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Wednesday April 16 • 10:15 - 11:50 am
African American Males
Read Their Way to Success
Reading paves the road to success. Learn about mentoring young African
American males from contributors to the Essence Magazine best-seller,
Turn the Page and You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters in
Our Lives with Youth.
The panel identifies materials that appeal to this population and explores
techniques and strategies to promote reading.
BLACK CAUCUS Author Session with African American Genealogy:
Where to Start and Where to Search
Searching for your African American
ancestors? Take a walk back in time.
Find out about your ancestors through
the many resources available for
researching African American heritage.
Stacey Bennett-Dwyer, supervisor, US
Environmental Protection Agency; Vergie
Freeman, genealogist and secretary, Hebron
High School, Lewisville ISD; Donald Payton,
president, African American Genealogy Interest
Group, Dallas Genealogy Society.
Thursday April 17
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10:00 - 11:50 am
The Library of
Congress (LOC) plays a vital role in
the ongoing practices of librarianship.
The agency’s chief operating officer
conveys the LOC’s strategic initiatives
for serving a diverse nation through its
libraries.
Jo Ann C. Jenkins, chief operating officer,
Library of Congress (Washington, DC).
Thursday April 17
•
10:00 - 11:50 am
Threatened by the shortage of new young librarians? What does Canada
have to do with it? Noted national expert Stanley Wilder will present
his provocative view on the issue of recruiting new young librarians
into the field. Wondering how to fill positions in your library? Meet a panel
of Texas librarians in public, academic, and school libraries that have created
innovative recruitment programs that are working.
Robert S. Martin, professor and Lillian
Bradshaw endowed chair, School of Library and
Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University;
Janice Newsum, librarian specialist, and
coordinator, the Librarian Initiative for Better
Schools (LIBS) Project (from an IMLS Grant),
Houston ISD; Rose Treviño, youth services
coordinator and project director, Fountain of
Youth Project (from an IMLS Grant), Houston
Public Library; Stanley Wilder, associate dean of
libraries, University of Rochester (NY).
Thursday April 17
• 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Come meet the first African American chief operating officer for the Library of
Congress.
Jo Ann C. Jenkins, chief operating officer,
Library of Congress (Washington, DC).
Friday April 18
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8:00 - 9:50 am
Gather all the data needed to provide the best library collection for patrons
of color. Explore the newest trends, services, and resources from websites to
databases to books.
Kimberly Michelle Gay, academic reference
and instruction librarian, Prairie View A&M
University; Lana Hayes, librarian, DeBakey
High School, Houston ISD; Judith Hiott,
coordinator of materials selection, Houston
Public Library; Eileen Liu, president,
Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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