Bring a book Libraries
Student Relations Committee (SRC) Chair, you would like to repair. 11:00 – 11:50 am // Riverboat
Zachary HS; Renee Martin, Past SRC Chair, Speaker(s): Susan Broussard, Children’s Sponsor(s): LASL
Central Private School; Janet Lathrop, SRC Services East Baton Rouge Parish Library Description: Elementary, Middle,
Hotel/Convention Center Liaison, West and High School librarians will share
Feliciana MS (note: additional librarian- Panel Discussion: Mystery Writers technology enhanced lessons that have
sponsors may attend; names to be 11:00 – 11:50 am // Room 254 been taught in the libraries of Louisiana.
submitted) Description: Join authors Rob Kuehnle, Participants will be able to dissect the
16Program Sessions Thursday
lessons & ask questions on best practices health literacy and ways libraries can Copyright and Copy Wrong: Helping
using technology in the library setting. improve community and individual School Campuses “Keep it Legal” in the
Speaker(s): Kim Howell, Kristy Sturm, health, as well as the types of activities Digital Age
Charlene Picheloup and programming the NOPL has 1:30 – 2:20 pm // Cypress I
implemented. Through a grant awarded Sponsor(s): Subject Specialists, LASL,
Catch ‘Em All: Crash Course with Canva to the New Orleans Public Library LaSSAL, Preservation Interest Group
11:00 – 11:50 am // Natchez from the NIH, the NOPL hired a Health Description: Do students--and many
Sponsor(s): Public Section Literacy Educator who is implementing teachers--at your school seem to regard
Description: Learn how to take your community health programming and everything on the internet as fair game?
marketing from drab to dynamic with health literacy efforts throughout the In this session, we will explore the
the free, online graphic design software library system, while providing general common pitfalls concerning fair use and
Canva! Programming Coordinator Misty awareness of the NIH All of Us Research the kinds of digital media common to
Noble-Hodge, MLIS, and Branch Manager Program. Participants can expect every school campus--movies, online
Avery Smith, MLS, share best practices in tips for engaging customers around print materials, music, and more. During
marketing and show you just how easy health literacy, as well as easy ways to the discussion, we will also connect fair
graphic design can be by giving a crash implement health programming in your use of digital media to the Louisiana
course in Canva. You’ll leave this session library. Library Standards on ethical information
prepared to maximize the effectiveness Speaker(s): Jessica Styons, New Orleans use. Participants will walk away with
of your marketing and equipped with Public Library Deputy Director; Elaine talking points and activities to use in
the skills to create modern, eye-catching Hicks, Tulane University Matas Library the classroom with students and at
fliers, bookmarks, infographics, and more. of the Health Sciences Public Health professional development days with staff
Speaker(s): Misty Noble-Hodge, MLIS, Librarian; Dana Wilkosz, New Orleans at your schools.
of Tangipahoa Parish Library, and Avery Public Library Health Literacy Educator Speaker(s): Leslye Jackson Gilchrist,
Smith, MLS, of Tangipahoa Parish Library Caddo Parish Magnet High
Print Culture & Books Interest Group
The Wonderful World of Library Business Meeting Attorney, Teacher, Librarian: How One
Centers 11:00 – 11:50 am // Mississippi Queen Talented Information Professional
11:00 – 11:50 am // Samuel Clemens Meshed Varying Strategies to
Sponsor(s): LASL Section Luncheons Successfully Engage Once Reluctant
Description: During this session, you will Readers
learn how to incorporate various types Public/Trustees Luncheon 1:30 – 2:20 pm // Cypress II
of centers into the Library curriculum. 12:00 – 1:20 pm // Premier I Sponsor(s): Diversity Interest Group,
Two elementary school librarians will Sponsor(s): Public Section LASL
share their journey to using centers in Description: Dan Heitman, The Advocate Description: One fierce educator
their library programs. You will see some (Baton Rouge newspaper), will be the confronted with a well-known dilemma
center ideas as well as ways to implement featured speaker. faced by many teachers; getting reluctant
them into your daily lessons for all grade Speaker(s): Dan Heitman, The Advocate readers to read. Kiera Vargas incorporates
levels. a model that encompasses an interactive
Speaker(s): Kim McInnis, Librarian, A. C. Academic LLA/ACRL-LA Luncheon approach to instruction. This not only
Steere Elementary School, Caddo Parish 12:00 – 1:20 pm // Bayou & Levee improves students’ literary engagement,
Schools; Jennifer Powers, Librarian, Sponsor(s): Academic Section but also encourages students to read
Riverside Elementary School, Caddo Description: Scott Ziegler, Head of more and actually become lovers of
Parish Schools Digital Problems and Services at LSU reading. She credits listening to her
Libraries will be speaking about the New students makes her a better teacher. She
Public Libraries as Partners for and Notable in the Louisiana Digital employs empathy to make the content
Community Health: How the New Library. Academic Librarian Luncheon of the books applicable to present day
Orleans Public Library is Working to co-sponsored by ACRL-LA and the LLA issues. Once capturing their appreciation
Improve Health and Promote Health Academic section. Always a good time for the written word, she is then able
Literacy and great opportunity to connect with to introduce them to more challenging
11:00 – 11:50 am // Delta Queen colleagues. literary works such as Richard Wright’s
Sponsor(s): Public Section Speaker(s): Scott Ziegler, Head of Digital Native Son, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The
Description: In this presentation, NOPL Problems and Services, LSU Libraries Scarlet Letter, and John Steinbeck’s Of
Deputy Director, Jessica Styons; Tulane Mice and Men.
