May 14, 12:00-5:00pm
11:00am-12:00pm: Registration and refreshments
12:00-1:00pm: Welcome to Salem – Greetings from Oregon State Library
Conference Business
Roll Call of the States
1:00-2:30pm: Keynote – Nan S. Russell: “It doesn’t come with a title: uncommon practice leadership”
2:30-2:45pm: Break
3:00-4:00pm: “Outreach Using Media” – examples from Western LBPH libraries, success, future directions
4:00-5:00pm: RFID System at the Utah Library for the Blind: Cost, Time, Implementation
Dinner (on your own)
May 15, 8:30am-5:30pm
8:30-9:30am: Dealing With Digital Recall and the Demand for Cartridge Copies
9:00-10:30am: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: National Updates
10:30-10:45am: Break
11:00am-12:00pm: Western Conference Business Meeting
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00-2:00pm: Integrated Library System (ILS) Meeting
2:00-3:00pm: “Instruction and Training at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library”
3:00-3:15pm: Break
3:15-4:15pm: How we use volunteers brainstorming session
4:15-5:30pm: Tour of Oregon Talking Book & Braille Library
6:00-8:00pm: Keystone Library Automation System Reception – Mission Mill
May 16, 8:30am-12:00pm
8:30-9:30am: “Digital Accessibility”
9:30-10:30am: “Reaching Children and Teens Where They Are”
10:30-10:45am: Break
10:45am-12:00pm: Western Conference Business Meeting: general brainstorming, open discussion, remaining business
12:00pm: Adjourn