Basic Health Care for Library Books - $35 materials fee (1) - Phil Rumpel. Registration is limited to 10 people. Lecture will include an introduction, the economics of repair, considerations before doing repair, and basic book construction. How-to will be for about 1½ hours and will include a demonstration of basic repairs and hands-on practice of the repairs. Each participant will be furnished a basic supply kit to use and take home.

Tour of Ft. Knox Gold Mine and Poker Flat Research Range - $30 transportation fee. (T-1). The Fort Knox Gold Mine, employing 255 people, is located about 25 miles northeast of Fairbanks. It contributes about $70 million to the Fairbanks economy. Poker Flat Research Range is a scientific rocket launching facility located approximately 30 miles north of Fairbanks and is operated by the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute. Lunch is on your own at the historic Chatanika Lodge. Pre-registration required.

Technical Considerations for Filtering Internet Access in Public Libraries - $25 (includes a box lunch) (2) - Tamara Georgick & Rand Simmons. What is CIPA compliance and how do you achieve it? If your library is thinking of adding filters to your public access computers, this is the workshop for you! We will answer your questions about what it takes to be CIPA compliant including practical advice on costs, filtering Gates computers, selecting software, creating an Internet Safety Policy and technical considerations for integrating filters into your library.

Using Creativity & Innovation Skills - $25 (includes a box lunch) (3) - Kathryn Deiss. This preconference will show you tools and techniques to tap into your creative spirit as well as into the creative power of groups. Through fun interactive sessions and lecture, you and your colleagues will learn the potency of using creativity for crafting innovative services, finding solutions to knotty problems, and respiriting organizations after significant change and stress. Creativity is critical to the success of your library and to your own personal success. Come fearlessly and with energy! No "talent" required! (No Kumbaya will be sung!)

Subject Analysis Using Library of Congress Subject Headings - $25 (includes a box lunch) (4) - John Mitchell. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to recognize the tools and resources needed to be used in creating / modifying existing LCSH subject headings. Participants will also be exposed to deciding when and if a new subject heading should be proposed for inclusion in LCSH. Participants will be given the step-by-step process to use in analyzing materials and will be provided ample exercises to develop subject cataloging techniques to assign appropriate subject headings. Workshop attendees will also be exposed to the "Feng Shui" approach to subject cataloging, which includes local workflow issues and policies, and balance (efficiency vs. quality).

Tour of Special Libraries - No charge. Visit the Fairbanks Law Library, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Library, the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Library, and a private mining library. Registration is limited. (T-3)

Tour of University Libraries - No charge. Visit the UAF Rasmuson Library, Archives, and the Biosciences Library. Registration is limited. (T-4)

Tour of School Libraries - No charge. Visit the North Pole Elementary School library, the Randy Smith Middle School library, and the West Valley High School library. Registration is limited. (T-5)

AkLA Executive Council Dinner Meeting (7) - Michael Catoggio

Variety Entertainment – see Entertainment

College Credit Meeting and Discussion (8) - Deb Mole. Conference credit is designed to enable librarians to receive continuing education credit for conference attendance. It requires a minimum of 15 contact hours with conference activities, networking with other librarians, and a 3-5 page reaction paper which is due in mid-April.

Computer Lab – Using Microsoft Office in the Library — ticket required — Tracy Swaim. Basic concepts in Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Projects include: copying material from the web; creating a professional-looking newsletter, spreadsheet, chart, and multimedia program; burning a CD. Repeat of a Gates Regional Training session. [REPEATED ON SUNDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM.]

First-time Conference Attendee Orientation (9) - Michael Catoggio introduces AkLA as an organization, and explains the framework of the conference.

Cataloging Roundtable Meeting (10) - Marlene A. Harris

Budgeting for Lean/Mean Times (11) - Doug Johnson. Based on a track record of building, obtaining and administering excellent library/technology budgets on both a building and district level, Johnson discusses current funding realities facing schools, gives a short primer on school district finance, describes six types of budgets, outlines the three elements of effective budgets, and suggests ways media professionals can increase their influence in the budgeting process.

DIRLEAD Meeting (12) - Patricia Linville. For public librarians from Alaskan communities with populations of 3,000 or more.

