1. 2015 Indiana Library Federation
Annual Conference
November 16-18
Indianapolis Marriott East
Indianapolis, IN
#ilfconnections15
2. The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award is a program of
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ILF President’s Welcome
Conference Chair
Robyn Young
Avon High School
Exhibitor Chair
Cheryl Blevens
Indiana State University
Exhibitor Liaison
Debra Sparks
Odle McGuire Shook
Awards & Honors Chair
Tina Baich
IUPUI
ISL Representative
Emily Schaber
Indiana State Library
Volunteer Coordinator
Mary Clare Speckner
Bartholomew County Public
Library
Silent Auction Chair
Marsha Riggs
Lewis Cass Junior-Senior
High School
Audio-Visual Chair
Debbie Rzepczynski
Lake County Public Library
Author Signing Chair
Julie Kincaid
Harrison College
Hospitality Chair
Lisa Jarrell
Ball State University
Program Co-Chairs
David Eisen (IPLA)
Retired
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public
Library
Trista Smith (Trainee)
Ohio Township Public Library
System
Jenn Brower (AISLE)
New Haven High School
Sherry Gick (Trainee)
Rossville Consolidated School District
Nina Collins (IALA)
Indiana Tech University
Shannon Johnson (Trainee)
IPFW
2015 ILF Annual Conference Committee Members
Welcome to the 2015 Indiana Library Federation’s Annual Conference. “Strengthening
Connections: Your Key to Success” is our theme and there is something for everyone! Our
convenient venue proved to be popular last year and we know you will enjoy it again this year.
Over the past months the conference committee has worked to provide you with 115
conference sessions with information and ideas for attendees from all of our four
associations. We kick off with Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, as our Tuesday keynote
speaker. There are popular authors presenting as well as sessions led by some of our own
outstanding library professionals.
Be sure and join us for two new events. On Monday and Tuesday evenings there will be a
hospitality room sponsored by Boyce Systems and on Tuesday evening there will be a
President’s Wine and Cheese Reception sponsored by Follett!
Again welcome and enjoy the array of professional development opportunities that our
conference committee has worked hard to provide for you.
Beverly Gard,
ILF 2015 President
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Table of Contents
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME/CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1
GENERAL INFORMATION/MEALS & EVENTS 3
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 4
NEW THIS YEAR 5
SPONSORS 6
HOTEL MAP 7
HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS 8 - 10
AUTHORS/AUTHORS SCHEDULE 11 - 13
CONFERENCE APP INFORMATION 14
SILENT AUCTION 15
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 17
MONDAY AT-A-GLANCE 18
MONDAY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 19 - 20
POSTER PRESENTATIONS 21
TUESDAY AT-A-GLANCE 22 - 23
TUESDAY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 24 - 35
TUESDAY NOTE PAGES 36 - 37
WEDNESDAY AT-A-GLANCE 40 - 41
WEDNESDAY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 42 - 51
WEDNESDAY NOTE PAGES 52 - 53
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 54
EXHIBIT HALL MAP 56
EXHIBITORS 57 - 60
EVALUATION FORM 62
LEU/PGP FORM 64 - 67
EXTRA NOTE PAGES 69 - 72
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Registration Desk
The registration desk will be located in the atrium of the
Marriott East. This is accessible through the main lobby or
conference entrances.
Registration desk hours:
Monday, November 16 - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17 - 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18 - 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Conference Badges
Conference badges include your name and the name of
your affiliated library or organization. They will be available
for pick up at the registration desk during the conference.
Badges must be displayed for admission to all conference
programs and the exhibit show.
Exhibit Show
The conference exhibit show is being held in Liberty Hall.
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Tuesday, November 17
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Exhibit Hall “No Conflict” Times
Tuesday, November 17
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
2:20 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
2:20 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Conference Store
A conference store featuring adult tees, necklaces, socks,
earrings, YHBA and Rosie items and library-themed gifts
will be open during the exhibit show hours on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Plan to stop by and select a special gift for
yourself or for someone else!
Author Signing Booth
Authors will be on hand at select times during the day to
autograph books and informally speak with conference
attendees. See page 13 for a current list of scheduled
authors.
Kids Ink Bookstore
Stop by to meet and get books signed by several authors
during exhibit show hours on Tuesday and Wednesday and
after the YHBA Banquet on Tuesday evening.
General Information
Meals and Events
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
12 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. (Must be pre-registered.)
IPLA Luncheon with author Daniel Handler - Freedom Hall A (Author signing immediately following)
CYPD Luncheon with author S.A. Bodeen - Freedom Hall B (Must be pre-registered.)
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Information and Library Science Alumni Reception (to be held in the Atrium)
All ILS grads are invited to attend the ILS alumni reception. Attend and catch up on the latest ILS news.
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
President’s Wine and Cheese Reception sponsored by Follett - Veterans Hall 1 (No Charge)
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
YHBA Banquet - Freedom Hall B (Must be pre-registered.)
Join your peers and honor the Young Hoosier Book Award (YHBA) winning authors for 2014. The purpose of YHBA is
to promote recreational reading among Indiana students. YHBA author honorees for the evening will be Jef Czekaj and
Richard Paul Evans.
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Awards & Honors Banquet - Freedom Hall A (Must be pre-registered.)
A wide variety of awards and scholarships will be given to recognize the efforts of those groups and individuals who
have contributed to excellence in Indiana libraries. Guest speaker for the banquet will be author, Alan Gratz.
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Keynote Speaker - Tuesday, November 17
Daniel Handler - a.k.a. Lemony Snicket
(Daniel will also be signing books after the IPLA Luncheon from 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.)
Daniel Handler is the author of the novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth,
Adverbs, and, with Maira Kalman, Why We Broke Up, which won the Michael
J. Printz Honor. He also worked with Kalman on the book Girls Standing on
Lawns and Hurry Up and Wait (May 2015).
As Lemony Snicket, he has written the best-selling series All The Wrong Ques-
tions as well as A Series of Unfortunate Events, which has sold more than 60
million copies, was the basis of a feature film starring Jim Carrey and Meryl
Streep, with Jude Law as Lemony Snicket, and is being developed for television. Other Snicket titles include the
picture book 13 Words, in collaboration with Maira Kalman, as well as Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Biography,
The Beatrice Letters, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid, and two books for Christmas: The Lump of Coal and
The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: a Christmas Story.
Snicket is also the creator of several picture books, including the Charlotte Zolotow Award-winning The
Dark, illustrated by Jon Klassen. His newest picture book is 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy illustrated by Lisa
Brown.
Daniel’s recent novel for adults, We Are Pirates, was published in February. Neil Gaiman says,
“Honest and funny, dark and painful. We Are Pirates reads like the result of a nightmarish mating
experiment between Joseph Heller and Captain Jack Sparrow. It’s the strangest, most brilliant offering yet from
the mind behind Lemony Snicket.”
His criticism has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Believer, where he
has a column exploring the Nobel Prize in Literature titled “What The Swedes Read.” He
recently wrote the inaugural dispatch for The Wall Street Journal’s new monthly feature on literary cocktails,
“Message in a Bottle,” and the foreword for Tin House’s reissue of Bernard DeVoto’s The Hour. Handler has
worked as a screenwriter on the adaptation of A Series Of Unfortunate Events, as well as the independent films
Rick, based on Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto, and Kill The Poor.
In a recent interview with PEN American Center, he said, “My parents claim that when I was six years old I
was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, and my answer was that I wanted to be an old man who lived
at the top of a mountain giving advice. If this story is true—and my parents are unreliable narrators—then
there was a time in my life when I did not want to be a writer. But I do not remember such a time. I do not
remember a time when I was not writing things down. I do not remember a time when I was reading without
thinking of how I could poach the tricks of my favorite writers. All I have ever wanted was to be in the com-
pany of literature.”
In 2014, Daniel established, in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), the Lemony Snicket
Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity, which was awarded in Las Vegas in June.
Daniel is a graduate of Wesleyan University, and lives in his native San Francisco with his wife, illustrator
Lisa Brown, and their son.
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New This Year!
Hospitality Room Sponsored by Boyce Systems in the Presidential Suite
(room 480 in the Tower)
Monday, Nov. 16 and Tuesday, Nov. 17
6 p.m. - Midnight
Boyce Systems will provide snacks, as well as, a variety of liquors, wines, beers, and
mixed drinks made to order. They will also offer an assortment of soft drinks. Boyce will supply all for free.,
including alcoholic drinks. Boyce will also provide cards for Euchre for those interested in playing.
Boyce Systems, founded in 1899, specializes in governmental software systems. Their Keystone Software is an
Indiana leader in providing Fund Accounting, Payroll Processing with online Paystubs and W2s and Fixed Asset
Management. Their products and services enhance productivity, save time, money and reduce paper waste for
Indiana cities, towns, libraries and schools. Visit their website www.boycesystems.com or e-mail
sales@boycesystems.com for more information.
President’s Wine and Cheese Reception Sponsored by Follett - Veterans Hall 1
Tuesday, Nov. 17
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Follett has been a trusted partner to Pre-K and K-12 schools, districts, and college campuses for more than 140
years, taking care of the critical details that make it easier for schools to run, teachers to teach and students to
learn. Every day, they serve over half of the students in the United States, and work with 80,000 schools as a
leading provider of education technology, services and print and digital content. They are higher education’s larg-
est campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as they operate more than 940 local campus stores
and over 1,300 virtual stores across the continent.
Digital Library Playground in Harrison
Wednesday, Nov. 18: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Connect with school and youth librarians while learning about innovative technologies
and resources that support student development of information literacy skills. This is a
learn-and-go event, meaning you can stop by for a few minutes to check out what is
being shared and move on. Make sure you stop by again as volunteers will rotate with
new ideas coming in each hour!
Coversation Lounge
Willkie
Tuesday, Nov. 17: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18: 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Harrison
Tuesday, Nov. 17: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
A Conversation Lounge will be set up in Willkie both Tuesday and Wednesday for networking, discussions,
and for those just needing a break during the day. Laptops will also be set up in the room for attendees to
use to check email or to fill out the online breakout session surveys (which can be found on our Sched app at
http://2015ilfannualconference.sched.org/. Feel free to stop by and check it out!
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Welcome to the Marriott East
The Marriott includes four ballrooms and one exhibit hall, and 26 meeting rooms for a total of 75,000 sq. feet
of space. Start your day off satisfied with gourmet coffee and baked goods at Skylight Java Cafe. For lunch or
dinner, indulge at the Indianapolis hotel's Skylight Bistro & Wine Bar, serving a Farm to Fork menu with
rotating local craft beers. Forget your toothbrush? No problem. The Marriott East has a small store located
on the first floor. During downtime, get some sun in the courtyard, take a dip in the indoor/outdoor pool, or
work up a sweat in the fitness center (See map on page 7 for locations).
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Presenter: Constance Ard
The Value Dilemma: Using Data
and Metrics to Demonstrate Lead-
ership and Express Worth (Monday,
Nov. 16 at 10 a.m.)
