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APLA 2006

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Thursday May 25th

TIME PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS PRESENTER
9:00 - 17:00Library Preservation and Collection Care.
• Sponsored by CASLIS Atlantic
• Location:
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick on the UNB Campus
Dean Lund
13:00 - 17:00Live Smart, Work Smart: A Recipe for Resilience.
• Location: Fredericton Public Library
Julie Devlin, Carla Gunn
13:00 - 17:00How to Organize and Run a Successful Book Club.
• Location: Nan Gregg Room, Harriet Irving Library, UNB Campus
Jean Cunningham
17:30 - 20:00 APLA Executive Meeting
20:00 - 23:00 Past President's Reception
• Sponsored by Micromedia ProQuest

Friday May 26th

TIME SESSIONS PRESENTER
8:30 -10:15 KEYNOTE SESSION - Stephen Lewis
• Sponsored by New Brunswick Public Library Service, Elsevier, EBSCO Canada, Swets Information Services, Thomson Scientific, Wiley
10:15 - 11:00 OPENING OF EXHIBITS
• Sponsored by Relais International
11:00 - 12:00IBBY Canada: Building Global Bridges Through Children’s Books.Vivian Howard
11:00 - 12:00Building the Gael Stream.Rita Campbell
11:00 - 12:00Partnerships: Working Together for Greater Effectiveness.Jennifer Richard, Ivan Douthwright
11:00 - 12:00Risk Management of Library and Archival Collections.Harold Holland
11:00 - 12:00CBC Digital Archives.Shireen Cuthbert
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH
• Sponsored by Whitehots
13:30 - 15:00CNIB Library Services in the Digital Age.Arline Hachey, Jim Noseworthy, Susan Ewing
13:30 - 15:00Atlantic Scholarly Information Nework (ASIN) Portal Launch.John Teskey
13:30 - 15:00Growing a Library: Cultivating Staff to Ensure They Bloom.Madeleine Lefebvre
13:30 - 15:00Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: Results of an OCLC Study.Daniel Boivin
13:30 - 15:00APLA Adopt a Library Project.Sean Maddox
15:00 - 15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
• Sponsored by Lehmann Bookbinding
15:30 - 17:00Neat Stuff on the Horizon. Library IT Hot Topics in Online Information. Is This “the Next big Thing" Coming to Your Library?Peter Webster
15:30 - 17:00Évaluation des besoins des usagers et mission organisationnelle: une tension saine et nécessaire.Daniel J. Caron
15:30 - 17:00Are Libraries up to the Challenges of Electronic Scholarly Publishing? Synergies – The Atlantic Region’s Response. Richard Ellis, James Kerr, Lisa Charlong, John Teskey, Alan Burk
15:30 - 17:00Millennials On Board.Shirley Carroll
15:30 - 17:00Open Access to Scholarly Literature in Biology.Michelle Paon
17:00 - 19:00 APLA Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) Part 1 - All are welcome to attend
19:00 - Interest Group Dinners
20:00 - 21:00 Scotch Whisky Tasting
21:30 - 23:00 Haunted Hike
• Sponsored by S&B Books

Saturday May 27th

TIME SESSIONS PRESENTER
7:30 - 8:30Advancing Discovery: The Future of the ISI Web of Knowledge Platform.Paul Torpey
7:30 - 8:30EBSCOhost User Group MeetingDoug Lynch
9:00 - 10:30Weeding Our Collections.Jocelyne Thompson, Louise White, Gwyn Pace
9:00 - 10:30How to Create Library Spaces that Foster Growth of Library Service.Bill Mitchell
9:00 - 10:30Federated Searching: “Fertilizer” That Can “Grow” Your Collection.Gwendolyn MacNairn
9:00 - 10:30Part 1, Making a Difference Through the use of Volunteers: How Libraries Interact With Their Communities. Part 2, The 8Rs Report. Don Butcher, Rebecca Harris, Fiona Black
10:30 - 11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
• Sponsored by Alexander Street Press and Wallaceburg Bookbinding
11:00 - 12:30Is one Stop Shopping all we Dreamed it Would be? Usability and the Single Search Interface.Gillian Byrne, Louise McGillis
11:00 - 12:30XML for the Technically Disinclined.Lisa Goddard
11:00 - 12:30The Impact of our Attitudes, Perceptions and Assumptions on Customer Service.Jeannine Cormier
11:00 - 12:30Is Your Workstation Bending you out of Shape?Jeremy Rickards
12:00 - 14:00 York Library Region’s New Concept Bookmobile - Free Tours
• Location: Delta Parking Lot
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
• Sponsored by YBP Library Services
13:30 - 15:00Libraries Grow Relationships – Around the World and on Our Own Doorstep.Madeleine Lefebvre
13:30 - 15:00Library as Open Source Lego Bricks.Mark Leggott
13:30 - 15:0012 Habits of Highly Effective Librarians.Maureen Sawa
13:30 - 15:00The Ideas Gallery.Leanne Wells
15:00 - 15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
• Sponsored by Coutts Library Services
15:30 - 17:00Graphic Design for Your Library.Monica Currie
15:30 - 17:00Plants for Indoor Environments.George Scott
15:30 - 17:00Massage Therapy.Lisa Ivany
15:30 - 17:00Learn About the Ex-Libris Association.Sheila Laidlaw, Norman Horrocks
15:30 - 17:00Author Reading.Mark Jarman
17:00 - 18:30 Dalhousie Associated Alumni AGM & Reception
18:00 - midnight Merit Awards Banquet & Dance
• Sponsored by SirsiDynix

Sunday May 28th

TIME SESSIONS PRESENTER
9:30 - 11:00 APLA Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) Part 2 - All are welcome to attend
11:30 Sunday Brunch