Program
Virtual conference opens
10:00-11:00 am ET
Visit the exhibits, networking
Opening Remarks
11:00 am–12:00 pm ET
Rebecca T. Miller, group editor, Library Journal & School Library Journal
Opening Keynote
Nicholas Carr writes about technology and culture. His new book, Utopia Is Creepy (W. W. Norton, 2016), collects his best essays, blog posts, and other writings from the past dozen years, providing an alternative history of our tech-besotted time. “This highly browsable collection will hold great appeal for anyone interested in the social aspects of technology, from tech lovers to pre-Internet nostalgists.” –Library Journal.
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Early Literacy Texting: How To Reach Parents and Caregivers Where They Are Using Free Text Messaging Services
12:15–12:30 pm ET
Presenters:
Rachel Payne, coordinator of early childhood services, Brooklyn Public Library (NY)
Jessica Ralli, early literacy programs coordinator, Brooklyn Public Library (NY)
Moderated by Christina Vercelletto, news editor, School Library Journal.
Research shows that texting can be a powerful tool for parent engagement. Learn how to use free and fee-based texting systems as a way to communicate early literacy tips and information, educational activities, and library program information to parents and caregivers of children.
Learn how to connect rich program content to what happens at home to empower parents to be their children’s first teachers. We’ll look at using texting on a small scale, for example in conjunction with a one-time library program or event, or as a campaign, to continuously communicate effective, relevant early literacy information to parents and caregivers and present lessons learned from Brooklyn Public Library as well as a variety of libraries across the country.
Understanding Understanding: Implementing Design-Focused Service Initiatives at Your Library Curated by ER&L/Designing for Digital
12:15–12:45 pm ET
Presenters:
Joe Marquez, user experience and social sciences librarian, Reed College Library (OR)
Kris Johnson, head, learning and Research Services Department, Montana State University Bozeman Library
Scott W. H. Young, digital initiatives librarian, Montana State University Bozeman Library
Moderated by Bonnie Tijerina, researcher, Data & Society and co-founder, ER&L and Designing for Digital.
Interest in ‘design’ as it relates to library services is rapidly growing. Learn how to get started with a service design or other design focused project at your library. Get ideas, advice, and resources to help you get started, for both physical and online projects.
From Closed to Open to Public: Catalyzing Civic Literacy Through Open Data
12:15-12:45 pm ET
Presenters:
Toby Greenwalt, director of digital strategy and technology integration, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (PA)
Eleanor Tutt, open data and knowledge manager, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (PA)
Bob Gradeck, manager, Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Urban and Social Research (PA)
Moderated by Matt Enis, senior editor, technology, Library Journal.
Open data is becoming a significant part of the information landscape and a rallying point for people interested in government transparency and civic participation. Pulling together national initiatives, local data portals, and civic hacking groups, the open data movement is designed to level the policy playing field by providing information to the public at large. However, there are a variety of barriers to accessing open data, and libraries are well positioned to overcome them, leading to a more equitable open data ecosystem.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) has developed a multiyear initiative to develop its capacity in this space, using open data as a tool for fostering civic literacy. Hear about how CLP has leveraged the work of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center to share library data and incorporate data literacy learning into services and programming to support community organizations and strengthen connections within the Pittsburgh data ecosystem.
Learn how to create an open dataset, using metrics like circulation and impacts like childhood literacy to increase transparency, trust, and a focus for shared community vision.
The Ecosystem of a Social Media Post, Or Vine Is Dead, Right?
12:30–12:45 pm ET
Presenter:
Colleen Theisen, special collections outreach and engagement librarian, University of Iowa Libraries
Moderated by Christina Vercelletto, news editor, School Library Journal.
Librarians have limited time for social media and often make choices for where to invest time based on the mantra “go where your users are.” What good could possibly come from investing in a platform where you have no users, that no other libraries are using, and where you have no expectation of developing a community?
