ILA/ACRL sponsored sessions at the ILA Annual conference 2009 
ILA/ACRL Fall Program Committee:  Dan Boice, Steve Ostrem, Amy Paulus, Elaine Settergren

Collective Advocacy: Engaging Public Libraries in the Open Access Movement 
Thursday, October 22^nd at 2:00pm

Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)  
http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/mclennan.shtml  
Faye Chadwell, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Content Management, Oregon State University 
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/chadwelf

Every year taxpayer dollars support millions of dollars of research published in expensive journals that only larger research libraries can afford.   Efforts to change this traditional scholarly publication model have culminated in the open access (OA) movement.   Open access provides everyone with free, immediate, and permanent access to scholarly research.  It is clear that academic libraries have much to gain from the success of the OA movement.   But what do public libraries and smaller academic libraries stand to gain from expanded access to taxpayer-funded research?  OA advocates will introduce open access concepts, emphasize benefits for public libraries, and engage participants in a conversation to strengthen public library involvement in the OA movement and intensify advocacy across library communities.

Rights Stuff: Decoding Publisher copyright transfer agreements 
Thursday, October 22^nd at 3:30pm

Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)  
http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/mclennan.shtml   
Faye Chadwell, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Content Management, Oregon State University 
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/chadwelf

Managing authors rights is a key component to transforming scholarly communication.  This session invites librarians to learn more about amending publisher copyright transfer agreements to maintain important rights to their research results.  We hope to give attendees an overview of the issues as well as the basic information needed to educate faculty on campus about transferring the ownership of their intellectual output. 
 

Humor in Libraries: Making fun at work and staying productive 
Friday, October 23^rd at 10:20am

Fred Gertler, Former Assistant Dean of the University Library, University of the Pacific,
Stockton, CA

This fast-paced, highly interactive session will focus on a range of topics all under the general heading of Humo(u)r in Libraries.  We'll talk about what humor is or isn't or whether it makes any difference whether or not it can be defined as long as it can be appreciated; how it contributes to team building and esprit de corps; risks and opportunities of using humor; humor as a leadership attribute (think Lincoln); and finally, and throughout the program, examples of humor in libraries that have worked and some that haven't.  And, if there is time permitting, we might even write a joke - for example, how many librarians and what type does it take to change a light bulb?  So come with your funny bone primed and ready for fun.  Ready, Set. Go!