University’s Matas Library of the Health Speaker(s): Kiera Vargas, Educator and
Sciences Librarian, Elaine Hicks; and Program Session 4 2019 Teacher of the Year for Madison
NOPL Health Literacy Educator, Dana 1:30 – 2:20 pm County, Florida
Wilkosz discuss the importance of
17Program Sessions Thursday
Academic Section Business Meeting as the epitome of democracy, largely
1:30 – 2:20 pm // Room 253 because of the commitment librarians Tech Tools and Techniques for
Sponsor(s): Academic Section and their institutions have made to the Collaboration
Description: Join this open meeting for American Library Association’s Library 1:30 – 2:20 pm // Delta Queen
current and prospective members of the Bill of Rights. While this remains true, Description: This session will be an
LLA Academic Section to hear reports on libraries are actually doing much more overview of free software that enables
recent section activities, budget, and our to promote democracy than ever collaboration. Specific tools to be
plans for the year ahead. What else can before. Libraries are engaging with surveyed will include Git, GitHub,
we offer as a section to support Louisiana the community, in a nonpartisan way, Slack, Trello and others. We’ll also
Academic Libraries? How can we make to ensure that our users are exercising look at techniques that programmers
our next virtual conference even better? their civic rights. Whether that means and technologists use to harness the
Catch up on recent events and participate registering people to vote or hosting collective wisdom of their teams, such
in this lively discussion. a naturalization ceremony, all types of as pair programming and Agile sprint
Speaker(s): Jennifer Hamilton, LLA libraries are finding ways to get people planning meetings.
Academic Section Chair; Heather excited about what it means to be a Speaker(s): Mike Waugh, Library Services
Plaisance, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect; and citizen. See what ideas might work for Platform Manager, LOUIS Libraries
Sarah Dauterive, Secretary your library!
Speaker(s): Tony Barnes, New Orleans LaSSAL Business Meeting
Lightning Talks Public Library; Monique Breaux, 1:30 – 2:20 pm // Mississippi Queen
1:30 – 2:20 pm // Room 254 University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Sponsor(s): LaSSAL
Tiffany Ellis, University of Louisiana at Description: Support Staff of all Libraries
Curiosity v. the Cat: Who really was Lafayette; Sonnet Ireland, St. Tammany are invited to attend. Come and find out
killed? Public Library; Bill Snyder, New Orleans what LaSSAL is all about!
Description: Cat memes are funny and Public Library Speaker(s): Kathy Tuminello, Chair
cute, but in the information/internet age
are we seeing a death of curiosity? And 3-5th Grade Book Talks for the 2019- Program Session 5
what can librarians do about it? 2020 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice 2:30 – 3:20 pm
1:30 – 2:20 pm // Natchez
Impacting Students with One Heart, Sponsor(s): Children’s Services/ Legal Information Resources for Self-
One Voice @ a Time! Programming Interest Group Represented Litigants: LEAP is Here to
Description: Participants will mingle Description: The 3rd-5th grade Louisiana Help!
with student & librarian-sponsor Young Readers’ Choice committee 2:30 – 4:20 pm // Cypress I
members of the LA Teen-age Librarians will booktalk the exciting lineup of 15 Sponsor(s): Reference Interest Group,
Association (LTLA) as they introduce the nominated titles. This is the book list Subject Specialists, Public Section,
highlights & advantages of the student students are encouraged to read and vote GODORT
organization; share pictures, scrapbooks on during the 2019-2020 school year. Description: The need for legal self-
& brochures; answer questions & ”lure” Speaker(s): Angela Germany help services in Louisiana is immense
school librarians to provide a library and continues to grow. Often those
club that is geared to peak interest, A Roadmap to Innovation with legal needs can’t afford an attorney
promote friendship & cooperation, 1:30 – 2:20 pm // Samuel Clemens and don’t know where else to turn but
develop leadership, & inspire interest in Sponsor(s): LaSSAL, Public Section their local library. Librarians feel they
librarianship as a profession! Description: As pioneers of technology, are not qualified to help these patrons,
library staff are in a constant state of or they fear they will end up providing
3D Printing Demystified rearranging, remixing, and reimagining. unauthorized legal advice. However,
Description: A 5-minute introduction While modern technology certainly there is a middle ground. Librarians can
on the process of 3D printing, from the fosters innovation, it is a road fraught do what they do best, which is to provide
tools needed to design your print to the with potential peril. Join me as I revisit information and assistance. This program
anatomy of the 3D printer. my journey from Alaska to Louisiana and will introduce attendees to the variety
the tech pit stops along the way. This of services and resources available to
Public Section Business Meeting session will serve as a roadmap for the librarians for helping patrons with legal
1:30 – 2:20 pm // Creole Queen trail I blazed: From proposal, purchase, needs in their communities, including
Sponsor(s): Public Section and needs assessment, to customization the Legal Education Assistance Program
and programming. The final destination, (LEAP), public law libraries, local and
The Last Bastions of Democracy iPads in my library, was well worth the statewide service providers, and online
1:30 – 2:20 pm // Riverboat trip. I hope to get you inspired and on the legal information resources.
Sponsor(s): Public Section, Academic road, too! Speaker(s): Miriam Childs, Director,
Section, GODORT, Subject Specialists Speaker(s): Stephanie Niesen, Law Library of Louisiana; Sara Pic,
Description: Libraries are often seen Beauregard Parish Library Research Lawyer/Librarian, Law Library
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