The Value Dilemma: Key Compo-
nents Used to Express Worth to Leadership (Tuesday,
Nov. 17 at 8 a.m.)
Constance Ard is an information professional with nearly 20
years of library experience. She offers business information and
content management solutions through her consulting prac-
tice Answer Maven. Before launching the consulting practice,
Constance served as a law librarian for 12 years. She received
her MSLIS from the University of Kentucky in 1995. Constance
has developed a strong background in management and research
as well as project management. She specializes in working with
organizations to assess information problems, user needs and ex-
pectations and offer solutions to improve and leverage company
expertise to solve those problems. In the past 18 months much
of the work of Answer Maven has focused on the best practices
related to evaluating and expressing the worth of library and
information services within organizations. She has spoken on
topics from legal research for non-legal researchers to e-Discov-
ery preparation and big data text analytics. She is also the author
of three books, including her most recent publication, Corporate
Libraries Basic Principles in a Changing Landscape.
Presenter: Carol Bean
Best Health and Science
Resources for Libraries
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m.)
Carol Bean is the technology coordinator for
the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network
of Libraries of Medicine, through the Library of the Health Sci-
ences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Carol has a varied
background in libraries, with experience in a hospital library,
law library, public library, court library, and the U.S. Department
of State. Her passion for technology has spilled over into each
of her jobs, from initiating and supervising development of
the Mousing Around Tutorial and the Getting Started series of
computer classes for novice older adults while at the Palm Beach
County Library System, to supervising migration of the U.S.
11th Circuit Court library’s intranet site to Drupal. Carol is one
of the founding editors of the Code4Lib Journal, an open access
journal dedicated to the intersection of libraries and technol-
ogy, and has been a speaker at several national and international
conferences. As the technology coordinator for the GMR,
an educational and outreach arm of the National Library of
Medicine, Carol develops strategies to support improved access
to electronic health information resources for librarians, health
professionals, and the public.
Presenter: Stacy Brown
Bytes of Technology: Discover Recipes
for Collaboration
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.)
Reading ReKindled: Integrating
Technology into Book Clubs
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m.)
Stacy is the 21st Century Learning Coordinator at The Davis
Academy in Atlanta, GA, where she manages two media centers
in a kindergarten prep through eighth grade academic environ-
ment. Recognized for facilitating the integration of technol-
ogy into the curriculum, Stacy leads #MakerMonday for PreK
through fifth grade, teaches a fourth grade programming & ro-
botics class, developed a fifth grade entrepreneurship and tech-
nology course, and leads teachers’ professional development in
the area of technology integration. Stacy earned her MLS from
Florida State University and her BA from The University of
Texas at Austin. Stacy has led many initiatives focusing on 21st
century learning skills. She inspires a thoughtful use of technol-
ogy, an enthusiasm for reading, and a lifelong interest in learning
through both her personal and professional achievements.
Presenter: Lauren Burnett
Revitalize Connection: Articulate Your
Value to Business Community
(Monday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.)
Put on Your Oxygen Mask First: Balance
Work-Life and Cope with Compassion
Fatigue (Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.)
Why Can’t Everyone be Just Like Me? Access your
Communication Style to Ease Relationship Tension
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.)
Lauren Burnett is principal of the Center for Inner Quality, a
Cleveland-based training, coaching and consulting organiza-
tion with national presence. She is a certified business coach
through the World Wide Association of Coaches, a facilitator of
Emotional Intelligence Professional Education and Behavioral
Chande Model created by Q-Metrics and Dr. Robert Cooper, the
author executive EQ, and a certified Pre-Cognitive Re-Educator.
She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Ohio State,
Tri-C, Kent State and Cleveland State University. Lauren has ap-
peared on TV and radio speaking on human potential develop-
ment and has written numerous articles in newspapers and trade
publications.
Highlighted Speakers
11. 9
Highlighted Speakers
Presenter: Kristen Chinery
The Impact of Workplace Change
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m.)
Kristen Chinery is the reference archivist at the
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State Uni-
versity, MI. She is responsible for managing all
aspects of manuscript reference services. Ms. Chinery previously
served as the Reuther’s Librarian, where she was responsible for
secondary source and non-manuscript primary source collec-
tions, which included books, periodicals, labor contracts, and
pamphlets. She received a MA in History, MLIS and Archival
Administration Certificate from Wayne State University, and a
BA in History from Adrian College. Ms. Chinery is the im-
mediate past president of the Michigan Archival Association,
and serves on the Steering Committee of the Regional Archival
Associations Consortium, an affiliate of the Society of American
Archivists.
Presenter: Carmen Cruz
Protecting and Educating Consumers:
CFPB’s Community Financial Educa-
tion Program and Money Smart Week
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m.)
Carmen Cruz is part of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s
(CFPB) Founders Club, starting her career with the CFPB as an
investigator in the Consumer Response Division and then be-
coming a member of the Consumer Response Product Develop-
ment department for two years, managing projects and launching
new products for the CFPB. Today, Carmen is a program analyst
in the Office of Financial Education. Carmen manages internal
and external stakeholder relationships as well at intragovernmen-
tal agency relationships. Carmen specializes in outreach to the
Limited English Proficient (LEP) Community and is part of the
Community Financial Education Program, where she serves the
North East and LEP communities nationwide. Prior to CFPB,
Carmen worked with the FDIC. She brings her skills of relation-
ship management and many years in the housing, mortgage and
financial industry.
Presenter: Nick Glass
Building Relationships School-Wide
Around Books & Authors: A BYOD
Interactive Session
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 1:30 p.m.)
Strengthening Connections to Books
with Teaching Books
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m.)
Nick is the founder and degree director of TeachingBooks.net.
He has a MAEducational Policy and in the history of multi-
cultural education. He has published in many school library
journals, and presented to thousands of librarians and teachers.
He has served on a handful of book award committees, includ-
ing the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Book Award. He is
currently serving on the jury for both the Silbert Informational
Medal and the Green Earth Book Award.
Presenter: Carol Jean Godby
Two Ways are Better than One: Describ-
ing Library Resources with BIBFRAME
and Schema.org ( Wedneday, Nov. 18 at
9:30 a.m.)
Jean Godby has directed projects with a
focus on automated content analysis that
produce research prototypes, open source software, improve-
ments to national and international standards, and enhance-
ments to OCLC’s products, services, and data architecture.
She has a Ph.D. in linguistics from Ohio State University. Her
work on mapping library standards for bibliographic descrip-
tion is widely known to librarians and publishers. Since 2012,
she has been the leader of a cross-division team at OCLC
whose charter is to develop a next-generation data architec-
ture based on the principles of linked data.
Presenter: Valerie Gross
Who We Are, What We Do, Why it
Matters: Our Distinctive Purpose
(Monday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.)
Valerie J. Gross, MM, MLS, JD, has served as
President & CEO of Howard County Library System (HCLS),
MD since 2001. Developing a new vision for libraries, Valerie
has worked with HCLS Board, staff, funders, elected officials,
and the community to implement the “Libraries=Education”
approach. She has delivered 60+ keynotes, workshops, seminars,
and webinars, drawing the participation and input of thousands
of library professionals from 45 states and more than a dozen
countries around the world. Combining these experiences, Val-
erie wrote Transforming Our Image, Building Our Brand:The Education
Advantage. For implementing the “Libraries=Education” ap-
proach HCLS was recognized in 2013 as Library of the Year by
Gale and Library Journal.
Presenter: Jeanne Holba Puacz
Sharing Since Before it was Cool:
Libraries and the Sharing Economy
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 9:30 a.m.)
Jeanne Holba Puacz has been a librarian
for more than 20 years and has practiced
reference in academic, corporate, school and
public libraries (and even on a construction
site!). She has taught reference for IU SLIS and has been teach-
ing reference in the University of Illinois’ LEEP program since
2004.
Highlighted Speakers
12. 10
Presenter: John Keister
Ready, Set, Hire! Are You Prepared to
hire Your Next Director?
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 8 a.m.)
As an executive search consultant of Keister
and Associates, John Keister has over 28 years
of experience identifying management and leadership traits in
candidates for executive roles in the private sector and libraries.
He has served as a trustee and president on public library boards.
John also provides customized coaching and training to help
library boards become more efficient and effective.
Presenter: Mindy McGinnis
Using Social Media to Strengthen Con-
nections Between Young Readers and
Writers (Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m.)
Mindy graduated from Otterbein College with
a degree in English Lit. and Religion. She has
worked in a school library for 13 years, leading
to her career path as a young adult author. Her debut novel, Not
a Drop to Drink was nominated as a Choose to Read Ohio title
for 2014 and the movie rights were recently optioned by Fickle
Fish Films, the production company owned by Twilight author
Stephenie Meyer. Her upcoming novel, A Madness So Discreet,
is a Gothic historical thriller set in an insane asylum which was
released in October 2015.
Mindy is also an avid blogger, posting six days a week to her per-
sonal blog, Writer, Writer Pants on Fire, which features interviews
with agents, established authors, and debut authors. She also
contributes to the group blogs From the Write Angle, Book Pregnant,
Friday the Thirteeners, The Lucky 13s, and The League of Extraordinary
Writers.
Presenter: John Moorman
Strengthening Connections: Library
Board/Director Partnerships Key to
Successful Library Operations
(Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m.)
John was a director of public libraries and
multi-type libraries in North Carolina, Texas, Il-
linois and Virginia from 1975-2013. He is a past
president of the Virginia Library Association and has been active
in state and national library associaitons since 1974. He served
on the ALA Council from 2009-2015 and on the ALA Executive
Board from 2012-2015. He is a consultant having served libraries
since 1982 in Florida, Illinois, Texas and Virginia. He authored
chapters and is the editor of the first and second edition of Run-
ning a Small Library; A How-To-Do-It Manual. The second edition
was published by ALA Press in the Spring of 2015.
Presenter: Alexandra Orchard
The Impact of Workplace Change
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m.)
Alexandra Orchard, is the technical and metada-
ta archivist at the Reuther Library, Wayne State
University, MI. She is responsible for technical services including
creating and updating workflows, metadata standards, collection
management policies and procedures, and is presently overseeing
the Reuther’s move to ArchivesSpace. Alexandria is the Society
of American Archivists (SAA) Reviews Portal Coordinator, Men-
toring Subcommittee member, and immediate past co-chair and
current Steering Committee member of the Women Archivists
Roundtable.
Alexandra received her MLIS and Archival Certificate from
Wayne State University, and has a background in English, art, and
computer science. Alexandra’s research interests include labor,
women, pop culture, and archival theory and technologies and
she has presented at SAA, MAC, and MAA.
Presenter: Trenton Smiley
Marketing with a Smile
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 1:30 p.m.)
Trenton has an MBA in marketing and 15
years of experience gained through positions
with Capital Area District Library (CADL), the Genesee District
Library and the Detroit Public Library. Throughout his career,
Trenton has successfully linked library programs and services to
the lifestyle of his targeted audiences. He has also been a master
in building marketing alliances and generating corporate and
media support, valued at nearly $1 million dollars to date.