Exhibits Open

AkLA Silent Auction Open in the Exhibits Area

Raven About Libraries Poster Sessions in the Exhibits Area:

• Alaska's Small Public Libraries - Christine O'Connor
  Photos, brief descriptions and statistics of small public libraries in Alaska. A chance for AkLA members to see those remote libraries they never get a chance to visit.

• ALIEN - Deb Mole and Freya Anderson
  Overview of the Alaskan Library Information and Expert Network, followed by the opportunity for everyone to enter areas of expertise and libraries' special collections into the database.

• Friends of the State Library - Gaylin Fuller, Greg Hill, and Paul McCarthy
  Information about and the opportunity to join this new group in support of the State Library.

• Raven About Reciprocal Borrowing - Sue Sherif
  To inform people about the Alaska Reciprocal Borrowing Program and to show off the new logo and the cards available for small library participants.

• When You Never See Your Clients - Sally Bremner and Kathy Murray, University of Alaska, Anchorage
  Learn how the Health Sciences Information Service at UAA's Consortium Library, a fee-based unit which serves as Alaska's medical library, works with clients all over the state.

Opening and Keynote : "The Creek Sisters Explore the Library World" (14) - Vicki Andrews and Marcia Trainor

(Much to their amazement) the Creek Sisters, Vicki Andrews and Marcia Trainor, veterans of Tandem Storytelling, Children's Theater, Musical Revues, many beginning Tap Dance Classes and general tomfoolery will present this year's opening remarks. WHAT WERE THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS THINKING? Grab your coffee, start chowin' down on that sweet roll, and get ready for the ride.

Computer Lab – Cataloger's Desktop — ticket required — John Mitchell. Learn how to use and customize this CD-ROM product that contains all of the most popular Library of Congress cataloging resources.

Communication in the Workplace (16) - Nina Malyshev. This program will examine how miscommunications occur in the workplace and how we can reach mutual understanding with staff using the power of talk.

Murder in the Stacks, or, How to Protect Your Materials (19) - Robyn Russell and Anne Foster. An introduction to the preservation needs of books, papers, photographs, and audio-visual materials. Presenters will cover environmental standards, proper handling procedures, and introduce basic conservation treatments that anyone can tackle. There will be special suggestions for those operating in small and/or underfunded institutions.

Statistics and Alaska's Public Libraries (17) - Patience Frederiksen. Does math fear truly explain why people are so adverse to statistics? Numbers are actually tools that effective leaders learn how to handle adroitly. Join Patience Frederiksen to learn about three sources you can use to find and manipulate public library statistics. Learn how to hammer home your need for more money, how you can use your numbers to show your library in its best light, and how to use your statistics as a tool for planning and reaching the future you desire.

Survival Skills for the Information Jungle (Kids and the Internet) (15) - Doug Johnson. Jungles can be confusing and even dangerous to the inexperienced traveler. The sheer abundance of resources and multitude of paths in jungles demand that explorers have special skills if they are going to survive and thrive. This presentation describes six Information Jungle Survival Tips for students and suggests how these tips can be taught.

BREAK: Make Your Own OCLC Western Sundae in the Exhibits Area

Computer Lab — E-mail, data entry, and practice

AkLA President's Program: Advocating for Your Library: a Toolkit (22) - Michael Catoggio and Patricia Linville. The Past Presidents will lead a discussion about AkLA's Strategic Plan. Last year, the membership prioritized goals in this plan. This year we'll explore ways to implement Goal #1: By 2008, AkLA will be recognized as a resource and advocate for its members as they work to safeguard intellectual freedom, privacy, access to government information, intellectual property, public services, and full funding for libraries in Alaska.

Computer Lab – Invisible Web — ticket required — Lyn Ballam. Add to your arsenal of online information – learn how to find and access content-rich databases often overlooked by search engines like Google or Lycos. [REPEATED ON SUNDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:30 AM.]

The Fence or the Ambulance: Are You Punishing or Preventing Plagiarism in Your School? (24) - Doug Johnson. Too much effort is expended in education try to "catch" plagiarism in student work. Teachers and media specialists are using various web services and techniques to determine if student writing is lifted from online sources. While such tools can be effective, educators should also be creating assignments, especially those that involve research, that minimize the likelihood of plagiarism in the first place. This workshop presents tools that help design LPP (Low Probability of Plagiarism) projects that require original, thoughtful research.

