Speakers:  Ramirose Attebury (University of Idaho) and Lori Bonner (University of Idaho)
Program:  [4C] The Development and Function of Specialized Education Libraries: An In-Depth Look at the Instructional Media Technology Center at the University of Idaho
Ramirose Attebury is a reference and instruction librarian at the
University of Idaho. She serves as a liaison to the College of
Education and the Department of History and is currently working
on an article about curriculum materials centers. She has a BA in
history from Eastern Oregon University, an MLIS from the University
of South Carolina, and an MA in history from Central Washington University. 

Lori Bonner is the manager of the Instructional Materials and
Technology Center at the University of Idaho College of Education.
She has a BS in Secondary Education with a minor in Library Science
from the University of Idaho.

Speaker:  Shirley Biladeau (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Program:  [1C] A Well of Resources
Shirley Biladeau, is the Continuing Education Consultant for the Idaho
Commission for Libraries.  She has worked at ICFL since 2005, and
she enjoys working with the Idaho library community as we continue
on our professional development journey.  She received her MLIS
from Texas Woman’s University, 2007.  She has been active in the
 library world since 2001.

Speaker:  Deborah Green (University of Idaho)
Program:  [2A] Building a Digital Initiatives Department at the University
of Idaho
Deborah Green is the Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University
of Idaho.  She holds a MLIS from the University of South Carolina,
and a BA in English from Washington State University.  Deborah
worked concurrently on her MLIS and in the Digital Collections
department at the University of South Carolina where she created
metadata and digitized various types of collections from
various departments and libraries on campus.

Speaker:  Rodney Frey (University of Idaho)
Keynote:   baaeechichiwaau - “retelling one’s own”
Rodney Frey, Ph.D., Professor of American Indian Studies and
Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow.  Over the last 35
years he has been associated with and conducting various applied,
collaborative projects with the Crow of Montana, the Coeur d'Alene
and Nez Perce of Idaho, the Confederated Warm Springs Tribes of
Oregon, along with other tribal communities.  Some of that research
is expressed in his publications, among them are: The World of the
Crow Indians (University of Oklahoma Press 1987), Stories That
Make the World: Oral Literature of the Indian Peoples of the
Inland Northwest  (University of Oklahoma Press 1995), Landscape
Traveled by Coyote and Crane: the World of the Schitsu’umsh
(Coeur d’Alene) Indians  (University of Washington Press 2001),
and “If all these great stories were told, great stories will come!”
co-authored with Tom Yellowtail and Cliff SiJohn, in Religion and
Healing in Native America, (Praeger Press 2008).

Diane Prorak

Speakers: Kristin J. Henrich & Diane Prorak (University of Idaho)
Program:  [3B] Joe Vandal in the UI Library and in the Virtual Classroom

Kristin J. Henrich is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the
University of Idaho, and the library liaison to the College of Art &
Architecture.  She has her BA in English from Wittenberg University
in Ohio, and her MLS from Indiana University.  She is also not the
one wearing the Viking helmet in the photo —sorry, attendees!

Diane Prorak is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University
of Idaho Library and the coordinator of the UI Library’s instruction
program. She has been at this job for a long time, but never knew Joe
Vandal could be such a hoot to work with!

Speaker:  Ray Lusk, (Madison Library District)
Program:  [1B] Teen Programming
Ray Lusk has been working in libraries since Jr. High School. He
started working for the Madison Library District in the spring of
2005. He has contributed articles to The Scoop, a publication of
the Idaho Commission for Libraries as well as publications for the
California Library Association. Ray serves on a committee for
YALSA and is currently working on a partnership toolkit as part
of his committee work. He has also contributed to the book Risky Business by Linda  Braun and also writes on the YALSA Blog. In
his spare time Ray loves to read, of course, as well as perform as a
musician. Music has taken him around the world.

Speaker:  Frank Nelson (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Program:  [2C] Idaho School Library Impact Study – 2009
Dr. Frank M. Nelson is the Eastern Idaho Library Consultant for the Idaho Commission for Libraries. He has been serving the Idaho library community for over 21 years. In addition to his consulting duties, he serves as the State Data Coordinator for public libraries, which he has also been doing for over 20 years. His data gathering duties have recently expanded to include school libraries and media centers. He lives in Idaho Falls, a comfortable 264 miles from Boise.

Speaker:  Tania Thompson (University of Idaho)
Program:  [3C] Telling Your Library's Stories Through the Media
Tania Thompson is director of media relations at the University of
Idaho. She spent nearly two decades as public radio reporter and
producer in Oregon before stepping into higher education
communications. She worked for public and private institutions in
Oregon and California before coming to Idaho in 2006. She earned a
bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.

Speaker:  Breanna Weston (University of Idaho)
Program:  [4A] Telling Your Library Story through Facebook
Breanna Weston is currently an Instruction/Reference Librarian at
University of Idaho and has been making a career of taking temporary
positions all over the country.  She obtained her MSLIS from
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007 and her BS in
Biology from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2006. Originally from
Portland Oregon, Breanna enjoys reading trashy mystery and
romance novels while watching it rain.

Amanda Klone has been the Circulation Supervisor at Lewis-Clark
State College since May of 2004. She received a B.S. in Social Science
from LCSC in 2003. As an undergraduate she started working in the
LCSC library in 1999. After graduation she continued to work at
LCSC but also worked as a substitute in various public school
libraries in the Lewiston Independent School District.