WCLA Conference Registration and Membership Dues Form
Please print and mail by October 1, 2009.
Name___________________________________________________________School/Library____________________
Address_________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone__________________ E-mail______________________________________
Home Address__________________________________________________________
Preferred Address:_____Home_____Work
SECTION MEMBERSHIP: (check one)___University ___Parish ___High School
___Elementary/Middle School ___Other
___New Membership ___Renewal
Registration Fee includes continental breakfast and lunch
___$30 (advance registration) for current WCLA members and parish librarians
___$35 for non-members or for registration at the door
___$15 annual dues (09/01/09 thru 08/31/10) for librarians, teachers, institutional
___$ 8 annual dues for paraprofessionals, library assistants, volunteers, retired,
and supporting members
This form with check(s) payable to WCLA should be mailed to: Jean Elvekrog, 401 Doral Court, Waunakee, WI 53597-2206
Registration confirmation will be sent via email
Join us for a day of enrichment,
networking, fun, and perhaps a bit of shopping
at the
2009 WCLA Annual Fall Conference
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wintergreen Resort & Conference Center
60 Gasser Road
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Phone 1.800.648.4765
Located just off the interstate at exit #92
Visit their website at
Accommodations
A block of rooms is reserved for WCLA at $70/room. All rooms have two queen beds, microwave, mini-fridge, hair dryer, coffee maker and 25” TV.
To reserve your room at this special rate, call Wintergreen
no later than September 24, 2009.
Your school’s tax exempt certificate is required to receive one night’s stay tax free.
Questions? Contact Jean Elvekrog at 608.849.9224
or by email at jelvekrog@tds.net
Program
WCLA Conference 2009
New this year – Door Prizes Throughout the Day!
8:00-8:45 Registration, Continental Breakfast, and shopping vendors
8:45-9:00 Opening Prayer and Welcome
9:00-9:45 New Children’s Books Too Good to Miss - Merri Lindgren , CCBC
9:45-10:00 Break and shop
10:00-10:45 New YA Books Too Good to Miss - Merri Lindgren , CCBC
10:45-11:00 Break and shop
11:00-12:00 Web 2.0, Your Learners, and You: Discover what learners and librarians do with blogs, wikis, Twitter, Flickr, MySpace,
and Facebook - Dorothea Salo, University of Wisconsin
12:00-1:00 Lunch and shop
1:00- 1:45 Working with Editors: First Hand Experience – Sharon Hart Addy
1:45-2:00 Break and Book Signing
2:00-2:45 Catholic Books and Books of Character for Catholic Libraries - Jeff Arrowwood
2:45-3:15 Annual Meeting
Vendors
University Book Store, which will have books from Merri Lindgren’s CCBC Short List for sale at a discount to conference attendees, as well as books by our featured author, Sharon Hart Addy.
From the Abbey, offering Catholic educational materials, books and media.
Presenters
Merri Lindgren is a librarian at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has edited or authored numerous publications for the CCBC and is also a regular contributor to the Wisconsin State Journal, writing about books for children and young adults. She is a member of the 2010 Caldecott Award Committee.
Jeff Arrowwood, former teacher of Moral Theology, English, History and Psychology, now runs From the Abbey, offering Catholic educational programs and home school courses; includes a moral theology blog and interactive online lessons and study guides on his website, www.fromtheabbey.net.
Sharon Hart Addy is a local author living in the Dells. She is a former 5th grade teacher and is the author of numerous picture books. Among them are Right Here on This Spot, When Wishes Were Horses, In Grandpa’s Woods, and Lucky Jake.
Dorothea Salo is the Digital Repository Librarian for the UW system's digital repository, MINDS@UW. She has written and presented internationally on institutional repositories, social software, scholarly publishing, copyright, and user-centered design.