[Publib] PLA Spring Symposium

[Michael Golrick]

PLA Spring Symposium

 

PLA will be in Nashville for the 2009 Spring Symposium. This event will
be held April 2-4, 2009 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Nashville
Convention Center. 

 

The Spring Symposium gives attendees the opportunity to choose from six
tracks, each a day-and-a-half long. This course format provides
librarians an in-depth look at one topic, including practical skills and
knowledge that can be put to use at the library immediately. For those
of you who are looking for affordable, quality education, or to pick up
a new set of skills because your job is changing, this is your chance.


 

Also, there is an Opening General Session featuring musician Tom Chapin,
an Author Luncheon featuring Adriana Trigiani, and area library tours.

 

Find out more online: 

 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaspringsymposium/index
.cfm

 

Register online:
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventssymp&Template=/Conference/
ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=S

 

Workshops: 

Everyday Library Ethics: How the Right Thing is the Better Thing for
Your Library and Community

Learn how ethics impacts customer service and succession planning as
well as finances, community outreach, and your credibility with
political and economic decision-makers. Fair-minded choices can build
trust, respect, and support for your library.

 

Service Responses: Selecting and Implementing the Right Mix for Your
Library

Learn how to use the PLA Service Responses in Strategic Planning for
Results to identify activities, build responsive collections, and create
dynamic spaces that will enable you to provide the quality services your
customers need.

 

Silk Purses and Sow's Ears? Assessing the Quality of Public Library
Statistics and Making the Most of Them

Public library staff and managers consistently complain that library
statistics are flawed. We spend a lot of time and effort collecting and
reporting all sorts of numbers to all sorts of places. Learn about the
metrics being used and how you can use them correctly.

 

Today's Library: From the Inside Out

This session will provide practical, how-to examples, ideas, and
strategies that have transformed libraries across the country into
vibrant centers of their communities. Attendees will learn planning and
design lessons, "green" building tips, and "21st Century Customer"
service practices!

 

Libraries Connect in the 21st Century

Prepare yourself for an interactive presentation about innovative
technologies. This fun session will educate you on today's gadgets,
enable you to understand, plan, and implement social software, and give
you an opportunity to ask questions and brainstorm some new
technology-driven ideas.

 

Current Issues: A PLA/CPLA Workshop

This workshop will provide librarians with the skills needed to develop
plans to integrate the library with the community -- to move from "That
Library AND the Environment" to "The Library IN the Environment."
Participants will apply what they have learned to their own
institutions, identifying, describing, and addressing issues within
their communities.

 

Read full workshop descriptions online: 

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaspringsymposium/index
.cfm

 

 

 

Michael A. Golrick

Public Library Consultant

State Library of Louisiana

225.342.4931

mgolrick at slol.lib.la.us

http://www.state.lib.la.us/

 

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