CALCON 2024: Full Schedule

8:30am MDT

OERColorado: Colorado Learns with Shared Knowledge

Wednesday September 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am MDT

Grizzly (Summit Gallery Peaks 9, 10): Second Floor

In March of 2020 schools scrambled to move to remote learning. The Colorado state legislature recognized the need for quality free digital learning resources and passed C.R.S. § 22-5-119 setting up a repository of Openly-licensed Educational Resources (OER), administered by the Colorado River BOCES, and Colorado Empowered Learning with support from the Office of Online and Blended Learning at CDE. The OERColorado project is the fruition of that initial idea to two fully functional state sponsored curriculum libraries that serve both formal and informal educational communities in the state. Searchable access to quality open educational resources helps reduce costs, improve accessibility and equity, and lets Colorado learn with shared knowledge. The OERColorado project serves public educators and librarians, as well as adult education, preschools, homeschool, and other communities looking for educational materials. Open Education is a global movement to make access to knowledge more accessible and equitable by reducing barriers. Come explore the new OERColorado libraries, learn what demographics the project serves, and find out more about the practice of Open Education.

Speakers

Renee Martinez

OERColorado

Visit us to learn more about the OERColorado.org curriculum libraries. These repositories provide Colorado's PK-12+ public educators access to free openly licensed education resources, lessons plans, full courses, professional development, primary sources, collections, etc.

Wednesday September 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am MDT
Grizzly (Summit Gallery Peaks 9, 10): Second Floor

Deep Dives

Audience Public, School, Academic, Makers, New to Librarianship
Program Keywords Collection Management, Community, EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), Intellectual Freedom, Professional Development (Personal Career Growth), Open Educational Resources; OER; Education

3:00pm MDT

I Feel Blah about work but I have No Serious Mental Health Symptoms

Wednesday September 4, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT

Beaver Den Coppertop II Breakout Room: Second Floor

Having a job that feels meaningful and balanced is really important. Library employees often face challenges that impact their well-being. This presentation explores the concept of "languishing" in the library workplace, a state characterized by a sense of emptiness and stagnation, which can detrimentally affect individual and organizational outcomes. Drawing on recent research and practical experiences, this session aims to shed light on the various factors contributing to languishing in library settings, including workload, organizational culture, and the evolving nature of library services.

Speakers

Alejandro Marquez

University of Denver Libraries

Wednesday September 4, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Beaver Den Coppertop II Breakout Room: Second Floor

Breakout Session

Audience Public, School, Academic, Special, Makers, Trustees, New to Librarianship
Program Keywords EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), Trends, mental health

3:00pm MDT

What can evaluation do for you? Learn from our true story of a beautiful evaluation friendship.

Wednesday September 4, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT

Imperial Ballroom Breakout Room: Fourth Floor

Does evaluation sound like a nice idea but you’re not sure if it’s worth the time and energy? Are you worried that if your program is evaluated, you’ll be asked to change it in ways that you don't want to? We are a program manager and an evaluator who worked together to evaluate services for immigrants and refugees. We’ll outline the entire evaluation process for you, from identifying the goals of a program or service to using what you learn to make changes and share the impact of the service. After we share the overview, you’ll tell us which parts of the process you’re most interested in, and we’ll discuss those in more depth. You read that right—you get to tell us in real time what you most want to talk about. You’ll have a chance to think through how you’d apply the evaluation guidance we share to any program or service where you want participants to connect with or learn from each other. We are pretty sure you do something at your library where you want to see that happen! This interactive workshop is for anyone curious about evaluation, whether you are experienced or new to it.

Speakers

Virginia Vassar

Katie Fox

Management & Evaluation Analyst, Denver Public Library

Wednesday September 4, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Imperial Ballroom Breakout Room: Fourth Floor

Breakout Session

Audience Public, Academic, Makers, New to Librarianship
Program Keywords Administration/Management, Community, Customer Service, Professional Development (Personal Career Growth), Programming, Evaluation and data-driven decision making, organizational development

4:00pm MDT

Here’s the Thing: A Successful Redesign of a Library of Things

Thursday September 5, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Coppertop III Breakout Room: Third Floor

The Estes Valley Library will share how we markedly increased the circulation of our Library of Things collection while improving patron satisfaction and reducing stress on staff. We have practical, tested tips to help other libraries start a successful Library of Things or improve the display, back-of-the-house workflow, and circulation for their existing Things. We will introduce you to our charismatic, high-performing Things as well as our troublemakers, give you a peek under the hood at our metrics, and share part numbers and templates to improve your labeling and displays.

Speakers

Allison Cavis

Thursday September 5, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Coppertop III Breakout Room: Third Floor

Breakout Session

Audience Public, Makers
Program Keywords Collection Management, Trends, Library of Things