Cancelling the 2018 Global Education Conference

To All Global Education Conference Fans:

It’s with some reluctance that I am announcing that, because of me, we’re having to cancel the 2018 Global Education Conference we have had scheduled for November 12 - 15. While we did have some loyal partners come through with sponsorship offers, ultimately it was not enough to allow me to spend the devoted time that the conference requires. As you can imagine, the technical aspects of the Global Education Conference are somewhat massive and time-consuming.

I am truly sorry. While our funding was uncertain most of the year, we still held out hope. As I work independently and am responsible for my own fundraising, you can imagine how hard a decision this has been.

But this is not the end… it’s just a pause!

Our annual series of Global Ed Events continues on, starting March 15th, 2019, with our annual Global Leadership Summit (now being held in conjunction with ASCD) and then Global Education Day at ISTE. We’re going to work hard to revamp our sponsorship expectations and return in the fall with Global Collaboration Week and then the 2019 Global Education Conference.

I’m now going to have to bury myself into preparations for a new online conference I’ve announced for January 23 - 25, “The Learning Revolution” (previously referred to as edtech.world) which will focus on the impact of technology on teaching and learning. That conference will naturally have good visibility for global ed and global connecting, so hopefully that slightly mitigates the disappointment of canceling the November conference.

We are going to regroup and, starting in the new year, work to build a different financial sponsorship model that depends less on a few, larger funding organizations, and instead provides a sponsorship model with more partners and sponsors at lower dollar amounts.

We wish you the best as 2018 rapidly comes to a close. We care deeply about global, and look forward to figuring out how to do a better job of making a difference in the world of global ed.

Sincerely,

Steve

Coming Fast | Session Updates - Library 2.018: Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World, October 17th

We've got lots of updated details on our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Register now to watch for free and/or to receive the event recordings.

This event is being organized in partnership with Patty Wong, Director of Library Services at Santa Monica Public Library.

Our human condition has changed dramatically and has implications for libraries of all types on a global scale. Food insecurity and hunger, housing policies and homelessness, violence, mental health service needs, social, economic, educational and racial equity, substance abuse and drug overdose – all of these and many more challenges impact the people who frequent our libraries – as customers, students, faculty, and staff. Operational decisions continue to be influenced by social concerns. Join us for a series of conversations on how libraries have developed, responded, and championed programs and services to address some of these social crises and learn about outcomes. What’s the new normal for libraries in this world of social and economic disparity? Has it altered or enhanced our core mission?

This is a free event, being held online.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward. Please also join the Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future 

Participants are encouraged to use #library2018 and #librarysocialcrisis on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

CURRENT SESSION LIST:

• Active Shooter Training - Mary Soucie, State Librarian
• Bibliotecas acción social - Judith de Méndez, Librarian.
• Broward County Library - Reach Out Reach Up Reintegration Program - Roslyn Dean, Community Engagement Manager, Broward County Library
• "Conversescion": not a mis-type, a different way to inclusion of asylum seekers - Matilde Fontanin
• Educating Information Professionals to Manage Social Crises - Jen Jumba, M.L.I.S Adjunct Faculty at SJSU and Adult Services Librarian/Supervisor at Cuyahoga County Public Library 
• From Transactional to Transformational Responses and Roles: Current and Potential Library Responses to Social Crises - Paula Miller, Director, Baltimore County Public Library
• It's not (just) about transition: Librarians' role in promoting trans affirming healthcare - Mary Catherine Lockmiller, MLIS, M.Eng., AHIP
• Meeting some basic needs of SJSU students and San Jose citizens @ the MLK Jr. Library - Peggy Cabrera, Associate Librarian for Art & Art History, Environmental Studies, Humanities & Philosophy, San Jose State University 
• Opiate Users In Your Library: A Community Health Crisis - Dr. Steve Albrecht
• Planning to React: Creativity, planning, and community coordination in response to crisis - Christian Zabriskie, Executive Director/Founder
• Providing Support to Library Customers with Adverse Life Challenges - Alix Midgley, LCSW
• The Role of Libraries in Addressing Homelessness and Poverty - Dr. Julie Ann Winkelstein
• What role can public libraries play in the fight against HIV/AIDS? Lessons from Lubuto Library Partners in Lusaka, Zambia - Elizabeth Giles, Director of Library Services

