2024 Iowa Library Association Fall Conference

This session is intended as a discussion of the rise of New Adult Fiction and the impact of its emergence on existing Young Adult and Adult literature and leadership.

This presentation explores practical strategies to prevent burnout in libraries by addressing workload management, autonomy, reward systems, community support, fairness, and value alignment based on Christina Maslach's six identified causes of burnout.

This session will chronicle a highly successful collaboration between Waverly's public and
school libraries and provide nuanced guidance on how to create a successful public/school
library collaboration by detailing the perspectives of both the public librarians and school
librarian involved.
Attendees of this session will feel equipped to make a strong connection with collaborators in
either a public or school library. Further, attendees will be able to learn from the lived
experiences of the librarians who coordinated this collaboration, including dealing with
administrative hurdles and complicated logistics. Attendees will also learn ways to measure
success in collaboration, including what were unintended positive outcomes of this
collaboration.

Think of social media like a digital branch; open 24/7/365. It can be the basis for the reputation you build in your community — good or bad. This session will share how to build stronger community connections, how to plan for social media, and 4 tips for growing your social media presence.

Provide STEM Programming for any size library, no matter how small; and learn about the Governor’s STEM Council/Scale Up Awards
Attendees will identify how to use a full Scale Up kit in partnership with another organization. Attendees will identify how to incorporate pieces of a Scale Up kit for regular library programs. Attendees will understand the purpose and benefits of the Governor’s STEM Council and Scale Up Awards.

Participants will gain insights into the importance of opposing book bans, learn strategies for advocating against censorship, and explore successful case studies of communities defending intellectual freedom.