2008 ELECTRONIC HANDOUTS The following information was provided by session presenters. We will add additional resources as received. Unsure of the title of a program you attended? Consult the Pocket Program or daily program schedules: TUE • WED • THU • FRI (pdf's)

A-C    D-J    K-P    Q-S    T-Z  (Initial articles included in alphabetization.)

• AASL: National Trends in School Libraries (website)
• Academic Libraries: Facilities for Books, Bytes, and Beyond (doc)
• Activities for Learning Styles (doc) (ppt)
• African American Genealogy: Where to Start and Where to Search (ppt) Bibliography (doc)
• All the Rage: YA Graphic Novels (doc) (pdf) (website)
• Audiobooks Beyond the Bricks (pdf) (ppt)
• Baby Duck Syndrome: Changing Staff Attitudes (pdf)
• Balanced Libraries: Books, Bytes, and Web 2.0 (website)
• Be PRO-active: Encourage Professional Reading
  Weimarology (website) • forwhomthebelltold (website)
• Booktalking YA Reading Lists (pdf) (website)
• Clues and Cues from the City Manager's Office (website)
• Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact (pdf) (website)
• Collecting the Best of the Past: Genealogy Reference (pdf) (doc)
• Collection Development Resources for Patrons of Color (pdf)
• Contributed Papers I: Chess Moves for Libraries (doc)
• Contributed Papers II
  • Collaboration for Accreditation: Trinity University’s Information Literacy Across the Curriculum Initiative (website)
  • Health Information in Public and School Libraries in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (ppt)
• Contributed Papers III: Librarian on Board! Research Results and a Framework for designing Librarian-in-the-Classroom Services (website) (doc)
• Celebrate the TRC Jubilee! (Evaluation Form)
• Digitization Expo
  • Beyond the Desktop Scanner: High Resolution Imaging of Larger Objects (pdf)
  • Corpus Christi Public Library: Content dm Digital Project (pdf)
  • Employing Digital Outsourcing Services: Strategies
    for Organizing Your Project and Accessing Digital Expertise without Spending a Fortune (pdf)
  • Implementing DSpace at Rice: Lessons Learned (pdf)
  • Rolling Your Own Digital Library System (pdf)
  • Safe Sound Archive: Preserving the Sound of History (pdf)
  • Tides: Digital Asset Management Systems in Practice (pdf)
• Distance Learning on a Shoestring (doc) (ppt)
• Emotional Customer Service: Making the Connection With Patrons (doc)
• Evergreen: An Open-Source Integrated Library System (ppt)
• Finding and Keeping the Best: How to Select and Evaluate Your Library Director (pdf)
• From Bricks to Books: Building New School Libraries (doc)
• Future of Catalogs (pdf)
• Game On! TTR.08 -- Texas Teens Read! (doc)
• Gaming, Learning, and Libraries: Why Screen Time Can be Time Well Spent (pdf)
• Get 'Em What They Want: Mastering the Reference Interview (pdf)
• Get Ready For Reading: ALA's Every Child Ready to Read Program (pdf)
• Getting Along with IT (pps)
• Getting Them Where They Live: Designing Virtual Library Sites for  21st Century Learners (website)
• Going Beyond to Become a Strong Leader: TLA’s TALL Texans Institute (ppt)
• Help! These Databases are Driving Me Crazy! Using the TexShare Databases (ppt)
• Hot off the Press: Great New YA Books (website)
• How We Do It! Best Practices in Children's Programming (doc)
• If You Give a Kid a Book: Booktalks for Tweens and Teens (doc)
• Improve Your Processes! (ppt)
• Java Makes Me Jump: School and Building Partnerships (website)
• Just the Facts, Best Science and Social Studies Books for Grades K-8 (doc) NJLA (website)
• Join the Jubilee with Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (pdf)
• Learning 2.0:  An Innovative Way to Train Library Staff (website)
• Library Boards:Training Your Best Advocates (doc)
• Library Research with Emergent Readers: Meeting the Standards (website)
• Listen Up! Audiobooks and Literacy Development: Audiobooker (website)
  Goddess of YA (website)
• Lone Star Luminaries: The Best of Texas Fiction (doc)
• Marketing in a Briefcase (ppt)
• MacBeth vs MacBlog (ppt)
  • Requirements for a Blog Entry (doc)
  • Research Project English III (doc)
  • Research Project Part II Collecting Sources (doc)
  • Source Review Getting to Know Your Sources (doc)
  • The Real King Duncan (doc)
• Mockingbirds and Armadillos: Local Elementary Reading Programs (website)
• Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers (website)
• Net Fair I: S.P.L.A.T.! Simple, Practical Library Applications of Web 2.0 (website)
• Net Fair II:  A Clicker for Your Thoughts (ppt)  Virtual Videos: Using YouTube to Promote Library Services, It’s Infectious! (ppt) Grant Writing for Technology (ppt)
• Not So Reluctant After All: McElligott, O'Malley and Trine (website)
• Power Down PowerPoint to Power Up Persuasion (doc)
• Professional Development for Librarians with Instructor Responsibilities (website)
• Programs and Practices for the Extraordinary Teacher Librarian (doc)
  Appendix (doc) (Evaluation Form)
• Putting Cultural Diversity on the Shelf: Authors' Perspectives on Blending Asians, Latinos, and Others into Fiction and Nonfiction (website)
• Robie Harris: The Power of Fiction and Nonfiction Picture Books (pdf) (website)
• Rejuvenating School Library Book Collections (pdf)
• Riding Shotgun Down the Avalanche: Strategies for Keeping Current (pdf)
• Seriously Folks: Funny Books for Children Are Literature, Too! (pdf)
• Serving Diverse Populations: Building an International Collection (doc)
• Serving Multi-Lingual Populations (doc)
• S.E.W. What? Selecting, Evaluating, Weeding the School Library Collection (doc)
• Sipping Judiciously from the Internet Firehose: Researching in a Filtered Environment
  Weimarology (website) • forwhomthebelltold (website)
• Social Networking among Digital Natives: Library Issues (ppt)
• Straddling Cultures: How Stories Keep You Balanced (website with pdf's)
• Stay Safe: Disaster Preparedness (ppt)
• Strong Libraries, Strong Scores
  • Reconceptualizing Libraries - Gary Hartsell (doc)  (ppt)
  • Partnerships - Marla McGhee (ppt) Scheduling/Usage Form (doc) • Quality Continuum (doc)
  • Impact on Achievement - Keith Curry (ppt)
• Super Heroes, Ghosts, and Gay Teens: GLBT YA Literature  (doc) (website with .doc); (website with .doc); (website with .doc)
• Texas Book Festival Benchmark Projects: Tips from Winners (doc) (pdf)
• The Changing Face of Texas: Tracking Economic and Demographic Transformations (pdf)
• The Librarian Chronicles: Career Options for Librarians (website)
• The Tech-Savvy Booktalker (website)
• Tweens in the Twilight: Lifes Little Challenges (doc) Tips (doc)
• Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency: Designing Projects for 21st Century Learners (website)
• What’s It Worth? The Value of Library Services as an Advocacy Tool (ppt)
• Working with Teens on the Edge (ppt)
• Your Students Will Be Our Students (ppt)

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