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Thursday
, October 8
TBA
11:00am •
"So you want to do a building project..."
11:00am •
The Opportunity Center Model: Expanding Library Services to Connect Communities to Employment, Resources, and Economic Mobility.
11:00am •
Start Where You Are: Scalable Strategies for Library Advocacy
11:00am •
Finding Fable: The Origin Story of CFPL’s Mascot
11:00am •
Vibrant Programming for Small Libraries
11:00am •
We Like to Party- Opening Up Library Spaces For Patron Use
1:30pm •
Tween & Teen Food Programming for Large and Small Groups
1:30pm •
Digital Archives and R.O.I.
1:30pm •
Policies Are Systems: Designing for Real-World Use, Not Ideal Conditions
1:30pm •
Lessons from a Consortium-Led Community Read Program
1:30pm •
Inclusivity & Universal Design for the Modern Library
1:30pm •
Poetry for the People: Expanding Literary Arts Literacy and Access Through Community Partnerships
2:30pm •
Exhibitor Break
4:00pm •
How It’s Made, How It’s Used: Understanding and Applying ALA Intellectual Freedom Guidance in Practical Conditions
4:00pm •
Lightning Talks
4:00pm •
Libraries: Mighty Catalysts for Community Resilience
4:00pm •
If You Build It, Teens Will Come: Creating a Teen Space They Actually Use
4:00pm •
Digital Safety Lab: Practical Ways to Talk to Patrons about the Scary Parts of the Internet
Friday
, October 9
TBA
8:00am •
BLAST: Bringing Libraries and Schools Together
8:00am •
Clinton High School Library has Main Character Energy
8:00am •
Fundraising Basics
8:00am •
The Doctor Is In: Restorative Care for Broken Books
8:00am •
Library Champions: Building Advocates Through Shared Learning
8:00am •
The Parallels of Censorship: The Second Red Scare and Today
9:00am •
Easy-Peasy STEAM-Powered Programming with Picture Books
9:00am •
Present & Future of ILA: A Conversation with the Incoming & Outgoing Presidents of ILA
9:00am •
Activate Your Advocates: Designing marketing campaigns to transform everyday patrons into library champions
9:00am •
Silent Book Club®: A Novel Concept for a Library Program
9:00am •
Expanding Access: Connecting Public Libraries with the Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
9:55am •
Exhibitor Break
10:30am •
The Reluctant Mentor's Toolkit
10:30am •
Community Pathways to Accessing Literacy
10:30am •
A Galaxy of Ideas: Tween and Teen Programs for the 2027 Summer Reading Theme and Beyond!
10:30am •
Defining Value: Leveraging Data to Make Confident Digital Collection Decisions
10:30am •
From Book List to Shared Experience: Programming with the Goldfinch and Iowa Children’s Choice
10:30am •
Creativity and Collaboration: How Student Art installations in Your Library Can Engage Your Entire Community
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