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Evolution Revolution: Reinventing Missouri Libraries
MLA ConFerence 2014 | Oct. 8-10 | Holiday Inn, Columbia, Missouri
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Conference at a glance ..........................................................4-6
General information ......................................................................7
Sponsors ..............................................................................................8
Keynote & featured speakers ..................................................9
MLA Award winners................................................................10-11
Program schedule ..................................................................12-29
Trade Show map ............................................................................30
trade show Vendors ............................................................31-34
Bohley Auction ..............................................................................35
2014 MLA Governance ..................................................................35
2014 MLA Members..................................................................36-38
Performer Showcase............................................................39-44
Advertisements ..............................................................46-49, 52
Dining guide ................................................................................50-51
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Wednesday at a Glance
Lunch
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Making It all
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Librarians
on the Prowl
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Make a
Real Impact
pp.. 1144
MSLL’s Early
MSL’s
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Literacy
Initiative
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Weaknesses,
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Thursday At A Glance
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Reader’
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A Multicultural
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The Future
of Access
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pp.. 1177
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It’ss a Tornado!
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Performer Showcase
p. 26 & 39
Bylaws
Committee
And the Oscar
Goes to...The
Nighthawks
p. 24
What Is a Family
Place Library and
Why Would You
Want One?
p. 26
Budget &
Finance
Committee
Data Mining and
Google Analytics
for Libraries:
A Case Study
p. 24
The Representation
of African Cultures
in Picture Books
p. 26
Moving to
LibGuides 2.0
p. 28
Pulling It
All Together
p. 28
Open Lab
p. 25
Forgotten Google
Tools
p. 25
Google Forms
p. 27
Open Lab
p. 29
Membership
Committee
Stu-jitsu: The Gentle
Art of Supervising
Student Workers
p. 25
Integrating Library
Instruction Into the
Blackboard
Environment
p. 25
Taking the Team
Approach to Library
Security
p. 27
World Premiere:
Two New Librarian
411 Videos
p. 29
Legislative
Committee
Reader’s Advisory:
Beyond the
Half-day Workshop
p. 24
University City
Public Library’s
Progress Report
p. 25
Design on a Dime:
Website Redesign on
a Minimal Budget
p. 27
Innovation in
Library Services
at the Pryor
Learning Commons
p. 29
Media &
Publications
Committee
Unprogramming for
Kids & Teens
p. 24
Quality Metadata:
Reinventing Service
p. 26
The Laura Ingalls
Wilder Manuscripts,
Papers, and
Scholarship
p. 27
So You Want to Blog
p. 28
Big Help for
Small Business
p. 28
Young Adult Author Breakfast
p. 24
Techno Tots:
Technology in
Story Time
p. 28
Intellectual Freedom
Committee Meeting
p. 29
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E-Government in
Public Libraries
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Video Tutorials in Your Library
p. 25
Nominating
Committee
General Information & Thank Yous
Conference Information
2014 Conference Arrangements Committee
All sessions and programs are open to conference attendees in accordance with
published safety capacities. Back-of-room seating is available on a first-come, firstserved basis to those who wish to attend meal event programs without the purchase of
a meal ticket. Meal event programs will begin approximately 45 minutes following
meal service. Refer to program listings for specific times.
Co-coordinators
Lauren Williams & Angela Scott
Free wireless Internet access is available throughout the conference hotel and on the
floor of the Expo Center.
Tweet! Instagram! Please use the hashtag: #molib2014!
Hospitality & Registration Desk Hours
The hospitality and registration desks can be found in the lobby atrium of the Holiday
Inn Executive Center during these hours:
Wednesday, October 8, 7:30 AM–6:00 PM
Thursday, October 9, 7:30 AM–6:00 PM
Friday, October 10, 7:30 AM–12:00 PM
Links to Conference Evaluations
Overall conference evaluation: http://goo.gl/KdhKyt
Breakout session evaluation: http://goo.gl/eYZ0yS
Hospitality Chairs
Brandy Sanchez & Cindy Dudenhoffer
Meeting Room Chairs
Greg Reeves & Nina Sappington
Technology Chair
Dan Kammer
Registration Chairs
Kirk Henley & Betsy Collins
Publicity and Publications
Mitzi St. John
Trade Show Chair
Judy Pruitt
Table Talks
Gwen Gray & Rhonda Whithaus
Poster Sessions Chair
Jenny Bossaller
Performer Showcase
Johnathan Shoff
Transportation
Patrick Finney
Special Thanks
Thank you to the Missouri State Library for the grant funding
to make this year’s “Uke Can Do It” pre-conference possible.
We’d also like to thank Amigos Library Services, particularly Linda Elkow
and Keith Gaertner — we couldn’t have done this without you!
Other Sponsors/Underwriters
Barnes & Noble – provision of book sales at author signings.
Adrienne Holdinghausen – conference logo design. See more of her work at
www.adriennepie.com.
Alderac Entertainment Group, Cheapass Games, Looney Labs, Mayfair Games,
North Star Games, Privateer Press, Rio Grande, Smirk and Dagger,
and Steve Jackson Games – game donations for MLA Play pre-conference.
Pre-conferences
Jerilyn Hahn & Seth Smith
Emerging Technologies
Brandy Sanchez
Vendor/Sponsor Development
Elinor Barrett
Trade Show Consultants
Brette Dorris & Candice Oliver
President (Ex-officio)
Gerald Brooks
Management Firm Consultant (Ex-officio)
Linda Elkow and Keith Gaertner, Amigos
Past-Conference Chairs (Ex-officio)
Candice Oliver & Chris Pryor
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Thank you to our Sponsors
Platinum
Sponsor
Thank you to Allen Floors, Inc. of Jefferson City, (573) 635-0602, for generously
underwriting the Missouri Library Association Conference.
Gold Sponsors
Daniel Boone Regional Library, www.dbrl.org,
provided AV equipment, transportation, program
and ad design, as well as numerous hours of support.
Thank you to Fry-Wagner, www.fry-wagner.com,
sponsor of the vendor reception.
Thank you to MU’s School of Information Science &
Learning Technologies for their generous sponsorship
of the SISLT reception and for providing lanyards for
all attendees. (http://education.missouri.edu/SISLT)
A big thank you to MOREnet, www.more.net,
for providing laptops and projectors for breakout
sessions, as well as hands-on training and email
access in Polo (The MOREnet Room).
Thank you to MOBIUS, www.mobiusconsortium.org,
for underwriting the cost of this year’s conference bags.
silver Sponsors
Thank you to BiblioCommons for sponsoring this
year’s awards banquet. (www.bibliocommons.com)
Thank you to Sapp Design Associates Architects,
P.C., www.sdaarchitects.com, for underwriting
our keynote address.
Bronze
Sponsors
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http://shs.umsystem.edu
www.techelectronics.com
KeyNote & Featured Speakers
DAVID LEE KING (KEYNOTE)
David Lee King is the digital services director at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements,
and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website
management, digital experience, and social media, and has been published in many library-related journals. David was
named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for 2008. His newest book is “Face2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other
Social Media Tools to Create Great Customer Connections.” David blogs at www.davidleeking.com.
ALEX GEORGE (AWARDS BANQUET)
Alex George’s most recent novel, “A Good American,” was a national and international bestseller. It was the number one
Indie Next pick for February 2012, a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick, and one of NPR’s top summer reads for 2012. It was
also a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. He has recently delivered his new novel to Penguin. A native Englishman,
Alex read law at Oxford University and worked for eight years as a corporate lawyer in London and Paris. He moved to
the United States in 2003 and re-qualified as a U.S. attorney. In addition to writing, he also runs his own law firm. He is
married to the writer and critic Alexandra Socarides. They live in Columbia, Missouri with their four children.
ANN CAMPION RILEY (MACRL LUNCHEON)
Ann Campion Riley is associate director for access, collections, and technical services at the University of Missouri in
Columbia. Prior to this, Riley served as director of technical and access services at Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville (2004–2007), library director at Saint Louis Community College-Meramec (1996–2004), and collection
development librarian at Maryville University (1988–1996). Riley is ACRL president-elect and will assume the presidency
in July 2015.
JENNIFER DANIELS (THUSNELDA SCHMIDT LUNCHEON)
Jennifer Daniels is an award-winning songwriter and a powerhouse on stage. Besides performing for big people at
listening rooms and festivals around the country, she tours schools, libraries, and family festivals, performing stories and
songs that get kids jumping, growling, and excited about reading, the arts, and creative expression. An assistant to Eric
Litwin, the author of the first four bestselling Pete the Cat picture books, Jennifer also works for his music and movement
curriculum, The Learning Groove, walking teachers through the training process, and she teaches parent/child classes in
her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her workshops are lively and full of humor, music, stories, and real strategies
that teachers and librarians can use right away. Jennifer and husband/lead guitar hero, Jeff Neal, live on Lookout
Mountain with their 5-year-old boy/girl twins, Fuzz Ball the hamster, and their beloved canine, Bob Marley. She enjoys
laughing, running, soccer, growing peppers, backyard birds, and fantasies of tormenting bird seed-eating squirrels.
Find out more by visiting www.TLGwithJenniferDaniels.com
NATALIE LLOYD (YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR BREAKFAST)
When Natalie Lloyd was little, she packed a lunchbox full of books, grabbed her favorite pillow, and settled into her closet for
a long nap. She fell asleep confident that she would wake up in Narnia. Her plan never worked. (At least it hasn’t worked yet.)
But she’s always been dazzled by the power of a story. She still trembles when she reads the first line of Roald Dahl’s “The
Witches.” And books like “Anne of Green Gables” and “The Babysitters Club” helped her find her voice, and steady her heart.
For as long as she’s been daydreaming, she’s also hoped to write stories of her own someday. This year, she learned that even
the most impossible dreams can become reality when Scholastic published her first novel. “A Snicker of Magic” is the story of
Felicity Pickle, a word-collector who sets out to break a curse and bring back a forgotten magic in a tiny Tennessee town. The
book received four starred reviews, was called “whimsical and bewitching” by the New York Times, and is a 2014 selection of
the Junior Library Guild. Natalie lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with her dog, Biscuit. She still believes library cards are
more precious than passports. And she still believes Narnia is closer than a heartbeat, or the turn of a page.
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2014 MLA Award Winners
The Missouri Library Association Awards Committee is pleased
to announce the following award winners.
FRANCIS “BUD” BARNES OUTSTANDING LEGISLATOR AWARD
Representative John McCaherty District 97 and
Senator Jolie Justus District 10
The Francis “Bud” Barnes Outstanding Legislator Award is sponsored by the Legislative Committee and is given
annually to a Missouri legislator in recognition of exceptional contributions to the welfare of Missouri’s libraries.
The award is named in honor of State Representative Francis “Bud” Barnes (District 96) whose long devotion to
Missouri libraries and contributions to library-related legislation are gratefully acknowledged.
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Karen Neely, recently retired manager of the Southern Boone County Public Library
The Meritorious Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to libraries
in Missouri. A recipient must be either an individual outside of the library profession or a retired librarian. Nominees
must reside in Missouri and should have made either a contribution to libraries that gained recognition beyond the
local level or have made an innovative contribution in the decisive factors in library development.
MISSOURI BUILDING BLOCK PICTURE BOOK AWARD
“Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” written by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean
The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, administered by the Youth Services Community of Interest of MLA,
is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in
Missouri’s public libraries. Designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age, the
award was first given in 1996.
MISSOURI LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARD
St. Louis County Library
The Missouri Library of the Year Award is conferred upon any type of Missouri library, library system, or library
network for distinguished achievement in service.
OUTSTANDING LIBRARY EMPLOYEE AWARD
Mary E. Anderson, Head of Circulation Services, University of Missouri-Kansas City Miller Nichols Library
The Outstanding Library Employee Award recognizes a library employee who has made a significant contribution
to the improvement and advancement of library and information services.
OUTSTANDING NEW LIBRARIAN AWARD
Claire Ewersmann, Assistant Director, Hannibal Free Public Library
The Outstanding New Librarian Award recognizes a librarian who has made a significant contribution to the
improvement and advancement of library and information services.
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2014 MLA Award Winners
Congratulations to all the award winners and many thanks to their
thoughtful nominators! All award winners will be recognized at the
awards banquet on Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 PM. Please join us
to celebrate these outstanding award-winners.
RONALD G. BOHLEY AWARD
Margaret Conroy, Assistant Director, St. Charles City-County Library District, formerly Missouri State Librarian
The Ronald G. Bohley Award is presented by MLA and Amigos Library Services to an individual or individuals whose
actions have led libraries to work better together and who exemplifies the best efforts to reach out beyond his or her
own institution to promote cooperative activities among libraries.
SHOW ME YOUTH SERVICES AWARD
Angie Bayne, Children’s Services Manager, Missouri River Regional Library
The Show Me Youth Services Award is sponsored by the Youth Services Community of Interest and recognizes
a library employee, Friend, or trustee who serves and/or advocates for children or young adults and who
demonstrates notable and outstanding performance in planning, developing, and promoting programs, services,
collections, and reading activities or in advocating for children and/or teenagers in their libraries and communities.
A library degree is not required but the nominee must be a member in good standing of MLA.
VIRGINIA G. YOUNG OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
Brent Schondelmeyer, President of the Board, Mid-Continent Public Library
The Virginia G. Young Outstanding Service Award recognizes an individual trustee for exemplary service to libraries in
Missouri. MLA awarded Virginia G. Young the inaugural Outstanding Service Award in 1994 and named it in her honor.
THUSNELDA SCHMIDT SCHOLARSHIP
Stephanie Smallwood, Early Literacy Specialist, Springfield-Greene County Library District
The Thusnelda Schmidt Scholarship, offered for the first time in 2014, is sponsored by the Youth Services
Community of Interest (YSCI) of the Missouri Library Association and is made possible by the Thusnelda Schmidt
Fund. Recipients of this award may use scholarship money to attend regional or national continuing education
events to strengthen their skills in youth librarianship.
RONALD G. BOHLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Kelly Anders, Law Clerk, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District in Kansas City; University of Missouri SISLT student
The Ronald G. Bohley Scholarship is sponsored by the Professionalism, Education, Employment, and Recruitment
Community of Interest (PEERCI) and is awarded annually to an individual enrolled in or recently accepted into an
ALA-accredited program in pursuit of a master’s degree in library/information science.
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION EMERGING LEADER PROGRAM 2014
Lindsey Taggart, Public Services Librarian, Crowder College
Beginning in 2012, the MLA has sponsored an American Library Association Emerging Leader from Missouri to help
pay the costs of participation in the program.
