Annual Meeting - Concurrent Sessions

The morning portion of the NEFLIN Annual Meeting consisted of some marvelous concurrent sessions. Here is information on each session, contact information for the speaker, and a link to their presentation.

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Sol Hirsch, Director
Alachua County Library District
"The Library Partnership: A Neighborhood Resource Center"
Presentation

The “Library Partnership” is a renovated storefront that includes a full-service public library complete with amenities for delivery of social services to local families. Over 25 agencies are bringing their services and programs into the Library Partnership. The creation of the center has required innovation, integration, and collaboration at all levels, among agencies forging new partnerships toward 3 shared goals: valuing children, strengthening families, and engaging the community.

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Faye Roberts, Executive Director
Florida Library Association (FLA)

"Recipe for Advocacy"

Presentation

Library advocacy is more important than ever as competition for funding increases at all levels. Networks of supporters saved state funding for public libraries in 2009. How can we prepare for the next challenge?

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Suzi Holler, Friend of NEFLIN
Central Florida Library Cooperative (CFLC)

"Social Media in Libraries"

Presentation

Social Media Examples

Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, blogs, wikis, and the like; toys for individuals or tools for businesses? Join us for a survey of what libraries are currently doing with these sites and more. Collect ideas and tips on how your library could be using social media effectively to reach audiences you are not already serving.

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Be Astengo, Senior Library Manager
Alachua County Library District

"Evaluating E-Government in Libraries"

Presentation

With the increased need for e-Government services, libraries everywhere are trying to find ways to meet the needs of patrons as well as making patrons aware of e-Government services. This presentation will discuss how a team of librarians visited and evaluated libraries and created a plan and training to deliver tools necessary to help libraries meet the demands of e-Government for their patrons.

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