Breakout Block 8 Sessions

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 10:30-11:20am

• Collection Development That Promotes Inclusivity
• Presenter(s): Terri Ramos

• Description: John and Terri, both HS teacher librarians, discuss various methods to encourage examination of the collection for inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility. We will cover deselection, auditing, ordering, and displays. Attendees will leave with tips and tricks to help the busiest professional, as well as full details for those who want to carve out time for a dive deeper into this topic.

• Five Work-Life Balance Myths -  BUSTED!
• Presenter(s): Jenny Kobiela-Mondor
• Description: Everybody is striving for the perfect work-life balance, but it's never quite right. When work and life roles get out of balance, health, productivity, and wellbeing suffer. So what's the answer? Join us as we challenge six of the biggest myths of work-life balance, and share ways to work toward balance in your life. During the session, participants will explore what a balanced and harmonious life can look like, discover strategies for building boundaries to improve wellbeing, and examine what they can do to promote balance at home and in the workplace.

• How to Host an Author Visit: Crafting an Unforgettable Experience for Kids
• Presenter(s): Kimberly Howard
• Description: Author visits have amazing benefits for students, helping to motivate and inspire them. If you've never hosted an author before, however, it can be hard to know where to start. This presentation will cover why author visits can be a life-changing experience for your students, how to find authors to visit your school, and how to plan for the visit. The presentation will also include some ideas on how to fund author visits.

• Indiana Humanities Author Showcase: Robin Lee Lovelace

• Presenter(s): Robin Lee Lovelace

• Description: Presented by Indiana Humanities, stop by Grand Hall for a showcase of an award-winning author to discuss what they've been working on lately, their writing process, and other author topics. The showcase provides an opportunity to engage with authors in an intimate format! 

• Keeping the Lights On
• Presenter(s): Neal Starkey
• Description: Exploring the logistical challenges in operating a library during a major renovation and keeping as many resources as possible available to the public at all times while also looking out for staff and safety concerns.

• Library Assessment 101: Curricular, Co-Curricular, & Operational Measures
• Presenter(s): Christopher Proctor
• Description: Libraries and librarians are integral partners within academic campus communities, directly impacting and contributing to the teaching and learning missions of schools and universities. As such, it is important that the roles libraries and librarians play within the academic ecosystem be aligned with expectations focused on collecting and analyzing data, making informed decisions, and closing the feedback loop to ensure continuous improvement and the assurance of student learning. This session will introduce academic and school librarians to the theory and practice of curricular, co-curricular, and operational assessment. Academic libraries, especially those composed of faculty responsible for Information Literacy (InfoLit) instruction, occupy a unique position within higher education, acting as 1. Operational and administrative units with services designed to facilitate access to library information resources; 2. Curricular units when InfoLit exists within credit-bearing courses; and 3. Co-curricular units where student learning takes place beyond the traditional classroom setting (e.g., research and reference consultations). Based on the standards of HigherEd, each of these components should embed robust assessment practices that allow librarians to collect and analyze data, while using informed decisions to close the feedback loop of continuous improvement in both operations (from access & public services to collections and programming) and assurance of student learning within the sphere of the library. This work also includes school librarians. The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), one of the leading professional accreditors for P-12 bachelor- and master-level programs, also places a heavy emphasis on assessment, as can be seen in their accreditation criterion, Standard 5: Quality Assurance System and Continuous Improvement.

• Pack Your Bags: Getting Ready for Outreach Events
• Presenter(s): Alyssa Morgan, Amy Lawrence
• Description: You've been invited to have a table at a local event, hooray! But what should you bring? What do you do while you're there? Are you really going to be on your feet the whole time? We'll talk about setting up an outreach kit for you and other staff members so you're all ready to go. From there, we'll talk about what to expect at an event and how to interact event attendees and other event presenters.

• Planning for the 2025 Legislative Session with Taft Public Affairs Group
• Presenter(s): Mark Shublak, Camille Blunt

• Description: Join the ILF Advocacy Committee for a Legislative Panel featuring state legislators. They will discuss outcomes of the 2024 legislative session, how to form relationships with your local legislators, and what to expect during the 2025 legislative session.

• Travel with Me: Using History and Countries to Engage Your Patrons

• Presenter(s): Aly Wright

• Description: I will present a program that I do at my library for elementary kids that walk them through different historic events or different countries via crafts, books and snacks. This program has been very successful and well received. Through this program the kids at my library have learned about Japan, the Great Depression, World War II and many more interesting topics. During my presentation I will walk through the program with the attendees in a very hands-on way and then at the end I will discuss how it has been received at my library and how they can use similar ideas to implement a fun program at their library. I will have different materials that I can give out to help people take ideas from this presentation and use them at their libraries.

• The Science of Reading @ the Public Library!

• Presenter(s): Tammie Buchanan

• Description: The world of reading instruction is going through a huge shift! As a public librarian, you might think that this is a topic only for school librarians, but that is not the case! Our country is in a crisis: too many children are not learning to read! How did this happen? How did we get here? What is this change to the Science of Reading mean? How can public libraries help? This session will give an overview of how the teaching of reading has changed over the years, explain what the Science of Reading is, and share ideas of things public libraries across the country are doing to help our developing readers and support our teachers. Participants will also brainstorm things they can do in their own schools.

• Virtual Tour of Indiana's Newest Libraries
• Presenter(s): Kevin Montgomery
• Description: Experience a 3D virtual tour of three of Indiana's brand new libraries, led by the project architect and expert in public library design. This will be an interesting opportunity to see the latest trends in design, furniture, meeting rooms, and more. It will also include a focus on shelving and circulation desk design. Enjoy this exclusive look at how these libraries are redefining community spaces and setting new standards in public design.

• Young Hoosier Battle of the Books

• Presenter(s): Emily Peregrine, Dawn Musolino

• Description: This session will explore the success that I have had using the Young Hoosier Award titles as the Battle of the Books titles at my Middle School. While this is not something new, we have many schools in Indiana that use these Young Hoosier books as the Battle of the Books titles. However, I have created a program that includes every student in my Middle School as well as having complete by-in from the entire staff. This session will discuss a 10 week unit that takes place during homeroom time. This program offers additional academic support outside of instruction time, as well as creating experiences for staff and students that celebrates the different viewpoints of everyone involved.