Opening Keynote Kathy Conroy
8:45 – 10:00 AM
Breaking down the walls: creating meaningful relationships to enhance the library experience for your users.
The heart of the school should be the library. This is the place where students come together to learn, to read, to be inspired, to be creative and to become collaborators. In order to create a space that embraces all these missives, collaboration is essential between all the stakeholders in the building as well as the community at large. The positive relationships you build with your teachers, staff, administration, students and board employees will make your library come alive.
This keynote will offer reasons why collaboration is essential and strategies on how to build connections both inside and outside your school walls.
Bio
Kathy Conroy is a school librarian with the Calgary Catholic School Board. She obtained her MLIS from McGill University. Kathy has worked in school libraries for 7 years and previous to that was a public librarian for 7 years. Her Learning Commons focuses on three goals: students becoming effective users of digital information; creative makers through inquiry and problem solving; and readers for life. Kathy has presented at local association events in Montreal on best practices in school libraries. She has also given professional development sessions to staff and library colleagues. Kathy is currently working on becoming a Google certified trainer. She is also on the editorial board for the Canadian School Libraries journal. In her spare time, she likes to camp, hike in the Rockies and play board games.
Close this tab to return to the main session list page