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2014 Illinois School Library Media
Association Conference
November 6-8, 2014
Tinley Park Conference Center
Tinley Park, IL
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On behalf of ISLMA, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2014 Annual
ISLMA Conference: Leading Change.
Please read this program carefully, you will not want to miss any of the great
learning and networking opportunities that are available to you at the conference. Take time to visit the Exhibit Hall; there you can visit vendors to see
new products and visit the Playground to try your hand at making. In addition to the three exciting keynote speakers, we also have Terri Grief the AASL
President, authors, illustrators, and a whole catalogue of librarian peers from
around the state sharing their knowledge.
The conference theme is Leading Change, because school librarians should be
leading change in their schools and districts. We can lead change by making
sure our programs align with best practices, by collaborating with teachers
to ensure students are getting the best possible learning experiences, and by
actively participating in leadership and curriculum committees. We should be
familiar with and modeling new technologies that will improve the learning
process and help teachers be more productive. The school librarian is ideally
suited to lead change with our experience across the curriculum and with all
of the students. Even our conference is Leading Change with a new venue,
format changes, and our first-ever Edcamp and Playground.
One of the best aspects of the Annual ISLMA Conference is the chance to be
surrounded by professionals who understand your challenges and opportunities. This is the only professional development conference in Illinois that is
focused solely on school librarianship. You are surrounded by professionals;
take advantage of this fact to build your professional network. Use every opportunity to meet new colleagues and talk with people who really understand
the job you do. Start up conversations with each person you sit next to, they
might just have that one idea or solution that you have been searching for.
Once you leave the conference, maintain connections with colleagues across
the state through ISLMA-net, Twitter, and other social media.
While you are enjoying the conference, remember that it is planned, staffed,
and presented by volunteers. Save a smile or kind word for the conference volunteers who have given their time to provide you this experience. Most of all,
take advantage of all the conference has to offer. Return to your school with
the enthusiasm, knowledge, and support network to Lead Change.
Stephanie Stieglitz
ISLMA President
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Thursday,
November 6
Friday,
November 7
Saturday,
November 8
President
Stephanie Stieglitz
7:30 A.M. - 8:30 P.M.
Registration Open
6:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Registration Open
6:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Registration Open
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Morning Seminars
8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
ISLMA Store and
Anderson’s Bookshop Open
7:30 - 8:30 A.M.
Continental Breakfast in
Exhibit Hall and Exhibits
Open
Steering Chair
Jason Janke
Executive Secretary
Becky Robinson
Registrar/Financial
Secretary
Caroline Campbell
Exhibits
Carrie Light
Sheila Shifrin
Hospitality
Andrea Perrin
Christine Pulgar
12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Lunch on Your Own
1:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Afternoon Seminars
7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Edcamp
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
Keynote Speaker
9:15 - 10:15 A.M.
Concurrent Session 1
10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Concurrent Session 2
11:00 A.M.
Exhibits Open
7:30 A.M. - 1:45 P.M.
ISLMA Store and
Anderson’s Bookshop
8:30 - 9:30 A.M.
Concurrent Session 6
9:45 - 10:45 A.M.
Concurrent Session 7
11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Lunch
10:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Exhibits and
Author Showcase
12:30 - 1:00 P.M.
Membership Meeting
12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Author Luncheon
1:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Dessert in Exhibit Hall
12:45 - 1:45 P.M.
Booktalk Open Mic
Publications
Daniel Russo
1:30 - 2:30 P.M.
Concurrent Session 3
1:45 - 2:45 P.M.
Concurrent Session 8
Publicity
Pamela Kramer
2:45 - 3:45 P.M.
Concurrent Session 4
License Renewal
Barb Lund
4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Concurrent Session 5
3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Closing Keynote and
End-of-Conference Raffle
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Mary Jo Matousek
Katherine Femal
Program
Angie Green
Katrina Bromann
Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Kathy Ruck
Registration
Pat Salvatini
Store
Roxanne Forgrave
Betty Buenning
Playground
Mary Morgan Ryan
5:30 - 6:30 P.M.
University Alumni
Receptions
6:00 P.M.
Exhibits close
6:30 P.M.
Awards Dinner with
Keynote
8:00 - 10:00 P.M.
Playground after Dark
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Store
The ISLMA Store, located in South Pavilion 3, will be open
during the conference with a wide selection of merchandise
for both school and personal shopping.
The store philosophy is to provide a limited number of
many different items. If you see something you want, do
not wait until later to buy – it may not be available.
If you want to purchase items for school, you must provide your school’s tax exempt number. A tax exempt form
is available on the ISLMA website (http://tinyurl.com/
qjm8e2v). For your convenience, Discover, MasterCard and
Visa credit will be accepted for store purchases.
Badges
Conference badges must be worn at all times when attending conference programs, meetings, exhibits or hospitality
functions.
Meals
Admission to each prepaid meal function requires a ticket.
Please check your registration packet to see that you have
the correct meal tickets. If you requested accommodation of
special dietary restrictions, please inform the server of this
at each meal.
Autograph Policy
Authors’ books will be available at Anderson’s Bookshop
located in South Pavilion 4, and authors will be signing
their books during the Author Showcase. Please be considerate of others and keep your autographs and conversations
limited if there is a long line.
Smoking
Smoking is permitted in designated areas only.
Services for the Disabled
If you requested special service to accommodate a disability,
please notify personnel at the ISLMA registration desk. All
conference activities are accessible.
Schedule Changes
Conference planners make every effort to fulfill program
offerings as described. Any late cancellations or substitutions will be posted at the respective meeting rooms and at
the registration desk.
Exhibits
The exhibits are an important part of the program.
Exhibits will be open Friday from 11 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
and Saturday from 7:30 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. The floor plan
and listing of exhibitors can be found on pages 29-32 of this
program book.
HALL OF IDEAS: One of the best aspects
of our profession is that librarians are
willing to share ideas, best practices, and
materials in order to help colleagues,
students, and staff. This culture of sharing
inspired the creation at the Hall of Ideas for
the 2013 conference, and the tradition
continues this year. Stop by the Samuel
Tinley Room on Friday and Saturday to
inspire and be inspired during the 2014
conference.
PLAYGROUND: Located in the Exhibit
Hall, the Playground is a gathering space
for showcasing, through casual
programming, technology and the
maker movement. We will have a
technology petting zoo featuring tablets
and e-readers, green screen technology, 3D
printing, among other technology items,
that you can experience up close.
Wondering about the maker movement?
We’ll have maker activities going on in the
Playground, so you can experience it yourself and think about how to incorporate
“making” into your library program. Come
play!
AUTHOR SHOWCASE: On Saturday
from 10:45 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., you can visit
with thirty authors. See their books, get
autographs, and discuss school visits. Raffle
prizes will include Skype visits, books, and
promotional materials.
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2014 Professional Development Seminar Descriptions—
Thursday
BYOD – These sessions have been
designed to be hands-on “bring your
own device.” Participants are highly
encouraged to bring a laptop, or other
device, ready to access a wireless
network, with a fully charged battery.
On-site technical assistance will not
be available.
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Teaching Information Fluency
Carl Heine, Partner, Information Fluency, Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy
Common Core State Standards outline
a framework for teaching information
fluency but do not specify how to do
it. This workshop provides five model
lessons that embed information fluency into curriculum and assessment
and satisfy multiple Common Core
Standards.
BYOD
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Room: North Pavilion 1
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Jonathan Hunt, County Schools Librarian, San Diego County Office of Education; past participant on Newbery,
Printz, and other book award committees
Survey 100 of the best books for middle school with practical tips and strategies for using them in your library
program, including a special emphasis
on the Common Core State Standards.
Level: K-12 - Limit 60
Room: North Pavilion 2 & 3
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News Broadcasts
creates a popular weekly video that
highlights school news and projects.
Students are responsible for writing the
script, conducting interviews, creating
a weekly poll, and filming and editing.
Students will be on hand to share their
experiences.
Level: Elementary - Limit 40
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Gretchen Zaitzeff, Library Specialist,
Technology Support, Social Media Manager, Univeristy High School, Illinois
State University; Jim Kurz, Technology Director, University High School,
Illinois State University; and Shannon
Maney-Magnuson, English Faculty Associate, University High School, Illinois
State University
Learn best practices for a successful
and smooth 1:1 implementation at
your school. Topics include: Choosing
the right device for your population;
options for configuring, filtering, distributing and supporting hundreds of
devices; and writing user agreements.
Level: K-12 - Limit 40
Room: North Pavilion 5
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Non-Fiction books for the
K-12 Classroom?
Kathleen March, Anderson’s Bookshop
Join Kathleen March from Anderson’s
Bookshop in a review of what’s new
and exciting (as well as few old favorites) in non-fiction books for the K-12
readers.
Level: K-12 - Limit 40
Room: North Pavilion 6
Corrie Ball, Library Resource Center
Director, Wild Rose Elementary School,
D303, St. Charles
This workshop will demonstrate how
our 4th grade news broadcast team
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Design for Learning
Samantha Conklin, INFINITEC
Assistive Technology Specialist. She
collaborates and provides technical
assistance to classroom teams to support
the integration of assistive technology
for students, and provides training on a
variety of topics.
This hands-on presentation will introduce participants to a range of assistive
technology, whether it is accessing
the computer, curriculum, writing, or
reading. It will also highlight how and
when technologies become assistive
technology. In addition, participants
will review websites and web tools that
support Universal Design for Learning.
The three basic tenets of UDL, multiple means of representation, multiple
means of expression and multiple
means of engagement, will be defined
in terms of practical application of the
internet. These web based supports will
include reading, writing, and research
for your K-12 students.
Level: K-12 - Limit 20
Room: Bremen Room
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Disciplines with Primary
Sources
Byron Holdiman, Teaching with Primary Sources Director, Quincy University
Literacy is an extremely important
part of the Common Core, but how is
teaching reading in a specified discipline different than being a reading
teacher? Through this session you will
be introduced to strategies for specific
discipline literacy learning.
