2017 Symposium on the Future of Libraries
January 20 - 24, 2017 – Atlanta, Georgia
Provided below is a linked list to 2017 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 2017 Midwinter Meeting site for the complete schedule of Symposium Sessions.
Bridging the Digital Divide with Open eBooks
Michelle Bickert, James English, Michael Bills, Liz Allen, & Trevor Owens
Building Civic Engagement with a Civic Lab
Amy Koester & Amita Lonial
Building Community, Leading Change: Libraries Transforming Communities
Erica Freudenberger, Mary Fournier, Nancy Kranich, & Ken Stewart
Building the Future: Public Library Directors and Their Trustees Making Future Policy Decisions Together!
Susan Schmidt, Sally Reed, Fred Stielow, & Peter Pearson
Collaborating on Libraries’ Digital Futures: A Conversation with New York Public Library's Dr. Anthony Marx
Anthony Marx
Collude! Resist! Collaborate! ebook Strategies for the Modern Revolutionary
Veronda Pitchford, Paula MacKinnon, Stephen Spohn, Jr., & Mitchell Davis
Crafting Successful Youth Civic Engagement in Information Spaces
Chaebong Nam
Enhancing Public Library Programs Through a Family Engagement Framework
Margaret Caspe Klein, PhD, Christine Hage, Maren Ostergard, Jo Giudice, & Judy Nelson
The Future of Innovation: How Libraries Support Entrepreneurs
Ilana Stonebraker, Joe Collier, Heather Howard, & Saira Raza
The Future of Librarian Labor
Emily Drabinski & Eamon Tewell
Going Fully Mobile: Eliminate the Desk, Eliminate Barriers, Improve Service
Gregory Edwards & Kimber Fender
Immersive and Interactive: Virtual Reality In a Contextually-rich Learning Environment
D. Matthew Boyer & Stephen Moysey
Knowledge Discovery: The Next Generation
Ruth Pickering, Michael Keller, Chris Bourg, & Cheryl McGrath
Libraries Transform – Civic innovation
Marian Liou & Kyle Kessler
Libraries Transform – Education Innovation
Stephen Harmon & Jeffrey Martín
Libraries Transform – Social innovation
Darlene Gillard Jones & Isha Lee
Library Exhibitions Unbound: Lessons for the Future from a Decade of Special Projects at the Boston Public Library
Jonathan Alger & Beth Prindle
Placemaking and the Public Library
Michelle Jeske
School Libraries as Global Educators
Andy Plemmons
Sustainable Thinking for the Future of Libraries
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Taking the Library Viral
Trey Gordner & Corrine Hill
Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Recommendations: An Equitable Future for ALA and the Profession
Leslie Scott, Melissa Cardenas-Dow, Martin Garnar, LaJuan Pringle, & Sara Zettervall
TEDx and TED Ed: How Kids & Communities Can Create an Innovative Event to “Learn Forward” Forever
Sara Duvall
Think Universal…To Design Accessible Services for All
Patrice Johnson, Pat Herndon, & Jill Rothstein
Thinking Broadly and Creatively: MIT’s Future of Libraries Report
Chris Bourg, Greg Eow, & Stephanie Hartman
Towards A Less Normative Future in Library Services to Children/Teens
Angie Manfredi
21st Century Library Ethics
Sarah Houghton
