This will be an opportunity for new committee chairs and/or vice chairs to feel comfortable with the expectations of the role. We will go over templates for agendas, minutes, midyear reports, annual reports, and rolling calendars for continuity when committee leadership changes. As a group we will determine how committees can best work together to serve membership through planning and collaboration of ideas. Please reach out to Brandy Brady ([email protected]) to request other topics that would be beneficial to new leaders of committees.
This interactive session addresses the growing challenge of student distraction in college classrooms by equipping educators with strategies to increase engagement and assessment through tools such as Canva Whiteboard, Slido, Padlet, Blooket, and Pear Deck. Additional resources, such as Nearpod, InsertLearning, Formative, Classkick, and Genially, will be introduced. This workshop will feature a mix of engaging technology demonstrations, live learning activities, and a group collaboration activity where participants will integrate the technological tools into real micro-lesson teaching scenarios, equipping them to engage disengaged students, assess students’ learning, and reinforce the importance of creating student-centered lesson plans in the digital age.
Academic libraries continue to expand their digital ecosystems to support multimodal learning, faculty instruction, and evolving student research needs. This session highlights what’s new with Libby and Kanopy, focusing on discovery improvements, workflow efficiencies, and a growing integration ecosystem connecting ebooks, audiobooks, streaming media, and library discovery layers. We'll share a recap of recent platform updates, including Libby’s improved search, expanded filtering options for finding new titles faster, and ongoing integration developments between Libby, Kanopy, and the Vega platforms. These updates support more efficient discovery and help your library connect students and faculty to relevant resources.
Participants will see how AI can help students navigate databases, understand scholarly language, generate research starting points, and build confidence through live demonstrations that pair AI tools with high‑quality library resources. The session also highlights library services, workshops, and collaborative opportunities that support AI‑assisted research and the development of critical information literacy.
At our small college, freshman seminar is a mandatory requirement for first year students. Often, we received invitations to ‘teach about the library’ to students who had been on campus for 3 weeks. The traditional lessons we taught resulted in low engagement and very little information retention. We also often were asked to teach the same concepts in other first year classes. To combat this, we created a seminar specific first year escape room that familiarized them with the library services and spaces. As a result, librarians have seen more engaged library usage throughout students’ first year.
Library licensing can feel opaque and intimidating—but it doesn’t have to be. This interactive session equips librarians with practical skills and confidence to navigate, negotiate, and evaluate license agreements more effectively. Participants will explore core negotiation principles, learn to interpret common legal and library-specific terms, and discuss emerging issues shaping today’s landscape, including ADA Title II compliance and the growing impact of AI in vendor agreements. The session also highlights tools and resources that support informed decision-making and collaboration. To reinforce learning, attendees will engage in a brief, guided redlining activity that provides hands-on experience reviewing and revising license language. Participants will leave with actionable strategies, clearer understanding of key terms, and greater confidence advocating for their library’s needs.
How do you know what you have in your collection? What about what you think you have, but don’t? Inventory management in FOLIO is a choose-your-own-adventure project right now, and this is an opportunity to share your own solutions.
