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Join ALTAFF’s popular Nuts & Bolts program featuring Dr. Ron Heezen, director of the Shreveport Memorial Library, who will talk about embracing change as an organization to achieve goals. Round table discussions on topics of interest to Trustees, Friends, and Foundations will be facilitated by ALTAFF board members. Coffee will be served at 8:30 a.m. A box lunched is included. Save $25 off the combined registration cost of Nuts & Bolts and the Advocacy Institute.

The web is evolving from a global information space for storing individual documents into a highly diverse information network in which pieces of data interlink and work synergistically together to create meaning. Speakers will introduce the Semantic Web and the basics of linked data. Particular attention on library linked data will include a review of the state of the art and some practical experience in linking library data to the greater linked data cloud.

Target Audience: Librarians, developers of web applications, information architects, and others interested in the basic concept of the semantic web, linked data and how libraries can take a leadership role in creating linked data solutions.

Create a powerful school library program with tools based on AASL’s learning standards and program guidelines. Explore AASL’s A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners with the School Library Program Assessment Rubric and learn how to collect and use data to drive program improvement. Then learn how AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action and Lesson Plan Database can take programs to the next level by building lessons cross-walked with the Common Core Standards.

THIS EVENT IS NOW A FREE, OFF-SITE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY PROQUEST. PLEASE CONTACT EVENT COORDINATOR MARY MANNIX FOR DETAILS.

In addition to covering basic skills for effective genealogy reference services, this workshop will feature expert speakers on local and specialized resources that help answer the more challenging research questions. Librarians from public, academic and all other types of libraries interested in learning how to use genealogy-related resources more effectively will benefit from this session. Speakers include Lloyd Brockstruck, who will address collection development during hard economic times; Sue Kaufman, who will focus on the Clayton collection of early Spanish documentation; and a third presenter, who will discuss Native American records. Lunch is sponsored by ProQuest.

Looking for innovative ways to refresh or enhance teen services that you are already providing? Then join YALSA for a half day preconference and get tips on how to: revamp your homework help services using NYPL's Homework Help app; create inviting, purposeful Teen Spaces on a budget; incorporate essential digital literacy skills into programs; provide creative Reader's Advisory using QR codes; use outcome-based evaluations to assess retention and program effectiveness; and harness the power of youth participation.

Learn how to engage and mobilize friends and trustees groups, opinion-makers and civic organizations to support your public, school and academic libraries.

Presenters include: Dr. Jennifer Martin, Ph.D., senior associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, Texas Woman's University; Ed Palmer, chairman, Municipal Library Board, Dallas, and Rocco Staino, retired director of the Mary I. Keefe Library, North Salem Central Schools, NY & contributing editor, School Library Journal.

Register for Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends and Foundations (Event code: ALT1) from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday morning and receive a discount on combined registration.

Mobilizing Community Support for Your Library: An Advocacy Institute Workshop is sponsored by the Texas Library Association. It is presented in partnership with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), ALTAFF, and organized by the Advocacy Training Subcommittee of the ALA Committee on Library Advocacy, in conjunction with the ALA Office for Library Advocacy.

Dine Around Dallas is a group of local hot-spot restaurants currently holding reservations for ALA Midwinter attendees. Restaurants range in price and cuisine allowing for an experience that fits your needs.

Pre-set dinner reservations for groups of 8, Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22 allow for first rate networking and event discussions. Participating restaurants include: The Common Table, Sambuca Uptown, Dallas Fish Market, Dallas Chop House, and Wild Salsa Restaurant. Sign up for a single seat or with a colleague; meet your peers and Dine Around Dallas. Everyone from a first time attendee to a conference-pro is encouraged to participate.

Registration, restaurant details, reservation times, and payment options can be found at the Dine Around Dallas website http://signupgenius.com/go/20F0E48ABAB2AA13-dine.

Featuring John Green, bestselling author of Looking for Alaska and the forthcoming The Fault in Our Stars

Dallas Public Library, Dallas East/West Room and the Auditorium
1515 Young Street, Dallas, Texas
6:00 reception, 7:00–8:30 p.m. presentation & book signing

Space limited! Reserve your spot now by making a donation to the Freedom to Read Foundation. Visit our secure online donation page and write "John Green event" in Comments. Suggested donation $25 ($10 students). Books by John Green will be available for sale at the event. Proceeds will benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation's efforts to support and defend the First Amendment in libraries and elsewhere.

Dine Around Dallas is a group of local hot-spot restaurants currently holding reservations for ALA Midwinter attendees. Restaurants range in price and cuisine allowing for an experience that fits your needs.

Pre-set dinner reservations for groups of 8, Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22 allow for first rate networking and event discussions. Participating restaurants include: The Common Table, Sambuca Uptown, Dallas Fish Market, Dallas Chop House, and Wild Salsa Restaurant. Sign up for a single seat or with a colleague; meet your peers and Dine Around Dallas. Everyone from a first time attendee to a conference-pro is encouraged to participate.

Registration, restaurant details, reservation times, and payment options can be found at the Dine Around Dallas website http://signupgenius.com/go/20F0E48ABAB2AA13-dine.

Join ALTAFF for this traditional event that features best-selling authors, light refreshments, and plenty of free books signed by the authors. This popular event is sponsored by ReferenceUSA. Purchase your ticket early as it often sells out. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door if seats available.