Annual Conference Program Files
Annual Conference Programs 2008 (pdf) includes descriptions of the programs in all seven conference tracks.
Wednesday
| Session | Title | Files |
| 1.1.1 | Patrons Who are Blind & Visually Impaired are Downloading Digital Books, Too! | |
| 1.1.2 | Advocate for your Library! | |
| 1.1.3 | Shaping Your Community's Yesterdays for Today and Tomorrow | |
| 1.1.4 | Coaching for the Future | |
| 1.1.5 | Delta Township District Library - History, Design, Sustainability | Annual2008-1-1-5.pdf |
| 1.1.6 | Slamming Around the World | |
| 1.1.7 | MeL Databases: Annual Update and Q/A Session | |
| 1.1.8 | MEBS - Healthcare Options for your Library | |
| 1.2.0 | Opening Keynote: Dan Norris, Cialdini Method Certified Trainer Using the Science of Influence to Improve the Art of Persuasion |
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| 1.4.1 | Inventing a Web 2.0 Catalog | |
| 1.4.2 | The Teen Community Volunteer: How to take Teen Volunteers to the next level | |
| 1.4.3 | Ready, Set, Read: Helping Parents Understand New Readers | |
| 1.4.4 | Library Director? Me? Yes, You!! | |
| 1.4.5 | Tech Tools for Reference: A Public and Academic Library Perspective | http://www.slideshare.net/hhibner |
| 1.4.6 | Head Start and Public Libraries: A Collaboration | |
| 1.4.7 | The Online Institutional Repository at Kalamazoo College | |
| MLA Annual Meeting | Annual2008-MLA Annual Meeting.pdf |
Thursday
| 2.2.1 | New Technologies = New Risks & Protections for Individual Rights | Annual2008-2-2-1.pdf |
| 2.2.2 | Apply the Power of Persuasion @ Your Library | |
| 2.2.3 | Get Streetwise with Teen Urban Fiction | Annual2008-2-2-3.doc |
| 2.2.4 | Ask the Lawyer! | |
| 2.2.5 | Museum Adventure Pass | Annual2008-2-2-5.pdf |
| 2.2.6 | Early Literacy: The Full Picture | |
| 2.2.7 | Get the Point Across with a Wink | |
| 2.3.1 | Ask the Security Pro | |
| 2.3.2 | Catalog Records of Tomorrow: Cataloging Rules & Standards in 2009 |
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| 2.3.3 | MLA Advocacy Update | Annual2008-2-3-3.ppt |
| 2.3.4 | Simply the Best | |
| 2.3.5 | Communities of Practice (CoP) Update | Same presentation as Annual Meeting:Annual2008-MLA Annual Meeting.pdf |
| 2.3.6 | Re-imagining Academic Instruction with Learner-Centered Activities | Annual2008-2-3-6.ppt |
| 2.3.7 | Shaping Tomorrow's Digitization Project: Planning Concepts | |
| 2.4.1 | The Michigan Evergreen Project - Michigan's First Open Source Group Catalog | |
| 2.4.2 | Achieving Excellence as a Library Board | Annual2008-2-4-2.pdf |
| 2.4.3 | Going Global - Building & Promoting Popular Materials Collections | |
| 2.4.4 | Tomorrow's Professionals | |
| 2.4.5 | MeL Today & Tomorrow: What's New, Enhanced, Improved & On the Horizon | |
| 2.4.6 | Great Reference Service: Priceless | Annual2008-2-4-6.pdf |
| 2.4.7 | Libraries after Gates: How Rural Libraries & Library Work Have Changed | |
| 2.6.1 | Playing Politics: How to Play Fair and Win! | |
| 2.6.2 | Tax Captures by Corridor Improvement Authorities | |
| 2.6.3 | Art in the Library: the Library as Cultural Center | |
| 2.6.4 | Web Presence of Instructional Materials | Annual2008-2-6-4.ppt |
| 2.6.5 | Wikipedia: Just Get Used to It, It's Better Every Day in Every Way | |
| 2.6.6 | Can You Hear Me Now? Great Titles You Never Knew We Had | |
| 2.6.7 | Making History with YouTube and the OPAC | Annual2008-2-3-2 2.pdf |
| 2.7.1 | Mentorship: Bridging the Gaps in our Profession | http://www.slideshare.net/ejbollin |
Friday
| 3.1.1 | Great Lakes Maritime History Digitized | |
| 3.1.2 | Re-visioning the Reference Collection | |
| 3.1.3 | The current value of MEL and an evolving future | |
| 3.1.4 | Drink the Kool-Aid: Of Course You Want to be A Public Library Director | |
| 3.1.5 | Hand in Hand: How Libraries Can Work Together with Schools and Businesses | |
| 3.1.6 | Instructional Design in the Real World | |
| 3.1.7 | VUFind: An Open Source ILS Independent OPAC | Annual2008-3-1-7.pdf |
