Arkansas & SELA: Getting Back to Natural Things...Learning, Libraries and Literacy
2010 ArLA/SELA Tentative Schedule
Saturday - September 25 Pre-Conference
2:00 – 4:00 Trustees Workshop, Central Arkansas Library System, Main Library Campus,
Arkansas Studies Institute, Room (FREE)
Pre-Conference Tour
9:00 – 4:30 Tour of several Central Arkansas Library System buildings: Main Library,
Arkansas Studies Institute, Cox Building, and 3 branches ($20)
Sunday – September 26
10:00 ArLA Board Meeting
11:00 Exhibitor booth setup begins
12:00 Registration Opens
12:00 Basket Auction Items Delivery begins
1:00 – 1:50 Breakout sessions
1. Jerry Townsend; Getting to Know the Arkansas Library Association ARLA
2. Carrie Gardner, Everything You Wanted to Know about Intellectual Freedom but Were Afraid to Ask, (Part One)
3. Brian Hulsey, Ebooks: Landscape # Implications SELA
4. Francisca Goldsmith, Teen Library Services: Risky Business
5. Linda R. Most, The Rural Public Library as Place: The People’s Place for
Community, Reading and Information SELA
6. Krista Petty; Small Town Public Relations ARLA
7. Jim Roberts & Becky Henry (Encyclopedia Britannica) ; Integrate Technology with Britannica Digital Learning

2:00 – 2:50 Breakout sessions
1. Carrie Gardner, Everything You Wanted to Know about Intellectual Freedom but Were Afraid to Ask (Part Two)
2. Sally Gardner Reed
3. Francisca Goldsmith, Sequential Art and the Youngest Readers
4. Wanda Brown, Jason Ezell, Amy Poe, Phillip Smith; Library Instruction and
Information Literacy: a SELA Panel Discussion SELA
3:00
5. Philenese Slaughter, What’s In a Name? When the Names Changes From State
to State …..Statewide Databases. SELA
6. Jenny McMillen Sweeney, Arkansas Records with a Little Help From the
National Archives at Forth Worth
7. Arta Kabashi (Amigos) , Open Source Tools for the Reference Desk
Exhibits open
3:00 – 3:50 Breakout sessions
1. Wendy Richter, Connecting to the Past: The Civil War Sesquicentennial ARLA
2. Camille McCutheon, Panning for Gold: Locating the Best of the Best Resources
for Your Juvenile Collection!
SELA
3. Mark Mann, Reese Rowland, Ed Sergeant, Bobby Roberts, Green Library
Buildings – the Pros and Cons ARLA
4. Jessie Burchfield, Access to Justice and Your Library: Using the Legal Services
Partnership Website ARLA
5. Steve Beleu, How to Use the American Survey now, and get ready to use 2010
Census data of Southeastern States
6. Christine Peterson (Amigos) , Cloud Computing: Pie in the Sky
7. Amber Wilson, When Students are Willing to Tax Themselves: Implementing a
Student Library Fee ARLA

4:00 – 4:50 Breakout sessions
1. Mark Mann, Reese Rowland, Ed Sergeant, Bobby Roberts, Finding the Perfect
Match- Selecting and Architectural Firm for Your Building Project ARLA
2. Francisca Goldsmith, Sequential Art Nonfiction for Older Readers
3. Terri Hebert, Release Your Inner Wiki: Connecting Content and Students
Together ARLA
4. Jeff Mortimore; Making Research Make Sense: Guiding African-American
College Students into Information Literacy through the Information Search
Process SELA
5. Wendy R
4:50
6. Christine Peterson (Amigos ); Catching Up With Technology
7. Laura Speer, Britt Murphy, Tisha Zeiner, Necia Parker-Gibson; Trends In
Library Publications ARLA
Exhibits Close for the Day
5:00 – 5:50 Business Meetings
Arkansas Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals (ALPS)
5:30 – 6:30 Reception at the Central Arkansas Library System, Main Library Campus,
Arkansas Studies Institute (FREE with registration)
Monday – September 27
8:00 Exhibits Open
8:00- 9:00 Breakfast in the Exhibits Hall (FREE with registration)
8:00 – 8:20 Business Meeting
Government Documents Round Table
Information Technology Round Table
Reference and Instruction Services Division

