Creating a Signature Event


Want a special event that can bring hundreds, even thousands, of people to your library year after year? Learn how Medina County District Library established and developed successful and fun signature programs that are unique to each location, and how you can do it too!


Intended Audience: Adult Services, Children’s Services, and Marketing and PR Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Hosting Chapter


C/SE, NE: Christine Gramm and Lynn Wiandt, Medina County District Library


Creating and Marketing a Successful Podcast


Beth Hatch and Cari Dubiel are the creators of a successful podcast, The ABC Book Reviews. The podcast is an entertaining, fun mix of traditional reader’s advisory services, library news, and pure listening


pleasure. In this program, the


presenters will discuss how they first envisioned the podcast, how they prepare for their recording sessions, and how they set up and use their recording equipment. They’ll also talk about their ongoing marketing efforts, both online and in the library. Check it out at bethandcari.blogspot.com, or visit www.twinsburglibrary.org.


Intended Audience: Adult Services, Children’s Services, Marketing and PR, and YA/Teen Services Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Reference and Information Services Division


N: Cari Dubiel and Beth Hatch, Twinsburg Public Library


Destination – Library!


Programs aren’t just for kids. Our Cool Parenting 101 Series (Digital Scrapbooking, How to Read to Your Grandchild, Planning Kids Parties), Toy Expo, and Homespun Christmas are popular with adults as well. Tuscarawas County Public Library Children’s staff will share tips on how to make your Children’s Department a destination location beyond story time.


Intended Audience: Children’s Services Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Northeast Chapter


NE: Stef Baird and Penny Marshall, Tuscarawas County Public Library


REMEMBER


Bring this program booklet with you the day of the conference. DO NOT DISCARD this program after registering. Program booklets may not be available onsite.


Diplomacy 101: Dealing with Difficult Patrons


Practical tips on preventing behavior problems and successful ways to deal with those that do occur. Topics include handling complaints, dealing with angry patrons, staff safety, and banning patrons. The program includes lots of library- specific examples and opportunities for audience participation.


Intended Audience: Adult Services, Children’s Services, Marketing and PR, Outreach, Support and Circulation, and YA/Teen Services Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Supportive Staff Division SW: Mark Willis, Dayton Metro Library


Down These Mean Stacks: Film Noir in the Library


The shadowy world of Film Noir is a world of corruption, betrayal, violence, sex, and despair. Don’t we already have enough of that in the library? – maybe not. Films like Double Indemnity, Murder My Sweet, The Big Sleep, Out of the Past, and many others are great films and continue to exert influence. Film Noir emerged in the 1940s and 50s with a distinctive visual style and a world- weary view of post-war America’s darkside. It remains popular thanks to that style pioneered by directors such as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Huston along with iconic hard-boiled stars like Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, and Alan Ladd, and gorgeous femme fatales including Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, and Veronica Lake. We will discuss building your library’s collection of classic noir films, doing film programming and discussions including tie-ins with important noir fiction, and briefly cover the history and development and some useful resources.


Intended Audience: Adult Services; General Interest


Sponsor: Northeast Chapter


NE: Steve Svecz, Warren-Trumbull County Public Library


Early Literacy Outreach: How to Find and Serve the People Who Don’t Already Use Your Library


It can be difficult to find the populations in our community that need early literacy information the most. Come hear about strategies to find these populations, particularly in-home daycares, and


what libraries around the country are


offering them. Representatives from Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Ready to Read Corps and Worthington Libraries will be presenting what their library staffs are doing in Central Ohio.


Intended Audience: Children’s Services and Outreach Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Outreach and Special Services Division


C/SE: Sarah Mackey, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Lindsey Smith, Worthington Libraries


The eBook Experience


With so many different eReader devices on the market and more coming, embarking on downloading services can feel overwhelming for the small- to medium-sized library. How can you possibly know every device and how it operates? Who will be responsible for handling downloading questions? How will you get the word out about this exciting service? Join us as we share our experience with you. We don’t claim to be experts (we’ll leave that to OverDrive), but we will tell you what has worked for us and what has not. We’ll share the different ways we’ve marketed this service, how we have trained so we are able to train and assist our customers, and how we have found help along the way. After the presentation there will be time for questions, and for you to share your experiences and ideas with your colleagues.


Intended Audience: Administrative, Adult Services, Support and Circulation Staff; General Interest


Sponsor: Northeast Chapter


NE: Andrea Legg and Virginia Wright, Tuscarawas County Public Library


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