Presenter: Laura Solomon
Absolutely Free (and Practically
Unknown) Online Tools You Didn’t
Know You Needed
(Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m.)
Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS, is the library
services manager for the Ohio Public Library
Information Network, and the former Web applications manager
for the Cleveland Public Library. She is a 2010 Library Journal
“Mover and Shaker,” and the author of two books about libraries
and social media, published by the American Library Associa-
tion. As a former children’s librarian, she enjoys bringing the
“fun of technology” to audiences, and in giving librarians the
tools they need to serve the virtual customer.
Highlighted Speakers
13. 11
S. A. Bodeen
S.A. Bodeen grew up on a dairy farm in Wis-
consin. She graduated from UW-River Falls
with a degree in Secondary Ed., then joined
the Peace Corps with her husband and went
to Tanzania, East Africa. Her first picture
book, Elizabeti’s Doll (written as Stephanie
Stuve-Bodeen) was published in 1998, fol-
lowed by six other picture books. Her first YA
novel written as S.A. Bodeen, the award-winning The Compound,
came out from Feiwel and Friends in 2008. The novel count is
up to five, with two more releasing in 2015. She has lived in eight
states, two African countries, and an insular possession. Current-
ly, she lives in the Midwest with her husband and two daughters.
Troy Cummings
Troy Cummings has been writing and
illustrating since he was a little kid. Among
other things, he’s the creator of Giddy-Up,
Daddy!, the tale of a man mistaken for a horse, and The Notebook
of Doom, an early-reader chapter book series about a kid who
moves to a town full of monsters. Troy lives in Greencastle, IN
with his nice family and mean cat.
Jef Czekaj
Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, children’s book
author, illustrator, musician and 2014 YHBA
Picture Book winner.
He has illustrated four books, and written and
illustrated five picture books and one graphic novel. His books,
Hip and Hop, Don’t Stop!, Cat Secrets, The Circulatory Story, and Yes,
Yes, Yaul!, were all chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. Cat
Secrets was a finalist in GoodReads Best Books of 2011 and A
Call for a New Alphabet was named a “Must-Read” book by the
Massachusetts Center for the Book.
His comic, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon
Magazine for more than 10 years. A collection of the first three
years of the comic was published with the help of a Xeric Foun-
dation Grant and distributed by Top Shelf. Jef lives and works in
Somerville, Mass. BTW, Czekaj is pronounced “check-eye!”
Richard Paul Evans
When Richard was a 29-year-old advertising
copywriter he wrote a Christmas book for his
two young daughters. That book, The Christmas
Box, became an international bestseller with
more than 8 million copies in print and the #1
television movie of the year. After its success,
Richard became a full time writer. Since then he
has sold more than 17 million books, written 26 novels and four
of his books have been made into television movies. In 2011
he began writing his first Young Adult series called Michael Vey
about a teenager with electric powers, which went on to be a #1
New York Times bestseller.
When he isn’t writing, Richard loves to spend time at his ranch
in southern Utah where he paintballs, drives four wheelers, and
makes the world’s best crepes.
Alan Gratz
Alan Gratz’s first novel, Samurai Shortstop, was
named one of the ALA’s 2007 Top Ten Best
Books for Young Adults. His second novel,
Something Rotten, was a 2008 ALA Quick Pick
for Young Adult Readers, and was followed by
a sequel, Something Wicked, in October 2008.
His first middle grade novel, The Brooklyn Nine, was one of the
ALA’s Top Ten Sports Books for Youth, and was followed in
2011 by Fantasy Baseball. His latest novels are Starfleet Academy:
The Assassination Game and Prisoner B-3087. His short fiction has
appeared in Knoxville’s Metropulse magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s
Mystery Magazine, and in the anthologies Half-Minute Horrors and
Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, which benefits victims of the
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Alan was born and raised in Knoxville, Tenn., home of the 1982
World’s Fair. Alan attended the University of Tennessee, where
he earned a College Scholars degree with a specialization in cre-
ative writing, and, later, a MA in English education. He now lives
with his wife Wendi and his daughter Jo in the high country of
Western North Carolina, where he enjoys reading, eating pizza,
and, perhaps not too surprisingly, watching baseball.
Lex Hrabe
Lex Hrabe received a BA in Drama and English
from the University of Virginia. On the path to
being a novelist, he’s been a farmhand, a bar-
tender, a library assistant, an executive assistant,
a personal assistant, an unwitting assistant at a
thinly-veiled criminal enterprise, a very nervous
waiter, a pizza delivery guy, a furniture mover,
an actor in commercials you can YouTube, and a screenwriter.
He lives in Virginia with his wife and two daughters.
Authors
14. 12
Katie McGarry
2014 Eliot Rosewater Book Honor Book
awardee Katie McGarry was a teenager during
the age of grunge and boy bands and remem-
bers those years as the best and worst of her
life. She is a lover of music, happy endings and
reality television, and she is a secret Univer-
sity of Kentucky basketball fan. Her books
included, Pushing the Limits, Breaking the Rules, Nowhere But Here,
Red at Night, and many others.
Mindy McGinnis - Please refer to bio on
page 10.
James Madison
James H. Madison is the Thomas and Kathryn
Miller Professor of History Emeritus at Indi-
ana University Bloomington. His books include
Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885-1977; Slinging Doughnuts
for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II;
The Indiana Way: A State History; and A Lynching
in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America. Madison serves on
the boards of Indiana Humanities and the Indiana Historical
Society and is a member of the Indiana Bicentennial Commis-
sion. He began teaching Indiana history in 1976 and has lectured
and consulted widely on Indiana topics.
Saundra Mitchell
Saundra Mitchell is the author of Shadowed Sum-
mer, The Vespertine, The SpringSweet, The Elemen-
tals, and Mistwalker. She’s also the editor of the
YA anthology Defy the Dark.
Writing as Jessa Holbrook, she published her first romantic con-
temporary YA, While You’re Away. Her first YA novel, Wild writ-
ing as Alex Mallory, came out in 2014. Shadowed Summer was the
2010 winner of The Society of Midland Authors Book Award
for Children’s Fiction and a 2010 Edgar® Award Nominee. It
was chosen as a Junior Library Guild election and an ALAN Pick
in 2009.
Mike Mullin
Mike Mullin’s first job was scraping the gum
off the undersides of desks at his high school.
From there, things went steadily downhill. He
almost got fired by the owner of a bookstore
due to his poor taste in earrings. He said that
he worked at a place that showed slides of dirty
diapers during lunch (it did cut down on the cafeteria budget).
The hazing process at the next company included eating live ter-
mites raised by the resident entomologist, so that didn’t last long
either. For a while Mike juggled bottles at a wine shop, some-
times to disastrous effect. Oh, and then there was the job where
swarms of wasps occasionally tried to chase him off ladders. So
he’s really hoping this writing thing works out.
Mike holds a black belt in Songahm Taekwondo. He lives in
Indianapolis with his wife and her three cats. Ashfall was his first
novel.
Barbara Olenyik Marrow
A native of St. Louis, Mo., Barbara Olenyik
Morrow is a transplanted Hoosier. She at-
tended Indiana University in Bloomington,
where she received her BA and MA in journal-
ism. She is the author of six books. Her most
recent is Hardwood Glory: A Life of John Wooden, which focuses
on the Hoosier roots of the man considered to be the greatest
coach of the 20th century. Barbara is also the author of Nature’s
Storyteller: The Life of Gene Stratton-Porter, a young adult biography
of the famous Indiana novelist and naturalist who championed
wildlife causes in the early 20th century. In addition, Barbara has
written two well-reviewed children’s picture books, Mr. Mosquito
Put on His Tuxedo and A Good Night for Freedom. She and her hus-
band Douglas have four grown sons.
Sarah J. Schmitt
Sarah Schmitt, author of It’s a Wonderful
Death, has BA degrees in political science and
psychology as well as an MA in higher educa-
tion administration, but she has always loved
writing fiction. She is a K-8 school librarian
and youth service professional for teens at her
public library. Sarah currently lives with her
husband and two kidlets near Indianapolis, IN.
Authors
15. 13
Author Signing Schedule
Authors
Barbara Shoup
The award-winning author has been recog-
nized with multiple honors for her work, and
in August, she will release her eighth novel
Looking for Jack Kerouac.
Barbara is the author of seven other novels, including Night
Watch, Wish You Were Here, Stranded in Harmony, Faithful Women,
Vermeer’s Daughter, Everything You Want and An American Tune. She
is the executive director of the Indiana Writers Center and the
co-author of Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative
Process and Story Matters: Contemporary Short Story Writers Share the
Creative Process.
She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a BA
in elementary education and MA in secondary education. She
taught creative writing to high school students for more than 20
years. Barbara has lived in Indiana all her life. She is married with
two daughters and two grandchildren.
Thomas Voorhies
Thomas Voorhies received a BFA in
illustration from the Rhode Island School of
Design. He currently lives in Los Angeles,
where he paces around in a loft downtown, writing, painting,
watching movies, andlistening to comedy. He spends the rest of
his time silently watching people or joking around.
Dan Wakefield
Dan Wakefield’s novels include the bestsell-
ers Going All The Way and Starting Over, which
were both produced as feature films. His novel
Under The Apple Tree: A World War II Home
Front Novel is published this fall in a new edition by Hawthorne
Books. Wakefield’s memoirs include New York in the Fifties, which
was made as a documentary film of the same name, and his
memoir Returning: A Spiritual Journey was called by Bill Moyers
“One of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever
read.” He created the NBC prime time series “James at Fifteen,”
and wrote the screenplay of his novel “Going All The Way,”
starring Ben Affleck. He edited and wrote the introduction for
Kurt Vonnegut Letters.
Time Tuesday, November 17 Time Wednesday, November 18
Daniel Handler Troy Cummings
Liz Perona Dombrosky Katie McGarry
Tony Perona Mike Mullin
Dan Wakefield Saundra Mitchell
Barbara Morrow Lex Hrabe
Thomas Voorhies
Jeff Czekaj Alan Gratz
Richard Paul Evans Sarah Schmitt
James Madison Katie McGarry
Mindy McGinnis 2:20 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Barbara Shoup
Dan Wakefield
S.A. Bodeen
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 p.m.
2:20 p.m. - 3 p.m.
16. 14
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1458 E 19th St. Hilbert Circle Theatre
Indianapolis, IN 46218 45 Monument Circle
(317) 636-6433 Indianapolis, IN 46204
Sun King Brewery
135 N College Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 602-3702
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17. 15
Silent Auction
All proceeds from the ILF Silent Auction go to fund the William Gresh Memorial Scholarship.
Check out all the wonderful items at the Silent Auction tables located in the Atrium,
across from Registration. Items can be paid for at the silent auction table immediately following the closing
of auction.
Silent Auction bids close at 2:40 p.m. each day.
