Bloggers needed! Wednesday edition

As you figure out which NCLA sessions to attend, please consider blogging about the sessions you attend on the NCLA conference blog. As usual, there's so much going on that it's impossible to get to all the sessions you want to see. If you're interested in blogging about one of the sessions listed below, please email me at a_harri2 @ uncg.edu to become an author on this blog. If you've never blogged before, you can write a blurb in Word or an email and send it to me, and I'll post it for you.
The sessions without bloggers on Wednesday are:

Cataloging: Who Knew It Was Customer Service
Top 10 Mistakes in Technical Services
Literacy Changes Lives
FRBR and RDA
Training that Works
Not All Games Are Fun
When the Going Gets Tough
YA Booktalking for the Non-YA Librarian
Mascots
NC Gazetteer
Painting with a Broad Brush
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Children's Programming 101
Introducing the Job Search
Professionally Pinching Pennies
Supporting Faculty Through Online Collaboration

Those are just the Wednesday sessions! Tomorrow, I'll be back with the Thursday and Friday sessions. As you can see, we need bloggers! Help your fellow conference-goers get the full NCLA experience! Blog!!

It's not too late for conference mentoring!

You can still sign up to be a mentor or mentee! Contact me at a_harri2 @ uncg.edu if you have questions!

YSS Program Update

The program “Debuting Debut Novels” (Wednesday at 1:30) has been canceled. Instead, at that time, YSS will host “YA Booktalking for the Non-YA Librarian” presented by Nastasha Johnson, Teen Coordinator for the Forsyth County Public Library system.

Get Social with NMRT!

New Members Round Table is hosting two events designed to give you an opportunity to mingle with fellow conference-goers. All are welcome!!

Wednesday, 7-9pm – Networking Cocktail Hour: Join us at A Tavola! for casual conversation and connections with other conference attendees.

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Wednesday, 8:15-9:45am – NMRT Breakfast: Drop in for a continental breakfast and enter our raffle for great prizes. This is a perfect time to schedule a meet-up with your conference mentor/mentee.

Going to the NC Lib Assoc Conference?

Come hang with the cool kids then @ the NCLA 58th Biennial Conference. The Government Resources Section has some fun programs all conference long. Stop by and get your government information fix.

Politician’s Papers focuses on the papers of politicians held in various special collections across the state. Betty Carter, University Archivist at UNCG, Maury York, Assistant Director and Head of Special Collections at ECU, and Tim West, Curator of Manuscripts and Director of the Southern History Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, will talk about acquiring these collections and their importance to research. We created this session in conjunction with UNCG’s recent acquisition of Kay Hagan’s North Carolina Senate papers, and it is the inaugural Ridley Kessler Memorial Program. Wednesday, October 7, 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm.

Come join us at the Exploring NC EDIS session for a world wind tour of the North Carolina Economic Development Intelligence System. Hosted by our fearless navigator, Tammy Lester, a Data Analyst for the EDIS, we will explore a statistical and mapping tool that provides economic and demographic data for economic developers, businesses and the general public. Remember, there’s power in numbers! Thursday, October 8, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Digital Government Resources from the State Library will feature all of the cool new stuff the State Library is doing for YOU! Jennifer Davison, Head of the Government Documents branch, and Amy Rudersdorf, Director of the Digital Information Management Program will highlight a variety of digital projects from the NC State Publications Collection to NC Mosaic to the Historical NC Census Data. Digital collections galore! Thursday, October 8, 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

The Hottest Business Meeting in Town will be in the early morning hours (you don’t sleep at conferences anyway, right?). This is a key meeting for all Government Resources Section members and wannabes. We will be electing new officers and discussing the new directions the Government Resources Section can take. You don’t want to miss it. Be a part of the future! Friday, October 9, 8:00 am – 8:45 am

All about Census 2010 is a timely panel presentation on the importance of the Census 2010 efforts, the upcoming data releases through the Census 2010 and American Community Survey, as well as what libraries across the state can do to help promote Census 2010. The presenters are Bob Coats, Governor's Census Liaison in the Office of State Budget and Management, Beth Hayden, Demographics and Reference Librarian in the State Library, and Laura Strickland McClettie, a Team Leader with the Charlotte Regional Census Center. Don’t forget that all agencies and institutions in this state are directly affected by the Census results. Come and learn what you can do to achieve a complete count! Friday, October 9, 9:00 am – 10:15 am

Program Spotlight: RASS

RASS has some great programs at the conference! Check out our Thursday, 10/8, lineup:

The Technology Petting Zoo will show you how to incorporate free Web 2.0 applications into the reference services and workflow at your library. Topics will include: productivity (Google Docs, Calendar, etc) social networking (Facebook, LibraryThing, Delicious, etc.) and communication (blogs, wikis, IM). Bring your laptop if you want to join in the fun!!

Piloting Your Library Through Tough Economic Times will discuss the effect of a bad economy on libraries and the best way for an institution to survive and remain productive through such times. Speakers are Richard Wells, former library director and current county manager of Randolph County and Dr. Larry Boyer from ECU Library.

If you want your section's programs highlighted, please send brief descriptions of your sessions to a_harri2 @ uncg.edu.

Conference Mentoring Program

The New Members Round Table has started a conference mentoring program to bring people together at NCLA.
You're a potential mentee if:

• You're a new librarian
• You've never been to NCLA before
• You're a library school student
• You want to meet someone who works in a type of library you work in or are interested in
• You're interested in informally meeting someone new

You're a potential mentor if:

• You've been to a conference
  
• You work in a library
• You enjoy talking to people who are new to the profession
• You're interested in informally meeting someone new

If any of these sound like you, please sign up. You can meet your mentor/mentee at the NMRT breakfast on Wednesday or at some other time of your choosing. Feel free to spend as much time together as you'd like. You may want to:

• Go to a session together
• Have coffee or a meal
• Wander the exhibits/poster sessions together

It's a great chance to make a new friend! Mentors can sign up here and mentees here

If you have questions, please contact me at amy_harris @ uncg.edu

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Here you'll find everything you need to know about the conference before it starts and live updates once it begins! Please check back often! And if you're interested in contributing to the conference blog, please contact Amy Harris at a_harri2 @ uncg.edu