1. Conference Planner Thursday
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time Location Description
3:00 - 7 :00 pm Registration Desk Registration
4:30 - 6:30 pm Mirabella AB TASL Showcase
5:00 – 8:00 pm Mirabella E Vendor & Exhibits Opening
4:30 – 8:00 pm Cambridge A Bookstore
Pre-conference with Judy Bivens
4:00 – 6:00 pm Oakleigh Evaluation Process
Opening Night Reception
Sponsored in part
6:00 – 7:00 pm Mirabella CD by Vincent and Vincent
TASL Preconference 2011
Librarian Evaluation: Connecting Libraries and Learning
with Dr. Judy Bivens
"Let's look at a lesson plan model and share activities that help
librarians model instructional domain elements. Regardless of the
evaluation model, these teaching strategies will bring some insight to
your situation."
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Embassy Suites - Oakleigh B

2. 2011 Exhibitors
Authors Signing – 47 National School Products - 12
EBSCO Publishing - 43 www.nationalschoolproducts.com
Bookstore – Cambridge A www.ebscohost.com
The Reading Source Perma-Bound Books – 22, 23
www.perma-bound.com
Alexandria - 36 Presentation Solutions, Inc. -4
www.goalexandria.com Education Networks of America - 24 www.presentationsolutions.com
www.ena.com
Back Yard Book Fair - 41 ProQuest - 15
Federal Reserve - 8 www.proquest.com
Baker & Taylor - 20 www.federalreserveeducation.org
www.btol.com Rainbow Book Company - 29
Follett Library Resources, Inc. – 18, 19 www.rainbowbookcompany.com
Book Systems, Inc. -19 www.titlewave.com
www.booksys.com Renaissance Learning - 42
Gale, part of Cengage Learning - 32 www.renlearn.com
Bound to Stay Bound Books - 25 www.galeschools.com
www.btsb.com Scholastic Book Fairs – 45, 46
Garrett Book Co - 14 scholastic.com/bookfairs
Braxx Books - 5 mail@garrettbooks.com
www.BraxxBooks.com Scott Laboratory Solutions - 6
Gumdrop -13 jhopper@scottlab.net
Burrow Library Services 34, 35 http://www.gumdropbooks.com/
david4books@aol.com Stop Falling Productions -10
Ingram Content Group - 31 www.stopfalling.com
Britannica Digital Learning – 1 ingramcontent.com
www.info.eb.com jaci's jewels – 50 TEL and TLA - Wendy Cornelisen - 21
www.jacisjewels.com www.tntel.info
Camcor – 16
www.camcor.com Junior Library Guild - 28 Trevecca Nazarene University - 49
www.juniorlibraryguild.com www.trevecca.edu/soe/mlis
Children's Plus, Inc. - 3
childrensplusinc.com Lerner Publishing Group - 8 University of Tennessee, School of
www.lernerbooks.com http://www.sis.utk.edu
CoLibri- 50
Luminis Books - 9 Usborne Books & More - 38
Cover One – 33 www.luminisbooks.com www.EDCLibraryBooks.com/p0138
www.coverone.net
Mackin Educational Resources - 30 Vincent and Vincent Booksellers – 39,
Davidson Titles. Inc. - 37 www.mackin.com 40
www.davidsontitles.com vincentandvincent.net
Magazine Subscription Service Agency -
Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc. - 2 World Book,Inc. 26, 27
11 magazine@gte.net www.worldbook.com
www.deebooks.com
Registration 41 42 43 44 45 46
Desk
47 48 49 50
Entering - EXPO Hall Mirabella E
1 20 21 40
2 19 22 39
3 18 23 38
4 17 24 37
5 16 25 36
6 15 26 35
7 14 27 34
8 13 28 33
9 12 29 32
10 11 30 31

3. Conference Planner Friday
Friday, September 30, 2011
7:00 – 10:00 am Registration Desk Registration
8:00 – 11:00am Mirabella E Vendor & Exhibits
1:00 – 3:00 pm Mirabella E
8:00 am - 6:30 pm Cambridge A Bookstore
8:00 -8:50 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Oakleigh A - Principals’ Perceptions of the
Session 1 Instructional Role of the School Librarian Audrey Church [All]
Oakleigh B - Creating and using a library
Session 2 curriculum guide Anne Smith [ES / MS]
Session 3 Oakleigh C The Financial Connection Opportunity Jeanette Bennett [All]
Session 4 Broadlands A - Getting in the Graphic Groove Gina Wiser [All]
Session 5 Broadlands B - New and Needed NonFiction Diane Chen [ES / MS]
Session 6 Cambridge B– “Soldiers, Spies, and Spartans” Jennie Ivey and Calvin Dickinson [MS / HS]
9:00 - 9:50 Exhibit Hall - No Conflict
10:00 - 10:50 am Concurrent Sessions
Oakleigh A - Topics and Trends for 21st Century
Session 7 School Librarians Audrey Church [All]
Session 8 Oakleigh B Margaret Peterson Haddix [All]
Session 9 Oakleigh C Kristin O'Donnel Tubb [MS]
Session 10 Broadlands A– Out with the one-shot orientation Sarah Searles [HS]
Session 11 Broadlands B – Librarians as Leaders Judy Bivens [All]
Session 12 Cambridge B– Limitless Libraries Kathryn Bennett [All]
Friday – Keynote Luncheon
11:00 – 12:50 pm Luncheon / Keynote Speaker
