Conference Program - Illinois Library Association

Friday, October 6
Look Again: Reading Pictures Using Visual
Thinking Strategies
The Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) program, developed by
Philip Yenawine and Abigail Housen, helps children learn to
‘read’ pictures. Come ‘look again’ using the VTS questioning
strategy and explore how to use it with picture book art to give
children a deeper and broader range of visual literacy abilities.
MODERATOR: Mike Rogalla, Champaign Public Library
SPEAKERS: Janie Schomberg, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
SPONSOR: Youth Services Forum
TRACK: Youth and Young Adult Services
LOCATION: Room 324
Tips and Techniques on How to Get Your
Building Referendum Passed
Do you need a new building and have to go to referendum? Are
you sure you’re ready? Is your community ready to say YES?
Sugar Grove Public Library District discusses the strategies they
used to pass their building referendum. We will also review legal
requirements, timelines, committees, how to get the community
involved, etc. Learn how to increase your chances of passing
a building referendum!
MODERATOR: Tara Griffin, Harris N.A. Public Finance Division
SPEAKERS: Tara Griffin, Harris N.A. Public Finance Division, and
Beverly Holmes Hughes, Sugar Grove Public Library District
TRACKS: Buildings, Management, Marketing, Trustees
LOCATION: Room 325
Does Your OPAC Speak Spanish?
Librarians discuss the challenges of cataloging foreign languages.
Topics include: non-Roman scripts, pros and cons of vendor
cataloging services, and recruiting and training staff.
MODERATOR: Marjory Oliker, Chicago Public Library
SPEAKERS: Maria Nowak, Lincoln Trail Libraries System,
and Marjory Oliker, Chicago Public Library
SPONSOR: Resources and Technical Services Forum
TRACK: Technology and Technical Services
LOCATION: Room 326
38 Friday, October 6