Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement

Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement

April 21-22, 2025
Pyle Center, Madison, WI
https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education

5:00pm CDT

Optional Dinner Groups

8:30am CDT

Check in & Breakfast Outside of Room 325/326

9:00am CDT

Opening Keynote - Kathy Barri (Rm 325/326 Hybrid) Room 325/326 - HybridKathy Barri

10:15am CDT

Book Clubs, Pubs, and Grub (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridResa Mai PhD Let’s Learn Together: Creating Infrastructure to Support Safe and Meaningful Programming (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Sarah Jo Zaharako • Andrea Johnson Leveraging the Power of PBS to Enhance Early Learning and Family Engagement Programs in Your Library (Rm 313) Room 313Mouna Algahaithi • Alison Loewen

11:30am CDT

Evolving Your Read: Engaging Communities from City to System (Rm 313) Room 313Dawn Tevis • Barry McKnight Friends for a Season, Friends for a Reason: Building resilient library partnerships (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Michele Gagner • Trish Goodspeed Improving Accessibility @ Community Events (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridChelsey Myhre Foster Roundtable Discussion - Community Engagement in Rural and Tribal Communities (Rm 309) Room 309Kellee Forkenbrock Roundtable Discussion - Community Engagement in Urban & Suburban Communities (Rm 309) Room 309Janet McIntyre • Kimberly Schlarman

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Alumni Lounge (1st floor)

2:00pm CDT

Harnessing Civic Engagement through Library Initiatives (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Ashley Johnson • Roz Topolski Stitch N Bitch” N Ditch High-Pressure Programming: How Slow, Low-Structure Planning Turned a Crafting Circle into a Community Engagement Model (Rm 313) Room 313Shay King • Elkid Alvarez Maldonado Teen Engagement One Snack at a Time (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridJamie Menning • Antonia Krupicka-Smith

3:15pm CDT

Radical Librarianship: From Theory to Practice (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Adriana McCleer • Nick Demske Smile! Health Outreach to Plain Communities (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridDarlene Kaskie • Elizabeth Miniatt • Caitlyn Mowatt Yonkers IB Day: A Decades-Old Cross-Institution Information Literacy Program (Rm 309) Room 309Rachel Leff

4:15pm CDT

Reception Alumni Lounge (1st floor)

8:30am CDT

Breakfast Outside of Room 325/326

9:00am CDT

Creating Opportunities to Expand Gender Inclusion at your Library (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Liz Boyd • Margie Navarre-Saaf • Holly Storck-Post Partnering with Local Service Organizations for Academic Library Success (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridLinda Golian-Lui Roundtable Discussion: Community partnerships - Creating and maintaining partnerships respectfully and responsibly (Rm 313) Room 313Shauna Koszegi • M Kelley

10:15am CDT

Bringing the Solar System to Downtown Hudson (Rm 313) Room 313Christopher Mick From Page to Community: Anoka County's Local Author Connection (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Erin Straszewski • Cortni OBrien • Dana Weigman Serving Seniors: Community Partnership & Outreach with Senior Living Facilities (Rm 335 Hybrid) Room 335 - HybridAlyssa Jurgens

11:30am CDT

Closing Keynote - Stephen Jackson (Rm 325/326 Hybrid) Room 325/326 - HybridStephen Jackson

1:00pm CDT

First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour Memorial Union