Special & Institutional Section

Special and Institutional Section Programs

The Special & Institutional Section sponsors several programs at the annual  fall NLA/NEMA Conferences,  and often sponsors or co-sponsors a program in the spring each year.  For upcoming programs click here

Programs for 2006:

• Spring Gathering: Tandoor Indian Cuisine, 3530 Village Dr., Ste. 100 Lincoln, June 9, 6:00 p.m.
    Conversation and wonderful Indian food in a casual and relaxed atmosphere.

Programs for 2005:  Pictures from 2005

•    Spring Gathering: Parthenon Restaurant, 56th and Hwy 2, Lincoln, May 13, 6:00 p.m.
     An informal networking opportunity for current and prospective Special & Institutional Section members. 

·        Caring for the Mind@ your library®:   NLA/NEMA Preconference, 9:00 - 4:00 September 28 2005.  Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln. 
A full day program devoted to mental health issues in libraries.  The morning sessions featured speakers discussing Nebraska state mental health initiatives to relocate people in their own communities, community mental health programs affecting libraries,  and a panel discussion on helping librarians to understand and assist customers with mental health issues.  Afternoon  sessions focused on reference interviews,  collection development and internet resources on mental health.

• Lincoln Library Gems - Special Collections at Lincoln City Libraries:  NLA/NEMA Conference, September 30, 2005.
  Tours of the Polley Music Library and the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors, both located at the Bennet Martin Public Library.  Hosts Carolyn Dow, Linda Helfman, and Meredith McGowan provided a 50-minute guided tour of resources and services available in these unique Nebraska collections.
   
• A Day in the Life of a Prison Librarian: NLA/NEMA Conference, September 30, 2005
  A panel of Nebraska Department of Corrections librarians shared their experiences working with inmates in correctional facilities.
   
• Special & Institutional Section Luncheon September 30, 2005.
  Business and awards gathering of S & I members (guests welcome too!) for lunch, conversation, review of the past year, and ideas for future programs.
   

Programs for  2004 Pictures From 2004

·         Hispanic Voices @ your library, La Voces de Hispanos @ su biblioteca:   Holiday Inn, Wednesday, October 6, 2004 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST. 
A pre-conference co-sponsored by the NLA Special and Institutional,  Paraprofessional, and School, Children and Young People's sections, and the Nebraska Educational Media Association.  The preconference  focused on how to provide services to the Spanish speaking community.
 

·         Western Trails Project:  Friday, October 8, 2004 9:10 - 10:00 a.m.  Grand Room, Holiday Inn.  How did the digitization of original material relating to Nebraska Western Trails go? What is happening now? A panel of Western Trails Project participants  examined and showcased this multi-state collaborative project involving libraries and museums.  Visit the web site at http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/westerntrails/
 

·         Music of Old Nebraska.  Friday, October 8, 2004 1:50 - 2:40 p.m. Royal Room, Holiday Inn.  A step back in time to a gentler and more elegant Nebraska with musicians Carolyn Dow and Linda Helfman of the Polley Music Library ,  who performed a program of pre-1923 music from Nebraska and described their sheet music digitization project.
 

·         Special & Institutional Section Luncheon.  Friday, October 8, 2004 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Board Room, Holiday Inn. 
Business and awards gathering of S & I members (guests welcome too!) for lunch, conversation, review of the past year, and ideas for future programs.
 

Programs for 2003: Pictures from 2003

·        A Day in the Life of a Special Librarian,  Friday, October 31, 8:00 a.m.  Panel Discussion

·        Distance Learning in Vocational  Education.  Friday, October 31, 9:00 a.m.  Speaker:  Bev Niewohner, Southeast Community College.

·        S&I Section Luncheon  Friday, October 31, 12:00 p.m..
Business meeting for section members, awards, and opportunity to provide  input for next year's programs.

·        Still Evolving (legal resources & reference)  Friday, October 31, 1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
 

Programs for 2002:

·         Consumer Health:  MEDLINE PLUS & CHIRS: Training the Public to Use Health Information. Preconference Program Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Presented by Teresa Hartman, Special Projects Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and Roxanne Cox, Head of Reference at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  What Internet resources exist here in Nebraska that link the public to health information?  Participants in this hand-on workshop had exercises and discussion aimed at developing medical reference interview skills and identifying  and evaluating Internet health information resources.   
 

·         Organizational Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution: What is my Role? Friday, October 25, 2002, 9:00 am.
Presented by Elizabeth (Betsy) R. Kosier, Executive Director of the Mediation Center: Resources for Collaborative Decision-Making.  Through a participatory approach, Betsy  engaged participants in an exploration of decision-making and conflict resolution in the context of their own organizations, and encourage participants to examine the roles and expectations of various processes and procedures.
 

·         NLA Special & Institutional Section Business Luncheon: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:00 pm.
Gathering to meet fellow section members and give input for next year's programs.