Margaret Peterson Haddix –
Mirabella ABCD http://www.haddixbooks.com
Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House,
Lunch is included Ohio. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in
in the conference English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Before her first
fee book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne,
Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college
Social Time 11:00- instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.
11: 20am
She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens,
TASL Business including Running Out of Time; Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Leaving Fishers; Just Ella;
11:20 – 11:40
Turnabout; Takeoffs and Landings; The Girl with 500 Middle Names; Because of Anya; Escape from
Memory; Say What?; The House on the Gulf; Double Identity; Dexter the Tough; Uprising; Palace of
Keynote Speaker Mirrors; Claim to Fame; theShadow Children series; and the Missing series. She also wrote Into the
11: 45 – 12:50pm Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Her books have been honored with New York
Times bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award; American
Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations; and more
than a dozen state reader’s choice awards.

4. Conference Planner Friday (cont’d.)
Friday, September 30, 2011 (cont’d.)
1:00 - 1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions
Oakleigh A - Student Assessment in the
Session 13 Library—Oh My! (Secondary) Audrey Church [MS/HS]
Session 14 Oakleigh B John Himmelman [ES]
Session 15 Oakleigh C Kristin O'Donnel Tubb [MS]
Session 16 Broadlands A VSBA YA [HS]
Session 17 Broadlands B VSBA Primary and Intermediate [ES & MS]
Session 18 Cambridge B – Gadget Petting Zoo Courtney Fuson [All Technology]
2:00 - 2:50 pm Exhibit Hall - No Conflict
3:00 - 3:50 pm Concurrent Sessions
Oakleigh A - Student Assessment in the Library—
Session 19 Oh My! (Elementary) Audrey Church [ES]
Session 20 Oakleigh B Margaret Peterson Haddix [All]
Session 21 Oakleigh C Brandon Mull [MS]
Broadlands A Cataloging and Circulating E- Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons [MS / HS
Session 22 Readers Tech]
Session 23 Broadlands B TEL me about it Wendy Corneilson [All]
Cambridge B Supporting Local Isn’t just for
Session 24 Agriculture Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson[All]
4:00 - 4:50 pm Vendor Presentations [see page 20]
Workshop 1 Oakleigh A Baker & Taylor
Workshop 2 Oakleigh B Britannica Digital Learning
Workshop 3 Oakleigh C Follett
Workshop 4 Broadlands A Junior Library Guild
Workshop 5 Broadlands B World Book
Workshop 6 Cambridge B
5:00 - 5:50 pm Regional and Level Meetings
Oakleigh A Middle –Regions - Cumberland Region, Walking
Horse, Highland Rim
Regions and Levels may choose to Oakleigh B West –Regions - Western Plains, Mississippi
meet together. The following rooms River, West Tennessee River
are available for regional meetings, East – Regions - East Tennessee River,
roundtables, etc. Oakleigh C Volunteer, Appalachian
Broadlands A High-school
Broadlands B Elementary
Cambridge B Middle
Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Margaret Peterson Haddix, John Himmelman, Susan Pfeffer, Brandon Mull
Mirabella ABCD
Awards Banquet

5. Conference Planner Saturday
Saturday, October 1, 2011
7:45 - 8:30 am Registration Desk Registration
8:00 am - 12:30 pm Cambridge A Bookstore
8:30-9:20 am Concurrent Sessions
Session 25 Mirabella A Ernie Cox [All]
Session 26 Mirabella B – Tools for Advocacy Sarah Searles [All tech]
Session 27 Oakleigh A Susan Pfeffer - VSBA Winner [MS / HS]
Session 28 Cambridge B – First to the Top and You Becky Jackman
9:30 - 10:30 General Session
Saturday General Session
Buffy Hamilton - http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/
Buffy Hamilton is the founding librarian of “The Unquiet Library” at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia. Hamilton, who earned her Ed.S. in
Instructional Technology and School Library Media at the University of Georgia in 2005, taught high school English courses and
served as an educational technology specialist for the Cherokee County School District before deciding she wanted to be a
librarian when she grew up. She is passionate about creating library experiences for her students that will encourage them to be
lifelong learners and advocating for the power of the library in her community.
