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The Future of Libraries 11.0: Engaging Community: the Participatory Library Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (sign-in 8:30 - 9:00) San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Koret Auditorium $30 registration fee Sponsored by the Pacific Library Partnership Staff Development Committee To register, go to <http://host7.evanced.info/pls/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=554> http://host7.evanced.info/pls/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=554. The Future of Libraries 11.0 is the latest in an ongoing annual series of conferences where speakers highlight innovations taking place in the library world today This year's theme will be Engaging Community: the Participatory Library, with the following sessions: FEATURED PRESENTATION: Radical Collaboration <http://museumtwo.tumblr.com/> Nina Simon: "museum visionary," author of <http://www.participatorymuseum.org/> The Participatory Museum, blogger at <http://www.museumtwo.blogspot.com/> Museum 2.0, and Executive Director of the <http://www.santacruzmah.org/> Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, with Janis O'Driscoll, Interim Director and former Programs & Partnerships Manager, Santa Cruz Public Libraries Are libraries for the community, or of the community? In this interactive keynote, Nina Simon will share lessons learned from transforming a traditional museum into a community co-created institution. Get ready for specific stories, painful lessons, practical tools, and provocative questions about community engagement in museums, libraries, and public space. Nina is the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, where she led an institutional turnaround based on grassroots community participation. Previously, she consulted with over 100 museums, libraries, and cultural centers on strategies for inclusive user participation onsite and online. AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS: Start Me Up: The Start-Up Influence in Library Programs Start-up collaborations, Alligator Zone <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KM5_kMS8Bvs/VFFHrWdZIYI/AAAAAAAAAyo/p7c8ITT_dXA/s 1600/20141119alligator%2Bzone2-page-001.jpg> , and the CU Hacks <http://cuhacks.org> teen hack-a-thon Karin Bricker, Mountain View Public Library; Cheryl Lee, Santa Clara City Library; Matt Lorenzo, Santa Clara County Library Creating <http://themixatsfpl.org/location/the-mix-at-main> The Mix! (a new youth-designed teen learning space at SFPL - tour included!) Catherine Cormier, San Francisco Public Library Bars, Brews and Booze: Libraries Reaching the Elusive Twentysomething <https://www.sjpl.org/blog/do-you-know-what-what-library-game-show> Do You Know What WHAT?!, <http://www.friendssfpl.org/?Imbibe> IMBIBE and more Nancy Donnell, San Jose Public Library; Katherine Jardine, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Angela Ocana, Santa Clara City Library A <http://www.cityoflivermore.net/citygov/lib/cals/default.asp?ViewBy=0&CalDat e=2/1/2015&EventDateID=45500> Library Geocaching Adventure! Paul Sevilla, Livermore Public Library For more information about these presentations, see the <http://www.plpinfo.org/plpsdc/the-future-of-libraries/> conference web page. For information (including videos!) about last year's Future of Libraries conference, look <http://www.plpinfo.org/fall-workshops-archive/> here. To register, go to <http://host7.evanced.info/pls/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=554> http://host7.evanced.info/pls/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=554 . Daniel Hersh, Oakland Public Library <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] for the Pacific Library Partnership Staff Development Committee