Influencing Skills: Influencing for Positive Outcomes (23) - Kathryn Deiss. Influencing is a natural human need; however, many of us do not know how to effectively influence others. We lack skills and frameworks for positive influence and have been overly schooled in win/lose sorts of negotiating techniques. It's time to view influencing skills as both necessary and available to each of us.

Intellectual Freedom Committee Meeting (25) - June Pinnell-Stephens

Basic SACO (Creating Proposals for Library of Congress Subject Headings) (27) - John Mitchell. The workshop will cover the basic principles in preparing proposals for new subject headings and proposing changes to existing subject headings for the Library of Congress Subject Headings through review of relevant instruction sheets in the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings and appropriate examples.

Adult Readers Rountable Meeting (67) - Georgine Olson

Indispensable Librarian: Schools in the Digital Age (30) - Doug Johnson. Examines the implications to school media specialists of the shift from print to digital information formats. Will librarians go the way of the slide rule and buggy whip? The current roles as outlined in Information Power are reinterpreted, and some additional, proactive roles are suggested. Discussion of specific media competencies, retraining opportunities, and job security strategies follows.

Public Libraries Roundtable Meeting (31) - Christine O'Connor. Annual business meeting, election of officers, general discussion.

Computer Lab – Finding Census 2000 Information Online — ticket required — Cam MacIntosh. Find data for a specific community or neighborhood. Search by address. Create reference maps to show boundaries and features. Compare one community with another using census data. Create profiles of special populations. Produce thematic maps.

Computer Lab – Using EBSCO to Keep Your Patrons and Funders Current — ticket required — Dan Cornwall. Use EBSCOhost to create news clipping services and magazine table of contents alerts so you, your patrons, and your funders can have current and relevant full text articles sent straight to their desktops. You will create your own personal “alert,” so bring a list of topics that interest you or magazines you like to read.

Movie: The Chechachos — Dirk Tordoff. See Entertainment

Exhibits Open (Exhibits Open to the Public from 11:00am to 4:00pm)

AkLA Silent Auction in the Exhibits Area

Raven About Authors and Reading Poster Sessions in the Exhibits Area:

• Alaska Center for the Book - Chris Bistah. Describes the programs of the Alaska Center for the Book, a nonprofit organization promoting reading and writing throughout the state.
• Fairbanks Sampler Project - Georgine Olson. As part of the Fairbanks Centennial, a group of area librarians created several annotated bibliographies about Fairbanks and have used them in many ways.
• Raven About Alaska's Summer Reading Programs - Sue Sherif. Preview materials for the 2004 Discover New Trails Summer Reading Program and see some innovative Alaska adaptations of previous statewide programs by Alaska libraries large and small.
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - Cherie Stihler. The Alaska Chapter of the SCBWI is having its statewide conference in Fairbanks at the Westmark Hotel March 26-28, 2004. Learn more about this organization in Alaska.

Alaska & the Big Wide World: How Alaskan Books are Received Outside (39) - Cancelled.

Basic Cataloging (Cataloging for Dummies) (37) - Robyn Russell. If you are in a sink-or-swim cataloging job, and you don't know Indicator 1 from Indicator 2, this workshop is for you! Come and learn the bare-bone basics from two of Alaska's experienced catalogers.

Computer Lab – Using RefWorks Bibliographic Citation Manager — ticket required — Jennifer Brown. Export data from various databases into RefWorks. Create bibliographies in various styles. Use Write-n-Cite to cite sources within a paper.

Developing and Funding Digital Collection Projects, Part 1 (35) - Linda Stewart, Anne Foster, James Simard, Marlene Harris and Arlene Schmuland. Part 1 begins with information a bout the evolution and current status of a successful implementation of a digital collection project in Alaska, the Virtual Library and Digital Archive (ViLDA), including how you can use the project's resources in your library and how to become involved in the future development of the project.

