Sarah French - 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

Sarah French

Irvin L Young Memorial Library

Programming & Makerspace Librarian

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

Let’s Learn Together: Creating Infrastructure to Support Safe and Meaningful Programming (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Sarah Jo Zaharako • Andrea Johnson

11:30am CDT

Friends for a Season, Friends for a Reason: Building resilient library partnerships (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Michele Gagner • Trish Goodspeed

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

3:15pm CDT

Radical Librarianship: From Theory to Practice (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Adriana McCleer • Nick Demske

4:15pm CDT

Reception Alumni Lounge (1st floor)

8:30am CDT

Breakfast Outside of Room 325/326

9:00am CDT

Roundtable Discussion: Community partnerships - Creating and maintaining partnerships respectfully and responsibly (Rm 313) Room 313Shauna Koszegi • M Kelley

10:15am CDT

From Page to Community: Anoka County's Local Author Connection (Rm 325/326) Room 325/326Erin Straszewski • Cortni OBrien • Dana Weigman

11:30am CDT

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