Annual Conference: Soaring to New Heights

October 12, 2007

PaLA Annual Conference: October 14 – 17, 2007 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College.

Here is a list of Conference Programs being sponsored by the

College & Research Division:

SUNDAY 10/14/2007

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Students as Library Advocates: Friends of the Academic Library
Presenters: Amy L. Deuink & Marianne Seiler
Moderator: Bonnie W. Oldham

SUNDAY 10/14/2007

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Beyond Browsing: Online Tools You Can Use

Presenter: Tina Hertel
Moderator: Bonnie W. Oldham

MONDAY 10/15/200

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Where Angels Fear to Tread: Devising a Lean and Mean Reference Collection
Presenters: Allison Brungard, Sandra Collins, and M. Diana Sasso
Moderator: Christine Roysdon

MONDAY 10/15/200

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Launching a Redesign of Your Library’s Web Site? What Do Users Want?
Presenters: Bonnie W. Oldham & Tina Hertel
Moderator: Barbara Burd

MONDAY 10/15/200

12:00 PM – 1:45 PM

College & Research Division Luncheon
Presenter: Lee Rainie
Moderator: Vickie Kline

MONDAY 10/15/200

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Information Literacy Trends Within the Virtual World of Second Life
Presenter: Alexia Hudson
Moderator: Vickie Kline

TUESDAY 10/16/2007

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
The Impact of the Internet on Politics
Presenter: Lee Rainie
Moderator: Vickie Kline

TUESDAY 10/16/2007

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Understanding the Problem Before You Solve It: Effective Resource-Based Assignments
Presenter: Terrence Mech
Moderator: Mark Podvia

TUESDAY 10/16/2007

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Gone Fishin’:
Using the Fish! Philosophy to Shore Up Employee Morale and Improve Customer Service
Presenter: Sandra Janicki & Ed Zimmerman
Moderator: Tina Hertel

WEDNESDAY 10/17/2007

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
DMCA, TEACH and Copyright in Higher Education
Presenter: Becky Albitz
Moderator: Christine Roysdon

WEDNESDAY 10/17/2007

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Blogging, Wikis, RSS and More in the Classroom
Presenters: Clara Hudson & Megan O’Malley
Moderator: Tina Hertel