The AI ART Bootcamp for Teachers and Librarians

Learning Revolutions's AI ART Bootcamp for Teachers and Librarians:
An Online Course on AI Art-Making Tools, Techniques, and Creativity
3 x 90-minute live online sessions with Q&A + non-expiring access to the recordings

OVERVIEW: 

This virtual bootcamp provides a deep dive into AI art-making and then empowers teachers and librarians to integrate AI Art into educational programs and to create a vibrant AI Art ecosystem in schools and libraries by fostering creativity, critical thinking, and cross-disciplinary connections.

"I have been using AI in one form or another since I began making art on computers in the 1990s. I only truly started using image-generating AI tools around 2020. But the levels of sophistication of the AI algorithms have developed so rapidly that it feels like I have moved from using a 3000-year-old ancient lyre to a Stradivarius violin in two short years."

- Jon Rafman, artist

"I felt like I was witnessing magic. Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’"

- Karen X. Cheng, creator of Cosmopolitan's first magazine cover generated by an AI program

Please join award-winning teacher, photographer, and artist Nino Trentinella as she provides a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge AI-driven tools and techniques that nurture artistic expression, boost student engagement, and allow the creation of stunning visual art.

SESSION 1 (July 21st)
"Introduction to AI Art-making (AI & Creativity)"

• Introduction
• What is AI Art-making? A Beginner's Guide to the Intersection of Art and Artificial Intelligence
• Why make AI Art? Addressing pain points: limited resources, time constraints, and student behavior or lack of engagement
• History of AI Art-making and Its Impact on the World
• Demystifying AI Algorithms: An Introduction to How AI Creates Art. Authorship, ethics, creativity, and societal implications (including fears of job losses)
• Foundational Art Principles (Elements of Art, Principles of Design, Composition, and Art History)
• Prompt-building

SESSION 2 (July 28th)
"AI Art Basics / Techniques"

• Essential Tools for Beginners in AI Art-making (Stable diffusion, Night Cafe, Dall-e, Midjourney, Photoshop, and Gigapixel)
• Making 3D stereoscopic images (Depth Maps in Photoshop, LeiPix, 3D Stereo Maker Pro)
• Finding your creative voice/style

SESSION 3 (August 4th)
"AI Art in Education"

• Harnessing the Potential: How AI Art-making Enhances Education and Library Programs
• Nurturing Artistic Expression: Integrating AI into Classroom and Library Settings
• Long-term Sustainability: Incorporating AI Art-making into the Curriculum and Library Programming (posters, visual aids, and interactive lessons)
• Cultivating Cross-Disciplinary Connections - Interdisciplinary Integration: Exploring AI Art across Various Subjects
• Working with SEND - Special Educational Needs & Disabilities: neurodiversity, mental health, and physical disabilities

Interactive Art Projects for Students

• Inspiring Creativity: Unleashing Students' Imagination through AI Art
• Engaging Activities: Designing Interactive AI Art Projects for Students
• Collaborative Art-making: Fostering Teamwork and Peer Learning through AI
• From Pixels to Exhibition: Showcasing Student Artworks (Art Steps, Virtual Books, Organizing AI Art Exhibitions: Creating Showcase Events for Students and the Community)
• Encouraging Critical Analysis: Exploring the Intersection of AI and Society, Facilitating Discussions on AI Art's Impact and Implications
• Building Partnerships: Collaborating with Local Artists and Organizations
• Community Engagement: Hosting Workshops and Talks on AI Art-making in the Library

Conclusion and Next Steps

• Recap of the course and key takeaways
• Resources for continuing your AI Art-making journey
• Potential future developments in AI Art-making

DATES & TIME: 

• Fridays - July 21st, July 28th, and August 4th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm US-Eastern Time 
• Each session will include Q&A time which may extend beyond the scheduled finish
• Each session will be recorded and non-expiring access to the recordings is included in the cost of registration

COST:

• $199/person - includes live attendance, any-time access to the recordings and the presentation slides, and receipt of a participation certificate.
• To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email admin@learningrevolution.com.

TO REGISTER: 

Click HERE to register and pay. If you are paying for someone else to attend, you'll be prompted to send an email to admin@learningrevolution.com with the name and email address of the actual attendee.

If you have any trouble registering for the event, if you need to be invoiced or pay by check, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com. NOTE: please check your spam folder if you don't receive your confirmation email right away. Emails come from learningrevolutionemail@gmail.com or steve@learningrevolution.com.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. For five or more use the institutional pricing below. Includes unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.
• Institutional access including up to 10 individuals from your local organization: $699; up to 25 individuals: $999; up to 50 individuals: $1599. For more than 50 participants from a single group, or for organizations that span more than one location, please email admin@learningrevolution.com for a custom quotation.

NINO TRENTINELLA

Nino Trentinella is a multi-award-winning contemporary photographer, artist, and teacher based in London, UK. Born in the Soviet Republic of Georgia, she later studied in the United States, receiving her MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts. Nino began her career as a fine art photographer and has since worked as a professor/teacher and director/chair of art and photography in different countries.

Nino is known for her conceptual and thought-provoking images. Her work makes a commentary on current social and cultural issues and her photographs take on a more ethereal and otherworldly quality. She has a special interest in stereoscopy and cutting-edge technologies such as AI, which she incorporates into her work to create a sense of depth and alternate realities.