KEYNOTES:

Patty Wong Director of Library Services for the Santa Monica Public Library (California) Patricia Wong is the Director of Library Services for the Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL) system in California. Previously, she served as the Yolo County Library Director for nine years. Before her tenure leading the nine locations of the Yolo County Library system, Wong was the Deputy Director of Library Services of the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. There, she managed the daily operations of the Central Library and its 12 branches. She has also held positions as Library Program Manager for Children’s Services in the Oakland Public Library and Supervising Librarian and Children’s Librarian for the Berkeley Public Library. Wong has co-authored nearly a dozen publications and has held many elected posts for national organizations such as the American Library Association, the United States Board on Books for Young People, and the Chinese American Librarians Association. She has also held a part-time faculty position at San Jose State University’s iSchool of Library and Information Science. In 2013, she received the California Library Association’s Member of the Year Award. Wong holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from UC Berkeley. https://smpl.org

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Rebekkah Smith Aldrich Executive Director at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MLS, is the Executive Director at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York where for 20 years she has assisted 66 public libraries in the areas of governance, management, funding and facilities. Rebekkah is a certified Sustainable Building Advisor (NaSBA), Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and a holds an advanced certificate in Public Library Administration from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. Rebekkah is the Library Sustainability columnist for Library Journal, author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World [ALA Editions], Resilience (part of American Library Association's Center for the Future Series) [ALA Editions], author of the Handbook for New Public Library Directors in New York State and co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees in New York State. Rebekkah is co-founder of the New York Library Associaton's Sustainability Initiative and in 2017-2018 Rebekkah served as co-chair of the ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability. Rebekkah is a Library Journal Mover & Shaker and past president of the Leadership & Management Section (LAMS) of the New York Library Association. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekkahaldrich/

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Ryan Dowd Executive Director of Hesed House Ryan is the Executive Director of a large homeless shelter outside of Chicago, Illinois. He regularly travels the country training libraries, police departments, schools and other organizations on how to work compassionately with difficult homeless individuals. Ryan is the author of the ALA book, The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness. http://www.homelesslibrary.com/

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Madeleine Ildefonso Managing Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library/Central Library @be_madeleine Madeleine Ildefonso is a Managing Librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and is the project manager for the New Americans Initiative. As one of LAPL’s Department of Justice-trained representatives, Madeleine has a feet-on-the-ground perspective of how libraries can support naturalization, citizenship and other questions about immigration. As she approaches her 14-year anniversary as a librarian for the city of Los Angeles, Madeleine is interested in connecting Los Angeles residents with engaging and meaningful services and programs to empower their decisions, to support their wellness and build their interest and investment in personal and community resilience. It is her sincere hope that this work will strengthen library users personal and institutional relationships so that they may find relief, understanding and support as well as gain life-changing services, information and skills. https://twitter.com/be_madeleine

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MORE INFORMATION:
The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0 network to be kept informed of future events. Recordings from previous years are available under the Archives tab at Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.

Save the Date - 4th Annual Global Leadership Summit in Chicago, March 5, 2019

The fourth annual Global Leadership Summit, co-hosted by ASCD and GlobalEd Events, will convene classroom teachers, school and district administrators, and thought leaders in a full-day interactive, engaging program that empowers educators to lead classroom, school, districts, states, and policy arenas in supporting students as change agents in their own communities and around the world. 

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to:

• Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally.
• Discover effective resources, best practices, and new ideas that can help students develop empathy, perspective recognition, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills, and other competencies that students need to succeed in an interconnected world.
• Devise a plan of action to advocate and implement global learning initiatives.  . 
• Network with innovative and inspiring teachers, principals, district leaders, thought leaders, and education organizations from around the country and the world committed to educating students for a diverse, global society.

Save the date! Registration will open soon. To learn more, visit empower.ascd.org/globalsummit. A flyer for the event is available here.

Connect and learn globally!