2024 SOCHE Library Conference
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Event Details
The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) is pleased
Event Details
The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) is pleased to announce the 2024 Library Conference, a virtual event that will be held on Friday, April 19, from 8:30-11:45 a.m. ET. This year’s theme is “Shifting Perspectives.”
We are bringing together library professionals from across the region to discuss what has become a “new normal.” The day will open with a panel of frontline personnel, who will share their experiences around the challenges students are facing with modern technology and how they help the students overcome this new “digital divide.”
Then you’ll be able to choose from concurrent sessions that focus on student engagement, as well as two different perspectives on the intersection of artificial intelligence (A.I.) and information literacy. We’ll wrap up the day with a keynote presentation from data storyteller Dr. Kate McDowell from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Join your fellow library and academic personnel on April 19 for a time of discussion and learning with colleagues from throughout the state of Ohio and beyond. Registration opens on Monday, March 4. We hope to see you there!
See below for the full event program.
Register by Sunday, April 7, for the best rate!
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON SUNDAY, APRIL 14.
When: Friday, April 19, 2024
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET
Where: via SOCHE’s Zoom Platform (link will be sent 24 hours prior to event)
Cost:
- Personnel from SOCHE member schools: $20 per person through April 7 (price increases to $30 on April 8)
- Personnel from NON-member schools/organizations: $30 per person through April 7 (price increases to $40 on April 8)
- Students: Free
Student Registration Fee Policy
Registration Cancellation Policy
Questions? Contact Mindy Claggett at SOCHE
Event Program
| 8:30 a.m. ET | Meeting link opens |
| 8:30 a.m. ET | Coffee Chat and Networking Grab your favorite beverage and join us for some casual chat before the conference formally begins. |
| 8:55 a.m. ET | Opening and Welcome Conference Host: Lajmar Anderson, Sinclair College |
| 9:00 a.m. ET | PANEL: The New Digital Divide and How to Adapt New college students are struggling with some basics that are key to campus technology setups, such as uploading files, utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, emailing, and more. How is this impacting reference and instruction and interacting with library vendor platforms? How can we best help the student who does need some of that technology literacy coaching? Our panel of librarians will share their frontline experiences in this space and how they are helping these students overcome the “new digital divide.” Moderator: Alyssa Darden-Muñoz, Franklin University Panelists: Myra Justus, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College; Hannah White, National University; and Emilie Cornelius, Central Ohio Technical College |
| 9:45 a.m. ET | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. ET | Concurrent Sessions (choose one at registration)
• Session 1 – In College, No One Knows You’re ChatGPT: Taking the Fear Out of AI and Information Literacy |
| 10:45 a.m. ET | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. ET | KEYNOTE — Library Data Storytelling: Information and Emotion Dr. Kate McDowell, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library data can work as evidence for compelling stories, about sustaining the library or transforming its work. Learn about ongoing research identifying classic library stories told to persuade decision-makers as part of the Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians grant (IMLS), including understanding classic motivations and goals for data storytelling and reaching audiences. |
| 11:45 a.m. ET | Closing comments |
Time
April 19, 2024 8:30 am - 11:45 am(GMT-05:00)