Level: 6-12 - Limit 40
Room: Sam Tinley Room
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Tom Gross, Information Specialist,
Washington Community High School;
Jason Carr, Teacher, Illini Bluffs SD
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Gaming is a great way to create relationships with students and to give
students a connection to school. This
program will give background on
creating a gaming club and the benefits
of creating this type of program in the
library.
Level: 6-12 Limit 40
Room: North Pavilion 1
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Best Books for High School
Jonathan Hunt, County Schools Librarian, San Diego County Office of Education; past participant on Newbery,
Printz, and other book award committees
Survey 100 of the best books for high
school with practical tips and strategies for using them in your program,
including a special emphasis on the
Common Core State Standards.
Level: 9-12 Limit - 60
Room: North Pavilion 2 & 3
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Standards and Text and
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Laura Beltchenko, Read, Learn Achieve
Literacy Staff Development and ELA
Common Core Consulting
In this interactive workshop, we will
look at the important role of school
librarian/media specialist as “instructional support specialist” in the
development of the English Language
Arts Common Core Standards. Bring
your fully charged laptop or tablet
and together, we will take a brief but
meaningful adventure through the
instructional shifts of the ELA CCSS
to recognize how these new standards
impact the boundaries of literary and
informational/nonfiction collections
both qualitatively and quantitatively.
We will then discuss the attributes
of new literacies and changes in how
students become literate consumers of
text and media. Although this workshop sounds intense, we will laugh
together, share ideas and become more
aware of the importance of the school
librarian in the era of new standards!
BYOD
Level: K-12 Limit - 40
Room: North Pavilion 4
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Dr. Deborah Stevenson, Director of the
Center for Children’s Books and Editor
of The Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books
Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor of
the BCCB
Explore the tools and resources
available to you from the Center for
Children’s Books at the University of
Illinois Graduate School of Library and
Information Science. In partnership
with The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books—an authoritative analytic
review journal—the Center aims to
inspire and inform adults who connect
young people with resources in person,
in print, and online. In this session you
will learn about what the CCB has to
offer and how it can help you improve
collection development and service to
your users.
Level: K-12 Limit - 40
Room: North Pavilion 5
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Classroom?
Kathleen March, Anderson’s Bookshop
Join Kathleen March from Anderson’s
Bookshop in a review of what’s new
and notable in fiction books for the
Grade K-5 reader.
Level: K-5 Limit 40
Room: North Pavilion 6
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Janice Del Negro, Storyteller and Professor, Dominican University
Janice Del Negro will present an afternoon storytelling workshop including:
the practical application of storytelling in the library and classroom, the
selection of developmentally appropriate stories for preschool through high
school ages, and the basic techniques
for presentation. A list of recommended resources and a demonstration of
participation and other stories for
telling will round out this hands-on
workshop.
Level: K-12 Limit - 33
Room: Bremen Room
(GFDPS From 7:00 to
9:00 P.M. on Thursday
night, everyone is both
the audience and the
presenter at Edcamp!
After settling in, you are
invited to join like-minded professionals in
conversations about topics that group members
propose. Participatory
conversations among
colleagues focus on a
shared interest, question,
expertise, experience, or
obstacle. Come and share
with other school
librarians. Meet in the
South Pavilion.
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North Pavilion 2
North Pavilion 3
North Pavilion 4
North Pavilion 5
North Pavilion 6
Bremen Room
Samuel Tinley Room
South Pavilion 5
South Pavilion 6
St. Andrew Room
Turnberry Room
Muirfield Room
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Session 1
9:15 - 10:15 A.M.
I Don’t Dewey, iBrowse
Session 2
10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Little Free Libraries at Schools
The Amazing Race: Geography
and Research Skills in a Brutally
Competitive Environment
Getting to the Core of Your
Battle of the Books Program
Stronger Together: Forming
Your Own Networking Group
Targeting CCSS and District
Initiatives through the Library
Media Program
Rolling the Dice with Gaming in
the Library
Danielson for LRC Directors:
Making it Easy and
Understandable
Reading Programs for Student
Success
Repurpose, Renovate, and
Rejuvenate Your Media Center
Hall of Ideas
Best Books for Middle and High
School
Hall of Ideas
Caldecott Medal and Honor
Books and Process
Monarch Family Reading Night
What Can Google Drive Do for
Your Library?
LGBTQ Characters in Books for
Elementary Students
Beyond Lexiles Part 1: The Other
2/3 of Reading Complexity
Center Your Library
You Can Do It! Academic
Research in High School
Outside the Library Walls
School Libraries 2020: Igniting a
Vision for the Future
Leading Students in a
Hyperconnected World
Becoming a Key Player in Common Core: Read for
Information/LBSS Grant
Winners Panel Discussion
Be the Change, Lead the Change Working Together: School and
Public Libraries
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Keynote
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
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1:30 - 2:30 P.M.
Cafe Biblioteca: An Experiential
Family Reading Night
Engaging ELL’s in the Library
Session 4
2:45 - 3:45 P.M.
Beyond Organizing Books: How
to Keep All the Other ‘Stuff ’ in
Its Place
Reluctant Learners: Research in
One Day and Beyond
Illustrations in Children’s
March BOOK Madness
Literature, What Pictures Can
Teach Us About Visual Literacy
and Comprehension
We Survived 1:1! The Continued Graphic Novels from the Inside
Opportunities & Challenges of
1:1
Read Up a SWARM!
Latest Info From Springfield
Collaborative iPads: The Library
in Your Hands
Googlists: Reseachers in the
Digital Age
Have You Read...? Reader’s
Using Digital Game-Based
Advisory for Secondary Students Workbooks to Integrate
Simulated Problem-Solving
Experience into School Libraries
Hall of Ideas
Hall of Ideas
What’s New and Notable in Fic- Truth is Stranger than Fiction
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K-12
Classroom
Integrating Literacy and the Arts Analyzing Primary Sources in
with Innovative Change
Elementary Schools
Privacy and Confidentiality:
21st Century Learning Spaces
Issues for School Libraries
Beyond Lexiles Part 2: Bringing Information Cycle Senior
Theory Down to Earth
Seminars: How Databases
Defeated Google
Put Your Feet Up, It’s Time to
Relax
Literacy Collaboration=Building
Rock Star
Session 5
4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Poverty in Our Schools: A ‘Make and
Take’ Presentation
Researching and Curating with iPads
Digital Booktalks
We Present... Sample SLO’s
How a Cohort Can Change
Everything
Blood Pie & Dangerous Girls:
Engineering Excellent Author Visits
for Your School
Behind the Scenes at Panthers on the
News: Creating Student-Centered
News Broadcasts
Hall of Ideas
Booktalking Nonfiction
Essential Resources for Every
Teacher-Librarian
Worth the Work: A Genrefication
Project
The Stages of True Collaboration:
Concrete Steps to Engage Classroom
Teachers
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Reading through the Caudill Program
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Session 7
9:45 - 10:45 A.M.
How to Be a Connected School
Leader
The Social Library
The Inquiry Process and Sparking
Curiosity with Artifacts
North Pavilion 3
Monarch Madness!
The Wonder of Bringing Literature
and Digital Technology Together
Hosting an All School Read-a-thon
Fundraiser
Writing Books for Children and
Young Adults
Writing Books for Children and
Young Adults
A Course, an Endorsement, or a
Degree: The GSLIS LEEP (Online
Education) Program and You
Building Community:
Incorporating Social Emotional
Learning in the Library
Designing Interactive Learning
Spaces on Limited Budgets
North Pavilion 5
North Pavilion 6
Bremen Room
Samuel Tinley Room
South Pavilion 5
South Pavilion 6
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7:30 - 8:30 A.M.
8:30 - 9:30 A.M.
10 Digital Tools
Hard CORE Organizers for the
COMMON Educator
Got Smart Cookies? Let Their
Imaginations Loose with the
Gingerbread Man
Hall of Ideas
Level Up in the Library
Hall of Ideas
Xtreme Tactics from an Xtreme
Librarian
Reading and Writing with Great
Poetic Voices
Becoming a Key Player in Common
Core: Read for Information/LBSS
Grant Winners Panel Discussion
Diving into the Deep/Invisible Web
Layering Apps as We Layer on
Common Core
But I Hate to Read
Embracing Shades of Gray - My
Sibert Year
Google Sites for Librarians
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Stage Fright No More: Tips and
Tricks for Engaging Read-Alouds and
Sensational Storytelling
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Session 8
1:45 - 2:45 P.M.
eRead Illinois: Get the Scoop on
Scoping and Much, Much More
Behind the Scenes of the
Bluestem List
Teaching Our Teachers:
Librarians as Staff Developers
Reading with the Abes
Living on the Edge: Flipping Your
Library to a Research Center
Transform Your Library
Instruction with Apps
Connecting through Tumblr
Hall of Ideas
AASL’s Best Websites and Apps for
Teaching and Learning
Community Engagement with Little
Free Libraries
Becoming a Key Player in Common
Core: Read for Information/LBSS
Grant Winners Panel Discussion
Measuring Student Growth
Closing Keynote
3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
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10:45 A.M - 1:30 P.M
QR Codes: Connecting Students to
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Online Conference Evaluation
During your 2014 conference experience,
we would appreciate your feedback using
the new online evaluation form. The move
to electronic evaluation allows ISLMA to
receive your feedback quickly and respond
immediately to your needs and suggestions. It also gives each attendee a chance to
comment about every session or comment
about the conference as a whole.
When you respond, you will need to include the workshop number (W#) or use
Friday, Session 1
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W1. I Don’t Dewey, iBrowse
Lane Young, Director of Library and Educational Technology, North Shore Country
Day School; Emily Fardoux, North Shore
Country Day School; Katie Kirsch, Upper
School Academic Integrator, North Shore
Country Day School
Hear about our school library’s decision to
adopt the word-based METIS classification
system, which we rechristened iBrowse,
and adapt it for a K-12 library. We explain
why we made the change, how we did the
work, our efforts to educate our community about the system, and its impact thus
far.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W2. Getting to the Core of Your
Battle of the Books Program
Dorsey Chambers, Library Coordinator,
Chicago Public Schools; Connie Amon,
Librarian, Galileo Scholastic Academy; Toby
Rajput, School Library Program Faculty,
National Louis University
“We all felt so excited that we almost fainted!” – Shannon, 4th grade CPS student.
