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  • Saturday, June 29, 2024
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    S[ai]ge Advice: Claim the Center of the AI Conversation by Leveling Up AI Leaders
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Breaking Boundaries: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Transform Library Services
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Cultivating Community Relationships: Bridging the gap between libraries and high school career & technical education
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Don't Just Survive. THRIVE During Your Construction Project
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Fostering Conversation and Connection Among Community Members with Contrasting Political Views
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    From Makerspace to Marketplace: Libraries as Launchpads for Entrepreneurs
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Get on Board! Evaluating and Honoring Excellent, Developmentally-Appropriate Board Books to Promote Early Literacy
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Inclusive Scholarly Publishing: Demystifying Processes & Empowering New Scholars
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Introducing LibParlor Online Learning: An Open-Source Curriculum for LIS Researchers
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Library for All: Programming Ideas for Adults with Disabilities on a $0 Budget
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Little Free Library and Public Library Collaborations: Not Just for the Front Yard Anymore
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    The PRISM Project: Learning about Prison Library Services from People who are or were Incarcerated
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    When to Tap-In and Tap-Out: Nurturing Resilience and Renewing Bonds in Library Teams
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Who Blamed the Cow?
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Yalla, Habibi: Where are the Arab American Voices in Children's Literature?
  • 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    GNCRT President's Program - Queer Joy in Comics
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    “Superior Performance”: How Can Librarians Set Boundaries Without Clear Expectations of Labour?
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Building a Strong Foundation for Future Success
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Chaotic Good and Lawful Evil: The Appeal of Morally Gray Characters in Fantasy and Sci-fi
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    How to Run an LGBTQIA2S+ Book Club for Teens if You’re Not Queer or Trans
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    It's Not Just for Teens! Building Great Manga Collections for Adults
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Kindergarten Readiness Initiative: Supporting Early Learners and their Families
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Level Up Your Digital Equity Efforts with Federal Internet for All Funding
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Literacy Reborn: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Way We Read, Write, and Learn
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Networks and Networking in Business Librarianship
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Sharing Knowledge: How the Victoria Native Friendship Centre and Greater Victoria Public Library Foster Reconciliation
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Team of Teams: A Collaborative Model for Workgroups
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Uplifting Diverse Voices Through Inclusive Library Service
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Words Matter: Inclusive Cataloging in an Academic Library Consortium
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Breaking Boundaries: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Transform Library Services (encore presentation)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Bridging the Gap - Serving Beyond the Walls
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Building Equity through Arts and Culture: Amplifying a Creative and Culturally Rich Community
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Developing the Next Generation of Library Social Workers
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Empowering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Hello from the Outside - Designing Libraries for the Missing Patron
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Investing in Employee Growth and Wellbeing: Supporting Personal Development Plans
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Let's Talk About Sex: Gender & sexuality education in elementary school using age congruent literature
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Library Friends, Foundations, & Trusts--Information, Ideas, and Tips for the Heart of Nonprofit Library Support
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Open Science Conversations: Academic Library Engagement, Outreach & Services in the Year of Open Science
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Protecting the Right to Read in Challenging Times (NMRT)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Soft Censorship of LGBTQIA+ Content and its Chilling Effect on the Children's Book World
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Welcome Asylum Seekers, We Speak your Language! QPL’s Response to the Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    You've Got Their Attention. Make It Count: Micro-Learning for Adult Learners in the Library
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Accessible School Library Services with the National Library Service
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Books & Big Ideas: Sparking Equity Conversations from Kindergarten to Adulthood
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Centering the Student: Gathering Student Perspectives and Creating Content on Generative AI
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Data Analysis: A New Skill Set for Improving Library Services
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Denied! Why Didn't Your Brilliant Grant Application Get Funded?
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    High-Impact Practices: Identifying Meaningful Mentoring Constellations in Libraries
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Museum Objects in Libraries as Catalysts for Family and Community Engagement
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Open Access Evolution: Empowering Research at a Historically Black College and University
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    The Experimental Library: How to Take Risks, Fail Forward, and Create Change
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    The Future of Digital Literacy in Public Libraries
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Values-Driven Workflows: How Are We Implementing DEIA in Routine Work and Policies?
