April 18 – 21, 2018
Eugene, Oregon – Eugene Hilton

Preconferences

• The Now and Future MarcEdit: A Day-long Workshop with Terry Reese
• Big Ideas, Small Budgets
• How to Document Oregon’s Thousand Points of Life: Techniques and Technologies to Engage Your Community Using an Oral History Project
• Metacognition & Reading Strategies to Bridge Students Toward Inquiry
• Understanding Autism

Conference Sessions

• 2-Minute Reviews, 2018
• A Bright Future for Every Kingergartner: Hosting a Ready, Set, Kindergarten Program at Your Library
• A Day in the Life of a Rural Librarian
• A Ray of Light in Dark Times: Immigrants, ICE, and Public Instruction (Part 1 & 2)
• Acquisitions 101: An Unconference
• Being On the National YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Panel: A Tale of Many ARCs (Part 1 & 2)
• Beyond Pronouns: Serving Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Populations
• But We Aren’t Scientist!
• But We Aren’t Scientists! Get Your Hands on STEAM Programs for Kids and Teens
• Can’t Afford a Traveling Exhibit? Make One!
• Collection Development Policies: From the Group Up
• Complete Constellation: Library Instruction for First Year Students
• Engaging Teens Using YouTube
• Expectation vs. Reality in the High School to College Transition: Working Together to Bridge the Gaps
• Full STEAM Ahead: Engaging Children and Teens
• Get Out of Town! How to Get an International Library Job
• Guadalajara Book Fair and Your Library: The Launch of Libros for Oregon
• Growing Into Management
• If They Build It, They Might Come: Design Thinking and Teen Summer Reading
• Illuminating Advice for Your Community-Wide Reading Program
• Introduction to Legal Research and Reference in Oregon: How Any Librarian Can Master the Question “Is It Legal?” (Part 1 & 2)
• Just Ask: Using the Tools Provided by the Harwood Institute to Turn Outward
• Keynote Follow-up: Working with Rural Communities to Promote School Readiness and Success
• Let Our Voices Light the Way: Addressing Sensitive Topics in Libraries Through Dialogue
• Light Up Your Library With a Community How-To Fest
• Lions, Rotarians, and Kiwanians: Oh My! Why Library Membership in Service Organizations Matters
• Many Libraries, One Collaborative Virtual Reference Service: Finding Future Paths
• Many Points of Failure: One Big F*%!up
• Maximizing Partnershps: Uniting to Build One Bright Future for Your Community
• Nomens, Agents, and Four-fold Paths: What’s New with RDA?
• Obtaining the Keys to the Kingdom: The secrets of Serial Bibliographic Records Revealed
• Oregon History at Your Fingertips: Highlights from Oregon Digital Collections
• Oregon Reader’s Choice Awards (ORCA): Winners, Nominations, and More!
• OSLIS: It’s Not Just for School Libraries
• PNLA President’s Session: Pathways to Leadership
• Passing the Torch: Reference Trainiing for Frontline Staff
• Pro Tips for Your Bright Future in Public Libraries: Application to Interview
• Safe, Savvy & Empowered: Teaching Web Literacy in Your Library
• See What the Future Holds! Introducing New Grade Level Learning Goals for IL Instruction
• Shining a Light on Weapons in Public Libraries
• Small and Rural Libraries Creating the Future
• So Emotional: The Hidden Labor and Mental Load of Librarianship
• Speed Networking
• Spotlight on Justice: How Small and Rural Counties Support the Legal Information Needs of the Public
• StandardsWhoNeedsThem-OLA2018m?
• Stark Raving OYAN: Book Rave and Graphic Rave Revealed
• Taking Training Home: Activities for Staff Development
• Tech Lab Collab: A school and Public Library Teaming Success!
• Textbook Affordability and Innovative Pedagogy: Open Education Resources in Oregon
• This One’s for the Fans: Building and Improving Access to Fandom Collections in the Library
• Training for the Future: Equipping Staff for the Challenges to Come
• Turning Lemons into Lemonade: An Introductions to Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
• User-Centered Collection Development: Assessing Open Access Funding with Service Design Heuristics
• Using Virtual and Augmented Reality in a Real Library World
• Weed Them and Reap
• What IF…? Intellectual Freedom Training Resources for Library Staff
• What is Your Vision of the Future of Libraries? Join IFLA’s Worldwide Discussion!
• What We Learned from Each Other: The Outcomes of Partnerships with Early Learning and Education Organizations
• Writing is Life: Connecting Books to Your Students’ Experience