Discover new ways to leverage the excitement of the Battle of the Books program to
meet Common Core Standards and inspire
close reading and critical thinking strategies in your classroom, school, or district
level program!
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: All
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the code “2014” to comment on the conference as a whole. Use the QR code to the
right or navigate to: http://goo.gl/nRLSTJ
(case sensitive).
Be sure to complete an Online Conference Evaluation for each session that you
attend. Professional Development Credit
for Educator License Renewal forms will
be sent by email for each session you attend.
W3. The Amazing Race:
Geography and Research Skills in
a Brutally Competitive
Environment
Mary Greska, LMC Director, Edison School,
Elmhurst District 205; Rebecca D’Angelo,
5th Grade Teacher, Edison School, Elmhurst
District 205
The Amazing Race: Bobcat Style! is an
international geography and research
challenge patterned after the popular
TV show (without the bungee jumping,
feasting on raw fish specialties, or the like).
Student teams earn points by using map
skills as well as answering questions about
the geography, culture, history, landmarks,
climate, language and people of countries
around the world and delivering the correct answers to that round’s “Pit Stop” by
the announced deadline. Students absorb
geography and research skills in this engaging competitive challenge. Learn how
to start an Amazing Race in your library!
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Elementary
W4. Targeting CCSS and District
Initiatives through the Library
Media Program
Janet Jungk, Interim District Media Specialist, Carrollton CUSD; Dr. Kerry Cox,
District Superintendent, Carrollton CUSD
How does your program align with
District initiatives and Common Core
State Standards? We share our story in
implementing and fostering these initiatives through the Library Media Center
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by reviewing past collaborative work with
STEM and Inquiry. We also discuss key
roles in collaboration, coaching, and targeting the CCSS.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: All
W5. Rolling the Dice with
Gaming in the Library
Tom Gross, High School Library Information Specialist, Washington Community
High School; Jason Carr, Teacher, Illini
Bluffs SD 327
Gaming is a great way to create relationships with students and to give students a
connection to school. This program will
give background on creating a gaming club
and the benefits of creating this type of
program in the library.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: Middle/ High School
W6. Danielson for LRC Directors:
Making It Easy and
Understandable
Judy Bauman, Library Resource Center Director, Tate Woods, Lisle District #202, Lisle
Be ready to be evaluated! Learn how
library media specialists can use the
Danielson Framework to enhance your
own practice. The presenter has been there
and done that! You will receive specific
examples about how to build evidence of
your work.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: All
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W7. Reading Programs for
Student Success
Elisa Gall, Librarian, Latin School of
Chicago; Kefira Philippe, Librarian, Nichols
Middle School, Evanston; and Jan Harper,
Librarian, Homewood-Flossmoor High
School
Reading programs aren’t just for the public
library, or just for summer! Librarians who
have used reading programs to motivate
students will share their experiences as
well as practical tips on how to implement
creative programs throughout the year,
both inside and outside of the library.
Room: Bremen Room
Level: All
W8. Hall of Ideas
Come see what your colleagues have to
offer! One of the best things about our
profession is our willingness to share our
ideas, best practices, and the things we create in order to help our friends, colleagues,
students, and staffs. The Hall of Ideas is
a browsing space where attendees can be
inspired to try new things, to improve
current practices, or find solutions to common problems.
Room: Samuel Tinley Room
Level: All
W9. Best Books for Middle and
High School
Jonathan Hunt, County Schools Librarian,
San Diego County Office of Education,
California
Take a whirlwind tour of several dozen of
the best books for middle and high school
students and learn about some of the most
exciting new books and trends in young
adult literature.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: Middle/High School
W10. Monarch Family Reading
Night
Michele McDaniel, Library Media Specialist, Carl Sandburg Elementary, Charleston
CUSD 1
Family Reading Nights are a great way to
extend reading and literature appreciation
beyond the classroom. Looking for ways
to add a little spice to your Family Reading
Night? Why not base it on the 2015 Monarch Nominee books? Come see examples
of previous years’ activities and walk away
with an arsenal of ideas and activities
based on the 2015 Monarch List. Each
attendee will receive a packet of samples
and activities. There will also be plenty of
ideas and tools for how to stay organized
and recruit volunteers so you can enjoy the
evening.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: Elementary
W11. Center Your Library
Neha Thakkar, Library Media Specialist,
Chicago Public Schools
Divide and conquer! Use a center-based
system for student autonomy and the time
to practice skills! Reflecting on my lack of
print and technology resources, growing
class sizes, and using the Daily 5 idea of
small group work, individual work, and
using data, I started centers in the library.
BYOD
Room: St. Andrew
Level: Elementary
W12. Becoming a Key Player in
Common Core: Read for Information/LBSS Grant Winners Panel
Discussion
Gail Janz, LBSS Foundation Chair; Kay
Maynard, LBSS Board; Joyce Reid, LBSS
Board
Winners of the Read for Information
Grants will share their project experiences
including grant writing tips, how they collaborated with their peers, and the impact
on their library programs.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W13. Be the Change, Lead the
Change
Sally Decker Smith, Independent Library
Consultant
Designated leaders are not the only ones
who can--and should--lead their organizations to bigger and better things. Come
learn ways of thinking that will let you
take steps to leading others, whatever your
position.
Room: Muirfield
Level: All
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W14. Little Free Libraries at
Schools
Karrie Fisher, Library Director, Baker
Demonstration School
The Little Free Library movement is gaining momentum, and the little boxes are
creating a culture of sharing books with
anyone who wants one. In the spirit of giving and sharing books with our neighbors,
the Baker Demonstration School designed
and built a Little Free Library as part of the
fifth grade library curriculum. If you’d like
to see how it’s done and give it a go at your
school, this session will explain how you
can expand the walls of your school library
out into the world.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W15. Stronger Together: Forming
Your Own Networking Group
Shelley Riskin, Chicago Area School Library
Network (CASLN) Chairperson, Pleasant
Ridge School; Mary Alonzi, Library Media
Director, Springman Middle School, Glenview; Patrick Gall, Library Media Director,
Catherine Cook School, preK-8, Chicago
School librarians often work alone--so
wouldn’t it be wonderful to regularly get
together with colleagues to share ideas,
experiences, and programs?
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: All
W16. Repurpose, Renovate, and
Rejuvenate Your Media Center
Janet Jungk, Interim District Media Specialist, Carrollton CUSD; Dr. Kerry Cox,
District Superintendent, Carrollton CUSD;
Mary Kash, District Media Specialist, Carrollton CUSD
Join us as we share our experiences of
transforming our rural library space! With
creative funding, an ISLMA reading grant,
and administrative support, we repurposed
office space to create a STEM Room in the
Grade School. We also renovated a high
school library to create a bustling Learning
Center/Internet Café.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: All
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W17. You Can Do It! Academic
Research in High School
Carolyn Kinsella, Librarian, Minooka Community High School South Campus; Alexa
Tancil, Science Teacher, Minooka Community High School, South Campus
Academic journal research with sophomores? Yes! Find out how collaboration
between the librarian and biology teachers
resulted in students finding, reading, and
analyzing academic research in preparation for developing and reporting on their
own experiments for the Shedd Aquarium’s SIS and the IMSP Grant for Introducing Student Research and Development for
the High School Classroom.
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: High School
W18. Outside the Library Walls
Stephani Edell, LRC Director, Lagrange
Highlands School District 106
The library has so much to offer, but we
rarely lead our students outside its walls!
What can be done to encourage active
learning outside of the physical space?
How can librarians guide students with
independent learning, foster a passion for
learning, and help create critical thinkers
in today’s world?
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: Elementary/Middle School
W19. School Libraries 2020:
Igniting a Vision for the Future
Erin Wyatt, Learning Center Director, Highland Middle School, Libertyville District 70
Explore where school librarianship and
school library programs are headed with a
panel of practicing librarians. In this Ignite
format session, speakers will share their
visions and plans for the future of their
library programs. A panel discussion and
Q & A will follow the individual presentations.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: All
W20. Leading Students in a
Hyperconnected World
new information and challenge old information. What does this mean for our roles
as teachers? And how do we lead students
to become conscientious consumers and
producers of information? In this session
Richard Byrne will offer some answers to
those questions and challenge you to find
new ways of leading students in a hyperconnected world.
Room: Bremen Room
Level: All
W21. Caldecott Medal and Honor
Books and Process
Jonathan Hunt, County Schools Librarian,
San Diego County Office of Education,
California
Survey some of the best picture books of
2014 with a sitting member of the committee, learn about the process of picking the
Caldecott Medal and Honor books, and
use this information as a model to create
your own mock Caldecott book discussions.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: Elementary
W22. What Can Google Drive Do
for Your Library?
Kai Rush, Lead Teacher for Technology &
Library/University Instructor, St. Charles
East, D303, St. Charles
Do you know what Google Drive can do
for you? Almost everything you can dream
of. Come to this session and let me show
you all the ways Google Drive, its connected apps and tools can help you be the star
of your school. Google Drive can help you
collaborate with teachers, organize your
library, and help students and teachers
achieve the highest student achievement.
Let me show you how Google can ROCK
your world!