Keynote: How can school libraries cultivate and support a culture of participatory learning that disrupts school climates that
emphasize traditional modes of learning and assessment? How can librarians help classroom teachers to nurture students and to
move students beyond compliance and conformity? Come learn how school libraries can function as sponsors of participation
literacy to foster your learning community's efforts to engage students as active learners who are more than mere spectators in
their journey of learning.
10:40 – 11:30 Concurrent Sessions
Session 29 Mirabella A Ernie Cox
Session 30 Mirabella B Ron Kidd
Session 31 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett
Session 32 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake
11:40 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 33 Mirabella A – Plays well with others Courtney Fuson
Session 34 Mirabella B Ron Kidd
Session 35 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett
Session 36 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake

6. Speaker and Session Information – Friday Morning
Friday 8:00 -8:50 a.m.
Session 1, 7 , 13 and 19
Audrey Puckett Church, Ph.D.
Audrey Church is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. She
earned her B.A. from Bridgewater College (VA), her M.S. in Ed. from Longwood College, and her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
She was a building level librarian in Virginia public schools for 20 years prior to coming to Longwood. She is past
president of the Virginia Educational Media Association, chair of the Educators of Library Media Specialists section
(ELMSS) of the American Association of School Librarians, and chair of the ALA/AASL NCATE Coordinating
Committee. A frequent presenter at state and national conferences, she is author of numerous journal articles and
two books: Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores (Linworth, 2003) and Your Library Goes
Virtual (Linworth, 2007).
1. Principals’ Perceptions of the Instructional Role of the School Librarian
Description: Do principals know that we are teachers, instructional partners, information specialists, and
leaders within our schools? Do they know that when we take an active role in the instructional programs of
our schools, student achievement is higher? How do principals learn about what school librarians do?
What do they expect from us? In this session, the presenter will share findings from her research with
elementary and secondary school principals in Virginia.
7. Topics and Trends for 21st Century School Librarians
Description: In this session, we will explore twelve topics, grounded in the principles of AASL’s 2009 Empowering Learners: Guidelines
for School Library Programs and critically important to 21st century school librarians. For each topic, at least three quality resources (free
Web site, journal article, and book) will be shared.
13. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Secondary)
Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular
assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of
student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your
program? This session focuses on assessment in secondary school libraries.
19. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Elementary)
Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular
assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of
student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your
program? This session focuses on assessment in elementary school libraries.
Session 2
Creating and using a library curriculum guide
Anne Smith with Connie Reed and Tim Dale [ES / MS]
Use Tennessee Department of Education Curriculum Standards to create your own curriculum guide. Look at the
Common Core Standards and how they will affect what skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment
strategies we teach. Each library is different, so ma
a curriculum guide that will benefit you!
Mrs. Smith has taught library at Kingsley elementary for 7 years. She has worked on the curriculum development
committee for 4 years. She enjoys organizing and understanding the changes that take place in education. Her goal
is to help students be prepared for jobs they will hold that are not yet created.
Timothy Dale is the Media Specialist for Indian Springs Elementary School in Sullivan County. This is Timothy’s
second career. He has taught seven years and has a BS in Political Science and a MS in Library Media.
