2015-2016 CD#4 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting WHAT’S HAPPENING: A PRE-MIDWINTER 2016 UPDATE December 30, 2015 This is a personal guide to the ALA Midwinter Meeting, compiled by staff across ALA. There is more – much more. For additional information and more events, check the following sources: Get the latest information on the 2016 Midwinter Meeting sessions – and create your own schedule: http://2016.alamidwinter.org/scheduler , plus – For the mobile app, visit: www.alamidwinter.org/mobile-app COGNOTES on the website: http://2016.alamidwinter.org/news-0 American Libraries preview: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/12/09/2016-ala-midwinter-preview/ American Libraries dining guide: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/12/10/midwinter-bostons-best-eats/ Twitter: @alamw and #alamw16 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/110636339291419/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alamidwinter/ Tumblr: http://americanlibraryassoc.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanlibraryassociation/ #alamw16 WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR? Libraries Transform™ Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about how to participate in and make the most of Libraries Transform™, the new ALA national public awareness campaign – as well as have some fun with it. The new campaign highlights the transformative nature of libraries and the critical role they play in the digital age, including the critical roles of librarians, library staff, vendors and supporters. The focus of the campaign is on what libraries do for and with people rather than on what they have for people. It includes all kinds of libraries – public, school, academic, and special – and their roles in the various communities they serve and of which they are part. The goal of the campaign is to change the conversation and, in so doing, to shine a different light on the compelling case for funding. The campaign launched in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2015. For more information, a toolkit with resources for participation, and an online trends center, please visit http://www.librariestransform.org. #librariestransform Pick up Libraries Transform™ ribbons and window clings at registration; stickers and postcards in the ALA Lounge. Don’t miss these key future-forward sessions: o Libraries Transform™: Understanding Change 1 Saturday, January 9, 1:00-4:00pm, Boston Convention & Exposition Center (BCEC), 103 Trainers from Kotter International, experts in the process and leadership of change, will lead an interactive session to explore libraries’ current context and look ahead to meeting imperatives for Libraries Transform™. Using Dr. John Kotter’s renowned 8-step Process for Leading Change – and its core principles – as a backdrop, session participants will have the opportunity to work with colleagues and Kotter International to answer the questions: Where am I in the process of leading change, and what do I need to be doing now to move my library into the future? (sponsored by the ALA Center for the Future of Libraries) o Libraries Transform™: Civic and Social Innovation . Civic Innovators – Sunday, January 10, 8:30-11:30am, BCEC 103 . Social Innovators – Monday, January 11, 8:30-11:30am, BCEC 103 Join Boston-based civic and social innovators -- including representatives from Boston’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Boston College’s Center for Social Innovation, and leaders from non-profits and design firms – for two outward-looking forums exploring the changes happening in our communities. Learn more about the issues Civic and Social Innovators are addressing and the strategies they are employing. These innovations can inspire our efforts to help libraries transform. Sessions are designed for your busy meeting schedules: each day will feature three presentations and attendees are encouraged to drop in as their schedules allow. (Sponsored by the ALA Center for the Future of Libraries and the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services) o Creativity, Innovation and Change: Libraries Transform™ in the Digital Age! Sunday, January 10, 1:00-2:30pm, Boston Convention & Exposition Center (BCEC) 153AB Join ALA President Sari Feldman and Jonathan Zittrain (Harvard Law School), and others in a conversation about innovative library environments and how we can illustrate our value to decision-makers and influencers. The session will feature work from Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab and how it can be leveraged to make our case at the national level through ALA initiatives such as the Policy Revolution, and how you can leverage it to make your case locally through ALA’s new public awareness initiative, Libraries Transform™. o If I Hadn’t Believed It, I Wouldn’t Have Seen It: Exploring Systemic Racism and Its Implications for Our Lives and Work Sunday, January 10, 8:00am-noon, and repeated on Monday, January 11, 8:00am-noon, Seaport Boston Hotel, Constitution Room In this interactive workshop, we will explore how race, systemic racism, and racial privilege have implications for our personal and professional lives. The workshop will provide tools to help us better recognize and address racism and other forms of oppression in our relationships, organizations, and institutions. Presented by Paul Marcus and Donna Bivens (Community Change, Inc.). Sponsored by the ALA Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The Center for the Future of Libraries Advisory Group will hold its first meeting on Saturday, January 9, 10:30-11:30am, BCEC 255. For additional information, see: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/11/ala-announces-center-future-libraries- advisory-group 2 And, don’t miss the #LibrariesTransform photobooth in the ALA Lounge. You’ll also want to celebrate ALA’s 140th Anniversary with cake, Saturday, January 9, 2:00pm. Enjoy the timeline that offers a glimpse of past and present library transformations and share your own transformation landmarks to the record. The BluuBeam iBeacon is back! See page 50 in the Meeting Guide & Exhibits Directory for download information. Have an accessibility question? Contact Conference Services at 617-954-3950. For additional accessibility information, see page 51 in the Meeting Guide & Exhibits Directory. “DEEP DIVE” SESSIONS Being piloted this year, “Deep Dive” sessions are intended for active, participatory learning in an interactive workshop setting. Participation is limited to enable maximum interaction. Presenters and course design meet the standards for official Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The course fee covers direct costs of the course, the CEU process and a mid-morning (or mid-afternoon) refreshment break. Three courses are offered in the initial year. On-site registration will be taken, based on available space. o We Are ALL User Experience Librarians: Creating Change from the Trenches, Saturday, January 9, 1:00-4:15pm, BCEC 207, sponsored by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). This Deep Dive will focus on user testing and understanding your users’ experience through a mix of discussion, presentations, and interactive experiences. Presenters will offer design strategies and tools from throughout the life cycle of a user experience design project, as well as a look at pitfalls to avoid and lessons learned. The workshop will focus on providing attendees with concrete skills and techniques they can apply at their home institutions with relatively little expense or pre-planning. Instructors include: Courtney Greene McDonald (Indiana University), Pete Coco (Weave: The Journal of Library User Experience, and Boston Public Library), Deirdre Costello (University of Michigan), Lauren McKeen (Northwestern University), and Heidi Steiner Burkhardt (University of Michigan). For more information see: http://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ALA- Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=127764 o Trust and Opportunity: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities in Mid-Sized Urban Settings, Sunday, January 10, 8:15-11:30am, BCEC 207, sponsored by the ALA Public Programs Office (PPO). All communities have challenges. Libraries can help conquer them – given the right tools. Learn how two mid-sized, urban public libraries – Hartford [CT] Public Library and Springfield [MA] Public Library – are bringing residents, local organizations and city leaders together to tackle daunting issues, including public safety. Representatives from both libraries will talk about their approach, based on the “turning outward” approach created by The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. Participants will learn the basics of this approach through a series of interactive exercises, will discuss mid-course correction and outcomes assessment, and hear real-world examples of how community engagement can change the perspective of libraries and their role in their communities. For more information see: http://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ALA- MidWinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=127765 3 o Creating Out-of-This-World Children’s Science Programming with Free NASA Resources, Sunday, January 10, 1:00-4:15pm, BCEC 107, co-sponsored by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) and the ALA Public Programs Office (PPO). Participants will have an opportunity to try a variety of NASA hands-on activities for children and their families, which were developed to use in libraries and use inexpensive materials. Participants will receive guides to upcoming celestial, Earth and NASA mission events, such as International Observe the Moon Night, and learn how to bring these, and other connections, to their communities.