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Wednesday
Pre-Conference Schedule
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
8:30 AM-12:30 PM
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Uke Can Do It! Using the Ukulele
in Story Time
Tour of Daniel Boone Regional
Library Facilities
MLA Play
Location: Windsor I & II
Location: Bradley
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn some
basic ukulele chords, strum patterns, and how
to read ukulele chord charts and tab notation.
You will then learn several kids’ songs and
practice playing and singing together.
There will be a songbook for participants
to take home, and every participant will receive
a ukulele to learn with during the presentation
and to take home to their library to use in story
time and other programs.
Speaker: Christy Schink, Youth Services
Take a tour of the Columbia Public Library,
headquarters of the Daniel Boone Regional
Library, and the Southern Boone County Public
Library, the newest DBRL branch, in Ashland.
In Columbia, see recent renovations and the
children’s interactive early learning activity
area. In Ashland, explore how local history and
this small community’s needs shaped its
interior design. Transportation is included.
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
Librarian, Scenic Regional Library
Sponsor: Missouri State Library and Youth
Services Community of Interest
9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Mizzou LIS Adjunct Workshop
8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Librarians Build Communities
Volunteer Opportunity
at The Food Bank
Location: Truman
Be a part of ALA’s Librarians Build Communities
(LBC) initiative and join your peers for a
morning of service. Volunteers will tour The
Food Bank’s facilities and spend the morning
repackaging food to be sent out to hunger-relief
agencies. LBC’s mission is to connect librarians
with libraries and community organizations in
need to form meaningful relationships. Learn
more at www.ala.org/groups/lbc.
Transportation is provided.
Speaker: Lindsey Taggart, ALA Emerging Leader
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
Location: Parliament III
The Library and Information Science Program
at University of Missouri iSchool (SISLT) invites
their current and prospective adjunct
instructors to attend this informative workshop
focused on tips and tricks for using online
course management tools and teaching online
courses. This workshop is specifically organized
for MU adjuncts and will provide an
opportunity to share experiences, learn about
current developments in the LIS program, and
connect with iSchool’s LIS faculty and students.
(This pre-conference is limited to prospective
and current MU adjuncts.)
Speaker: Dr. Sanda Erdelez, Professor and LIS
Program Chair, University of Missouri
Sponsor: MU iSchool
Location: Windsor I & II
Do you need some fresh ideas for your youth
programming? Come get your hands on some
great ideas. Play a new board or card game.
Participate in a game design competition.
Make a zombie Barbie. See cosplay and
makerspace demonstrations. There will be
door prizes! Games for this pre-conference
were generously donated by Alderac
Entertainment Group, Cheapass Games,
Looney Labs, Mayfair Games, North Star
Games, Privateer Press, Rio Grande, Smirk
and Dagger, and Steve Jackson Games.
Speakers: Christy Schink, Youth Services
Librarian, Scenic Regional Library; Elena McVicar,
Youth Services Librarian, Kansas City Public
Library; and Will Stuck, Juvenile Services
Department Manager, St. Joseph Public Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Keynote Address:
(re)Start your Engines, Full Speed
Ahead! Change, Adaptation, and
Revolutions in Libraries
Location: Windsor I & II
David Lee King is the digital services director at
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. He
speaks about emerging trends, website
management, digital experience, and social
media, and has been published in many libraryrelated journals. David was named a Library
Journal Mover and Shaker for 2008. His newest
book is “Face2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter,
and Other Social Media Tools to Create Great
Customer Connections.” David blogs at
www.davidleeking.com.
Speaker: David Lee King, Digital Services Director,
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Sponsor: Sapp Design Associates Architects, P.C.
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Wednesday
Conference Schedule
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Reference Librarians on the Prowl:
Implementing Roving Reference
in an Academic Library
Reinvent Your Library: Merchandising
Tips to Engage Your Patrons
Need-to-Know Teen Lit of 2014
Location: Parliament III
We’ve all heard the conversation about
integrating more proactive reference services,
but budget constraints prevent many librarians
from further investigating these new services.
As graduate student workers in a university
research library, we studied ways to implement
roving reference with little to no cost to the
library. We will discuss how we implemented a
roving reference program and measured the
results. Our experiences gave us additional
ideas about how to be proactive in promoting
reference services to reluctant patrons. We will
also include an overview of research on roving
reference and discuss our separate experiences,
including how individual personalities and
styles of interaction influence the roving
reference outcomes.
Speakers: Beth Shapiro, Karalyn Skinner and Jen
Gravley, Graduate Assistants, University of
Missouri Ellis Library
Sponsor: Reference and Government Information
Community of Interest
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
New Learning Express Library
Location: Polo
Join us for a tour of the new LearningExpress
Library v3.0, the interactive, online-learning
platform that provides the most
comprehensive selection of resources for basic
skills mastery, academic success, job
preparation, and career advancement. We will
review the new user interface and platform
enhancements including new test modes,
interactive tutorials, enhanced score reports
and extensive guidance. This session will help
you put this tool in the hands of your patrons
when you return to the library.
Speakers: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
Location: Bradley
Utilize simple merchandising techniques to
reinvent your library! Create a space that
welcomes, engages, and informs your patrons.
Find out how you can transform your collection
from a book warehouse to an interactive,
appealing space. Discover quick and easy
methods you can use to market your library
collection, increase circulation, and enhance
your patrons’ library visits.
Speakers: Kira Green, Woodneath Library
Center Branch Manager, Mid-Continent Public
Library; Kathy Bigley, Blue Springs North Branch
Manager, Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsors: Technical Services Community of
Interest and Access Services Community of Interest
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
Understanding and Enjoying Toddlers
in the Library
Location: Truman
The toddler: that little ball of energy whose
constant motion and occasional tantrums
sometimes wreak havoc on our spaces and
story times. Toddlers aren’t just big babies or
little preschoolers. They are a developmental
stage all to themselves, and understanding
this allows us to know how to best serve them
and their families. In this session, we will talk
about some of the mysteries of toddler
development and gain an understanding of
why they do what they do. We’ll discuss how to
best plan our programs and environment
while taking into consideration the behavior
and learning needs of children age 12 to 36
months. And, yes, we will figure out how to
best enjoy these busy children!
Speaker: Stephanie Smallwood,
Location: Windsor I
Find out about the must-have young adult (and
some middle grade) titles of 2014! Book talks,
readalikes, and trends will be discussed.
Attendees are encouraged to share their latest
favorite reads.
Speaker: Sarah Bean Thompson, Youth Services
Manager, Springfield-Greene County Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
and Threats: Reinventing Your Branch
Using SWOT Analysis
Location: Windsor II
SWOT analyses are used by a variety of
organizations to survey the environment.
SWOT analysis is a tool with multiple uses, but
the overall goal is to find ways to play to your
strengths, mitigate your weaknesses,
capitalize on opportunities, and prepare for
threats. Attendees will learn the components
of a SWOT analysis and several methods for
conducting one. The presenters will share
mistakes they’ve made and insight gained
from participating in three separate projects
in which SWOT analysis was used. Attendees
will also learn how to engage all staff in the
process and why it’s important that everyone
has a stake in the outcome.
Speakers: Seth Moses, Assistant Branch
Manager, Mid-Continent Public Library;
Dan Brower, Parkville Branch Manager,
Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsor: Public Libraries Community of Interest
Early Literacy Specialist, Springfield-Greene
County Library District
Sponsors: Youth Services Community of Interest
and Public Libraries Community of Interest
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Wednesday
Conference Schedule
3:15 PM-4:00 PM
3:15 PM-4:00 PM
4:15 PM-5:00 PM
Make a Real Impact: Strategies for
Community Engagement
Save Seeds, Save the World:
Establishing a Seed Project
at Your Library
iPad Appy Hour
Location: Parliament III
Librarians, community organizations, and
journalists seek new ways to engage our
community and create informed and civically
minded citizens. We ask questions about what it
means to serve our communities, how we reach
and form relationships with community
members, and how we stay relevant in times of
change. Join Joy Mayer, director of community
outreach for the Columbia Missourian
newspaper, as she leads a discussion about
community engagement and the overlap in the
missions of libraries, journalists, and
community organizations. Panel participants
will include: Kat Barden, head of Public Services,
Reeves Library, Westminster College; Julie Baka,
DBRL trustee; and ALA emerging leader and
Librarians Build Communities representative
Lindsey Taggart. All attendees will be welcome
to participate in the discussion.
Speakers: Joy Mayer, Director of Community
Outreach, Missourian; Kat Barden, Head of
Public Services, Reeves Library; Julie Baka,
DBRL Trustee; Lindsey Taggart, Public Services
Librarian, Crowder College
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
3:15 PM-4:00 PM
The Future of Bibliographic Records
Location: Truman
The arrival of RDA, the move away from MARC,
and other developments spell the end of the
bibliographic record as we know it. This session
will expose participants to the current trends
that promise to change the way we describe
and provide access to our collections. Among
the topics to be covered: the end of MARC; how
linked data will transform our catalogs; RDF
and BibFrame.
Speaker: Bill Walker, Imaging Field Services
Officer, Amigos Library Services
Sponsors: Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest and Access
Services Community of Interest
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Location: Bradley
This presentation will answer questions and
provide structure for establishing a seed-saving
project in your library system. While providing
basic guidelines, presenters will show the
audience specific techniques involved when
developing a seed library and demonstrate how
these projects give individuals control over
their food source as well as preserve our garden
heritage. Special emphasis will be placed on
community outreach and library programs that
support the project goals.
Speakers: Sheri Hausman, Branch Manager,
Scenic Regional Library; Karen Allen, Branch
Manager, Cass County Public Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
3:15 PM-4:00 PM
Tech Tool Trends 2014:
Here We Go Again!
Location: Polo
Cindy tried to get out, but they pulled her back
in! In the next installment of this perennial
conference favorite, we will take a look at
what’s new and what’s not: PCs, apps, VR, and
whatever else looks interesting. This fun, fastpaced session will share some of the newest,
coolest, ever-changing tools to help your
library services stay on the cutting edge. Also,
bring your favorite tools to swap! Please note:
due to conference location limitations, seating
will be limited.
Speaker: Cynthia Dudenhoffer,
Director of Information Resources,
Central Methodist University
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
Location: Polo
New apps are released on a daily basis for
mobile devices – 148apps.biz says over 232
apps a day are submitted. There are currently
1,155,225 apps available to download. In this
iPad version of Appy Hour, come join the fun as
we review as many new apps as we can cover in
this 45-minute informational session. A list of
apps will be provided after the session, so bring
your ideas to share. NOTE: This session is BYOD
(bring your own device).
Speaker: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
4:15 PM-5:00 PM
The Collaboration Equation:
Making It All Add Up
Location: Truman
We’ve been part of a team at the Kansas City
Public Library that has been involved in a
national Learning Labs grant cooperative
focused in museums and libraries. Even though
the collaboration piece has been time-intensive,
we have come to view it as one of the most
powerful benefits that we have received from
the grant. It’s allowed us to enrich our media lab
and has led to other funding sources. We have
met people who are just as passionate about
working with youth as we are, and we have
learned to leverage our respective strengths to
benefit our common goals. This project has
changed our overall approach to serving kids
and teens. We’d like to share the challenges and
benefits we’ve discovered in collaborating, to
engender discussion with participants about
what has worked and what hasn’t worked for us
and for them, and to share ideas for overcoming
real challenges. In this day and age, funders
expect grantees to work together. Collaborating
successfully has become an essential skill.
Speakers: Jamie Mayo, Central Youth Services
Manager, and Andrea Ellis, Youth Digital
Engagement Manager, Kansas City Public Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
Wednesday
Conference Schedule
4:15 PM-5:00 PM
4:15 PM-5:00 PM
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Missouri State Library’s
Early Literacy Initiative
Project Mayibuye Preserving South Africa’s Struggle
From Apartheid to Democracy
Exhibitor Opening Reception
Location: Parliament III
The Missouri State Library is committed to
helping public libraries expand their role in
fostering early literacy in their communities.
This presentation will discuss the background
of the Missouri State Library’s early literacy
initiative, which uses as a foundation and
expands upon a program developed by the
Springfield-Greene County Library called
Racing to Read; the results of the workshops
and webinars presented in the spring and fall
of 2014; and how Racing to Read grants have
provided funds to implement or enhance early
literacy programs and services at the local level.
Presenters will also discuss what the future
holds for the Racing to Read initiative statewide.
Speaker: Lisa Peters, Youth Services Consultant,
Missouri State Library
Sponsors: Technical Services Community of
Interest and Youth Services Community of Interest
4:15 PM-5:15 PM
Location: Bradley
The University of Missouri (MU) is partnering
with the University of the Western Cape (UWC)
and the Robben Island Museum (RIM) to
dramatically enhance access to the Mayibuye
Archives, a vast multimedia collection of
photos, posters, videos, letters, and documents
that are largely accessible now only to those
who visit UWC’s campus. Learn about this rich
collection documenting the campaign both in
South Africa and around the world by Nelson
Mandela and other freedom fighters to bring
down the apartheid regime. The Mayibuye
Project seeks to make that struggle come alive
for generations to come by creating an
interactive digital resource that includes
interactive tools and lesson plans that will
make this vital history accessible to millions
around the world.
Speaker: Thomas R. Kochtanek, Associate
Professor, University of Missouri
Sponsor: MACRL
Location: Expo Center
Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and
drinks, and say thank you to our exhibiting
vendors! Cash bar available.
Sponsor: Fry-Wagner
9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Battledecks!
Location: Windsor III
Battledecks is a fast-paced and fun spectacle
where “contestants” have to put together a
presentation on the fly as PowerPoint slides are
randomly projected for their confusion and the
delight of the audience. Contestants are then
judged by a panel of fellow librarians. Audience
participation (a.k.a. heckling and hooting and
hollering) is highly encouraged. Everyone goes
home happy but only one person can be
declared the 2014 MLA Battledecks champion.
Snacks and desserts provided!
Writers and Libraries: Author Panel
Location: Windsor I
4:15 PM-5:15 PM
Join Kaite Stover for a panel discussion with
authors Brian Katcher (“Playing With
Matches,” “Almost Perfect,” and “Everyone Dies
in the End”), Laura McHugh (“The Weight of
Blood”), and Nina Mukerjee Furstenau (“Biting
Through the Skin”). Hear about their recent
work, other contemporary writers that they
particularly love and recommend, and their
thoughts on the evolving relationships
between writers and libraries. These authors
will be signing books at the MLA booth during
the vendor reception immediately following
this panel. Books will be available for purchase
thanks to Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
Speaker: Kaite Stover, Director of Reader’s
MLA New Member Meet and Greet
Services, Kansas City Public Library
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
Location: Windsor II
Are you new to MLA or considering joining?