Nino's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, and she has won numerous awards and accolades for continuing to push the boundaries of art, including an Award by the President of the USA for excellence in teaching Digital Arts. This year, Nino’s AI-generated images won first and second place at the annual Stereoscopic Society Exhibition and the Martin Wilsher Award “for all the outstanding work done with AI in stereoscopy and in raising the profile of stereoscopy in teaching work.” She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year.

You can see some of Nino's work on Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company's website, in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan.

Follow her on social media at:

• https://www.instagram.com/ninographyart
• https://www.facebook.com/NINOgraphy

Dr. Albrecht Blog Post: "The Police are Talking to a Problem Patron: Does That Mean They Get a 'Criminal Record?'"

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht blog post in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0: "The Police are Talking to a Problem Patron: Does That Mean They Get a 'Criminal Record?'" 

Let's look at the process cops use when they talk to someone inside or around the library, who they believe may be involved in a crime (like stealing or fighting) or an illegal activity (being high on illegal drugs). Note that we are using examples of persons who may have committed a crime, not just at or using the library in a normal way.

Find the full blog post here. 

Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly Library 2.0 podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are: access to 50,000 other library professionals, our regular mini-conferences, and all the conference recordings. We also offer a series of Dr. Albrecht paid webinars and recordings which are available for individual or group viewing here.

COMING UP:

WEBINAR RECORDINGS AVAILABLE:

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons.

In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessmenHe has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

His professional webite is at http://drstevealbrecht.com.

BUY THE BOOK:

Upcoming Bootcamps: Parenting, ChatGPT and AI for Librarians and Educators, AI Art Magic, Write Your Book, Build Your Course, and More...

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2023 ONLINE BOOTCAMPS

For more information, click HERE

• "Parenting for Academic Success" Summer Bootcamp (Starting July 12 for 6 weeks) - SIGN UP BELOW!
• "AI ART Magic" Bootcamp for Educators (Starting July 14th for 3 weeks)
• "ChatGPT and AI Bootcamp for Libraries and Librarians" (August 23 Updated Version - 3 weeks + bonus masterclass)
• "ChatGPT and AI Bootcamp for Teaching and Learning" (August 2023 Updated Version - 3 weeks + bonus masterclass)
• "ChatGPT for Course and Event Creation" - Share your Expertise, Build Your Brand, and Magnify Your Career (September - October 2023)
• "Writing a Book with ChatGPT" - Write the Book You've Always Wanted To (Fall 2023)
• "You 2.0" - Using ChatGPT to Overcome Self Sabotage, to Jumpstart Personal Change, and to Increase Your Happiness (Winter 2023)

Unless otherwise noted, each bootcamp will be held once a week (live and recorded) for 60 or 90 minutes. As much as possible, we'll keep our pricing at the $50/hour model we used this spring. There will be institutional/group pricing available for each. If you previously purchased one of the ChatGPT bootcamps for librarians or teachers, we will send you information on accessing the updated versions of the one you bought when we open registrations (it will be free to you). Click here to be notified of any of these programs.

PLEASE FORWARD WHERE APPROPRIATE!

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Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
A Six-Week Summer "Bootcamp"

• Are you anxious that your child isn't living up to their potential, but you're not sure how to support them?
• Do you worry that your child fell behind during COVID, but you don't know how to help them catch up?
• Would you like to stop having arguments with your child about schoolwork, chores, and screen time?
• Are you tired of nagging and hovering, but worried that if you stop, your child will fail?

You are not alone, and there is a better way! You can support your child's growth, without micromanaging, and while simultaneously helping them become independent and resilient. When you adopt this approach, you will not only help your child to succeed, you will also reduce your own stress and anxiety around parenting.

Which is why we are excited to announce that Learning Revolution will be hosting the third annual ONLINE version of this much-sought-after course: 

This course is a weekly six-part series: five recorded sessions with live Q&A plus one bonus live Q&A session the final week. The course is co-taught by Greg Smith and Chris Loper. Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and you’ll be given pre-session journaling questions, supplemental readings, and additional resources to support the course material.

“This parent seminar is like no other. Understanding the learning process and the development of executive functions is a component of parenting that is often overlooked. Greg and Chris are exceptionally skilled at what they do and amazing communicators. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. This seminar applies to so much more than just academics – it applies to life skills.” 

–Jenifer Dobson

Your Instructors

Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services. He has over 40,000 hours of one-on-one experience supporting students and parents in their respective learning processes. Greg is married with two teenage daughters and understands the challenges of parenting from both a professional and personal perspective.

 

Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014. He writes an education blog for parents and students at NWTutoring.com, and he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring in Issaquah, WA. Chris is also the creator of BecomingBetter.org, where he writes about self-improvement and works one-on-one with adults on habit formation. He is also the author of Wood Floats and Other Brilliant Observations, a humorous memoir. 

