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

8:30am CDT

Check in & Breakfast Outside of Room 325/326

9:00am CDT

Opening Keynote Room 325/326 - Hybrid

10:15am CDT

Book Clubs, Pubs, and Grub Room 335 - HybridResa Mai PhD Let’s Learn Together: Creating Infrastructure to Support Safe and Meaningful Programming Room 325/326Sarah Jo Zaharako • Andrea Vaughn Johnson Leveraging the Power of PBS to Enhance Early Learning and Family Engagement Programs in Your Library Room 313Mouna Algahaithi • Alison Loewen Yonkers IB Day: A Decades-Old Cross-Institution Information Literacy Program Room 309Rachel Leff

11:30am CDT

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

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Alumni Lounge (1st floor)

2:00pm CDT

Harnessing Civic Engagement through Library Initiatives 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 Room 313Shay King • Elkid Alvarez Maldonado Teen Engagement One Snack at a Time Room 335 - HybridJamie Menning • Antonia Krupicka-Smith

3:15pm CDT

Enhancing Our Summer Reading Program: A Case Study in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Room 313Cynthia Kiyotake Radical Librarianship: From Theory to Practice Room 325/326Adriana McCleer • Nick Demske Smile! Health Outreach to Plain Communities Room 335 - HybridDarlene Kaskie • Elizabeth Miniatt • Caitlyn Mowatt

4:30pm 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 Room 325/326Liz Boyd • Margie Navarre Saaf • Holly Storck-Post Partnering with Local Service Organizations for Academic Library Success Room 335 - HybridDr. Linda Marie Golian-Lui Roundtable Discussion: Community partnerships - Creating and maintaining partnerships respectfully and responsibly Room 313Shauna Koszegi • M Kelley

10:15am CDT

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

11:30am CDT

Closing Keynote - Stephen Jackson Room 325/326 - HybridStephen Jackson