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Technology Tapas - Technology Assistance through Community Involvement Megan Egbert - Room 105

This is a discussion of one way to utilize the community to conquer the digital divide.

Megan Egbert is currently the Teen Specialist at Meridian Library, previously Library Assistant at Boise Public Library! at Collister. Megan is working on her MLIS as part of the SWIM Cohort.

Book Bites - If you Love Books, you’ll Love Shelfari
Glynda Pflieger - Room 201

Want to jump into social networking but are just a little bit afraid of veering off your library’s mission? If so, then attend this hands-on training in Shelfari, a social network for book lovers. You’ll learn how to create a bookshelf of all the books you’ve read and plan to read, add your own book reviews, and more.
We’ll also show you how to create a widget to put on your website to share your recommended reads to parents, teens, and readers everywhere.

Glynda Pflieger has been with the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL) as the first ever School Library Consultant since June 2010, but has been in the school library field for over 11 years. She is passionate about the importance of libraries to students of every age and enjoys sharing that passion with others. She loves teaching about literature and using technology to make learning more exciting and engaging for students.

Networking Nibbles - Personal Learning Network
Shirley Biladeau - Room 107

With all of the wonderful learning resources available, how do you organize the tools that are important to your professional and personal life? Explore the world of Personal Learning Networks to discover how it can bring order to some of the chaos in your life!

Shirley Biladeau has been the Continuing Education Consultant with ICFL since 2008. She earned her MLIS from Texas Woman’s University in 2008. Former life experiences include teaching grades 8-12, writer/editor, and technical services for Raymond Library at Yakima Valley Community College.

Community Kitchen - One Library’s Path to Serving New Americans
Elizabeth Prusha-Parlor - Room 106

The path to serving New Americans, refugees and immigrants, in our library began with the rude knowledge that we were not prepared. This workshop will share a brief history of how we built our path and built community. It will share our strategies for participation, and discuss our outcomes. Included is a slide show featuring some of the programs we have provided through our Worlds Connect series, which highlights the countries of the various refugee and immigrant communities that we serve.

Elizabeth Prusha-Parlor’s library career began with the acceptance of a position as director of a sparsely populated, geographically large, remote, mountainous Idaho library district, where providing service meant traveling a narrow, winding road over two mountain passes to reach a one room school house. She has loved library service ever since and has extensive skills in library service delivery and outreach, adult training, customer service, and work with multiethnic populations. In addition to developing and providing refugee and immigrant outreach services to Boise Public Library at Hillcrest, Elizabeth teaches English as a Second Language for College of Western Idaho.

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