Past Programs

Thank you to the presenters, and thanks to the Naperville Public Library for hosting ARRTCon 2024.

Visit the ARRTCon 2024 page to see slides and resources.

Thank you to the presenters, and thanks to the Naperville Public Library for hosting ARRTCon 2023.

Visit the ARRTCon 2023 page to see slides and resources.

Watch the recorded program here.

Thanks to our panelist, Janice Del Negro, Ph.D., of Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science

Resource List

Sponsor:

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

• Becca Boland
• Jez Layman
• Jennifer Asimakopoulos

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

• K’wan
• Joy Deja King
• Anna Black
• Kareem Williams

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

Watch the recorded program here

Thanks to the Horror Writer's Association and RAILS

Watch the recorded program here

Thanks to:

Panelists:

• Leah Koch – The Ripped Bodice bookstore in Culver City, CA
• Roseann Backlin - Love’s Sweet Arrow bookstore in Tinley Park, IL
• Edna Castillo – Barnes & Noble Arboretum in Austin, TX & Edna’s Emporium

Sponsor:

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

Watch the recorded program here

Find the slides here

Thanks to...

Panelists:

• Wanda Morris
• Alex Segura
• Kellye Garrett
• Mia P. Manansala
• Cari Dubiel

Sponsor:

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

• Jez Layman, Elmhurst PL
• Jennifer Asimakopoulos, Wheaton PL
• Sonia Reppe, Stickney-Forest View PL
• Monique Flasch, Glenview PL

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System

• Betsy Bird, Collection Development Manager of Evanston Public Library
• Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, Collection Management Librarian at Oak Park Public Library

Videos of all panels, as well as slides and book lists, are available on the HWA Librarians’ Day 2020 page.

Thanks to

• the Horror Writers Association for hosting this event
• all the panelists
• event sponsors: NoveList, LibraryReads, and Flame Tree Press

• Rincey Abraham
• Melissa Keegan
• Athens Moreno
• Jessica Stalker

• • Becca Boland and Christen Wiser, hosts of the Ela Area Public Library's podcast, Three Books
  • Charlie Crane, Dave Steinke, Jami Lin, Joel Sawyer, and Tony Hahn, hosts of the Des Plaines Public Library's podcast, Miner Recs

Thank you to Robin Bradford, Stephen Sposato, Nicole Steeves, and Rebecca Bartlett for presenting. We thank the Archer Heights branch of the Chicago Public Library for hosting.

Robin Bradford's slides

Stephen Sposato's slides

Nicole Steeves' slides

Rebecca Bartlett's slides

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Thank you to Sarah Yale and Sam Adams-Lanham for presenting and to Oak Park Public Library for hosting.

Sarah Yale's slides

Sam Adams-Lanham's slides

Thank you to the presenters, and thanks to the Naperville Public Library for hosting ARRTCon 2017.

Visit the ARRTCon 2017 page to view program handouts and slides.

Thank you to Robin Bradford, Mikki Kendall, Annabelle Mortensen and Mimosa Shah for presenting and to Skokie Public Library for hosting this event.

Robin Bradford's Librarians in the 21st Century: The Power of Our Choices

Mikki Kendall's How to Write About Black Women

Skokie Public Library EDI: Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Resources and links from 2016 RUSA CODES Convo on Diversity

Thank you to Nancy Pearl, Jennifer Lizak, Pam Schwarting, and Brittany Hoornaert Smith for presenting, and to the Northbrook Public Library for hosting this event.

Arlington Heights Memorial Library: One Book One Village
Pam Schwarting, Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Westmont Reads: Connecting Through Graphics
Brittany Hoornaert Smith, Westmont Public Library

Thanks to everyone who attended RA Hacks, and to the Glenside Public Library for hosting.

Rethinking RA Basics slides
Becky Spratford, RA for All

Social Media handout
Tracy Gossage and Mike Hominick, Northbrook Public Library

RA Hacks Notes

A huge thank you to all who attended Becoming the Face of RA; to Rebecca Vnuk, adult books editor at Booklist, for moderating; to RAILS for hosting; and for Indian Prairie Public Library for recording the session for posterity.

Lawrence Public Library Book Squad slides
Polli Kenn, Readers’ Services Coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library

NoveList Book Squad slides
Krista Biggs and Nancy Dowd, Novelist Book Squad

Downers Grove Public Library Bookology slides
Melissa Doornbos, Public Relations Manager and Bookologist at the Downers Grove Public Library