Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement: Full Schedule

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

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9:00am CDT

Roundtable Discussion: Community partnerships - Creating and maintaining partnerships respectfully and responsibly (Rm 313)

Tuesday April 22, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Room 313

Join fellow librarians as we dive into what it means to build and maintain community partnerships respectfully and responsibly. This session will be moderated by M Kelley & Shauna Koszegi. They will kick things off with some guiding questions, but please bring your own questions and ideas.

This is a discussion session so please come ready to be an active participant.

Moderators

M Kelley

Outreach Coordinator, Nashville Public Library

Shauna Koszegi

Outreach & Continuing Education Consultant, Southwest Wisconsin Library System

Tuesday April 22, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 313

Roundtable

10:15am CDT

Bringing the Solar System to Downtown Hudson (Rm 313)

Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

Room 313

The Hudson Area Public Library introduced a fresh take on an outdoor scale solar system walk: Sidewalk graphics with QR codes for further exploration and free Augmented Reality (AR) apps to expand the interactive experience. Community connections and partnerships were forged with the park district, city council, a local graphic design firm, local rotary club and regional NASA Solar System Ambassadors in the funding, development, production, instillation and educational outreach to engage the region. The half-mile walk has drawn in communities and businesses that had not previously engaged or worked with the Hudson Area Public Library before. this session will give participants the tools they need to launch their very own Solar System Walk, and will leave with additional resources and links to host unique celestial events!

Speakers

Christopher Mick

STEM Educator/Librarian, Hudson Area Public Library

Christopher Mick is a STEM educator and librarian at the Hudson Area Public library. He is also a member of the Space Exploration Educator Crew with Space Center Houston and an International Teacher Liaison with the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs.

Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Room 313

Presentation