Free Mini-Conference: “Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World,” a Library 2.0 Event June 17, 2021

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
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Please also join the Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.  Our second Library 2.021 mini-conference: “Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World,” will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 17th, 2021, from 12:00 – 3:00 US-Pacific Time. The conference schedule is below!

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians have been faced with all manner of challenges as they have worked to bring their service, resources, and events into the virtual realm. Unsurprisingly, librarians have not only met this challenge but thrived in bringing new dynamic digital content, engaging virtual programming and instructional events, and exciting online such as virtual book clubs, gaming tournaments, and even makerspace activities to their patrons.Please join us as we discuss the ways librarians have adapted and evolved their service offerings for a post COVID world.

This event is being organized in partnership with Ellyssa Kroski, the Director of Information Technology and Marketing at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of 60 books. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing 30-minute keynote. A mini-conference FAQ (frequently asked questions) page is here.

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariespostcovid on their social media posts about the event.

• OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL (one hour, see the speaker bios below!)

• Creating Community in the Cloud, IdaMae Craddock, Albemarle County Public Schools
• Getting the most out of your virtual programs (and the case for keeping them post-pandemic!), Kelly Williams, Supervisory Librarian, Gwinnett County Public Library
• Learning from the Pandemic: Mechanics of Post-Pandemic Programming, Sasha Kinney, Adult Services & Reference Librarian, Sacramento Public Library | Bryan Duran, Materials Manager, San Francisco Public Library | Brittany Garcia, Adult and Teen Services Supervisor, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library | Shamika Simpson, Associate Professor & Librarian, Long Beach City College | Ashleigh Torres, Youth Services Librarian, El Dorado County Library
• Library Preparedness and Pandemics: A Documentation and Project Management Approach, Elizabeth Szkirpan, MLIS, Director of Bibliographic Services, University of Tulsa McFarlin Library
• Submerged librarians living in a virtual world: embedded effort builds on instructional collaboration, Denise A. Garofalo, Librarian, Mount Saint Mary College

• Lights, Camera, Action at a Distance: Two and a half ideas for family programming with the doors closed, Matthew D. Thompson, PhD, Community Engagement Librarian, Suffolk Public Library
• No Trivial Matter–Virtual Trivia nights as “stealth” outreach to the public, Robyn Russell, University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library | Paul Adasiak | Genova Brookes Boyd
• Preserving and sharing local history through digitization, Michelle Skinner, MLIS | Chickasha Public Library
• Transforming Library Engagement in a Virtual Landscape, Rosa Y. Rodriguez, Outreach Coordinator, California State University San Marcos, University Library
• Virtual Programming Development, Emily Mroczek (Bayci), Freelance Children’s Librarian

• A Triumphant Return to the Library: Tips & Tricks for Our New Normal, Molly Virello, Head of Children’s Services, Southington Public Library & Museum
• Engaging Adult Gamers during the Pandemic Year, Edward Mayberry, San Antonio Public Library | Lorin Flores | Yanel Cepeda
• Libraries in Virtual Reality Environments, Dr. Valerie Hill, Community Virtual Library
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Managing Remote, Bridgit McCafferty, Dean, Texas A&M University-Central Texas University Library | Lisa Hopkins, Assistant Dean and Head of Technical Services
• Use the Librarian Skill Set to Demonstrate Value to Your Post-COVID Organization, Carol Ottolenghi, Director of Library Services, Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

KEYNOTE PANELISTS:

Ellyssa Kroski (@ellyssa)
Director of Information Technology and Marketing at the New York Law Institute

Ellyssa Kroski is the Director of Information Technology and Marketing at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of 60 books including Law Librarianship in the Age of AI for which she won the AALL’s 2020 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award. She is a librarian, an adjunct faculty member at Drexel and San Jose State Universities, and an international conference speaker. She received the 2017 Library Hi Tech Award from the ALA/LITA for her long-term contributions in the area of Library and Information Science technology and its application. She can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/author/ellyssa and http://ellyssakroski.com.

  Chris Jacobs (@BPLTeenCentral )
Teen Technology Coordinator – Teen Central | Boston Public Library – Central Library at Copley Square

Chris Jacobs has been the Teen Technology Coordinator for the Central location of the Boston Public Library since October 2019. A lifelong student and educator at heart, his career trajectory prior to BPL includes a six-year stint as a tech-forward high school English teacher, where his interest in media literacy—piqued by coursework conducted at the Harvard Graduate School of Education—flowered into a rigorous curriculum that pushed teens to explore the intersections among technology, society, and identity. An enthusiastic proponent of games and gamification as critical academic and interpersonal tools, Chris currently heads BPL’s Teen Gaming cohort, which uses social media avenues such as Twitch and YouTube to continue building engaging, empathetic, teen-centric online communities throughout the pandemic.

Junior Tidal (@JuniorTidal)
Multimedia and Web Services Librarian, Associate Professor for the Ursula C. Schwerin Library at the New York City College of Technology, City University of New York

Junior Tidal is the Multimedia and Web Services Librarian, Associate Professor for the Ursula C. Schwerin Library at the New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. He co-hosts the City Tech Stories podcast with Prof. Nora Almeida. Other than podcasts, his research interests include mobile web development, usability, and library privacy issues. Originally from Whitesburg, Kentucky, he has earned a MLS and a Master’s in Information Science from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Tanner Adams
Adult Programming Librarian at Parker Williams Library

Tanner Adams is the Adult Programming Librarian at Parker Williams Library in Houston, Texas. This library is part of Harris County Public Library, and he has worked in Fort Bend County as well. At Parker Williams, he is responsible for the library’s ESL and Citizenship programs, as well as running a weekly game of Dungeons & Dragons for the public.

Loraine Walker
Starkville Public Library Children’s Librarian

Loraine is the Children’s Librarian at the Starkville Public Library in Starkville, MS. She graduated from Mississippi State University and proudly rings her cowbell when attending football, basketball, and baseball games. She’s the Phi Mu Alumnae President for East Mississippi, chaired the Starkville Junior Auxiliary’s Reading Railroad this year that promotes early literacy, just read to over 2,500 children in her full Cat in the Hat mascot costume for Read Across America Week throughout Oktibbeha County. And when she’s not out filming virtual storytimes in a pasture or by a lake, she’s busy having socially distanced storytimes in the park next to our library. In her free time, she loves to play with her French Bulldog puppy Scout and take photographs at their local wildlife refuge.

The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0 network to be kept informed of future events. Recordings from previous years are available under the Archives tab at Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.