[Anchasl-l] LAUNC-CH 2012 Annual Conference: Engage, Innovate, Assess: Doing More with Less

[Carrillo, Erin]

The Librarians' Association at UNC-Chapel Hill (LAUNCCH) invites you
to attend the LAUNC-CH 2012 Annual Conference: Engage, Innovate, Assess: Doing More with Less,
on Monday, March 5th, 2012.

Please join us for an engaging discussion on March 5th, 2012 on about how
libraries can “Engage, Innovate, and Assess,” with an emphasis on practices and strategies
that are inspiring models of “Doing More with Less.”

Our Keynote speaker is Dick Blackburn from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
He will be talking about how today’s challenges can drive us to distraction or to distinction; to action or innovation. He will also
share some suggestions that you can use to improve the rate of useful, creative, or innovative ideas that might enable you and your
library to actually do more with less.

Break Out Session Topics:
* History on the Move: Reimagining Collaborative Engagement
* Doing Less: Strategically Thinking about Instruction
* Can the Past be Prologue: What We Can Learn from How the UNC
Library Weathered the Great Depression
* Synergy of Systems and Instruction: A Unique Website Usability Study
* WorkSmart- Saving Time, Reducing Costs, and Improving Service in
Challenging Times
* Harness the Power of the Paraprofessional: Doing More with Less Staff
* Doing More with Scripts in Technical Services
* Developing Gold Star Librarians to Provide Excellent Public Service:
A Comprehensive Training Model

Lightning Session Topics:
* Squeezing the Most from your PC Dollar
* Information Takeout: Engaging Library Users
* Getting What You Paid For From E-Resources
* Develop Creative Projects: Free Multimedia Toolkit
* Expanding the Library’s Commitment to Global Health
* iPods, Games & Mobile: Engaging Library Orientation
* Taming the Hydra: Prioritizing High-Quality Subject Guides
* BitCurator: Data Forensics for Digital Libraries

Please check the website for full details and registration links and forms:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/launcch/conference/.

Register now for our event.  Registration is limited to 170 people and
will close on February 27th, 2012.

(Please note that registration forms will not be mailed out, please use the online registration system<https://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1&event=E79EE37F3F8060446E62A43235DE1B5AF4542DA2>
or complete the attached registration form.)

Lara Handler and Eileen Heeran
Conference Planning Committee, Co-chairs

Erin Carrillo
CALA, Kenan Science Library
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
erin.m.carrillo at gmail.com