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: All
W23. LGBTQ Characters in
Books for Elementary Students
Richard Byrne, Blogger, Free Technology for
Teachers
From phones to tablets to Google Glass,
today’s students are more connected to the
world than ever before. With a few keystrokes and a click, students can discover
Barbara Fiehn, Western Kentucky
University
Let’s discuss elementary books with
LGBTQ characters, review sources, and
the challenge of including these in school
collections. Elementary students need
these books as they may be in a same sex
parent family, may be gender nonconform-
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ing, or may have LGBTQ siblings or family
members. They just may be curious.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: Elementary
W24. Beyond Lexiles Part 1: The
Other 2/3 of Reading Complexity
Georgeann Burch, K-12 LIS Program
Coordinator, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science, University of Illinois;
Elizabeth Bush, Adjunct Lecturer, GSLIS and Reviewer, Bulletin of the Center
for Children’s Books, Graduate School of
Library & Information Science, University
of Illinois
A Lexile number plus a child’s reading
range do not always add up to reading
success! Explore the 3-part model for
measuring text complexity and discover
how “qualitative” and “reader + task” can
help librarians and teachers balance the
equation.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W25. Working Together: School
and Public Libraries
Kelly Stulgate, Grade School Outreach Coordinator, Glenside Public Library District,
Glendale Heights; Stephanie Wolferman,
Early Childhood Outreach Coordinator,
Glenside Public Library District, Glendale
Heights
The public library offers many resources
for the school librarian that go unused.
Find out how to form a working relationship with your public library and get
the most out of the resources they offer,
including outreach services. Two outreach
librarians will detail their highly successful
outreach programs for grades preK-8.
Room: Muirfield
Level: All
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W26. Cafe Biblioteca: An Experiential Family Reading Night
Karrie Fisher, Library Director, Baker
Demonstration School
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Pete’s A
Pizza, Growing Vegetable Soup – what do
these books have in common? They are on
the menu at Cafe Biblioteca! Looking for
a program that will bring families into the
library to experience the joys of reading
out loud together? Turn your library into a
cafe and your families will have an evening
of fun reading and eating! I will tell you
how to bring this amazing event to your
students and parents. All you need is a
little time and your imagination. When
fun things happen in the library, everyone
reads and loves it!
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: Elementary
W27. Engaging ELL’s in the
Library
Nancy Wadin, Teacher Librarian, Sunny
Hill Elementary School, Barrington CUSD
220, Carpentersville
Determined to take steps to help your
English Language Learners, but unsure of
how to scaffold for them? Make your library a stress-free place for students learning in a second language. Gain a deeper
understanding of their complex needs and
walk away with 10 practical strategies to
aid all of your students.
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Elementary
W28. Illustrations in Children’s
Literature, What Pictures Can
Teach Us about Visual Literacy
and Comprehension
Laura Beltchenko, Read, Learn Achieve LLC
In this literature-rich session, participants
will experience the advanced messages that
illustrations send in children’s literature.
We will explore a few of the overarching
structures of children’s picture books and
the impact these structures provide for
literacy instruction. We will then explore
the purposeful, productive, and thoughtful visual point of view that illustrations
communicate. The overarching goal of this
session is to assist the educator or parent with picture books that provide ALL
students with a vehicle to understanding
the advanced comprehension implications pictures convey and that words may
not reveal to the reader. This session also
provides a lens to ELA Common Core
Standards: RL/RI 1, RL 3, RL/RI 5 and RL/
RI 7.
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: All
W29. We Survived 1:1! The
Continued Opportunities &
Challenges of 1:1
Eva Thurman-Keup, Librarian, Joliet West
High School; Amy Lingafelter, Librarian,
Joliet West High School
We made the library an integral part of Joliet High School District 204’s implementation of a 1:1 computing environment.
Three years in, we will share how creating
flexible spaces and at-need online research
tools kept our services relevant now that
all 6000 of our students have laptops.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: Middle/High School
W30. Read Up a SWARM!
Allison Bava, Library Media Specialist, Hinsdale South High School; Ashley Rasmussen,
Queen Bee SD #16
Looking for ways to get students reading?
Come see how we created excitement
about reading through competition, while
also working towards a school-wide goal.
We will share our planning and implementation stages, and how we teamed with
teachers to improve student learning and
reading skills by encouraging reading for
pleasure.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: High School
W31. Collaborative iPads: The
Library in Your Hands
Elizabeth Buenning, Library Media Specialist, Lake Zurich Middle School South; Emily
Coklan, Library Media Specialist, Lake
Zurich High School; Laura Dooley-Taylor,
Library Media Specialist, Lake Zurich Middle School North
Secondary librarians collaborated to make
the libraries a 24/7 operation with our
resources accessible on 1:1 iPads. This shift
required collaboration and adaptation of
library materials and resources geared for
student success in a mobile environment.
We will share tools helpful to this process
and how we adapted.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: Middle/High School
W32. Have You Read...? Reader’s
Advisory for Secondary Students
Gretchen Zaitzeff, Library Specialist, University High School
Learn how to find the right book for the
right student, keep up with new releases
while remembering what is on your bookshelves and make curriculum connections
using YA literature in a fast-paced, fun
session targeted at secondary teacher-librarians.
Room: Bremen Room
Level: Middle/High School
W33. What’s New and Notable in
Fiction Books for the K-5
Classroom?
Kathleen March, Anderson’s Bookshop
Join Kathleen March from Anderson’s
Bookshop in a review of what’s new and
exciting (as well as few old favorites) in
fiction books for the grade K-5 reader.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: Elementary
W34. Integrating Literacy and the
Arts with Innovative Change
Linda Lucke, Learning Center Director,
Libertyville School District #70, Butterfield Elementary School; Robin O’Connor,
Primary Gifted Specialist, Hawthorn School
District #73, Aspen Elementary School
Using Common Core State Standards
within English Language Arts, as well as
Library and Fine Arts, the Artist I-Five
curriculum drives visual literacy with rigor
and fun. Embracing change with an indepth alignment of curriculums provides
today’s learner not only increased student
engagement, but additional intervention
strategies. Lessons are innovative and easily differentiated. Additionally, using Artist
I-Five critical thinking questions, students
will discover deeper understandings and
connections between text and illustrations.
Teachers can also modify the depth, complexity, and pacing of the lessons.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: Elementary
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W35. Privacy and Confidentiality:
Issues for School Libraries
Barbara Fiehn, Associate Professor, Western
Kentucky University
Brief introduction of the newly revised
ALA Privacy Tool Kit focusing on new sections: the impact of emerging technologies
on privacy and updates on minors’ privacy.
Additional resources will be identified.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W36. Beyond Lexiles Part 2:
Bringing Theory Down to Earth
Georgeann Burch, K-12 LIS Program
Coordinator, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science, University of Illinois;
Elizabeth Bush, Adjunct Lecturer, GSLIS
and Reviewer, Bulletin of the Center for
Children’s Books, Grad School of Library &
Information Science, University of Illinois
Building on “Beyond Lexiles, Part 1,” apply
measurements of text complexity to Jason
Chin’s versatile title, “Gravity.” Brainstorm
how to use a book across reading levels
and curricular areas.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W37. Put Your Feet Up, It’s Time
to Relax
Pamela Kramer, Retired
Retirees are invited to this session to discuss, well, whatever they want to! Catch up
with old friends, learn about new opportunities, and find ways to stay connected to
the profession.
Room: Muirfield
Level: Retirees
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W38. Beyond Organizing Books:
How to Keep All the Other ‘Stuff ’
in Its Place
Lauren Ochs, District Librarian, Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11
My books are in order on the shelves, but
my desk looks like it exploded. What do
I do? Learn how to corral the crap--from
CPDU forms, to articles you want to save,
to overflowing desk supplies, and all kinds
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of other stuff with both tech-based and
low-tech solutions.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W39. Reluctant Learners:
Research in One Day and Beyond
Bridget Wilmot, Library Information
Specialist and Instructional Technology Coordinator, Riverside Brookfield High School;
Kirsten Rusinak, Library Information Specialist, Riverside Brookfield High School
Our library’s curriculum helps students
build a strong foundation to be independent researchers and thinkers. From formal three-week research units to one-day
power lessons, we have created a variety of
customized activities (both physical and
virtual) to reach even the most reluctant
researcher through classroom lessons,
programming, and website content.
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Middle/High School
W40. March BOOK Madness
Leah Giarritano, Library Media Specialist,
Hinsdale Central High School; Kerrin Riley,
Library Media Specialist, Hinsdale Central
High School
Lead change at your school by implementing an innovative book program, coinciding with the NCAA March Madness
Basketball Tournament, which will unite
your school community, including those
reluctant boys! Eight divisions (genres)
with four books in each go head-to-head
to determine your school’s favorite! Learn
how we garnered overwhelming student
participation and excitement.
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: Middle/High School
W41. Graphic Novels from the
Inside
Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, The
Unshelved Guys
Gene and Bill love comics, and in this program they show you some of the reasons
why, with moments that demonstrate the
unique power of this amazing medium.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: All
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W42. Latest Info from Springfield
Lou Ann Jacobs, Legislative Advocate,
ISLMA; Joyce Karon, Member, Illinois P-20
Council
Once again, your legislation/school policy
tag team presents recent laws, bills, and
actions taken by the General Assembly
and the Illinois State Board of Education
(among others) that will have an effect on
local school districts with suggested steps
to improve student achievement.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: All
W43. Googlists: Researchers in
the Digital Age
Emily Sergeant, Librarian/LRC Director,
East View Elementary, Oswego SD #308
In our digital world, our students turn
to Google for everything from quick fact
checks to serious research questions. In
this session we will explore all that Google
has to offer, like ready-made lesson plans,
Google Apps, and Advanced Search. We
will discuss how to teach your students to
properly search, narrow results, collaborate
on projects, and evaluate websites.
BYOD
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: Elementary/Middle School
W44. Using Digital Game-Based
Workbooks to Integrate
Simulated Problem-Solving
Experiences into School Libraries
Terrance Newell, Associate Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of
Information Studies
This session explores librarian-designed,
digital simulations and games that are
powerful learning tools for information
skills development. We will discuss aspects
of digital simulations and games that
make them effective sites for learning. We
will also overview real-world examples of
librarian-designed platforms that assist
school librarians in teaching information
skills.
