Professional Conferences

2022 ALA E-Learning by Georgia McCroy/ Appleton Public Library

Managing Children's Collections from Acquisitions to Weeding I found this course to be extremely helpful. The instructor was engaging and provided real world examples of the processes. The interaction available on the forum boards was also extremely valuable. I have created a compilation of all of the readings and suggested resources for future reference and [...]

ARSL Annual Conference by Calla Jarvie / Rock County Community Library

I was able to attend the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) annual conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The opportunity to meet with and talk to other libraries from small and rural areas is invaluable. We struggle with many similar issues, and it was incredibly beneficial to get to talk through things with them and [...]

ITEM Conference by Theresa Nysetvold / Murray County Central Schools

It was such a pleasure to attend an in-person conference! Librarians and media specialists gathered from around the state, though primarily attendees were from the Twin Cities. I enjoyed time connecting with vendors from book distribution and publishing companies, authors and librarians. I attended two workshops on the topic of organizing school libraries by genre. [...]

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