Language of Leadership (34) - Nina Malyshev. Mastering and understanding the language of leadership is critical to a successful career and to influencing the way in which people, situations and events are seen and interpreted.

Librarians Just Wanna Have Fund (Fundraising) (38) - Patience Frederiksen. The spirit is willing, but the budget is slim. How do other librarians in Alaska manage to raise money for books, programs, and equipment? Patience surveyed librarians from all over Alaska to find out what ideas were most effective in raising money, especially in small towns. Come learn about ideas and techniques you can try to enhance your library's revenue picture.

Unicorn Users' Group Meeting (36) - Brenda Knavel. For Unicorn users around the state. Share ideas, ask questions, and discuss similar situations in using the Sirsi Unicorn, iBistro, and Ecole products. Susan Buchanan will also demonstrate the Relais International, Inc.'s Interlibrary Loan product. (Sirsi and Relais recently entered into a partnership.)

Computer Lab

Alaska Native Culture in Children's Books (41) - Teri Sloat and Tricia Brown. Striving to publish quality children's books about Alaska and its native cultures, the two presenters are convinced that books can (and should!) preserve a strong cultural background while telling a universal story. Drawing from their personal experiences and those of working together on Sloat's new book, Berry Magic, they will discuss how editors, writers, storytellers, and illustrators can work together to merge cultural truth with imagination.

Balancing Life and Work (43) - Kathryn Deiss. Does it sometimes seem that there is no real separation between your life and your work? Is work dominating your life? Do you wonder how to find balance again? We'll explore how to balance your life and discuss the critical nature of balance in relation to effective career management, i.e. how to prevent career derailment. While not a prescription for eternal happiness and balance, this session will give you some new tools to apply to this dilemma.

Computer Lab – Camtasia Studio: Economical and Easy Way to Create Online Library Information — ticket required — Elise Tomlinson. Create professional-looking CD-ROMs or video files that may be streamed or downloaded from a website.

Developing and Funding Digital Collection Projects, Part 2 (35) - Linda Stewart. Beginning level information about creating digital collections from photographs, newspapers and a variety of collection materials. Provides an understanding of digital collection issues. Places emphasis on digital activities for small organizations, libraries, museums and heritage organizations. Objectives for the program include:

1. the ability to make informed digital project decisions
2. choosing appropriate funding options for digital projects, and
3. selecting and preparing materials for digital collections.

Distance Masters in Library Science Programs (45) - Wendy Zimmerman. A panel of current students or recent graduates from several distance education MLS programs will discuss their program experiences.

Field Guides for Alaska (44) - Judie Triplehorn. Explore the best field guides for Alaska in geology, mushrooms, wildflowers, trees, birds, and reptiles.

Using Alaska Marine Safety Education Association Materials in a Library (42) - Kristie Sherrodd

AkASL Board Meeting (50) - Robert VanDerWege and the Alaska Association of School Librarians Board.

Beyond 1001 Nights: Choosing Books and Videos on the Middle East (48) - Robyn Russell and Tim Pursell. Recommendations for choosing books and videos on Middle Eastern dance and culture. Session to conclude with a brief demonstration of Mid-East dance and drumming.

Computer Lab - practice and data entry time

Empower Your Library Through Collection Information (46) - Michael Byrnes. Follett Library Resources will present new features and skills to assist with collection analysis and development. TitleWise allows librarians to quickly analyze their library collections to identify strengths, weaknesses, titles for possible weeding, Dewey sensitive areas, and incomplete MARC records. This free tool will aid librarians with library advocacy by printing full color reports on their collection status that can be used for presentations to administration for maintaining/increasing budgets or as documentation for grant proposals.

Read It! Read It! Library Storytime Packets (47) - Jane Baird. Anchorage Municipal Libraries is expanding their collection of thematic storytime bags, thanks to an Alaska State Library Grant. Discover the storytime resources available to you through AML. Bring your favorite preschool storytime tips and fingerplays to share. Refresh your storytime repertoire!

Tundra Times Project: Phase 2 (49) - David Ongley, Judith Terpstra, and Frederick Zarndt. The second phase of the Tundra Times project was to create a full text index of the newspaper and make it available on the Internet along with the images of each page of the newspaper.