Room: Bremen Room
Level: Elementary/Middle School
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W45. Truth Is Stranger than
Fiction K-12
Kathleen March, Anderson’s Bookshop
With the greater emphasis on non-fiction as a way to meet Common Core, it is
important to keep fiction in front of your
readers. Join Kathleen March from Anderson’s Bookshop in a review of new and
notable fiction and non-fiction books that
can be paired together to help you support
well-rounded reading for K-12 students.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: All
W46. Analyzing Primary Sources
in Elementary Schools
Tom Bober, Librarian, RM Captain Elementary, Clayton School District, Clayton, MO
Love primary sources, but unsure of how
to use them in K-5 instruction? See how
an elementary librarian, after attending
a workshop at the Library of Congress, collaborated with teachers and utilized tools
to incorporate primary sources into library
lessons. Attendees will see examples with
student work and curriculum connections.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: Elementary
W47. 21st Century Learning
Spaces
Patti Fleser, Library Media Specialist, Deer
Path Middle School; Leanna Fifhause,
Library Media Specialist, Deer Path Middle
School
Do you work in a library? Perhaps it’s the
IRC or LMC? You may even call your
space a Learning Commons. As Shakespeare said, “What’s in a name? That which
we call a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet.” Is your space designed
to help create and support 21st Century
Learners? Join two middle school librarians who went through the process
of creating a brand new 21st Century
Learning space. They’ll share the process,
their experiences, and what they’ve learned
along the journey.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W48. Information Cycle Senior
Seminars: How Databases
Defeated Google
Jeanne Brucher,Teacher Librarian,Geneseo
High School, Geneseo CUSD 228;
Deanna Bott, English Teacher, Geneseo
High School, Geneseo CUSD 228
This project was started to introduce dual
enrollment seniors to college databases
but is now for all seniors to refine their
research skills and understand how even
“factual news stories” change over time.
Students use a variety of sources to trace
a flashpoint historical event through a full
news cycle.
Room: Turnberry
Level: High School
W49. Literacy Collaboration=Building Rock Star
Nick Glass, Founder and Executive Director,
TeachingBooks.net
Join this session to learn specific, easy-tomanage ways to deepen everyone’s connections to books in your building. From
promoting the readers’ choice awards to
giving teachers interactive text complexity
tools, attendees will acquire powerful, new
librarian-directed actions that directly enrich the reading activities in your school.
Room: Muirfield Room
Level: All
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W50. Poverty in Our Schools: A
‘Make and Take’ Presentation
Jane Lenser, District Media Specialist, North
Boone CUSD #200
Poverty is a growing problem in many of
our communities which negatively affects
students. Learn how educators can help
those students achieve success. Find out
how you can locate local statistics to plug
into your own PowerPoint presentation
that you can bring back to co-workers in
your district.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W51. Researching and Curating
with iPads
Marc Garneau, Librarian, New Trier High
School; Deborah Lazar, Librarian, New
Trier High School
Go paperless while researching and curating. In this workshop you will learn how
to collect articles in PDF format, highlight,
annotate and curate research materials
from digital and traditional sources, all on
your iPad.
BYOD
Software needed for this session: A PDF
annotator (i.e. Notability, UPAD), Chrome
for iPad, Google Drive for iPad, a document scanner (i.e. Doc Scan HD or JotNot
Scanner)
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Middle/High School
W52. Digital Booktalks
Sarah Lorraine, Librarian, Nazareth Academy, LaGrange Park
This session will discuss the fundamentals
of digital booktalking including how to
build an effective and compelling digital
booktalk, how and why digital booktalks
can be utilized by school librarians, and
the various free and paid apps and Web 2.0
programs that can be used to create digital
booktalks.
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: All
W53. We Present...Sample SLO’s
Lisa Talbert, LMC Director, Highland Elementary School
Is your district discussing student growth
as part of your evaluation? An ISLMA
committee has written three sample SLOs,
one for each level: elementary, middle/
junior, and high school. Learn about our
writing process and how to adapt these
samples to you and your school.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: All
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W54. How a Cohort Can Change
Everything
Janet Anderson, High School Librarian,
Barrington High School; Marsha Voigt,
Literacy Expert
After many different attempts to reach
out to our teachers, integrate information
literacy, and market the various services
and resources we have, we found our solution through a literacy cohort. Learn how
teaming with another expert in a cohort
format can change how teachers think and
teach.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: High School
W55. Blood Pie & Dangerous
Girls: Engineering Excellent
Author Visits for Your School
Julie Jurgens, School Services Coordinator,
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
An author visit involves so much more
than booking a room and ordering some
books. Learn about how to carefully
select engaging authors, how to reduce or
eliminate costs, how to effectively partner
with community organizations, and much
more.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: All
W56. Behind the Scenes at
Panthers on the News: Creating
Student-Centered News
Broadcasts
Corrie Ball, LRC Director, Wild Rose Elementary School, St. Charles SD 303
This workshop will demonstrate how our
4th grade news broadcast team creates
a popular weekly video that highlights
school news and projects. Students are
responsible for writing the script, conducting interviews, creating a weekly poll, and
filming and editing each episode.
Room: Bremen Room
Level: Elementary
W57. Booktalking Nonfiction
Jennifer Bromann-Bender, Librarian, Lincoln-Way West High School
The author of Booktalking Nonfiction
(Scarecrow Press, 2013), More Booktalking
that Works (Neal-Schuman, 2005), and
Booktalking that Works (Neal-Schuman,
2001) will share ways to present booktalks
for new and old biographies and informational texts along with ideas about how to
incorporate nonfiction into your school
library program.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: Middle/High School
W58. Essential Resources for
Every Teacher-Librarian
Angela L. Green, District Librarian, Illini
Bluffs SD #327, Glasford
In this session, participants will learn the
essential resources and tools that librarians
need to do our job efficiently. These include established, fundamental knowledge
area resources that help school librarians
continue to learn, adapt, and remain current on topics of interest and professional
development.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: All
W59. Worth the Work: A
Genrefication Project
Christy Semande, District Librarian, Canton USD #66
When we ask students if we can help them
find books, we ask what genres they like.
Isn’t it easier to lead them to one section
and say, “Look at the possibilities” than to
pull books from all over? This presentation
covers the process and the results of the
Canton High School genre project.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W60. The Stages of True
Collaboration: Concrete Steps to
Engage Classroom Teachers
Latrice Ferguson, School Library Media
Specialist, University High School; Kate
Pole, Social Science Teacher, University
High School
Making connections with teachers is truly
the most difficult part of a school librarian’s job. What are the concrete actions that
librarians can take to build truly collaborative partnerships with teachers, partnerships that go beyond booktalking, research
projects, and drop in information literacy
lessons. During this session, featuring a
social science teacher and a school library
media specialist, we’ll offer concrete steps
that moved us from step 1 to Holy Grail!
Additionally we’ll talk about the construction of our favorite collaborative lesson
connecting Hip-Hop Music to the Civil
Rights Movement.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W61. Change Students’ Minds
about Reading through the
Caudill Program
Bonita Slovinski, LRC Director, Lincoln Jr.
High School
This session will allow for discussions for
using the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’
Book Award on the 2015 list, how to promote the program, and how the program
can reach all students.
Room: Muirfield
Level: Elementary/Middle School
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Saturday, Session 6
DPDP
W62. 10 Digital Tools
Shannon McClintock Miller, Teacher Librarian Educational Consultant for Mackin
Educational Resources, Director of School
and Library Strategy for In This Together
Media, and Executive Director of Library &
Educational Services for Biblionasium
There are so many digital tools that we
can use in our libraries and classrooms.
Everyday we find more and more, leaving
it somewhat overwhelming at times. Shannon will show ten awesome digital tools....
well maybe a couple more.... and how she
has integrated them into successful, creative, and collaborative projects within her
library and school.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W63. The Social Library
Alison Personette, Library Media Specialist,
Sandwich High School, Sandwich CUSD
430, Sandwich
How can libraries re-think traditional
clubs and offer a social space for students
to share their interests? This session
includes ideas for starting a Media Club,
re-inventing “book club,” and using social
media to brand your library, connecting
the library to students and students to each
other.
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Middle/High School
W64. Monarch Madness!
Deidre Winterhalter, Youth Services Librarian, Hinsdale Public Library
The school year is already underway, but
there is plenty of time to step up your
school-wide Monarch program! Travel
beyond the booktalk and learn more about
interactive activities and related resources
aligned with standards. Bonus: learn about
the Monarch Award process and how you
can contribute!
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: Elementary
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W65. Hosting an All School Reada-thon Fundraiser
Christine Pulgar, Media Specialist, Glen
Oaks School - North Palos District 117; Andrea Hogan, Reading Specialist, Glen Oaks
School - North Palos District 117
Learn how to plan, organize and orchestrate a school wide Read-a-thon fundraiser. We’ll show you how and give examples
of activities that our teachers have used!
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: Elementary
W66. Writing Books for Children
and Young Adults
Jennifer Bromann-Bender, Kym Brunner,
Lori Degman, Esther Hersenhorn, Gina
Linko, Kevin Luthardt, and Jenny Ward
Do you have an idea, notes, or even an entire manuscript or article written? What do
you do next? Do you just want to hear the
fascinating stories about how each author
got his or her start? Join writers of fiction,
nonfiction, and professional articles and
books to find out how to get your writing
published. Authors will share how they
got their many books into the hands of
children, teenagers, and adults.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: All
W67. Hard CORE Organizers for
the COMMON Educator
Mary Jo Matousek, Media Center Director,
Meridian Middle School, Apatakisic Tripp
SD #102, Buffalo Grove; Katie Hauser, Librarian, Elgin High School; Marcia Brandt,
Director of K-4 Library Media Services,
Herscher CUSD # 2
We will share the Common Core Resources that we have curated as part of the
ILEAD U 14 Grant Program, to support
teachers across grade levels who are implementing the Common Core Standards. We
will show you how to replicate and add on
to this resource, at your school.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: All
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W68. Got Smart Cookies? Let
Their Imaginations Loose with
the Gingerbread Man
Laura Murray, Author
Mike Lowery, Illustrator
Join 2014 Monarch Award winning author,
Laura Murray, and illustrator, Mike Lowery, as they share the “making and baking”
process of creating a children’s book, as
well as ideas to help cultivate connection,
creativity, and imagination in your smart
cookies through story and illustration.
