With over 100 educational programs, PLA Conference can offer an overwhelming amount of options for learning. With the help of the PLA Conference Program Subcommittee, we’ve selected some programs that may be of particular interest to staff of small and rural libraries. To search programming by keyword, track, date, or presenter, visit the Programs page.
Broadcast
Get Outside the Lines: Reintroducing Your Library to the Community
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lights, Camera, Advocacy: Digital Storytelling for Your Library
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Every Person Is A Book, Every Life Tells A Story
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
What’s Your Elevator Speech? The Message Matters
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Crossover Appeal: Books that Work for Teens and Adults
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Challenge
Accessibility from Every Angle
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Tech to Go: Circulating Nontraditional Items
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Aspen Institute’s “Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries” in Action
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Don’t Worry… We’re Only Going to Change Everything
Friday, April 8, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Puff, Puff, Lend: Cannabis Culture and the Library Collection
Friday, April 8, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
How Two Libraries Quit Summer Reading and You Can, Too
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
A Different Way of Doing Business: Cross-Functional Strategic Initiative Teams
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Changing Landscape of Library Privacy
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Collaborate
Extraordinarily Engaged: How Three Libraries are Transforming Their Communities
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Services to Those Who Serve: Library Programs for Veterans and Active Duty Military Families
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
It Happened in My Town: Collaboration in Crisis
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Making the Grade at Each Stage with School Outreach
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Networking for Wallflowers
Friday, April 8, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Connect, Crowdsource, and Kickstart: Make Dream Projects a Reality
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Better Together: Civic Engagement and Civic Dialogues
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Guiding Ohio Online: Working With AmeriCorps to Strengthen Technology Skills in Rural Library Communities
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Extraordinary at Any Size: Tips for Keeping Your Library Relevant and Your Community Engaged for Every Size Library
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Imagine
This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Library… Or is It? Serving Older Adults in a Changing World
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Building Digitally Inclusive Communities
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Dragons in the Library: Tabletop Gaming and the Public Library
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Open to All: Serving the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community in your Library
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Invent
Creative Merchandising Strategies for Libraries
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
AnyAbility: Taking Ordinary Service for Adults with Disabilities to an Extraordinary Level
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Leamos (Let’s Read) at the Library: Using Web-Based Curriculum to Engage Latino Families
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Walking the Literary Landscape: Using Mobile Apps to Connect Literature to Your Community
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Lead
Developing Truly Effective Performance Evaluations
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Organizational Health: Capitalizing on Your Most Important Asset
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Hospitality: The Essential Ingredient
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Building a Better Board to Support Your Library
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Put Learning First: Developing a Staff Learning Philosophy
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Plan
Data Driven Collections: Right-Sizing Library Collections
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Developing a Holistic Collection Development Policy
Friday, April 8, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Building for the Future Today: Broadband Planning
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The One-Page Strategic Plan: Is It Real? Is It Right For You?
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
E-rate Evolution: Getting from Policy to Practical
Friday, April 8, 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Weed? In Denver?: Collection Maintenance at DPL and Fort Worth
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Play
52 Weeks of STEM at Your Library
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Everything is Awesome! Reimagining Library UX
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Studio Experience: Creating a Makerspace for Ages 0-108
Friday, April 8, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Bite-Sized Staff Training: Transform Staff Development for Busy Employees
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Read & Reach: Promoting Physical Activity in Storytime Programs
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM