Videos of Panels From IMLS Focus on Learning in Libraries Now Available Online

The IMLS Focus: Learning in Libraries took place at the Kansas City, Missouri Public Library on May 14, 2015.

IMLS posted recordings of each session and keynote on YouTube earlier today. All of the videos can be found in this playlist and the title of each session below is linked to the video of the session.

As is the case with most IMLS events and as you’ll see below, the list of moderators and panelists is a who’s who of U.S. librarianship.

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Speaker: Crosby Kemper, Executive Director, Kansas City Public Library, @KCLibrary
• Introduced by:  Maura Marx, Acting Director, IMLS, @mauramarx / @US_IMLS

8:45 – 9:45 Participatory Learning in Libraries

• Moderator: Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, @cni_org
• Panelists:
  • Bill Derry, Director of Innovation, Westport Library, @BillDerry / @WestportLibrary
  • Tod Colegrove, Director, DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno, @pcolegrove / @DeLaMareLibrary
  • Laura Damon-Moore, Co-creator, Library as Incubator Project, @LauraDM08 / @IArtLibraries

  9:45 – 10:45 Early Learning in Libraries

  • Moderator: Clara Bohrer, Director, West Bloomfield Township Public Library, @wblib
  • Panelists:
    • Diane Hutchins, Consultant and Project Manager, Washington State Library, @WAStateLib
    • Beth Crist, Youth and Family Services Consultant, Colorado State Library, @BethCSL / @COStateLibrary
    • Kathleen Deerr, National Coordinator, Family Place Libraries at Middle Country Public Library, @MiddleCountryPL

    11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Adult Learning and Workforce Development in Libraries

    • Moderator: David Singleton, Director of Libraries, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, @cmlibrary
    • Panelists:
      • Diosdado Gica, Director of Learning and Literacy, Queens Borough Public Library, @QueensLibrary
      • Karisa Tashjian, Literacy Program Coordinator, Providence Public Library, @ktashjian / @provlib
      • Cindy Gibbon, Access and Information Services Director, Multnomah County Library, @MultCoLib

      12:45 – 1:15 Continuing Education for Librarians

      • Moderator: Tim Cherubini, Executive Director, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies
      • Panelists:
        • Chrystie Hill, Community Relations Director, OCLC, @itgirl / @OCLC
        • Anne Craig, Director, Illinois State Library, @annewbcraig

        1:15 – 2:30 Leveraging Research to Inform Better Practice

        • Moderator: John Horrigan, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center, @JohnBHorrigan
        • Panelists:
          • Mega Subramaniam, Assistant Professor, iSchool – College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, @mmsubram / @iPAC_UMD
          • Gail Dickinson, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, @gailkd  / @ODUnow
          • Jill Castek, Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University, @Portland_State
          • Alison Head, Principal Research Scientist, Information School, University of Washington, @alisonjhead / @UW_iSchool

          2:30 – 3:30 Digital Literacy and Inclusion

          • Moderator: Colin Rhinesmith, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma, @crhinesmith / @OUSLIS
          • Panelists:
            • Ruth Small, Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, @drruthsyr / @iSchoolSU
            • Dwight McInvaill, Director, Georgetown County Library, @dmcinvaill / @GtownCoLibrary
            • Susan Feller, President/CEO, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, & Museums, @TribalALM

            3:45 – 5:00 Aligning Curriculum with the Needs of Today’s Libraries and Users

            • Moderator: Bonnie Postlethwaite, Dean of Libraries, University of Missouri-Kansas City, @UMKCLibraries
            • Panelists:
              • David Lankes, Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, @rdlankes / @iSchoolSU
              • Mary Stansbury, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Denver, @marystansbury / @UofDenver
              • Mark Puente, Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs, Association of Research Libraries, @ARLnews
              • Siobhan Reardon, President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, @FLPDirector / @FreeLibrary
                

                5:00 – 5:15 Closing Remarks