NDLA Annual 2019

The desk will be staffed from 7:00AM to 11:50AM. There will be way-finding, schedules, and contact information for non-staffed hours. The desk will open again from 4PM-5:30PM prior to the banquet.

1. Monica Hyde:  Mysteries at the Museum: preserving special collection items  - Have you ever wondered how to properly preserve unique items in a museum or library collection? This poster will cover how to properly handle and store special collection items such as scrapbooks, clay tablets, coins, and metal photo plates.
2. Barbara Handy-Marchello: Traces: Early Peoples of North Dakota - This new illustrated book covers the archaeology of ND from 11,500 BC to 1880. Written for general public. Co-author Fern Swenson.
3. Kristen Borysewicz: Surveying faculty about student struggle with research - The presenter developed a survey tool asking faculty to identify what areas of research present the most struggle: initiating, conducting, applying or managing research. A good response rate at a busy time showed that faculty are eager to discuss student research. Since the survey was not performed under IRB, the results will not be discussed. Rather, this is an opportunity to see the survey questions and the Research Skill Development Framework that helped form them.
4. Merete Christianson: Collection Development and CAM: Prioritizing Intellectual Freedom or Quality Information? - This poster explores the collection development opinions of librarians when considering controversial health information resources, particularly those regarding complementary and alternative medicine that may not be evidence-based. The current research on the ethics of intellectual freedom is particularly focused on moral or subjective issues. This research focuses on something more objective: how librarians, as information professionals, can or should approach misinformation.
5. Sara Engler; Lauren Nephew: Daycare Book Delivery  - The Daycare Book Buddies service promotes early literacy by delivering library books directly to a daycare or pre-school. Our presentation will cover the development and implementation of the program and how it is currently running. We will also provide the struggles and future considerations of the program.
6. Emily Dafoe: Training Teacher Education Faculty on the Use and Implementation of Open Educational Resources - In the Fall 2018, semester library staff at Valley City State University provided faculty with a series of training sessions on understanding, finding, and using Open Educational Resources in their courses, as they move towards OER implementation. There were four 90 minute sessions conducted throughout September and October 2018. This poster will provide details on how these sessions were conducted, faculty response to the sessions, conflicts encountered, and outcomes.
7. Laurie McHenry: Self-Help Legal Collection - ND citizens can now access useful, reliable, and free legal information from the comfort of their local libraries. With the help of a Library Vision 2020 grant from the ND State Library, the Thormodsgard Law Library has created a collection of self-help legal books that can be checked out via ILL. The books cover a variety of topics: divorce, child custody, bankruptcy, credit repair, & more. A committee of four UND law librarians, three of whom are lawyers themselves, selected the titles.
8. Carmen Redding: Credentialed Librarians for Schools - Schools should be seeking credentialed librarians, not looking to replace the librarian or eliminate the position. Research shows that we are facing the same issues that we faced ten years ago. We need to do more to educate the stakeholders, become leaders in our profession, and advocate for our positions wherever and whenever we can. 

Come and meet regional authors at our annual Author's Alley! 

The desk will be staffed from 7:00AM to 11:50AM. There will be way-finding, schedules, and contact information for non-staffed hours. The desk will open again from 4PM-5:30PM prior to the banquet.

Cash Bar will be available