9/1 - Advocacy Sessions

12:30pm - 4:00pm - See below for LIVE session times.

Registrants will be emailed the daily Zoom link the morning of the event.

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Health & Privacy in a Pandemic World

12:30pm

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1:30pm

Jennifer Bruneau & Tess Wilson

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Health & Privacy in a Pandemic World

The health information landscape can be confusing and frustrating. Consumers often don't know how to find and understand quality health inf...

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12:30pm

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1:30pm

Jennifer Bruneau & Tess Wilson

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Students Advocating for Students: a Library Student Advisory Board & an OER Initiative

12:30pm

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1:30pm

Samantha Kannegiser & Erika Pitsker

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Students Advocating for Students: a Library Student Advisory Board & an OER Initiative

The rising cost of textbooks remains a pressing issue for students in higher education and open educational resources (OER) are the potentia...

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12:30pm

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1:30pm

Samantha Kannegiser & Erika Pitsker

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Leading With Compassion: Prioritizing Self-Care for Library Staff

12:30pm

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1:30pm

Max Bowman, Beth Gallaway & Sara Slymon

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Leading With Compassion: Prioritizing Self-Care for Library Staff

The intersection of the pandemic with a library construction projection uniquely positioned the Grafton Public Library to support employee w...

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12:30pm

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1:30pm

Max Bowman, Beth Gallaway & Sara Slymon

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Choose Your Own Adventure...Job Seeking In A Post-Pandemic World

12:30pm

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1:30pm

Christy Billings

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Choose Your Own Adventure...Job Seeking In A Post-Pandemic World

Post pandemic, learn how the rules have changed when looking for work. Learn how to update your resume correctly including all the new skill...

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12:30pm

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1:30pm

Christy Billings

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Urban & Suburban Branch Libraries-How Each Responded to the Pandemic & Continued to Serve its Commun

1:45pm

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2:45pm

Williams Adamczyk, Michael Colford & Sindu Meier

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Urban & Suburban Branch Libraries-How Each Responded to the Pandemic & Continued to Serve its Commun

When the pandemic hit, the beloved libraries across the New England were immediately shuttered. Within weeks, these same libraries reimagin...

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1:45pm

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2:45pm

Williams Adamczyk, Michael Colford & Sindu Meier

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Let's Talk Intellectual Freedom & Social Justice

1:45pm

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2:45pm

Jennifer Bruneau, Leighann Hamel, Sam Helmick & Andrea Puglisi

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Let's Talk Intellectual Freedom & Social Justice

Join Library Freedom Project for a guided discussion on the intersection of intellectual and social justice. This table talk will engage att...

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1:45pm

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2:45pm

Jennifer Bruneau, Leighann Hamel, Sam Helmick & Andrea Puglisi

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Centering Youth Voice in Library Space & Policies

1:45pm

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2:45pm

Kate Aubin, Mireille Sturmann & Teen Educator

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Centering Youth Voice in Library Space & Policies

Throughout 2020 Providence Public Library‚ (PPL) Children‚ and Teen departments, consisting of two librarians and two formal educators, foll...

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1:45pm

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2:45pm

Kate Aubin, Mireille Sturmann & Teen Educator

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Advocacy 101 – Stats, Stories, & Stakeholders

1:45pm

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2:45pm

Maria Bernier & Lori Fisher

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Advocacy 101 – Stats, Stories, & Stakeholders

Are you a librarian who wants to advocate more for your library, but aren’t sure where to start? Advocacy is a long game based on relationsh...

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1:45pm

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2:45pm

Maria Bernier & Lori Fisher

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Are Youth Services Librarians Overworked Heroes?

3:00pm

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4:00pm

Sharon Colvin, Ph.D., MLS

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Are Youth Services Librarians Overworked Heroes?

I wrote a dissertation on afterschool and youth services library workers and uncovered some harsh realities about the field - they feel misu...

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3:00pm

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4:00pm

Sharon Colvin, Ph.D., MLS

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Rising Circulation in the time of COVID 19

3:00pm

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4:00pm

Ellen Paul & Stephanie Smith

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Rising Circulation in the time of COVID 19

Borrowing at the East Hampton Public Library has risen 72% in the past four years. Even during the fall of 2020 when many libraries circulat...

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3:00pm

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4:00pm

Ellen Paul & Stephanie Smith

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The Federal Trade Commission: Aiding Community Advocates

3:00pm

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4:00pm

Robin Eichen

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The Federal Trade Commission: Aiding Community Advocates

The pandemic has brought with it loss of life and health, as well as increased financial losses to communities in the form of lost jobs and ...

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3:00pm

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4:00pm

Robin Eichen

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ALA Councilors' Forum

3:00pm

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4:00pm

Jen Alvino, Catherine Damiani, John DeSantis, Erin Dummeyer, Lori Fisher, Esme Greene, LeRoy LaFleur, Amy Lappin & Kara Reiman

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ALA Councilors' Forum

Come learn from the New England area ALA councilors about the important work our fellow librarians are doing on a national level and ways we...

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3:00pm

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4:00pm

Jen Alvino, Catherine Damiani, John DeSantis, Erin Dummeyer, Lori Fisher, Esme Greene, LeRoy LaFleur, Amy Lappin & Kara Reiman