PLA Conference RA-Related Programs
From the Preliminary Program of the PLA Conference March 23-27 in Portland:
Preconference #10 l Tuesday, March 23, 8:30 a.m. to noon – Readers’ Advisory 2.0: the Next Dimension
Preconference #6 l Tuesday, March 23, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Librarians Get Graphic
Luncheon noon to 1:45 p.m. – Speaker to be announced
Preconference #8 l Tuesday, March 23, 2 to 5:30 p.m. – Opening Doors, Opening Books: Providing Effective Readers’ Advisory Service
Preconference #3 l Wednesday, March 24, 8:30 a.m. to Noon – Booktalking Bootcamp
Wednesday 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Nancy Pearl Presents “Book Buzz”
Wednesday 2:30 – Opening General Session with Nicholas Kristof
Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – 2010 PLA Authors Breakfast – Doubletree Hotel, Holladay Room, 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, OR 97232 – Lisa Grunwald, Leila Meacham, Mary Roach, Mahbod Seraji, Phillip Margolin, Kristin Hannah, Mary Alice Monroe
Thursday 8:30 – Merchandising Ease: Tracking Displays & Merchandising with an MDD
Thursday 8:30 – Readers’ Advisory Tool Kit IV: Multimedia Readers’ Advisory
Thursday 10:30 – What’s New in Fantasy, Paranormal, and Science Fiction for Teens and Adults
Thursday noon to 1:45 p.m. – Young Adult Author Luncheon Speaker to be announced
Thursday noon to 1:45 p.m. – Adult Author Luncheon with Scott Turow
Thursday 2:00 p.m. – Crossover Advisory: Adult Books for Teens and Teen Books for Adults
Thursday 4:00 p.m. – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Thursday 4:00 p.m. – Author Events Made Easy
Thursday 4:00 p.m. – You’re Invited: A Feast of New Literature for Teens
Thursday 6 to 8:30 p.m. – Audio Publishers Dinner – Chelsea Cain, Sue Grafton and Judy Kaye, Marcia Muller
Friday 8:30 a.m. – Thrilling Tales and Selected Shorts: An Adult Storytime @ your library
Friday 8:30 a.m. – Two-Minute Reviews of Recent Works by Northwest Authors
Friday 10:30 a.m. – Reader’s Advisory for Dummies: Yes,You CAN Judge a Book by Its Cover!
Friday 10:30 a.m. – The Top 5 of the Top 5
Friday 10:30 a.m. – What Teens Are Really Reading: Quick and Popular Titles to Entice Teens
Friday 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – The Best in Mystery Authors Revealed - Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom #253-254 – Karin Slaughter, Ted Dekker, Cara Black, Meg Gardiner, Dana Haynes, Jo Nesbo.
Friday noon to 1:45 p.m. – Adult Author Luncheon – Speaker to be announced
Friday noon to 1:45 p.m. – Children’s Author Luncheon with Kadir Nelson
Friday 4:00 p.m. – More than Martinis and Manolos: Chick Lit and Women’s Fiction
Saturday 10:15 – Dewey or Don’t We?
Saturday 10:15 – Nonfiction Readers’ Advisory: Titles, Tips, and Techniques
Saturday 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Closing Session with Sarah Vowell
If we’ve missed a program, please let us know. It’s great to see so many RA programs on the schedule this time! And if you’re lucky enough to be attending one of the above programs and wouldn’t mind sharing with those left at home, please let us know. We’ll publish reports on the conference programs here. Drop us a note at rablog@lu.com.
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One more RA program that folks might be interested in would be:
Building a Readers’ Advisory Team (Talk Table)
Thursday, March 25 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Room: Oregon Convention Center – A108-109
* Barry Trott
Adult Services Director, Williamsburg Regional Library
* Neil Hollands
Adult Services Librarian, Williamsburg Regional Library
Whether you are starting from scratch or working within an already established RA program there are challenges and opportunities to be faced. This program will examine how to hire and train RA staff, develop institutional support for readers’ advisory, and build a corporate culture of readers’ advisory at your library.