Schedule

Public Libraries Tour

Creating and Marketing Library Programs for Millennials

Eli McAlpine, Sarah Babineau, Lindsey Simard-Toutant, Darrin Davis

It’s Alive: Breathing Life into Local History: Innovative Ways to Connect Communities to their Past

Kevin Meraglia, Sharon Wigney

Redesign Your Library on a Shoestring

Erika Heesen, Emily Farrell

Are we Ready for Change? Leadership Development

Asa Kachan, Wendy Newman, Rebecca Raven, Susan Walters

Express eBooks: Challenging the Limitations of Your eBook Collection

Matt Abbott, Amy Hoffmann

Improve Your Social Media Engagement: Success Stories to Increase Your Likes

Mabel Ho, Michelle Leung, Melanie Boatswain-Watson, Bill Vrantsidis

Make Your Library Fearless with VR

Natalie Marlowe, Karen Scott

The Accidental Art Curator: What You Can Do to Manage Art Displays At Your Library More Effectively

Dorothy Gebert

Achieving a More Accessible Library: Successful Initiatives in Rural and Urban Libraries

Anne O'Sullivan, Andrea Wesson, Alexandra Yarrow, Jennifer Murley

Locked in at the Library: An All-Night Program for Teens

Elaine Knox, Alexandra Gilston

Ministry Update: Ontario’s Culture Strategy

Kevin Finnerty

Only in the Big City…Eh? Fearlessly Roll Out the Welcome Mat to Immigrants and New Canadians at Small and Rural Libraries

Connie Cabrera, Amanda Kelly, Terri Watman

A Leap of Faith: Community-Led Business Services

Chantale Boileau, Amanda Kelly

Beyond The Maker Space: Implementing and Integrating STEAM Based Youth Programming in the Public Library

Richard Anderson, Kasey Keeley

Fearless Females With the Dewey Divas and Dudes

Saffron Beckwith, Laureen Cusack, Janet Murie, Margot Stokreef, Lahring Tribe

Volunteers and Community Engagement

Radmila Micic, Janice Awde

Brace for Impact: Getting to the Heart of What Matters

Jessica Knoch, Soleil Surette

One Book One London: Our Quest to Unite Our Community with One Book

Kristen Caschera, Megan Paquette

Save Saskatchewan’s Libraries: Tales of a Fearless Facebook Campaign

Mary Cavanagh

You Belong Here You Really Do: Attracting the Lost Demographic

Laura Dick, Andrea Draijer-Stadt, Becky Roi

Public Libraries Spotlight: Sam Maggs

Sam Maggs

The Leadership Landscape in Ontario Public Libraries

Anne Marie Madziak, Rebecca Raven

Engage Kids in Science Through Gaming

Jane Ji

Engage Kids in Science Through Gaming

Jane Ji

A Dance with the Unknown: How the Gamification of Digital Literacy Training Has Staff Excited about Technology Troubleshooting

Kim Bates

Building RA Knowledge One Book At A Time

Andrea Dunn, Jodi Marie Marr

CloudLinking: Growing your Digital Collection One Library at a Time

Cindy Poggiaroni, Margaret Wallace

In the Not Too Distant Future: Robots, AI, and the Future of Libraries

James Dekens, Robert Whitfield, Peter Ferrell

Now What? Strategies and Solutions for Succession Planning

Kimberly McMunn, David Stewart

Rebranding for Relevance: How to Implement a Strong Visual Identity

June Dickenson, Bob Hambly, Mariann Gordon

Stand Out Marketing for Small Libraries

Amy Solecki, Ashley Trusler

The Ottawa Declaration: About Partnerships within the Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum Sector

Vickery Bowles, Paul Gilbert, Dara Price, Maureen Sawa

Breakouts and Beyond: Affordable and Innovative Ways to Use Escape Rooms in Your Library

