BattleDecks!
Rules… Each contestant will have a unique, unfamiliar and often humorous set of ten slides Each Contestant has 5 minutes to complete their slide deck Judges will score contestants based on 5 criteria Scores will be judged during the George and Joan exhibition round In the event of a tie, the official Battledecks applause-o-meter will be used
Scoring… Content and Credibility  Poise flow and gestures Audience responses Getting through the whole deck as close to five minutes as possible Overall level of AWESOME!!
Judges… Rosario Garza Sam McBane Mulford Hildie Verlaine Kraus Kirby McCurtis
Competitors… Stacey Aldrich Oleg Kagan Derek Wolfgram Lori Bowen Ayre Glenn Warren Jennifer Baker
Special Thanks… Timekeeper – Jill Sonnenberg Slidemakers – Ashley Kagan Stephanie Roach Halftime Show – George and Joan
Prizes… The #Calibconf Golden Microphone A t-shirt of the winners choice from the library advocacy store www.cafepress.com/libraryadvocacy
BattleDecks!
Stacy Aldrich
Seat belts: Another technology lost with the closing of libraries.
LIBRARIES Get HBO Programming , on demand, ten years before everyone else.
Don’t worry, Tom is your friend! .
Dedication….
But…  will your  Boopsie App  work on this?
Coming soon to your library…
Early literacy classes
Relax… They were  all about  vampires
 
 
 
BattleDecks!
Oleg Kagan
Yo momma goes to the Library
 
<sopac> </sopac> <br> <br>
Just Do It
In the  not-to-distant  future…
Don’t be afraid to fail… Sometimes
More than 3,000 new books  are published everyday. Mostly by  James Patterson
 
Find us on… Or… Just come in the  freaking   library!
Librarians   Because some questions can’t be Googled.
 
BattleDecks!
Derek Wolfgram
Its storytime boys and girls!!
Maybe you should embrace your  heresy.
Never Forget… …  Our roots
 
 
#truth
When have we gone too far?
Clarity… Central could run  out in less than 5
Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer  will be built that exceeds the computational  capability of the brain.
That’s how you know we’re serious.
 
BattleDecks!
Lori Bowen Ayre
To whom were questions asked before Google?
Pick one. Technical Skills People Skills
Up next in mobile library services
Sometimes… Things just happen  beyond our control
Commitment to your decisions
Learn  to take risks
 
eBooks
Everything I needed to learn in SLIS  about reference I learned from this sign.
Meanwhile…
 
BattleDecks!
Glen Warren
Get out the color   fonts . This one is  SERIOUS!
 
 
All the other kids with the pumped up ____
Future Libraries…
 
Mixed  Messages
Library Signage 101 Use Clipart for clarity
Maintain your message
YO, Yo, Amazon… I’m real happy for you  and I’mma let you finish,  but libraries have  the best loans of all time.  OF ALL TIME!
 
BattleDecks!
Jennifer Baker
Not every  decision   is a good  one.
#truth
Libraries and cats actually have a lot in common.
That patron who wears sunglasses inside
Seriously? ANOTHER Twilight movie?
 
Werewolves. Discuss.
What Would Harry Potter Do?
The librarian needs a rapper name .
 
 
BattleDecks!
George and Joan
Own it.
Pornography on a public computer
Talk about shameless self-promotion!
#truth
On the internet,  you can be any age
HOW DO I PRINT??
Good thing Google checks for spelling
+ = Consulting
Those crazy teenagers
I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library before asking dumb questions  I will use a library befo
… I believe in taking risks and biting off more than you can chew. And also, people were yelling, and I got confused about the rules.   It all comes down to the wisdom of Kenneth Parcell. Why?
Then there’s this guy…
 
I’m looking for that book about that guy in that place…
The  book  is always better. movie   Nevermind…
 
BattleDecks!

Battledecks - California Library Association 2011