Winners announced at 2:45 p.m. each day in Exhibit Hall.
SILENT AUCTION
ITEM
DESCRIPTIONS DONOR VALUE
#1 Bag of beer related
items
Sun King Brewery $100
#2 Gift card to Lowes Major Tool and
Machine, Inc.
$25
#3 Gift card to Home
Depot
Major Tool and
Machine, Inc
$25
#4 iTunes Gift card Major Tool and
Machine, Inc.
$25
#5 iTunes Gift card Major Tool and
Machine, Inc.
$25
#6 Strawberry
Shortcake birthday
basket
Wells Co. Public
Library
$40
#7 Cooking basket Wells Co. Public
Library
$62
#8 Framed art print Susan Akers $20
#9 Fab Four (Beatles)
basket
Susan Akers $65
#10 Winter Fun Basket Susan Akers $40
#11 David Catrow signed
books basket
Laura Frondorf $
#12 Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra
tickets
ISO $80
#13 Children’s quilted
coverlet
Marilyn Akers $75
#14 Librarian/Coffee
Lovers basket
Marsha Riggs $50
#15 One photography
session w/Michelle
Foley
Michelle Foley $250
#16 Rosie book basket Colette Huxford $
#17 Verse Novel Lovers
basket
Colette Huxford $
#18 Will Hillenbrand
signed books basket
Laura Frondorf $
#19 Basket of books,
dvds, etc.
Baker & Taylor $150
#20 Pacers tickets Pacers $
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Monday At-A-Glance
*Please note that these sessions must have been pre-registered.
See pages 19-20 for session descriptions.
Pre-Conference Schedule: Monday, November 16
Rooms Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D Salon E
Session 1
9 AM – 12 PM
Managing and Evaluating
Employee Behavior
Beka Lemons
Wine Tasting, Beer Making,
and Literary Pub Crawls:
Holding Spirited Events at
your Library
Scott Tracey, Joanna Carter,
Kate Bragg, Michelle
Bradley, Corporal Brandon
Thomas, Jeannette Merritt
Session 2
10 AM – 12 PM
The Value Dilemma:
Using Data and Metrics
to Demonstrate
Leadership and Express
Worth
Constance Ard
Session 3
11 AM – 1 PM
Understanding Assessed
Values/Budgeting & Debt
Management
Belvia Gray, Paige
Sansone, Loren Mathews
Session 4
12 PM – 5 PM Makerspaces: Revolutionizing
in School Libraries
Leslie Preddy
Session 5
2 PM – 5 PM
Revitalize Connection:
Articulate Your Value to
Business Community
Lauren Burnett
Who We Are, What We Do,
Why It Matters: Our
Distinctive Purpose
Valerie Gross
Keys to Successful RDA
Book Cataloging
Andrea Morrison
21. 19
Registration Opens
7:30 a.m.
Pre-Conference Breakout Session 1
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Managing and Evaluating Employee Behavior
(3 LEUs/PGPs)
This energetic, interactive session will be an in-depth guide
to managing employee behavior and providing performance
evaluations. Get practical tips and strategies for dealing with
your employee performance issues and learn how to:
• Recognize and understand behavior problems
• Motivate your best employees
• Communicate so people will listen
• Coach your employees to avoid behavior issues
• Create a progressive discipline system that works
• Evaluate employees based on behaviors
• choose between a merit-based or scale-based
compensation structure
Presenter(s): Beka Lemons, Huntington City-Twp.
Public Library
Room: Salon A
Wine Tasting, Beer Making, and Literary Pub
Crawls: Holding “Spirited” Events at Your
Library (3 LEUs/PGPs)
If your library wants to bring in new audiences, promote local
tourism, or provide educational and cultural opportunities
that would include wine, beer or other spirits, this workshop
is for you. Attendees will learn how to convince the board,
comply with state laws, get proper licensing and keep it legal!
A panel of librarians will share great programming ideas
featuring “spirits.” Also, State Excise police will answer your
licensing questions and Jeannette Merritt, Purdue Wine Grape
Team, will discuss the educational, tourism and economic de-
velopment impacts of promoting Indiana wine in your events
and take you through an educational wine tasting experience.
Presenter(s): Scott Tracey, West Lafayette Public Library;
Joanna Carter and Kate Bragg, Plainfield Public Library;
Michelle Bradley, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services;
Corporal Brandon Thomas, Indiana State Excise Police and
Jeannette Merritt, Indiana Wine Grape Council
Room: Salon B
Pre-Conference Breakout Session 2
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Value Dilemma: Using Data and Metrics to
Demonstrate Leadership and Express Worth
(2 LEUs/PGPs)
In today’s libraries and information centers, competition
for funding is the reality. Expressing the worth and value
of information services to your community’s leadership is
challenging. This workshop will break down best practices
and create an outline for you to apply in communicating your
story of worth within your own organization. The workshop
will:
• Highlight methods of defining key metrics
• Examine best practices in defining and implementing
your value process
• Share key communication practices for interaction with
organizational leadership
Presenter(s): Constance Ard, CEO Answer Maven, Senior
Consultant at HBR Consulting, Louisville, KY
Room: Salon C
Pre-Conference Breakout Session 3
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Understanding Assessed Values AND
Budgeting and Debt Management (This session
is FREE for ILF members and directors with
library memberships!) (2 LEUs/PGPs)
Understanding Assessed Values -
In this session, participants will learn about the components
of assessed values and the various deductions and
exemptions that affect the assessed value upon which taxes
are paid. Participants will also learn about the timing of when
assessed values are calculated and the importance of assessed
value in determining circuit breaker tax credits.
Budgeting and Debt Management -
In this session, participants will get an overview of the
budget process, including how to build a budget and review
the 1782 Notice (budget). In addition, there will be a discus-
sion on best practices in terms of future budget and capital
planning.
Presenter(s): Belvia Gray, Loren Matthes and Paige Sansone,
Umbaugh
Room: Salon D
Pre-Conference Schedule: Monday, November 16
22. 20
Pre-Conference Breakout Session 4
12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Makerspaces: Revolutionizing in School Libraries
(workshop) (5 LEUs/PGPs)
Our students’ needs, interests, talents, and attentions continu-
ally evolve. School librarians are progressive and pro-active,
and adept at adapting to create new ways to connect to
patrons and re-envision the facility to better facilitate changes
in our patrons. Considering the new wave of participatory
learners and the change in schools to more student-led learn-
ing, the impact on engaging patrons in school libraries is
tremendous, making the library a destination.
One hot topic hitting public and school libraries is maker-
spaces where students (and sometimes staff and parents)
create, problem solve, and develop thinking. Participants
will learn about makerspaces. Concepts will be explained,
followed by implementation guidance, hands-on experi-
ences, and ideas shared which can be used as-is or revised
and adapted to suit your library. Participants will walk away
inspired with ways to create an affordable, realistic maker-
space with a few inspiring project ideas they can immediately
understand, get excited about, and implement right away.
Presenter(s): Leslie Preddy, Perry Meridian Middle School
Room: Salon E
Pre-Conference Breakout Session 5
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Revitalize Connection: Articulate your Value to
Business Community (3 LEUs/PGPs)
Sometimes people say, “Our library is the community’s best
kept secret.” Let’s get the word out about the value of your
library. Apply the connection of brain science to market-
ing and “speak to your market” by talking their language.
Learn how to see the library from a business perspective and
articulate what you offer in terms of “what’s in it for them.”
Whether you are talking one-on-one or with groups, organize
and support your points in engaging ways as you learn to
paint pictures of your library’s “value in action” and appeal
to their logic and emotion. Plus take away a process to cre-
ate signature value sound bites to promote programs/events
within your library.
Presenter(s): Lauren Burnett, Founder, Center for Inner
Quality, Cleveland, OH
Room: Salon A
Who We Are, What We Do, Why it Matters: Our
Distinctive Purpose (3 LEUs/PGPs)
Participate in a lively, interactive session to experience a vision
that is ushering in a new era for libraries everywhere. The
strategy will make you, your library, and our profession indis-
pensable for centuries to come. Valerie Gross will include a
combination of the interactive presentations, group exercises,
audience participation, discussion, and Q & A.
Presenter(s): Valerie Gross, Howard County Public Library,
Columbia, MD
Room: Salon B
Keys to Successful RDA Book Cataloging
(3 LEUs/PGPs)
Successful RDA cataloging requires an understanding of ad-
vanced monographic cataloging standards and practices. This
pre-conference will cover book, e-Book, and reproduction
cataloging examples and best practices with time for hands-
on exercises. The presenter will cover what is new in RDA
and will also focus on connecting works to works, clarifying
other relationships, and creating linking fields. Time will be
reserved at the end to answer your book cataloging challeng-
es! Bring your books or surrogates. A basic understanding
of RDA cataloging and the MARC format is required.
Presenter(s): Andrea Morrison, Indiana University
Bloomington
Room: Salon C
Pre-Conference Schedule: Monday, November 16
23. 21
Poster Presentation Abstracts
Congratulations to the 2015 Poster Presenters
Please visit the 2015 Poster Presentations located inside of the Exhibit Hall (Liberty Hall).
Participants will be honored Wednesday during the 10:30am “no conflict time” outside the Exhibit Hall.
Thank you to our Poster Session Committee!
Poster Session Committee
Melissa Ringle, Northwest Allen County Schools/Carroll High School
Theresa Stoller, Fort Wayne Community Schools
Kevin Connolly, IUPUI University Library
Ashley Blinstrub, University of Southern Indiana/David L. Rice Library
Nina Collins, Indiana Tech University/McMillen Library
Scott Tracey, West Lafayette Public Library
The IndyPL Seed Library
by Melissa Wooton, Glendale Branch, Indianapolis Public Library
Sustainability, eating organic foods, eating locally, and
urban farming are all very popular in our service area (and
nationwide). Working with patron and Master Gardener
Jo Ann Klooz, the Glendale Branch opened a Seed Library
this past April, so that patrons could try gardening for
the first time or try growing new seeds with the support
of master gardeners and library resources. Patrons may
check out packets of seeds to plant in their home gardens,
and are welcome to save seeds to “return” at the end of
the season. We worked with several community partners
(Purdue Extension Master Gardeners, Indy Urban Acres
and Fall Creek Gardens, among others) to plan the seed
library and programs to support it. We submitted a fund-
ing proposal to the IndyPL Library Foundation to pur-
chase start-up seeds and re-packaging materials. A team
of Master Gardener volunteers organized the seeds for the
seed library, presented programs and volunteered in the
library to answer patron questions. Patron interest has been
very high – 1,113 seed packets were checked out in the first
six weeks and feedback on programs and the IndyPL Seed
Library have been very enthusiastic.
The Big Weed: A work in progress (now and forever)
by Rachel Parrott, Jefferson County Library
Weeding is an important component of collection main-
tenance. The informed and selective deselection of books
and other materials prevents a public library collection
from becoming outdated, unattractive, and unwanted by
the community the collection exists to serve. A library that
weeds judiciously is easier to browse with materials that are
generally easier to find for staff and library users.