Connie Reed is the Library Media Specialist at Brookside Elementary School in Sullivan County. She has her
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Univ. of TN College of Nursing in Memphis, her Masters of Arts in
Teaching for Elementary grades and her certification in Library Science, both from East TN State Univ.

7. Session 3 – The Financial Connection Opportunity Session 4 - Getting in the Graphic Groove
Jeanette Bennett and Jackie Morgan [All] - Gina Wiser and Allison Barney
Financial literacy is an exciting learning opportunity for all grade Getting in the Graphic Groove: Two Middle
levels! Join us to discover free online resources that can connect School Librarians Share Their Experiences in
with the basic curriculum and/or be used as stand-alone financial Developing Graphic Novel Collections
literacy lessons. Ready-to-use lesson plans, learning modules
and technology tools provide a great opportunity to make a big
difference. Whether you’re already purchasing graphic novels
and manga or you’re intimidated and don’t know
Jeannette Bennett, Economic Education Specialist for the Federal where to start, this session will help you find your
Reserve Bank of St. Louis—Memphis Branch, is a national award winner for the own graphic groove. You will leave with talking
teaching of economics and has a background in education both as a teacher and points for reluctant administrators and teachers,
administrator. Currently she serves as a board member of the Tennessee Jump$tart tips on developing consideration files, cataloging
Coalition. She has served as a curriculum writer, developer and consultant and ideas, and tons of online resources.
continues in this capacity at the Federal Reserve.
Jackie Morgan has been recognized as a leader in the area of
personal financial education at the state and national levels.
Ms. Morgan, Senior Economic and Financial Education
Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – Nashville
Branch, currently serves a Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition
board member and is the immediate past president of this
organization which was recognized by National Jump$tart as
the 2009 State Coalition of the Year. Ms. Morgan has received the Nashville Emerging
Leader Award for Education and was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” leaders by
the Nashville Business Journal.
Session 6 - “Soldiers, Spies & Spartans: Civil War Stories from Session 5 - New and Needed Nonfiction
Tennessee”
Jennie Ivey [MS / HS] New and Needed Nonfiction
Discusses this book, which tells the stories of various children and teens who witnessed
the war in our state. Some of these are Union private Elisha Stockwell at the Battle of Interest in nonfiction is higher than ever for
Shiloh, Confederate spy Ginny Moon, drummer boy Johnny Clem, the McGavock and students. Are you keeping up with what is new?
Carter children who were eyewitnesses at the bloody Battle of Franklin, boy hero of the
Learn marketing strategies to enhance your
Confederacy Sam Davis, slave-turned soldier Hanson Caruthers, and lots of others.
nonfiction circulation. Discover new, notable, and
Dr. Calvin Dickinson is professor emeritus of history at needed titles to add to your collection.
Tennessee Technological University and the author of
twenty books and numerous academic articles. Jennie Ivey Diane Chen [ES / MS]
is a former teacher and library branch manager who now Is an Innovative leader in
works as a freelance writer. She has written more than 500 information and technology.
newspaper columns for the Cookeville Herald-Citizen and She has written for journals
has published numerous fiction and nonfiction pieces. The
and for blogs. And speaks
authors’ previous collaborations include Tennessee Tales
the Textbooks Don’t Tell (The Overmountain Press, 2002) at national and district level
and E Is for Elvis (Rutledge Hill Press, 2006). Both authors meetings.
live in Cookeville.
Friday 10:00 - 10:50 am
Session 8 & 20 Session 9 and 14
Margaret Peterson Haddix
KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB is the author
A look at Margaret Peterson of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different.
Haddix’s two series—The She describes herself as “basically a dork who
Shadow Children and The would still be going to school if they’d let me. But
Missing—and some of her they won’t (cause that’d just be weird), so I write
new and upcoming books, instead. All of the research, none of the
and a discussion of how quizzes. It’s heaven!” She lives in Tennessee with
they’re being used in her family.
schools.

8. Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.)
Session 10 & 26– Sarah Searles Session 11 – Judy Bivens [All]
Out with the One-Shot Orientation: Re- Librarians as Leaders
thinking Library Skills Instruction for High We hear much about academic coaches and teacher
School [HS] leaders, what about librarians as leaders? There are
essential roles which librarians play which make them
Frustrated with an unproductive one-shot leaders in their schools, communities, and professional
freshman orientation, the librarians and organizations. What skills are needed? What are the
English teachers of West High School in roles? Let’s learn about library leadership together!
