First-Timers Breakfast **CANCELLED**

7:45 am - 8:45 am

**Due to low registration, the first-timers breakfast has been cancelled. Those who paid with their registration fee will be reimbursed.**

The First-Timers Breakfast is open to all newcomers to the Manitoba Libraries Conference. Enjoy a continental-style breakfast while meeting with other conference 'newbies.' Take the opportunity to network with some seasoned Conference participants from the library and information community. See you there!
Location: Carleton Room

Welcome and Introduction

8:45 am - 9:00 am

Keynote: Bill Richardson

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Break

10:15 am–10:45 am

Concurrent Sessions: 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Weaving a Social Tapestry for Your Library

Libraries have undergone incredible change in the last 2 decades. Whether from big book scanning projects or the supremacy of Google Search and eJournals, librarians either feel empowered or under siege by these new developments. One of the developments providing a wonderful opportunity for libraries to rethink their services is the emergence of Library 2.0 technologies and social software. Social software allows libraries to redefine the way they work with resources and patrons, creating new services and knowledge in the process. For example, in the social software context the OPAC record can become the seed of an online conversation, rather than just a pointer to a book on the shelf. This talk will describe recent developments in the social software arena and propose some things libraries can do to evolve alongside these developments.

Speaker: Mark Leggott, University Librarian, University of Prince Edward Island

CBC Digital Archives

The CBC Digital Archives is a free access website designed for researchers, educators, students and the curious. Fast, informative and easy to use, CBC has digitized significant moments in Canadian history, covering politics, society, the arts, sports and science. Accessible in both English and French, this is a constantly updated goldmine. Over 12,000 digitized radio and television clips are available and no registration is required.

In this workshop, you will find out about the many practical research applications the site has to offer. Get tips on how to use the CBC Digital Archives to your benefit by learning how to search, access the hundreds of free educational materials and use these priceless audio and video clips in your library.

Speaker: Shireen Cuthbert, Communications Officer, CBC Digital Archives

Change is a Trend; Resistance is a Tradition. Change that Resistance!

Keeping a library both vibrant and relevant in today’s world entails making changes, often drastic ones, to “the way we’ve always done things.” Successful change management means managing your staff to help them deal with the stress of change. Madeleine brings her wealth of experience in change management in multiple academic libraries to this topic. This session will be full of practical insights on planning for and coping with change, and strategies for ensuring that your staff will thrive during and after the process. This session will be of interest to managers and staff in all library settings.

Speaker: Madeleine Lefebvre, University Librarian, Saint Mary’s University

Manitoba Encyclopedia - coming very soon!

Test your knowledge of Manitoba by participating in a short trivia quiz about Manitoba facts and figures, presented by staff from Great Plains Publishing. Following this, Prof. Allen Mills (University of Winnipeg), will explain the background to this encyclopedia: how it comes together how, and why they decided to publish it; and what reasonably can or can't be included in such a publication.

Speakers: Allen Mills is a professor in the Politics Department, University of Winnipeg, and staff from Great Plains Publishing

Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions: 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

eBooks: If you provide the link, will they read them?

These days print and electronic books are often published simultaneously. Not so long ago the electronic version lagged years behind print copies. Just finding out whether a particular title was available electronically was a time-consuming, and often fruitless task.

A number of vendors have now entered the ebook industry. This session looks at information just now emerging about who and how people are using ebooks and provides a comparison of the products available from the major ebook vendors.

Speaker: Jocelyn Phillips, Liaison Librarian, University of Guelph

InterPARES Project

InterPARES (International research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic System) is a multidisciplinary project located at the University of British Columbia that, over its eight years of existence, has involved twenty five countries in five continents, more than one hundred co-investigators and as many graduate students. Its primary goal has been to develop the theory and the methods necessary to the long-term preservation of authentic digital records. The project is nearing the end of its second phase and heading towards a third one. The speaker will briefly outline the objectives, methodology and findings of the two phases, and will present some of the products of the second phase, such as the Framework for Policy Development, the Guidelines for Individuals, and the Guidelines for Institutions. http://www.interpares.org/

Speaker: Luciana Duranti, Chair of Archival Studies Program, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies of the University of British Columbia

Cataloguing Update: RDA, FRBR and keeping track of cataloguing trends

This session provides an update on the development of Resource, Description and Access (RDA), the new cataloguing rules that are under development to replace AACR2R, and an overview of the model Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Also learn how to keep up-to-date with discussions currently taking place about the future of cataloguing.

Speaker: Alison Hitchens, Cataloguing Librarian, University of Waterloo

Inspiration and Perspiration

Manitoba authors of children's books will talk about their creations and about the inspiration and perspiration that went into them. Come and find out what's happening in Manitoba children's literature.

Speaker: Anita Daher, Children’s Author; Rae Bridgman, Author and Illustrator; and Joe McLellan, Author, Educator and Storyteller

Break

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions: 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth

Labyrinths can be a wonderful reading resource for everyone!  Combine Carol Shields and labyrinths to create inspiring reading programs.  Come and explore the labyrinth myths and legends that can be used in your library program.  We'll walk a portable labyrinth and discuss labyrinth possibilities in your library.  The listing of the Winnipeg Public Library labyrinth book collection will be available. http://www.carolshieldslabyrinth.ca/

Speaker: Anne Nesbitt, Founder and Executive Director of the Manitoba Labyrinth Network and Coordinator for the Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth

Building a National Catalogue

Discovery of archival holdings has traditionally been relatively difficult and as a result, archives were arguably our least-known among the information/heritage institutions and their resources, relatively "hidden." This session will discuss how the Canadian archival community overcame an uneven descriptive, technological and political landscape to create a significant resource for research and scholarship - in a remarkably short timeframe. Some of the recurrent issues of funding, the problems the information/heritages sector can have in making their case to funding agencies, and the changes in technology will be addressed; as well hopes for the potential and future development of Archives Canada.

Speaker: Cheryl Avery, Archivist, University of Saskatchewan Archives

Challenges of Library Distance Education

More and more universities are offering Library Masters programs by distance education. This session will be full of practical information about the nuts and bolts of pursuing a Masters degree by distance education. The speakers, one a recent grad and the other a continuing student, will relate their own personal experiences and highlight some of the challenges and rewards of distance education.


Speakers: Shannon Slater, Millennium Library, Winnipeg, and Trevor Lockhart, Branch Head Librarian at the Louis Riel Public Library in St. Vital

Ghana Library Project

The Osu Children's Library Fund introduces a culture of reading for pleasure, especially among young children, and promotes literacy by building libraries in the West African country of Ghana. Its motto - Sharing the Joy of Reading - is being realized through the creation of attractive and colourful children's libraries with culturally relevant and meaningful books, and employing staff members who are dedicated to the cause of literacy. Kathy Knowles oversees the projects from Canada and visits Ghana twice yearly. http://www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca/

Speaker: Kathy Knowles, Volunteer Program Director of Osu Children's Library Fund (OCLF) in Winnipeg, Manitoba

MLA AGM

5:00 pm
Carleton Room