NJASL 2021 Fall Conference has ended

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NJASL 2021 Fall Conference

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11:00am EST

Complimentary Coffee/Tea Exhibitor Hall Registration Author's Alley Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A

12:00pm EST

An Advocacy Success Story Immokalee Studio BBeth Thomas • Julie Metz • Lisa Touzeau • Mary Moyer Stubbs • Tricina Strong-Beebe • Joyce Soto What’s in Your Students’ Backpacks? Information Privilege and Equity Big Cypress Studio BDr. Joyce Valenza • Sandra Paul • Elissa Malespina SBHS Reads: Creating a Culture of Reading in Your School Big Cypress Studio ALisa Manganello Artificial Intelligence in the Library Immokalee Studio AGigi Mohamad Bookji: A New Social Reading Platform For Kids Tampa Studio ABCWill Peters

1:15pm EST

Diversity in the Library and Beyond Tampa Studio ABCMonica Coe How to Celebrate Cultural Heritage Months All Year Long Immokalee Studio AKaren Grant • Dr. Ellen Pozzi Help! I Can't Find a Book That Hooks Me Big Cypress Studio AJessie Janowitz Opening the World to Young Readers: the International Youth Literature Collection at Rutgers Big Cypress Studio BMarie Radford • Dr. Marc Aronson Fight the Fakes! Teaching News & Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Environment Fort Pierce Salon DJulie Goldberg

2:30pm EST

Getting in Good Trouble - Librarians as Leaders Fort Pierce Salon DElissa Malespina • Sandra Paul Myth of the Reluctant Reader Part VII: Overcoming the Challenge of English as a Second Language Big Cypress Studio AWil Mara Teaching Kids to Be Allies Through Literature Immokalee Studio BJeanne Zulick Ferruolo Everything Starts with a Story Tampa Studio ABCColeen Caulfield • Ellen Fishter First Year Meet the Frames: Facing (and Bridging) the Transition Together Big Cypress Studio BRebecca Bushby • Brenda Boyer • Dr. Joyce Valenza • Gigi Mohamad • Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott Holding Our Students’ Stories Immokalee Studio AJessica Sinarski Spark and Tell Seminole BallroomJessica Donovan • Gab Casieri • Bridget Heos • Ssanyu Lukoma

3:45pm EST

Official Welcome With Daniel Nayeri & Award Presentation Seminole BallroomDaniel Nayeri

4:45pm EST

Meet and Greet - Exhibitor Hall Opening Exhibitor Hall

8:00pm EST

Book Challenges, Censorship, and Your Library Brighton Ballroom II and IIIMary Moyer Stubbs • Dr. Ellen Pozzi • Tricina Strong-Beebe • Tara Weiss

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Regional Response Team Google Form Hard Rock Conference Rooms Map

7:00am EST

Early Complimentary Coffee/Tea Prefunction 1 Area Registration

8:00am EST

From Advocacy to Advancement: Shifting Times, Shifting Narratives Big Cypress Studio ARoss Todd LibraryLinkNJ: More Than You Knew Immokalee Studio BDarby Malvey LibraryLinkNJ: More Than You Knew Immokalee Studio B Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in School Library Programs Immokalee Studio AAngela Coxen • Karen Grant Blended Learning Can Help Restore (Pandemic-Induced) Lost Reading Skills Tampa Studio ABC Blended Learning Can Help Restore (Pandemic-Induced) Lost Reading Skills Tampa Studio ABCAngel DeRue From Podcasting to Live Streaming with Elementary Students Big Cypress Studio BNancy Bosch Spark and Tell Seminole BallroomBeth Thomas • Kate Szegda • Christine Carr • Steve Tetreault • Elizabeth Ullrich • Eileen Sanchez Complimentary Coffee/Tea Exhibitor Hall NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A Author's Alley Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall

9:15am EST

NJASL General Session with Awards and Ibi Zoboi Keynote Seminole BallroomIbi Zoboi