Jefferson County Public Library began a weeding project
in February 2015 in order to revitalize the adult collection
at the Madison library and to improve circulation at the
Hanover branch library. Other goals include making use of
limited space and improving overall circulation.
Since its inception, approximately 5,500 items have un-
dergone deselection from the collection. Many of these
are outdated editions, duplicate titles, and items that have
circulated one time or less across their lifetime. The major-
ity of the weeded books have come from adult nonfiction
(67%) with DVDs, paperback fiction, reference materials
and western fiction accounting for much of the remainder
(27%).
The library utilizes Evergreen reports for the creation of
weeding lists, followed by inspection of these items to
determine whether or not to retain them in the collection.
The project has not yet reached completion.
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Tuesday Schedule: Tuesday, November 17TuesdayAt-A-Glance
*See session descriptions on p. 24-35
See page 7 for a conference facility map.
Room Salon A Salon B Salon C Salon D Salon E Salon 1 Salon 2
Session1
8 -8:50a.m.
HaveILS, WillTravel!:
Takingcirculation
beyondthedeskand
out of theworkroom
StephanieDavis
KathrynLorton
CarriePedigo
ConnectionHomeRun
- HittingDigitalAccess
Cards Out of the
SchoolBallpark
IngridNorris
CarolynStrickland
Andrew Teeple
GetStuff Here…Helping
SchoolLibraries
Everywhere
RobinSowder
Writingfor theWeb
ElaineMeyer
Strengtheningthe
Power of PublicFunds
throughInvestments,
Insurance, and
Funding
CindyBarger, Diana
Moers Davis,Ron
Mangus, andMatt
Zimmerman
EverythingYouEver
WantedtoKnow About
SRCS*(*But Were
AfraidtoAsk)
StevenSchmidt
Friends Talk
SylviaWatson
Continued
Keynote: 9a.m. –10a.m. DanielHandler (VeteransHall)
Session2
(50min.sessions)
11 -11:50
a.m.
(90min.sessions)
11a.m. –
12:30p.m.
Emerging
Technologies:The
Trends thatConnect
Libraries andPatrons.
Jennifer Herron
TheDigital
Underground(Likethe
Bandbut Better)
Curtis Hartwell
Tyler Munn
Bytes of Technology:
Discover Recipes for
Collaboration
StacyBrown
StrengtheningKnowledge
Connections:Authority
ControlinLibrary
Catalogs, Present &
Future
Spencer Anspach
JenniferLiss
AaronSmith
ConnectingProblems
toSolutions:Helpful,
SimpleTools for
Problem Solving
JohnBorneman
(90min.session)
LillyEndowment
Teacher Creativity
Fellowship:IWON -
YOU CAN, TOO!
KarenWebb
Put onYour Oxygen
MaskFirst:Balance
Work-LifeandCope
withCompassion
Fatigue
LaurenBurnett
Continued
Session3
1:30 –2:20
p.m.
Strengtheningthe
SmallBranchLibrary
Building
DavidIvey
ErinJennings
KevinMontgomery
MakingConnections:
theClarkCounty
VisualHistoryProject
AllisonFredrickson
LindaGodsey
EdenKuhlenschmidt
We’reNot inKansas
Anymore.Transforming
Your Libraryintoa
DigitalWonderland
MonicaCougan
StrengtheningFaculty
Connections toEmbed
StrategicLibrary
Instruction
NinaCollins
MelissaRingle
Right Sizeyour Library
Collection
DebLambert
It Takes aVillage:
Collaboratingwith
Classroom Teachers for
InformationLiteracy
Integration
DianaGill
JannaCarneyMoran
UnlockingtheDoor
toILF Mentoring
Program:aPanel
Discussion
Continued
Session4
(50min.sessions)
3 -3:50p.m.
(90min.sessions)
3 –4:30 p.m.
CreativeCommons
Connections:Making
OpenLicensingTrends
WorkFor You
Heather Rayl
StrengtheningYour
Visibilityinthe
Community
StanleyM.Campbell
TheLibrarianHas Left
theBuilding:
DevelopingLeaders
from Withinthrough
SuccessionPlanning
MarciaAu, KristiHowe,
DonaldNapoli
MarilynWood
(90min.session)
Whycan't Everyonebe
Just Likeme?Access Your
CommunicationStyleto
EaseRelationshipTension
LaurenBurnett
(90min.session)
BuildingaReading
Community:Ideas You
CanUseTomorrow
LesliePreddy
(90min.session)
Don't BugOut!Your
KeytoSurvivingthe
BedBugApocalypse.
LoriDurbin
AndreaIngmire
BeyondManga:
GraphicNovel
Programs forYouth
MichaelCherry
Charles Sutton
Continued
Roundtables
4p.m.–5p.m.
SAMS TechnicalServices
Division
MarketingDivision AISLE Continued
Session5
5 -5:50p.m.
Professional
Development
Opportunities in
CommitteeWork:A
Modelof Staff Success
MelissaRenner
IGot This!:Managing
theJobSoIt Doesn't
ManageYou
NicoleKirchoff
CarliWorthman
Announcing: Indiana's
2016LiteraryMap
SuzanneWalker
TurntoPage0:
Programmingfor Children
Under 2
AllisonMclean
AnimeInsider:
ConnectingYour
CollectionwithTeens
Jennifer Billingsley
Strengthening
Connections toYour
CommunityWith
InboundMarketing
DavinKolderup
Jeff Owen
AClassyConnection:
LibraryMedia1082
&LibraryCadets
MichelleWard
KarlaWilson
Continued
Dinner: 6:30p.m. –8p.m. YHBABanquet -Freedom HallB
Dinner: 7 p.m. –8:30p.m. Awards&HonorsBanquet –Freedom HallA
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Tuesday Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
TuesdayAt-A-Glance
*See session descriptions on p. 24-35
See page 7 for a conference facility map.
Salon 3 Salon 4 Salon 5 Salon 6 Salon 7 Salon 8 Harrison Willkie
Say! Do You Wanna
Digitize Newspapers?
S. Chandler Lighty
Jenny Johnson
Anna Sayers
When Usability
Meets Social
Media: Strengthen
your Connections
with Users
Yoo Young Lee
Willie Miller
Library Makerspace
Panel Discussion
Leslie Preddy, Penny
Patterson, Jessica
Homan, Megan Scott
Jenn Brower
Follett Destiny
Library User's
Group
Joe Barry
Denise Chrisman
Connie DeVries
The Value Dilemma:
Key Components Used
to Express Worth to
Leadership
Constance Ard
Ready, Set, Hire! Are
you Prepared to Hire
your Next Director?
John Keister
Conversation Room Conversation Room
Keynote – Daniel Handler (Veterans Hall)
Hardwood Glory,
Hoosier History, and
Connecting Young
People to Nonfiction
Barbara Olenyik
Marrow
3D Printing:
Programs and
Partnerships
Michael Cherry
Charles Sutton
(90 min. session)
Strengthen Your
Connections to
Teens with the
Rosies
Colette Huxford
Angela Northern
Julia Reynolds
Capes, Tights, and
Trenchcoats 2:
Building a DIVERSE
Graphic Novel
Collection for your
Library
Jocelyn Lewis
Alex Sarkissian
Legislative Update
Matthew Long
Carolyn Elliott
Library Match: Peers
without Borders
Michelle Bradley
David Votta
Conversation Room Conversation Room
Lunch IPLA Luncheon (Freedom Hall A) CYPD Luncheon (Freedom Hall B)
Unlocking the future:
Successful Teen and
Tween Programming
Amanda Kingswell
Annie Payne
Keys to
Implementing the
Young Hoosier
Book Award (YHBA)
Program
Successfully into
your Curriculum
Valerie Bassett
Vicki Builta
Connecting the Dots
with New
Touchscreen
Technology
Sadie Oldenkamp
Strengthening
Connections;
Library
Board/Director
Partnerships Key to
Successful Library
Operations
John Moorman
Using Data to Answer
External and Internal
Questions. The SAVI -
Indy Public Library
Partnership
Jay Colbert
Ryan Houdek
Jordan Hunt
Carrie Voliva
Where’s the Good
Stuff? High Quality
Health Resources
Made Easy
Carol Bean
Conversation Room Conversation Room
ILF Table Talks/
Business Meeting
Jeri Davis
Lynn Hobbs
Beka Lemons
Eleanor Nave
Jeri Davis
Larry Oathout
Susan Thomas
Connecting with
Students: Social
Media and
Information
Literacy
Ula Gabrielle Gaha
AASL, ISTE, and
Indiana Connections:
New Standards
Crosswalks for
Hoosier Teachers &
Librarians
Ben Moore
Carrie Sanders
Net Neutrality
Adolfo Coronado
John Kaufeld
Kevin Mullett
Strategic Planning and
Communication: Keys
to a Successful
Construction Project
Selina Gomez-Beloz
Anna Grandfield
Dion Katsouros
Sara Chrzanowski
Your Keys to Successful
Career Advancement
Andrew Schemm
Conversation Room Conversation Room
Intellectual Freedom CYPD Distance Learning IALA Management Division Young Professionals Conversation Room Conversation Room
Cataloging
Competencies for the
21st Century
Jennifer Liss
Reading ReKindled:
Integrating
Technology Into
Book Clubs
Stacy Brown
Using Social Media
to Strengthen
Connections
Between Young
Readers & Writers
Mindy McGinnis
Earth, wind & fire –
be prepared if
disaster strikes!
Paula Newcom
The Role of Bookstore
in Developing Literary
Culture
Travis DiNicola
Barbara Shoup
Dan Wakefield
Conversation Room Conversation Room
YHBA Banquet - Freedom Hall B
Awards & Honors Banquet – Freedom Hall A
26. 24
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
Registration Opens
7 a.m.
ILF Business Meeting
8:30 a.m.
Breakout Session One
8 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
Connection Home Run - Hitting Digital Access
Cards Out of the School Ballpark (1 LEU/PGP)
Lake County Public Library’s (LCPL) new director started
her term in August 2014 with a bang by giving all of their
library district’s 36,000 high schoolers, middle schoolers,
teachers and more, a Digital Library Card for the 2014-2015
school year. Discover how LCPL connected their digital
library with the administrators at 10 separate school systems
and even more private schools. This panel discussion will
highlight the planning, technical work, and public outreach
that made this program a “No Brainer!” according to one
school superintendent.
Presenter(s): Ingrid Norris, Carolyn Strickland, and Andrew
Teeple, Lake County Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Library Directors,
School Librarians, Library Trustees
Room: Salon B
Friends Talk (1 LEU/PGP)
Friends organizations can strengthen the public library
by providing financial assistance for library programs and
events, materials, and other library services. This workshop
will review the steps necessary to create a 501(c )(3) Friends
organization. The requirements of state law and the IRS will
be covered. Additionally, some governance and record
keeping tips will be offered.
