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2006 MSLA Conference

SCHEDULE
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SUNDAY October 29rd
Sunday attendees will receive a BINDER with conference handouts
Sponsored by H.W.Wilson  and Thomson Gale
9:00-10:00 AM REGISTRATION and Coffee
10 AM-12 PM CONCURRENT SESSION I
Pam Berger: "Searching Google and Beyond: Tips, Strategies and Resources"
    http://www.infosearcher.com
Chris Harris: "School Library 2.0: Preparing for the Digital Re-Shift"
Judy Sima: "Making Magic with Middle School Programs"
12 Noon-1 PM LUNCH in the Courtyard
1:00-3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSION II
Pam Berger - "Digital Literacy and Web 2.0: Implications for School Librarians"
Chris Harris: "School Library 2.0: Preparing for the Digital Re-Shift"
Marlene Heroux and Stacy Knibloe: 
..."Wow Your Students and Faculty: InfoTrac Training & Promotion Tips"
...Gale Contact information PDF  Databases - PowerPoint presentation
3:15 PM

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6:00 PM
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Vendor Hall Opening &
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

President's Reception Cash Bar
...Special! GRAND unveiling of the new MSLA Logo and Webpage

Music by  "City of Roses"
...with our own members, Michelle Tanguay & Linda Picceri

Author Fest with Local Author Celebrities 
...(Author listings...coming soon)

Exploratorium with Best Practices Exhibitors
...VIEW exhibits of great ideas done by your colleagues in MA School Libraries. 
6:00 PM
.		 DINNER Banquet 
     “Taste of Italy” Buffet Dinner 
  Speaker: Judy Sima: "Storytelling with Kids"
After Dinner Program  Walden Media program includes dessert and Previews of Walden Media's three forthcoming feature films: Charlotte's Web (December, 2006), Bridge to Terabithia (February, 2007), and Amazing Grace (March, 2007)
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MONDAY October 30th
Monday attendees will receive a BINDER with conference handouts
7:00-8:30 AM REGISTRATION
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall; Continental Breakfast outside the Keynote room
7:15 AM to
4:30 PM		 USER GROUPS Special presentations by Exhibitors
Locations: Room off the Garden Court
Sagebrush
Thomson Gale (7:15 - 8:15 AM only)
ABC-CLIO(Southbridge Room)
8:30-9:20 AM
.		 CONCURRENT SESSION I
Randy Testa "Faithful Film Adaptations: Charlotte's Web and Bridge to Terabithia"
Pam Berger "Searching Google and Beyond: Tips, Strategies and Resources"
Robie Harris and Maureen Ambrosino 
..."A Librarian and A Childrens Book Author: Standing Up For Freedom To Read"
Chris Harris: "Digital Re-Shift: 50 Sites in 50 Minutes"
Amy Pattee: "Book Talking"  WORD....HTML
9:45-11:45 AM KEYNOTES Sponsored by Sirsi Dynix
9:45-1030 - Kathleen Krull, 
..."American History From The Bill Of Rights To Hillary Clinton (and the gossip)"
10:30-10:45 - Sandy Schuckett, "Advocacy Works! Do It!"
10:45-11:45 - Robert Pinsky "The House of Memory: Libraries and the Art of Poetry"
11:45 AM-1:00 PM
 		 LUNCH SERVED
Box lunch to eat in the Courtyard OR Exhibit Hall
Dessert for all in the Exhibit Hall
1:00-1:50 PM  CONCURRENT SESSION II
Sandy Schuckett, "Advocacy Works! Do It! I'll Tell You How"
Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer, 
..."Can This Marriage Be Saved?: When Authors and Illustrators Live in the Same House"
Janet Allison - NEASC "The Accreditation Hat" 
...Standards for Accreditation http://www.neasc.org/cpss/standards_2005.pdf
...http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/neasc/standard.shtml
Sharon Shaloo - "Letters About Literature & Other Reading Promotion Activities from the ..Center for the Book"
Patsy Divver and Maria Neville: "School/Public Library Collaboration Works!" 
2:00-2:50 PM  CONCURRENT SESSION III
Carol Kelly, "STEM Through Children's Literature" ..http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/liststemtopca.html
Shelly Glantz "School Librarianship Today: Cutting Edge Issues A to Z"
Robin Brenner, "Graphic Novels"  handout......Modified PowerPointP
...Complete Powerpoint -- large file -- available only until Nov 9th, 2006oint
Pat Keogh, "What's New in Children's Books for 2006" Word...HTML
Elisabeth Tully, "Using Library 2.0 Tools and Resources to Reach Millennials" PDF
2:50-3:10 Vendor Hall Break & Hat Drawing! Wear a hat, be entered into this special drawing
3:10-4:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSION IV
Charles Schiller, Isa Zimmerman, Beth Lowd, Lynn Griesemer:
..."CITI, BEST, and other Mass. Reform Initiatives"
Dan Fleming, "Reading, Writing, and Information Literacy: A Natural Connection" 
...Dan's Presentation
Amy Pattee, "New YA Books"  Word...HTML
Laurie Cleveland, Karen Kosko, Sarah Novogrodsky:
.."Surviving the Reading Assessment Paradox"
Carol Kelly, "Document Based Questions" ..http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listdbqsca.html
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