- Elon Green
Keynote - Elon Green
Elon Green has written for the New York Times Magazine, The Awl, and New York. He is anthologized in Sarah Weinman’s Unspeakable Acts. He is the author of Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York. Last Call is about the long-forgotten early 1990s murders of men picked up in Manhattan gay bars and the resulting police investigations. It’s also about the lives of the victims, and the city's queer social scene and nightlife at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Last Call won the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.
- Chelsea Price
Track 1: Big Programs for Any Budget
Big Programs for Any Budget: Out-of-the-Box Ideas that Won’t Break the Bank. The town of Meservey, Iowa has fewer than 250 residents and a tiny budget to match. Despite that, their public library has more than tripled their program attendance numbers in the last five years by hosting a number of memorable yet budget-friendly events. Director Chelsea Price, author of 209 Big Programming Ideas for Small Budgets, will share lots of ideas for hosting inexpensive or free programs at your library all ages—for kids, families and adults., as well as discuss the importance of partnerships and various ways to save money when planning programs.
- Elsworth Carman
Track 1: Welcoming & Retaining Transgender & Nonbinary Library Staff and Patrons
Focused on empowering every participant to embrace current best practices for welcoming and retaining transgender and nonbinary library staff and patrons, this session will cover easy-to-implement HR and policy strategies, space adaptions, and training ideas designed to make your library more inclusive and welcoming to transgender and nonbinary staff and patrons. Basic overview of transgender and nonbinary identities will be included in the discussion. Elsworth Carman is the Director of the Iowa City Public Library, and has worked in libraries in Washington, DC; Oak Park, IL; and Ocean County, NJ. With a career-long focus on hospitality and access, Carman has extensive experience presenting on and writing about transgender-inclusive books for youth, serving queer populations, creating welcoming public spaces, and hospitality in libraries.
- Barbara Ganzel
Track 1: Stress First Aid & Coping for You and Your Staff
Stress First Aid includes actions that can help you identify and address early signs of stress reactions in yourself and others in an ongoing way. Join Dr. Barbara Ganzel as she talks about coping with trauma and stress of front line staff during the pandemic shut down and the during the years that have followed. Dr. Ganzel will provide coping skills that you can use now and in the future.
- Shauntee Burns-Simpson
Track 1: Transforming Teen Services in Your Library
Does your library have a hard time getting teens through the door? Are you having a hard time engaging with the young adult population? While there may be no one-size-fits-all solution, this webinar will share some tools and approaches to engage with teens in your library.
- Brian Hildreth