Conference Program - Illinois Library Association

Conference Highlights
Attendees at the 2006 ILA Annual Conference can follow a pre-designed track or plan their own educational schedule.
Join your colleagues in making an investment in your skills, your profession, and your community.
The ILA Annual Conference will offer more than 70 educational sessions, 150 speakers, 130 exhibitors in 160 booths,
and 2,000 of your professional colleagues. It is a vital opportunity to learn from each other, sharing the successes
and challenges of the past year, while developing and renewing professional and personal networks.
However you choose to design your educational program, be sure to make time to visit the exhibits and attend these
special events.
Exhibits
More than 130 vendors will be on-site to demonstrate
and display a wide range of products and services. Join our
exhibitors for an opening reception on Wednesday, October
4, from 3:00 to 4:00 P.M., coffee from 10:30 to 11:00 A.M.
on Thursday, October 5, and a box lunch on Thursday,
October 5, from 12:45 to 1:45 P.M. Please note: the box
lunch is available to registered conference attendees only.
Individuals with exhibits-only passes are unable
to receive a complimentary lunch.
EXHIBIT HOURS: Wednesday, October 4, 3:00 to 6:00 P.M.,
and Thursday, October 5, 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Opening General Session
Jim Morgenstern of dmA Planning & Management Services
and Laurey Gillies of the Southern Ontario Library Service
will present this year’s keynote address. They are the authors
of The Library’s Contribution to Your Community (LCTYC),
a resource manual and training program developed by the
Southern Ontario Library Service to help libraries link their
services to the broader social and economic priorities of
funders. Published eight years ago to counter a shifting
political environment that threatened the funding of local
libraries, this tool is a practical combination of social
marketing, advocacy, planning, and performance
measurement.
Morgenstern and Gillies are responsible for the LCTYC
program and recently completed a second edition of
the resource manual. Their experience reinforces the
need for tools to demonstrate the library’s contribution
to local issues and priorities but also highlights the many
challenges faced by libraries attempting to do so. They will
describe the LCTYC approach and successes and failures to
date. Morgenstern and Gillies will draw on their experience
to highlight the essential elements of a practical, effective
strategy for documenting the library’s contribution to the
community and linking this to library planning, evaluation,
and management in a manner that improves service and
enhances resources.
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New Member Reception
The ILA Membership Committee invites all new members
and those attending their first ILA conference to a reception
on Wednesday, October 4, from 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. Light
refreshments will be served. Come and learn how you can
become more active in your association.
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