Photos from the conference

• Bringing Learners and Library Skills Together: Using Computer-Based Instruction for Training Student Assistants at a university Research Library (PDF) 1,157 KB
  
  A. David Roth, Circulation Supervisor of Students, Evansdale Library, West Virginia University
  
  This session will present an overview and demonstration of the efficacy of using online PowerPoint modules to train student library assistants. This form of computer-based instruction provides interactive, standardized, and accessible training to students within a self-paced tutorial format. The learning process is designed to provide consistent, comprehensive, engaging, and responsive instruction to all assistants, regardless of the shifting demands on departments. The result is fast and reliable acquisition of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide quality library services to our research public.
   
• Cataloging for Children and Their Parents (PDF) 247 KB
  
  Sophie Bogdanski, Monographs Unit Librarian, WVU Libraries.
  
  This program will discuss children's user patterns and how we can adapt our cataloging for them. It will look at cataloging children's books, including picture books, readers, fiction, and science books.
   
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Authority Control (PDF) 269 KB
  
  Gordon Ernst, Authorities/Cataloging Librarian, WVU.
  
  This program will discuss the basics of authority control in the online catalog, what it is and why it is important. It will show ways to do authority control with either existing staff or through an authority vendor.
   
• Homework Help: Science Resources from the National Library of Medicine (PDF) 4,296 KB
  
  Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
  
  The "No Child Left Behind" Act puts an emphasis on science education. It is important for students to have access to full-text, impartial, and current science information to complete homework. The National Library of Medicine and other federal agencies produce databases that are used by public and school librarians assisting students.
   
• NTTC Resource Center: Resources for Your Patrons (PDF) 1469 KB

  Dr. Charles A. Julian, Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit university, Inc.
   

• The National Conservation Training Center Conservation Library: A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource (PDF) 902 KB

  Anne Post Roy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
   

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (PDF) 246

  Barbara Landreth
   

• New Voices in West Virginia Libraries - Award-winning papers from new librarians - Sponsored by Blackwell Book Services
  
  Facilitators: Kelly Diamond, Heather Campbell, and Lynn Sheehan

Paper: On becoming a "Real" Professor (PDF) 22 KB
John Adkins, Reference, Instruction, and Technology Librarian, University of Charleston
 

• Reaffirming Our Mission as Educators (PDF) 324 KB
  
  Jo Ann Calzonetti, Associate Professor & Head, Science & Technology Library, University of Akron and Adjunct Instructor, Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science.
  
  Historically, libraries have been recognized as institutions that support learning and scholarship. Librarians, academic, public and special, have traditionally contributed to the process of discovery and learning. Librarians know, and studies (Buttlar and Garcha; Cardina and Wicks) have substantiated, that vast changes that have occurred in libraries during the past fifteen years as the result of technological innovation. This session will focus on how these changes have affected the role of librarian as educator.
   
• Shelving Stress, Checking Out Enjoyment : How to Eliminate Stress and Burnout and Find Satisfaction, No Matter What (PDF) 649 KB
  
  Judith Sedgeman, Education Director, West Virginia Initiative for Innate Health.
  
  We have a natural psychological immune system that is as powerful as our physiological immune system. Learn to access it to overcome stress and find calm and clarity in the midst of the storms of work and life.
   
• Teaching Subject Headings in Your Jammies (PDF) 29 KB
  Bibliography (PDF) 11 KB
  
  Kelly Diamond, Reference and Humanities Librarian, WVU Libraries.
  
  This presentation will give the audience an overview on using WebCT for online library instruction. While the presentation will cover some technical aspects of using WebCT, it will focus primarily on ways to make online instruction (relatively) painless for the instructor and, more importantly, successful for the student.

 
• U.S. Patent Searching @ Your Library (PDF) 1,624 KB

  Marian G. Armour-Gemmen
  Patent & Trademark Reference Librarian, Evansdale Library, West Virginia University

  Patents are available for searching on the Internet, but what is the most effective method to search for similar patents and inventions? This presentation will describe the steps for an effective patent search and explore the resources available on the U.S. Patent and Trademark website.
   

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  West Virginia Dept. of Education & the Arts Division of Rehabilitation Services Staff Library

  Carol Johnson-Cyrus, WV Division of Rehabilitation Services Library