Welcome to the Libraratory! 2024 VLA/VLACRL Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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Contact Hours:
Wednesday, October 16th 3PM – 8PM / Thursday, October 17th 9AM – 10PM / Friday, October 18th 8AM – 5PM

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1:00pm EDT

We Outchea!: A Conversation For Us By Us

Thursday October 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

Hampton Ballroom 1

Looking for kinship as a Black library professional? Sit with us as we hold space for Black voices in the library profession. Build your own network in real time, gather resources, and find camraderie with other Black library professionals.

Speakers

Kelvin Ellis

Suffolk Public Library

Keirstin Winslow

Library Experience Manager, Suffolk Public Library

Diamond Chavis-Waller

Community Learning Librarian, Suffolk Public Library

Kyle Binaxas

Suffolk Public Library

Resources and organizational resources for BLPs docx

Questions For Your Next Interview pdf

Link Up QR Code jpg

We outchea! A Conversation For Us by Us pdf

Thursday October 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Hampton Ballroom 1 Third Floor

VLA

2:00pm EDT

Things Are (Maybe?) About to Get VERY Weird -- Possible AI Futures, the Information Landscape, and Libraries

Thursday October 17, 2024 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Hampton Ballroom 1

With some experts comparing AI to other paradigm-shifting technologies like the harnessing of fire, the use of electricity, or the rise of the Internet, this talk looks beyond current AI systems and examines expert predictions. The internet changed librarianship and our understanding of information forever. Will AI do the same?

Speakers

Collin Fitzsimmons

Senior Analyst, Chesterfield County Public Library

Collin Fitzsimmons is a senior analyst at Chesterfield County Public Library, where he leads an analytics team working to improve operations, support strategic decision making, and tell the library's story using data. Collin believes that public libraries are a crucial part of healthy... Read More →

CAROLYN JENSEN

Chesterfield County Library

Things are (Maybe) about to get very weird v5 FINAL pptx

Thursday October 17, 2024 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Hampton Ballroom 1 Third Floor

VLA

4:00pm EDT

Outward In: Developing Community-Led Programming

Thursday October 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

Hampton Ballroom 1

Have you ever said “why don’t people come to our library programs?” Often events grow from ideas someone at the library has for what they think will be a great program, but what if we instead look outward asking our communities to help develop programming that will be of interest to them?

Speakers

Barry Trott

Adult Services Consultant, The Library of Virginia

Barry Trott is Adult Services Consultant at the Library of Virginia, where he helps public libraries across the Commonwealth plan and develop services for adult library users. He earned his MSLS from The Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science in 1997... Read More →

Sue La Paro

Youth Services Consultant, The Library of Virginia

I provide comprehensive consulting services, training, and support to Virginia’s public libraries in the areas of school readiness and summer and out of school learning for children, youth, and families.

Resources on Community led Programming pdf

Outward In pdf

Thursday October 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Hampton Ballroom 1 Third Floor

VLA

5:00pm EDT

LGBTQIA+ Forum Business Meeting

Thursday October 17, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Hampton Ballroom 1

Thursday October 17, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Hampton Ballroom 1 Third Floor

Business Meetings