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OLA Conference 2018

Welcome to the 2018 OLA Conference program! Please check back frequently, as more details and information will be continuously added over the coming weeks. See our tips for using Sched. The conference hashtag is #ORLib18 (twitter / instagram)

We look forward to seeing you at the conference! Register here.

Joanna Milner

Multnomah County Library
Library Assistant
Portland, OR

Joanna been digging up information and good reads for Multnomah County Library patrons for nearly 20 years. She has presented workshops on library staff training to Oregon Library Association, Washington Library Association, and Oregon Association of School Libraries, and is part of the Mozilla Foundation's Web Literacy Leaders project.

8:00pm PDT

Karaoke with the Leadership Committee Cornucopia Bar & BurgersLeadership Institute (LIOLA)

11:00am PDT

Stark Raving OYAN: Book Rave and Graphic Rave Revealed VistasIan Duncanson • Traci Glass • Sonja Somerville • Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Training for the Future: Equipping Staff for the Challenges to Come FerberDarci Hanning • Amy Honisett • Blake Kincaid • Kathryn Kohl • Tracey Letmate • Lisa Tattersall

12:30pm PDT

All Conference Lunch & Business Meeting Playwright's Hall

2:00pm PDT

Many Libraries, One Collaborative Virtual Reference Service: Finding Future Paths FerberAmy Coughenour • Dawn Marie Lowe-Wincentsen • Joanna Milner • Tamara Ottum • Mark Peterson • Reference Round Table (RRT)

4:00pm PDT

Many Points of Failure: One Big F*%!up FerberBobbye Hernandez • Keli Yeats • Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) So Emotional: The Hidden Labor and Mental Load of Librarianship VistasKirsten Brodbeck-Kenney • Sarah Strahl • Public Library Division (PLD)

5:00pm PDT

All Conference Reception Conference Center LobbyBuck & Elizabeth

7:00pm PDT

Reference Round Table (RRT) and Legal Reference Round Table (LRRT) Joint Business Meeting Board RoomLegal Reference Round Table (LRRT) • Reference Round Table (RRT)

8:30am PDT

Safe, Savvy & Empowered: Teaching Web Literacy in Your Library VistasLiza Dyer • Joanna Milner • Reference Round Table (RRT)

11:00am PDT

A Ray of Light in Dark Times: Immigrants, ICE, and Public Institutions (Part 1) VistasRaquel Hecht • Joel Iboa • Elizabeth Lopez • Sue Ludington • Legal Reference Round Table (LRRT) • Outreach Round Table (ORT) • REFORMA Oregon Round Table (RORT)

11:50am PDT

A Ray of Light in Dark Times: Immigrants, ICE, and Public Institutions (Part 2) VistasGabriela Hernandez • Elizabeth Lopez • Alice Perez Ververa • Legal Reference Round Table (LRRT) • Outreach Round Table (ORT) • REFORMA Oregon Round Table (RORT) Turning Lemons into Lemonade: An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Studio B & CLori Wamsley

2:00pm PDT

2-Minute Reviews FerberBill Baars • Carissa Barrett • Chris Myers • Oregon Authors Committee Just Ask: Using the Tools Provided by the Harwood Institute to Turn Outward HansberryToan Lam-Sullivan • Rachael Short • Gesse Stark-Smith • Outreach Round Table (ORT) Shining a Light on Weapons in Public Libraries Studio B & CJohn Cabrera • Abigail Elder • Amy Hutchinson • LeVena Nohrenberg • Brian M. Thompson • Library Development and Legislation Committee (LDLC)