Presenter(s): Sylvia Watson, Indiana State Library attorney
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
Room: Salon 2
Follett Destiny Library Users Group
(1 TLEU/PGP)
What’s new in Destiny? What version of Destiny are you
using today? If you are not using 13.0, you will want to
upgrade after our presentation! We will show you all of the
new functionality that has been added to the Destiny Library
Manager program this last year. Using Web Path Express
and State Standards - Many of you are subscribing to Web
Path Express and State Standards---but are you using them
to their full potential in your schools? Let us show you how
to utilize these resources to help students with research and
to help teachers with lesson planning. One Search - Do you
subscribe to any resource databases in your district? It can be
cumbersome for students and teachers to log in to all of the
various databases to access information. One Search allows
you to access all of the resources from the various
databases through a single search in Destiny! We will also
show you where to find free databases, vetted by Follett, to
provide students a more robust search through Destiny!
Using Digital Resources and e-Books - Have you invested
in e-Books, but just aren’t seeing the circulation stats you
were expecting? Engage teachers and students with e-
Books through Classroom Connections--a tool designed
to allow lesson messaging, reading paths and assessing stu-
dent understanding in the classroom. Join us to learn more
about Destiny and the resources you have available today!
Presenter(s): Joe Barry, Denise Chrisman, and Connie
DeVries, Follett
Audience: All
Room: Salon 6
Get Stuff Here...Helping School Libraries
Everywhere
No budget for some items in your library? Find it by learning
how to use Donor’s Choose.
Presenter(s): Robin Sowder, Shelbyville High School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians
Room: Salon C
27. 25
Breakout Session One
8 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. (continued)
Have ILS Will Travel!: Taking Circulation
Beyond the Desk and Out of the Workroom
(1 TLEU/PGP)
From registering new users and checking out materials offsite
to providing roving services in the stacks, library staff can
strengthen connections with mobile and portable technolo-
gies that meet patrons where they are. Tools like i-Pads and
laptops can also allow library staff to approach routine tasks
with greater efficiency and enable us to get back to the busi-
ness of helping people. In this panel session, we’ll share ways
that libraries around the state are getting mobile! Topics
include mobile circulation apps, use of laptops for everything
from inventory to outreach, and various other strategies for
moving beyond the traditional desk model.
Presenter(s): Kathryn Lorton, Hamilton East Public
Library; Stephanie Davis, Wells County Public Library; and
Carrie Pedigo, Tippecanoe County Public Library
Session Sponsor: ILL/Circulation Division
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Children’s
Librarians, Library Directors, School Librarians, Academic
Librarians, Cataloging/Reference, Support Staff
Room: Salon A
Library Makerspace Panel Discussion
(1 LEU/PGP)
Are you interested in starting a makerspace? Are you look-
ing for ideas for improving your makerspace? Or do you just
want to join the discussion to see what all the hype is about?
Join this K-12 panel of school librarians as they share their
successes, failures, and advice.
Panelist(s): Leslie Preddy, Perry Meridian Middle School;
Penny Patterson, Hinkle Creek Elementary; Jessica Homan,
Noble Crossing Elementary; Megan Scott, Clinton Prairie Jr/
Sr High School; and Jenn Brower, New Haven High School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians, Children’s Librarians
Room: Salon 5
Ready, Set, Hire! Are You Prepared to Hire Your
Next Director? (1 LEU/PGP)
Hiring a library director is the most important role of the
library board. But are you ready? We will address topics
including: Succession Planning - Design and implement
an effective plan to avoid panic when your director resigns,
retires, or cannot continue due to unforeseen circumstances;
Search Process - Do’s and don’ts for setting up a search
committee and search process; Interviewing - Identifying
the right candidate for your library; and Transition - Making
the offer and transitioning the new director.
Presenter(s): John Keister, John Keister & Associates,
Vernon, IL
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Library Directors, Library Trustees
Room: Salon 8
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about
SRCS* (* But were Afraid to Ask)
(1 TLEU/PGP)
Next spring the Indiana State Library will roll out the first
version of this statewide, patron initiated resource sharing
system, and there is still time for your library to join in.
Steven Schmidt will explain about SRCS’s requirements and
how your library can join in!
Presenter(s): Steven Schmidt, Indiana State Library
Session Sponsor: Interlibrary Loan/ Circulation Division
Audience: Academic Librarians, Public Librarians, Support
Staff
Room: Salon 1
Say! Do You Wanna Digitize Newspapers?
(1 TLEU/PGP)
Planning a newspaper digitization project can be intimidat-
ing! There are so many questions regarding costs, vendors,
content management, metadata, and digital deliverables. This
panel will share their own experiences with digitizing news-
papers, provide information about best practices, and answer
any questions you may have.
Panelist(s): Jenny Johnson, IUPUI; S. Chandler Lighty, Indi-
ana State Library; Anna Sayers, Vigo County Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Academic
Librarians, Cataloging/Reference
Room: Salon 3
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
28. 26
Breakout Session One
8 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. (continued)
Strengthening the Power of Public Funds
through Investments, Insurance, and Funding
(1 LEU/PGP)
Through a joint presentation by reps from three organi-
zations, attendees will learn how the Indiana Bond Bank
provides local government financing options for essential
equipment and cash flow financing. The IBB is set-up to as-
sist local government with the process of debt issuance, and
it exempts the need to bid the financing. The IBB provides
competitive rates for equipment financing and cash flow
financing.
Attendees will learn about Indiana’s unique process of pro-
tecting public funds through a public funds insurance pool
--one of the only programs like it in the country. Any insti-
tution wishing to hold public funds in Indiana must first be
approved as a public depository the Board for Depositories
(BFD) -which is the board that governs the PDIF.
Presenter(s): Ron Mangus and Matt Zimmerman, Indiana
Bond Bank; Cindy Barger, TrustINdiana, and Diana Moers
Davis, Indiana Board for Depositories
Audience: Library Directors, Library Trustees
Room: Salon E
The Value Dilemma: Key Componenets Used to
Express Worth to Leadership (1 LEU/PGP)
The gap between library and information services delivered
and the understood value of those services by organizational
leaders is an undeniable truth. Finding successful methods to
bridge the communication gap is possible. This presentation
will address key communication practices that will serve as
the foundation of the bridge. Once the bridge is built, library
leaders will confidently express the worth and organizational
leaders will know the value.
Presenter(s): Constance Ard, Answer Maven, Louisville,
KY
Audience: Library Directors, Library Trustees
Room: Salon 7
When Usability Meets Social Media: Strengthen
Your Connections with Users (1 TLEU/PGP)
Social media has been used as a tool to outreach and con-
nect with users in a digital world. Many libraries have tried
to build their social media presence. However, just having
the social media presence does not guarantee that they en-
gage with their users. This presentation will address how to
improve the library’s social media presence based on the UX
(User Experience) best practices. The attendees will learn:
• How to create engaging content
• How to use social media data to develop content
• How to use templates and other tools to create content
Presenter(s): Willie Miller and Yoo Young Lee, IUPUI
Session Sponsor: IALA
Audience: Academic Librarians, Public Librarians,
Technology, School Librarians, Marketing/Communications,
Support Staff
Room: Salon 4
Keynote Speaker - Daniel Handler (1 LEU/PGP)
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Veterans Hall - Daniel will be
signing outside the exhibit hall following the
keynote.
Exhibit Hall “No Conflict” Time
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Breakout Session Two
11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
3D Printing: Programs and Partnerships
(90 min. session) (2 LEUs/PGPs)
Is your library interested in 3D printing but is not quite sure
where to start? Do you own a 3D printer but feel it has lost
its novelty after a few prints? Then join us as we discuss
ways to creatively use 3D print technology. We will dis-
cuss different types of youth and adult programs as well as
partnerships, 3D printing resources, and obstacles to avoid.
In addition, participants will learn about potential funding
opportunities to support 3D printing.
Presenter(s): Michael Cherry and Charles Sutton, Evansville
Vanderburgh Public Library
Session Sponsor: CYPD
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Children’s
Librarians, Library Directors, School Librarians, Academic
Librarians
Room: Salon 4
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
8:30 a.m. ILF Business Meeting - Veterans Hall
29. 27
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
Breakout Session Two
11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. (continued)
Bytes of Technology: Discover Recipes for
Collaboration (1 LEU/PGP)
Collaborate to innovate! Join this interactive session to
learn from a school library media specialist about the value
of partnerships with teachers in adding that extra spice to
the classroom and the library. Discover strategies that have
reinvigorated the learning process, strengthened relationships
between teachers, students, the school library media special-
ist, and dazzled the parent community. Blending the differ-
ent skill sets of each of these groups of stakeholders creates
the perfect recipe for connection, collaboration, and engage-
ment, all with a commitment to meeting designated learning
objectives. The result is a dish worthy of seconds!
Presenter(s): Stacy Brown, The Davis Academy, Alanta, GA
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: Technology, Children’s Librarians, Library Direc-
tors, School Librarians, Marketing/Communications,
Support Staff
Room: Salon C
Capes, Tights, and Trenchcoats 2: Building a
Diverse Graphic Novel Collection for Your
Library (1 LEU/PGP)
It’s time to check in again with your two favorite comic book
geeks (who happen to be librarians) as we update you on the
world of graphic novels. We will be updating you on the lat-
est fads and trends happening in comics right now and focus
our discussions on positive representations of minorities in
comics.
Presenter(s): Alex Sarkissian, Morrisson-Reeves Library and
Jocelyn Lewis, Indiana State Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, School Librarians
Room: Salon 6
Connecting Problems to Solutions: Helpful,
Simple Tools for Problem Solving
(90 min. session) (2 TLEUs/PGPs)
Okay, you know your problem. But how do you find the
best answer? And why does everyone but you seem to have
a solution and why are their solutions all different? Come to
this extended session, bring your problems, and let’s learn
together how to connect with your problem and find the key
to an answer. Various problem solving tools will be explored
from simple statistical tools, to decision making tools such
as the Pugh Chart, to methods of defining which factors are
REALLY important and which are not. Come ready to learn
and have some fun.
Presenter(s): John Borneman, Cummins Engine, former
ILF president and library trustee
Session Sponsor: ILTA
Audience: All
Room: Salon E
The Digital Underground (Like the Band but
Better) (1 LEU/PGP)
The Digital Underground is a space at the Bartholomew
County Public Library where you can write and record your
own music, design the album art, and make your own music
video. Hear the steps it took to create a digital media lab
within our library and the choices involved.
Presenter(s): Curtis Hartwell and Tyler Munn, Bartholomew
County Public Library
Session Sponsor: Marketing Division
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Children’s Librar-
ians, Library Directors, Marketing/Communications, School
Librarians, Support Staff
Room: Salon B
Emerging Technologies: The Trends that
Connect Libraries and Patrons (1 TLEU/PGP)
Learn more about emerging technologies and discover what
is happening now and the hopes for the future. Also, find
out how these technologies are being integrated into library
services and how they can be used to create connections
between libraries and their patrons.
