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PSLA Conference 101

PSLA Conference 101. Presented by the PSLA Students Committee Susan Hefley, Co-Chair. Welcome. What is PSLA? What can you expect from this conference? What are YOUR expectations? President’s Welcome. Welcome: Doug Francis, PSLA President. Who is PSLA?. Board of Directors:

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PSLA Conference 101

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  1. PSLA Conference 101 Presented by the PSLA Students Committee Susan Hefley, Co-Chair

  2. Welcome • What is PSLA? • What can you expect from this conference? • What are YOUR expectations? • President’s Welcome

  3. Welcome: Doug Francis, PSLA President

  4. Who is PSLA? Board of Directors: Front Row (left to right): Nancy Latanision, Immediate Past President; Doug Francis, President; Eileen Kern, Vice President/President-Elect Second Row (left to right): Lindsey Long, Secretary; Cathi Fuhrman, Director; Bob McConnell, Director; Natalie Hawley, Treasurer Missing From Photograph:  Jennifer Bates, Director; Stephanie Brame, Director

  5. Who is PSLA? • Volunteer Based Organization • Run by Committees • Please consider joining a committee

  6. General Information about the Conference • What to Bring (Technology) • What to Wear • What to Expect • Conference Evaluations—Be HONEST! • Act 48 • Prior to the conference, you must register for Act 48 credits by going to http://pslaconf.wikispaces.com/Session+Evaluations . You will need to know your PPI (Professional Personnel ID). If you do not know your PPI, you can access this information from the PDE website https://www.perms.ed.state.pa.us/Screens/wfPublicAccess.aspx . • Pick up an Act 48 sheet at the Registration Desk and complete the information.

  7. Conference Schedule • Thursday • Registration opens at 3pm • First Workshop is at 6pm • Fireplace 9pm • Friday • Registration 6:45 or 8am • Awards Breakfast • Workshops • General Session • Exhibits • Technology Classroom • GAC Open Forum • Banquet • Saturday • Business Breakfast • Workshops • Exhibits • Lunch and Learn http://psla.org/images/stories/conferences/2012conference/2012_Conference_Schedule.pdf

  8. How-To: Mini-Sessions • How to choose your sessions • How to use your lanyard and card for reference • How to find the sessions • How to make sure you get the session you want • How to FIND everything: Map of the Hershey Convention Center • Conference Schedule with rooms

  9. General Session Friday 10:15am Keynote Speaker: Pam Berger Pam Berger, an educational technology/library consultant and trainer with over 20 years of library experience, is Publisher and Editor of Information Searcher and author of Internet for Active Learners (ALA Editions).

  10. Meals • Tickets • What to Wear • How to appreciate them • The “Reserved Tables” • Friday • Awards Breakfast • Lunch on your own • 2:30 coffee break • 7pm Banquet • Saturday • Business Breakfast • 10:45 Coffee Break • 11:30 Lunch and Learn

  11. Authors and Book Signings

  12. Exhibitors Friday 11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Blue/White Room (11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.; 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. No Conflict Time) Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Blue/White Room (10:45 a.m. -11:30 a.m. No Conflict Time)

  13. What to look for in the Exhibit Hall • Donna’s Video • JLG • Follett • Combined Book Exhibit

  14. Technology Classroom

  15. Questions Please speak up! The only silly question is the one you do not ask…..and who knows, maybe three other people are really glad you asked that question! 

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