The Collective 2025

Let's go back to the basics of observing, questioning, and reflecting to center our learning and personal development. In this workshop, participants will use microthemes, or mini-essays, to collect their thoughts and ideas and develop (or re-develop!) their voice-activities that can be used and modified for instruction or for one's own reflective library practice.

More than ever before, customers are interacting with the library outside our walls. Recognizing the need to meet people where they are, Pioneer Library System embedded library services across the community with innovative technology and engaging installations in parks, leading to stronger partnerships and record-breaking customer engagement. Learn how one library system is meeting community needs and connecting more people with library resources through these innovative outreach efforts.

Do you feel like something is missing when you try and cover source evaluation in one-shot library instruction sessions? This topic can feel high-stakes, and the nuance involved isn't easy to capture in 50 minutes. In this make/hack/play session, you will engage in a collaborative and fun process to outline a choose-your-own-adventure source evaluation game.

Join us for a tea-spilling session with two first-year librarians who survived the wild ride of post-grad life, first jobs, and all the chaos in between. Whether you're here for the laughs, the lessons, or just to know you're not alone, we're breaking norms and telling it like it is.

Hey, I didn't learn this in Library School! How often do I say this? As an early career faculty librarian, DAILY. Navigating the uncharted territory of AI in an ever changing academic landscape has not made me an expert. But I do have handy tools and strategies that I've found incredibly valuable for a proactive approach to AI Literacy!