Presenter(s): Jennifer Herron, Indiana University School of
Medicine
Session Sponsor: LITD
Audience: All
Room: Salon A
Hardwood Glory, Hoosier History, and
Connecting Young People to Nonfiction
(1 LEU/PGP)
John Wooden helped define college basketball in the 20th
century and became an icon of American sports. Often
overlooked is the fact that he was born and raised in Indi-
ana, where he honed his basketball skills and launched his
phenomenally successful college coaching career. Barbara
Olenyik Morrow, author of a new youth biography on
Wooden (Indiana Historical Society Press), will discuss how
she researched the Hoosier roots of this coaching legend -
and offer tips on how to engage young people in nonfiction
writing.
Presenter(s): Barbara Olenyik Morrow, Author
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, Library
Directors, Library Media Specialists
Room: Salon 3
Legislative Update (1 LEU/PGP)
Come hear Carolyn Elliott ILF Legislative Committee Advo-
cate from Bose Public Affairs and Sen. Beverly Gard, discuss
methods and tactics for advocating libraries to legislators.
Carolyn will also give some insight into what is coming for
the 2016 Indiana Legislative session.
Presenter(s): Sen. Beverly Gard, retired Indiana Senator and
Carolyn Elliott, BOSE Advocate
Room: Salon 7
30. 28
Breakout Session Two
11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. (continued)
Library Match: Peers without Borders
(1 LEU/PGP)
Learn how four Indiana public libraries, matched with four
peer public libraries in Michigan, have worked on joint
programming, held common staff meetings and book dis-
cussions, shared training, and co-mentored one another via
video conferencing equipment. The library “teams” share
a collective wiki for further discussion and post about their
experiences for others to learn from. Library Match is a pilot
project funded by the H.W. Wilson Foundation.
Presenter(s): Michelle Bradley and David Votta, MCLS
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, Library
Directors, Cataloging/Reference, Marketing/Communica-
tions, Support Staff
Room: Salon 8
Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship:
I Won - You Can, Too! (1 LEU/PGP)
Karen Webb describes her experiences in writing a winning
Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship proposal,
presents her “Comic Creation” program, and gives tips to
those interested in applying.
Presenter(s): Karen Webb, Honey Creek Middle School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians
Room: Salon 1
Put on Your Oxygen Mask First: Balance Work-
Life and Cope with Compassion Fatigue
(1 LEU/PGP)
There comes a point when we need to heed airplane instruc-
tions--put on your oxygen mask first, because we can’t give
our all when we have nothing more to give. Learn strategies
to balance the see-saw dynamics of work and life and man-
age the drain that can come from emotional stress of giving
and serving. Tend to your emotion-energy recovery and gain
a greater sense of achievement and fulfillment.
Panelist(s): Lauren Burnett, Center for Inner Quality,
Cleveland, Ohio
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
Room: Salon 2
Strengthening Knowledge Connections:
Authority Control in Library Catalogs, Present
and Future (1 LEU/PGP)
Authority control has long been the basis for collocating
persons, places, and subjects in library catalogs. BIBFRAME
and other post-MARC standards are poised to make even
greater use of data linkages than current systems. Panelists
will present the broad spectrum of authority-related activi-
ties performed in Indiana libraries; provide insight into the
high—and often hidden—costs of poor catalog data; cel-
ebrate the wealth of knowledge buried within unique, local-
ized library collections; and welcome thoughtful discussion
of future directions for authority control in the state.
Presenter(s): Spencer Anspach and Jennifer Liss, Indiana
University Libraries, Aaron Smith, Allen County Public
Library
Session Sponsor: Technical Services Division
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Academic
Librarians, Cataloging/Reference, Support Staff
Room: Salon D
Strengthen Your Connections to Teens with the
Rosies (1 LEU/PGP)
Looking to strengthen your connections with teens and
books? Striving to find the keys to reading success? Then
join us for a session that’s all about teens and books. Con-
nect with others and learn how they incorporate the Rosies,
share your keys to Rosie success, and witness the unveiling
of the 2016-17 list!
Presenter(s): Colette Huxford, Shenandoah School Corp.,
Angela Northern, Southwestern High School, and Julia
Reynolds, Greenwood High School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians, Children’s Librarians
Room: Salon 5
Lunch Break
12 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
CYPD & IPLA Luncheons
(1 LEU/PGP for each luncheon)
12 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
31. 29
Breakout Session Three
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Connecting the Dots with New Touchscreen
Technology (1 TLEU/PGP)
The Muncie Public Library purchased some cutting edge
technology with an LSTA grant and became one of the first
public libraries to have an Activtable (smart touch technol-
ogy table). The presenter will share how attendees could use
this new technology at their own libraries to increase social
skills with children and teens, as well as record educational
progress with early literacy and STEM-activities to show
potential and measureable educational improvement.
Presenter(s): Sadie Oldenkamp, Muncie Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Children’s
Librarians, School Librarians, Academic Librarians
Room: Salon 5
It Takes a Village: Collaborating with Classroom
Teachers for Information Literacy Integration
(1 LEU/PGP)
How do we provide integrated, sequenced instruction of
information literacy skills? It takes a village, or at least a small
group of classroom teachers and school librarians. Join a
high school library media specialist and English teacher who
joined forces and embarked on a collaborative journey to
integrate information literacy skills in a senior Advanced
Composition course. We will discuss collaborative planning
and sequencing, co-teaching and grading, flipping lessons,
writing assessments, and a lot of reflecting, rethinking, and
revising. If you are an instructional librarian or media spe-
cialist who has ever been evaluated on student performance,
you do not want to miss this session!
Presenter(s): Janna Carney Moran and Diana Gill, Dune-
land School Corporation
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians, Academic Librarians
Room: Salon 1
Keys to Implementing the YHBA Program
Successfully into Your Curriculum (1 LEU/PGP)
Ever wondered how to incorporate YHBA into your existing
curriculum? Learn how to use the program as a tool to edu-
cate, encourage and excite your readers! Plus, find out next
year’s nominees!
Presenter(s): Valerie Bassett, Shamrock Springs Elementary
and Vicki Builta, South Whitley Community Public Library
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians, Public Librarians, Children’s
Librarians, Support Staff
Room: Salon 4
Making Connections: the Clark County Visual
History Project (1 LEU/PGP)
Creating connections between public school students, local
history, the public library, and Indiana Memory was the goal
of the Clark County Visual History project. Learn
collaboratively to preserve and raise awareness of local his-
tory resources at the public library. This project engaged
students in learning to make connections with their history
while reinforcing skills needed in all core academic areas.
Presenters will detail how they obtained an LSTA digitization
grant through the Indiana State Library, funded through the
Institute of Museum and Library Services. They will share all
of the steps of the process including lesson plans.
Presenter(s): Allison Fredrickson and Eden Kuhlenschmidt,
Jeffersonville Township Public Library, Linda Godsey,
Clarksville Community School Corporation
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, School Librarians, Library
Directors
Room: Salon B
Right Size your Library Collection (1 LEU/PGP)
Learn how Indianapolis Public Library uses collection analy-
sis to right size its library collections to meet patron demand
and use collection funds wisely. These analyses use circula-
tion statistics, collection counts, linear shelving measure-
ments and more to balance shelf space and budget alloca-
tions for collections, by format and audience.
Presenter(s): Deb Lambert, Indianapolis Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, Library
Directors, Support Staff
Room: Salon E
Strengthening Connections: Library Board/
Director Partnerships Key to Successful Library
Operations (1 LEU/PGP)
This program will discuss the roles of the library board and
the director in providing successful public library service.
From the program planner’s 38.5 years of experience as a
library director in four states, examples will be provided of
successes and pitfalls of the joint journey. Rules for success-
ful partnership will be shared with the audience.
Presenter(s): John Moorman, Dominion Library Associates,
LLC, Williamsburg, Va.
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Library Directors, Public Librarians, Library
Trustees
Room: Salon 6
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
32. 30
Breakout Session Three
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. (continued)
Strengthening Faculty Connections to Embed
Strategic Library Instruction (1 TLEU/PGP)
How do you integrate information literacy across curriculum
strategically and meaningfully? Successful information liter-
acy programs can be built from the key partnership between
librarians and faculty. This presentation will focus on how
librarians can strengthen faculty connections to embed stra-
tegic library instruction within existing course curriculum to
develop students’ technology and information literacy skills.
Presenter(s): Nina Collins, McMillen Library, Indiana Tech
and Melissa Ringle, Carroll High School
Session Sponsor: IALA
Audience: Academic Librarians, School Librarians
Room: Salon D
Strengthening the Small Branch Library
Building (1 LEU/PGP)
The Galveston Branch of the Logansport Public Library
was a storefront branch in an older downtown building that
needed help. It was transformed into an engaging small li-
brary by re-using historical components of the original build-
ing combined with very contemporary collaborative spaces.
Old panel doors became horizontal dividing walls, and the
tin ceiling became the reflector of the new LED lights. The
program will focus on how combining historical components
with contemporary materials developed a space attractive to
all age groups in a small space and a tight budget. The proj-
ect won an Indiana International Interior Design Association
(IIDA) award for interior design in 2014.
Presenter(s): David Ivey, Logansport Public Library, Erin
Jennings, and Kevin Montgomery, krM Architecture+ and
Beka Lemons, Markle Branch, Huntington Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, Library
Directors, Support Staff, Library Trustees
Room: Salon A
Connecting with ILF’s Mentoring Program: A
Panel Discussion (1 LEU/PGP)
The ILF mentoring program had 14 successful matches in
its first year of revival. Hear current and past participants
discuss their experiences and learn how the program works.
Find out if this is a good fit for you.
Panelist(s): ILF Volunteers
Session Sponsor: Management Division
Audience: All
Room: Salon 2
Unlocking the Future: Successful Teen and
Tween Programming (1 LEU/PGP)
Your guide to getting teens and tweens into your library,
grabbing their interest and keeping them coming back.
Presenter(s): Amanda Kingswell and Annie Payne, Jennings
County Public Library
Session Sponsor: CYPD
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, Library
Directors
Room: Salon 3
Using Data to Answer External and Internal
Questions: The SAVI/Indy Public Library
Partnership (1 TLEU/PGP)
For many years, the Indianapolis Public Library has used
data to answer patrons’ information requests and for internal
planning purposes. One of the data sources that Indy PL
uses is the SAVI Community Information System, an online,
interactive data resource for Central Indiana. SAVI brings
together place-based data from over 30 sources such as Cen-
sus, local and state health departments, and the Department
of Education. SAVI transforms the data into meaningful
community indicators and makes them accessible in maps
and charts that reveal trends and patterns. Come learn about
the newly launched state-wide expression of SAVI and about
the partnership that benefits both the library and SAVI.