Attendees can look forward to handouts
on resources for nurturing young writers
and artists, activities and printables in the
librarian-created and core-aligned teacher’s guides, and fun book and Gingerbread
Man-related giveaways!
Room: Bremen Room
Level: Elementary
W69. Hall of Ideas
Come see what your colleagues have to
offer! One of the best things about our
profession is our willingness to share our
ideas, best practices, and the things we create in order to help our friends, colleagues,
students, and staffs. The Hall of Ideas is
a browsing space where attendees can be
inspired to try new things, to improve
current practices, or find solutions to common problems.
Room: Samuel Tinley Room
Level: All
W70. Level Up in the Library
Erin Preder, LMC Director,
John R. Tibbott Elementary School
During this session you will learn how
being a connected educator took my library to a whole new level. I will share how
Pinterest, Twitter, and my PLN made an
epic difference in my library.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: Elementary
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W71. Reading and Writing with
Great Poetic Voices
Bill Buczinsky, School Poetry Presentations,
A Child’s Voice; Shelley Riskin, Library
Media Director, Pleasant Ridge School,
District 34, Glenview
Let the masters of poetry past help students enthusiastically meet 21st century
English/Language Arts Common Core
Standards. Poet performer Bill Buczinsky shows educators how to harness the
playfulness of poetry to create powerful
student readers and writers through great
poets: Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare,
Langston Hughes, and more.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: All
W72. Becoming a Key Player in
Common Core: Read for
Information/LBSS Grant Winners
Panel Discussion
Gail Janz, LBSS Foundation Chair; Kay
Maynard, LBSS Board; Joyce Reid, LBSS
Board
Winners of the Read for Information
Grants will share their project experiences
including grant writing tips, how they collaborated with their peers, and the impact
to their library programs.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W73. Diving into the Deep/Invisible Web
Susan Peterson, Librarian, New Trier High
School Library; Matthew Stuczynski, Librarian, New Trier High School Library
We will discuss the idea of the “Invisible
Web” and how it relates to mainstream web
searches. In addition, this workshop will
introduce some ways to search the “Invisible Web” using some little known search
engines in order to break out beyond the
Google mainstream.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W74. Embracing Shades of Gray My Sibert Year
Toby Rajput, Assistant Professor and Children’s Literature Librarian, National Louis
University Library
Librarians are familiar with The Robert
F. Sibert Award for distinguished informational books for children, especially in
the age of Common Core. But the experience of actually being a member of an
ALSC Book Award committee was full of
surprises, including new learning about
the nature of nonfiction and the need to
embrace shades of gray. Join Toby Rajput,
Children’s & Youth Literature Librarian for
National Louis University, as she shares
her Sibert year.
Room: Muirfield
Level: Elementary/Middle School
Saturday, Session 7
DPDP
W75. How to Be a Connected
School Leader
Shannon McClintock Miller,Teacher Librarian Educational Consultant for Mackin
Educational Resources, Director of School
and Library Strategy for In This Together
Media, and Executive Director of Library &
Educational Services for Biblionasium
In this presentation you will learn how
online and social media can help school
and district leaders connect with colleagues, share ideas, and enhance personal
and professional growth. Shannon will
show you how to build your personal
learning network (PLN); resources that
exist to keep K-12 school leaders connected online; and tips for using social media
to enhance professional learning...without
being overwhelmed.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W76. The Inquiry Process and
Sparking Curiosity with Artifacts
Leslie Hesterman, Library Resource Center
Director, Hillcrest Elementary, Downers
Grove SD #58, Downers Grove
Teacher-librarians will understand how
hands-on learning with artifacts can
facilitate the inquiry process for learners.
How can we spark our students’ excitement about a new topic of study? How can
we get them to begin thinking deeply and
critically about what they are learning?
During this session, we will review the
inquiry process of learning--specifically
the Stripling Model. This inquiry model
can be useful for research projects, Genius
Hour, or a variety of learning experiences.
We will also discuss how introducing artifacts into the inquiry process can engage
learners initially and get them wondering.
We will discover resources from the Field
Museum’s Harris Learning Collection,
the National Park Service, the Illinois
DNR and more. We will experience actual
artifacts, and brainstorm how we could use
this process in our own libraries.
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Elementary
W77. The Wonder of Bringing
Literature and Digital Technology
Together
Cynthia Garbutt, Author
Combining literature, WeJIT technology
and a Common Core Curriculum Book
Trailer Guide, this session will focus on the
magic of reading action adventure fantasy
embedded with interactive web-based
discussion links, engaging the middle
grade reader in authorial decision making,
and encouraging imagination through
creativity.
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: Middle School
W78. Writing Books for Children
and Young Adults
Jennifer Bromann-Bender, Cindy Garbutt,
Cole Gibsen, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Kate Hannigan, Alice McGinty, L.S. Murphy, Jennifer
Ward, and Sallie Wolf
Do you have an idea, notes, or even an
entire manuscript or article written? What
do you do next? Do you just want to hear
the fascinating stories about how each
author got her start? Join writers of fiction,
nonfiction, and professional articles and
books to find out how to get your writing
published. Authors will share how they
got their many books into the hands of
children, teenagers, and adults.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: All
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W79. A Course, an Endorsement,
or a Degree: The GSLIS LEEP
(Online Education) Program and
You
Kate McDowell, Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Library & Information
Science; Georgeann Burch, K-12 Program
Coordinator, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science
School librarians are lifelong learners.
Learn how the Univeristy of Illinois
Graduate School of LIS can satisfy your
hunger for further knowledge, skills,
endorsements and licensure through the
GSLIS LEEP (online) education program.
Choose from over 30 online GSLIS courses
per semester as a community credit,
endorsement, MS or CAS student. You’ll
learn about program learning objectives,
the range of GSLIS courses and degree
options, and resources for course information and enrollment. Discover the “look
and feel” of synchronous online courses
and the virtual classroom.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: All
W80. Building Community:
Incorporating Social Emotional
Learning in the Library
Sia Paganis, Teacher-Librarian, Spring
Wood Middle, KESD 20, Hanover Park
Social Emotional Learning is an Illinois
State Learning Goal. Come to this session
to find out what SEL is, and how you can
build SEL skills with staff and students
through everyday practice in the library.
We will be reviewing the SEL competencies and also discussing specific examples
of implementation in the library.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: All
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W81. Designing Interactive
Learning Spaces on Limited
Budgets
Brian Pichman, Evolve Project
In this session we will discuss the importance of redesigning library spaces to make
them more interactive and collaborative.
The Evolve Project is a collaborative platform that aims to change the way people
see libraries through the injection of
technology that fosters collaboration and
exploration. See what other libraries have
done to build maker spaces, fab labs, and
other creative concepts that you can start
today!
Room: Bremen Room
Level: All
W82. Xtreme Tactics from an
Xtreme Librarian
John Schumacher, Teacher-Librarian, Brook
Forest Elementary School, Oak Brook
Library Journal named John Schumacher
(aka Mr. Schu) “The Xtreme Librarian” for
the extreme tactics he uses to make the
school library the heart of the school. This
session will provide a glimpse into Mr.
Schu’s elementary school library program.
Participants will learn about practical and
innovative ways to get their students excited about reading, booktalking, connecting
with authors, and technology.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: All
W83. Layering Apps as We Layer
on Common Core
Colleen Herman, Librarian, Chicago Public
Schools
You might be in the position that you
have a class set of iPads in your library or
maybe you want to learn more about iPads
because the teachers in your building are
using them more and more. As we all work
to have our lessons align with Common
Core Standards and lessons taking place in
the classroom, what do we need to know
about layering apps? Come to this session
to find out how CPS librarians are using
multiple apps at one time to strengthen
their collaboration with teachers, engage
their students, and take full advantage of
“multi-tasking” with an iPad. This session
is one you won’t want to miss!
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: All
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W84. But I Hate to Read
Terri Grief, AASL President Elect
All librarians have the “But I hate to read”
kids. Come to this session to get ideas to
entice even those students to read. Specific
titles will be shared and strategies will be
discussed.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W85. Stage Fright No More: Tips
and Tricks for Engaging ReadAlouds and Sensational
Storytelling
Amy Atkinson, Librarian, University
Laboratory High School, U of I Urbana/
Champaign
Paralyzed by the thought of performing?
Simply want to up your read-aloud game?
Or help a hesitant classroom teacher
bolster his storytelling skills? Learn empowering theater tricks to both enhance
self-confidence and make read-alouds
engaging and effective for students of all
ages, particularly teens and tweens.
Room: Turnberry
Level: Middle/High School
W86. Google Sites for Librarians
Kristy Rieger, Library/Technology Coordinator, Marquette School of Excellence
Need a winning idea for teen programming, or a lesson in digital citizenship?
Google Sites is an easy tool to create
content or enhance your own web skills!
Come build a practice site, and see how
students and patrons can collaborate on it
with Google Apps. (Laptops encouraged
for participation.)
BYOD; Gmail account required
Room: Muirfield Room
Level: Middle/High School
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Saturday, Session 8
SPSP
W87. eRead Illinois: Get the
Scoop on Scoping and Much,
Much More
Veronda Pitchford, Director, Membership
Development and Resource Sharing/eRead
Illinois Project Director, RAILS; Natalie
DeJonghe, eRead Illinois E-book Trainer/
Coordinator, RAILS
Thanks to feedback from school libraries,
B&T and eRead Illinois are developing
critical scoping ability for schools. Learn
about how participating schools will be
the first to have access to this exciting new
feature. Join us to learn the what, when,
and why of the eRead Illinois program.
Room: North Pavilion 1
Level: All
W88. Behind the Scenes of the
Bluestem List
Tamra Ashby, LRC Director, Alice Gustafson Elementary, Batavia; Katy Paterson,
Librarian, Rockford Public Schools; Carrie
Light, Library Information Specialist, South
Park Elementary, Deerfield District #109
Do you want to know more about how
the Bluestem Award process works from
first nomination to finalist on the List of
20? Would you like to get involved as a
committee member? Join three current
members of the Bluestem Committee for a
discussion of the inside story of the award.