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    City as a Classroom: Empowering Youth to Rewrite Law
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Expanding Library Services to Incarcerated Youth
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Expanding the Idea of Campus/Community Partnerships in an Academic Library
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Gamification & Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Marked for Death? Challenges to the Humanities and Humanities Librarianship
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Organizing for Librarians: Skills for Successful Advocacy
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Play Imagine Experience: Transforming Access to Early Childhood Literacy Skills
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Reclaiming the Narrative: Policy Conversations that Center Community
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Supporting Research Skills and Information Literacy in a Post-AI Landscape
  • Sunday, June 30, 2024
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Cultivating the Luxury of Ambivalence: Supporting Learners in Knowing ‘Enough’ Digital Literacy
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Developing Data Literacy Champions: Building a Culture of Critical Engagement with Data
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Empowering Interns Through Video Production: A Strategic Initiative for Workforce Development and the Creative Economy
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Food is a Right: Libraries Respond to Food Inequity
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Identity and Authentication: Enhancing the Research Experience with Responsible Use of Patron Data
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    If You Can See It, You Can Be It! Connecting STEM Role Models with Youth
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    iLead: Preparing Tomorrow’s Library Leaders with an EDI Lens
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Kids Love Nonfiction: Let’s Give Them What They Want!
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Lead Your Friends Organization Through Transformation
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Not by the eBook: Increased Access and Alternative Licensing
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Optimizing Resource Sharing: Evidence Based Approaches for Improving the Efficiency of Borrowing Networks
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Putting People over Process: Outward Mindset in the Workplace
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Supporting Libraries and Library Workers Through Employee Resource Groups
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Turning the Page: How to Design a Library for the Future
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    “Let Us Help Advance the Field”: Neurodivergent Librarian Voices Shaping Neuroinclusive Library Workplaces
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Community ESL Classes at Public Libraries: The Why and How
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Connecting the Pipeline: Louisiana Libraries, OER, & Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Depositing Joy: Programming and Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    How Manga Connects with LGBTQ Readers!
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Latinxs, Labor, and Libraries
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Learn How to Negotiate for a More Sustainable Future
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Not Just One Thing: Intellectual Freedom and Information Literacy through a Social Justice Lens
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Supporting All Learners by Debunking the Learning Styles Neuromyth
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Team Up! Building Student Community with Trivia Nights in the Academic Library
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    The Importance of Using Booktok and Bookstagram for Librarians, and How You Can Get Started!
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    The Power of Children's Poetry in the Classroom and the Community
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Top 10 Things Every Library Board Member Should Know - But Often Don't
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    We are Water: Connecting Communities, Sharing Stories, Sharing Place
  • 11:15am – 11:45am Pacific
    J. Malcolm Garcia - Out of the Rain Signing
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Applying a challenge ready approach to school libraries: the Australian experience
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Intellectual Freedom Challenges in Higher Education: Perspectives from Four Organizations
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Leading Libraries Committed to Community-Centered Collaboration and Impact
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Mapping a Path to Success: Career Exploration for Middle Schoolers
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Reengineering Research: Integrating Generative AI and Prompt Engineering into Information Literacy Programs
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    REFORMA's Children in Crisis Project - Creating Immigrant Youth and Library Connections
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Safety and Security in Public Libraries: Strategies and Resources to Help
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    SING, TALK, READ: Engaging the Brain, Body, and Senses through nonfiction Picture Books
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Staying in MARC: Expectations for BIBFRAME to MARC conversion and the hybrid metadata future
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Supporting Public Libraries in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    What about your friends? Strengthening relationships with your Friend of the Library groups
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Working Towards Equitable Access for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled Students
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Books Unbound: Libraries in the Age of AI
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Critical Indigenous Librarianship: Cultivating Community through Indigenous Library Space, Collections and Services
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    How Your Library can Support Users Impacted by Incarceration: Standards Launch
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Multitudes: The Power of Authentic & Diverse Representation in Muslim Stories
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Period Poverty and Patrons
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Perspectives and Reflections on Program Challenges and Crisis Management
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Sharpening Your Ethical Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Speaking the Language of Your Community: Bilingual Pay in Libraries across the United States
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Stay Interviews in Libraries: Implementing New Leadership Methods to Maintain Employee Retention
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    The 30th Annual Reference Research Forum
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    The Battle for the First Amendment: Why You Can’t Afford to Remain Neutral
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    What's Love Got To Do With It? Why Reading Romance is Good for You!
