Libraries.Today National Forum
Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
Featured talks
Not sure what to watch? Here are some talks you won't want to miss.
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Kelly Jensen Book Riot
Trends About Book Challenges
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Jonathan Friedman PEN America
PEN America Banned Books Report
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Roger Rosen Chairman of the Board, Rosen Publishing Group
Keynote: The Moral Quagmire of Censorship
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Holly Eberle, Carolyn Foote, Amanda Jones & Steve Tetreault
Proactive Approaches to Book Challenges
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Ashley Hawkins, Samantha Hull & Jennisen Lucas
Self Censorship
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Dr. Stephen Krashen Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California
Reading Before and After COVID
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Amy Hermon Podcast: School Librarians United
Keynote: ALWAYS #BetterTogether
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K.C. Boyd, Dr. Keith Curry Lance & Suzanna L. Panter
Staffing Changes
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Andrea Bono-Bunker, Shannon Isom, Diana Rendina & Lauren...
Space & Place Changes
Let's Talk Libraries
The Libraries.Today National Forum provides synchronous and asynchronous access to three days of live and pre-recorded talks. Attend what you can to share your thoughts with your colleagues, and come back later to catch up with talks that you missed.
Experts from Across the Country
Librarians from across the country will be joining panels to talk about the impacts of COVID on their programs. Our goal is to record the changes we have all experienced through the pandemic and then begin to look forward to post-COVID school libraries.
Meet Our Speakers
Thank you to the amazing group of librarians and others who have agreed to share their expertise with you at this forum.
Libraries.Today National Advisory Panel
• Dr. Jen Cannell, St. John Fisher (NY) College
Graduate School Library Program
• Kathy Caroll, Lead Library Media Specialist, Richland 2 (SC) Schools
• Priscille Dando, Coordinator of Library Information
Services, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools
• Erin Hollingsworth, District Librarian, North
Slope Borough (AK) School District
• Melissa Jacobs, Director of the New York City
School Library System
• Amanda Kordeliski, Director of Libraries for
Norman (OK) Public Schools
• Julie Miller, Librarian, Clay County (FL) Schools
• Craig Seasholes, Elementary Librarian (Retired), Seattle
(WA) Public Schools
• Alicia Thompson, Director of the Erie1 BOCES
(NY) School Library System
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