The Sessions

#1 Psychology and Neuroscience Essentials 

• The history of the human brain as it relates to academic success
• Brain health: the effects of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and technology
• Positive psychology: encouraging mental health and success
• Leading by example: the importance of modeling healthy habits

#2 Growth Mindset Parenting

• The dynamic human brain: how the brain changes and grows
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Growth-minded language
• Leading by example: the growth-minded lifestyle
• Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-efficacy

#3 Studying and Learning

• Test anxiety: where does it come from and what can we do about it
• What is “studying?”: learning techniques and memory formation
• Problem-solving: technique, strategy, and the value of real breaks
• Technology: distractions, multitasking, and tech-addiction
• The pursuit of mastery and love of learning: curiosity and depth vs. grade management

#4 Behavioral Change and Productivity

• Realism: how change actually happens
• Using willpower wisely: habits, strategies, and reminders
• Self-perception: how outer change drives inner change
• Procrastination: why we do it and how to do it less
• Perfectionism: moving away from debilitating all-or-nothing thinking

#5 Cultivating Executive Function

• Park the helicopter: how micromanaging hinders development
• Skinned knees: what kids learn when they’re allowed to fail
• Coaching vs. teaching: encouraging resourcefulness and independence
• Talking with your child about school: navigating the emotional difficulties of academic conversations
• Active agent vs. passive victim: blame, parental language, and cultivating responsibility

# 6 Q&A Bonus Week

• 50-minute bonus session for any follow-up questions on the final lesson or the course as a whole.

Dates and Times

July 12 - August 16. Each weekly recording is approximately 90 minutes long, which you can watch at your own pace. The sessions are supplemented by live, 50-minute Q&A time over Zoom at 7:00pm US-Pacific Time on Wednesday evenings. The recorded sessions will be sent to you one week prior to the live Q&A sessions. 

Cost & Registration

$199 per family (a set of parents and/or guardians). Space is limited, so please let us know right away if you would like to reserve a spot. To reserve your spot, please register here (all major credit cards accepted):

If you need to pay by check, please email admin@learningrevolution.com and we'll hold the reservation and send an invoice. Please send questions to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Other Testimonials

“I took the parenting course in summer 2019 and learned so much about how the developing brain, growth mindset, and the importance of modeling (as opposed to managing), and much more. I still have my notes and refer back to them periodically. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in supporting their children as they grow into lifelong learners.” 

–Caitlin Moulding

“Chris and Greg’s parent seminars are not to be missed! In a short time, I became more savvy about myself and my kids as learners. Their coaching tips aim to reduce parent-child conflict by leveraging current research on the brain and descriptive stories of their students. I highly recommend their seminars for parents of all kids!” 

–Vicki Pettiross

"We attended Northwest Educational Services’ parent seminar series in 2019 - the content was highly relevant and well presented, and the welcoming setting provided us the opportunity to engage directly with expert educators and other parents.  As parents of middle and elementary school students, we were able to relate to the information shared, and apply the seminar’s concepts directly into our own family interactions and dynamics.  We look forward to attending again this year.” 

–Jill Nolton

"I found this series when my youngest student was in his final prep for college applications. How I wish that I had taken it years earlier so I could have supported both my students through their schooling! The information Greg and Chris share is helpful to all parents but especially those of students who struggle academically or battle with the stress of perfectionism. Incorporating these lessons into my own life has been very worthwhile but the value is exponentially higher to learn and adopt the tools and strategies while your students are still at home, preparing for college and life. Thankfully my son was able to find his motivation and potential with Greg's guidance. He became a hardworking high school student, attends a highly selective college, and is earning academic accolades. The potential is in every child, you just need the right guide and guided parents to help them find it and draw it out." 

–Kirsten Morrison

"We are the fortunate parents of twin daughters, both with unique-to-them strengths and challenges in the learning environment. No one-size-fits-all approach for us. We were looking for some coaching to sort out the best ways to give each daughter the specific support they needed to be successful in their school environments. The Parenting for Academic Success classes we took through NWES provided us with that and more.

"Coaches Greg and Chris spoke to all learning types, teaching parents how to encourage their kids to identify and articulate what they needed, and how to ask for it, so that they could become independent drivers of their own academic success. Once we began to implement some of the tools we learned, both of our students began to, more and more readily, reach out for help from resources beyond us (other students, academic coaches, school tutors and teachers) and do so in a timely manner, before test anxiety or project panic set in.

"We also learned new tools to support both daughters in becoming more consistent in their study habits. Instead of ‘cramming’ the night before an exam, the girls began to develop habits which vastly reduced last-minute, stress-driven studying.

"Our daughters have now transitioned to great-fit universities where they are happy, engaged, independent, and consistently experiencing academic success.

"Greg and Chris brought their combined years of expertise coaching students at all grade levels, and advising parents who desire to support student success, and shared concrete, well informed, research based, ground tested, information and strategies that aided us in our efforts to support our unique learners. We cannot recommend them highly enough."

-Kelly and Steve Nolan Shafer

 

New Webinar: "Better Responses for Patrons Dealing with Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Understanding"

Better Responses for Patrons Dealing with Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Understanding
[2023 UPDATED VERSION]
Part of the Library 2.0 Service, Safety, and Security Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

OVERVIEW: 

This webinar will help all library staff better understand and address the nature and levels of homelessness in and around out libraries. This includes changing legal issues; environmental hazards; employee safety issues; at-risk homeless populations like women and children; empathic communication tools and skills; firm, fair, consistent, assertive, and reasonable treatment; the small population of predatory homeless people; and providing library services to homeless people in need with dignity, empathy, and patience.

Being homeless is a complex social problem that impacts the quality of life in our communities. There are no easy solutions. Much of it is created by shortages of affordable housing, chronic unemployment, mental illness, substance abuse, and changes in our mental health laws that have made the concept of being “gravely disabled” difficult to interpret.

Most individuals who become homeless for the long term have either created or been victimized by a large number of failed relationships, including family members, their children, friends, their employers, landlords, healthcare and social services agencies, and medical providers.

