Enhancing Quality Staff in Changing Times 2018
The 26th symposium for library paraprofessionals and support staff presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Continuing Education and Conference Center
St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Another year, another EQS. It was a nice day, I got to see a lot of people I have not seen in a long time, meet some new people, eat a weird lunch (not kidding each year the lunches get weirder), attend some really good talks (they were all excellent this year), and I won a autographed book. So despite getting up way too early and getting no sleep, it was a good day.
9:15-10:15am Sessions
I was to attend this talk:
G. Minnesota Veterinary Museum Tour, but I arrived late and I saw the group walk away as I was getting my name tag. Oh well. So I ended up at awesome talk:
B. From Concept to Creation: The Evolution of Design Breakout Session by Darren Terpstra
10:30-11:30am Sessions
K: Keeping Bees Healthy by Ana Heck
Minnesota is home to over 400 species of bees. Bees face several challenges, including pathogens, parasites, pesticides, and lack of pollen and nectar-rich flowers. University of Minnesota Bee Squad’s Ana Heck will speak about the current issues facing bees as well as opportunities to keep bees healthy.
11:30am-12:45pm Lunch and Prize Drawing
I won a prize! The book The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth and its autographed!!!
12:45-1:45pm Sessions
Next I was suppose to got to a talk on programming small robots (I figured it would be good to prepare for the robot invasion), but instead I attended:
N: BookBusters: Libraries Supporting Self-Publishing by Anne Hatinen and Andrea McKennan
There is something strange in the neighborhood with Bowker reporting 727,000 U.S. self-published ISBN’s registered in 2015. Who ya gonna call? The Minnesota Library Publishing Project!
Learn how Minnesota libraries are leading the country in managing the explosion in self-publishing. Whether the book is an open textbook, a scholarly tome, an ancient family history, or a spooky murder mystery; librarians can’t hide under the bed anymore. Through the Minnesota Library Publishing Project, academic libraries are providing a statewide version of Pressbooks to help all of the state’s authors create quality ebooks. Learn about the in-and-outs of Pressbooks! Plus, we have an active communities-of-interest sharing what we’ve learned about library publishing. Connect to this community! In addition, the public library community has created MN Writes/ MN Reads, an online collection of self-published titles from MN authors. Learn how to get the ebooks created in your community into libraries throughout Minnesota. Not afraid of no self-publishing ghosts, come join the bookbusting team as we conquer self-publishing ghouls and goblins.
Learning objectives:
- Learn about how self-publishing is disrupting the publishing world and why libraries need to pay attention to millions of titles
- Be able to access Pressbooks and understand what features and services it offers your community’s authors and small presses
- Know how to get locally-created ebooks into libraries statewide through MN Writes/MN Reads (formats, metadata, etc.)
2:00-3:00pm Sessions
3:15-4:15pm Sessions
AB: Cultivating a Seed Library: Sowing and growing a successful seed library program at your library
In 2013, Growing West Side approached Saint Paul Public Library’s Riverview branch about the possibility of opening a community based seed library. Since it opened, the seed library has served over 800 patrons. In this session you will learn about the history of seed libraries and different formats seed libraries have taken when partnering with libraries, how this collaboration started and developed, and lessons learned along the way.
