Keynote Speaker

 

Biographical Note

Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS is a graduate of the historic Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies. Currently, she is Assistant Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina Lancaster, where she has spearheaded and augmented outreach and events, grown instruction, introduced and promoted teaching and learning technologies, and implemented data collection and scholarship curation initiatives on her small campus.

 

Kendrick’s research interests include racial and ethnic diversity in the LIS field, comparative librarianship, professionalism, ethics, and the role of digital humanities in practical academic librarianship. In addition to publishing articles on these topics, she is co-editor of The Small and Rural Academic Library: Leveraging Resources and Overcoming Limitations (Chicago: ACRL 2016) and author of Kaleidoscopic Concern: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography of Diversity, Recruitment, Retention, and Other Concerns Regarding African American and Ethnic Library Professionals (Chicago: ACRL 2009) and Global Evolution: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography of International Students in U.S. Academic Libraries (Chicago: ACRL 2007).

 

Diamonds in the rough: Polishing our practice for prepared and newly passionate library users

Issues of daily ethical decision making, workplace culture concerns, and professional engagement barriers can impact how well librarians are able to provide service to and attract users to their respective communities. Ms. Kendrick will discuss these concerns and her proven strategies for cultivating informal leadership skills, advancing library advocacy, and utilizing communities of practice at libraries.

 

Breakout Sessions

• Collecting Collections: An overview of two recent Florida digital collection inventory activities at Florida's library consortia
• Community Building in Progress
• Encouraging Innovation through Facilitation of Access to Intellectual Property Resources at Libraries
• Give the People What They Want:Creating a Truly Convenient User Experience
• Is there room at the New Town Hall for persons experiencing homelessness
• Keys to Implementing Engaging Programming: Innovative Ideas to Take to the Masses
• Makerspaces and Community Partnerships
• Opening Hearts and Raising Fists
• Podcasting with Librarians: From Our Shelves to Your Ears
• Role of Libraries in advancing community Goals Panel Discussion
• Stepping Outside the Box: How to create interdepartmental partnerships
• Virtual Reality in Libraries
• What's the Library Got To Do With It?: The 2017 NMC's Top Ten Trends