The individuals dealing with homelessness who seem to cause the most problems with their behaviors are often discovered to have serious mental health and substance abuse issues. This means that they can be rude and confrontational, over and over, during frequent encounters with library staff, because they can’t or won’t learn the necessary social cues to comply with our Code of Conduct.

All library staff should be mindful of their safety and security when dealing with certain parts of this challenging, changing, and growing population.

LEARNING AGENDA: 

• Knowing the three types of homeless patrons can help you serve them better and safely.
• Security concerns with certain “Triple-A” homeless patrons.
• Setting better boundaries, early, and striving for “Negotiated Behavioral Agreements” with problematic homeless patrons.
• Creating a team-based approach to providing resources to homeless patrons.

This 60-minute training webinar is presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht. A handout copy of the presentation slides will be available to all who participate. This is an updated version of this webinar for 2023.

DATE: Thursday, June 29th, 2023, at 2:00 pm US - Eastern Time

COST:

• $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and receiving a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email admin@library20.com.
• FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

TO REGISTER: 

Click HERE to register and pay. You can pay by credit card, and will receive an email within a day with information on how to attend the webinar live and how you access the permanent webinar recording. If you are paying for someone else to attend, you'll be prompted to send an email to admin@library20.com with the name and email address of the actual attendee.

If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced or pay by check, or if you have any questions, please email admin@library20.com.

NOTE: please check your spam folder if you don't receive your confirmation email within a day.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@library20.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.
• The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $499 (hosted either at Library 2.0 or in Niche Academy). Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

• All-access annual passes include unlimited access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year. These are hosted either at Library 2.0 or Niche Academy (if preferred).
• For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here. 
• Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@library20.com.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons.

In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

His professional website is http://www.drstevealbrecht.com.

Dr. Albrecht Podcast: "The Negotiated Behavioral Agreement with Patrons"

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht podcast in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0: "The Negotiated Behavioral Agreement with Patrons." 

This is really aimed at those situations where the person's behavior is the wrong side of compliance, the wrong side of our policies and procedures, or the wrong side of our Code of Conduct. One of the benefits of the negotiated behavioral agreement is that it is an early metric or measure, if you will, of cooperation--it's a predictor of reasonable human interaction before I decide if I need to enforce any consequences. 

Find the podcast recording here. 

Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly Library 2.0 podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are: access to 50,000 other library professionals, our regular mini-conferences, and all the conference recordings. We also offer a series of Dr. Albrecht paid webinars and recordings which are available for individual or group viewing here.

COMING UP:

WEBINAR RECORDINGS AVAILABLE:

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons.

In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessmenHe has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

His professional webite is at http://drstevealbrecht.com.

BUY THE BOOK:

PARENTING FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS (A Six-Week Summer "Bootcamp")

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• Are you anxious that your child isn't living up to their potential, but you're not sure how to support them?
• Do you worry that your child fell behind during COVID, but you don't know how to help them catch up?
• Would you like to stop having arguments with your child about schoolwork, chores, and screen time?
• Are you tired of nagging and hovering, but worried that if you stop, your child will fail?

You are not alone, and there is a better way! You can support your child's growth, without micromanaging, and while simultaneously helping them become independent and resilient. When you adopt this approach, you will not only help your child to succeed, you will also reduce your own stress and anxiety around parenting.

Which is why we are excited to announce that Learning Revolution will be hosting the third annual ONLINE version of this much-sought-after course: 

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
A Six-Week Summer "Bootcamp"

This course is a weekly six-part series: five recorded sessions with live Q&A plus one bonus live Q&A session the final week. The course is co-taught by Greg Smith and Chris Loper. Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and you’ll be given pre-session journaling questions, supplemental readings, and additional resources to support the course material.

“This parent seminar is like no other. Understanding the learning process and the development of executive functions is a component of parenting that is often overlooked. Greg and Chris are exceptionally skilled at what they do and amazing communicators. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. This seminar applies to so much more than just academics – it applies to life skills.” 

–Jenifer Dobson

Your Instructors

Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services. He has over 40,000 hours of one-on-one experience supporting students and parents in their respective learning processes. Greg is married with two teenage daughters and understands the challenges of parenting from both a professional and personal perspective.

 

Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014. He writes an education blog for parents and students at NWTutoring.com, and he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring in Issaquah, WA. Chris is also the creator of BecomingBetter.org, where he writes about self-improvement and works one-on-one with adults on habit formation. He is also the author of Wood Floats and Other Brilliant Observations, a humorous memoir. 

The Sessions

#1 Psychology and Neuroscience Essentials 

• The history of the human brain as it relates to academic success
• Brain health: the effects of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and technology
• Positive psychology: encouraging mental health and success
• Leading by example: the importance of modeling healthy habits

#2 Growth Mindset Parenting

• The dynamic human brain: how the brain changes and grows
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Growth-minded language
• Leading by example: the growth-minded lifestyle
• Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-efficacy

#3 Studying and Learning

• Test anxiety: where does it come from and what can we do about it
• What is “studying?”: learning techniques and memory formation
• Problem-solving: technique, strategy, and the value of real breaks
• Technology: distractions, multitasking, and tech-addiction
• The pursuit of mastery and love of learning: curiosity and depth vs. grade management

#4 Behavioral Change and Productivity

• Realism: how change actually happens
• Using willpower wisely: habits, strategies, and reminders
• Self-perception: how outer change drives inner change
• Procrastination: why we do it and how to do it less
• Perfectionism: moving away from debilitating all-or-nothing thinking

#5 Cultivating Executive Function

• Park the helicopter: how micromanaging hinders development
• Skinned knees: what kids learn when they’re allowed to fail
• Coaching vs. teaching: encouraging resourcefulness and independence
• Talking with your child about school: navigating the emotional difficulties of academic conversations
• Active agent vs. passive victim: blame, parental language, and cultivating responsibility

# 6 Q&A Bonus Week

• 50-minute bonus session for any follow-up questions on the final lesson or the course as a whole.