Have you been thinking about joining a
Community of Interest Committee but are not
sure which one to join? This event is for you.
Meet representatives of MLA, including board
members and committee chairs, and engage
with long-time members of the organization.
Attendees will be able to learn about the various
MLA Committees and Communities of Interest
and learn how they can get involved. Attendees
will vote on the most creative display. Don’t
miss the chance to win a door prize or receive a
ticket for a free drink at our vendor reception!
Sponsor: Tech Electronics
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Thursday
Conference Schedule
Please make sure to visit the
vendors today to thank them
for their support of MLA! The
trade show is open 9 AM-4 PM.
8:00 AM-9:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
All-Conference Breakfast
Table Talk:
Conducting a Community Analysis
Location: Expo Center
Good morning, MLA!
Sponsor: Exhibit Hall Vendors
Vendor Demos
Location: Expo Center
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
11:00 AM-11:25 am
Table Talk: Creating Displays with
Whole Readers’ Advisory
Innovative Interfaces
Location: Expo Center
11:30 AM-11:55 am
Dake Wells Architecture
1:30 pM-1:55 pm
OverDrive
2:00 pM-2:25 pm
Centurion Technologies, Inc.
Looking for ways to promote your collection?
Always searching for additional material to
include in displays? Have a bright, innovative
idea for a display? Whole Readers’ Advisory
encourages the use of all material formats in
displays. Come to the table to hear how others
create and maintain displays and talk about
your own successes (or failures). Display
examples will be available for discussion along
with an exercise for working with others to
develop ideas. Let’s sit down and brainstorm
about displays–the more ideas the merrier!
Speaker: Lucy Lockley, Collection Development
Manager, St. Charles City-County Library District
7:30 AM-8:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Community of Interest Meetings
Table Talk: Work Smart: Productivity
Tips and Tricks for Librarians
Access Services: Bradley
Location: Expo Center
Computer & Information Technology: Truman
Genealogy & Local History: Windsor II
MACRL: Windsor III
PEER: Parliament III
Public Libraries: Parliament II
Reference & Government Info: Windsor II
Technical Services: Windsor III
Youth Services: Windsor I
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We’re all doing more with less these days, and
for many of us, that means making the most of
every minute at work. In this table talk, we’ll
share time-saving tips, tricks, and “life hacks”
from managing your inbox to meditation. We’ll
talk about strategies like David Allen’s Getting
Things Done and Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero
alongside ideas like work journaling and
mindfulness. Whether you have a lot to do in a
little time or are just searching for a better way
to approach your daily tasks, come ready to
share what works for you and hear from other
library workers about how they get things done.
Speaker: Kelli Hansen, Librarian, MU Libraries
Location: Expo Center
For our graduate class, Public Library
Communities in Context: Joplin, we worked as a
class to develop a marketing plan to help the
library understand their community’s needs as
they move ahead with a new library building
project. We visited the small city of Joplin, MO,
its residents, and the Joplin Public Library to
build relationships and discover the information
needs of the community. Our presentation will
include details of our research methods, how
our methods worked – or didn’t work – and
what we learned from the experience.
Speakers: Vanessa Adams, Ph.D. Student,
Samantha Dozier, MLS student, Beth Loecke,
MLS student, University of Missouri
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Table Talk: Creating a Creative Habit
Location: Expo Center
This is an interactive demonstration of how to
promote an atmosphere of creativity and
provoke an eruption of unique, unusual, original
ideas on a regular basis among library staff.
Speakers: Lisa Winter, Access Specialist II, Erin
Davies, Access Specialist II, Mid-Continent
Public Library
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Table Talk: Could Your Library Win
the MO Book Challenge?
Location: Expo Center
Start a library blog and join the MO Book
Challenge. We will give you 10 good reasons to
join, including other uses for your blog in
addition to satisfying your competitive urges.
Speakers: Christa Van Herreweghe, Assistant
Director, University City Public Library; Annie
Moots, Reference Librarian, MO State library;
Laura Pirondi, Reference Librarian, St. Charles
City-County Library District
Thursday
Conference Schedule
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Open Lab - MOREnet Room
Section by Section: Getting Your
Weeding Project off the Ground
Location: Polo
Use one of our Chromebooks to check email,
create a Google account, etc.
Sponsor: MOREnet
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Making a Commitment
to User-Centered Design
Location: Parliament II
Like many libraries, University of MissouriKansas City Libraries gathers information from
our users and performs usability tests.
However, we discovered that forming the
typical working groups and committees that
come and go for each new project tended to fall
short of achieving a truly user-centered library.
Our primary mission is to serve our users’
needs, yet we lacked a well-defined process for
translating what we learned into products and
services that better support the work of our
users. Attendees will learn about the strategies
behind UMKC Libraries’ approach to developing
a new user-centered design department and
building a usability team, along with the new
responsibilities of the core teams and library
staff. This presentation will introduce
associated training opportunities and the
online tools developed to embed the usercentered design process into the library culture.
Speakers: David Lindahl, Director of Strategic
Initiatives and Planning, and Kelley Martin,
Library Specialist, University of Missouri-Kansas
City Libraries
Sponsors: Technical Services; Access Services;
Reference and Government Information;
Professionalism, Education, Employment, and
Recruitment; and Computer and Information
Technology Communities of Interest
Location: Windsor II
Like a lot of libraries, Southwest Baptist
University Libraries had pushed weeding onto
the someday/maybe list. There were always
more pressing concerns and not enough time
and energy to spare. But in 2011 we started a
liaison program which allowed us to think of
weeding in a whole new way. No longer was
the collection development librarian
responsible for all weeding decisions, but the
job was able to be divided among all the
librarians. This division was a catalyst that
enabled us to (1) see ways to break the job into
small, manageable units, (2) utilize student
workers and volunteers to help with the
project, (3) plan holistically while dealing with
portions of the collection, (4) communicate
with stakeholders, and (5) revitalize the
collection for our students.
Speakers: Susan Kromrie, Reference Services
Librarian & University Archivist, Southwest
Baptist University; Kenette Harder, Collection
Development Librarian, Southwest Baptist
University
Sponsors: Technical Services Community of
Interest, Access Services Community of Interest,
MACRL, Reference and Government Information
Community of Interest
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
position with style and success. If you’ve ever
thought about academic library administration –
or not – come and chat about it with us.
Speakers: Carol E. Smith, Library Director,
Nielsen Library, Adams State University; Cynthia
Dudenhoffer, Director of Information Resources,
Central Methodist University; Jennifer Steinford,
Library Director, Waldorf College; and Stephanie
DeClue, Director, Curry Library Services, William
Jewell College
Sponsor: MACRL
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Entertaining the Entrepreneur:
Leveraging Your Business Databases
Location: Parliament III
Looking for new audiences? This session will
cover the role libraries can play in helping the
entrepreneur. What kinds of information do
they need for a business plan? Do you have the
resources to help them? What gems do your
databases hold? Do you know where to refer
them? Intended for any library that serves
business clientele or would like to. If you have
tried and true resources to share with the
group, bring them to the session. There will be a
little time set aside to share those. Our goal is
that everyone will come away with new ideas to
serve their communities’ entrepreneurs.
Speaker: Chris LeBeau, Assistant Teaching
Professor and Research & Liaison Librarian,
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Sponsors: MACRL, Public Libraries Community
of Interest
Thinking About Academic Library
Leadership? Tips and Tales From Brand
New and Not-So-New Small College
Library Directors
Location: Windsor I
How does one make the big leap from
practicing librarian to academic library
administrator? Why should one even consider
it? Small college library directors who have
made that transition will discuss varying paths
to leadership, ways to prepare for future
leadership roles, national leadership mentoring
opportunities, challenges and triumphs in their
first years of leadership, and best practices for
kicking off a new academic library leadership
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Thursday
Conference Schedule
9:15 AM-10:45 AM
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Missouri Building Block Picture Book
Award 2014 Nominees
Readers’ Advisory for a New Age
of Readers
Game On! Board Gaming With Kids
and Teens at Your Library
Location: Windsor III
Location: Parliament III
Location: Truman
Learn about the 2014 nominees and ways
to use these picture books in story time,
including hands-on art and craft activities,
songs, and rhymes.
Speakers: Jerilyn Hahn, Children’s Librarian,
In the ever-changing world of libraries, readers’
advisory has noticed shifts in formats, delivery
methods, and how staff can participate in
readers’ advisory training. Have a conversation
about the future of formats for readers, new
options for delivery of suggested reading, and
how readers’ advisory training is changing with
the times.
Speaker: Kaite Stover, Director of Reader’s
Learn how to get your youngest customers
interested and engaged in literacy skills
through hands-on board gaming. From
preschool to high school, board gaming
enhances critical thinking, problem solving,
and team building. Find out how you can get
started with this easy and affordable
programming option.
Speakers: Lisa Campbell, Children’s Coordinator,
Services, Kansas City Public Library
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
and Erin Davies, Access Specialist - Teen
Services, Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
Daniel Boone Regional Library; Amy Held,
Children’s Librarian, Jefferson County Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Google Docs in the Library
Location: Polo
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Google Docs is a great tool that allows you to
easily create, share, and edit documents online.
You decide exactly who can access and edit
documents. It is the perfect tool for
collaboration. Librarians are using Google Docs
both to publish announcements about
upcoming events and give guidance in real
time. If you have a Google account, you already
have Google Docs. Attendees will use
MOREnet’s lab to create, share, and edit
documents online in this hands-on, fast moving
presentation. Come experience how it can
transform your library, how easy it is to get
started, and what new features Google has
added since last you looked. NOTE: If you wish
to create Google Docs during the session, you
need to have a Google account set up BEFORE
the session begins. Stop by the MOREnet Room
during any open lab time before the session if
you need help setting one up.
Speakers: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
The Gender Evolution in
Adolescent Literature
Location: Bradley
Want Engaged Employees?
Become a Servant Leader!
Location: Parliament II
Gender diversity is evident in the popularity of
some types of adolescent literature. New
offerings often combine action/adventure with
romance, fantasy, and science fiction elements.
Twenty-two of the twenty-eight nominations for
the YALSA’s 2013 Teens’ Top Ten titles were
either fantasy or science fiction, long considered
male genres. The notion that males eschew
contemporary realistic fiction is being countered
by the rising popularity of “lad lit,” about the
romantic problems of teenage boys, that has
been popular with both boys and girls. Whether
it is due to changes in gender expectations or
how writers are addressing teen readers, we are
seeing boys who exhibit literacy behaviors that
have been associated with girls and vice versa.
While we will still encounter readers with more
traditional preferences, many of our teen
clientele may have new attitudes toward what
they prefer to read. The key to improving
readers’ advisory is to approach every reader as
an individual, recognizing that there is as much
diversity within gender as across genders.
Speaker: Beth Brendler, Assistant Professor,
University of Missouri
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
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10:15 AM-11:00 AM
The last five years were not the library worlds’
best. With some years with low to no raises,
your best talent may be leaving for greener
pastures. How do you hang on to those who are
left and make sure all of your employees are
fully engaged? Become a servant leader. In this
session, you will find out what it takes to be a
servant leader and what the benefits are.
Servant leadership is a philosophy that takes
practice every day but will have significant
positive results for your work group.
Speaker: Vicky Baker, Associate Director for
Public Services, Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsors: Professionalism, Education,
Employment, and Recruitment Community of
Interest; Public Libraries Community of Interest
Thursday
Conference Schedule
11:00 AM-11:25 AM
Vendor Demo - Innovative
Interfaces
Location: Expo Center
Join Innovative to learn what sets
us apart from other library
systems on the market and why we
are leading the industry in library
technology. We will take a glance
at what's new, what's coming and
show you why no matter how
unique your library is, we have a
library platform that is right for
you. Come see how the Polaris,
Sierra and VTLS system can serve
your library and community.
11:00 AM-12:45 PM
Thusnelda Schmidt Luncheon:
Jennifer Daniels
Location: Windsor II
Join award-winning performer and music and
movement educator Jennifer Daniels for lunch
and an interactive literacy and movement
workshop. Assistant to Eric Litwin, the author
of the bestselling Pete the Cat picture books,
Jennifer Daniels is certified in Litwin’s
movement curriculum, The Learning Groove.
Bring your dancing shoes! Includes book sales
and signing.
Those without meal tickets are invited to take
their seats after 11:30 a.m.
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
11:00 AM-12:45 PM
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
MACRL Luncheon: ACRL PresidentElect Ann Campion Riley
Heart: Finding and Keeping Your
Creativity at Work
Location: Windsor I
Location: Bradley
Ann Campion Riley is associate director for
access, collections, and technical services at the
University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri
and ACRL president-elect. She will assume the
presidency in July 2015. Hear her speak about
the opportunities and challenges facing
libraries in higher education.
Those without meal tickets are invited to take
their seats after 11:30 a.m.
Sponsor: MACRL
Finding and keeping your creative talent on
the job can be difficult. Join us for a fun and
interactive exploration of the concept of
creativity in the library workplace. Learn
about ways that other library staff capture
and sustain their creativity beyond the tasks
and projects they face.
Speaker: Erin Gray, Springfield-Greene
County Library
Sponsor: Access Services Community of
Interest, Reference and Government
Information Community of Interest
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
It’s a Tornado! Are We Prepared?
Disaster Preparedness in
Missouri’s Libraries
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Parliament II
Location: Windsor III
In the last few years many libraries have been
affected by natural and man-made disasters.
Planning for these possibilities is an oftenoverlooked necessity. This presentation will
first discuss disaster planning and prevention
in the hope that Missouri’s libraries and other
cultural institutions will evolve to take these
guidelines into consideration for their physical
and digital collections. Second, the
presentation will share the results of a 2011
survey that examined disaster planning and
preparedness in Missouri’s special libraries,
special collections, and archives.
Speaker: Amy C. Nickless, MU SISLT Graduate
Sponsors: Public Libraries Community of
Over the past year and a half, Amigos has been
building an e-book platform that, for some
libraries, will enhance e-book services they
already use, and for others, become their only
e-book service. We began with the Douglas
County model, but have had to make changes
to include the number and types of libraries
we expect to use this service, as well as the
functionality expected from those libraries.
Attendees will learn about the resources
necessary to build this type of project, what
we have learned about working with
publishers, and an overview of the Amigos
e-book platform service.
Speaker: Christine Peterson, E-book Project
Interest, Technical Services Community of
Interest, Genealogy and Local History
Community of Interest
Building an E-book Platform
Manager, Amigos Library Services
Sponsors: Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest, Youth
Services Community of Interest
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Thursday
Conference Schedule
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
11:30 AM-11:55 AM
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Chrome Appy Hour (Extensions too!)
