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Technology Tapas - No Fees Required: Opening Access to University Content 
Michelle Armstrong and Julia Stringfellow - Room 201

Increasing access to university collections is a great benefit for all library communities. This session will look at how access to university records, both born digital and originally in paper, is improved by providing them in an open, digital format. Benefits for different types of libraries and patrons will be highlighted. Features of digital asset management systems used at Boise State will also be discussed.

Michelle Armstrong earned her Master of Library Science from the University of North Texas. Before coming to Boise State, she managed the “Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide” grant for the University of Wyoming and served as the Coordinator of Information Services for the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities. Since the fall of 2008, Ms. Armstrong has overseen the development of ScholarWorks, Boise State’s institutional repository.

Julia Stringfellow has been an archivist and assistant Professor in the Special Collections department of Albertsons Library At Boise State University since July 2010. Prior to that, she was University Archivist at Lawrence University from 2005-2010. She received an MLIS degree and an M.A. in History degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She serves on the Events Planning Committee for Preservation Idaho, and her research interests focus on local history and the history of BSU.

Book Bites - Cooking Up a Batch of Books Teens Will Devour
Gregory Taylor - Room 106

What’s the recipe that will get teens reading and have them clamoring for more? Good books, of course! I’ll book talk several of my recent favorites, including the titles that kids are chewing through in our library. Get your fork ready for this whirlwind smorgasbord!

Gregory Taylor is the librarian and a former English teacher at Hillside Junior High School in Boise. He is a fan of Shakespeare, Disneyland, and Chinese food, but more than anything he loves reading teen literature and talking about books with kids.

Networking Nibbles - Professional Networking Among Librarians: Unnatural Acts
James Teliha - Room 105

Networking and socializing in a professional setting is a learned behavior. I will cover a number of strategies that I have used during my career in libraries.

Jim Teliha is currently Associate University Librarian for Public Services at Idaho State University. He’s also worked for academic libraries in Rhode Island, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Jim is a member of the American Libraries Advisory Committee at ALA, and also serves as the Chair of the ILA Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Community Kitchen - “The great good place”: Developing your library as a community destination - Kate Baker - Room 107

Kate will facilitate a discussion about what third places are and how they function, as well as the importance of libraries as community centers. A number of resources and steps toward creating third places will be reviewed and discussed.

Kate Baker is the Circulation Specialist at the Silverstone Branch of the Meridian Library, where she also serves as the school age programming coordinator and sometimes page. She is currently obtaining her MLIS from the University of North Texas as part of the SWIM Cohort and is a member of SPLAT.

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