Photos from the conference

One Book, One Villanova (PDF 1,609 KB)
Joe Lucia, Associate Dean and Director of Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University
Join Jo Lucia as he shares the triumph of the highly successful "One Book, One Villanova" campus-wide reading promotion program, now in its second year.

You Think You Can Take Me? You Need a *****ing Army If You Gonna' Take Me -Gangster and Western Genre Films for Public Libraries: From Public Enemy to Brokeback Mountain (PDF 1,553 KB)
Charles Burkart, WVU Libraries
Media collection development by genres can be easy. Join Chuck Burkart as he discusses stereotypes and clichés in Hollywood gangster and western films; film milestones in each genre, significant actors and directors, best films, and how to select the best for your library.

Trading Up: Helping Users Search U.S. Trademarks (PDF 2,630 KB)
Marian Armour-Gemmen, Patent and Trademark Librarian, WVU Libraries
Trademarks help companies distinguish their products or service from others. Some users may want to find out who makes a product and searching trademarks can help identify owners of those marks. Connect users to an important business resource by learning how to effectively search the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website.

Improving Communication with Internal Web Logs (PDF 735 KB)
Beth Toren, WVU Libraries
A well designed library staff blog will centralize, archive and share your current and historical internal library information. You can customize your blog with the many options available to suit the needs of your organization. One example is the WVU Libraries Reference blog, shared by student employees and Librarians.

Making Ourselves Indispensable: You Want Me to Do What?? (PDF 1,842 KB)
Chuck Julian, Wheeling Jesuit University
This session will provide information on how to make your library indispensable by offering specialized services and resources to community stakeholders. Practical suggestions and strategies will be featured and handouts of indispensable resources will be provided.

Librarian as Scholar? If I Can Do It, So Can You (PDF 330 KB)
Exercise Handout (PDF 51 KB)
Monica Brooks, Marshall University Library
Why is the word "scholar" so intimidating and what does it mean to an academic librarian? Academic librarians usually don't "publish or perish"; however, faculty are being forced to justify their existence, quantify output, and demonstrate productivity in an environment difficult to measure. Are librarians next? This session is will share tricks for turning a rant into a magazine article, a failure into a national presentation, and a litany of mundane chores into an impressive vita.

Resource Description and Access (RDA): A Preview of New Cataloging Rules (PDF 4,375 KB)
Handout (PDF 20 KB)
John Attig Pennsylvania State University
This presentation will provide information on the upcoming changes to the current cataloging rules (AACR2R) and how RDA will affect catalogers in all types of libraries.

Report on Film Night with Steve Fesenmaier
Handout (PDF 65 KB )
Steve Fesenmaier previews the re-mastered HARLAN COUNTY, USA an Academy Award winning documentary from the 1970's. Steve will also show Bringing Down the Mountains, and clips from Black Diamonds, both film shorts.

Meeting the Legal Needs of West Virginians: the Role of Librarians and Legal Professionals (PDF 41KB) - Kentucky Room - Sponsored by the Special Libraries Division - Bruce Perrone, Legal Aid of West Virginia; Kaye L. Maerz, Esq., State Law Librarian; and Tom Tinder, Executive Director, West Virginia State Bar, and Kevin Fredette, WVU Law Library
This program will highlight efforts within the library and legal community to provide assistance for the legal research and legal representation needs of the people of WV. Speakers will discuss programs designed to create broader access to legal research materials, encourage pro bono service to the public and provide assistance to low income individuals.

Weed It and Reap Program Handouts  (PDF 115 KB) - Maryland Room - Sue Ann Wolf, Pat Dempsey, and Melanie Deutsch - Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH
Meet the "Weeding Ninjas" as they provide information to help you weed and maintain Adult, Teen, and Children's collections, along with audiovisual materials. The session will include examples of what to "pitch" and what to keep and will underscore the importance of developing a good collection development policy. The speakers will also provide tips for streamlining the weeding process and demonstrate how to implement the CREW Method.