We will also take you on a tour of the Bluestem website that’s loaded with resources
and additional information.
Room: North Pavilion 2
Level: Elementary
W89. Teaching Our Teachers:
Librarians as Staff Developers
Anita Beaman, Director, Post Baccalaureate
Certificate Program for School Librarianship, Illinois State University
Teachers need to be up to date on new
trends in technology, but who is teaching
them? The school librarian is the perfect
person to take on this role! Get tips for
keeping yourself up to date and creating
opportunities to teach your teachers!
Room: North Pavilion 3
Level: All
W90. Reading with the Abes
Amy Bland, Prairie Ridge High School,
Crystal Lake; Lisa Dettling, Adlai E.
Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire; Kat
Femal, Woodstock High School, Woodstock;
Jennette Gonzalez, Ridgewood High School,
Norridge; Jennifer Keith, Lincoln Community High School, Lincoln; Christie Sylvester,
Prospect High School, Mt. Prospect
The ALHSBA committee will be presenting the books selected for the Abraham
Lincoln High School Book Award for the
2014-2015 school year. Also, we would
love to have our group of readers continue
to be diverse from all areas of the state, so
please come and see how you, a member of
your school or a student can sign up to be
a reader, on the nominating committee or
even a member of the steering committee
in the future. We will show you how to
apply, how to register your school to participate in the program to select the winner
for 2015, and how you can promote the
awesome “Abe” books for this year and
next at your school. Join us for an up-close
and personal look at the Abraham Lincoln
High School Book Award Program.
Room: North Pavilion 4
Level: High School
W91. Living on the Edge: Flipping
Your Library to a Research Center
Ryan Lambert, District Media Specialist,
Farmington Central School District 265
This program will offer a re-evaluation of
your district’s libraries by converting them
into a warm, comfortable, student driven,
and student focused research center. Our
school district is in our 2nd year of changes, and our student and staff traffic flow is
off the charts.
Room: North Pavilion 5
Level: All
W92. Transform Your Library
Instruction with Apps
Alicia Wiechert, Library Media Specialist,
Romona School, D39, Wilmette; Corrie
Ball, Library Resource Center Director, Wild
Rose Elementary, D303, St. Charles
Want to use iPads in your library, but not
sure where to start? Come and learn how
you can transform your library instruction
with 10 of our favorite apps. This session
will describe projects that use apps such as
Pic Collage, QR readers, Explain Everything, iMovie and more.
Room: North Pavilion 6
Level: Elementary
W93. Connecting through Tumblr
Anna Kim, Media Specialist, Chappell Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools
Is it difficult to keep up with Twitter conversations? Are you having trouble finding
time to maintain your blog? Maybe Tumblr is the best fit for you. Come to this session and learn how to set up and run your
Tumblr as a way to connect with students
or to connect with other professionals.
BYOD
Room: Bremen Room
Level: Middle/High School
W94. AASL’s Best Websites and
Apps for Teaching and Learning
John Schumacher, Teacher-Librarian, Brook
Forest Elementary School, Oak Brook
AASL’s Best Websites and Apps for Teaching and Learning foster the qualities of
innovation, creativity, active participation,
and collaboration. Come learn about the
2013 and 2014 lists from a current committee member. You will receive ideas for
implementing these free and user-friendly
sites into your library and classroom.
Room: South Pavilion 5
Level: All
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W95. Community Engagement
with Little Free Libraries
Lauren Collen, School Librarian,
Machesney Elementary, Harlem CUSD 122,
Machesney Park
Take the idea of Little Free Libraries to a
whole new level! Learn how you can be the
catalyst for positive change by reaching out
to businesses, the public library, community groups, and beyond to establish
a network of Little Free Libraries in your
community.
Room: South Pavilion 6
Level: All
W96. Becoming a Key Player in
Common Core: Read for Information/LBSS Grant Winners Panel
Discussion
Gail Janz, LBSS Foundation Chair; Kay
Maynard, LBSS Board Member; Joyce Reid,
LBSS Board Member
Winners of the Read for Information
Grants will share their project experiences
including grant writing tips, how they collaborated with their peers, and the impact
to their library programs.
Room: St. Andrew
Level: All
W97. Measuring Student Growth
Dr. Diana Zaleski, Illinois State Board of
Education
This presentation will discuss the implications of the Performance Evaluation
Reform Act and demonstrate how to
incorporate the measurement of students’
growth into an effective local assessment
system that supports the success of educators and their students.
Room: Turnberry
Level: All
W98. QR Codes: Connecting Students to Digital Resources
Sharon Peterson, LMC Director, Oak View
School, Valley View S. D. 365
QR codes are the easy way to connect students to your established digital resources
or your created digital resources. Scavenger hunts, author videos or websites,
voting, surveys, how-to-do-it instructions
(video or audio), if it’s in the cyber world
QR codes can easily connect students to
them.
BYOD
Room: Muirfield
Level: All
Joanne Zienty, Alice McGinty,
Marianne Malone, Sherri Rinker,
Lori Degman, Patricia Murphy,
Terri Murphy, Sallie Wolf,
Janet Nolan, Liesl Shurtliff,
Eileen Meyer, Gina Linko,
Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Cherie Colyer,
Judy Fradin, Kym Brunner,
Kate Hannigan, Cole Gibsen,
Kevin Luthardt, Kate Kapolnek,
Esther Hershenhorn, L.S. Murphy,
Michele Weber Hurwitz, Anastasia
Ely, Crystal Chan, Philip Siegel,
Cynthia Garbutt, Bill Buczinsky,
Laura Murray, Mike Lowery,
Jennifer Ward
An Illinois library conference
like no other
2015 Joint Conference for Illinois Academic, Public,
School and Special Libraries -- October 21-24, 2015 in
Peoria
October 21 – 24, 2015
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eRead Illinois and Baker & Taylor would
like to thank the Illinois school library community
for their role in the development of the scoping
feature for the Axis 360 e-book collection.
Through our combined efforts, libraries now have the flexibility
to scope the collection to meet the unique needs of their users.
Baker & Taylor is pleased to sponsor dessert
during the ISLMA business luncheon.
Visit Baker & Taylor at booth #506
and RAILS at booth #505 in the ISLMA exhibit hall.
For more information about eRead Illinois,
please visit www.ereadillinois.com.
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Richard Byrne, Free Technology
for Teachers Blog
“Leading Students in a Hyperconnected World”
Richard Byrne is a former high school
social studies teacher best known for
developing the award-winning blog Free
Technology for Teachers. Richard also
maintains iPadApps4School.com and
PracticalEdTech.com. He has been invited
to speak at events all over North America,
Eurpoe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and the
Middle East. Richard’s work is focused on
sharing free web-based resources that educators can use to enhance their students’
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Gene Ambaum & Bill Barnes, The
Unshelved Guys
“A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Library”
Librarian Gene Ambaum and cartoonist
Bill Barnes are the authors of the library
comic strip Unshelved. They began pub-
lishing the comic on February 16, 2002
and now have ten published collections.
In their keynote, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library,” Gene
and Bill deliver the laughs as they take you
on a tour of the world’s only library comic
strip. The staff and patrons of the Mallville
Public Library are instantly recognizable
and give us a unique opportunity to gently
laugh at ourselves and the people we work
with on both sides of the desk.
the Illinois students chose it to receive the
Monarch Award this year!
Mike Lowery is an artist living in Atlanta,
Georgia, with a beautiful German lady
named Katrin and his incredibly genius
daughter, Allister. Mike’s work has been
seen on everything from greeting cards to
children’s books to gallery walls all over
the world, and he is a Professor of Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and
Design, Atlanta.
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Keynote
Laura Murray, 2014 Monarch
Author Winner
Mike Lowery, 2014 Monarch
Illustrator Winner
Laura Murray is a children’s author,
former teacher, and mom of three mischief
makers. Her first book, The Gingerbread
Man Loose in the School, was inspired by
her students’ favorite unit - the School
Gingerbread Man Hunt. It was chosen as
a Junior Library Guild Selection, received
a starred ALA Booklist review, and has
been nominated for 10 state children’s
choice awards. She is “over the moon” that
Shannon McClintock Miller, Van
Meter School
“Be the Change You Want to See”
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in Iowa and Educational Consultant for
Mackin Educational Resources. Shannon
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and around the world.
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Alexandria
1831 Fort Union Boulevard
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
(800) 347-6439
Kevin Dibb
www.goalexandria.com
Anderson’s Bookshop
520 N Exchange Court
Aurora, IL 60504
(630) 820-0044
Pete Anderson
www.andersonsbookshop.com
Baker and Taylor
2550 W. Tyvola Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28217
(704) 998-3231
Lois Hanley, Pat Moore
www.baker-taylor.com
Book Systems, Inc.
4901 University Square, Suite 3
Huntsville, AL 35816
(800) 219-6571
Bart Eby
www.booksys.com
Books A’Plenty
Roxanne Forgrave
2208 West Garden Drive
Kankakee, IL 60901
(815) 939-5205
Roxanne Forgrave
Books Galore, Inc.
6040 Mack Road
Howell, MI 48855
(517) 548-4552
Lori Puvalowski
www.booksgaloreinc.com
Bound to Stay Bound Books
1880 West Morton
Jacksonville, IL 62650
(800) 637-6586
Berry Bell
www.btsb.com
Britannica Digital Learning
331 N LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 347-7051
Wendy Pickering
info.eb.com
Camcor, Inc.
872 S Milwaukee Avenue
Libertyville, IL 60048
(847) 643-6939
Dan Merryman
www.camcor.com
Capstone
3725 N Kenneth
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 202-0955
Kori Kubitz
www.capstonepub.com
Chicago Kids Media
1320 Tower Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(312) 231-9057
Ann Knipp
www.chicagokidsmedia.com
Childrens Plus, Inc.