The social web has become an interconnected ecosystem, both with users increasingly participating in communities on more than one site and with content being shared across sites, whether the sites themselves make that easy or not. It is possible to use the functionality of one site but aim it at a community on another: affordances that will increasingly affect the way librarians create and deliver great content with the least investment.
Follow a Vine post from the University of Iowa Special Collections (UISpecColl) in its active second life reposted across the social ecosystem as it picks up views, comments, and love—even while few are watching it on Vine.
Pokémon GO! What Librarians Need to Know
12:45–1:00 pm ET
Presenter:
Karen Jensen, MLS, Teen Librarian Toolbox
Learn what the excitement around Pokémon GO is all about! Discover how you can incorporate this exciting new App into your library’s services: the basics, the emerging issues, kid and family centric programming ideas, and more.
The Knight Foundation Challenge: Library Innovation from the Edge to the Core, Curated by the Knight Foundation
12:45–1:15 pm ET
Presenters:
Brian Bannon, commissioner, Chicago Public Library (IL)
Chris Barr, director of technology innovation, Knight Foundation
Nicole Neditch, senior director of community engagement, Code for America
Dan Sinker, director, OpenNews
Moderated by Lisa Peet, associate news editor, Library Journal.
Two years into supporting library innovation, one of Knight Foundation’s lessons is that libraries can do a better job of incorporating technological expertise from outside the field. Please join a discussion with two leaders who have pioneered such efforts in impacting the fields of journalism and government, as well as a librarian who’s emphasized the need to leverage outside partners to stay atop technological advances. Curated by John Bracken, Vice President, Media Innovation, Knight Foundation.
Library.Link Network: Two Views from the West (Multnomah & Denver)
12:45–1:15 pm ET
Presenters:
Erica Findley, cataloging/metadata librarian, Multnomah County Library (OR)
Stacey Watson, collection services manager, Denver Public Library (CO)
Moderated by Matt Enis, senior editor, technology, Library Journal
You’ll hear about what the Denver Public Library has done so far with linked data, learn where they are headed, discover the difficulties of measuring success, and understand the basics of linked data and how individual libraries are implementing linked data projects. This webcast is for anyone wondering if linked data is something they should be thinking about and participating in at their library.
Learn how Multnomah County Library is telling their story to search engines through the use of linked data. Learn how they were able to convert their bibliographic data and make it accessible to search engines to serve up in results pages. This program will include an update from Multnomah County Library about the conversion of their data through the LibHub Initiative and the impact of doing that on their patrons. Audience members will learn more about current linked data projects and will feel more familiar and comfortable with a basic definition and application of linked data for libraries.
Digitizing Your Library: Easy & Quick Ideas
1:00–1:15 pm ET
Presenter:
Kendra Perkins, YK Pao School, Shanghai, China
Moderated by Christina Vercelletto, news editor, School Library Journal.
Looking for ways to make your library a bigger part of the community? Hear how one librarian and her team began collecting resources and materials and worked together to digitize and integrate them into the library’s catalog. Learn about the challenges and successes encountered and see an effective model to emulate for creating an easily accessible digital archive that can ultimately create a larger sense of community.
Break
1:15–2:15 pm ET
Visit the exhibits, networking
Digitization, Libraries, and the Law: Present Updates to the Road Ahead
2:15–2:45 pm ET
Presenters:
Kyle Courtney, copyright advisor, Harvard University, Office for Scholarly Communication (MA)
Emily Bell, research librarian, Harvard University Library (MA)
Moderated by Meredith Schwartz, Executive Editor, Library Journal.
Libraries should embrace their special role and privilege under the law. The naturally transformative nature of education and library/archives work creates an environment where librarians can and should take advantage of library-specific laws (and recent court decisions) to determine the varying risk levels surrounding their work, whether reproduction, digitization, or an array of multimedia programming and exhibits. We can do more than we realize!