8:30 – 8:50 Business Meetings
Resources and Technical Services Division
Two-Year Colleges Round Table
Youth Services Round Table
9:00 – 9:50 General Session with Camila Alire, Frontline Advocacy
10:00 – 10:50 Breakout sessions
1. Carrie Gardner, Opposites Attract: Self-Censorship and Librarians, Part One
2. Tim Daniels; Open Source ILS: The Perils, Pit Falls and Success of PINES and
Evergreen SELA
3. Francisca Goldsmith; Sequential Art Nonfiction for Older Readers
4. Leslie Burger; Providing Quality Service in a Down Economy
5. Camille McCutcheon & Michael Wilson, Survey Says? Instruction Methods
Used to Help Students Locate Articles in Print & Electronic Formats: A Survey
of Southeastern Libraries SELA
6. Bill Walker (Amigos) , Defining Digital Projects
7. Darleen Bailey Beard, Gwendolyn Hooks; Elvis Lovers, Tree Lovers, and All
11:00 – 11:50 Breakout sessions
1. Jud Copeland; The Resource Description and Access (RDA) Code: A Brave New
World of Cataloging ARLA
2. Tim Daniels; Open Source ILS: The Perils, Pit Falls and Success of PINES and
Evergreen (Part Two) SELA
3. Camila Alire, Frontline Advocacy
4. Gwendolyn Hooks, Writing About Bass Reeves ARLA
5. Carrie Gardner, Opposites Attract: Self-Censorship and Librarians, (Part Two)

6. Kirk Gordon & Travis Dintelman (EBSCO) ; What is New with EBSCO in the
Traveler Database Program
7. Randi Eskridge, Jana Dixon, Rachel Shankles, Crystal Long and David Eckert.
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Arkansas Teen Book Award ARLA
12:00 – 1:15 Luncheon with Larry Foley
1:30 – 1:50 Business Meetings
College and University Libraries Division
Public Libraries and Trustees Division
Special Libraries Division
2:00 – 2:50 Breakout sessions
1. Ellen Mizio (OCLC) , Cooperatibe Cataloging for the 21 st Century
2. Evelyn Barker & Lea Worcester; Powerful Partnerships & Great Opportunities:
Promoting Archival Resources and Optimizing Outreach to the K-12 Community.
3. Brian Hulsey, Libraries and Transliteracy SELA
4. Marsha Howard & Alison Hawthorne Deming, Libraries and Zoos a Match
Made in New York City – Coming to a City Near You (Jacksonville, Florida; Little
Rock, Arkansas; New Orleans, Louisiana) ARLA
5. Lutishoor Salisbury & Elizabeth McKee; Are subscription Databases Still
Relevant in the Academic Environment? ARLA
6. Bill Meehan, Margaret Swanson, Perry Yates, Emy Decker; Chalk Talk: Sports
Holdings in Southeastern Conference University and Public Libraries
7. Cindy Caton, LaRoyce Childs, J B Hill, Brenda Jackson, Shawn Manis:
SELA
Article Delivery: Increasing Access to Print and Microform Collections
3:00 – 3:30 Final Bidding on the Auction Baskets, Bidding closes at 3:30, Payment for baskets and pick-up of the baskets 3:30 – 4:00
ARLA

3:00 – 3:50 Breakout sessions
1. Martha Love & Audrey May, Sharing the Sandbox. Libraries and Community
I & R Services SELA
2. Rebecca Vargha, Tales from the Journey: Highlights of a Library and Archives
Cultural Study Tour of Reunified Germany 2009 for “American Libraries”
3. Jerry Smith & Bettye Kerns, Safe & Secure—Staff and Patrons ARLA
SELA
4. Devona Pendergrass, Jennifer Chilcoat, Joyce Durant, Stephen Cuntetto;
Vendor Relations in Troubled Times (Part One) SELA
5. TBD (Tim Dodge, SELA UCLS Chair) submitted paper SELA
6. Robert Bremer, Copyright for Librarians (Part One) SELA
4:00 – 4:50 Breakout sessions
1. Judith Gibbons & Lisa Rice, Committee Work That Works: Public Library
Advocacy in Kentucky SELA
2. Gina Minks (Amigos) ; Arkansas IMLS Connecting to Collections Grant- Findings
and Next Steps
3. Young Professionals of Arkansas Meet and Greet
Arkansas’s e-serials ARLA
ARLA
6. Robert Bremer, Copyright for Librarians (Part Two)
4. Stephanie Huffman, Jeff Whittingham, Rob Christensen, Tracy McAllister;
Audio Books in the Middle School Library: The Impact On Reading Skills
5. Angela Black, The New Natural State: Solutions for Acquiring and Preserving
SELA
ARLA
7. Devona Pendergrass, Jennifer Chilcoat, Joyce Durant, Stephen Cuntetto;
Vendor Relations in Troubled Times (Part Two) SELA
5:30 – Reception at the Clinton Presidential Library ($15.00)

Tuesday - September 28
7:30 – 9:15 Arkansas Library Association Members Business Meeting and Breakfast,
Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30 (FREE with registration)
7:30 – 9:15 Southeastern Library Association Business Meeting and Breakfast,
Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30 (FREE with registration)
9:30 – 10:20 General Session with Sally Reed Gardner
10:30 – 11:20 General Session with Leslie Burger
11:30 – 1:00 Arkansas Library Association Awards Luncheon
11:30 – 1:00 Southeastern Library Association Awards Luncheon