ARRTCon 2024 will be held Friday, December 6, 2024 at the 95th Branch of Naperville Public Library. Check out our full list of panels below.
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Keynote |
Robin Bradford |
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Horror Panel |
Moderator: Becky Spratford S.A. Barnes John Everson Ananda Lima Nick Medina Gus Moreno |
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Sourcebooks Book Buzz |
Emily Luedloff, Sourcebooks, emily.luedloff@sourcebooks.com Margaret Coffee, Sourcebooks |
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Closing Keynote |
Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo |
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Breakout Sessions |
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Deepest Darkest RA Fears – Discuss the deepest, darkest fears library workers have about RA and how you can conquer them. |
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Displays & Merchandising – Learn how to most effectively display and merchandise titles to provide diverse recommendations to readers. |
Lila Denning, St. Petersburg Library System |
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LibraryReads 101 – Learn about what LibraryReads is, how it can help you with readers advisory, and how to get involved in the program. |
Rebecca Vnuk, LibraryReads Annabelle Mortensen, LibraryReads |
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Novelist Deep Dive & Sure Bets – Now that all Illinois libraries have access to Novelist, learn how to most effectively search it for book suggestions and sure bet titles to recommend. |
Yaika Sabat, Novelist |
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RA for Outreach & Accessibility – A discussion of how Reader’s Advisory can be managed to reach home-delivery patrons and patrons with disabilities in Outreach programs. We will consider how RA must be tailored to meet physical needs or cognitive limitations yet still personalized and meaningful for service of 20-150 home-delivery patrons. |
Rebecca Tietjen, Naperville Public Library Tana Petrov, Fountaindale Library District Catherine Tarver, Wheaton Public Library |
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RA Staff Training – Discover new ideas on how to train staff so they feel comfortable providing high quality readers advisory to your patrons. |
Jennifer Asimakopoulos, Wheaton Public Library Elizabeth Hopkins, Lisle Library District Mike Hominick, Niles-Maine District Library |