January 24 - 28, 2020 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provided below is a linked list to 2020 Symposium on the Future of Libraries sessions with FREE access to slides and audio. A special thank you to session presenters for granting permission for the recording and sharing of their sessions.
Hyperlinks direct to the session's page in the Meeting Scheduler. Using the "Login" link in the upper right, simply login with your ALA username and password (free to create for members and non-members).
Visit the 2020 Midwinter Meeting site for the complete schedule of Symposium Sessions.
Big Shifts: Libraries, Collections, Networks
Lorcan Dempsey
Can Virtual Reality Change Information Literacy Instruction?
Felicia Smith
Creating a Robust Cross-Sector GLAM Innovation Clearinghouse: A Critical Conversation
Kenn Bicknell & Elizabeth Call
Cross-Campus Partnerships to Help Students Fund Their College Education
Katelyn Angell
Data Abuse: Is There a Sustainable Solution to Help Notify Users of Egregious Data Abuses?
Peter McCracken
Data and Diversity: Navigating the Ethics of Demographic Data in Inclusive Community Collections
Kelly Hiser, Kate Sellers, & Lachrista Greco
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Creating Customer Journeys to Generate Equitable Communities—How to Use Asset Framing to Design Experiences for Social Impact
Margaret Sullivan, Ellen Ryan, & Rudy Blanco
Exploring Climate Change and Design in a Local Arts Organization's Continuing Education Program
Jung John & Renee Albrecht-Mallinger
Food Literacy for Families, Libraries, and Communities: South Carolina Read Eat Grow
Rebecca Antill & Ryan Easterbrooks
Framing the Design of Future Public Libraries
Sara Weiner, Anthony Harris, & Allison Marshall
FUTURE-READYing Your Library: Preparing for the Future Today
Marcellus Turner
Libraries at the Nexus of Migration
Julie Botnick, Derek Johnson, Alex Gil Fuentes, Adriana Blancarte-Hayward, & Christian Zabriskie
Libraries Transform: Civic Innovation
Anuj Gupta & Ariel Ben-Amos
Libraries Transform: Education Innovation
Malik Brown & Dara Ruiz-Whalen
Libraries Transform: Social Innovation
Mariana Chilton & Joanna Visser Adjoian
Library Marketing and Advocacy through Social Media
Charlene Martoni
The Library, Not Just for Books: Connecting Library, Maker, and Social Emotional Learning
Velear Schrupp
Making Connections and Discovering Place: Oral Histories and the Library
Lauren Kehoe & Mayumi Miyaoka
Making the News: Library Advocacy and Local Media
Christi Buker, TyLisa Johnson, & John O'Brien
Making Real Change: Moving beyond the Interpersonal to Create Actual Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Environments for Both Library Users and Employees
Erin Elzi & Elia Trucks
Measuring the Library’s Impact on Your Community’s Social Infrastructure
Margaret Sullivan, Lyna Vuong, & Alexandra Sutherland-Brown
Metadata Instruction Mobilizing Human Rights Research in the Undergraduate Classroom
Mary Alexander, Emma Wilson, & Alex Boucher
Navigating Queer Realities in School Libraries
Rae-Anne Montague
Partners in Place: Community Space Sharing for Tomorrow’s Workforce
Lisa Shaw, Elizabeth Iaukea, Tammy Westergard, Randy Kemp, & Andrea Levandowski
Sustainability Is Now a Core Value. So... Now What?
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich & Matthew Bollerman
To See or Not to See: Exploring and Visualizing Digital Collections Data with R Programming Language
Monika Glowacka-Musial
Tomorrow's Scholars Today: Collaborating to Empower Undergraduate Students to Become Knowledge Creators
Ashley Lierman & Whitney Cox
Toxic Stress, Early Brain Development, and What Libraries Can Do to Support Young Children Experiencing Adverse Childhood Conditions
Rachel Payne, Tyson Barker, & Anna Wright
Transformation for Libraries: From EXCITE to a Futures School
Dawn La Valle
Using Implications Wheels to Explore the Consequences of Change
Jason Swanson
Young Changemakers in 21st Century Libraries
Luke Kirkland, Alexandra Remy, & Melissa Bennett