Dates and Times

July 12 - August 16. Each weekly recording is approximately 90 minutes long, which you can watch at your own pace. The sessions are supplemented by live, 50-minute Q&A time over Zoom at 7:00pm US-Pacific Time on Wednesday evenings. The recorded sessions will be sent to you one week prior to the live Q&A sessions. 

Cost & Registration

$199 per family (a set of parents and/or guardians). Space is limited, so please let us know right away if you would like to reserve a spot. To reserve your spot, please register here (all major credit cards accepted):

If you need to pay by check, please email admin@learningrevolution.com and we'll hold the reservation and send an invoice. Please send questions to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Other Testimonials

“I took the parenting course in summer 2019 and learned so much about how the developing brain, growth mindset, and the importance of modeling (as opposed to managing), and much more. I still have my notes and refer back to them periodically. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in supporting their children as they grow into lifelong learners.” 

–Caitlin Moulding

“Chris and Greg’s parent seminars are not to be missed! In a short time, I became more savvy about myself and my kids as learners. Their coaching tips aim to reduce parent-child conflict by leveraging current research on the brain and descriptive stories of their students. I highly recommend their seminars for parents of all kids!” 

–Vicki Pettiross

"We attended Northwest Educational Services’ parent seminar series in 2019 - the content was highly relevant and well presented, and the welcoming setting provided us the opportunity to engage directly with expert educators and other parents.  As parents of middle and elementary school students, we were able to relate to the information shared, and apply the seminar’s concepts directly into our own family interactions and dynamics.  We look forward to attending again this year.” 

–Jill Nolton

"I found this series when my youngest student was in his final prep for college applications. How I wish that I had taken it years earlier so I could have supported both my students through their schooling! The information Greg and Chris share is helpful to all parents but especially those of students who struggle academically or battle with the stress of perfectionism. Incorporating these lessons into my own life has been very worthwhile but the value is exponentially higher to learn and adopt the tools and strategies while your students are still at home, preparing for college and life. Thankfully my son was able to find his motivation and potential with Greg's guidance. He became a hardworking high school student, attends a highly selective college, and is earning academic accolades. The potential is in every child, you just need the right guide and guided parents to help them find it and draw it out." 

–Kirsten Morrison

"We are the fortunate parents of twin daughters, both with unique-to-them strengths and challenges in the learning environment. No one-size-fits-all approach for us. We were looking for some coaching to sort out the best ways to give each daughter the specific support they needed to be successful in their school environments. The Parenting for Academic Success classes we took through NWES provided us with that and more.

"Coaches Greg and Chris spoke to all learning types, teaching parents how to encourage their kids to identify and articulate what they needed, and how to ask for it, so that they could become independent drivers of their own academic success. Once we began to implement some of the tools we learned, both of our students began to, more and more readily, reach out for help from resources beyond us (other students, academic coaches, school tutors and teachers) and do so in a timely manner, before test anxiety or project panic set in.

"We also learned new tools to support both daughters in becoming more consistent in their study habits. Instead of ‘cramming’ the night before an exam, the girls began to develop habits which vastly reduced last-minute, stress-driven studying.

"Our daughters have now transitioned to great-fit universities where they are happy, engaged, independent, and consistently experiencing academic success.

"Greg and Chris brought their combined years of expertise coaching students at all grade levels, and advising parents who desire to support student success, and shared concrete, well informed, research based, ground tested, information and strategies that aided us in our efforts to support our unique learners. We cannot recommend them highly enough."

-Kelly and Steve Nolan Shafer

 

New Webinar: "Dealing with Patrons with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Behavioral and Medical Events"

Dealing with Patrons with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Behavioral and Medical Events
A "Safe Library" webinar, part of the Library 2.0 Service, Safety, and Security Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

OVERVIEW: 

It’s no secret that mental health issues, alone or mixed with substance abuse, can affect patron behaviors in the library. The questions for leaders and staff: Once we recognize these behaviors, what do we do about them? How do we keep staff and other patrons safe? What is a police issue versus a medical issue?

Mental health concerns range from: depression (which is anger turned inward and can make people anxious, angry, sad, and volatile); trauma history (fear, anxiety, rage, depression, fear of violence and the use of it); antisocial behaviors (lying, manipulation, boundary problems, threats); psychosis (out of touch with reality, fearful, delusional); bi-polar (grandiose, manic, depressed); and spectrum disorders (which many chronically homeless people have).

Today, the biggest concern about substance use in the library relates to opiate drugs in general and fentanyl overdoses in particular. Many libraries have seen a dramatic increase in overdose symptoms among patrons. We’ll talk about the cyclical nature of alcohol abuse, marijuana toxicity symptoms, the “new methamphetamine,” and the medical and behavioral issues with opiates and fentanyl.

