CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

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8:00am MDT

Registration/Welcome Desk

8:45am MDT

Beyond the Buzzwords: People-First EDI That Builds Around Your Library's Heart Query Queen Breakout Room 3Xochil Arellano Can’t Touch This: Mastering Archival Processing in a Virtual Space Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Justin Easterday Designing Together: Strategies for Building Stronger Programs and Partnerships Archivist Prime Breakout Room 8Katie Harness-Hemmer • Sophia Surage From Curiosity to Career: Building STEM Pathways Through Libraries Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Melissa Beavers • Alyssa Johnson • Victor Sam How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Leadership: Zen and the Art of Librarianship Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6Allaina Wallace • Amy Phillips • Robyn Lupa • Jack Maness • Michele Masias Local Children’s Authors: A Vibrant Resource for your School and Public Library Communities Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Susan Wroble • Polly Holyoke The Standards Advantage: A Framework for Strategic Planning and Library Success Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Jeromey Balderrama • Erica Rose “Mini-Programs: Finding Your Blank Spaces” Paige Turner Breakout Room 4Erica Leu

9:00am MDT

CAL Committee/Interest Group Tables

10:00am MDT

AI Framework: Questions, Ethics, Cybersecurity Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6Office of Library Development, Colorado State Library Beyond Listening: Expanding Library Services Through the Power of Music Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Asa Kennison CUnique Stories: Community Connection Through Storytelling Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Cynthia Keller • Amanda Rybin Koob • Caroline Sinkinson Library Safety in Uncertain Times Query Queen Breakout Room 3Krista Hanley Seeing and Serving Our Unseen Caregiving Youth Archivist Prime Breakout Room 8Kate Brunner • Nadine Roberts Cornish • Dr. Elizabeth Olson Sometimes You Need a Moment: Searching for Stories of Hope and Joy in YA Literature Paige Turner Breakout Room 4Catherine Boddie • Erica Schimmel Storytelling for Libraries Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Sara Wicen Sustainability in Action: Building Stronger Library Communities Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7Courtney Dixon • David Chung • Cameron Bowen • Lex Shannon • Kathleen Hynes

10:45am MDT

From Check-Ins to Breakthroughs: Rethinking One-on-Ones Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Melissa Beavers

11:30am MDT

CAL Business Meeting/Networking Lunch

1:15pm MDT

Beyond D&D: The Wide World of Roleplaying Games in Libraries Digital Defender Breakout Room 5Becky Van Den Berg • Matthew Galloway • Jakob Seelig • Patrick Austin • Izzie Olsen Lightning Talks Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6Deborah Hamilton • Josh Hem Lee • Melissa Beavers • Paul Betty • Kristen DeSanto • Marisa Wood • Michael Smith • Maria Kramer Project Management in Libraries: Make a Plan and then Paddle Like the Dickens Reference Ranger Breakout Room 2Charissa Brammer • Jami Yazdani What We Talk About When We Talk About AI Tome Raider Breakout Room 1Savannah Winchell

CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

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