Winter 2015 TLJ

ways to make 3D printing, technology, and
craft programs mobile. Receive great ideas to
implement a model of your own and practical
tips for building helpful partnerships – all on
a small budget!
Grace Lillevig, e-Branch, Harris County Public
Library; Natalie McAdams, Freeport Branch, and
Cindy A.Yell, Lake Jackson Branch Library, Brazoria
County Library System.
Public Libraries Division.
CPE#409: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
RDA: A Review of the Essentials
9:00 - 9:50 am
This review of RDA essentials highlights
major rules and principles in RDA for
descriptive cataloging and covers some of the
key differences from AACR2, its predecessor.
Examples of RDA in MARC21 bibliographic
records will be provided.
Jeannette Ho, Cataloging, Texas A&M University
Libraries.
Cataloging and Metadata Round Table.
CPE#494: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
Résumé Refresh
9:00 - 9:50 am
Best practices for writing a winning résumé.
Tara Iagulli, Career Management, School of
Information, University of Texas at Austin.
Conference Local Arrangements Committee.
CPE#420: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
Storytelling Meets Digital Technology
9:00 - 9:50 am
Storytelling extends listening,
reading, and writing skills. The
speaker offers strategies, including
apps and other tech goodies,
which educators can use to integrate
storytelling into classroom learning. Bring
your own device to follow tips and resources
for digital tools you can use.
Sue Kuentz, storyteller.
CPE#416: SBEC 1.0
Tayshas Reading List Panel
for High School Students
9:00 - 9:50 am
Storytelling Round Table.
Alexandra Bracken Paul Griffin Emmy Laybourne
Meg Medina René Saldana Sherry Thomas
The Tayshas Reading List Committee presents
programming ideas for this year’s list (for
grades 9-12) and features authors included on
past lists.
Alexandra Bracken, Disney Book Group; Paul
Griffin, Scholastic Press, Scholastic Inc.; Emmy
Laybourne, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group;
Meg Medina, Candlewick Press; René Saldana,
Jr., Arte Público Press; and Sherry Thomas, Teen,
HarperCollins Children’s Books.
CPE#417: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
Unplug and Play:
“Screen-Free Week”
Programs
9:00 - 9:50 am
Learn how Irving Public
Library joined the
international celebration of
Screen-Free Week. Children
and families spent a week
with no digital entertainment.
Instead, they got to play, read,
daydream, create, explore
nature, and spend time with
family and friends. Talk about
innovation!
Young Adult Round Table.
Paige Britt
Ed Masessa
Paige Britt and Ed Masessa;
Scholastic Inc.; Marianne Follis,
Irving Public Library System;
and Dan Yaccarino, Macmillan
Dan Yaccarino
Children’s Publishing Group &
Penguin Random House.
Children’s Round Table.
CPE#418: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
WASSAIL: Open Source Information
Literacy Assessment Software
9:00 - 9:50 am
The ACRL award-winning
WASSAIL is a Web-based
application created to manage
question and response data.
This free tool allows libraries
to track information literacy
Nancy Goebel activities and outcomes, create
reports easily, and customize
its integration into existing information
literacy instruction.
Nancy Goebel, Augustana Campus Library,
University of Alberta.
Conference Program Committee.
CPE#423a: SBEC 0.5
Digital Advocacy Storytelling to
Promote Library Values
(Contributed Papers Session II A)
10:00 - 10:20 am
Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University.
Conference Program Committee.
CPE#424: SBEC 1.0
A Nightmare to Remember:
The Allure of Horror for Teens
10:00 - 10:50 am
Trish Doller Micol Ostow Laurie Faria Stolarz
Teens take to horror like zombies to brains!
What is the perpetual attraction Learn more
about why teens crave horror books from
authors whose books are making us sleep with
the lights on.
Trish Doller, Bloomsbury
Children’s Books; Diane Hoh,
Open Road Media; Micol Ostow,
Egmont USA; Laurie Faria
Stolarz, Disney Hyperion;
Danielle Marie Vega and Rachel
Vincent, Penguin Random House.
Danielle Marie Vega
Young Adult Round Table.
CPE#496: SBEC 1.0; TSLAC 1.0
Cover Letter Cleanup
10:00 - 10:50 am
Tips and tricks to make your cover letter stand
out in the crowd.
Tara Iagulli, Career Management, School of
Information, University of Texas at Austin.
Conference Local Arrangements Committee.
Diane Bertrand Neal Shusterman
CPE#426:
SBEC 1.0
Lone Star
Reading List
Panel for
Grades 6-8
10:00 - 10:50 am
The Lone Star Reading Committee presents
programming ideas for this year’s list and
features authors whose books have been
included on the list, geared to grades 6-8.
Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Arte Público Press; and
Neal Shusterman, HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Young Adult Round Table.
Melanie Crowder Adele Griffin Todd Hasak-Lowy
CPE#427: SBEC 1.0
Unique Formats in YA Novels
10:00 - 10:50 am
Don’t judge a book by its cover – at least
not these books! Come learn all about the
interesting new ways authors are getting
their message across. From prose-poetry and
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