11:15am EST

Libraries as Sites of Profound Learning Big Cypress Studio AAli Carr-Chellman A Guide to Successful Author Visits Fort Pierce Salon CLauren Magaziner • Jessie Janowitz The Author's Journey: Courage, Connection and Compassion Immokalee Studio ANancy Viau • Robin Newman • Colleen Kosinski • Darlene Beck Jacobson Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Computer Science, Robotics and Elementary Education Tampa Studio ABCJennifer Latimer Young Immigrants and Refugees: Booktalking Their Stories Immokalee Studio BSharon Rawlins

12:30pm EST

Authors Panel Luncheon Courage--Connection--Compassion conversation with: Don Vu, Ibi Zoboi, Daniel Nayeri, and Deya Dresner; Moderator: Gab C. Seminole BallroomGab Casieri • Daniel Nayeri • Ibi Zoboi • Don Vu • Deya Dresner

2:00pm EST

Collaborating to Create Policies Against Challenges and Bans Immokalee Studio AJessica Donovan • Elissa Malespina Finding your Passion Big Cypress Studio BDaniel Kirk Reading After Dark: Making Your Library Program Work After Hours Fort Pierce Salon CSean Fallon Graduate Certificate in Maker Education Tampa Studio ABCDr. Suparna Sinha • Dr. David Shernoff History Day: It’s Not Just a Day, It’s an Experience! Immokalee Studio BNeil Grimes • Yvonne Roux STEM To Go: Creating portable learning experiences in STREAM! Big Cypress Studio ACharlene Mason • Bonnie Holmes

3:15pm EST

Get By With a Little Help From MentorNJ Big Cypress Studio BDarby Malvey • Doug Baldwin *CANCELLED* Building Courage, Connection and Compassion through Historical Fiction Fort Pierce Salon CEileen Sanchez • Kate Szegda Free Accessible Books from NJSL Talking Book & Braille Center Tampa Studio ABCJennifer Apgar • Elizabeth Burns Getting into the "Write" Headspace - How Reading Inspires Us Immokalee Studio AAnnie Silvestro • Beth Ferry One Book One Conference Seminole Ballroom *CANCELLED* Computer Science Instruction in New Jersey Immokalee Studio B Bookji: A New Social Reading Platform For Kids Fort Pierce Salon CWill Peters Coding SEL Into Every Classroom Big Cypress Studio AAlex Urrea

4:15pm EST

Engagement Session Exhibitor Hall

6:00pm EST

Retiree Dinner Hard Rock Cafe

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SIGN THE PETITION Online Regional Response Team Google Form Hard Rock Conference Rooms Map

7:00am EST

Early Complimentary Coffee/Tea Prefunction 1 Area Registration

8:00am EST

General Membership Meeting and Keynote with Don Vu Seminole Ballroom NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A Complimentary Coffee/Tea Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall Exhibitor Hall

9:30am EST

All Are Welcome: Creating a Special Place for Your Special Needs Autistic Students Immokalee Studio AChristina Cucci • Jean Stock How to Engage Culturally Diverse Students Big Cypress Studio BElisabet Kennedy • Iveth Mollinedo Yelegen Implementing Digital Citizenship Standards through your Library Media Program Tampa Studio ABCPeter Richter Spark and Tell Seminole BallroomNeil Grimes • Mary Moyer Stubbs • Christine Carr • Stephanie Singer • Elizabeth Burns • Jennifer Apgar

10:30am EST

Visit Author's Alley and Vendors Exhibitor Hall

11:15am EST

Advocacy- We're In This Together Tampa Studio ABCTricina Strong-Beebe Future-Proof Your School Library Budget - and Position Big Cypress Studio AJohn Chrastka NJLA/CUS-ACRL-NJ Outreach Partnership with NJASL Immokalee Studio ANeil Grimes • Gary Marks • Bonnie Lafazan ALSC's Notable (Outstanding! Distinguished! Just Plain Great!) Children's Books Immokalee Studio BDr. Ellen Pozzi • Elizabeth Burns *CANCELLED* A Place for Computing and Computational Thinking in K-8: The Library Big Cypress Studio B

12:30pm EST

Leadership Lunch with Administrator Award Seminole Ballroom

1:15pm EST

Administrator Panel Seminole BallroomChristina Cucci • Tom Eldridge • Roger Léon • Joanne Kerekes • Nina Obryk

2:00pm EST

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