Vendor Demo - Dake Wells
Architecture
The Big Bang - Bringing Teens’ Original
Content Into Existence
Location: Expo Center
Location: Windsor III
Meaningful Spaces - Meaningful
Connections: Learn the
importance of good design in
shaping new and strengthening
existing relationships.
Discover how one library’s journey into the
ins and outs of digital content creation with
teens can be recreated anywhere, on any
budget! This session will provide concrete
steps for how to launch your teens into
projects like film making, sound and image
editing, and web page, app, and game design.
Demonstrations of quality, free software and
examples of teens’ finished products, as well
as discussion about three different types of
relevant programming, will get you ready to
unleash an explosion of creativity at your
own library.
Speakers: Erin Davies, Access Specialist II,
Location: Polo
The Chrome browser is so much more than a
web browser. In this Chrome version of Appy
Hour we will explore a few of the latest useful
apps and extensions that will increase your
productivity and ease your use of web-based
content. We will explore these tools, check out
the Chrome Web Store to see what’s new, and
grab some great applications and extensions
for you, your staff, and your patrons. Learn how
to sync Google Chrome so you have access to
your favorite applications anywhere. Bring your
favorite apps to share.
Speakers: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
The Myth of Multitasking: How to
Control Your Workday, Instead of
Letting Your Workday Control You
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Bradley
Clase Clase..Si! Si! A Multicultural
School Experience in E-Library
In today’s library, which can be full of budget
cuts and hiring freezes, staff are often asked to
take on extra duties. Librarians are tasked with
getting the most out of every work day and
then trying to fit in additional projects. Staff
may feel out of control, running from crisis to
crisis instead of being productive. Organization
goes a long way to helping time management,
but what happens when the well-laid plans go
awry? This presentation will cover ways to stay
organized, stay on task, stay sane when all else
fails, and still be able to go home at a
reasonable hour. In addition, the presenter will
seek input from the audience and discuss what
works and doesn’t work for others.
Speaker: Ellie Kohler, Access and Learning
Location: Parliament III
Learn to include diversity and multiculturalism
in story time, programs, and lesson plans for
older children through tools like I-Books,
interactive Spanish websites, YouTube videos,
and more.
Speaker: Yuri Casas, Librarian / Educational
Media Specialist, St. Louis Language
Immersion School
Sponsors: Youth Services Community of
Interest, Professionalism, Education,
Employment, and Recruitment Community of
Interest
Services Librarian, Rockhurst University Library
11:15 AM-12:45 PM
Awards Committee Meeting
Location: Truman
Sponsors: Access Services Community of
Interest, Professionalism, Education,
Employment, and Recruitment Community
of Interest
Lisa Winter, Access Specialist II, Seth Moses,
Assistant Branch Manager II, Mid-Continent
Public Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Publish and MOBILIZE
Your Archive Collections!
Location: Parliament III
Maryville University has collections in its
archives ranging from University photos and
publications to records of interest to patrons
outside the Maryville community. Trying to
provide our community members and the
general public access to these hidden treasures
has been a challenge. With the newest archival
tool from EBSCO, Biblioboard, we are able to
not only publish our archive collections but
also mobilize them! Please join us as we take
you through our journey to digitize our
archives with Biblioboard.
Speakers: Ying Lin, Electronic Resources and
Information Literacy Librarian, and Olivia
Knoesel, University Archivist, Maryville
University Library
Sponsors: Genealogy and Local History
Community of Interest, MACRL, Computer and
Information Technology Community of Interest
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Thursday
Conference Schedule
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
1:15 PM-2:45 PM
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
Your Library Google Sites
Guerrilla Story Time
Happier at Work
Location: Polo
Location: Parliament II
Location: Windsor I
What can you do with a Google site in your
library? Come get ideas for setting up a library
website using Google Sites and take advantage
of all the great features that Google has to offer.
We will look at embedding calendars, forms,
and docs in your site. We will look how Google
has now made it easier to customize your site
logo, navigation and more. NOTE: If you wish to
work on creating a site during the session, you
need to have a Google account set up BEFORE
the session begins. Stop by the MOREnet Room
during any open lab time before the session if
you need help setting one up.
Speakers: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
Collaborate with other librarians and share
ideas and tips for story time. Share songs,
rhymes, flannel boards, and get help with story
time issues like large crowds and talking
parents.
Speaker: Sarah Bean Thompson, Youth Services
In this tough economy, many library staff feel
overworked and underpaid, which makes it
easy for negativity to creep in. Whether you
are in charge or not, there are many simple
things you can do to make a difference in your
workplace. According to research, happy
employees are more productive, creative, and
offer better customer service, plus they are a
lot more fun to be around. Come learn how
you can help create a workplace you love going
to each day!
Speakers: Kathy Bigley, Branch Manager, Kira
Manager, Springfield-Greene County Library
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
1:30 PM-1:55 PM
Vendor Demo - OverDrive
Location: Expo Center
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Can a Scavenger Think Critically?
Creating Meaningful Library
Assignments
Location: Truman
Students still grudgingly accept a quest for the
third word on the page of a print source,
overlooking electronic resources, links between
the assignment and needed resources, a
relation between resources, and frequently
forbidding use of “free range” information
Google provides. Designing assignments with
critical thinking components changes the focus
from locating a thing, to thinking about the
relationship between things: between the topic
and the key words that describe the idea,
between the OPAC and the items on the shelf,
between the discovery tool and the quality of
information. This session will briefly define
“critical thinking” and examine how adding
critical thinking components can meaningfully
introduce the resources and services available
through the library.
Speaker: Robert Hallis, Instructional Design
Librarian, University of Central Missouri
Sponsor: MACRL
See what eBook success looks like:
OverDrive overview and the latest
innovations. OverDrive is
continually advancing our library
eBook services to help you better
connect with your users. See the
latest we have to offer, including
new publishers and titles,
embedded eBook samples and
enhanced eBooks.
2:00 PM-2:25 PM
Vendor Demo Centurion Technologies, Inc.
Location: Expo Center
Centurion’s Bookmark Fundraising
Program is a new and innovative
way to generate a stream of
revenue for your library. Please
attend this presentation to get
more detailed information.
Green, Branch Manager, Sarah Gamble, Assistant
Branch Manager, Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsors: Technical Services Community of
Interest, Access Services Community of Interest,
Professionalism, Education, Employment, and
Recruitment Community of Interest
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
Nightmare on Mold Street: Recovering
From a Mold Disaster in an Offsite
Storage Facility
Location: Bradley
In October 2013, the MU Libraries discovered a
major mold bloom in one of their offsite book
depositories, where over 600,000 volumes
were stored. This set off a chain of events that
included consulting with the Library of
Congress, a bid process for a mold remediation
contractor, a search for a new facility, and
many, many meetings on how to decide the best
ways to proceed. Funds were limited, and there
were many options to consider. The process
involved many stakeholders, from OCLC to the
local Faculty Council. This will be a summary of
how MU proceeded and where the project is at
the time of the conference.
Speakers: Ann Campion Riley, Associate
Director for Access, Collections and Technical
Services, Jeannette Pierce, Anne Barker, and
Brian Cain, University of Missouri Libraries
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
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Thursday
Conference Schedule
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Minecraft at Your Library
Supporting Common Core
in the Library
SISLT Reception and Poster Sessions All-Conference Event
Location: Windsor III
Location: Windsor I & II
Missouri has adopted the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS), a national set of academic
expectations for K-12 that will prepare students
for college and careers. This presentation will
provide information on the standards and
suggest strategies for librarians to support
their local schools’ implementation of CCSS. We
will cover what is expected of students and
teachers and discuss how library materials and
programming can reinforce these expectations
while maintaining a sense of fun.
Speaker: Sarah Easley, Library Media Specialist,
Join us for the annual all-conference reception
sponsored by School of Information Science &
Learning Technologies, University of Missouri.
Students, alumni, faculty, and area librarians
are all welcome! This year, we are combining
this popular event with our poster session
presentations, which will begin at 5:00 PM.
Sponsor: MU School of Information Science
Location: Windsor II
Over the past few years Minecraft has become
a worldwide sensation for players young and
old. In November of 2013, the Kirkwood Public
Library opened its own Minecraft server for
use by teens and children from within the
library. Learn how the staff planned, chose
modifications, and involved the players to
create a one-of-a-kind experience for our
young patrons.
Speaker: Nicholas O’Neal, Director of
Circulation, Technology and Teen Services,
Kirkwood Public Library
Sponsors: Youth Services Community of
Interest, Public Libraries Community of Interest,
Computer and Information Technology
Community of Interest
Columbia Public Schools
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
3:00 PM-3:45 PM
The Future of Access Services Lightning Talks
Conference Break and Prize Drawings
Location: Parliament III
What does the future hold for circulation and
interlibrary loan in our libraries? Come to this
session and hear multiple fast-paced, short
presentations (lightning talks) presented by
leaders in access services throughout the state.
Presentations will be 6-8 minutes long. There
will be a question time after all of the
presenters have finished.
Speaker: Joshua Lambert, Head of Access
Services, Missouri State University
Sponsor: Access Services Community of Interest
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
Open Lab - MOREnet Room
Location: Polo
Use one of our Chromebooks to check email,
create a Google account, etc.
Sponsor: MOREnet
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Location: Expo Center
Enjoy beverages, treats and giveaways from our
generous vendors.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Missouri Library Association Annual
Business Meeting
Location: Windsor III
Open to all MLA members.
and Learning Technologies
National Library Legislative Day With MLA
Presenter: Christina Prucha, Cataloger
Librarian/Archivist, Logan University
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at Your Library
Presenter: Christine Mills, Librarian, St. Charles
City-County Library District
The Public Library Leadership Fellows Program
Presenter: Denice Adkins, Associate Professor,
University of Missouri, Education Librarian,
Kansas City Public Library
Book Talk Diversity
Presenter: Anna Garcia, Education Librarian,
Kansas City Public Library
Learning About Diversity:
The Roles of LIS Education, LIS Associations,
and Lived Experience
Presenters: Charles Yier, Denice Adkins,
Associate Professor, and Christina Virden,
Graduate Reference Assistant,
University of Missouri
ICT Adoption in Research Libraries in Ghana
Presenter: Kodjo Atiso, University of Missouri
Library Services in Juvenile Detention Centers
Presenter: Chris Vaughn, Technical Assistant,
Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center
Thursday
Conference Schedule
Midwestern Carnegie Libraries:
A Socio-historical Analysis of Architecture
and the Library Profession at the Turn of the
Nineteenth Century
Presenter: Kristen Schuster, Doctoral Student,
University of Missouri Columbia, SISLT
Visual Merchandising Committee:
Bringing Departments Together to Promote
Programs and Services
Presenter: Courtney Flesch, Stack Maintenance,
Teen, and IT Manager, Kirkwood Public Library
Designing a MARCXML–TEI Crosswalk
Presenter: Joseph Quinlisk, Student, School of
Information Science & Learning Technologies,
University of Missouri
Five of My Favorite Displays!
Presenter: Kira Green, Branch Manager,
Mid-Continent Public Library - Woodneath
Library Center
Shelf Reinvention
Presenter: Kathy Bigley, Branch Manager,
Mid-Continent Public Library - Blue Springs
North Branch
MOYAC: Missouri Youth and Children
Discussion List
Presenter: Lisa Peters, Youth Services
Consultant, Missouri State Library
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
9:00 PM-11:00 PM
MLA Awards Banquet
With Author Alex George
MLA Dance Party!
Location: Windsor III
Honor your colleagues who are being
recognized for going above and beyond in
their dedication to libraries and librarianship.
Alex George, author of the best-selling novel
“A Good American,” will speak in celebration
of libraries. “A Good American” was a national
and international bestseller. It was the
number one Indie Next pick for February 2012,
a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick, and one of
NPR’s top summer reads for 2012. It was also a
Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Alex has
recently delivered his new novel to Penguin.
A native Englishman, Alex read law at Oxford
University and worked for eight years as a
corporate lawyer in London and Paris. He
moved to the United States in 2003 and
re-qualified as a U.S. attorney. In addition to
writing, he also runs his own law firm. He is
married to the writer and critic Alexandra
Socarides. They live in Columbia, Missouri
with their four children.
Sponsor: BiblioCommons
Location: Windsor I & II
Enjoy tunes spun by our librarian DJ. Bring your
smartphone for fun with our selfie stations!
(#molib2014) Cash bar available.
Sponsor: Conference Arrangements Committee
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Friday
Conference Schedule
7:30 AM-8:00 AM
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
Committee Meetings
Budget & Finance Committee: Bradley
Data Mining and Google Analytics
for Libraries: A Case Study
Bylaws & Handbook Committee: Truman
Location: Bradley
Legislative Committee: Parliament II
Membership Committee: Parliament III
Nominating Committee: Windsor I
Media & Publications Committee: Windsor III
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Young Adult Author Breakfast
With Natalie Lloyd
Location: Windsor II
Join us for breakfast and then hear a talk by
Natalie Lloyd, the quirky and delightful author
of “A Snicker of Magic,” published in 2014 by
Scholastic. Includes book sales and signing.
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
And the Oscar Goes to...
The Nighthawks: Special Collections
Internships
Location: Truman
Julie Portman and Rob Tygett were awarded
internships at prominent cultural institutions
to research and catalog objects in hidden
collections. Julie Portman cataloged materials
at the Prints and Drawings Department of the
Art Institute of Chicago and Rob Tygett worked
as a cataloger in the film archive at the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in
Los Angeles. This program will discuss the
professional benefits of being an intern and
explore the internship planning and application
process. Come join us as we share our project
experiences and travel adventures.
Speakers: Julie Portman, Technical Services
Librarian, Fontbonne University, and Rob Tygett,
Manager of Digital Library Services, St. Louis
Public Library
Sponsor: Technical Services Community
of Interest
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Web analytic techniques have become
increasingly popular, particularly Google
Analytics time-series dashboards. But
interpretations of a website’s visits and traffic
data may be oversimplified and limited by
Google Analytics’ existing functionalities. This
means library website mangers have to make
estimations rather than mathematically
informed decisions. In order to gain a more
precise view of longitudinal website visits
traffic data, the researchers mathematically
transformed the existing Goggle Analytics’s
log data, allowing the vectors of website visits
each year to be considered simultaneously.
Through a K-means data mining method, the
proposed approach groups the data of an
example website gathered over an ‘x’ year
period into ‘y’ clusters of data. The results
show that the transformed data is richer, more
accurate and informative, potentially allowing
website managers to make more informed
decisions concerning promoting, developing
and maintaining their websites rather than
relying on estimations.