Basic ILL (55) - Freya Anderson and Karen Jensen. Learn about terms, especially programs and standards, used in interlibrary loan. Geared towards smaller ILL operations, this will give overviews of things like ISO 160/161, NCIP, ILLiad, and what's coming up with ILL in Alaska. Plan to attend the second ILL session on Sunday for a discussion with ILL practitioners around the state.

Computer Lab – Customizing and Branding EBSCOhost for Your Library — ticket required — Dan Cornwall. Put your library name or logo into EBSCO. Change the order of the databases list. Control how users search EBSCO databases.

S.O.S. for Information Literacy (Web-based Multimedia Resources for Educators) (53) - Lyn Ballam. (Web-based Multimedia Resources for Educators) — Lyn Ballam. Under development, this dynamic web-based multi-media resource for educators is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. S.O.S. is intended to showcase library media specialists and classroom teachers nationwide as they develop and share lesson plans and other teaching materials that motivate K-8 students to learn or sharpen their information literacy skills. W ith a pending release date in "early 2005," this sneak preview is an invitation to join other school media specialists in contributing to and using this unique and evolving database.

Uniform Titles: Misunderstood, Unappreciated, But Oh So Useful (Bibliographic Records) (56) - Rosario Garza. Uniform titles can be a very useful device in bibliographic control, but their purpose is not always clear to many library staff! This presentation will help clear up some of the confusion that surrounds uniform titles of all types.

What Librarians Should Know About Alaska Native Languages, Dictionaries, and Books (52) - Michael Krauss, Tom Alton, and Ron Inouye. Krauss will speak on language history and research; Alton will speak on current publishers and publications.

What Works & What Doesn't in Storytelling (54) - Donald Davis. Ever heard a great story and a terrible story about the same subject? Ever heard the same story told well and then told poorly? What are some of the things that make the difference between interesting success and boring failure? We will look at both factors related to story creation and to storytelling itself.

Battle of the Books Meeting (59) - Shelly Logsdon. Hands-on workshop reviewing and discussing the 2004-2005 Battle of the Books list and program changes.

Computer Lab - FileMaker Pro Tips - ticket required - Mary Jennings. Learn how to make professional looking labels, forms, and letters -- and other ways to manage library data.

Creative Writing for Grownups: More Play & Less Work Than You Expect (58) - Virginia Euwer Wolff. Virginia Euwer Wolff. Bring your pencil and paper to participate in a few creative writing exercises.

Educational Opportunities for Alaskan Librarians, Technical Staff and Paraprofessionals (57) - Patricia Linville. Ideas and examples of available educational opportunities for continuing students, degree programs and training in specific areas of librarianship. Handouts and question/answer time with current or recent participants in some of the programs described.

Getting Your Slice of the Pie Interlibrary Cooperation Grants (Grantwriting) (61) - Patience Frederiksen. If you have never written a grant before, the best way to learn is by doing and by asking for grant funds managed by the friendly librarians at the Alaska State Library. This session will provide an overview of ILC grants, a description of the priorities and goals that are funded, a list of grant projects funded in the past few years, and a quick tour of the ILC grant application packet.

Privacy in Libraries: Policies, Practices and Pitfalls (62) - Carrie Gardner. Explore state and federal laws related to the privacy of library records, while exploring the philosophical issues over which librarians often struggle. Receive examples of privacy policies from libraries large and small, and learn how to conduct a privacy audit in your library.

Showboating FRBR: Clustering Bibliographic Records for Catalogers, Reference & Systems Staff (60) - OCLC Western Staff. The FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) model uses the entities of work, expression, manifestation and item to cluster bibliographic records into more meaningful catalog displays. This program will give catalogers, reference staff, and systems staff a basic understanding of FRBR, and explore the relationship of FRBR to AACR2 and MARC.

Alaska Native Issues Roundtable (29) - David Ongley

Collection Development Roundtable Meeting (66) - June Pinnell-Stephens

Computer Lab - practice and data entry time

Continuing Education Committee Meeting (65) - Freya Anderson and Deb Mole. Open to all interested in working towards improving continuing library education opportunities within the state.

