The word is out! The 2024 national youth library leadership conference for staff and management registration is now open. This conference, sponsored by UW iSchool is perfect for every staff member and has a wide variety of sessions, networking opportunities and post conference events as well. Register today and save your spot!
| Monday Keynote - Lucia M. GonzalezLucia M. Gonzalez started her career in library services to children in 1988 after receiving her Masters in Library Science from the University of South Florida. Since then, she has worked in different capacities for the Miami-Dade Public Library System and the Broward County Library System where she served as Associate Director in charge of Outreach, Family Literacy, and Youth Services before going to the City of North Miami to become the City’s Library Director. Lucia is also the author of three awarding wining pictures books, Past-President of REFORMA, two two-time recipient of national Library Journal Movers & Shakers Award for her contributions in shaping the future of libraries, and the 2020-21 Past President of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a Division of the American Library Association. |
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Tuesday Keynote - Mimi Ito
Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist, learning scientist, entrepreneur, and an advocate for connected learning—learning that is equity-oriented, centered on youth interest, and socially connected. Her work decodes digital youth culture for parents and educators, offering ways to tap interests and digital media to fuel learning that is engaging, relevant, and social. She is Professor in Residence and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at the University of California, Irvine, where she directs the Connected Learning Lab. The CLL stewards the Connected Learning Alliance, an expanding network of educators, experts and youth-serving organizations mobilizing new technology in the service of equity, access and opportunity for all young people. Mimi is also co-founder of Connected Camps, a non-profit providing online learning experiences for kids in all walks of life. Her publications include: Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children (forthcoming June 2023 from MIT Press), Social Media and Youth Wellbeing (2020), The Connected Learning Research Network: Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship (2020), Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning (2018), and From Good Intentions to Real Outcomes: Equity by Design in Learning Technologies (2017). Her web site is at http://www.itofisher.com/mito. |
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Post-Conference Workshops |
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Taking a Stand for True Playwith Carissa Christner, Madison Public Library |
Friday, 2:00 – 4:00pm Madison Public Library $100
Would you like to reduce the amount of time spent planning programs for children AND increase the positive outcomes for participants? In this workshop, we will be discussing the various ways that Madison Public Library has embraced the Anji Play approach since 2016 and the benefits for staff, patrons and outreach partners. The workshop will include a tour of the Central Library children’s area play spaces as well as an opportunity for adult play during the workshop, so be sure to wear comfortable shoes! |
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Materials Challenge Readinesswith Megan Schliesman and Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
Friday, 1:30– 4:00pm Cooperative Children's Book Center $150 (lunch included)
We’ll walk through ways to be prepared for and respond to concerns and challenges in this workshop that will provide opportunities to acknowledge and then decenter fear in order to focus on the reasons why libraries do what they do when it comes to providing community members with diverse materials and a wide range of choices. We encourage all participants to review their library’s mission and selection and reconsideration policy and related procedures in advance. |
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