Speaker: Wanli Xing,
University of Missouri-Columbia
Sponsor: Technical Services Community
of Interest
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
Unprogramming for Kids & Teens:
High-impact Programs, Low-stress
Planning
Location: Windsor III
Do your programs for school-age children and
teens demand tons of planning time? Are you
spending more on program supplies than
you’d like? Discover the unprogramming
mindset, which will allow you and your staff to
streamline planning and preparation while
offering engaging, library-connected
programs that kids and teens help shape.
This session will include strategies for
unprogramming with school-age children and
teens at any library, regardless of staffing
levels and budget. Attendees will learn ideas
for helping staff adapt to this new
programming style, and a variety of resources
will be shared. Hear about great unprograms
(Family Forts! Percy Jackson Party! Teen
Advisory Board! Music Club!) and get started
unprogramming at your library.
Speakers: Amy Koester, Children’s Librarian,
and Angie Soetebier-McDonnell, Teen
Paraprofessional, St. Charles City-County
Library District
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
Readers’ Advisory:
Beyond the Half-Day Workshop
Location: Parliament II
Readers’ advisory is a skill that requires
practice and a commitment to staying up to
date with your collection and its readers. In
this session, we will talk about how to make
readers’ advisory a priority in your
organization. Find out ways to incorporate
building your readers’ advisory base
knowledge into existing work routines. Learn
about outside-the-box ways you can provide
ongoing readers’ advisory training, whether
you have 5 minutes or 50 minutes. We will
discuss strategies, tips, and tools to keep you
and your staff up-to-date with what’s new and
how to provide opportunities for readers’
advisory practice and reinforcement. Learn
how to draw upon the resources and expertise
of your fellow staff. We’ll go beyond the
workshop concept to talk about microtrainings, exercises, genre studies, book clubs,
newsletters and more.
Speakers: Angie Strathman, Readers’ Advisor,
and Erin Davies, Access Specialist II,
Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsor: Public Libraries Community of Interest
Friday
Conference Schedule
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
8:15 AM-9:45 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Stu-jitsu: The Gentle Art of
Supervising Student Workers
Video Tutorials in Your Library
Forgotten Google Tools
Location: Windsor I
Location: Polo
As more people turn to videos for information,
libraries will need to embrace this new
resource. Video tutorials allow librarians to give
specific step-by-step instruction on library
resources that can be viewed at any time from
anywhere. This workshop will include the
basics of video tutorials along with a technical
overview on the process of making and
promoting your videos.
Speaker: Tiffany Davis, Reference Librarian,
Remember when Google was just a search
engine? Yeah...me neither. The explosion of
Google’s online platform has overshadowed
some very useful and unique tools. Google’s
photo editing and organizing tool, Picasa, has
gained even more powerful features over the
last year. Google Books has an ever growing
list of eBooks. Google Scholar is a great
resource for primary source documents,
journal articles, and other research
information. Google has a URL shortener that
will allow you to create QR codes, opening up
the possibility of new ways for patrons to
explore the library. Revisit some of these great
tools in this informational session. We will
also take a look at Google’s sense of humor
with some of their fun Easter Eggs.
Speakers: Andy King, Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
Location: Parliament III
The hiring, training, supervising, and
retention of student workers are linchpins in
the successful delivery of services in an
academic library regardless of the size of the
library and its parent institution. Yet how
often are these student worker processes
given their due attention and time? How can
you optimize your efforts to make sure your
student workers are a value-added work force
and not just warm bodies that get tasks done
in a merely acceptable fashion? How do you
interact with your student workers in a way
that is fun, formal, and helps prepare them for
the working world? With over ten years of
supervising student workers at three different
universities, I will share my methods,
philosophies and models that have helped me
in all of these contexts.
Speaker: Mark H.X. Glenshaw,
Daytime Services Manager, Jack C. Taylor
Library, Fontbonne University
Sponsors: Public Libraries Community of
Interest, Access Services Community of Interest,
Reference and Government Information
Community of Interest, Professionalism,
Education, Employment, and Recruitment
Community of Interest
8:15 AM-9:00 AM
Open Lab - MOREnet Room
Location: Polo
Use one of our Chromebooks to check email,
create a Google account, etc.
Sponsor: MOREnet
St Louis County Library
Sponsors: Reference and Government
Information Community of Interest, Computer
and Information Technology Community of
Interest
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Integrating Library Instruction Into
the Blackboard Environment
Location: Parliament III
Professors increasingly turn to course
management systems to deliver online
instruction, and the library can actively
participate in this transition by integrating
library instruction at the point of the
assignment. Using Blackboard as an example,
this session will explore methods and
techniques for placing instructional material
and search tools within a Blackboard course.
The presentation touches on logistics,
development, collaboration, technically creating
and embedding material in Blackboard, and
assessing the use of the material. Three
examples will be critically discussed.
Speaker: Robert Hallis, Instructional Design
Librarian, University of Central Missouri
Sponsors: MACRL, Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
University City Public Library’s
Progress Report on the MOREnet
Three-year Library Research Project
Location: Parliament II
Our project is underway and we are planning
many new services for our patrons including a
technology makerspace/fab lab and digital
repository for community projects. The library
is working with community partners to provide
training and market new services as they
become available. This presentation will be
filled with all the emotional highs and lows of
our project so far.
Speakers: Christa Van Herreweghe, Assistant
Director, and Bill Coleman, IT Coordinator,
University City Public Library
Sponsor: Public Libraries Community of Interest
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Friday
Conference Schedule
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
The Representation of African Cultures
in Picture Books: Reinventing the
Pastoral, Primitive, and PovertyStricken Image
Quality Metadata: Reinventing Service
What Is a Family Place Library
and Why Would You Want One?
Location: Bradley
While there are many picture books available
about Africa, they often generalize its culture as
monolithic. This provides a distorted view of
Africa as a single country, mostly jungle, with a
stereotypical perspective of its populace as
poverty-stricken and primitive. With little or no
other exposure to information about Africa or
its cultures, children in the U.S. have a difficult
time relating to people that are often portrayed
as “other” and primitive in our media. It is
essential that children learn to ask whose
understanding is being presented in what they
read and crucial that we make a variety of
accurate and authentic materials available to
young readers. Attendees will learn about some
of the ideologies reproduced in picture books
about African cultures and the implications
they have for cultural misrepresentation. They
will be provided with tools to help them
examine and problematize the messages
present in children’s literature, as well as
strategies to make their own library collections
more culturally accurate.
Speaker: Beth Brendler, Assistant Professor,
University of Missouri
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
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Location: Windsor III
Did you know that quality metadata, in the
long-term, can save digital libraries and
collections both time and money? Have you
ever given thought to what quality metadata
means to your system, and more importantly, to
your users? Metadata practices and best
practices can be the difference between
consistent, usable records of high quality,
supporting user convenience, and records that
are inscrutable at home and lacking
interoperability with other repositories. As
researchers and practicing librarians, we will
explore the importance of reinventing
metadata. What is quality metadata? Our study,
funded by the University of Missouri, was
conducted in spring of 2014 and assessed
attitudes and practices regarding quality
metadata in repositories across the United
States. Come hear what practitioners consider
to be quality metadata and see examples of
outstanding Missouri repositories and digital
libraries taking part in the metadata revolution.
Learn how reinventing patron services
ultimately requires the creation and use of
quality metadata.
Speakers: Felicity Dykas, Head of Digital
Services, Ellis Library; Heather Moulaison, Ph.D,
Associate Professor, The iSchool; Kristen Gallant,
Graduate Student-Library and Information
Science, University of Missouri-Columbia
Sponsors: Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest, MACRL,
Technical Services Community of Interest
Location: Truman
Family Place Libraries is a nationwide initiative
designed to not only attract families of young
children to the library but, once there, offer an
educational experience for both the children
and the parents. To do this, the initiative has
two focuses, a designated area for families of
children birth- to 6-years-old to play with
educational toys and a series of workshops
offered to parents on childhood development
and nurturing. The overall objective of the
program is building brain development in
young children. The St. Joseph Public Library is
the first Family Place Library in Missouri.
Speaker: Dee Zvolanek, Children’s Library
Manager, St. Joseph Public Library
Sponsors: Reference and Government
Information Community of Interest, Youth
Services Community of Interest
10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Performer Showcase
Location: Expo Center
Magicians! Musicians! Mad scientists and
more! Are you in the market for entertaining
performers for your upcoming library events
for children, teens and families? The showcase
will feature brief samples of 14 programs, and
there will be more than 20 performers at tables
around the room promoting their acts. Light
refreshments will be served. For more details,
see the Performer Showcase directory included
in this guide on pages 39-44.
Sponsor: Youth Services Community of Interest
Friday
Conference Schedule
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Manuscripts,
Papers, and Scholarship: Current State
and Potential Future Developments
Making It Click: E-Government in
Public Libraries
Taking the Team Approach
to Library Security
Location: Windsor I
Location: Parliament III
Medicare, Social Security, health insurance,
taxes: our customers come to us for help with
these and many more e-government services.
We love that new people are discovering the
library, but we can’t (and in some cases,
shouldn’t!) be the experts on all of these topics.
The St. Charles City-County Library has
established partnerships with local
government and nonprofit organizations to
connect our customers to expert assistance.
These partnerships include the Social Security
Administration, CLAIM Medicare Enrollment
Services, AARP, and the Mid-East Area Agencies
on Aging. These partnerships help provide
meaningful access to e-government services as
well as promoting all library services by
bringing new people into our spaces!
Speaker: Alison Griffith, Consumer Health and
This program will discuss Kansas City Public
Library’s approach to changing security trends
in and around our libraries using the L.H.
Bluford Branch in the urban core as a specific
example. This program will outline the steps
that Kansas City Public Library took to better
understand how security issues around our
library buildings affect the security inside the
library, steps we took to improve library security
plans, and steps that we took to prevent security
issues in the library.
Speakers: April Roy, Branch Manager,
Location: Windsor III
Learn more about the current and possible
future states of the manuscripts and papers of
Laura Ingalls Wilder. The books she wrote (in
pencil on inexpensive schoolchild tablets)
have been and continue to be treasured by
generations. She is an author of national and
international importance. In a fond and
enduring way, her books address important
truths about the human condition and the
American character. Scholarly interest in her
life and work continues to rise. Wilder also has
significant state and local interest. She and
her husband Almanzo were proud Missourians
and Ozarkers. They lived nearly all of their
adult lives in and near Mansfield, Missouri,
particularly on Rocky Ridge Farm. Her
manuscripts and papers are substantial, but
they also are significantly at risk and
somewhat far-flung and disorganized. In this
session we will explore how a wide array of
social and cultural institutions – public and
academic libraries, a foundation, a bank, a
health and wellness center, state agencies, and
even a presidential library – can work
together to support and preserve these
important cultural treasures.
Speakers: Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services,
and Dave Richards, Head of Special Collections
and Archives, Missouri State University
Sponsors: Genealogy and Local History
Community of Interest, MACRL
Government Documents Information Resource
Manager, St. Charles City-County Library District
Sponsors: Public Libraries Community of
Interest, Reference and Government
Information Community of Interest
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Google Forms in the Library
Location: Polo
Find out how libraries are using this powerful
free online tool with patrons and staff to collect,
organize, compare, and structure all kinds of
data. Google forms can help you do everything
from surveying groups to taking inventory, and
even creating maintenance records. Did you
know you can add a video to a Google form to
create a how-to? We will create a form, capture
and collate responses, create charts and discuss
ideas for using this tool. If you wish to create
forms during the session, you need to have a
Google account set up BEFORE the session
begins. Stop by the MOREnet Room during any
open lab time before the session if you need help
setting one up.
Speaker: Andy King and Denise Tate-Kuhler
Sponsor: MOREnet
Kansas City Public Library, and Emily Henke,
Phoenix Risk Assessment
Sponsor: Public Libraries Community of Interest
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Design on a Dime: Website Redesign
on a Minimal Budget
Location: Parliament II
In 2013, the Webster University Library web
committee began a complete overhaul of the
library’s website. After an extensive literature
review, we created a needs assessment to
determine if our expectations for our website
were in line with the capabilities of the
University’s newly implemented content
management software (CMS.) We completed a
clean-up project of the local website server and
streamlined navigation within the website to
avoid future complications. While completing
projects as a team, we surveyed our users and
conducted usability testing to understand the
expectations and needs of our patrons around
the world. The survey and testing results
directly influenced how we created our
prototype designs. The presenters will discuss
challenges, opportunities, lessons learned, and
future plans.
Speakers: Jodie Borgerding, Instruction & Liaison
Services Librarian, and Heidi Vix, Electronic
Resources Librarian, Webster University
Sponsors: Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest, MACRL
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Friday
Conference Schedule
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Moving to LibGuides 2.0:
Re-evaluating and Re-envisioning
Research Guides in Context
Techno Tots: Technology in Story Time
Big Help for Small Business
Location: Windsor I
Location: Windsor II
Children and their parents are using technology
to access digital content, and according to a
recent Pew Research Center study, over one
third of American households contain a tablet.
This presentation will discuss ways to integrate
various technologies into story time and provide
the audience with examples of early literacy
tools that can be used by librarians, parents, and
children, at home and in the library. We’ll
examine apps, tablets, databases, and other
online resources. We’ll have a special story time
performance that you won’t want to miss.
Speakers: Stacy Hisle-Chaudri, Assistant
The St. Louis County Library (SLCL) developed
a new program in 2012 to reach out to small
business owners, entrepreneurs, and
individuals thinking about starting a small
business in the St. Louis area. The initiative
began with “Mind Your Business: A Small
Business Lecture Series,” which is a monthly
program held at the SLCL headquarters
location. SLCL partnered with the University
of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Small
Business Technology & Development Centers
to develop curriculum and coordinate
speakers. The curriculum topics targeted new
business owners or start-ups and include a
variety of subjects such as writing a business
plan, marketing, and financing options. The
library tracks event attendance, gathers
feedback from attendees, and monitors the
demand of the Reference Department’s Booka-Librarian service. SLCL created awareness
of the lecture series and small businessrelated resources by reaching out to local
small business support organizations, using
social media, and attending local events. In
addition to the lecture series, SLCL holds an
annual Small Business Expo where local
support organizations such as the Small
Business Administration (SBA) were able to
educate public attendees in an informal
exhibit hall environment. The presentation
will include photographs, excerpts of
feedback, and samples of promotional
materials.
