2009 LAMP Schedule

(as of Tuesday, July 7, 2009)

The Third LAMP Summer Institute will be held from July 8-12, 2009 at the Rebecca Crown Library located at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. The program schedule is as follows:

July 8 WEDNESDAY	2:00 pm	Registration and room assignments (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	5:00 pm	Welcome Reception – Tonyia Tidline, Rae-Anne Montague and Louise Robbins; LAMP Meet & Greet (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	5:45 pm	Evening Activity (Springer Suites)
	6:30 pm	Pizza & Movie (Springer Suites)
July 9 THURSDAY	7:30 am	Breakfast and welcome – Amani Ayad (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	8:30 am	Keynote: "Shall I Not Be as Real as the Things I See, Choosing a Life Over a Career" - Tracie D. Hall, Consulting Analyst, Boeing Corp. (Springer Suites)
	9:45 am	Break
	9:55 am	"The Value of Library Professional Associations in Professional Development" - Lorelle Swader, Director of Human Resource Development and Recruitment, American Library Association
	11:10 am	DePaul University Library visit (bus to Lincoln Park Campus)
	12:00 pm	Lunch - Sponsored by DePaul Library
	1:00 pm	DePaul University Library Tour
	2:45 pm	Break
	3:00 pm	LAMP Scholars’ presentations (at DePaul University)
	4:45 pm	Dinner at John's Place in Lincoln Park
	7:00 pm	Professional Career Option Fair with Spectrum Scholars (Hotel Allegro)
	9:00 pm	Return to Dominican (bus from Hotel Allegro)

July 10 FRIDAY	8:00 am	Breakfast (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	9:00 am	Keynote: "Can I Speak to the New Library Leaders?" - Vandella Brown, Diversity Program Manager, Illinois State Library (Springer Suites)
	10:00 am	Break
	10:10 am	‘Storytelling as Communication’ Janice Del Negro & Michael Leonard GSLIS, Dominican University
	11:45 am	Lunch (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	1:00 pm	ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: TOPICS IN LIS (Springer Suites) "Business Librarianship" Susan Shultz "Strategies for a Successful LIS Career Search" Jane Ciacci and Annie Ford "Gender Issues in Librarianship" Sue Searing "Recruitment Strategies and Retention of Students of Color in LIS" Sunny Kim "The Role of Librarians in the Integration of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Classroom Curriculum" Marilyn Ludolph "Library Educators in Cyberspace" Lenora Berendt
	3:00 pm	Break
	3:10 pm	Mentor/Mentee Session
	5:30 pm	LAMP Scholars Dinner - Keynote: "Beginning a Career in Librarianship: Things I Wish I Knew" - Damon Campbell, Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Libraries (Parmer Hall Atrium)
	7:30 pm	Evening in Oak Park with DU Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) members
July 11 SATURDAY	7:30 am	Breakfast (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)
	8:15 am	Bus to McCormick Place
	9:00 am	LAMP and Spectrum Scholars at ALA President's Scholarship for a Day (McCormick Place)
	7:00 pm	ProQuest Scholarship Bash (Art Institute of Chicago)
	9:00 pm	Return to Dominican (bus from Art Institute of Chicago)
July 12 SUNDAY	7:30-9 am	Continental breakfast and check-out (Coughlin Commons Multipurpose Room)