States who participated in WebJunction's Rural Library Sustainability workshops selected participants to attend the ALA National Conference and the Rural Forum @ ALA. All of the resources shared in both New Orleans (2006) and Washington, D.C. (2007) are available in this section.
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Websites and Internet Resources on Rural Forum at ALA
A list of external links
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Jana Ponce Presentation Audio File @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
The audio file of the keynote presentation by Jana Ponce of the Parker (AZ) Public Library: "Community Involvement & Rural Libraries...How Do We Make It Happen?" Discover Parker's 5 "C"s (Community, Concept, Color, Collection, Connectivity) and hear about the Key Concepts Jana lives by. A PPT of her presentation is also available for download.
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Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz Podcast
A podcast recording of Stephanie Gerding's presentation at the Rural ALA Forum 2006. Note: this is a large file and it may take a while to download.
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Highlights from the ALA Rural Forum
Here you will find a link to the archived July 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Highlights from the ALA Rural Forum.
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Rural Cafe Brainstorm
This is a brainstorm collected from the Rural Cafe exercise at the Rural Forum @ ALA Annual in Washington D.C. Folks were asked to think about this question: What does it mean to have a library that is the hub of the community?
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Agenda with Quick Links for ALA Rural Forum 2007
The Agenda from the Rural Forum @ ALA 2007 with quick links to handouts, presentations, and related resources.
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MaintainIT Project @ Rural Forum 2007
Barbara Gersh provides an overview of the project and highlights the features and objectives of the Joy of Computing Cookbook.
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Rural Cafe Introduction @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
The PPT slides that Stephanie Gerding used to introduce the Rural Cafe exercise and other related resources.
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Rural Cafe Menu @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
This is the menu for the Rural Cafe session that Stephanie Gerding and Joan Clark led during the 2007 ALA Rural Forum.
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Keynote Speaker @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
Jana Ponce of the Parker (AZ) Public Library presents: "Community Involvement & Rural Libraries...How Do We Make It Happen?" Discover Parker's 5 "C"s (Community, Concept, Color, Collection, Connectivity) and hear about the Key Concepts Jana lives by. An audio file of her presentation is also available for download.
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Tour of Parker Public Libraries @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
Jana Ponce takes us on a tour of the branches of the Parker (AZ) Public Library.
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Rural Course Flier
This PDF is contains the flier for the launch of the Rural Library Sustainability Online Course. Please print and distribute freely!
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Rural In Focus Webinar Series
Info shared on upcoming webinar dates and topics at Rural Forum @ ALA 2007
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Postcard for @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
These postcards were given to the Rural Forum participants to jot down action items, inspirational ideas, and other reminders about the conference. We'll be sending the postcards to them after they return as a reminder! The image is a tag cloud created from the text of all the Rural Brainstorms collected from the Rural Library Sustainability workshops, training institutes, and from other discussion areas on WebJunction.
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Rural Forum @ ALA 2007
Over 150 Rural Library Staff are attending ALA and the Rural Forum in Washington D.C. as a part of the Rural Library Sustainability Project. This page contains important information about the Rural Forum, other conference events and tips about the city.
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Wish List for Funding Worksheet
Stephanie Gerding shared this Wish List worksheet with particpants of Rural Forum ALA 2006 to use when beginning the funding and planning process.
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Funding Resources for Libraries
A resource shared by Stephanie Gerding at the Rural ALA Forum 2006 in her PowerPoint presentation, Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz, found above.
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Grant Process Cycle Graphic
From Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM by Stephanie Gerding and Pamela MacKellar, shared with particpants of Rural Forum ALA 2006 and here with permission from the authors.
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Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz
A PowerPoint presentation and link to podcast shared by Stephanie Gerding at the Rural ALA Forum 2006. A podcast of the presentation is also available.
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FEMA at ALA
This article was written by Cynthia Shetter, director at Los Lunas Public Library, New Mexico, as part of her participation in the Rural Forum at ALA 2006. She reports on her trip to New Orleans, ALA, and provides an excellent list of resources in a section on "Planning and Recovery Preparation for the Entire Community in the Event of a Disaster".
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Library News
This article was written by Alison Holderfield, director of the Dongola Public Library District, for her local newspaper, the Dongola Tri-County Record, Illinois. She reports on her trip to New Orleans, ALA, and on her participation in the Rural Forum at ALA 2006.
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Rural Forum ALA 2006: Getting the Most from the Conference
Cassandra Osterloh shared numerous conference tips, suggestions for New Orleans, and an annotated list of suggested ALA sessions to attend.
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Rural Forum ALA 2006: Telling Your Stories, Techniques and Tips
A few quick tips on telling the library story from ALA's Advocacy Action Plan resources. These were shared with the Rural Forum Participants at ALA.
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Rural Forum ALA 2006 Agenda
Here is the agenda of the Rural Forum session that was held on Saturday morning of ALA 2006.
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Rural Forum ALA 2006 Icebreaker
The Rural Forum at ALA 2006 began with this icebreaker. It was passed on to us by our New York RLS trainers (thank you!). And yes, there are people who know what a cassoulet is!
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Rural Forum ALA 2006: Appreciative Inquiry and Questions for Exercise
The Assumptions of Appreciative Inquiry were shared with participants as a way to introduce an exercise exploring their "Stories from the Front Lines".
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