Kempenfelt: a week-long training session for County library staff
Course Outline
Expectations
Reading List
Printable copy of programme in Word
Kempenfelt 2009
September 13 - September 17, 2009
On behalf of ARUPLO - (Administrators of Rural-Urban Libraries of
Ontario) the Kempenfelt Committee invites you to make the most of your
experience in the 2009 edition of the Kempenfelt training session.
ARUPLO continues to support and supplement this training because we
believe in the advantages of a residential training course for staff.
The value of the course is in what you put in. You will learn as much
from your colleagues as from the instructors, and your colleagues and
instructors will learn as much from you. The Administrators look
forward to sharing ideas with you on Wednesday and socializing with you
at the “Mixer” Wednesday night.
We would like to take the opportunity to welcome the class of 2009 to
the tradition of Kempenfelt. For over thirty years, staff from
county and regional municipal libraries has found time to enjoy new
company, learn, and participate in the learning experience of others.
The Kempenfelt Committee
Directions to the Kempenfelt Centre

The Workshops
All the workshops are geared to County/Regional Public Library
situations.
The workshops and discussion groups will provide personal
development, skills development, and an opportunity to share information
and views. A plenary session is planned that will bring together staff
and CEOs.
Dress Code
There is a casual dress code. Shorts and jeans are entirely
appropriate. The key is comfort. We will be spending long days (and, in
some cases, long nights). Kempenfelt Centre is located right on the
shores of Lake Simcoe, and in past years, the weather has been fine
enough to warrant the inclusion of bathing suits in your luggage. Beware
- rocky bottom and Zebra Mussels, so you may want to include beach
shoes.
Accommodations
Accommodations are comfortable, but not luxurious. Many of you will
be sharing a room. We will share a second floor lounge. Also available
are a pool table, hot tub, bicycles, tennis courts, as well as an
exercise room.
The County Library group will be together in the Bayview Building,
and our classrooms are in the same building.
There are fridges available for your use in the building. Free
beverages are provided in the lounge of our building - coffee, tea, hot
chocolate, fruit drinks. Meals are served at set times. Please let me
know if there are any food allergies or restricted diets that should be
identified. I can be reached at 1-877- 532-2901, or by email at
.
Expectations:
Read the books on the attached list, and come prepared to discuss.
Generally, come prepared to participate, and to question.
I look forward to meeting you all in September, and have fun
preparing for the course.
Hélène Golden
SOLS Consultant
1-877-532-2901
email:
Course Outline
Community Development @
your library
Kempenfelt 2009
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day / time |
topic |
leaders |
Sunday, September 13
by 6:00 P.M. |
Dinner (The course begins with Dinner - Please be prompt) |
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Sunday, September 13
7:30 |
Introductions and Discussion
An opportunity to meet and greet colleagues. We will have a roundtable
regarding expectations for the week.
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Hélène Golden |
Monday, September 14
9:00-12:00 |
Reader’s Advisory @ your library
A change to discuss set books, plus our reading tastes.
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Hélène Golden |
Monday, September 14
1:30-4:30
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Knowledge Resources Hands-on training of Knowledge Ontario resources.
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Hélène Golden |
Tuesday, September 15
9:00-12:00 |
Ontario on the Web – hands on and demos of resources
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Rosanne Renzetti |
Tuesday, September 15
1:30-4:30
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To be announced
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To be announced |
Tuesday, September 15
7:30
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Film Night
Hollywood Librarian
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Presented by the Planning Committee |
Wednesday, September 16
9:00-12:00 |
Marketing your collections
How to reach your community using programming and displays
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Sharron Smith
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Wednesday, September 16
2:00-5:00 |
Marketing your collections |
Sharron Smith
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Wednesday evening |
"Mixer" Refreshments and fun to be provided |
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Thursday September 17
9:00 - 12:00 |
Wrap-up @ your library
An opportunity to discuss and share with your CEO’s what you have learned,
and to further network |
Planning Committee,
Hélène Golden |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:00 |
Wrap-up, final
evaluations (The session ends following wrap up.) |
Hélène Golden |
Expectations for Kempenfelt
2009
Overall:
- You are expected to participate! You can expect me, as
course co-coordinator, to make that possible by making time for
discussion, by listening to all points of view, and by making you
feel safe to speak up.
- You can expect information overload. You can expect me to
repeat, and to reuse some skills throughout the course, so as to
make it easier to take it all in.