Speaker: Christina Pryor, Reference Manager,
Location: Bradley
The Fontbonne librarians first signed up for
LibGuides in 2011. Everyone jumped right in,
including interns and (later) the part-time
reference staff who came on board in 2012. A
few years and fifty guides later, we found
ourselves looking at a logistical and aesthetic
mess. When Springshare announced LibGuides
2.0 in 2013, we decided to use the opportunity
to regroup, establish some priorities and
guidelines, and figure out how we might
improve things for our users and librarians
alike. We set out to re-envision the entire
project, looking first to the program and
department structure of the University. From
that process came a long-term plan, specific
recommendations for content and design, and
a template for all future guides.
Speakers: Rebecca van Kniest,
Reference Librarian and Adjunct Faculty,
and Cindy Cantrell, Reference Librarian,
Fontbonne University
Sponsor: MACRL
Manager, Mid-Continent Public Library,
and Kat Wright, Access Specialist II,
Mid-Continent Public Library
Sponsors: Youth Services Community of
Interest, Public Libraries Community of Interest
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
So You Want to Blog: The Hows, Whats,
and Whys of Creating Your Own Space
on the Internet
Location: Windsor III
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Pulling It all Together: A Framework
for Addressing the new ACRL
Information Literacy Standards
Location: Bradley
Confused about ACRL’s new Framework for
Information Literacy for Higher Education and
how to utilize it effectively with your students?
Want to know more about engaging computersavvy students who think there’s nothing new to
learn about information literacy? This session
will cover the revision of a for-credit information
literacy course informed by threshold concepts,
metaliteracy, and new Frameworks.
Speakers: Jane Theissen, Reference Librarian,
and Peggy Ridlen, Reference & Instruction
Librarian, Fontbonne University
Sponsor: MACRL
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Are you intrigued by what social media can
offer you as a library professional? Or perhaps
you’ve recently started a blog but aren’t sure
what to do next? Join the Green Bean Teen
Queen and the Show Me Librarian in this
session, meant for library staff who are new to
blogging, and explore the benefits that keeping
a library blog can offer. We’ll discuss a checklist
for new bloggers, including choosing a blogging
platform, determining the focus of your
content, and promoting your blog online. See
examples of great library blogs, and get tips for
making your blog an effective space for you and
your readers. Gain the confidence and knowhow to make your blog into a professional
development and personal learning tool.
Speakers: Amy Koester, Children’s Librarian, St.
Charles City-County Library District, and Sarah
Bean Thompson, Youth Services Manager,
Springfield-Greene County Library District
Sponsor: Public Libraries Community of Interest
St. Louis County Library
Sponsor: Reference and Government
Information Community of Interest
Friday
Conference Schedule
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Innovation in Library Services at the
Pryor Learning Commons
Open Lab - MOREnet Room
Location: Parliament II
Location: Polo
In 2013, we opened the Pryor Learning
Commons (PLC) with the intention to rethink
the way we offer library services to our
campus. The PLC was built to be the library of
the 21st century and offers students the
opportunity to learn while innovating and
creating. The college has both acknowledged
and embraced this educational evolution that
goes beyond the acquisition of content and
moves students from dependence in their
educational experience toward independence
as mature learners. In addition to a robust
library collection, we offer our students two
innovation studios with 80-inch touchscreens,
configurable whiteboard tables, flat screens
with wireless collaboration, video
conferencing, and recording. We have five
creativity studios for audio, visual, rendering
(2D and 3D printing), and video
production/editing. We provide cutting-edge
technology such as iMacs, midi controller, 3D
printer, large-format scanner and digital
editing equipment, wireless collaboration
with AirMedia, writable surfaces on tables and
walls, live Twitter board, and touch-screen
kiosks. We also have a coffee shop, group and
private study space with moveable furniture,
and used LEED silver design principles. For
more information please visit,
www.jewell.edu/pryorlearningcommons.
Speaker: Chris Vaughn, Technical Assistant,
Use one of our Chromebooks to check email,
create a Google account, etc.
Sponsor: MOREnet
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
World Premiere: Two New
Librarian 411 Videos
Location: Parliament III
Be among the first to see the brand new
Librarian 411 training videos! Missouri
Department of Mental Health staff will screen
highlights from the latest versions of our
modules on the topics of crisis and customer
service. Participants will learn about the free
training available to them through the
Librarian 411 website. They will learn some
basic facts about mental illness and how to
improve service to customers with disabilities.
We will also discuss how to respond to crisis in
a calm and prepared manner. With this type of
training, we hope to raise the comfort level of
front-line library workers who serve customers
with mental illness or other disabilities.
Speakers: Tonya Hays-Martin, Librarian, and
Amanda Coffin, Librarian, Missouri Department
of Mental Health
Sponsors: Professionalism, Education,
Employment, and Recruitment Community of
Interest, Access Services Community of Interest,
Reference and Government Information
Community of Interest, Technical Services
Community of Interest
William Jewell College
Sponsors: Access Services Community of
Interest, MACRL, Computer and Information
Technology Community of Interest
12:15 PM-1:15 PM
Intellectual Freedom Committee
Meeting
Location: Windsor I
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24 Emporia University SLIM
5 Missouri State Library
26 OverDrive
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27 Springer
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8-9 Children’s Plus, Inc.
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10 Missouri Association of
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30 Innovative Interfaces
11 AWE
12 SirsiDynix Corporation
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49 The Library Corporation
50 American Micro Company
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52 Thirty One Gifts
54 SFS Architecture
55 National Network of Libraries
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57 Truman State University Press
58 Quality Books, Inc.
59 Gale Cengage Learning
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61-63 MLA & Bohley Auction
Trade show Vendors
(In alphabetical Order)
American Micro Company
#50
American Micro Company has been serving
Kansas City for 56 years, originally specializing in
document imaging and conversion services in
microfilm and microfiche. As technology has
changed and evolved, American Micro Company
has stayed ahead of the curve, preparing our
clients for the digital future and assisting
companies in the automation of their business
processes. American Micro Company goes beyond
a paperless office by being industry experts in
providing solutions such as workflow software,
electronic forms, cloud hosting or internally
hosted systems, and conversion services. These
services and solutions take the paper and
manual processing out of the equation, driving
down the bottom line, increasing efficiency and
productivity. We evaluate your company’s
specific areas of need and help customize a
process tailored for your success.
Amigos Library Services
#2
For more than 35 years, Amigos Library Services
has helped members obtain affordable services
and share library resources and knowledge.
Through membership in Amigos, libraries
collectively gain access to the latest innovations
and services in the library community; pursue
opportunities for continuing professional
education; leverage buying power; and preserve
the regions’ rich cultural heritage.
Bond Architects Inc
Bond Architects provides architecture, interior
design, and planning solutions to a wide range
of educational, municipal, and commercial
clients. Our projects, practice, and people have
been recognized for their commitment to
enhancing communities, advancing education
and promoting sustainability.
The Book Farm Inc.
#11
AWE is a provider of comprehensive digital
learning solutions to libraries schools child care
centers and other educational entities.
Baker & Taylor
#16
The premier worldwide distributor of digital and
print books and entertainment products, Baker
& Taylor leverages its unsurpassed worldwide
distribution network to deliver rich content in
multiple formats anytime and anywhere. The
company offers cutting-edge digital media
services and innovative technology platforms to
thousands of libraries, schools, publishers and
retailers worldwide.
#42
We provide wholesale childrens’ library books
to public libraries and schools. The Book Farm
also carries educational toys, felt products, and
puppets.
Bound to Stay Bound Books
#7
A manufacturer of prebound juvenile library
books with full processing and automation
support available.
Britannica Digital Learning
#34
Britannica Digital Learning provides reliable,
high-quality products and solutions for libraries.
Widely recognized as the ultimate reliable source
for fast facts or deep research, Britannica also
offers supplemental curriculum resources for
language arts, science, social studies, and math,
all accessible in the classroom, from the library,
or at home.
Brodart Co.
AWE
#22
#40
Brodart’s Books & Library Services Division
strives to be an extension of your staff. We focus
strictly on libraries and their needs to provide
customizable services from selection to shelf.
Fueled by the expertise of librarians and designed
to streamline your overall workflow, our services
range from collection development assistance to
cataloging and processing services.
Centurion Technologies Inc
#35
Centurion Technologies’ Instant Restore software
products provide cost-saving security and
stability by protecting public and administration
workstations from unwanted changes. We ensure
the absolute integrity of your desired computer
configuration to provide an unspoiled computer
experience. Ask us about our new Bookmark
Fundraising Program.
Trade Show Schedule
Location: Expo Center
Wednesday
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Trade show open, vendor reception
Thursday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
All-conference Vendor Breakfast
9:00 AM
Trade show opens
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Table Talks
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Vendor Demos
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
All-conference break and prize drawings
4:00 PM
Trade show closes
Children’s Plus, Inc.
#8-9
Children’s Plus, Inc. is a dynamic book buying
experience. Our superior binding arrives cataloged
and shelf-ready. We’re here to build what YOU
need!
The Clark Enersen Partners
#6
The Clark Enersen Partners is a full-service
architectural and engineering firm specializing in
library programming and design.
Dake Wells Architecture
#41
Dake Wells Architecture, a design-centered
practice, specializes in architecture, interiors, and
graphics, with an emphasis on progressive and
sustainable design solutions.
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Trade show Vendors
(In alphabetical Order)
EBE Office Solutions
#31
EBE is the exclusive reseller in Missouri of the
ScanPro microform scanner/viewer and holds the
Missouri state microfilm contract.
EBSCO
#29
Established in 1944, EBSCO is the world’s leading
information agent providing consultative services
and cutting-edge technology for managing and
accessing quality content, including print and
e-journals, e-packages, research databases, eBooks,
and more. Now more than ever, libraries and
research organizations are looking for new ways
to manage their collections more efficiently.
EBSCO has developed the most comprehensive
“e-” discovery and management solutions, offering
unparalleled integration to help librarians save
time and money while empowering users. EBSCO
serves clients in more than 200 countries through
our 30 offices worldwide with more than 140
librarians on staff. To learn more about EBSCO’s
products and services visit www.ebsco.com.
Emporia State University
School of Library and
Information Management
Innovative Interfaces
#30
Innovative (www.iii.com) is dedicated to providing
leading technology solutions and services that
empower libraries and enrich their users
worldwide. Innovative offers the broadest and
most complete portfolio of library automation
products on the market today. Innovative’s
flagship library services platform, Sierra, is the
most rapidly adopted product in library
automation history. The company’s versatile and
market-leading solutions also include the Polaris
and Millennium Integrated Library Systems, the
Encore discovery solution, the Decision Center
collection management tool, the SkyRiver
cataloging service, and INN-Reach resource
sharing. Headquartered in Emeryville, California,
Innovative serves thousands of libraries in over 50
countries and has offices around the world.
The Library Corporation
#49
TLC - The Library Corporation is celebrating 40
years of dedicated service and outstanding
customer support to the library community. We
are currently serving the automation and
cataloging needs of 4,500 libraries worldwide.
Microtek
#59
Gale Cengage Learning is a leading educational
content, technology, and services company for
the higher education and K-12, professional and
library markets worldwide.
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With the largest print and electronic inventory in
the book industry, Ingram delivers innovative
systems, expertise, and precise assistance in
developing and maintaining your library’s
collection. We are uniquely positioned to support
the libraries of today and of the future.
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Preloaded digital media.
Gale Cengage Learning
#20
#24
The Emporia State University School of Library
and Information Management (SLIM) Master of
Library Science program prepares students for
careers as information professionals in all types
of libraries and information agencies.
Findaway World
Ingram Content Group
#51
Microtek helps other organizations manage
records more efficiently by providing cost-effective
alternatives to paper storage and retrieval. We are
a St. Louis-based business serving the eastern
Missouri and southern Illinois areas. Microtek
clients come from every industry sector including
financial, education, medical, manufacturing,
distribution, and all levels of government. We
handle virtually any type of paper records such as
accounting documents, engineering and planning
drawings, blueprints, human resources forms,
insurance claim forms, legal documents, and
more. We provide document scanning services,
scanning hardware, and scanning software.
Missouri Association of
School Librarians
#10
The Missouri Association of School Librarians
(MASL) is the premier professional organization
for library media specialists in Missouri schools.
Missouri Humanities Council
#44
The Missouri Humanities Council is committed to
helping build a thoughtful, informed and engaged
society through programs promoting humanities
education, encouraging family reading, sharing
our stories, and assisting Missouri museums
libraries and community organizations. The
programs and experiences we provide and
support are designed to enrich our lives and
contribute to a better appreciation of our
differences as well as what we hold in common.
Missouri Library Association
#63
Come by the booth in the trade show hall to ask
questions or chat with friendly members of MLA.
We are here to help! www.molib.org.
MLA - Bohley Auction
#61-62
Come and bid on delightful gifts and prizes
generously donated by your fellow library
professionals and corporate partners. Proceeds
will benefit the Ronald G. Bohley Scholarship.
(See p. 35 for more information.)
Missouri State Library
#5
The Missouri State Library promotes the
development and improvement of library
services throughout the state, provides direct
library and information service in support of the
executive and legislative branches of Missouri
state government, and strives to ensure all
Missourians have equal access to library services.
Missouri Writers’ Guild
#23
Missouri Writers’ Guild is the professional
organization for writers across Missouri and is
open to published and unpublished authors as
well as students.
Trade show Vendors
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MOBIUS
#14
Since its founding in July 1998, MOBIUS has
transformed library services for the citizens of
Missouri. Formerly a part of the University of
Missouri, on July 1, 2010 MOBIUS became a notfor-profit corporation with 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt
status. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of
its members, the organization has grown from 50
founding charter members to 70 members,
including 61 academic libraries, four public
libraries, two special libraries, the Missouri State
Library, and two associate members, serving a
total of 143 physical branches. MOBIUS manages
INN-Reach, a union catalog and resource sharing
tool from Innovative Interfaces, as well as their
Sierra platform, a local integrated library system,
for our member libraries. The consortium’s
purpose is to share library materials, information,
and services using accessible, cost-effective
methods. Today, the MOBIUS Union Catalog has
expanded to include more than 25 million items
serving over 1.5 million people from the higher
education community and the state of Missouri.
A courier service delivers library materials to
member libraries once per day, five days a week.
MOBIUS contracts with the Missouri State
Library to host and manage Missouri Evergreen,
a public library resource-sharing consortium
using an open-source integrated library system.
Missouri Evergreen is a growing consortium of
Missouri public libraries funded by the Institute
of Museum and Library Services under the
provision of the Library Services and Technology
Act as Administered by the Missouri State Library,
a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
MOREnet
#3
MOREnet links Missouri to a world of knowledge
through a statewide research and education
network. Schools, public libraries, academic
institutions, and state agencies linked to the
network have access to a secure broadband
Internet connection, staff training, technical
support, and electronic resources, making
equitable access possible across Missouri.
