Conference Program

Detailed information on the programs associated with the full conference will be forthcoming.

For questions, please contact

Sylvia Contreras
608-663-3305
E-mail Sylvia



Sunday, May 19, 2013

7:30am - 6:30pm Registration Renaissance 2nd floor lobby
5:30 pm Mentor/Mentee Gathering Lobby outside Symphony Ballroom
6:00 pm ALADN 2013 WELCOME RECEPTION Symphony Ballroom
7:30 pm Dean’s Depart for Dean’s Dinner Front of Renaissance Hotel
7:30 pm Dinner with ALADN colleagues On Your Own/With Friends

Monday, May 20, 2013

7:30am - 3:30pm Registration Desk Open
8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast Session
Vince Vessalo, Gale Cengage
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome to ALADN and Housekeeping (Julie Seavy and Sylvia Contreras)
9:15 – 10:30 am Keynote Address
Obstacles & Opportunities in Securing Support for Libraries
Jim Langley
10:35 – 11:20 am Concurrent Sessions
Art in the Library (Hallblade)
Collecting Insight (Smith)
11:30 am Plenary/Lunch Session>
Donor Panel – (moderated S. Contreras)
1:00 – 1:55 pm Concurrent Sessions
Surprised Success (Reichel)
Where do Prospects Come From? (Cumiskey)
2 – 2:55 pm Concurrent Sessions
Story Rooms (Baldwin/Nawar)
Building a Sound Foundation (Smith)
2:55-3:25 pm ALADN Marketplace and Mentor/Mentee network
3:30-4:30 pm Plenary Session
Myth of the Campuswide… (Huang)
6 pm ALADN 2013 Banquet

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

7:30am - 11:30pm Registration Desk Open
7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 am Housekeeping
8:45 – 9:55 am Keynote Address
Hard Conversations at Work
Tim Edris
10:00 – 10:50 am Concurrent Sessions
Persuasive Writing (Stork)
Rags to Riches (Buderus)
11:00 – 12 noon Plenary Session
Leadership Forum (moderated R. Miller)
12:15pm Buses Depart for Afternoon Tours
4:30 - 5:00 pm Buses Return to Hotel
6:00 - 6:15 pm Depart Hotel for Walk to Pirate Game
7:00 pm Baseball Game

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast Roundtables
8:45 – 9:00 am ALADN 2014 Presentation & Housekeeping
9:15 – 10:15 am Concurrent Sessions
Don’t Wait for Godot (Purcell)
Experienced Library Fundraisers…(Olson)
10:15 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:45 am Plenary Session
Ask the Experts! (moderated K. Schmand)
11:45 – 12 noon Final Remarks