ARRTCon 2024

Program

Presenters

Keynote

Robin Bradford

Horror Panel

Moderator: Becky Spratford

S.A. Barnes

John Everson

Ananda Lima

Nick Medina

Gus Moreno

Sourcebooks Book Buzz

Emily Luedloff, Sourcebooks,

Margaret Coffee, Sourcebooks

Closing Keynote

Mia P. Manansala, author of  Arsenic and Adobo

Breakout Sessions

Deepest Darkest RA Fears –

Discuss the deepest, darkest fears library workers have about RA and how you can conquer them.

Displays & Merchandising –

Learn how to most effectively display and merchandise titles to provide diverse recommendations to readers.

Lila Denning, St. Petersburg Library System

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

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

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.

Catherine Tarver, Wheaton Public Library

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