Presenter(s): Jay Colbert, The Polis Center, IUPUI; Ryan
Houdek, Jordan Hunt, and Carrie Voliva, Indianapolis Public
Library
Session Sponsor: LITD
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Library Directors,
Academic Librarians, Marketing/Communications
Room: Salon 7
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Transforming
your Library into a Digital Wonderland
(1 TLEU/PGP)
Like Dorothy stepping into a colorful new world or
Alice falling down a rabbit hole, today’s libraries are finding
themselves in uncharted territories. No longer viewed as just
a source of books or periodicals, libraries are transforming
into community-wide digital media centers that provide
patrons with critical access to web-based resources, pro-
grams, and tools. Join our panel of Indiana library directors
as they share how they are leveraging managed services like
ENA Air, ENA’s managed Wi-Fi service, to bolster their in-
frastructures and create optimal digital working and learning
environments for their communities.
Panelist(s): Monica Cougan, ENA and Library Directors
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Library Directors
Room: Salon C
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
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Breakout Session Three
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. (continued)
Where’s the Good Stuff? High Quality Health
Resources Made Easy (1 TLEU/PGP)
The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest bio-
medical library, provides free authoritative health informa-
tion. Use MedlinePlus for consumer health information in
over 40 languages. Discover databases and portals for drugs,
environmental health, genetics, and for special populations.
Find out how public libraries may join the National Network
of Libraries of Medicine.
Presenter(s): Carol Bean, National Network of Libraries of
Medicine, Louisville, KY
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Special Librarians
Room: Salon 8
Exhibit Hall “No Conflict” Time
2:20 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Breakout Session Four
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
AASL, ISTE, and Indiana Connections: New
Standards Crosswalks for Hoosier Teachers and
Librarians (1 LEU/PGP)
Come learn about the new crosswalks showing the connec-
tions among AASL’s “Standards for 21st Century Learner
in Action,” Indiana’s new academic standards, and ISTE’s
Student Standards. Members of AISLE’s crosswalk group
will share the new crosswalks and offer some suggestions for
collaborating and connecting with classroom colleagues to
target AASL, ISTE, and Indiana Academic Standards.
Presenter(s): Ben Moore, Smith-Green Community Schools
and Carrie Sanders, Deer Run Elementary School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians
Room: Salon 5
Beyond Manga: Graphic Novel Programs for
Youth (1 LEU/PGP)
Anime clubs and other activities inspired by manga comprise
the majority of graphic novel programs available to youth
at public libraries. Yet graphic novels encompass a variety
of genres and have a rich history of censorship and under-
ground publishing. Different types of graphic novel pro-
grams that could be incorporated into Banned Books Week
activities and school partnerships will be presented
Presenter(s): Michael Cherry and Charles Sutton, Evansville
Vanderburgh Public Library
Session Sponsor: CYPD
Audience: Public Librarians, Technology, Children’s
Librarians, Library Directors, School Librarians
Room: Salon 2
Building a Reading Community: Ideas you Can
Use Tomorrow (90 min. session)
(2 LEUs/PGPs)
We are all looking for ways to encourage reading, motivate
readers, and promote libraries. Learn about more than 20
library-sponsored contests, games, and events. Learn about
the research and trends in reading, and ways to engage the
library in successful, proven programs implemented im-
mediately. Time will be provided for attendees to share their
successful ideas.
Presenter(s): Leslie Preddy, Perry Meridian Middle School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians, Children’s Librarians
Room: Salon E
Connecting with Students: Social Media and
Information Literacy (1 TLEU/PGP)
Teaching online information literacy skills demonstrates our
relevancy and meets a critical, contemporary need. Librarians
have unique insight into social networking, and the ability to
assist students as they confront the realities of online con-
nectivity. The goal is to empower students to take control of
their online presence and create a professional image so they
will be successful when they approach graduation and apply
for jobs, graduate schools, or internships. In this presenta-
tion, the presenter will discuss a workshop she developed to
help students control their online identities and establish a
professional online image.
Presenter(s): Ula Gabrielle Gaha, Saint Mary’s College
Session Sponsor: IALA
Audience: Academic Librarians, Technology, Marketing/
Communications
Room: Salon 4
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
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Breakout Session Four
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. (continued)
Creative Commons Connections: Making Open
Licensing Trends Work for You (1 LEU/PGP)
ICC, GPL, BSD, MIT - other than alphabet soup, what
do these letters have in common? They all represent open
licensing. With U.S. copyright restrictions tighter than ever,
these open licenses allow creators to retain some rights, share
their work, and open it up for others to re-use, re-mix, and
re-share. Learn about the structure of some of the more
common licenses, find materials that use them, and how you
can use them in your library.
Presenter(s): Heather Rayl, Indiana State University
Session Sponsor: LITD
Audience: All
Room: Salon A
Don’t Bug Out! Your Key to Surviving the Bed
Bug Apocalypse (1 LEU/PGP)
Bed bugs are everywhere! Learn what your library can do to
minimize the risk of a bed bug catastrophe. This program
will address community health concerns, the practicalities of
day-to-day library work, and how to talk to your patrons and
the media about bed bugs. MLS not required!
Presenter(s): Andrea Ingmire, Greensburg-Decatur County
Public Library
Session Sponsor: SAMS
Audience: Public Librarians
Room: Salon 1
The Librarian has Left the Building: Developing
Leaders from Within Through Succession
Planning (90 min. session) (2 LEUs/PGPs)
Last year Indiana libraries experienced a mass retirement of
librarians resulting in the loss of hundreds of years of collec-
tive institutional knowledge. Many libraries are now expe-
riencing the effects of the knowledge gap. The aftershocks
of retirement can be lessened and even avoided by fostering
librarian leadership and implementing a succession plan. In
this session, a group of veteran library administrators will
discuss specific practices that worked in succession planning
at their own institutions.
Panelist(s): Marcia Au, Evansville-Vanderburgh Public
Library; Kristi Howe, Vigo County Public Library; Donald
Napoli, St. Joseph County Public Library; Marilyn Wood,
Monroe County Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
Room: Salon C
ILF Table Talks (1 LEU/PGP)
Tables will offer information on management issues such as
security, facilities, budgeting and finance, strategic planning,
and personnel. A short management business meeting will
be held before the table talks begin.
• Topics and facilitators for the tables are as follows
Strategic Planning – Susan Thomas
Facilities – Lynn Hobbs
Personnel – Beka Lemons
Security – Eleanor Nave
Budget & Finance – Jeri Davis
User Experience – Larry Oathout
Facilitator(s): Susan Thomas, Indiana University South
Bend; Lynn Hobbs, Pendleton Community Public Library;
Beka Lemons, Huntington City-Township Public Library;
Eleanor Nave, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library; Jeri
Davis, Huntington City-Township Public Library; Larry
Oathout, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Session Sponsor: Management Division
Audience: Library Directors, Public Librarians, Library
Media Specialists, Academic Librarians, Marketing/
Communications
Room: Salon 3
Net Neutrality (1 TLEU/PGP)
Join a panel of experts for a lively discussion of net neutral-
ity and what the Open Internet rules by the Federal Com-
munications Commission (FCC) means for individuals,
entrepreneurs, businesses, start-ups and more. According to
the FCC, the rules are designed to protect free expression
and innovation on the Internet and promote investment in
the nation’s broadband networks. An Open Internet means
consumers can go where they want, when they want; innova-
tors can develop products and services without asking for
permission; and broadband Internet access providers cannot
block, throttle, or establish fast/slow lanes to lawful content.
Panelist(s): Adolfo Coronado, John Kaufeld, and Kevin
Mullett, Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne
Session Sponsor: Intellectual Freedom Committee
Audience: All
Room: Salon 6
Strengthening your Visibility in the Community
( 1 LEU/PGP)
This program is designed to demonstrate the logistics of
planning and promoting programs in the community and
inside the library. It will show you what is necessary to create
and distribute your own flyers in your own library.
Presenter(s): Stanley M. Campbell, Alexandrian Public
Library
Session Sponsor: Marketing Division
Audience: All
Room: Salon B
Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
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Conference Day One Schedule: Tuesday, November 17
Breakout Session Four
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. (continued)
Strategic Planning and Communication: Keys to
a Successful Construction Project (1 LEU/PGP)
Your library building needs updates and improvements or
maybe even a whole new building, but what to do and how
to get it done? Our group of library administrators, con-
struction managers and architects discuss challenges such as:
determining the right scope for a capital project, coming up
with a realistic project budget, what to look for in a design
and construction team, how to work with your team to make
timely decisions, how to set your project up for success, and
what success looks like post-project. They will share their
experiences with the Lake County Public Library renovation
and the construction of the new Crown Point Community
Library
Presenter(s): Selina Gomez-Beloz, Crown Point Commu-
nity Library; Ana Grandfield, retired director, Lake County
Public Library; Dion Katsouros, The Skillman Corporation
and Sara Chrzanowski, Dewberry & Associates
Session Sponsor: ILTA
Audience: Library Directors and Library Trustees
Room: Salon 7
Why Can’t Everyone be Just Like Me? Access
Your Communication Style to Ease Relationship
Tension (90 min. session) (2 LEUs/PGPs)
Imagine more healthy, less tense relationships at work and in
life! Inventory your style and understand others’ approaches
to people, task, time, change and even the pace with which
they work. Apply that knowledge in this fun and informa-
tive workshop to increase cooperation and connection to get
things done better through people at work and to have more
harmonious relationships in your personal life.
Presenter(s): Lauren Burnett, Center for Inner Quality,
Cleveland, OH
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
Room: Salon D
Your Keys to Successful Career Advancement
(1 LEU/PGP)
Looking to move up or change positions? Make sure that
YOU stand out (in a good way) by hearing from an experi-
enced HR professional on how to improve your applications,
resume, and interviewing skills! We’ll also discuss those pesky
cover letters and how to best approach them.
Presenter(s): Andrew Schemm, Indianapolis Public Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: All
Room: Salon 8
Association & Division Roundtables/Exhibit
Hall Time
4 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
(If you are not attending a roundtable, please
feel free to visit the Exhibit Hall at this time.)
Breakout Session Five
5 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
A Classy Connection: Library Media 1082 and
Library Cadets (1 LEU/PGP)
Library cadets are the answer to your power shortage. A
high school English elective was designed to teach and train
students in the ways of librarianship and library topics.
With only an IDOE desciption, a course was developed and
produced a successful library cadet for our elementary school
library program. Learn how this was done and how it can
work for you!
Presenter(s): Michelle Ward, Bailey Elementary School and
Karla Wilson, Chesterton High School
Session Sponsor: AISLE
Audience: School Librarians
Room: Salon 2
Anime Insider: Connecting Your Collection with
Teens (1 LEU/PGP)
From cosplay to collection development, take a whirlwind
tour of Anime as a genre and a cultural phenomenon. This
presentation will give librarians the tools to decipher the cul-
tural codes of this medium, discuss ordering and placement
strategies, and share free and low cost programming ideas.
Presenter(s): Jennifer Billingsley, Lake County Public
Library
Session Sponsor: IPLA
Audience: Public Librarians, Children’s Librarians, School
Librarians, Academic Librarians, Cataloging/Reference
Room: Salon E
