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Two Plenaries; 17 sessions (including round table discussions); Breakfast, lunch and break refreshments; conference bags filled with goodies from generous vendors AND social activities... all for a full conference fee of only $150!  (Student rate: $100) (One day option:  $125)
Optional add-ons: Friday evening wine tasting - $8/delegate; Saturday wrap-up concert with Sean McCann - $25/delegate
Friday night: Delegates pay for their own dinners following historical walk.  Reservations will be confirmed during conference registration. Special thanks to our corporate sponsor Whitehots. Publishers and vendors have been generous with giveaways and swag for our conference bags.
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The vendors offering sessions at the conference will also be setting up small displays for your perusal.
Please visit Whitehots, LSC, Beguiling and Carr McLean displays during the conference.


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Friday 10:00 - registration opens
Friday 12:15 - 12:45 - Official welcome
Friday 1:00 - 2:00
  • Free (or nearly free) resources for small libraries (presenters: Kelly Thompson & Karen DeLuca)
  • 'Tween Knitting as Community Building (presenter: Leigh Miller)
Friday 2:15 - 3:15
  • Protect your digital assets AND inexpensive solutions for WiFi user stats and bandwidth management (presenters: Gregory Young and Amanda Robinson)
  • Reader's Theatre (presenter: Karen Filipkowski)
  • Book mending workshop and discussion on sustainability within the library industry (presenter: Taylor Barclay, Carr McLean)
Friday 3:30 - 4:30
  • Living History: connecting present and past in rural communities (Emma Carey)
  • Fundraising 101 (presenter: Anna Andrusyszyn)
  • Placemaking and desire paths in the Ottawa Valley (presenters: Beth Kennedy & Anya Gansterer)
Friday 4:45 - 5:45
  • Author Panel (Plenary) Library as incubator for the creative process  with Luke Murphy, Amanda West Lewis and Kerry-Lyn Sparrow
Friday 5:45 - 6:15
  • Guided historical (haunted) walk of downtown Arnprior (spaces are limited) to lead you to your dinner reservation at Krave Bistro at 6:15. After dinner come back to the library to network / mingle / Art Corridor exhibit of library photos until the start of the 8pm events
Friday 5:45 - 6:15
  • Networking / Mingle / Art Corridor Exhibit of library photos followed by optional historical walk (limited are spaces) of downtown Arnprior.  The second walk begins at 6:15 to lead you to your dinner reservation at Lumbertown Ale House at 6:45.
Friday 8:00
  • Library Trivia Challenge at the library
  • Networking (downstairs at the library)
  • Green Gables Vines Wine Tasting (ticketed event)
Saturday at a Glance
Saturday 7:30
  • Breakfast opens
  • Registration (as required for one day attendees)
Saturday 8:30 - 10:00
  • Move the Needle: simple and effective marketing of your collection (presenter Margaret Macmillan - Whitehots Library Solutions
  • Tried and true successful children's programs: round table sharing (moderator: Carolyn Swayze)
Saturday 10:15 - 11:45
  • Plenary: A conversation about mental health and stigma (presenter Shelley McCaffrey)
Saturday noon - 1:00
  • Lunch
Saturday 1:15 - 2:15
  • Best practices in cataloguing (Trish Hayes, LSC)
  • There's a comic for that! Supporting diversity and literacy initiatives through comics (presenters: Stephanie Power & Christine Rentschler - The Beguiling)
  • Some voice, some wilderness: Podcasting to the world for all ages, all interests (presenter: Barry Conway)
Saturday 2:30 - 4:00
  • How to effectively manage performance for engagement, accountability and productivity; or how to effectively support your rock-stars and painlessly address performance gaps (presenters: Bruce Weippert & Terri Harrison - tap Strategy HR)
  • ILLO Round table discussion (moderator: Peggy Malcolm, SOLS)
  • Wander & Wonder between
  1. Pop Up Library: Instant access to your library's digital collection (presenter: Eleanor Heidt - Whitehots)
  2. Book Art Demo (presenters: Esther Donis & Ruth Jones)
Saturday 4:00 - 4:40
  • Where do we go from here? Closing remarks from this year's steering committee members and a discussion of the future of LBRR / Sundae Bar
Saturday 4:45 - 6:00
  • Sean McCann Concert (Ticketed event)
Plenty of opportunity will be scheduled so you can network with colleagues and new acquaintances.

Static Displays:
Art Corridor Exhibit - participating libraries photo gallery
OPLW take away ideas (with giveaways)

Door Prizes Galore!!

Saturday breakfast, lunch and break snacks including coffee, tea and hydrating station included with your conference fee!
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