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

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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

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