Training Presentations
Current & Upcoming
ARRT Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study Team, from 02/03/2021 to 12/01/2022.
Murder, They Wrote (Programming Team), ARRT Summer 2021 program.
Archive
Diversity Audits: Sharing and Panel Discussion (Panelist), SWAN Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Metadata Task Force, 07/28/21.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cataloging and Collection Development (Panelist), LACONI Technical Services Section, 04/09/2021.
Library Programming in Uncertain Times (Panelist), 2020 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, 10/21/2020.
With Jez Layman (Elmhurst Public Library) and Becky Spratford (RA for All).
4th Annual Horror Writers Association Librarians' Day (Logistics Coordinator). Panel videos will be live throughout November 2020.
ARRT Book Chat (Coordinator), from 06/11/2020 to 12/09/20.
ARRT Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study Coordinator, from 02/06/2020 to 04/09/20. (Postponed due to COVID.)
Planning Successful Author Events, Hosting Successful Local Author Fairs panel, for LACONI OPP (Outreach/Promotions/Programming) section on 02/21/2020.
Learn from Leaders: Versatility in Library Careers (panelist), Naperville Public Library from 1:30 to 3p on 02.18.20.
Co-chair of ARRTCon 2019, at Naperville Public Library on 11/14/2019.
Conducting a Diversity Audit of Your Collections as part of Library Journal's Professional Development Evaluating, Auditing, and Diversifying Your Collections series, 11/05/2019 from 2:15 to 3:00p.
Sparking Patron Joy by Making Space to Grow (Panelist), 2019 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, 10/24/2019 from 3:00-4:00p.
With Tom Goetz (William Rainey Harper College), Skye Lavin (Forest Park Public Library), and Sarah Sagmoen (University of Illinois Springfield's Brookens Library)
Flip the Readers' Advisory Script: Think Like a Reader (Panelist), 2019 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference on 10/24/2019 from 9:00-10:00a.
With Becky Spratford (RA for All), Nicole Steeves (Fox River Grove Memorial Library), and Tracy Clark
ARRT Romance Genre Study: Paranormal Romance (Discussion Facilitator), on 08/01/2019.
ARRT Romance Genre Study: Romantic Suspense (Discussion Facilitator), on 06/06/2019.
Weeding 101: The whys and hows of deselecting as a team, PCI Webinars, on 05/28/2019
With Monica Minnick, Naperville Public Library Children's Services Librarian
Weeding 101: The whys and hows of deselecting as a team, Illinois Library Association 2019 Reaching Forward Conference on 05/03/2019
Level Up Your Career Today!: Professional Involvement Opportunities for Library Support Staff, Illinois Library Association 2019 Reaching Forward Conference on 05/03/2019
With Becky Spratford and Rebecca Vnuk
Weed 'em and Reap: Readers advisory benefits of weeding, PCI Webinars, on 04/17/2019
Interviewed Sonali Dev on Representation in Publishing and Libraries, Naperville Public Library Staff Day, 09/21/2018
ARRT Book Club Study on A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev, 04/25/2018
RA Through the Weeds: Weeding your way to better Readers Advisory Interactions, presented twice at ARRTCon 2017 on 11/09/2017
Genres Unconference Style (Panelist), ARRTCon 2017 on 11/09/2017
Weeding Wonderland (Panelist), 2017 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference on 10/11/2017
How to Stay in Top Genre Shape (Panelist), Booklist Live Event sponsored by NoveList on 08/22/2017
With Becky Spratford & Marlise Schiltz
RA for Everyone (Panelist), Naperville Public Library Staff In-Service Day on 04/29/2016
A RAdical Conversation (Panelist), Libraries Working Together Staff In-Service Day on 02/08/2016
Handouts: RA Tools and Resources & Speed Reading and Annotating
ARRT Book Club Study on Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, Naper Blvd. Public Library, 01/14/2015
Into the Wild: The Adult Reading Round Table Tackles Comics, C2E2 on 04/26/2013
Day in the Life of a Librarian @ NPL, Naperville Public Library Staff In-Service Day on 10/01/2010
Downloadables Training Classes for Naperville Public Library Staff, 10/2010 to 01/2016