MLA/DLACon2025

This is an engaging session designed to transform your school library into a vibrant hub of the school community! Discover proven, innovative strategies to exponentially increase engagement among students, parents, and the broader school community. Participates receive specific and proven examples to effectively bring the library to 'the people,” and to bring “the people” to the library. Attendees will leave with a comprehensive plan to cultivate library stakeholders, heighten book circulation, and increase patronage. The session will give participants proven tools needed to make their library the heart of the school!

Traditional educational resources put a high-cost strain on students and are increasingly controlled by corporate bookstores. Open Educational Resources (OERs) offer an anti-capitalist alternative with the potential to transform learning for students and empower faculty. This presentation will establish the current pitfalls and inequities perpetuated by traditional educational resources, and present how OERs can challenge and subvert those drawbacks.