LACONI MEMBERS: Here is your opportunity to nominate one of your staff or co-workers who are support staff for the Oberman Rich Award or the Robert P. Doyle Award. The award winners will be given recognition at Reaching Forward on May 4, 2012. Anyone submitting a nomination will be entered into a drawing to win [...]
[ February 17, 2012; 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Corinne Hill, interim director of the Dallas Public Library and incoming director of the Chattanooga Public Library, will address how Dallas Public library is rethinking everything as it transitions out of the Great Recession of 2008.
[ April 20, 2012; 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us as we celebrate another year of networking and informative programming, with entertainment provided by stand-up comedian Jamie Campbell.
[ February 3, 2012; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] As public libraries strive to retain patrons in the face of competition with big box retailers, websites, and other community resources, it becomes vital to provide a positive and welcoming experience. This program will discuss different models of customer service and how we can better serve patrons in a technology driven world.
Missy Brown, of Trader [...]
[ February 3, 2012; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Join the Technical Services Section as we host Adam Schiff, Principal Cataloger from the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA. He will discuss RDA description and access points. This program will be held at the Fountaindale Public Library District (Bolingbrook).
[ February 2, 2012; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] When library staff or patrons use equipment hosted by the library to create content, it is usually an afterthought to document the creation process. This program will focus on four areas of content creation and digital preservation: video production, audio production, photography and historical artifacts.
[ November 18, 2011; 9:15 am to 12:15 pm. ] Learn about the changes affecting libraries’ insurance coverage, and get an insider’s view of the construction of the new Fountaindale Public Library building.
Friday, October 28 at 9:00am
Elk Grove Village Public Library
1001 Wellington Avenue
Elk Grove Vlg, IL 60007-3389
9:00am Coffee and breakfast pastries
9:30am: Speaker Brendan Sullivan
Speaker Brendan Sullivan
“I NEED NEW IDEAS-Collaborative Creativity”
Brendan Sullivan is a creativity coach. He helps organizational teams, leaders and individuals to create more innovative solutions, more successful creative ideas, and a healthier, more collaborative work [...]
[ November 4, 2011; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Discover how an atypical library is handling the changes currently affecting libraries of all types and how your library might benefit from their unique perspective.
[ September 23, 2011; 9:15 am to 12:00 pm. ] Stephen Bero, Director of the Warren-Newport Public Library District, will facilitate a panel to address the increasingly widespread animus in this country that not only should government agencies not raise taxes, they should in fact lower them.