National Board Certification for School Library Media Specialists (64) - Janet Madsen. This process is a powerful professional development opportunity for school library media specialists. Learn more about the nuts and bolts of this process, how to find funding sources, resources and tips for successful completion, and how to find support and mentoring.

Tricky Processing for Technical Services Staff (63) - Gina Atos and Billijo Link. This workshop includes but is not limited to, multi-part musical scores, accompanying mini-CD-ROMs with texts, items which arrive in case or binder type formats, and other unusual physical or electronic format type items.

Dinner with Authors for Adults: Early Aviation in Fairbanks (68) - Dirk Tordoff. Joe Crosson's life and contributions to flying in Alaska are presented in a multi-media presentation that includes portions of a rare 1941 radio drama. Tordoff, a film archivist at UAF, is the author of Mercy Pilot: the Joe Crosson Story.

** Gourmet Dessert by the Slice – AkLA fundraiser – choose your indulgence and support AkLA.**

Fairbanks Shakespeare Theater: Bard-A-Thon. See Entertainment

AkASL General Membership Meeting (76) - Karen Davis

Broadband Strategies for Libraries (72) - Rich Greenfield. An overview of the Alaska Telecommunications Users Consortium and how libraries can participate in this newly formed organization to acquire better and cheaper broadband access.

Children's Librarians Sharing Ideas and Programs (71) - Sandra Strandtmann. Participants will bring ideas which have proven successful for them, as well as copies of flyers, instructions, handouts, or other significant items.

Computer Lab - Invisible Web - ticket required - Lyn Ballam. Add to your arsenal of online information – learn how to find and access content-rich databases often overlooked by search engines like Google or Lycos. [REPEAT OF THE FRIDAY, 4:00 PM TO 5:30 PM, LAB.]

Copyright Basics (73) - Jennifer Brown and Freya Anderson. Overview of copyright issues in the library, including the TEACH Act and Interlibrary Loan.

Metadata Cataloging (75) - Three librarians with varying experiences in traditional and non-traditional cataloging and non-cataloging discuss the joys, trials and tribulations of learning and working with metadata formats and standards in the changing environments of “cataloging” in the ever-moving target range of Dublin Core, and ContentDM in the context of the Alaska Virtual Library and Digital Archive. Remember, all the pundits said this was supposed to be easier than MARC. We'll tell you what it's really like! [RESCHEDULED FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM]

OCLC Update (74) - OCLC Western Staff. Join your colleagues at this timely update session. OCLC Western Staff will present the latest enhancements to the OCLC cataloging, ILL and reference services. Also included will be information about the OCLC Western digitization and preservation and database licensing program.

Academic Roundtable Meeting (81) - Kate Gordon

Authors to Alaska Roundtable Meeting (82) - Corey Hall and Candy Kopperud.

Computer Lab - Using Microsoft Office in the Library - ticket required - Tracy Swaim. Basic concepts in Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Projects include: copying material from the web; creating a professional-looking newsletter, spreadsheet, chart, and multimedia program; burning a CD. Repeat of a Gates Regional Training session. [REPEAT OF THE FRIDAY, 7:30 AM TO 9:00 AM, LAB.]

Fairbanks Sampler Project (78) - Georgine Olson. Cancelled.

ILL Trends (79) - Freya Anderson. This is your opportunity to learn and share with fellow ILL practitioners from around the state, as well as to help form future directions. We will discuss upcoming changes in ILL, the Alaska Project, ILLiad, brainstorm ideas, and whatever else you want!

Talk Tables for Small Library Issues (77) - Aja Razumny. An opportunity for librarians from small libraries to ask for and share information on specific concerns. “Experts” on various topics will head each table. Table topics will include: E-Rate Issues, Negotiating Bandwidth, Small Library Automation, Rural School Libraries, Wireless Internet Access, and Patron Privacy.

Reference Librarians and the Online Catalog (80) - Nancy Tileston and Jude Baldwin. Cataloging records are the building blocks of the catalog. To know what is searchable in the online catalog, it is necessary that all librarians who act as facilitators between the catalog and the patron understand these building blocks and how they work with their particular system. [RESCHEDULED FROM 9:00 TO 10:30 AM]

Campus Corner, Downtown, and Chena Hot Springs Tours. Cancelled.