 

Programs for 2001:  

·         Pub Med 2001: Thursday, October 18, 9:05 am.
Teresa Hartman, McGoogan Library of Medicine, presented an update and overview of PubMed websites, changes and enhancements in the site.
 

·         Resource Sharing in a One Person Library: Thursday, October 18, 1:45 pm.
Open-ended discussion of running a one person library. How to become more efficient, sharing ideas, how to prioritize, how to save time and money through resource sharing.
 

·         NLA Special & Institutional Section Business Meeting: Thursday, October1 8, 2:50 pm.
Meeting of section members to give input for next year's programs and bestow awards.  
 

·         HHSS Consortium: One Grant Success Story: Thursday, October 18, 4:10 pm.
Sue Divan, Tom Schmitz, Jane Harms, Lynn Wild, Ellen Weed, Diana Scott, and Shana Halsey  talked about their collaborative project to automate their library catalogs.
 

Programs for 2000

·        Benchmarking for Strategic Library Improvement. October 25, 2000.
A one-day workshop  presented by Annette Gohlke, co-owner of Library Benchmarking International, a publishing and training firm dedicated to helping librarians achieve excellence in their libraries.  Co-Sponsored with the NLA College and University and Information Technology and Access Round Table. 

·        Networking: Ideas and Suggestions for Peer Interactions Thursday, October 26, 2000, 9:35 - 10:25 a.m.
Presenters were  Brenda Ealey, Administrator, Southeast (NE) Library System; Lisa Kelly, Information Services Coordinator, Nebraska Library Commission; Pam Scott, Library Consultant, Nebraska Library Commission; Ted Smith, Director, Norfolk (NE) Public Library; Carol Speicher, Administrator, Northeast (NE) Library System; Barbara Voeltz, Librarian, Nebraska Game and Parks. The panel discussed the value of peer networking including the hows and whys. This was an open-ended discussion designed for sharing ideas and suggestions.
 

·        Business meeting and luncheon Thursday, October 26th, 2000 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Tom Schmitz, Special and Institutional Chair, hosted the annual business meeting and election officers.
 

·        Natural and Unnatural Disasters: First Steps to Library Preparedness.
Friday, October 27, 2000, 3:45 - 4:35 The presenter Katherine L. Walter, Chair, Special Collections and Preservation Department, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Basic information on how to prepare for disasters in libraries. What to do to mitigate disasters--planning documents, supplies, and training.

Programs for 1999:   Pictures from 1999  

·        Census 2000: Why and How Census Data Can Help Your Library.
David Fifer, Research Associate at the UNO Center for Public Affairs Research, talked about the upcoming census and why it is important for libraries to get involved to ensure a good count. He discussed the importance of census data in planning library programs, assessing user needs in the community (economic and cultural factors) and making budget requests to city government or school/college administrators.
 

·        Good Federal Publications Every Library Should Have
James Shaw, Reference Librarian at UNO, shared some of his favorites. You don't have to be a documents librarian to love these! Tips on avoiding consumer fraud, cancer publications, information about foreign countries for travelers and school projects, statistics, can be great additions to any library.

·        Special & Institutional Section Breakfast

Programs for  1998

·        Flying SOLO One-day preconference workshop October 21, 1998 Grand Island, NE
Judith Siess, editor and publisher of the "One Person Library" and head of Information Bridges International, Inc. , presented a one-day course on SOLO librarianship.  Co-sponsored by the NLA Special & Institutional  and  Public Library Sections,  the Nebraska Regional Library Systems, the Special Libraries Association, Omaha chapter, and Central Community College, Grand Island Campus.
 

·        CHIRS Program Update October 22, 1998.
One-hour presentation on the Consumer Health Information Resource Service by  Roxanne Byrd, Head of Reference, Mcgoogan Library, UNMC
 

·        Pub Med--Full Text Medical Journals Online October 22, 1998.
One-hour demonstration of the National Library of Medicine's Pub Med and Internet Grateful Med by Molly Youngkin, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region IV, UNMC
 

·        Special & Institutional Luncheon & Business Meeting October 22, 1998.

 

Programs for 1997

·        Stress Hardiness Training in the Real World presentation at the Paraprofessional Forum, June 9, 1997
Presented by Dr. Wes Sime, Professor of Exercise Physiology, UNL
 

·        Preparing for the Aging Population Explosion preconference at fall NLA Convention, October 29, 1997.
Co-sponsored with the Public Library Section. Half-day workshop with lunch presented by Ann Van Hoff, Clarkson College, Omaha and Jean Tevis, Red Carpet Services, Topeka and Shawnee County Library.
 

·        Workstation Modification for Injury Prevention program at fall NLA convention, October 30, 1997.
Co-sponsored with the Paraprofessional Section. 2-hr. presentation by Phyllis Mostrom, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln.