Oregon Library Association Conference 2023
April 19 – 22, 2023
Bend Oregon

Preconferences
Book Mending
Rethinking Dewey
Tribal History/Shared History: Programming and Resources (Recorded)

Keynotes/Awards
Conspirituality: What Conspiracy Theories in the Wellness Industry Can Teach Us About Combating Misinformation (Recorded)
Awards Luncheon (Recorded)
Wrap-Up Lunch and Farewell with speaker Andy Mangels (Recorded)

Conference Sessions
3D Printing in Your Library
The ABCs of Streaming Media in Instruction: Faculty Needs and Library Support
Advocacy Made Easy: OLA’s 2023 Legislative Agenda and What You Can Do to Help! (Recorded)
Are You Laying Bricks or Building a Cathederal
Attach of the Pod People: A Crash Course in Podcasting (Recorded)
A Book for Every Person: Presenting Your Collection to Improve Patron Engagement (Recorded)
Career Advancement by Staying Put (Recorded)
Collaborating for Summer Success
A Conversation About Empathy
Curating Empathy: School Libraries at the Heart of Diversity and Accurate Representation in Social Studies Classrooms
Death, Aging, and Talking About the Taboo
Drawing It All Together: Activities to Reflect On and Apply Your Conference Experience
Empower Your Inner Activist, Empower Your Patrons — Strategies for Civic Activism and Engagement!
Feed Them and They Will Come? Reaching Teens in Small and Rural Communities
Fostering Readers: Research-Based Literacy Activities for K-3rd Graders
Great Teen Advisory Groups: See How They Run
How I Learned to Love Legal Reference and You Can Too. (Recorded)
Library Advocacy Pushing Through Inertia
Library Programs with Museums
Library Services to People Experiencing the Carceral System and Those Reentering (Recorded)
Library STEM
Librarians in Leadership: Beyond the Walls of the Library
Light Movement and Breathing with Derek Beres
MAC Reads 2021 Becoming an Anti-Racist: One Community’s Journey
Meeting Communities: A Bookmobile Dream
Mental Health Matters: Brainstorming Library Mental Health Services for All Ages
More Voices, Less Bias: Collaborative Collection Policy Writing
Next Level Storytime (Recorded)
Northwest Digital Heritage: Exploring & Celebrating Partnerships
“Oh, No, We Went Viral”: Surviving Attention from Right-Wing Twitter
Oregon Youth Author Fair: Parts 1 & 2
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Leading with Radical Acceptance
Overdrive Stands with Libraries: Access, Advocacy, Always Advancing (Recorded)

Poster Sessions
– 20 Years Rekindling, Rejuvenating, Reimagining Answerland
– Archiving web-based local news and culture with Community Webs
– Book Bans: Not Just an LGBTQ+ Issue
– The Curiosity Cabinets at the Newport Public Library
– Leadership Institute of OLA 2023
– Library Road Trip
– Libros for Oregon: Connecting Oregon Libraries and Their Communities to Spanish Language Materials
– The Oregon Authors Project: Reimagining an Engaging Resource to Connect Local Authors and Readers
– Oregon Library Presenters Directory
– Reaching Isolated Seniors: The Library Corner
– Reimagining Oregon Digital

Queer Lit for Tweens to Adults
Reading for Access and Inclusion (Recorded)
Refresh Your Small Business Outreach and Support with Oregon’s Statewide Library Resources (Recorded)
Reframing Failure: How to Keep Calm and Carry On
Reimagine Leadership While Managing Staffing Challenges
Reimagine Professional Wellness with Oregon’s Statewide Library Resources (Recorded)
Reimagining Job and Small Business Services for the New Normal: From Pandemic Chaos to Bright Futures
Reimagining Library Services
Reimagining Service to Tweens: The Hows and Whys of a Young Teen Collection
Rekindle Your Social Media: The Basics, the Benefits, and the Best Ways to Avoid Burnout
Representation Matters: BIPOC Voices in Id and Teen Lit
Rethinking International Opportunities During Challenging Times
Roots Up Community Engagement with Seed Libraries and Library Gardens (Recorded)
Seeking Immortality: Storytelling Using VR to Preserve Native American Language and Culture
So You Wanna Advocate for Yourself? (Recorded)
Stark Raving OYAN: Books Talks for the 2023 Book Rave and 2022 Graphic Rave
Storytelling & The Decolonization of Academic Research Libraries (Recorded)
Summer Reading: What is It Good For? (Recorded)
Teaching with Unique Collections: Innovation in Liberal Arts Pedagogies (Recorded)
Telling Your Story with Data (and Not Accidentally Lying) (Recorded)
Using Social Media Data to Inform Decision-Making Processes
Virtual Reality in the Academic Library
The Weird and Wonderful World of Circulating Unusual Library Materials (Recorded)
What We’ve Kept: Share and Learn What Pandemic-Driven Mods are So Great We Decided to Keep Them
What’s the Program Plan?
Words Matter – Rethinking LCSH
Workforce Development: Teen Internships at Your Library (Recorded)