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

1:00pm EDT

Patrons LOVE Them: Writing Big Programs

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

Writing STEAM-based library programs supports elementary aged student learning by encouraging innovation and strengthens their critical thinking skills.

Speakers

Katie Rahmoeller

Roanoke County Library

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

2:00pm EDT

Out of the Blue Sky: Executing Large Events

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

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Your big ideas don’t have to live in the clouds! Foster lasting, impactful connection with your community by creating opportunities for all of your neighbors to come together and challenge the bounds of library services. Share successes, strategies, and setbacks while using the tools provided to develop your ideas.

Speakers

Maura Zurfluh

Suffolk Public Library

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

4:00pm EDT

3D Scantastic!

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

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So many uses for a 3D scanner. Perhaps you need a 3D model of a spare part to 3D print or of your latest sculpture for an online gallery or of a room that needs remodeling or of your face for a virtual avatar. Come see for yourself.

Speakers

Ken Hopson

Operations Manager, The Workshop, VCU Libraries

For over two decades, I've been the Operations Manager of the VCU Libraries evolving “media” department, currently called Creative Technologies and Scholarship, located in The Workshop, where we are dedicated to facilitating the use of technologies in transdisciplinarity collaborative academic research and design.The specialities I support include multimedia software and hardware for 3D scanning, 3D modeling and 3D printing, video and audio recording and editing, photography a... Read More →

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

9:00am EDT

Extending Reality

Friday October 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

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Virtual, mixed and augmented reality devices are being used in surgical and tactical simulations, for behavioral therapy, for collaborative learning, for design prototyping, for data visualization and more. But let’s start with some easy, fun stuff that doesn’t make your head spin.

Speakers

Ken Hopson

Operations Manager, The Workshop, VCU Libraries

Friday October 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
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Libraratory Workshop

10:00am EDT

Towards a Library Metaverse: Transforming Mason Libraries with an Immersive 3D Virtual and Augmented Reality Tour

Friday October 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

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Take a peek into the potential future of academic libraries through a current project at Mason Libraries, where a 3D virtual and augmented reality tour is poised to transform traditional spaces into a library metaverse.

Speakers

Trevor Watkins

Teaching and Outreach Librarian, George Mason University

Trevor Watkins is the Teaching and Outreach Librarian at George Mason University. He leads a mini-team of two staff on the Teaching and Learning Team that engages in teaching, special projects, outreach, and library programming for George Mason University Libraries. His research interests... Read More →

Anna K. Murphy

Taneisha Mazyck

Teaching and Learning Support Coordinator, George Mason University

Friday October 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
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Libraratory Workshop

11:00am EDT

Let's Get Creative: Bringing the Arts to Public Libraries

Friday October 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

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Calling all arts aficionados- do you want to level up your arts programming, but you’re not sure how to do it? Do you have a great arts program idea, but you’re not sure how to justify it to stakeholders? This program is the place for you- so come get creative!

Speakers

Emma FitzGerald

YFS Library Assistant II, Chesapeake Public Libraries

Friday October 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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Libraratory Workshop

1:15pm EDT

Community Mosaics

Friday October 18, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT

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This session will cover two projects, one at Washington & Lee and one at Old Dominion, where art making was integrated into community discussions on ethics and values. Processes and outcomes will be presented and discussed.

Speakers

Jonathan Lee

Lecturer in Library & Information Studies, Old Dominion University

Friday October 18, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
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Libraratory Workshop