The function of this session is not to make staff into clinicians or pharmacologists but to help them see why some patrons behave and act out in certain ways that can be stressful to both parties. This knowledge can increase staff's patience, empathy, understanding, listening skills, and situational control; and can help them create better boundaries and initiate better service.

This 60-minute training webinar is presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by trainer, author, and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

A handout copy of the presentation slides will be available to all participants.

LEARNING AGENDA: 

• Defining the “Trauma-Informed Library Community.”
• Why do patrons with mental health or substance use issues go to the library?
• Knowing the three-type criteria for gravely mentally ill patrons.
• Setting better boundaries for patrons with mental health concerns.
• Providing safe service to patrons under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• Safety precautions with found narcotics or drug paraphernalia.

DATE: Thursday, June 15th, 2023, at 2:00 pm US - Eastern Time

COST:

• $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and receiving a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email admin@library20.com.
• FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

TO REGISTER: 

Click HERE to register and pay. You can pay by credit card, and will receive an email within a day with information on how to attend the webinar live and then how you access the permanent webinar recording. If you are paying for someone else to attend, you'll be prompted to send an email to admin@library20.com with the name and email address of the actual attendee.

If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced or pay by check, or if you have any questions, please email admin@library20.com.

NOTE: please check your spam folder if you don't receive your confirmation email within a day.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@library20.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.
• The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $499 (hosted either at Library 2.0 or in Niche Academy). Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

• All-access annual passes include unlimited access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year. These are hosted either at Library 2.0 or Niche Academy (if preferred).
• For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here. 
• Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@library20.com.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons.

In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

His professional website is http://www.drstevealbrecht.com.

Thursday: "Banned Books and Censorship" Library 2.0 Mini-Conference - Schedule Announcement

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: "Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library," will be held online (and for free) this Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The schedule of accepted concurrent sessions is listed further below. There are currently over 4,300 registered attendees!

With book bans all over the news, intellectual freedom is under attack, with a specific focus on materials and programs related to or representative of marginalized communities. In this Library 2.0 mini-conference, we will examine the current trends in censorship and explore solutions for how to promote our principles in an era of increasing polarization. We will also explore the dilemmas that arise at the intersection of intellectual freedom and social justice.

Our special conference chair is Martin Garnar, editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual and past chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, who has been involved in developing ALA policy on intellectual freedom for 20 years. 

We look forward to gathering online with you for this event!

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

Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. 

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #bannedbookscensorship on their social media posts about the event.

SPECIAL CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Dr. Martin Garnar
Director of the Amherst College Library
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER

Martin Garnar, PhD, is director of the Amherst College Library and editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual. His professional activities and speaking schedule reflect a profound inability to say no. A native New Yorker, Martin lives in western Massachusetts with his husband Mark and their impossibly cute miniature dachshunds.

 

OPENING KEYNOTE PANELISTS:

Andrea Jamison, PhD (@achitownj)
Assistant Professor of Librarianship at Illinois State University
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Dr. Andrea Jamison is an Assistant Professor of Librarianship at Illinois State University. Professor Jamison has more than 17 years of experience working in the field of education and libraries. She speaks internationally on library inclusivity, intellectual freedom, and the interplay of race, power, and privilege in children’s books. Her research involves examining equity issues in library services and the role that libraries play in either perpetuating or mitigating systems of inequity.

Professor Jamison has conducted content analyses on hundreds of collection development policies to determine how policies address diversity and how they align with ALA’s Bill of Rights. She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine, The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. Her book, Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices, is part of Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

Professor Jamison received her Master of Teaching from Concordia University and her Master of Library Science and Ph.D. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. Currently, she is the immediate past chair for ALA’s Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable, which promotes multiculturalism in librarianship, and a library ambassador for Lee and Low Books. She also chaired the 2018 working group that revised ALA’s Library Bill of Rights for Diverse Library Collections.

Lesliediana Jones
Associate Director, Harvard Law School Library
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Lesliediana Jones transitioned to the profession of librarianship from a career as an attorney. She has been a librarian for more than two decades. She has worked for a few law school libraries, including Northwestern School of Law in Chicago, The George Washington School of Law and currently Harvard Law School. Her activism in the profession has been to be a member of professional associations and serve on various committees. She is a member of the American Association of Law LIbraries and the American Library Association (ALA). Currently she is the chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for ALA
 

Emily Knox (@ejmknox)
University of Illinois
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER

Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include information access and intellectual freedom and censorship. She is a member of the Mapping Information Access research team.

Her most recent book Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (ALA Neal-Schuman) won the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Prize for best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. Her previous book, Book Banning in 21st Century America (Rowman & Littlefield) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. Emily’s articles have been published in the Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, and the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.

Emily serves on the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship. She is also editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.

Emily received her PhD from the doctoral program at the Rutgers University School of Communication & Information.
 

Dr. Shannon M. Oltmann
Associate Professor, School of Information Science, University of Kentucky
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Shannon M. Oltmann is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. She obtained her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her research interests include information ethics, censorship, intellectual freedom, public libraries, privacy, and qualitative research methods. Oltmann is the past editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy and Associate Editor of Library Quarterly. She wrote the book Practicing Intellectual Freedom in Libraries, and edited The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field, which will be released in June 2023. Oltmann’s work has been funded by the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum & Library Services. She has presented her research at numerous academic and professional conferences and published widely.
 

