The North Carolina Library Association Conference will take place in Winston-Salem on October 17-20, 2017 at the Benton Convention Center.
Show your support for UNCG LIS alumni, students, faculty, and lecturers by attending as many of the following presentations as possible! We would also love to see you at the UNCG LIS booth.
You can get register by going here. We look forward to seeing you there!
UNCG alum Amanda Glenn-Bradley
Date and Time: 8:30am Wednesday, October 18 (30 minutes)
Location: Salem 3B
Presentation: “Librarians on the Move: Innovation and Collaboration in Study Away”, (Panel Talk with Patrick Rudd, Shannon Tennant, Lynne Bisko, and Dianne Ford of Elon)
UNCG alumni Sarah Jeong, Kaeley McMahan, and Hu Womack
Date and Time: 1:00pm, Wednesday October 18
Location: Winston 1A
Presentation: “Embedding Outside the Classroom: Three Academic Librarians in the Departments and Residence Halls.”
UNCG Library Staff and UNCG LIS Lecturers Amy Harris Houk and Sam Harlow
Date and Time: 1:00pm Wednesday, October 18
Location: Winston 1B
Presentation: “Active Learning Strategies for Librarians working with Online Courses”
UNCG alum Christie Reale
Date and Time: 3:00pm Wednesday, October 18
Location: Salem 3A
Presentation: “Personality in the Library Workplace: Making the Most of Individual Differences”
UNCG Faculty Dr. Noah Lenstra
Date and Time: 3:00pm, Wednesday, October 18
Location: Salem 3B
Presentation: “Join the Movement! Movement-Based Programming in Public Libraries for Fun and Physical Literacy”
UNCG LIS Lecturer Dr. Richard Moniz, UNCG Alumni Jo Henry and Joe Eshleman
Date and Time: 11:00am, Thursday, October 19
Location: Salem 1C
Presentation: “Addressing the Problem of Incivility in the Library Workplace”
UNCG alum Amanda Glenn-Bradley
Date and Time: 1:00pm Thursday, October 19
Location: Piedmont 4: Poster Session, Poster Board #1
Presentation: “Get CrAFTY: Innovating the Concept of a ‘Makerspace’ in Libraries Through Collaborative Design”
UNCG Faculty Anthony Chow
Date and Time: 3:30pm, Thursday, October 19
Location: Salem 3A
Presentation: “The Ins and Outs of Advocacy – Relationships, Data, and Stories”
UNCG UNCG LIS Lecturer and Library Staff Jennifer Motszko, UNCG LIS Lecturer David Gwynn, UNCG Alum Sarah Prescott, and Ed Donnald
Date and Time: 3:30pm, Thursday, October 19
Location: Salem 3B
Presentation: “Taking Care of Business: Collaborations Between an Academic Library and the Business Community”
UNCG alum Amanda Glenn-Bradley
Date and Time: 8:30am Friday, October 20
Location:Salem Foyer: Poster Session, Poster Board #8
Presentation: “The Librarian Is In(novative): Collaboration through Embedded Librarianship”
UNCG alum Amanda Glenn-Bradley
Date and Time: 11:00am Friday, October 20
Location: Salem 3A: Workshop-Style Oral Presentation of Awesome with Kate Hill of UNC Greensboro
Presentation: “From Stage to Library, Conquering Public Speaking Through the Power of Theater and Improv”
UNCG Student Molly Luby with Chapel Hill Public Library
Date and Time: 11:00am, Friday, October 20
Location: Salem 1C
Presentation: “Relationships Don’t Scale: Applying user experience (UX) and design thinking to build authentic community”
UNCG Student Lily Carden
Date and Time: 11:00am, Friday, October 20th
Location: Salem 3C
Presentation: “Writing & Robotics: Making Literacy Connections through Technology”
UNCG Students Lindsey Sprague, Kelly Jones, Chase Hanes, and Hannah Welborn
Date and Time: Un-staffed poster on display duration of conference
Location: Exhibit Hall
Presentation: “Alternative Spring Break at UNCG: Experiences from the First Year”