CALCON16 Program Sessions

21st Century Libraries

A Crash Course in Design Thinking
Days of Futures Past: The Wild Colorado App Connects Past, Present, and Future
EPortfolios for Professional Development: No Librarian Should Leave Home Without One
Futurecasting (No Crystal Ball Required)
Integrating Coding into Content Areas
MMORPGs: Massively Multi-reader Offline Reading Program Groups
The Next 100 Big Things: A Collaborative Trendspotting Session
New News! Newspapers as a Primary Source and the Resources Available

Childrens & Teens

Are You Ready for Your Close up? - Filming Storytimes for Television and Web
Autonomy, Art and Awesomeness
Consciously Connecting Library Programming to Your Gifted and Talented Patrons
Creating Graphic Novels with Teens in Your Library (With or Without a Budget)
Creating Lit Kits for the Elementary Library
Creating a Successful School District Digital Library
Engage, Create, Innovate! – Outdoor Activities that Build Early Literacy
Feast or Famine: Weens and Teens @ Your Library
STAR Library Education Network – Take Advantage of Your Local Connection
Storytime Engagement: The Fun Stuff
Transforming Your School Library into a Blended Library Learning Environment

Instruction

Librarians Just Want to Have Fun with Threshold Concepts
Travel Through Time: Foster Critical thinking with Historic Digital Maps
HTML High Five! Coding Education in Your Library
Academic Libraries Lowering the Cost of Education – One Textbook at a Time!
Turning Them Loose: Increasing Student Engagement in Information
Primary Sources and Standards for the 21st Century Learner
New Librarian in Action: Applying the R. David Landes Framework in Academic Libraries

Leadership

Cultural Competency for Library Staff
Finding the Funding
E-rate for Library Administrators
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Applauding Successes and Supporting Frustrations
I Have Confidence in Me! (Don’t I?)
I’d Rather be Working: How to Plan a Staff Day that Works for Staff
If You Are a Supervisor, You Are a Trainer
Let’s Talk About Conquering Common Challenges for New Managers
Play to Your Strengths
When Silence Isn’t Golden: How Speaking Up Makes a Difference

Makerspaces

Children and Makerspaces
Makerspaces in the School Library
Robots, Robots Everywhere!
STEAMWorks: Interactive Low Cost Drop-in Programming for the Whole Family
Welding, Woodworking and Weaving at the Library: Why Risk Matters
What is a Makerspace and Do I Need One?

PROGRAM SESSIONS

This year the Program Selection Committee had over 155 submissions from the membership! Of those, we were able to schedule 93 great programs!

Each Association Presidency was able to select up to 10 programs that targeted their particular memberships' needs and interests. The final selection was made by the Program Selection Committee who used a scoring rubric and a wide variety of library perspectives to ensure a fair and balanced selection.

Check out the list below to see what programs will be at MPLA/CALCON16! Based on feedback from prior years, we are trying to organize the accepted submissions into tracks. The tracks are listed here along with the names of the sessions that will make up the tracks. We have tried to target the tracks to the wide variety of library interests represented in our membership. Check back for a final schedule later in the year.

Programming

A Librarian Walks in a Bar
Adult Services: Stranger Than Fiction
Creative Arts Programs for Baby Boomers
Grown=ups at the library: Building a Successful Adult Library Program
Large Scale Author Visits for not so Large Libraries and Budgets
Seducing Romance Readers
Serving People with Memory Loss – The Memory Café Program and Best Practices
Successful Outreach to the Latino Community with a liitle help from our Latino Friends
Who Needs Us? – Meeting the Community Needs Where they are through Outreach and Programming
Unexpected Author Connections: The Players, the Payoff, the Plans
Y is for Yoga: Movement and Mindfulness in the Library

Marketing & Communications

Aspen Report: Learn About the Action Guide for Use in Your Community
Library Assessment Through Storytelling
Oh! It’s not just our state! – Top Legislative Priorities in the MPLA Region
On the Edge: Demonstrating Talent and Technology Through Dynamic Displays
Outreach Strategies in Archives and Special Collections
Reader’s Advisory for the “Third Act”
Reading Your Community: Human/Living Libraries Promote Understanding, Interaction
Secrets to Success for Fundraising, Marketing and Outreach Combined
We Double-Dog Dare You – Stop Being Dull! Deeply Creative Recruiting
Weeding Without Tears: Don’t Let Weeding Become a Public Relations Nightmare

Nuts & Bolts

Beyond ILL: An Expanded View of Resource Sharing in Colorado
Bridging the Digital Divide
Budgeting: It’s not as Boring as You Think
Collection Analysis Empowered Through Innovation and Collaboration
Copyright Law and Libraries: What’s New and Notable
GovDocs Today: Not your Grandma’s Ravioli
Great Returns from a Social Work Intern
Measuring Your True Impact: Getting Started with Outcome-Based Evaluation
One Search to Rule Them All: Customizing Discovery for Community Needs
Small Library, Big Heart: Supporting Tiny, but Vital Collections
What’s the Deal with Data?

Making Change

A Balancing Act: Library and School Partnerships
Choose Your Own Adventure: Building and Renovating Librararies
Critical Classroom Connections: Bridging the Gap Between the Library and the Lecture Hall
Done with Dewey! Convert Your Library Now – I’ll Show You How
Fostering a Community of Practice: Continuing Development for Instruction Librarians
How to Nail the Interview and Become a Top Candidate
Outreach Strategies in Archives and Special Collections
Record-setting Results: Creating a Culture of Accountability to Ensure Long-term Success
Strategic Alliances: When community and Institutional Library Partnerships Become a Big Deal
Transitional Technical Services: Libraries are Reorganizing their Cataloging Departments
Weld County on the Web: A Library and Museum Partnership