1387 Dutch American Way
Beecher, IL 60401
(708) 946-4100
Rick Ziebert
Comcast
1500 McConnor Parkway
Suite 200 Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 789-1442
Debra Marton
[email protected]
Discover Your Dragon
4550 N. Kasson
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 744-9567
Donald Kiolbassa
BOOTH 407
Dominican GSLIS
7900 W. Division Street
River Forest, IL 60305
(708) 524-6054
Don Hamerly
gslis.dom.edu
BOOTH 503
EBSCO Information Services
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 61938
(800) 653-2726
Bill Shufreider
www.EBSCO.com
BOOTH 100
FactCite Lincoln Library Online
812 Huron Road, Suite 401
Cleveland, OH 44115
(800) 516-2656
Susan Gall
www.thelincolnlibrary.com
BOOTH 204
Facts4Me
720 Vandustrial Drive
Westmont, IL 60559
(800) 515-0087
Sandra Morgan
www.facts4me.com
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Follett
1340 Ridgeview Drive
McHenry, IL 60050
(888) 511-5114
Donna Williams, Greg Broman,
Sean Dunne, Wayne Schumann,
Linda Dikun
www.follett.com
BOOTH 406
Gale Cengage Learning
27500 Drake Rd
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
(800) 877-4253
Kira Prince
www.gale.com
BOOTH 111
Gumdrop Books
P.O. Box 505
Bethany, MO 64424
(800) 821-7199
Tim Monak
www.gumdropbooks.com
BOOTH 301, 302
H J Educational Resources
25824 Ross Street
Plainfield, IL 60585
(815) 609-1270
Heather Vulpone
BOOTH 504
Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
One Natural Resource Way
Springfield, IL 62702
(217) 785-0973
Valerie Keener
www.dnr.illinois.gov
BOOTH 104
Illinois Heartland Library System
6725 Goshen Road
Edwardsville, IL 62025
(618) 656-3216
Ellen Popit
www.illinoisheartland.org
BOOTH 305
BOOTH 502
BOOTH 109
BOOTH 403
BOOTH 213, 214
BOOTH 413
ISLMA PLAYGROUND
BOOTH 411
Illinois Press Foundation
900 Community Drive
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 241-1300
Barry J. Locher
www.illinoispress.com
iRead / ILA
33 W. Grand Avenue, Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 644-1896
Cynthia Robinson
www.ireadprogram.org
ISLMA
P.O. Box 1326
Galesburg, IL 61402
(309) 341-1099
Mary Jo Matousek
islma.org
ISLMA Coordinator:
Mary Morgan Ryan
[email protected]
Brown Dog Gadgets
3540 North 126th Street, Unit F
Brookfield, WI 53005
(262) 290-6630
www.browndoggadgets.com
Joshua Zimmerman
BOOTH 400, 401
LBSS Endowment Fund
PO Box 1326
Galesburg, IL 61402
(815) 488-7680
Gail Janz, Jean Baile
www.lbssfund.org
BOOTH 108
Mackin Educational Resources
3505 County Road 42 W
Burnsville, MN 55306
(952) 895-9540
Steve Jarrell
www.mackin.com
Media Technologies
892 Industrial Park Drive
Shelby, MI 49455
(231) 286-4704
Donna Gunther
www.mediatechnologies.com
Norwood House Press
PO Box 316598
Chicago, IL 60631
(866) 565-2900
Don Hull, Lisa Walsh, Patti Hall
www.norwoodhousepress.com
Olivet Nazarene University
One University Avenue
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
(877) 9-OLIVET
Cheryl Westberg
graduate.olivet.edu
OverDrive
One OverDrive Way
Cleveland, OH 44125
(216) 573-6886
Brian Potash
company.overdrive.com
BOOTH 408, 409
Perma-Bound Books
617 East Vandalia Road
Jacksonville, IL 62650
(800) 637-6581
John Simpson, Dan Willis, Vickie
Green, Ione Graves
perma-bound.com
BOOTH 505
RAILS - Reaching Across Illinois
Library System
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
(630) 734-5000
Renee Anderson
www.railslibraries.info
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Rainbow Book Company
500 East Illinois Route 22
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
(847) 726-9930
Mickey Simmons
www.rainbowbookcompany.com
Renaissance Learning
2911 Peach Street
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
(715) 424-3636
Fatima Peters, Mike Fahrenbacher
www.renaissance.com
BOOTH 308
Rosen Publishing
3725 N Kenneth
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 202-0955
Kori Kubitz
www.capstonepub.com
BOOTH 102
Society of Children’s Book Writers
and Illustrators-Illinois
1220 Forest Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 431-3066
Lisa Bierman, Alice McGinty
www.scbwi.org
BOOTH 405
Scholastic Book Fairs
301 South Gary Avenue
Roselle, IL 60172
(800) 543-0112
MaryBeth Boblak, Deborah Banting
www.scholasticbookfairs.com
BOOTH 404
Scholastic Library Publishing
2315 Dean Street
St. Charles, IL 60175
(800) 387-1437
Nick Stiglich, Janeen McKenzie
scholastic.comlibrarypublishing
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Stop Falling Productions
237 E Fifth Street
Eureka, MO 63025
(636) 257-1335
Sarah Hedrick
www.stopfalling.com
Steelcase Education Solutions
(773) 495-2114
Douglas Liszka
steelcase.com
BOOTH 105
Teaching with Primary Sources at
Quincy University
1800 College Avenue
Quincy, IL 62301
(217) 228-5429
Byron Holdiman
www.qutps.org
BOOTH 114
TeachingBooks.net
50 E Gilman Street
Madison, IL 53703
(608) 257-2919
Nick Glass,Ray Roushar
www.teachingbooks.net
BOOTH 402
University of Illinois Graduate School
of Library and Information Science
501 E Daniel
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-3274
Georgeann Burch
www.lis.illinois.edu
BOOTH 412
World Book, Inc.
233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 316-1732
Keith Morgan - Metro Chicago Area;
Angela Stuhlmacher - North/Western
Illinois; Courtney Gebhardt - Southern Illinois
www.worldbook.com
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LibrarySkills, Inc.
P.O. Box 469
West End, NC 27376
(800) 482-9161
Lin Cox, Phil Cox
www.libraryskills.com
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Stephanie Stieglitz –
President
Deb Turner –
Past President
Angie Green –
President Elect
Christy Semande –
Secretary
Lauren Ochs –
Treasurer
Jacob Roskovensky,
Board Member (2013-2015)
Daniel Russo,
Board Member (2013-2015)
Latrice Ferguson,
Board Member (2014-2016)
Andrea Perrin,
Board Member (2014-2016)
Becky Robinson –
Executive Secretary
Caroline Campbell –
Financial Secretary
Kay Maynard, 1988-1989
Nancy Bloomstrand, 1989-1990
Pamela Kramer, 1990-1991
Caroline Campbell, 1991-1992
Kathleen Shannon, 1992-1993
Johanne Grewell, 1993-1994
Sondra Miller, 1994-1995
Carol J. Fox, 1995-1996
Jane Yoder, 1996-1997
Joan Herron, 1997-1998
Donna Lutkehaus, 1998-1999
Kenneth Hawley, 1999-2000
Barbara Lund, 2000-2001
Pam Storm, 2001-2002
Katherine Oberhardt, 2002-2003
Leslie Forsman, 2003-2004
Lou Ann Jacobs, 2004-2005
Leslie Forsman, 2005-2006
Becky Robinson, 2006-2007
Jane Sharka, 2007-2008
Randee Hudson, 2008-2009
Gail Janz, 2009-2010
Jeremy Dunn, 2010-2011
Sarah Hill, 2011-2012
Chris Graves, 2012–2013
Deb Turner, 2013-2014
Kay Maynard
Joyce E. Karon
Carol J. Fox
Pamela Kramer
Jim Skrine
Caroline Campbell
Mary Ellyn Gibbs
Carol Morrison
Sondra Miller
Johanne Grewell
Esther Baker
Lois Schultz
Lou Ann Jacobs
Jacqueline Plourde
Barbara Lund
Kathleen Shannon
Shelley Riskin
Dr. Gail Bush
Sharon Ball
Becky Robinson
Pam Storm
Anita Beaman
Leslie Forsman
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“To promote lifelong learning by the students of Illinois, ISLMA will provide leadership and support for the development, promotion, and
improvement of the school library media profession and programs in Illinois.” ISLMA Mission
The Leading Change conference exemplifies the mission of ISLMA and it will provide benefits to students throughout Illinois. ISLMA
gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following organizations who made the conference possible:
Baker & Taylor and eRead Illinois for sponsoring Friday’s Luncheon desserts
Camcor for providing multimedia projectors and AV equipment
Capstone for sponsoring the Award Banquet
Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau for supporting the production of promotional materials
Comcast for sponsoring Richard Byrne’s keynote presentation
Follett School Solutions for sponsoring the President’s Reception
ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund for sponsoring the Author Luncheon
This year’s Playground was supported by Fountaindale Public Library, Urban Free Library, and RAILS. Steelcase provided furniture for
the Playground.
ISLMA also thanks the exhibitors, presenters, and volunteers for their unique contributions and recognizes the following groups for
exceptional support:
Anderson’s Bookshop
ISLMA Readers’ Choice Award Committees
Premier Print Group
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Committee
Tinley Park Convention Center
Professional Development Credit
for Educator License Renewal
ISLMA is an approved provider for continuing Professional
Development. The number of credits (per clock hour) available for
each portion of the conference is listed. Use the QR code to the right
or navigate to: http://goo.gl/nRLSTJ (case sensitive). Be sure to complete
an Online Conference Evaluation for each session that you attend.
Professional Development Credit for Educator License Renewal forms
will be sent by email for each session you attend.
Retain your Registration/Confirmation of Attendance forms and
Conference Program Book as documentation of your attendance
and participation.
Thursday, November 6
Professional Development Seminars
Seminars # 1-13
3 each
Friday, November 7
Morning/Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
(Six 1-hour sessions, includes Keynote)
6
Saturday, November 8
Morning/Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
(Four 1-hour sessions, includes Keynote)
4
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