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CHICAGO • 2009 Annual Conference Preview Cognotes • Page 13 Lopez » from page 1 2009 DESCRIPTION OF TRACKS Administration & Leadership Explore critical leadership and management issues, trends, and best practices in the 21st Century library environment. Learn new ways to lead in a changing economy. Subtracks: Advocacy, Marketing, & Fundraising Buildings Collaboration Leadership & Management Authors, Literature & Cultural Programming Fresh looks at authors, literature, culturally diverse programs, library history, media, reading programs and archives. Subtrack: Cultural Diversity Children & Young Adults Maximize your impact by gaining practical and theoretical information about youth services. Subtracks: Advocacy Best Practices & Programming Literature & Collection Development Partnership Research Technology Collection Management & Technical Services Learn to master the complexity of making decisions and using technology to enhance the collection, preservation, and discovery of knowledge. Subtrack: Cataloging & Metadata Collection Development Digital Information & Technologies Technology is driving your library, and this track will put you in the driver’s seat. Library 2.0 technologies, library systems, digitization, hardware, and learning about the new digital library world is the focus of this track. Human Resources & Staff Development Keep your staff satisfied by attending these programs about salaries, benefits, and career development. Encourage your staff with programs about patron interactions, best practices, and professional development. Subtrack: Career Paths & Professional Development Issues Explore the major social, legal, and professional issues librarians are dealing with today. Subtrack: Copyright & Intellectual Property Research Exciting new research and tips on how to conduct and publish your own. User Services Who are our users and what do they want? Come find out how you can transform library services to meet the needs of your changing user communities. Subtracks: Literacy & Learning Outreach Thank you ALA for being one of our most valued customers national awards for column writing and magazine reporting. A California native, Lopez is the author of three novels and a book of non-fiction, THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. The Soloist is the moving story of a remarkable bond between a journalist in search of a story and a homeless musician struck down in his prime. It is a captivatingtrue story of humanity and misfortune, courage and perseverance,the strength of art and music as a redemptive force, and the power of friendship to change lives. When Lopez first saw a homeless violinist standing on a busy street corner in downtown Los Angeles, he was sure it could be good fodder for at least one column. Dressed in rags and clearly living out of the shopping cart next to him piled high with belongings, the tousled vagrant was playing Beethoven on a battered two-string violin. The music was a little scratchy and tentative, but even to Lopez’s unpracticed ear it was clear he was no beginner. The man was suspicious of Lopez, and everything around him, and it took several weeks of encounters before he offered the reporter his name: Nathaniel Anthony Ayers. In the 1970s, Ayers had been a promising classical bass student at one of this country’s most prestigious music schools until he lost his ability to function. Overcome by schizophrenia, he dropped out and returned home to Cleveland. His family watched helplessly as the smart and smooth-talking man of the arts drifted in and out of treatment for years, trying medication, counseling and shock therapy, none of which helped for long. Ayers ended up in Los Angeles and had been wandering the streets for several years when his path crossed with Lopez in 2005. Despite knowing little about Nathaniel’s illness, Lopez was determined to help. Struggling to figure out an appropriate role in Nathaniel’s life, he seeks out mental health professionals, advocates and activists. Virtually all the experts tell Lopez what he doesn’t want to hear: there’s no easy or quick fix. But they also tell him that if he sticks with it, he can make a meaningful difference in Nathaniel’s life. And although Lopez holds on to the hope that Nathaniel might one day get past his fears, past the cyclical descents into paranoia and rage and give medication a try, Lopez comes to understand it’s not that simple, that there are no magic pills. He learns to accept Nathaniel as he is, and to see hope in small steps. Filled with humor, pathos, and drama, The Soloist is a remarkable story about lifelong dreams and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit. Sponsored by Penguin Book Cart Drill Team World Championship Sunday, July 12, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. You don’t have to perform to enjoy the fun as librarians from around the country strut their stuff in choreographed dance routines featuring bookcarts! The teams design creative costumes for themselves and their carts, so this Championship is always a sight to behold. To enter your team, see the entry form in this program. There is no fee to attend this event. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is here! 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Chicago to be the Largest Annual Conference
Cookbook Pavilion to Heat Up Exhibits
Noted Authors Highlight Conference
Exhibitor List and Floorplan
Visiting The Exhibits - A "Must Do" for a Complete Conference Experience
President's Program to Address Secrecy, Access to Government Information
Placement Service Available in Chicago
2009 Description of Tracks
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