The third Library 2.018 mini-conference is less than a week away “Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World” will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. MDT. Register now to watch for free and/or to receive the event recordings.
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Operational decisions continue to be influenced by social concerns. Join us for a series of conversations on how libraries have developed, responded, and championed programs and services to address some of these social crises and learn about outcomes.
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Join the Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events. Participants are encouraged to use #library2018 and #librarysocialcrisis on their social media posts leading up to and during the mini-conference.
Current session list:
- Active Shooter Training – Mary Soucie, State Librarian
- Bibliotecas acción social – Judith de Méndez, Librarian.
- Broward County Library – Reach Out Reach Up Reintegration Program – Roslyn Dean, Community Engagement Manager, Broward County Library
- “Conversescion”: not a mis-type, a different way to inclusion of asylum seekers – Matilde Fontanin
- Educating Information Professionals to Manage Social Crises – Jen Jumba, M.L.I.S Adjunct Faculty at SJSU and Adult Services Librarian/Supervisor at Cuyahoga County Public Library
- From Transactional to Transformational Responses and Roles: Current and Potential Library Responses to Social Crises – Paula Miller, Director, Baltimore County Public Library
- It’s not (just) about transition: Librarians’ role in promoting trans affirming healthcare – Mary Catherine Lockmiller, MLIS, M.Eng., AHIP
- Meeting some basic needs of SJSU students and San Jose citizens @ the MLK Jr. Library – Peggy Cabrera, Associate Librarian for Art & Art History, Environmental Studies, Humanities & Philosophy, San Jose State University
- Opiate Users In Your Library: A Community Health Crisis – Dr. Steve Albrecht
- Planning to React: Creativity, planning, and community coordination in response to crisis – Christian Zabriskie, Executive Director/Founder
- Providing Support to Library Customers with Adverse Life Challenges – Alix Midgley, LCSW
- The Role of Libraries in Addressing Homelessness and Poverty – Dr. Julie Ann Winkelstein
- What role can public libraries play in the fight against HIV/AIDS? Lessons from Lubuto Library Partners in Lusaka, Zambia – Elizabeth Giles, Director of Library Services
This event is being organized in partnership with Patty Wong, Director of Library Services at Santa Monica Public Library.