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Contact Hours: Wednesday, October 16th 3PM – 8PM / Thursday, October 17th 9AM – 10PM / Friday, October 18th 8AM – 5PM
After you've picked up your name badge, join us for our all-conference poster session! Attendees wander through rows of colorful and informative displays, each one a window into cutting-edge research and innovative ideas. The format encourages intimate, one-on-one interactions between presenters and viewers, allowing for in-depth discussions, spontaneous brainstorming, and the exchange of valuable feedback. This personalized engagement fosters a sense of community and collaboration, as participants connect over shared interests and explore new possibilities. The lively atmosphere, punctuated by animated conversations and the occasional eureka moment, transforms the poster session into a dynamic hub of knowledge and inspiration.
For a full list of poster sessions and their presenters, filter by Poster Sessions in the app.
We will also highlight the 2024 VLA Award Winners; be sure to read all about them, signage will be posted.
This poster presents the development and implementation of a new library undergraduate experiential learning student worker program centered on accessibility related projects that arise from suggestions from our Center for Accessibility Services and Occupational Therapy partners such as marketing accessible spaces in the library or creating inclusive and accessible events.
Learn about our successes and our challenges circulating camping gear as a part of your Library of Things, including tents, sleeping bags, hiking poles, backpacks and more! CGL and MRL are working to make getting outdoors more inclusive for all.
Libraries play a crucial role in addressing community needs beyond traditional book lending services. This poster presents the Nursing Mothers' Room project at the Hopewell Library. By providing a dedicated space for breastfeeding mothers within the library premises, this project addresses a critical need in the community. Access to a comfortable and private environment not only encourages breastfeeding mothers to visit the library but also supports their overall well-being and contributes to the health of their infants. Furthermore, public libraries play a significant role in promoting community health literacy, and access to resources. By integrating the Nursing Mothers' Room into its services, the Hopewell Public Library demonstrates its commitment to meeting the diverse needs of its patrons. This forward-thinking approach not only enhances the library's relevance but also fosters a culture of inclusivity and support within the community.
Our poster will show the results of a study on current efforts used by college and university libraries in Virginia to promote library careers with students and efforts to hire and retain a more diverse library workforce.
Dive into the world of NFC tags, Robotics, and Plicker technologies to supercharge information literacy! This session unveils cutting-edge tools and creative solutions to engage learners and revolutionize library services. Join us for an exciting exploration of tech innovations reshaping our libraries.
When the campus closed in March 2020, Brightpoint Community College Library cooked up an emergency laptop program for students without computer access. What began as an experiment patched between various departments has grown into an essential, success-supporting library program.
You've got patrons -- lots of them! But where are they coming from? A Streamlit-based web application, developed in-house, visualizes patron locations across Jefferson-Madison Regional Library's service area. Heatmaps, scatter plots, and histograms show geographic usage patterns filtered by home branch, frequent branch, and funding jurisdiction. Live demo: https://bit.ly/jmrl-usage-map
Unexpected challenges are inevitable, but careful planning and alignment of goals can pave the way. This is the story of a large-scale merger of Information Services and Resource Sharing and Delivery (ILL), into one department: Access Services. We’ll discuss how participative leadership techniques overcame challenges and positively impacted the team.
What makes comic books and graphic novels special? Artwork? Stories? Characters? Moral values? All of the above? Comics and graphic novels present a more digestible reality than a realistic presentation of the horrific facts. Comics and graphic novels in your library help young readers learn through a popular medium.
Librarian, Bonk-Rivin Holocaust Collection of Ohef Sholom Temple Library
I have a strong interest in Holocaust education. In addition to a large collection of adult and young person Holocaust titles, the Bonk-Rivin Holocaust Collection contains a large selection of graphic novels and comic books on Holocaust topics. Ask me about using graphic novels and... Read More →
Before JMU's Carrier Library closed for a 3-year renovation and expansion, the library’s Communications & Outreach team created a new map to promote alternate study spaces in over 30 buildings across campus. Learn how we forged cross-campus partnerships and leveraged dozens of channels to develop and promote this new resource.
Data literacy is increasingly crucial to research across disciplines, and librarians are diversifying their skills to encourage students’ self-reliance when interacting with data. Two librarians discuss a collaboration across library departments to design instruction and materials to bring the fundamentals of data literacy to a freshman engineering course.
Research Data Management Librarian, Old Dominion University Libraries
Nikki is a spring 2024 graduate of ODU's MLIS program and recently joined the ODU Libraries as a Research Data Management (RDM) Librarian. Prior to this she spent the last 2 years working with the Libraries, first as a graduate assistant and then as a part-time Research Data Management... Read More →
Shake-up your reference interview practice! The V/Sieve method is not new; however, we have honed the “V” to aid librarians and users in the teaching and learning process during reference interactions. Visit our poster, and let's discuss how this method can structure your reference interactions while creating a useful visualization tool for the user.
Are you interested in helping students currently enrolled in Library School? Then consider joining the VLA’s Scholarship Committee! Each year the Scholarship Committee awards financial scholarships to deserving Virginia students. Serving on the committee has a low time-commitment, and you will make a tangible difference in our professional community.
Are you part of a department looking to increase communication and establish routines, or a supervisor inundated by delegation and juggling daily tasks and long-term projects? Come explore examples of visual task management systems—e.g. task trackers and bulletin boards—and take ready-made resources to implement them with you.
Recent research highlights systemic dysfunction and toxicity in libraries. Paradoxically, some employees not only choose to stay in these workplaces but become increasingly loyal to them. Literature, including organizational commitment models, doesn’t explain this phenomenon. The condition Corporate Stockholm Syndrome serves as a possible explanation. Study data will be shared.
Kayla Gourlay is a Teaching and Learning Specialist for the University Libraries, as well as an adjunct faculty member in the UNIV Courses & Programs Unit. She received her BA in English and Philosophy from Mount St. Mary's University in 2017, and completed her Master of Science in... Read More →
This poster presents a data science research project that evaluates individual state data on amount of books banned or attempted to be banned, population/population density, political standing, regional location, and more. The evaluation is conducted in order to answer the question: What causes US states to have more or less banned books than other states?
Join the "Library Makers" community, a free platform designed for library staff who run programs and manage makerspaces. It's a valuable resource for networking, training, and support for maker staff. The primary hub of activity is the online platform, LibraryMakers.org.
Central Library, Branch Manager, Prince William Public Libraries
I'm an early adopter in all things tech, and I love hearing about what's new in makerspaces, design, and library spaces. I've created purpose built apps and communication sites for library services and I'm making my foray into data warehousing for library stats. I'm always game for... Read More →