Sandra Bebbington, Julian Taylor

Creating a Culture for Success: Using Organizational Values from Your Strategic Plan as an Innovative Approach to Customer Service

Mary Jane Celsie, Vito Montesano, Kathleen Redmond, Sharon Robinson

Library Space Use: What We Learned

Kim Silk

Open Data, Open Library: How the Library Fits in the Open Data Movement

Ab. Velasco, Lina Kim, Carmen Ho, Bianca Wylie

Summer Wonder: Expanding Summer Reading into Summer Learning

Vicky Tourkolias, Diane Banks

“The Parent Filter”: A Vision of Children’s Library Services that Engages Parents and Caregivers

Douglas Paul Davey

Book Tasting with the Best Bets

Faith Roebuck Shergold, Jennifer Patrick, Kara Miley

Film Fest: Combining Theatre, Film, and Technology for Low Cost STEAM MakerSpace Programs

Whitney Shantz, Julie Lane

Program Evaluation: Sharpen Your Strategic Analysis with Some Basic System Theory Principles

James Shelley

Serving Socially Vulnerable Populations at Edmonton Public Library

Kyle Marshall, Linda Garvin

The Road to Revitalization: Making the Case to Renovate or Build a New Central Library

Danielle McDonald, Pilar Martinez, Bill Ptacek, Sandra Singh, Rose Vespa

The Trans Positive Library: Creating Positive Space for All, with a Particular Focus on Gender Diversity

J Wallace Skelton

Developing Fearless Leaders: Getting It Right

Mary-Jo Romaniuk, Cheryl Stenstrom

Fearless Perspectives: Municipal and Public Library Leaders Share Their Perspectives

Lynn Horlor, Moe Hosseini - Ara, Jane Diamanti, Susan Downs

Not My Circus Not My Elephant: Simple Solutions to Workplace Challenges

Tammie Adams, Kimberly McMunn

Pop-up Library: A New Approach of Community Outreach

Dijia Qin, Kat Drennan-Scace, Shelagh Irving

RA the Social Media Way

Laura Peacock, Charlotte Prong

The Last Computer Class You’’ll Ever Need: Transforming Digital Learning at Calgary Public Library

Carrie Kitchen, Jessie Campbell

Why This Story? Why Now? Building Community Through Digital Storytelling

Carla Iacchelli, Kim Bates

At Last! Understanding the Impact of Technology Access in Your Library

Elizabeth Glass, Carmen Ho

Breaking Out of Bricks and Mortar: Bringing Library Programs to After-School Daycare

Cassie Wood

Fearless, Rural, and Community Led!

Edna Latone, Georgia Gale-Kidd, Heather Watson

Leap into Literacy: Providing Literacy Support to Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Aly Velji, Melanie Hooker, Sayema Syed

Using Gamification to Connect Your Library to the Community

Mark Williams, Mark Shannelly, Stephen Palmer, Rory O'Connor

Community Development: A Toolkit for Public Libraries

Jane Venus, Gillian Johnston

Public Libraries Without Librarians: It’s Already Happening

Siobhan Stevenson, Rebecca Jones

Using Human-Centred Design to Meet Real Library Client Needs

Penny-Lynn Fielding, Rachel Hofstetter, Lorraine Randell

What I Love About Being a CEO: A CEO Panel

Maureen Barry, Mary Chevreau, Pilar Martinez, Rebecca Raven, Sandra Singh

Boldly Go Out Into Your Community: Outreach in Non-Traditional Spaces

Kristin Johnson-Perlock, Dani Paschert-Ward, Julie Piatek

Dispelling Myths Around Demand Driven Acquisition

Laryssa Polika, Kari Paulson

Leveraging Volunteerism and Instagram to Increase Teen Engagement

Shannon Markle, Andrea Siemens

Public Library Principles for Licensing Digital Content

Lita Barrie, Susan Caron, Christina de Castell

Top 10 Rules for New Managers

Genevieve Chittenden, Tracy Munusami