2024 Iowa Library Association Fall Conference

Settle in for a fireside chat featuring ILA President Julie Finch to hear about continuous efforts to promote community resilience that is led by libraries in an effort to create a sustainable environment for future generations.

Learn how adult and youth services staff can work together to create scalable and engaging
intergenerational programming based on the feedback and schedules of library patrons.

Predicted learning outcomes:
➢ How to use patron feedback to design programs patrons actually want to participate in.
➢ How to capitalize on program ideas for multiple audiences.
➢ How to build program attendance and boost community connection through consistency and
continuity.

Identify your library strengths, both inside and outside the library box, and use them to build strong partnerships and open doors to new ones!

This session will provide instruction and materials to create
a robotics camp based on FIRST LEGO League, targeting kids a a
ages 10-14, with the overall goal of spreading robotics and
STEM education across Iowa.
Attendees will end the session with enough information and
resources to be able to host robotics classes at their library.

We will share practical knowledge and advice when updating your library spaces. Learn tips on planning, preparing, and using your existing budget and staff creativity to move and change 3 different spaces in 3 months merging our Lyons Library Branch with our 1904 Carnegie Library. Clinton Public Library staff designed and moved the Youth Space, Local History & Genealogy, and Friends Bookstore, creating 2+ meeting spaces, joining all of our staff and services into the Main Library.