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INFOhio Planning Conference 2004
Helping You Help Your Students and Teachers

June 16-18, 2004

IMPORTANT: This page was created for archival purposes. Information and links may have changed since originally prepared.

INFOhio's 2004 Planning Conference provided INFOhio task forces, staff, providers, users and partners the opportunity to meet and begin planning for the upcoming school year and beyond. The Planning Conference focused on three goals for school year 2004-2005, based on INFOhio's Strategic Targets [MS Word OR PDF 1 pg]:

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Planning for the continuous improvement of INFOhio's products and services for the upcoming school year and beyond

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Maximizing partnerships and strengthening outreach to expand effectiveness

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Developing a comprehensive training curriculum for all INFOhio end users and technical providers.

The conference was held at NCOCC DASite in Mansfield on June 16-18. The Retreat hotel was Holiday Inn Mansfield. Certificates of Attendance (up to 14 contact hours) were provided to each participant.

Agenda [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

In addition to Task Force and other breakout sessions, there were three general sessions for all Retreat participants. Links to related pages and materials used during the sessions are provided on this page.

General Session I

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Welcome, Logistics and Overview


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Google, Gamers, and Gathering Places: The Library Environment Today
Keynote presentation by George Needham, Vice President, Member Services, OCLC
- PowerPoint presentation [20 slides]
- new2.gif (111 bytes) Executive summary [PDF 22 pgs]
Awards Ceremony

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INFOhio Hugh Durbin Leadership Award: Carol Williamson Gibson, Elida Local Schools

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INFOhio Spence White Service Award: Davey Simo, NEOMIN

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2000th Building Certificate presentations to DASite providers

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Resources for INFOhio's 2000th Building Celebration
General Session II

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OELMA Greetings, Joanna McNally

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Sirsi K-12 2003 Enhancements: Bonnie Blachly, INFOhio Technical Support

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Sirsi K-12 Panel Discussion on Migration/Cleanup Issues
General Session III

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INFOhio Update
- MORE: Juanita Markham
- Exploring Standards Based Resources: An INFOtrip Through INFOhio: Jennifer Schwelik
- New Literacies for the 21st Century Classroom: Melissa Higgs-Horwell
- AMC Digital Grant: Tony Marshalek
- Ohio Resource Exchange: Lois Lequyea [PPT xx slides]
- Sirsi SingleSearch™ demo: Jean Banks

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OELMA Conference 2004 Update: Chris Findlay

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Task Force reports
- Curriculum Resources Catalog: Lois Lequyea
- Electronic Resources: Marsha Sallee
- Instructional Development: Melissa Higgs-Horwell and Jennifer Schwelik
- Library Automation: Chris Miller
- Media Booking: Phyllis Hartwell
Task Force Rosters, 2003-2004 - Volunteer form for 2004-2005 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]
(Note: Some members were unable to attend this year's conference.)

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Curriculum Resources Catalog Task Force

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Electronic Resources Task Force

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Instructional Development Task Force

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Library Automation Task Force

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Media Booking Task Force

Annual Planning Conference 2005: Dates and locations to be determined. INFOhio Calendar


Last Updated on August 17, 2004

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