Knoxville set out to re-imagine the
orientation process to better prepare ninth- Dr. Judy Bivens has a doctorate in curriculum and
grade students for successful research. instruction, master's degrees in information science and
This program will address the collaborative English, and a Plus 30 in instructional technology. Judy is
planning process, lessons learned, and an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Masters in Library and
recommendations for the future. Information Science Program in the School of Education at Trevecca Nazarene
University.
Sarah Searles [All tech]
Tools for Advocacy: Promoting Your Session 12 – Kathryn Bennett [All]
Program with Technology Limitless Libraries: School/Public Library Partnership in Nashville
Integrating technology into lessons can Limitless Libraries is a collaborative partnership between the Nashville Public
benefit your students in many ways, but it Library and all public high schools in Davidson County. Initiated by Mayor Karl
can also benefit YOU. Dean, this collaboration promotes students’ access to resources and the
This session will strengthening of school library collections. Presenters will describe how the
discuss how to use initiative works and share future plans.
technology as an
advocacy tool, Jeanette Lambert is the library media specialist at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment
including strategies to Magnet High School in Nashville. She is also a former president of TASL (2002)
get the attention of and has served on the Advocacy Committee of TASL for a number of years. In
decision-makers and addition, she has served as the school library representative on the Tennessee
easy tech tools to Advisory Council on Libraries (2007-2010) and Tenn-Share Board (2005-2007).
promote your Jeanette received her graduate degree in library science from Clark Atlanta
program. Sponsored University.
by the TASL
Advocacy Committee. Amanda Smithfield. I have been an MNPS librarian for 8 years, 6 of which were at a
middle school, 2 at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet, and now at Hume-Fogg
Academic Magnet School. In my free time, I like to try out new web 2.0 tools
Amanda Smithfield Media Specialist Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet Nashville, TN
Friday 1:00 - 1:50 pm
Session 15
John Himmelman [ES]
About the presenter
John Himmelman has been visiting schools - all over! - for nearly 30 years. The presentations have varied
and evolved, but always strived to mix a little bit of humor with the goal of inspiring children to reach, and
enjoy, their creative potential.
When not visiting schools, Himmelman can be found in Killingworth, CT; working on his books, playing guitar,
playing outside, or practicing martial arts. He is married to Betsy Himmelman, an Art Teacher, and has two
children. Jeff is an artist in Boston and Lizzie is studying to be an actress in Philadelphia.

9. Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.)
Session 16 -- VSBA YA [HS] Session 17 – [ES & MS] Session 18 [All]
VSBA Primary and Gadget Petting Zoo
Intermediate
Courtney Fuson [All Technology]
Scot Smith will booktalk the Intermediate: : Theresa Heard all about the iPad, Kindle and Sony e-
twenty-five titles on this year's Barnhill and Amelia Bell readers? Never seen one “in the wild?” Here’s
Young Adult nomination list for will discuss the nominees your chance! Don’t be afraid to get your hands
the Volunteer State Book for Intermediate Division dirty – come and play with some of the e-
Award. A discussion of the of the 2011-2012 readers and other gadgets that are out there
nominees will follow his Volunteer State Book and learn a little more about them!
presentation. Awards.
Courtney Fuson is the Current Electronic and Educational
Resources Librarian at Belmont University. She also worked as a
Reference Librarian at the Williamson County Public Library.
Courtney has been involved with TENN-SHARE and particularly
the Learn & Discover program.
Friday 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Session 21
Brandon Mull resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and three children. He
spent two years living in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile where he learned Spanish and juggling. He
once won a pudding eating contest in the park behind his grandma’s house, earning a gold medal. Brandon
is the author of the New York Times bestselling Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War.
The Road to Fablehaven: Seeking, Finding and Using Your Best Talents
In this engaging presentation, Brandon Mull shares his journey from his roots as a wanna-be author to the
fulfillment of his dream of becoming a national bestselling writer. It is a story of self-doubt, perserverance,
and prayer.
Session 22 – Session 23 – Session 24 - Supporting Local Isn’t
Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers TEL me about it Just for Agriculture!
Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons
Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson are
Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers studying Information Science
So you’ve decided to buy an e-reader! Now what? Two at UT Knoxville specializing in school library
school librarians who have circulated Kindles for several media centers, though they
years will provide practical tips on cataloging e-readers, both live in Nashville. After attending TASL
buying content and managing circulation. Conference in 2010, they
decided to use their collective knowledge,
After ten years working in interest, and education to create a
corporate and academic libraries presentation about going local in a school
(including four different library setting.
departments at Vanderbilt
University!), Susan Timmons Wendy Cornelisen is the TEL Bringing in local authors can be a great way
earned her M.L.I.S. through the Coordinator for the Tennessee to save your school money
distance education program at U.T. State Library and Archives. She and support your community. Going Green
Knoxville in 2006. Since then she has previous experience in and Supporting Local are both
has been the Circulation Librarian at The Harpeth Hall public libraries, including as options that many people are turning to in
School, an independent all-girls grades 5-12 school in Teen Programmer and Outreach order to protect our planet and
Nashville, TN. Librarian at the Brentwood show community involvement. Let us show
Library. She is president of the you many different ways your
Milly Rawlings is the Head Librarian at Baylor School in Tennessee Library Association. students can benefit from having a local
Chattanooga. Appointed 1986 - B.A., Wheaton College, author come visit your school.
M.L.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University From cost savings to curricular benefits, local
with Additional Study: University of Tennessee at author visits are good all around!
Chattanooga, University of North Carolina,
Oxford University

10. Vendor Sessions
Baker & Taylor –
Baker & Taylor – Beth Futch
Axis 360, the revolutionary digital media platform provides libraries and their students with a state-of-
the-art system for circulating digital content—including Blio, the world’s most engaging ereading
experience.
Britannica
Britannica Digital Learning – Chris Hoover
Image Quest: Millions of quality, rights-cleared images; eBooks for Science, Geography, and
History; dynamic online resources for children and adults; publishing opportunities for faculty
and much more
Follett
We will discuss how to collaborate with your faculty to choose digital content, such as eBooks and
databases that will support your curriculum as well as excite your students. You will also see a demo
of the FollettShelf, a virtual online library for hosting your digital content.
Junior Library Guild
We will discuss upcoming books in YA and children’s literature also the benefits of a collection
development service like JLG
World Book
Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner – September 30, 2011
6:30 – 9:00 pm
Welcome
Dinner
Administrator Honor Roll
Author - John Himmelman
Innovative Library Program Award
Author - Brandon Mull
Scholarship Recipients and Clara Hasbrouck
Author - Susan Pfeffer
Author - Margaret Peterson Haddix

11. Speaker and Session Information – Saturday
Saturday 8:30-9:20 am
25 and 29 - Ernie Cox - Community Builders
From Library Journal 2010 Movers & Shakers
Ernie Cox came to librarianship because it “combines civics, art, technology, and community,” says the
media specialist at St. Timothy's, a K-8 Episcopal school in Raleigh, NC. As a school librarian there for
the last five years, Cox is part of a community that includes teachers, and it's his job to help them
develop both creatively and technologically through the use of American Association of School
Librarians (AASL) Professional Learning Communities, where they can collaborate, network, chat live,
and otherwise connect with colleagues.
Finding our Place: Professional Learning Communities and School Librarians
Many school districts are using professional learning communities as THE way to conduct staff
development, curriculum planning, and lesson design (and to save money). Increasingly PLCs are the vehicle for driving
innovation and change in schools. Unfortunately School librarians are often left out of this important professional learning
process. This session aims to facilitate our plans for school librarians to gain an expanded role in their school PLCs.
Collectively we will come up with action steps to take home on Monday.
Great Nonfiction!? Common Core Standards and Exemplar “Texts”.
The Common Core Standards are here – now what? These standards describe the important role of trade literature and
nonfiction reading within the curricular areas. Textbooks as we’ve known them will not do the job. Real reading requires a
whole new paradigm for curriculum materials. But what will these 21st Century learning texts look like and where will we get
them? Enter the school librarian! In this session we’ll enhance the exemplar nonfiction lists to include a wider range of
reading experiences. You can become a curriculum material leader in your school – come see how.
27 - Susan Beth Pfeffer 28 Becky Jackman
photo credit: Marci Hanners
First To the Top and You: Where
Do Media Specialists Fit In?
