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This free to attend, online seminar includes keynote speakers, panel discussion and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in Q&A, hear from library directors who have completed the Sustainable Library Certification program and get an insight about how sustainability is more than ‘green’ libraries.
PROGRAM
9:30am - 12:30pm AEDT Thursday, 18 November
Opening & Plenary
9:30am - 9:45am
9:45am - 10:30am
Opening Master of Ceremonies, Valli Morphett, Director of Projects, Place Score
Welcome Maxine McKew, Library Board of Victoria
Sustainable Library Initiative
Plenary Keynote Rebekkah Smith Aldrich by, Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System, New York, USA and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
Co-KeynoteMatthew Bollerman, Chief Executive Officer, Hauppauge Public Library, New York, USA and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
Panel Discussion
10:30am - 11:15am
Panel discussion with library directors from the US who have completed the Sustainable Library Certification Program.
Panel Discussion facilitated by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich by, Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
Panelists:
M. Jill Davis, Director, Hendrick Hudson Free Library
Lisa G. Kropp, Director, Lindenhurst Memorial Library
Janet Scherer, Director, South Huntington Public Library
Break
11:15am - 11:30am
Break
ALIA - Sustainable Development Goals
11:30am – 11:45am
ALIA Greening Project
11:45pm – 12:00pm
ALIA - Sustainable Development Goals
Trish Hepworth, Director, Policy and Education, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
ALIA Greening Project
Greening Libraries: Research project proposal
Dr Kasey Garrison, Senior Lecturer & Children’s Specialisation Coordinator, School of Information and Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts & Education, Charles Sturt University
Dr Sabine Wardle, Lecturer, Social Work, School of Social Work and Arts,
Faculty of Arts and Education,Charles Sturt University
Shared Leadership Program
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Shared Leadership Program action learning project team
Environmental Sustainability for Library Communities - Increasing Our Impact
Jac Torres-Gomez, Community Learning Officer, Wyndham City Council
Jacqueline Auhl, Youth Engagement Librarian, Hume City Council
Jessica Anderson, Cobram Library Coordinator, Goulburn Valley Libraries
Rachel D’Arcy, Acting Team Leader Sydenham Library, Brimbank City Council
Seminar Closing
12:30pm – 12:35pm
Closing Debra Rosenfeldt, Head of Library Sector Engagement, State Library Victoria Head of Library Sector Engagement, State Library Victoria
This seminar is proudly brought to you by:
State Library Victoria and Public Libraries Victoria acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we operate and pay respects to their ancestors, elders and families - past present and emerging.