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OLA Annual Conference 2017

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8:00am PDT

Registration Desk Hours for Thursday First Floor Gallery

8:30am PDT

Opening Session and Key Note Address - Libraries Save: Sharing Resources, Building Community & Providing Refuge During Uncertain Willamette Ball RoomChloe Eudaly

10:00am PDT

Exhibits Grand Opeining Gallery and Willamette Foyer (Exhibits Areas) Poster Sessions Second Floor Hallway

11:00am PDT

2 Minute Reviews Santiam Room 1Carissa Barrett • Sarah Strahl • Alicia Yokoyama • Oregon Authors Committee Carnegie Libraries: One Hundred Years of Thriving Communities Croisan Creek Room AMaureen Cole • Leah Griffith • Patricia Welch • Support Staff Division Collection Development Policies: Creation, Upkeep and Knowing When to Change Santiam Room 2Damon Campbell • Molly Carlisle • Faye Chadwell • Kerri Goergen-Doll • Technical Services Round Table (TSRT) Comic Books and Intellectual Freedom Santiam Room 4Charles Brownstein • Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) • Intellectual Freedom Committee Crushing it in the Classroom: Classroom Management Skills for Public Librarians Serving Youth Santiam Room 6Sonja Somerville • April Witteveen • Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Interns: Invigorating, Inspiring, and so Important Santiam Room 5Library Interns: Fernando Aguilar Roman, Michaela Canete, D'ante Delaughn, Lizette Garcia • Hillary Ostlund • Kristi Wilson Keynote follow-up: Libraries Save: Group Discussion About Innovative and Creative Approaches to Serving Community Needs Santiam Room 3Chloe Eudaly, Mentoring to Build the Next Generation of Leaders Croisan Creek Room CJane Corry • Meredith Farkas • Karen Hill • Stephanie Lind • Dawn Lowe-Wincensten • Keli Yeats • Membership Understanding Our Patrons’ Needs In Order to Thrive Together in a Digital Environment Croisan Creek Room BAmy Honisett

12:30pm PDT

Lunch & Business Meeting Willamette Ball RoomMidwest Tape/Hoopla

2:00pm PDT

Democracy Requires Civic Engagement and Knowledge - What Libraries Can Do Santiam Room 2Donna L Cohen Inclusive Library Team Culture: Transforming How Staff Treats Customers and Each Other Santiam Room 5Jenny Berg • Adam Carlson • Kimbre Chapman • Alice Darnton Just Surviving or Thriving? Find Success with Your Vendor Relationships Croisan Creek Room BBrandon Barnett • Lisa Tattersall Library Programming that Entertains, Educates and Inspires: How to Get the Most Out of Author Events Croisan Creek Room AAndra Watkins Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) - Thriving Together as a Region Croisan Creek Room CRick Stoddart Reuniting the Past: Collaborations for Learning and Outreach in the Digital Age Santiam Room 4Erin Clark • Laura Cray • Jules Filipski • Ruth Vondracek • Erin Stout Story Time Volunteers?!!? Yes, No, Maybe So Santiam Room 6Julie Bowers • Heather McNeil • Children's Services Division Thriving, Not Just Surviving, the Long Night Against Procrastination Santiam Room 3Max Brooks • Jeff Gayton • Julie Helmandollar-Anderson YA Smackdown: Holla Your Teen Savvy Santiam Room 1Violeta Garza • Amy Grimes • Bobbye Hernandez • Keli Yeats • Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN)

3:00pm PDT

Exhibits Break Gallery and Willamette Foyer (Exhibits Areas)

4:00pm PDT

Being a Part of the Maker Community Santiam Room 5Jesse Adams • Jamie Bair • Erin Finot • Brendan Lax • Matt Neer • Lyndsey Runyan • Support Staff Division BIBFRAME: New Vocabulary, New Experiments Santiam Room 1Kelley McGrath • Lori Robare • Technical Services Round Table (TSRT) Encouraging Innovation to Help the Library Thrive Croisan Creek Room BAmy Honisett Healthy Aging at the Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information Croisan Creek Room CCarolyn Martin Libros for Oregon: Collections Connect Communities Santiam Room 2Members of the Libros for Oregon Advisory Council • Deborah Gitlitz • Reforma Managing Compassion Fatigue Santiam Room 6Evan Edward Dumas • Support Staff Division Oregon Battle of the Books for public and school libraries Santiam Room 4Korie Buerkle • Libby Hamler-Dupras • Rebecca Mayer • Marta Wolcynska Teaming up to Enhance Information Literacy Instruction Croisan Creek Room AJane Littlefield Time Management: An Unconference Session Santiam Room 3Jane Corry • Leadership Committee

5:00pm PDT

All Conference Reception Second Floor, Willamette Foyer Emporia Alumni Reception Board Room

5:30pm PDT

DIGOR Business Meeting Ask At Registration DeskDocuments Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) Outreach Round Table Business Meeting and Social Bentley's Grill Public Library Division (PLD) Business Meeting Ritter's Housemade Foods OYAN's OYEA Reception Magoo's Sports Bar

8:00pm PDT

OLA President's Party ($25) Marion Room