Sophia Sotilleo
Dean of the Library, Thurgood Marshall Library, Bowie State University
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL:

Sophia Sotilleo is the Dean of the Thurgood Marshall Library at Bowie State University. The first Historically Black College in the state of Maryland. Mrs. Sotilleo is currently serving as the Vice President of the Freedom to Read Foundation and an ALA Executive Board Member. Her current area of research and interest is access, advocacy, and leadership in the field of librarianship. Along with having a passion for introducing, and sharing information about libraries to everyone she meets, she is passionate about the opportunity to empower and encourage library colleagues and supporters.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS SCHEDULE:

The schedule is below. On the day of the conference, the links for the individual Zoom rooms are emailed to those who are registered. 

12:00 pm US - Pacific Daylight Time (Click here to see in your local time zone) Opening Keynote Panel: Dr. Martin Garnar (Chair) with Andrea Jamison, PhD; Lesliediana Jones; Emily Knox; Dr. Shannon M. Oltmann; and Sophia Sotilleo (Link to details) 1:00 pm US - Pacific Daylight Time (Click here to see in your local time zone) Library-organized events and progressive/conservative polarization: the case for liberal library programming: Edward Remus, Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian, Northeastern Illinois University Libraries (Link to details) Putting the FREE in FREEdom to Read: Star Bradley, Research and Instruction Librarian, Montana State University Library (Link to details) Reinforcing Institutional Resiliency Through Multidimensional Library Neutrality: Adapting Theoretical Foundations from Political Science and Urban Planning: Michael Dudley, University of Winnipeg | John Wright, University of Calgary (Link to details) This is the Way: Intellectual Freedom Outreach at Pop Culture Conventions: Glen J. Benedict, Access Services Librarian, University of the District of Columbia (Link to details)  1:30 pm US - Pacific Daylight Time (Click here to see in your local time zone) A Call to Action: responding to organized book challenges & their role in a systematic threat to democracy: Dee Ann Venuto, Media Center Coordinator, Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Link to details) Get Ready, Stay Ready: A Community Action Toolkit: Valerie Byrd Fort, Instructor, University of South Carolina | April Dawkins, Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro (Link to details) Supporting TX Librarians Facing Materials Challenges: Dorcas Hand, School Library and Intellectual Freedom Advocate, Students Need Libraries in HISD (Link to details) Virginia: a Case Study of Race and Sexuality as Recurring Factors in the History of Book Banning: Keith Weimer, Librarian for History and Religious Studies, University of Virginia Library (Link to details)  2:00 pm US - Pacific Daylight Time (Click here to see in your local time zone) How Can Feminism Help Librarians Confront Authoritarianism in the Twenty-First Century?: Frieda Afary, Philosophy M.A., M.L.I.S., public librarian and author (Link to details) Libraries and the First Amendment: Book Bans, Meeting Rooms, First Amendment Audits and More: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom (Link to details) Real world policy and messaging issues from the trenches: Peter Bromberg, Associate Director, EveryLibrary (Link to details) The Politics of Nativist Censorship Efforts: Today’s Right Wing “Culture War” and Lessons from Previous Historical Movements: Andrew B. Wertheimer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Link to details)  2:30 pm US - Pacific Daylight Time (Click here to see in your local time zone) Closing Keynote: Social Justice and Intellectual Freedom: Why We Need Both: Dr. Martin Garnar, Director of the Amherst College Library (Link to details)

REGISTRATION:

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

FOUNDING CONFERENCE SPONSOR:

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.

 

Dr. Albrecht Blog Post: "Are You Using a Closing Time Procedures Checklist? (But I Thought You Locked the Restroom?)"

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht blog post in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0: "Are You Using a Closing Time Procedures Checklist? (But I Thought You Locked the Restroom?)" 

Does your library use a printed checklist for closing time procedures? You might think your facility is too small, or too well-organized to need such a device. “We don’t need a written checklist. We all know what to do. The staff always gets it right. We’ve never left a child locked in the building! Well, there was that one time when we found the kid who managed to get into our break room and fell asleep on our couch after eating all our snacks.”

Read the full post here. 

Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly Library 2.0 podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are: access to 50,000 other library professionals, our regular mini-conferences, and all the conference recordings. We also offer a series of Dr. Albrecht paid webinars and recordings which are available for individual or group viewing here.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS AVAILABLE:

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons.

In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessmenHe has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.

His professional webite is at http://drstevealbrecht.com.

BUY THE BOOK:

Sessions Announced for Next Week's "Banned Books and Censorship" Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: "Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library," will be held online (and for free) nextThursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The accepted concurrent sessions are listed down below!

With book bans all over the news, intellectual freedom is under attack, with a specific focus on materials and programs related to or representative of marginalized communities. In this Library 2.0 mini-conference, we will examine the current trends in censorship and explore solutions for how to promote our principles in an era of increasing polarization. We will also explore the dilemmas that arise at the intersection of intellectual freedom and social justice.

Our special conference chair is Martin Garnar, editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual and past chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, who has been involved in developing ALA policy on intellectual freedom for 20 years. 

We look forward to gathering online with you for this event!

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

Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. 

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #bannedbookscensorship on their social media posts about the event.

SPECIAL CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Dr. Martin Garnar
Director of the Amherst College Library
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER

Martin Garnar, PhD, is director of the Amherst College Library and editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual. His professional activities and speaking schedule reflect a profound inability to say no. A native New Yorker, Martin lives in western Massachusetts with his husband Mark and their impossibly cute miniature dachshunds.