- You can expect to learn new skills, and to revisit skills you
already know. You can expect me to build on those skills throughout
the week, and to wrap it all up on Thursday
- You are expected to be on time. You can expect me to finish on
time.
- You can expect a relaxed atmosphere, definitely casual. However,
you can expect the content of this course to challenge you and to
demand something of you.
- You can expect to spend some time filling in evaluations forms.
You can expect me to demand that you fill in evaluation forms.
- You can expect 15-minute breaks morning and afternoon, free
coffee, and lots of beautiful scenery. You can expect me to demand
your attention (away from the lake). I’ll also herd you back from
breaks – don’t take it personally.
- You can expect evening get-togethers, for games, talks, walks,
etc. You can expect to find me in the bar, playing pool or talking,
every evening.
- You can expect terrific food, and plenty of it. You can expect
me to enjoy every meal.
1. Introductions and Discussion With Hélène Golden (Sunday, September
13, 7:30 PM)
We will be packing in a lot in this first evening session. Not only
will you get an introduction to the course outline and the expectations,
but you will also learn each other’s names, and become familiar with
people you have never before met!
After this session, you should
- Be able to call most of your fellow students by name
- Understand what is expected of you for the week
- Be able to find your way around the Centre
- Have been able to ask questions and to participate in discussion
2. Reader’s Advisory with Hélène Golden (Monday, September 14,
9:00-12:00)
Reading as many of the books on the reading list will allow you to
fully participate in the discussion of reading tastes, and of the
difficulties of doing a good reader advisory interview.
Expectations for this session are:
- you will have read the books on the reading list, and brought
them with you
- you will have an understanding of the appeal factors
- you will have a good understanding of the reader advisory
process
- you will understand the need for a very wide variety of
resources in order to please readers in your community
3. Knowledge resources with Hélène Golden (Monday, September
14, 1:30-4:30)
Starting with the basics of reference interview, searching skills and
database choice, we will explore the abundance of electronic resources
available to the public libraries of Ontario. This will be hands on, and
will require students to bring laptops.
4. Ontario on the Web with Rosanne Renzetti (Tuesday, September
15, 9-12)
Building on the basics from Monday afternoon, Rosanne will demonstrate
the wide array of databases available, and give time for discussion and
practice. Hands-on, requiring you to bring your laptops again.
Expectations for the two sessions are:
- conduct an excellent reference interview
- feel comfortable with the concept of open questions
- understand the difference between print and e-reference materials
know when to net
- you will have an understanding of how to answer reference questions
using the Knowledge Ontario databases
- you will be more familiar with good searching skills
- you will have had an opportunity to practice those skills
5. To be announced (Tuesday, September 15, 1:30-4:00)
6. Marketing Your Collections with Sharron Smith
(Wednesday, Sept. 16, 10-12, 1-4)
This full session will look at the principles of using your
collections to support your work of connecting to your community.
Sharron Smith is well known as an exceptional trainer, and has been very
popular in years past at Kempenfelt.
After this session you will be able to:
- build effective displays, no matter the size of your library
- understand why displays are necessary
- have had a chance to problem-solve around themes and methods
- have begun to understand how different, and how alike, your
library systems are
7. Mixer with your Administrators (Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 - ? )
Entirely fun – the only objectives are to mingle, eat, drink, and
stay up WAY too late! This party is hosted and catered by the
Administrators.
8. Wrap-up, with Hélène Golden
(Thursday, September 18, 9:00-12:00)
PLEASE come prepared for a wrap up of the week. We need to hear from
you about what you learned that was useful, and we also need to hear if
you found something not helpful. This three hour session will be a
chance for you to discuss with your classmates what bits you found
challenging, what you will take away with you from the week, and what
you wished we had done differently.
Expectations are
- Exhaustion
- Participation
- Fun
- You’ll want to come back
Kempenfelt 2009
Reading List
Please read as many as you can – these titles are the basis for an
in-depth discussion of reader’s advisory.
| Fiction - Mystery |
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Giles Blunt
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Blackfly Season
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Dennis Lehane
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Gone, Baby, gone
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Fiction - Thriller |
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Lee Child
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One shot.
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Harlan Coben
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Just one look
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| Fiction - Speculative |
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Charlaine Harris
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Dead as a doornail
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Connie Willis
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To say nothing of the dog
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Mary Doria Russell
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The sparrow
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Fiction – Women’s
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Marian Keyes
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Anybody out there?
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Elinor Lipman
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The way men act
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