2009 annual scla conference ray turner

Columbia Marriott1200 Hampton Street

The Thoughts Behind the Theme

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Each are their community’s storehouse filled with information

South Carolina Libraries:

Public Academic Special

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Families are looking to their Public Library to provide:

•Information & Instruction

•Recreational Reading

•Entertainment (local artists, gaming programs for YAs & storytimes for the little ones)

•Job search and career development for those who are unemployed

Public Libraries Are: Family Life

Centers in Hard Economic Times.

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Academic Libraries supply all the services important for supplementing education, cultural awareness and the components to advance literacy within the State.

Academic Libraries Provide:◦ Cooperative access

to education.

◦ Literature through shared electronic and universal lending.

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Networking opportunities and resource sharing to enhance the mission of their parent organization or association

Special Libraries:◦ Provide informational

and research services.

◦ Meet the unique needs of professions & organizations.

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Who are these people?

What does each of the “people components” mean to your library?

How can all these people work togethereffectively?

How can we recognize and become culturally aware of individual differences to foster an inclusive workplace and services?

Diverse People“The People Component”

◦ County or Academic Officials

◦ Trustees◦ Administrators◦ Deans◦ Managers◦ Directors◦ Support Staff◦ Patrons◦ Students

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Library Servicesare those thingsthat we havealways done likebook lending and ILL Loans.

They also include: Internet Web2.0 Digitalization Second Life Gaming Programming for

all ages

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What are the new and exciting“Exceptional Services” South Carolina libraries are creating to assist its client base with their recreational and educational needs?

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Programs for the Conference:

The theme is an all-inclusive one that will allow us to:

Embrace the South Carolina library experience, the roles and kinds of people who patronize and operate SC libraries.

Highlight the exceptional services that we provide daily.

The Planning Committee would like programs that will aid usin becoming better and effective libraries and library staff, aswell as, programs that will teach, inspire and inform.

The Committee would like to highlight programs that arecutting-edge and most beneficial to the future of librarieseven with our current economic forecast and future trends.

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Possible Programs:◦ Budgeting/Funding◦ Salaries and Staffing Alternatives◦ Library Leadership Initiatives/Mentoring◦ Marketing and Promotion◦ Outreach and Partnerships◦ 21st Century Collection Development◦ 21st Century Data Collection and Storage◦ Advocacy/Elected Officials◦ Gaming and other programming for all

age groups◦ Web 2.0 from a non-librarian perspective◦ Growing future librarians-programming

for SLIS Students

These ideas are only a few examples of theTypes of programs for the Conference.

Be Creative!

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Some Planned Highlights:

Pre-Conference on Diversity Sponsored in Partnership with SLIS

ALA Forum

Out of Stacks and Onto the Stage (Karaoke and Dancing)

Internet Café Sponsored in Partnership with SOLINET & the State Library

Musical Entertainment

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Annual Conference Deadlines 

October 28 Diversity Pre-conference October 28-October 30 Annual Conference

Columbia MarriottRoom Rate: $139 per night + tax

Deadlines:  April 10 Program Proposal Forms  July 17 Speaker Registration Forms

Initial Program Information  September 11 Final Program Information

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Any Questions?

Contact InformationRayburne J. Turner, 1st Vice President

Post Office Box 2132Walterboro, South Carolina 29488

Turnerr@ccpl.org843.572.4094 (W)

843.509.9275 ( C )