Susan Beth Pfeffer's first
two apocalyptic novels, the Learn more about the new
New York Times bestselling evaluation process and how you fit
Life As We Knew It and into the program. Session will have
The Dead and the Gone, time for suggestions from audience
were widely praised by members.
reviewers as action-
packed, thrilling, and utterly
terrifying. Life As We Knew Becky Jackman is a school librarian
It received numerous at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville. She
starred reviews and honors and was nominated for many state has worked as a school librarian at the elementary,
awards, winning six. Ms. Pfeffer lives in Wallkill, New York. middle and high school levels. Becky is a member of
ALA, AASL, YALSA, TEA, TLA, and is TASL Past-
President

12. Speaker and Session Information – Saturday
Saturday 10:40 – 11:30am
30 and 34 -- Mirabella B 31 and 35 -- Oakleigh A
Ron Kidd
Kidd Named to Annual “Best of Nashville” List Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books and magazine
October 2008 articles for young readers. She holds a Bachelor's Degree with
honors in Classics-Archaeology from Brown University and an
Best Person to Introduce M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the University
Your Kids to Tennessee of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly interests in the ancient and
History medieval worlds overlap in her fiction and nonfiction works.
Most kids think studying
history is only marginally Her most recent publications are King of Ithaka, a young-adult
better than getting the novel based on Homer's Odyssey; and the fourth book in The
flu. Fortunately, Ronald Sherlock Files, The Missing Heir (both Henry Holt). In
Kidd writes young-adult September, Harcourt will publish her young-adult retelling of the
novels that make myth of the Minotaur, Dark of the Moon.
Tennessee’s past
accessible and fun: His Session 31 - Getting It Right: Accuracy in Historical Fiction
youthful protagonists pull the reader into lives If children are to be engaged by a novel set in the historical past, the writer must balance
as complicated as the times in which they live. story with history, and entertainment with accuracy. This leaves the author with the delicate
In Monkey Town, he told the story of the 1925 task of representing history accurately while telling the story she wants to tell. Not only
Scopes evolution trial through the eyes of a historical facts - dates, places, people - but perhaps even more crucially, emotional details
thoughtful 15-year-old girl. With this year’s On (How did it feel to have an arranged marriage? How did parents react to a child's death, when
Beale Street, Kidd presents the segregationist they expected to lose half of their sons and daughters in infancy? Was it fun being a knight?)
1950s as witnessed by a troubled Memphis have to be presented in a way that serves the story, reflects historical fact, and doesn't
teenager who has a front-row seat at the birth confuse or alienate the reader. Author Tracy Barrett explains how she navigates these tricky
of rock ’n’ roll. From Clarence Darrow to Elvis waters.
Presley, Kidd keeps the past—and its still-
relevant issues—alive. Session 35 - Sherlock Holmes, The Minotaur, and Me: One Author's Journey
—Chris Scott, Nashville Scene Author Tracy Barrett started her writing career with non-fiction, but now concentrates on
fiction, principally historical fiction. She traces this journey, describing how a character or
incident sparks her imagination, exploring her research process, and discussing the trap of
"research rapture." She also discusses the use of historical fiction in the middle- and high-
school classroom and library.
32 and 36 Cambridge B
Robert J. Blake
When Robert Blake was growing up, his best talent was his ability to pretend. "In school I had a
very special teacher who recognized this and taught me how to really read, how to pretend with
words, and how to feel the words," he says. "The more I read, the more 'what ifs' came to mind.
And the more I asked 'what if?' the more I felt like writing."
When he began to write and illustrate his own books, Blake decided he would try to "live" each
of the characters he wrote about. Ever since, he has traveled to the locations where his stories
take place, so he can write and paint right there. "For me," says Blake, "that is living a story,
and I hope it makes my stories feel real."
Saturday 11:40 am - 12:30 pm
33 Mirabella A -
Plays Well With Others: Saving Money and Improving Service Through Cooperation - DeAnne Luck
Come hear about the state-wide and regional efforts to improve services and lower costs
through database discounts and “Share Your Stuff,” which encourages other libraries to lend
items to schools quickly and easily by courier. Working together we can do more!
DeAnne Luck is from Woodlawn, TN and is the Database Coordinator for Tenn-Share