During the two-day conference, more than 65 traditional lecture-style sessions, hands-on and workshop sessions, panel discussions, and poster sessions will be offered on a wide-range of library technology-related topics.
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2011
Wednesday, March 16th
10:45 AM

Creating Virtual Book Displays and Collections

Kate Borowske, Hamline University

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

Getting Back into the Library Business: Moving Library IT to the Cloud

Marc Davis, Drake University

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

Marrying Collaboration and Innovation: UMR

Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran, University of Minnesota - Rochester
Michael Michael Olesen, University of Minnesota - Rochester

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

Turning the Page: New Access Strategies for Historical News Content

Jane Wong, Minnesota Historical Society
Dennis Meissner, Minnesota Historical Society
Noah Skogerboe, Minnesota Historical Society
Sarah Quimby, Minnesota Historical Society

10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Twitter for Jobseekers

Brooke Roegge, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

12:15 PM

E-books: selecting, work flows, and discovering

Emily Asch, St. Catherine University
David Farrow, Coutts Information Services

12:15 PM

1:15 PM

AskMN and Homework Rescue: Online Librarian Assistance for K12 Students

Carla Pfahl, MINITEX Library Information Network
Christine Clifford, Hennepin County Library
Karen Kolb Peterson, St. Paul Public Library

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

Better Together: Leveraging Strengths to Improve the End User Experience

Lisa Brunick, Augustana College - Sioux Falls
Donovan DeJong, Augustana College - Sioux Falls

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

"Free Puppies:" Integrating Web Resources into the Catalog

Bobby Bothmann, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Kellian Klink, Minnesota State University - Mankato

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

Improving Library Instruction By Design

Paul Zenke, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Kate Peterson, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

Taming the communication beast: Using LibGuides for intra-library communication

Jennifer Bazeley, Miami University - Oxford
Becky Yoose, Miami University - Oxford

1:15 PM

2:30 PM

Blurring the Line: Using blogging software as a communication tool or website

Patrick Patterson, SUNY Potsdam
Daniel Newton, SUNY Potsdam

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Digital Commons and SelectedWorks: The Hub of Academic Life on Campus

Johan Oberg, Macalester College

Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Digital Commons and SelectedWorks: The Hub of Academic Life on Campus

Emily Asch, St. Catherine University
Johan Oberg, Macalester College
Annie Teng, Berkeley Electronic Press

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Don’t Make Them Think: Create an easy-to-use website and catalog for your patrons based on User Experience Observation

Margaret Ostrander, Thompson Reuters
Kat Jayne, Thompson Reuters

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

LibGuides on Steroids: Expanding the Use of LibGuides to Justify Workload and Support Library

Carol Leibiger, University of South Dakota, University Libraries

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Podcasting: The What, the Who, the How, and the Why

John Knauss, Minnesota Historical Society
Lori Williamson, Minnesota Historical Society
Matt Anderson, Minnesota Historical Society
Adam Harris, Minnesota Historical Society

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

United States Census: Finding numbers, Using data

Kirsten Clark, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Amy West, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Thursday, March 17th
9:00 AM

Once Upon a Time...the power of a good story

Sarah Washburn, TechSoup for Libraries

9:00 AM

10:45 AM

Beyond Broadband: Digital Literacy Inclusion Initiatives in Minnesota

Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University
Mary Ann Van Cura, MN State Library Services
Tom Cytron-Hysom, St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium
Kit Hadley, Saint Paul Public Library
Laura Nedved, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Jennifer Vanek, St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium

10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Bridging the gap from Wikipedia to scholarly sources: a simple discovery solution

Valerie Forrestal

10:45 AM

10:45 AM

ECRL, PALS, and Evergreen

Jennifer Turner, PALS, A Program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Andy Nordin, East Central Regional Library

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

EReaders and EBooks: Best Practices for Selection

Rachel S. Wexelbaum, Saint Cloud State University
Plamen Miltenoff, Saint Cloud State University
Robert Lessinger, Saint Cloud State University

10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Minnesota Digital Library / HathiTrust Image Prototype Project

Eric Celeste, Minnesota Digital Library Project

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

Minnesota Digital Library / HathiTrust Image Prototype Project

Eric Celeste, Minnesota Digital Library Project

10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Prezi: Designing presentations that tell a story

Becky Canovan, University of Dubuque

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

10:45 AM

Using LibGuides for Community Center Outreach

Chris Childs, University of Iowa

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM

AskMN FY10 Report Highlights

Carla Pfahl, Minitex

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

12:00 PM

Digital Signage: An Affordable Solution

Doreen Hansen, University of Minnesota - Duluth

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

12:00 PM

Improving Technology Knowledge and Skills

Michael Pullin, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

12:00 PM

12:14 PM

Free your budget, Free your mind: Free Online Web Conference Solutions

Vicki Gruzynski, Southeast Missouri State University
Rachel Slough, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

12:14 PM

1:15 PM

Built for Speed: Designing Media on a Deadline

Erika Bennett, Capella University
Sommer Berg, Walden University

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Empowering Learners and Designing Library Exhibits to Share with Pachyderm

Jennifer Hootman, Minitex
Matt Lee, Minitex
Heather Tompkins, Carleton College

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

From Paper to Electronic: Managing the transition of archival records to a digital format

Barbara Nye, Ictus Consulting

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Migrating a DSPACE Subject Repository to Islandora

Jeff Silvis, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Jason Roy, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Moodle as an Assessment Tool: Feedback, Forums, and More

Megan Kocher, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jon Jeffryes, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

Outfox your OPAC (and CMS) with Dapper

John Heintz, University Of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Ben Durrant, University Of St. Thomas - Minnesota

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Practical and Entertaining Alternatives to Screen Casting for Online Video Tutorials

Joshua Vossler, Coastal Carolina University
John Watts, Coastal Caolina University
Timothy Hodge, Coastal Carolina University

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

1:15 PM

The Face of Facebook: How Teens are Using Social Networking Services

Maryann Mori, Waukee Public Library

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

When Did I Become Tech Support? : Shepherd in the Rural Digital Wilderness

Jim Boyd

1:15 PM

2:30 PM

e-Books 411

Kim Edson, Rochester Public Library
Brian Lind, Rochester Public Library
Frances Singh, Hamline University
Kate Borowske, Hamline University

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Free vs fee: Virtual meetings and online training

Kate Peterson, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Kirsten Clark, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

How to create a Mashup Using Google Maps

Patrick Patterson, SUNY Potsdam

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

Security and Compliance for Libraries in the Cloud

Colleen Medling, Salt Lake County Library
Harry Pontiff, Macalester College

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Survivor Library, the DeWitt Code and LibTV: Using ‘Pop’ Culture to Introduce New Users to the Library

Ron Joslin, Macalester College

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

To Infinity and Beyond! Cutting Edge Strategies for Searching the World Wide Web

Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University
Kristen Mastel, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

2:30 PM

To Infinity and Beyond! Cutting Edge Strategies for Searching the World Wide Web

Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University
Kristen Mastel, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Using Adobe's inDesign for Creating Library Print Publications

Jacki Betsworth, Macalester College
Leslie Mollner, Macalester College

2:30 PM

Monday, May 16th
2:30 PM

Things in a Flash: The Latest Web 2.0 Tools

Amy Springer, College of St. Benedict/St.John's University
Diana Symons, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University
Dillon Young, Hennepin County Library
LeAnn Suchy, Metronet
Jenny Sippel, Minneapolis Community and Technical College

2:30 PM