OLA 2016

REFORMA Oregon is a professional organization for librarians and library staff who serve Spanish speaking and Latino communities. In this half day session, you will learn about REFORMA Oregon, what it has to offer and how you can become involved; hear stories of how librarians are building relationships with their Latino and Spanish speaking communities, their successes and lessons learned; and you will gain outreach strategies, program ideas, and information about resources specific to Latino and Spanish speaking populations. We will also include time for you to share your needs to better serve this diverse community, and together, we will develop ideas for an action plan.

Libraries are in a unique position to help job seekers. Not only can they provide information and resources, they can help job seekers make connections with other programs and services in their local community. This program will provide a brief overview of LearningExpress Library and its new tool for job seekers, Job and Career Accelerator. Strategies for forging partnerships with other organizations offering workforce development services will be shared by Deschutes Public Library and Josephine Community Libraries. Add a new job seeking tool to your workforce development resources toolbox and pick up some tips and inspiration for making connections in your community!

Come and join us for a panel discussion of emerging ideas in the field of information literacy instruction. We will hear perspectives from academic library professionals in the Pacific Northwest as they build IL into their respective curriculums in new ways, in new environments, and with new partners. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear about some emerging trials and trends in the field of information literacy instruction, and will come away with some resources to provide to their student population.

Oregon is building momentum on the issue of textbook cost reduction with the implementation of Open Education Resources (OER). Oregon community colleges hired an OER coordinator, and Oregon House Bill 2871 provides OER funding for Oregon universities and community colleges. In addition, Open Oregon has funded OER projects that partner high school, community college, and university faculty to create OER courses. This session will look at how community college librarians facilitate the integration of OER by collaborating with faculty and other institutions. This session will also explore more ways librarians can increase the textbook savings goodness while strengthening relationships between K-12, community college, and university partners. Join this session to brainstorm ways that OER may become a bridge to accessible, affordable education from kindergarten to college graduation.

Technical services departments rely on vendors to facilitate acquisitions, reveal our collections, and bring content to our communities. Telling our story - our wishes, needs and expectations - and listening to the vendor story in turn is a fundamental aspect of library management. How can we create the best working relationship free of disappointments and unfilled assumptions? Join librarians and vendors as we explore the best methods of building rapport, finding support and communicating with each other. The discussion will use two technical services projects as examples: UO's EDI invoicing project and Hillsboro Public Library's shelf-ready project.

Government information isn't just boring statistics and research reports! This session will highlight free resources from federal and state government agencies that can be used to support children and teen programming in your library. Learn about do-it-yourself activities to support STEM topics and collections of informational text to support Common Core. Learn how to locate local experts to highlight health and wellness topics. Discover free information for teens exploring career opportunities. Be amazed by quality online games and apps. We will uncover some hidden gems that can help you plan for next year's summer reading topic and beyond!

Join us to learn how libraries can build collections, support writers' access to digital publishing platforms and democratize access to publishing.
Opening Access to Digital Publishing
OSU Libraries & Press is exploring ways to offer digital publishing by hosting Scalar, an open-source content management system. Used to publish supplementary content, showcase local history, and create multi-narrative stories, it frees otherwise encased materials.
Building a Local Ebook Collection
The Library Writers Project is a collection development and programming initiative by the Multnomah County Library to provide an avenue for local authors to get their self-published e-books into the library collection. We will discuss the development of the project and how to replicate this program at other libraries.

Hear about opportunities to travel and work at the same time. Hear about PSU Professor Tom Larsen and his work in libraries in Vietnam, and High School teacher Maureen Milton will talk about her connection with the International Board on Books for Young People. Maureen has traveled to Bali with IBBY and recently presented at the conference in Rwanda. Award-winning storyteller and librarian Heather McNeil will speak of the challenges and adventures while collecting stories in Kenya, tell a story, and discuss the issue of telling stories from outside your own culture.

Public access television and community radio stations provide free or low-cost facilities to produce broadcast content. A community partnership between the Ashland Branch Library and the Ashland Mystery Readers Group planned, produced and broadcast two tv interview series on local public access television from 2003-2012. In 2015, a partnership between JCLS and the Southern Oregon Historical Society was expanded to broadcast local history content on public access television. This program describes how you can create and distribute content, and build community awareness for your programs in fun and relatively inexpensive ways.

Many of us have heard the concept embedded or community librarians. These librarians provide services to target audiences off-site, specifically where people live, work or play. In fact, many of us have already implemented a community librarian model and are seeing a lot of success with this approach. But, what about embedded professionals in our space, such as social workers in the library, lawyers in the library, nurses in the library, small business mentors in the library? These programs have been successful too. However, while we are happy to be embedded in other agencies, organizations, and groups, we have concerns about professionals in our library. A panel of librarians and practitioners of the "in the library" programs will talk about the pros and cons of these programs and whether it's right for your library and our profession. COMBINED WITH Patrons say they are computer illiterate. They need assistance with electronic resumes. Can't find reliable, qualified volunteers in your community to provide computer instruction? Quit spinning your wheels and listen to our story. Due to large demand and lack of resources, libraries need a cost-effective way to bridge the digital divide in their communities and increase information literacy programming. Come and learn how to recruit a full-time volunteer who can dedicate all their time to digital literacy and job skills training. Attend this session to see if Americorps is your solution.

Offer your community what Amazon cannot – unique, local content.  Whether working with community members to create oral histories, partnering with organizations that have a treasure trove of local content, or collaborating with local artists to create a go-to place for local music, we will explore ways to connect your community with truly one-of-a-kind resources not available anywhere else.  We will discuss the various ways we have provided a forum for letting our communities tell their own story, and built invaluable relationships and connections in the process.

Crowdfunding sounds too good to be true, but libraries of all sizes are using crowdfunding options to supplement collections, expand services, and instill a sense of ownership among library patrons and donors. Learn how Josephine County raised over $40,000 through Oregon's Kitchen Table with Josephine Community Libraries Executive Director Kate Lasky, and how Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives established stronger relationships with donors and patrons through crowdfunding with OSU Archivist for Instruction and Outreach Tiah Edmunson-Morton. Wendy Willis, Director of Civic Engagement at PSU's National Policy Consensus Center, will provide the basics on crowdfunding and how libraries can harness this new platform to further the public good.