This session will explore recent legal issues regarding topics such as e-reserves, text/data mining, the intersection of copyright and digital scholarship, intellectual property, open access, and commercialization in higher education. This session aims to examine the past, present, and future of law and the library mission and will reveal that the very nature of library work represents the future foundation of 21st-century education and the scholarly cycle.
unBound potential: Creating a New Technical Library for the Community
2:15–2:45 pm ET
Presenters:
Gretchen Caserotti, director, Meridian Library District (ID)
Nick Grove, digital services librarian, unBound, Meridian Library District (ID)
Moderated by Sarah Bayliss, associate editor, News and Features, School Library Journal.
Meridian Library District is short on physical space but long on ideas. For years Meridian has been presenting emerging technology programs for youth and applying the embedded librarianship model. The result? unBound, a technology library in the heart of town whose collection is customized to meet the needs of small business owners and entrepreneurs and provide public access to technology hardware and software. Part Maker space, part design lab, part coworking space, part small business center, unBound offers unique resources and opportunities that in turn are helping to reshape public perceptions of libraries and librarians while building technology proficiency among residents.
By being highly visible throughout the community, Meridian library has been invited to join the downtown business association and become organizers for a Startup Weekend event and advisers to a new transportation committee.
Hear about the experience of opening this unique technology library branch that has been able to assist a number of small businesses, startups, and individual entrepreneurs and has applied the “lighter, quicker, cheaper” principles with great success.
iSTAFF: iMPACT of Student Leadership
2:15–2:30 pm ET
Presenter:
Sue Kowalski, librarian, Pine Grove Middle School (NY)
Moderated by Daryl Grabarek, senior editor, Book Review, and editor, Curriculum Connections, for School Library Journal.
Students crave opportunities to sink their teeth into and help advance the work. They might not show or verbalize this desire in traditional ways, but they are willing and able! School libraries are the perfect place to capitalize on the talents, interests, and time of our students and engage them in authentic learning experiences.
The Pine Grove Library (Pine Grove Middle School/East Syracuse Minoa School District, NY) iStaff program has evolved from an informal group of helpers lead by the librarian to a more formalized initiative that empowers students to lead and be part of a team that contributes to the heart and soul of the library and the entire school community by providing insight into technology, collection development, programs, and the overall impact of the library program.
Blended Librarianship: Making It Work
2:30–2:45 pm ET
Presenter:
Lakisha Brinson, Middle School Technology Coordinator, University School of Nashville (TN)
Moderated by Daryl Grabarek, senior editor, Book Review, and editor, Curriculum Connections, for School Library Journal.
The role of library media specialist continues to be redefined. Once thought of as solely “librarians,” library media specialists are considered instructors whose expertise lies in embedding 21st-century skills—including blended librarianship. Highlighting the components of blended learning, this creative presentation will provide participants with practical and pedagogical practices that can be implemented immediately.
Blended librarianship is a multifaceted model that integrates traditional library skills with the use of technology. Participants will be provided with practical resources for implementation, and tips to avoid overload.
Digital Community Organizing Around the Library
2:45–3:00 pm ET
Presenter:
Patrick Sweeney, political director, EveryLibrary
Moderated by Daryl Grabarek, senior editor, Book Review, and editor, Curriculum Connections, for School Library Journal.
When 80 to 90 percent of library funding comes from the will of the local voters or the local politicians, librarians need to be able to rally the community in support of their library. They must manage the library as if it were a cause, and they need to be politically savvy community organizers. It’s important to understand the best online and digital tactics and strategies that many national causes use to ensure that their supporters are actively involved in their cause.
Participants will learn about the best digital and social media practices employed by the most successful community organizers and national causes and how to integrate them into the daily management of libraries. Librarians will learn how to better engage their communities and rally their communities around their libraries’ cause.