MOST - Missouri’s 529 College
Savings Plan
Proquest
#19
MOST 529 is a state-sponsored tax-advantaged
plan to help families save for higher education
expenses. Education is important to our children’s
future. Help families in your community learn how
MOST 529 plans work and the benefits of planning
and saving. Stop by and ask how we can help!
National Network of Libraries
of Medicine
#55
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine
seeks to improve the public’s access to quality
health information so individuals can make
informed decisions about their health. The
NN/LM works with libraries and community
organizations to educate and collaborate on
health and health literacy projects.
OverDrive Inc.
#26
Create your virtual branch! OverDrive enables you
to offer bestselling eBooks, audiobooks, music,
and video from your library’s website. More than
30,000 libraries and schools worldwide rely on
OverDrive library services, with 1.8 million digital
titles available from 5,000 publishers. Featuring
support for iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, and
more. http://company.overdrive.com/libraries
Penguin Random House
#17
Penguin Random House is the world’s largest
English-language trade book publisher and
includes many prestigious imprints and
distribution lines, publishing some of the
foremost writers of our time.
Piper Jaffray & Co.
#28
Investment banking & financial advisory services.
Possum Grape RHK Inc.
#21
Possum Grape provides a variety of adult and
children’s print media.
#37
ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable
information. Key to serious research, ProQuest
includes Bowker, Dialog, EBL, ebrary, Serials
Solutions, and the RefWorks, Pivot, and
Summon services.
Quality Books, Inc.
#58
Quality Books, Inc. specializes in distributing
small press print and non-print materials to
libraries. We offer approval, annotation, standing
order plans, and shelf-ready library processing.
Recorded Books
#13
Recorded Books provides audiobooks, languagelearning programs, films, and other products for
public and university libraries. RBdigital from
Recorded Books offers electronic resources and
digital databases.
RMC Imaging/ST Imaging
#56
Sales and service of the ST Imaging ViewScan
Digital Reader/Printer and ST600 Color Overhead
BookScanner. Software features include: Family
Search; OCLC and Article Exchange; clip merge
and image annotation; ORC Plus; Cruise Control
for automatic film scanning.
Sapp Design Associates
Architects P.C.
#15
Sapp Design Associates Architects is a full-service
architectural firm that focuses on designing
projects that are not only great in design, but truly
do meet the needs and budget of each client.
School of Information Science
& Learning Technologies,
University of Missouri
#60
The home for MU’s graduate programs in Library
Science and Educational Technology as well as a
new, interdisciplinary doctoral program in
Information Science and Learning Technologies.
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(In alphabetical Order)
SFS Architecture
#54
Stifel Nicolaus and Co
#38
SFS Architecture provides planning, architecture,
and interior design services to libraries institutes
of education and communities throughout
Missouri, Kansas, and the Midwest. Projects have
encompassed master planning, feasibility studies,
referendum support, and design for renovation,
expansion, and adaptive reuse of existing
facilities as well as design for new facilities.
We provide investment banking services and
bond underwriting.
SirsiDynix Corporation
#12
Today’s Business Solutions, Inc. #48
SirsiDynix is a world class provider of integrated
library systems.
Today’s Business Solutions, Inc. is the premier
provider of public-use scanning solutions, mobile
printing systems, computer time and print
management as well as e-commerce solutions for
public libraries and higher education institutions
in the United States.
Springer
#27
Springer is a leading global scientific publisher.
Find more information at www.springer.com
The State Historical Society
of Missouri
#4
Steelcase Education Solutions
& Scott Rice
#43
Improving student success with active learning
solutions. Scott Rice and Steelcase are dedicated
to improving student success by offering active
learning solutions that provide students and
instructors the tools they need to succeed. We
have a passion for understanding how learning
takes place and how smarter, active learning
spaces can help. Spaces that help students
connect, get inspired, and achieve deeper
learning. Solutions that help educators and
institutions achieve better results. The solutions
that Scott Rice and Steelcase provide are designed
to support the dynamic needs of today’s students
and instructors. They are flexible, mobile, and
designed to support active learning, whether it
occurs in a classroom, computer lab, library, or
faculty office. We are committed to providing
insight-led solutions that bring active learning to
life on campus.
#52
We sell fun and functional items that make life
easier to organize with style! Many items can also
be personalized, including totes, purses, and
organizational items.
Timber Wind Records & Books
The State Historical Society of Missouri is the
premier research center for the study of Missouri
state and local history.
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#47
Timber Wind Records & Books is an independent
publisher of children’s music and books.
Truman State University Press #57
Truman State University Press was established
in 1986 to publish peer-reviewed research and
literature for the scholarly community and the
reading public. The Press now publishes 14 to 18
books each year and has 175 titles in print. TSUP
is known for its quality titles, topics, and authors
in our Early Modern Studies series, a premier
venue for interdisciplinary studies in the early
modern period. It also has become known in the
region as a quality publisher of works on the
American Midwest and selected topics in
American history/American studies, including
the Truman Legacy series. TSUP’s literature
publications include poetry in the New Odyssey
series, a Contemporary Nonfiction series, and a
literary journal, The Chariton Review. The Press
is known for the T. S. Eliot Prize, an annual award
offered since 1997 for the best collection of
poetry in English and named in honor of native
Missourian T. S. Eliot. In 2014, the Press
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Bohley auction & 2014 MLA Governance
Ronald G. Bohley scholarship Silent Auction
Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 PM – Thursday, October 9, 3 PM
Trade Show (Expo Center), MLA Booths (#61-62)
Come and bid on delightful gifts and prizes generously donated by your fellow library professionals and corporate partners. All proceeds to benefit the Ronald
G. Bohley Scholarship. Revisit the Exhibit Hall throughout Wednesday evening and Thursday to bid as often as you like. Please remember all bids must be
entered by Thursday at 3 PM. Return to the Exhibit Hall at auction’s end to pay for and pick up your winning purchases with cash or check.
The Ronald G. Bohley Scholarship is sponsored by the Professionalism, Education, Employment, and Recruitment (PEER) Community of Interest and is awarded
annually to an individual enrolled in or recently accepted into an ALA-accredited program in pursuit of a master’s degree in library/information science.
Ronald G. Bohley, 1942-1991, was the director of the University of Missouri-Rolla Library from 1976 until his death in 1991. Ron earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in social studies/English from Purdue and an MLS from Indiana University. He was very active in the Missouri Library Association, serving as president
in 1989-1990, and for several years as a member of the MLA Legislative Committee as well as other MLA committees. He also served several terms as MLNC
President. In addition, Ron served on the Library Advisory Board for Higher Education, the Southwest Missouri Library Network and the Missouri State
Library Automation Advisory Group. He was a Dixieland enthusiast, an author and a champion of libraries. He died in a fatal car crash near Cuba, Mo., and the
Bohley scholarship was developed in 1995 to recognize his zest for libraries.
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Performer showcase: Live Performances
Friday, 10:00 aM–12:30 PM, Expo Center
Performer showcase Listings are paid advertisements and do not constitute endorsement by MLA.
Abra-Kid-Abra
Contact: (314) 961-6912, 1-888-963-2272(ABRA), [email protected], www.abrakid.com
“The Magical Adventures of Super Reader” is Abra-Kid-Abra’s new 2015 Summer Reading show. The Music
Maniac is on the loose again! He’s tricky to capture, as he marches to his own beat. There’s only one person
who can capture him — Super Reader! — who gains power from the books he reads. Using magic, music,
puppetry, comedy, and help from readers in the audience, Super Reader attempts to capture the elusive
Music Maniac. Hang on to your seat in this fun, magical adventure!
Abra-Kid-Abra writes a new library show annually for the Summer Reading theme. Based in St. Louis, we
travel throughout Missouri. Our show includes a magical take-home item for the kids. This show lends
itself particularly well to exciting the kids about joining your Summer Reading program and becoming
super readers themselves.
Brian Wendling: Juggling! Comedy! Energy!
Contact: (816) 561-4695, [email protected], www.brianwendling.com
This juggler is an open book! Even jugglers have heroes that inspire them! Watch how award-winning juggler
Brian Wendling tells the story behind each of his spinning, bouncing, balancing, teetering, tossing props in his
uniquely high-energy way! Brian Wendling is an award-winning juggler who believes in bringing performance
into libraries in both urban and rural settings. An International Jugglers Association champion, Brian combines
high energy antics with incredible audience rapport — juggling both his props and his audience at the same
time! You will be happy that you brought this affable, engaging performer to your library, as hundreds of other
libraries have in the past. He loves what he does and you will, too!
Circus Kaput
Contact: (314) 803-2503, [email protected], www.CircusKaput.com
Join Oh My Gosh Josh as his chicken supper turns SUPER! See the wondrous feats of this fantastic fowl who foils
the plots of evil-doers! Marvel at his transformation from everyman Carl the Chicken into.... SUPER CHICKEN!
Audience members will take part in this hero’s story as he recounts his escape from danger at the hands of the
rotten Count Schmoopy! Patrons are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite super hero as we unmask a
truly amazing adventure! This comical, magic and circus stunt-filled tale will have library books flying off the
shelf like a chicken with a cape!
Happy Faces Entertainment, LLC
Contact: (816) 309-2460, [email protected], www.HappyFacesEntertainment.biz
Always looking to find the joy in every person, HFE has provided a variety of professional programs all year
round, for kids over 13 years. There are programs for everyone and many are great for a wide age range of
participants. Fun and interactive programs include: “Discovery Imagination Group,” “The Jester Tells All,”
“Waves of Danger Murder Mystery,” “Under the Big Top Circus,” “Miles of Smiles Magic,” “Cats and Dogs
Reality Game Show,” “Sock Hop Smiles,” and “Smile Workshops.” New for 2015, we’re offering “Super ME
to the Rescue.” Interactive improvisational theater allows us to tell and create stories about being yourself
and using your talents. What is your super strength?
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Performer showcase: Live Performances
Friday, 10:00 aM–12:30 PM, Expo Center
Heather Harlan, Storyteller
Contact: (573) 445-2310, [email protected], www.heatherharlan.com
Heather Harlan, a professional storyteller and songwriter, has been delighting listeners and turning ordinary
moments into extraordinary fun for over 30 years. With a seemingly boundless supply of energy, she spins
traditional folk tales from around the world and blends them with her own whimsical style of original stories,
songs and guitar playing. Founder of her own company, Looking Up Productions, she has performed at child care
centers, schools, libraries, churches, conferences, retreats, corporate staff trainings, regional storytelling
festivals, and even the Illinois governor’s mansion on three occasions. She also does workshops and has a
one-hour presentation entitled “S.T.E.P. Into Storytelling” for parents, teachers and older students, which is
an introduction to telling stories to audiences of all ages.
Cost & time: Audience-tailored performances are generally 30-60 minutes. Discounts are available for
block bookings and multiple performances. One performance is $350, a second is $200 and a third is $100.
An all-day price is $700. Fees begin at $350. There may be extra mileage costs.
Larry Brown, Storyteller
Contact: (573) 642-9326, [email protected], www.brownstory.com
Larry Brown renews adventure, excitement, awe, and fascination in the art of classic storytelling. Colorful
characters, fluid plots, soulful themes, and animated oration bring each story to the hearts of children, teens, or
adults of any age. Each listener becomes involved and actively engaged in the story from beginning to end and
carries the tale with them to retell to others. Larry captivates audiences with a wide variety of themes, settings,
and genres. He tells original fantasy tales; traditional Ozark legends; historical tales; ghost and mystery stories;
tall tales; and real life stories. Justice, courage, and compassion weave through intrigue, suspense, and fastpaced action to capture listeners’ hearts and minds. His stories transport audiences to new places and
far-away times with illustrative descriptions and magnetic tonality.
Mad Science
Contact: (314) 991-8000, [email protected], www.stlouis.madscience.org
This summer’s spectacular Mad Science show, “The Science Behind Super Heroes,” will thrill your summer
readers! Levitation, camouflage, and invisibility are just the start of this show. Our high-energy demonstrations
are fun, educational, spectacular, and sure to leave your readers with memories that last well beyond our grand
finale. We pride ourselves on sparking the imagination and curiosity of children everywhere by providing them
with fun, entertaining, and exciting activities that instill a clearer understanding of what science is really about
and how it affects the world around them.
Marshall Mitchell’s Cowboy Music for Kids
Contact: (479) 466-2591, [email protected], www.marshallmitchell.com
Marshall Mitchell’s “Cowboy Music for Kids” program is a foot-tapping, hand-clapping, coyote-howling good
time filled with interactive songs and stories. Along with some trusty sidekicks, Marshall sings of heroes and
friends and makes old-fashioned cowboy virtues relevant to kids today. The “Heroes and Friends” program lasts
about one hour and is a perfect fit for your 2015 Summer Reading program. Everyone in the audience will enjoy
Marshall’s music. Targeted for pre-K to elementary, the performance can be with a full stage set or a smaller set.
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Cost & time: Average performance is 45-60 min. Cost: $350 plus reasonable travel expenses. Discount for
group bookings. Marshall is a member of Arkansas Arts on Tour and grant funding may be available through
the Mid-America Arts Alliance, www.maaa.org.
Performer showcase: Live Performances
Friday, 10:00 aM–12:30 PM, Expo Center
Parasol Puppets
Contact: (660) 684-6825, [email protected], www.parasolpuppets.com
Husband-and-wife puppeteers Peter Allen and Debbie Lutzky Allen created Parasol Puppets in 1986. They soon
discovered that separate puppet stages make for a great working marriage, and have been making a living at
puppetry happily ever after. Parasol Puppets offers quality puppet shows and puppetry workshops for family
audiences. Our 2015 summer library show, “Suzie Saves the Day,” is a hand puppet adventure for the whole
family, filled with audience participation and interaction. No two shows will ever be the same! The audience
chooses its own show from items displayed on the “Puppet Menu.” Then, let’s see, how shall the story start?
Who is the “villain,” and what will he do? Puppeteer Peter Allen puts the selected items together at each
performance to create an exciting new story starring our heroine, Suzie. Classic puppet theater!
Cost & time: Average length of performance: 45 minutes. Cost: $235 per show plus travel expenses.
Group bookings share the travel fee and save money! Parasol Puppets is included in the Missouri Arts
Council Touring Roster Directory.
The Rockin Rob Show!
