Schedule
The AzLA Presents 2020 Webinar Series is FREE to all current AzLA members. If you would like to join AzLA click HERE to sign up today. Once you become a member you may register any of the sessions. Each session must be registered for individually. If you have any questions please contact admin@azla.org.
Date / Time / Details
Event Schedule
8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Election Results
John Walsh, AzLA President
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Opening Keynote: 20 Ideas to Spawn Innovation for 2020
Brian Pichman, Director of Strategic Innovation, at the Evolve Project
10 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.
Break
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
State Library Presentation
Holly Henley
10:35 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Book Browse Presentation
Davina Morgan-Witts
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Program 1: Caught Off-guard? Virtual Is Doable! Programming Resources for our Future. COVID PROOF Your Library with Citizen Science
Dan Stanton, Robin Salthouse, Caroline Nickerson
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Break
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Closing Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security in the Library
Christina Roberts, Consultant at EPI-USE
Tuesday, October 20th, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m
8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Program 2: Law4AZ: Empowering Public Libraries to Advance Access to Justice
Gretchen Hornberger
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Program 3: At Your Service: City Directory Research during a Pandemic
Paloma Phelps
Monday, October 26th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Program 4: Bring Inclusivity to Story Hours! Serving the LGBTQ+ community and beyond
Michelle Miranda Thorstad, Jill Lassen, Lenore Filipczuk
Thursday, November 5th, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Program 5: More than Books Under Glass: Innovative special collections exhibits
Julie Swarsstad Johnson
Friday, November 13th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
3 p.m. - 3: 30 p.m.
Program 6: The Talk-Back Board
America Curl
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Program 7: Jumpstart Youth Services Virtual Programming
Diana Manasse
Wednesday, November 18th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Program 8: Unacknowledged Labor and Precarity: Stories from student workers
Michelle Gohr, Andrew Barber, Alexis Juarez
Thursday, December 3rd, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Program 9: Forget Me Not: Becoming a dementia friendly library
Mary Beth Riedner, Brian Gonzales, Jan Dougherty MS, RN, FAAN
Closing Session Wednesday, December 9th, 8:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sponsors
8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
9 a.m - 10 a.m.
Keynote
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
State Library Presentation
10:35 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
8 ways to Empower Lifelong Reading
Abbey Patton, OverDrive
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Program 10 More Than a Checklist: Meaningful Indigenous Inclusion in Arizona Libraries
Alexander Soto
12:15 p.m - 12:30 p.m.
Break
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
AzLA Service Awards Ceremony
Closing Remarks
AzLA Board