Bridging the Digital Divide in Central Valley: A Collaboration Between Fresno State and the Fresno County Public Library
2:45–3:15 pm ET
Presenters:
Ray Pun, first year student success librarian, California State University, Fresno (CA)
Lisa Lindsay, Fresno County Public Library Community Service Division (CA)
Daniel Ng, adult programming librarian, Fresno County Public Library (CA)
Moderated by Meredith Schwartz, executive editor, Library Journal.
A 2013 study conducted by the Public Policy of Institute of California indicated that 40 percent of state residents do not have access to the Internet. As critical information resources migrate to the web, including those used to pursue educational and employment opportunities, it is becoming increasingly important for all Americans to not only have access to these resources but also to possess the skills to use them effectively.
The digital divide is very apparent in the CA’s Central Valley. In order to address this divide, the Henry Madden Library in Fresno State collaborated with the Fresno County Public Library to support and teach library patrons in community libraries. The innovative collaboration is part of the “Touch the Community” grant from Fresno State. Student ambassadors from Fresno State are selected and trained to teach and lead workshops in technology, social media, and career-related programs in fall 2016 in specific community branches.
Explore the challenges and opportunities of creating this collaborative program and learn about the ongoing assessments of the partnership.
Ed Tech: Librarians Leading Global Adventures curated by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
2:45–3:15 pm ET
Presenters:
Toni Olivieri-Barton, library technology educator, Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs (CO)
Julie Keane, Director of research and evaluation, VIF International Education
Julie Lindsay, global collaboration consultant, innovator, “teacherpreneur”, and author
Moderated by Sarah Bayliss, Associate Editor, News and Features, School Library Journal.
Explore strategies, resources, and examples of current best practices and learn how to connect your library to the larger community of global educators.
Using Snapchat in Your Library
3:00–3:15 pm ET
Presenter:
Amanda Smithfield, Hume Fogg Academic Magnet Nashville (TN)
Moderated by Daryl Grabarek, senior editor, Book Review, and editor, Curriculum Connections, for School Library Journal.
See how one high school librarian has effectively used the new image messaging multimedia Snapchat App to communicate with library users where they are. Learn how to help promote and build excitement for and interest in your library’s activities and events.
Break
3:15–3:45 pm ET
Visit the exhibits, networking
Closing Keynote
3:45–4:30 pm ET
Manoush Zomorodi, Host of WNYC’s Note to Self, the tech show about being human, and author of Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out (St. Martin’s, 2017). She has won numerous awards for her work including four from the New York Press Club. In 2014, the Alliance for Women in Media named her Outstanding Host. Prior to New York Public Radio, Manoush reported and produced around the world for BBC News and Thomson Reuters.
Moderated by Kathy Ishizuka, executive editor, School Library Journal.
Poster Session: Where Do Ebooks Stand in Academic Libraries?
On-Demand All Day
Topline results from Library Journal‘s Spring 2016 Survey.
Richard Romano, author of the Library Journal and School Library Journal ebook usage reports since their launch in 2010.
Curated by:
Poster Session: Library Ideas Best Practices
On-Demand All Day
Gary Shaffer, PhD., CEO Tulsa City-County Public Library.
Curated by:
WHAT’S NEW: Freegal Music
On-Demand All Day
Jim Petersen, Chief Revenue Officer of Library Ideas, LLC.
Learn more about this highly successful turn-key digital product which allows libraries to be relevant and engaging while providing the entirety of their patron base the most current high demand digital content.
WHAT’S NEW: Introducing littleBits & the STEAM Student Set
On-Demand All Day
Christine Leonard, Senior Education Manager, littleBits
Learn how the STEAM Student Set can help you engage students in STEM/STEAM learning through creating fun inventions. This innovative set features electronic building blocks that encourage exploration, experimentation and creativity.
WHAT’S NEW: Alexander Street Press
On-Demand All Day
Kyley Caldwell, Sales Manager, Alexander Street Press
WHAT’S NEW: Learn about Library Journal and BiblioBoard’s community engagement programs for authors
On-Demand All Day
Jamie Dickinson, Director of Library Relations, Biblioboard