 

OPENING KEYNOTE PANELISTS:

Andrea Jamison, PhD (@achitownj)
Assistant Professor of Librarianship at Illinois State University
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Dr. Andrea Jamison is an Assistant Professor of Librarianship at Illinois State University. Professor Jamison has more than 17 years of experience working in the field of education and libraries. She speaks internationally on library inclusivity, intellectual freedom, and the interplay of race, power, and privilege in children’s books. Her research involves examining equity issues in library services and the role that libraries play in either perpetuating or mitigating systems of inequity.

Professor Jamison has conducted content analyses on hundreds of collection development policies to determine how policies address diversity and how they align with ALA’s Bill of Rights. She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine, The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. Her book, Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices, is part of Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

Professor Jamison received her Master of Teaching from Concordia University and her Master of Library Science and Ph.D. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. Currently, she is the immediate past chair for ALA’s Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable, which promotes multiculturalism in librarianship, and a library ambassador for Lee and Low Books. She also chaired the 2018 working group that revised ALA’s Library Bill of Rights for Diverse Library Collections.

Lesliediana Jones
Associate Director, Harvard Law School Library
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Lesliediana Jones transitioned to the profession of librarianship from a career as an attorney. She has been a librarian for more than two decades. She has worked for a few law school libraries, including Northwestern School of Law in Chicago, The George Washington School of Law and currently Harvard Law School. Her activism in the profession has been to be a member of professional associations and serve on various committees. She is a member of the American Association of Law LIbraries and the American Library Association (ALA). Currently she is the chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for ALA
 

Emily Knox (@ejmknox)
University of Illinois
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER

Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include information access and intellectual freedom and censorship. She is a member of the Mapping Information Access research team.

Her most recent book Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (ALA Neal-Schuman) won the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Prize for best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. Her previous book, Book Banning in 21st Century America (Rowman & Littlefield) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. Emily’s articles have been published in the Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, and the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.

Emily serves on the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship. She is also editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.

Emily received her PhD from the doctoral program at the Rutgers University School of Communication & Information.
 

Dr. Shannon M. Oltmann
Associate Professor, School of Information Science, University of Kentucky
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL

Shannon M. Oltmann is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. She obtained her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her research interests include information ethics, censorship, intellectual freedom, public libraries, privacy, and qualitative research methods. Oltmann is the past editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy and Associate Editor of Library Quarterly. She wrote the book Practicing Intellectual Freedom in Libraries, and edited The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field, which will be released in June 2023. Oltmann’s work has been funded by the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum & Library Services. She has presented her research at numerous academic and professional conferences and published widely.
 

Sophia Sotilleo
Dean of the Library, Thurgood Marshall Library, Bowie State University
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL:

Sophia Sotilleo is the Dean of the Thurgood Marshall Library at Bowie State University. The first Historically Black College in the state of Maryland. Mrs. Sotilleo is currently serving as the Vice President of the Freedom to Read Foundation and an ALA Executive Board Member. Her current area of research and interest is access, advocacy, and leadership in the field of librarianship. Along with having a passion for introducing, and sharing information about libraries to everyone she meets, she is passionate about the opportunity to empower and encourage library colleagues and supporters.

ACCEPTED CONCURRENT SESSIONS (the conference session times will be posted next week and emailed to registrants):

• A Call to Action: responding to organized book challenges & their role in a systematic threat to democracy: Dee Ann Venuto, Media Center Coordinator, Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Link to details)
• Get Ready, Stay Ready: A Community Action Toolkit: Valerie Byrd Fort, Instructor, University of South Carolina | April Dawkins, Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro (Link to details)
• How Can Feminism Help Librarians Confront Authoritarianism in the Twenty-First Century?: Frieda Afary, Philosophy M.A., M.L.I.S., public librarian and author (Link to details)
• Libraries and the First Amendment: Book Bans, Meeting Rooms, First Amendment Audits and More: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom (Link to details)
• Putting the FREE in FREEdom to Read: Star Bradley, Research and Instruction Librarian, Montana State University Library (Link to details)
• Real world policy and messaging issues from the trenches: Peter Bromberg, Associate Director, EveryLibrary (Link to details)
• Reinforcing Institutional Resiliency Through Multidimensional Library Neutrality: Adapting Theoretical Foundations from Political Science and Urban Planning: Michael Dudley, University of Winnipeg | John Wright, University of Calgary (Link to details)
• Supporting TX Librarians Facing Materials Challenges: Dorcas Hand, School Library and Intellectual Freedom Advocate, Students Need Libraries in HISD (Link to details)
• The Politics of Nativist Censorship Efforts: Today’s Right Wing “Culture War” and Lessons from Previous Historical Movements: Andrew B. Wertheimer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Link to details)
• This is the Way: Intellectual Freedom Outreach at Pop Culture Conventions: Glen J. Benedict, Access Services Librarian, University of the District of Columbia (Link to details)
• Virginia: a Case Study of Race and Sexuality as Recurring Factors in the History of Book Banning: Keith Weimer, Librarian for History and Religious Studies, University of Virginia Library (Link to details)
• Library-organized events and progressive/conservative polarization: the case for liberal library programming: Edward Remus, Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian, Northeastern Illinois University Libraries (Link to details)

REGISTRATION:

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

FOUNDING CONFERENCE SPONSOR:

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.