CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

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8:00am MDT

Vendor/Exhibit Hall Registration/Welcome Desk

8:45am MDT

Building Community Through Collaborative Screenprinting Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Cynthia Nicola Censorship and Sensibility: Intellectual Freedom Then, Now, and Beyond Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Michaela Wilson • Ally Rodriguez-Marshall Getting More out of CALCON! Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Becky Van Den Berg • Tanya Prax Journey Mapping the Library: Using UX Research to Design Intuitive Spaces Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6David Vinjamuri

10:45am MDT

A Herd of Unicorns: Colorado Public Library Standards & You Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Office of Library Development, Colorado State Library • Kieran Hixon Elevator to Auditorium: Crafting Your Library's Message in 5, 15, and 30 Minutes Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6Greg Wilson • Michelle White • Danielle Cowles • Mathangi Subramanian Empowering Teens through Meaningful Service Query Queen Breakout Room 3Jessica Schwartz • Lindsay Huth Keep Them Coming Back with Sequential Passive Programs Archivist Prime Breakout Room 8Tiffany Ruhl • Charlotte Niteman Library Escape Rooms for All Ages Digital Defender Breakout Room 5David Sharp The Power of Intention. DEIB Strategic Planning for Public Libraries Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Paola Vilaxa Turning Outward: Using the Harwood Approach to produce greater relevance, significance, and impact Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Currie Meyer • Diane Lapierre You Can’t Pour From Empty (But You Still Have To Show Up) Paige Turner Breakout Room 4Amy Brady

12:00pm MDT

IFC Keynote and Awards Lunch

1:45pm MDT

Budget Development and Forecasting Query Queen Breakout Room 3Amanda Karger • Reed Smythe Creative Cardboard Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6Nick Anderson • Sheena Shakely Enhancing Access Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Lidia Gurrola-Navarro • Stephanie Puebla Going to the Voters for Funding: How the Basalt Regional Library District Achieved Voter Approval in 2025 Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Amy Shipley • David Flaherty How To Not Always Run the Show: Library Person-In-Charge Training Paige Turner Breakout Room 4Carrie Watson Let’s Cook: Teaching Cooking Skills in the Library Archivist Prime Breakout Room 8Madeleine Sardina Power of the People: Seeking and leveraging long-term staff insights for organizational effectiveness Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Kim Owens • Abraham Korah Who C.A.R.E.S.? Teaching and Assessing Excellent Customer Service in the Public Library Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Elizabeth Bush • Andy Hamilton

3:00pm MDT

All I really need to know, I didn't learn in library school Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Brena Smith • Kieran Hixon Once Upon a Time in the Library: How Film and TV Portray Libraries Query Queen Breakout Room 3Jon Frederick Programming for Therians: Building Belonging Through Subcultures Paige Turner Breakout Room 4Cody Robinson The Library is all-write, Integrating Writing into Early Literacy Programs Archivist Prime Breakout Room 8Alexa Bynum Three Kinds of Conversations: Preparing Effective Legislative Advocacy for Libraries Tome Raider Breakout Room 1John Chrastka What’s Next? Possibilities for Adult English Language Learners After the Curriculum is Done Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Tiffany Curtin • Karin Bates You’re Not Always Your Best—Now What? Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Amy Brady

4:00pm MDT

Exhibit Hall Happy Hour

CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

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