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    When copyright and contracts collide: Advocacy to advance library and user rights
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific
    International Collaborations: Strengthening Library Global Impact-IRRT Chair's Program
  • Monday, July 1, 2024
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    "It's not okay. It's not normal": Sexual harassment of librarians and implications for the field
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Addressing Homelessness with a Collaborative Network
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Candy Crush Searching
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Demystifying AI for Business and Libraries
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Designing Libraries with Diverse Communities in Mind Using Lenses of Neurodiversity and Process Driven Approaches
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Pondering Primary Sources: Authenticity, Bias, and Controversy in Historical Research
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: Putting Words to Action
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Supercharge Your Fundraising with…Advocacy!
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    The Role of Libraries in an Aging Society: A Social Justice Imperative
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Top Tech Trends
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Advancing Diversity in Librarianship: The Role of African American Professionals
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Beyond the Audit: Embracing the Freedom to Read through Curation and Promotion of Inclusive Collections
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Building Homeschooling Resources and Community Relationships at the Public Library
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Crime Scene Investigation: Gateway to Research
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Finding Yourself Within the Pages: Young Adult Graphic Novels
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Fortifying Libraries: Cultivating Information Security in Shared Environments
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Inclusive Libraries for Students with Special Needs and Adapted Book Library Collections
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Our Diverse Characters Book Club: Discussing Divisive Concepts in Red States
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    READCON: A Curriculum for Library Readiness, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment During Challenging Conditions
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Seeking Immortality: Using VR to Preserve and Share the Northern Cheyenne Tribe's Language and Culture
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Supporting Trauma-Informed Services in Library Settings
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Telling our Story: Career Paths in Resource Sharing
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    (Room change) Generative Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and The People They Serve: A Guided Discussion
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement, Dialogue, and Interactions in Libraries
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Doodle Your Way to Success: Canva Sketchnotes Unleashed
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Empowering BIPOC Youth Through Library Services
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Leaning International: The Benefits and Impacts of Librarians Working Abroad
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Navigating Excellence: Developing Effective Leadership and Management Skills in Modern Libraries
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Programming for Your Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Patrons
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Resilient Learning Landscapes: Exploring Post-Pandemic Student Perspectives on Information Literacy
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Summer Fun School: A Community-Based Approach to Addressing Learning Gaps Through Equitable Summer Services
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Supporting Transgender Students: Practical Tips for Librarians, Educators and Allies
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    The African American and Ethnic-American Press: Newspaper Collection Development and Access in the 21st Century
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Wake Up! It's 1984.
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Pacific
    Illuminating the Legacy of Illustrious African American Librarians
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    (Room Change) A Call to Play: Encouraging Staff to Play in Public Libraries
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Beyond Borders, Beyond Basics: the value of International Resource Sharing
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    For the Love of Libraries: The Untold Story of a Community that Saved 148 Libraries
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    One More Hat: Community College Librarians as AI Leaders on Campus
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Paddling the Canoe Together: Three Pacific Island Librarians Share Ways to Serve Indigenous Communities
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    The Library is Open to ALL: LGBTQIA+ Community Engagement at the San Diego Public Library!
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Training of Community-Embedded Racial/Ethnic Minorities in the Archival Studies Social Justice Master’s Scholarship Program
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Welcome to the Dragon’s Lair: Engaging Students in your School Library
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    ACEs and Somatic Healing for Resilient Communities (with Sound Bath)
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Collecting Chinese Jewish Stories for Your Library: A Panel of Voices from Two Cultures
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Connecting for play: Outreach, instruction, and programming with games
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Developing Immersive Experiences from Library Collections
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Learning Pods for Deeper Staff Development
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Fill the Gap at Your Library: Justify Hiring a Second Business Librarian
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Manga Goes to School
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Planting the Future: Promoting Biodiversity in Your Community
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Sustainable Leadership as Solution for Representation and Inclusion in LIS
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    The ABC’s of Youth Engagement: Culturally Affirming Tools
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    You Are Not Alone: Leveraging Community Advocates Against Book Bans
  • Cancelled
  • CANCELLED: Accessible Method Librarians Can Use to Identify the Authorship of Archival Anonymous Texts with Computational-Linguistics
  • CANCELLED: Autism-Ready Libraries: Designing Inclusive Early Literacy Programs
  • CANCELLED: Publishing 101: Traditional, Hybrid, Independent, Self
  • CANCELLED: Using Collaborative Leadership to Build Greater Agility and Resilience in Friends' Organisations