Contact: (913) 963-1513, [email protected], www.therockinrobshow.com
As a preschool music and movement teacher and an internationally renowned “kid-songster extraordinaire,”
Rockin Rob has developed the magic of engaging, entertaining, educating, and connecting with young audiences
worldwide. The Rockin Rob Show is a completely interactive and educational, high-energy rock concert, geared
towards children and families, which promotes fun and education by way of music, movement, self expression,
and imagination. The show is geared for ages 2-10 and families, and brought to you by way of music, movement,
storytelling, fun and imagination.
Cost & time: The show lasts about an hour, and the talent fee is $200.
Super-Eric, the Hero of Magic
Contact: (913) 262-7561, [email protected], www.ericvaughnmagic.com
Be amazed, amused, confounded and confused as Super-Eric, the Hero of Magic, soars into a library near you.
With his quacky, wacky, sidekick waddling close at hand, wielding impressive magical powers, your attention
they’ll command. Using mighty feats of telepathy, Bingo will read your mind as they demonstrate magical
mysteries of every shape and kind. Extraordinary and engaging, they’re as charming as they are bizarre,
spreading smiles and laughs to audiences young and old, near and far.
Thad Beach Music
Contact: (785) 577-5181, [email protected], www.thadbeachmusic.com
“Heroes Through the Ages” is a lively, interactive performance of original songs featuring groups of people that
influenced the course of history, including Plains Indians, immigrants, pioneer kids, cowboys, miners, farmers,
astronauts, and adventurers. Thad performs with harmonica, ukulele, washboard, limberjack, Plains Indian flute,
and guitar. His musical talents, enthusiasm, humor, and interest in historical topics have inspired children and
adults alike, and his experience as a teaching artist for preschool through high school allows him to adapt
programs to fit the needs of diverse audiences. Lots of audience participation, witty dialogue, and musical
instrument exploration included!
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Performer showcase: Live Performances
Friday, 10:00 aM–12:30 PM, Expo Center
Tom Bonham, Puppet & Marionette Productions
Contact: (314) 409-5249, [email protected], TomBonham.com
Although his first public performance was while in the sixth grade in 1957, Tom Bonham has been performing
professionally since 1970. Currently performing primarily in his local area, Tom has presented his shows
throughout the United States. Tom is best known for creating imaginative puppets. He operates most
performances as a solo artist. Tom Bonham has been a featured performer as well as conducting national
puppet festivals and local guild events. Tom is also known for crashing and burning on a 4-minute opening
sequence of season 7 of America’s Got Talent.
WildHeart
Contact: (573) 229-8815, (573) 645-7076, [email protected], www.wildheartmusic.com
Summer 2015 program: “Nature’s Heroes....with WildHeart!” What animal can eat its weight in insects in just
one day? What can carry loads bigger than its own body? Nature is filled with amazing and incredible animals!!
Join in our musical adventure, singing and exploring wildlife together! Let’s unmask these wild, untamed super
nature heroes that lurk right in our own backyard! WildHeart is a Parent’s Choice and Emmy Award-winning
family group. These conservation educators and entertainers have performed at the St. Louis Gateway Arch,
Silver Dollar City, the Missouri state capitol, and schools and libraries throughout the Midwest. Kids will groove
to their heroic music and wild actions! Also, be prepared to meet two mini backyard critter-heroes that are sure
to amaze you! It’s WildHeart...bringing the heart of the wild to the heart of the child.
Performer showcase: Info Tables
Animal Tales
Contact: 1-800-589-5408, [email protected], www.animaledzoocation.com
Animal superheroes? Our 2015 Summer Reading program, “Animal Avengers,” will feature live exotic wildlife
from all over the globe that possess very unique abilities. Animal Tales presenters will bring
to your location live animals that have enhanced adaptations allowing them to overcome impossible barriers.
Be prepared to get up-close and learn about these extraordinary heroes of the wild.
Cost & time: Cost: $350 for first program, $195 for each additional on same day. Special discounts for referrals
and libraries with multiple branches.
Bryd Productions
Contact: (816) 305-8188, [email protected], www.byrdproductions.org
In “The Adventures of Betty the Butterfly” you’ll meet Betty, a monarch butterfly who is born in a science
classroom. Once the children set her free, she’s off to make her way in the world. She encounters hawks,
clowns, bullies, friends and most importantly, gardeners! Join her for a butterfly party at the end of her travels.
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Performer showcase: Info tables
Friday, 10:00 aM–12:30 PM, Expo Center
Jay & Leslie’s Laughing Matters
Contact: (913) 660-3162 (Jay), (913) 660-5853 (Leslie), [email protected], www.leslieandjay.com,
www.facebook.com/JayAndLeslie
Does laughing matter? You bet it does! Jay and Leslie Cady of Laughing Matters have tickled funny bones in 35
states and 7 foreign countries. Their humorous antics include juggling, mime, magic, improvisation, and wacky
dialogue. The Kansas City-based couple present a new program every summer based on the library summer
reading theme.
Available May-August 2015: “Hapless Heroes and Their Funny Feats,” designed for the “Every Hero Has a Story”
theme. Some are born to be heroic, and others just bumble into it. Jay and Leslie explore feats of skill, feats of
daring, and feats of dumb luck! Highlights include plenty of juggling, a touch of magic, and the adventures of
library hero Dewey Decimal. Family audiences.
Cost & time: 45-minute program. $275 plus mileage. (Discounts may be available on select dates.)
Juggling Jeff
Contact: (314) 852-1134, [email protected], jugglingjeffSTL.com (Also on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
A comedy show all about reading! Get out of the heat, relax at the library, and catch the Juggling Jeff comedy
show! Juggling a hula hoop contest, books, “hazard juggling,” and, of course, the giant pink ball of doom are
waiting for you!
Miss Andrea’s Musical Menagerie
Contact: (816) 262-2052, [email protected], www.missandreasmusicalmenagerie.com
Put some POW in your programming with Miss Andrea’s Musical Menagerie! Miss Andrea has facilitated
instrument petting zoos, after-school workshops, summer camp classes, and enrichment programs for the
Kansas City Symphony, St. Joseph Symphony, school districts, libraries, and scouting troops, reaching over 10,000
students! Custom programs are available all year round. Contact me or visit my table for more information! Shows
include:
“All You Can Play Instrument Buffet” Discover your inner *insert instrument name here* hero! This program
features an engaging and informative presentation followed by hands-on exploring time!
“BAM! KABLAM! Be a Rhythm Hero” Audience members will explore rhythm and teamwork through imitation
and improvisation in this interactive bucket drum circle.
Cost & time: Programs can be tailored to children, teens, adults. Average performance: 45 to 60 minutes. Cost:
$250. Prices flexible, depending on date, time, number of programs and libraries. Travel expenses may apply.
National Storytelling Network
Contact: 1-800-525-4514, www.storynet.org
Where can you find national and regional storytellers, learn more about storytelling yourself, and connect with
other story-users? The National Storytelling Network! Storytelling has a long and profound relationship with
libraries, where information is transmitted in every imaginable medium: spoken, written, and digital. Please
stop by our booth to learn more about the National Storytelling Network and what we can do for you.
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Performer showcase: Info table
TruPrz Ministries
Contact: Tamara Kelly, (314) 882-1125, [email protected], www.truprzministries.org
TruPrz Ministries is a nonprofit organization in the St. Louis area that provides children and adults of all
ethnicities an equal opportunity to receive individualized and group education through the arts while increasing
awareness of the arts in education, utilizing theatre and dance as a creative outlet. TruPrz Ministries helps
develop an understanding and appreciation of the arts by conducting classes, workshops, and lecture
demonstrations as well as providing support to artists through advanced training, employment, and exhibition
of their works. TruPrz Ministries services are offered both to residential and commercial clients, through the
implementation of the Learning for Excellence program which provides individualized tutoring, guided reading
groups, and reader’s theatre for children in grades K-12.
Performer Ads/Links
Fran Stallings, Storyteller
Contact: ( 918) 333-7390, [email protected], www.franstallings.com
I have two exciting storytelling programs for 2015:
“Heroes and She-roes” — Heroes aren’t just muscular hunks with swords! This program of world folktales
features feisty women and gentlemen underdogs who strike back with peaceful solutions, villains caught in
their own plans, the triumph of brains over brawn, and a wealth of humor and compassion. Stories and songs
with lively audience participation are custom-selected to suit listeners pre-K to teen.
“Green Warriors” — Hear true stories of men, women, and kids who work to protect our environment, and learn
how you can too! Lively storytelling with age-appropriate audience participation and songs, plus suggestions for
practical things that even youngsters can do to make a difference.
Cost & time: Availability: Southwest Missouri
Mike Anderson
Contact: (217) 473-5889, [email protected], www.dulcimerguy.com, www.hugokringle.com
Mike Anderson is one of the most versatile folk performers and educators in the Midwest. A multiinstrumentalist, Mike uses mountain dulcimer, guitar, banjo, jaw harp, noseflute, bones, and more. Mike also
does holiday programming as Hugo Kringle, Santa’s little brother. The combination of music, storytelling,
humor, and award-winning educational background has made Anderson a sought-after performer and speaker.
Historian Lisa Marks: The “Unsinkable” Molly Brown
Contact:(573) 248-1819, [email protected], www.HannibalHistoryMuseum.com
Cost & time: One-hour performances.
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Dining Guide
Stop by the Hospitality Desk in the Lobby
for more dining recommendations!
Downtown Area
Addison’s Located at 709 E. Cherry
A great selection of contemporary American fare such as their Jalapeño Smothered Pork Chop or Diablo Shrimp Pasta.
Our recommendation: Nachos Bianco. The portions of this dish are so large, though, it could be your entrée! Vegetarian options available.
Bangkok Gardens Located at 811 E. Cherry
Prides itself on its authentic Thai cuisine. This restaurant is for those who like a little heat with their meal. Our recommendation:
Moo Taud, thinly sliced tenderized pork deep fried in a spiced batter and served with stir fried veggies and spiced
sweet and sour. Vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
Bleu Restaurant & Wine Bar Located at 811 E. Walnut
Offers an upscale menu of decadent appetizers, entrées and desserts. They also have one of the best outdoor dining patios in the city.
Our recommendation: Bleu Rosemary Lemonade made with blueberry vodka, fresh lemonade, blueberry syrup and a splash of Riesling.
Vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
Broadway Brewery Located at 816 E. Broadway
Serves delicious seasonal fare made from ingredients that are locally grown. They also have a fine selection of hand-crafted beers.
Our recommendation: Fresh Basil and Mozzarella Pizza. Vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
Café Berlin Located at 220 N. Tenth
serves organic breakfast and lunch favorites such as omelets, sandwiches and pancakes the size of your face. Our recommendation:
Apples and Sausage served on French Toast. Vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
Coley’s American Bistro Located at 15 S. Sixth
Offers a wide range of options from crab cakes to half-pound burgers. Our recommendation: Coley’s Sangria. Vegetarian options available.
Flat Branch Pub & Brewing Located at 115 S. Fifth.
A favorite among locals for its casual atmosphere, hearty food selection and hand-crafted beers that you’ll only find in Columbia.
Our recommendation: Bacon Chicken Wrap served with ranch salsa and a side of garlic mashers. Top it off with a pint of Flat Branch’s
Honey Wheat or Brown Ale. Vegetarian options available.
Main Squeeze Natural Foods Located at 28 S. Ninth
A vegetarian restaurant well-known for its high-quality, organic dishes as well as its fresh juice drinks. Our recommendation:
White Cheddar & Avocado Sandwich. Vegan and gluten-free options available.
Shakespeare’s Pizza Located at 225 S. Ninth
Requisite dining for all first-time visitors of Columbia. Last year this quirky pizzeria was recognized by ABC’s “Good Morning America”
as one of the best college town eateries in the nation. Our recommendation: wheat crust, pepper jack cheese, Canadian bacon and
pineapple with a Louie salad on the side. Vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
Sparky’s Located at 21 S. Ninth
Sparky’s churns out their own homemade ice cream daily. They have a range of old-time classics like Chocolate Fudge as well as some
new flavors like Velvet Cake Batter. Our recommendation: Lavender Honey ice cream.
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Dining Guide
Stop by the Hospitality Desk in the Lobby for
more dining recommendations!
Downtown Area Continued
Sycamore Located at 800 E. Broadway
An upscale dining experience and rich, seasonal fare. Our recommendation: The cheese plate with a selection of local artisanal cheeses,
pickled watermelon rind and onion jam. This pairs well with a selection from their extensive wine menu. Vegetarian options available.
Tellers Located at 820 E. Broadway, corner of Broadway & Ninth St. in the heart of downtown
The floor-to-ceiling windows that wrap around the dining room give you a great view while enjoying your lunch, dinner or cocktails.
Our recommendation: The French Dip followed by the Rum Bread Pudding for dessert. Vegetarian options available.
South Side
44 Stone Located at 3915 S Providence Rd.
Enjoy the convivial atmosphere of a British Pub. They also boast one of the largest selections of international beers, wines and
whiskeys in Columbia. Our recommendation: Begin with the Welsh Rarebit, have the Bangers and Mash pasty for your entrée,
and finish with their Flourless Chocolate Stout Cake. Vegetarian options available.
Sophia’s Located at 3915 S Providence Rd.
Specializes in globally influenced cuisine. They offer tapas, gourmet pizzas, pasta and specialty entrées. Our recommendation:
Baked Shrimp and Roma Angel Hair. Vegetarian options available.
Osaka Located at 120-A W Nifong Blvd.
Osaka takes pride in creating and presenting some of the best sushi rolls in town. In addition to their sushi bar and restaurant,
they also have hibachi tables that will wow diners as their food is prepared in front of them. Our recommendation: Sukiyaki with
an order of Columbia rolls. Vegetarian options available.
Near the HOliday Inn Expo Center
Panera Bread Located across from the Holiday Inn Expo Center, near the entrance to Target
Freshly made bagels, quiches, soups, salads and sandwiches using their famous artisan breads. Vegetarian and gluten-free
options available.
Truman’s Located at 3304 Broadway Business Park Ct.
A local sports bar known for their good food and huge portions. This greasy spoon serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Our recommendation: Monster Breakfast Burrito.
Shakespeare’s West Located at 3304 W. Broadway
This is the same great pizza as at the downtown sister restaurant, but closer to the Holiday Inn Expo Center and with better parking.
Our recommendation: wheat crust, pepper jack cheese, Canadian bacon and pineapple with a Louie salad on the side. Vegetarian
and gluten-free options available.
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Our Pride Is in Our Work
...and on your floors
We’re glad to have played a role in the Columbia Public Library’s 2014 Renovation project. If you visit
their building while you’re in town, you’ll see the custom carpet and the rubber flooring we installed
to their specifications. We can do the same for your library.
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