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Sydney Smith

Rowan Public Library
Young Adult Services Librarian

My name is Sydney. I am currently the Young Adult Services Librarian in Salisbury, North Carolina. Before I transitioned into the public library, I was a school media coordinator for an elementary school in the Rowan-Salisbury School System.

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Building Vital Connections: The Iredell Public and School Library StudentAccess Program Winston 3BAnthony Chow • Julianne Moore • Morgan Pruitt • Amanda Thompson • Dawn Hall • Chris Baker • Kathy Hurley

10:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Keynote: Melanie Huggins, "Library as Studio" Piedmont 4Melanie Huggins

11:00am EDT

Therapy Dogs Conference 1 (Benton)

2:30pm EDT

YALSA's Teen Services Competencies for Library Staff, Winston 3CSandra Hughes-Hassell • Lisa Donaldson • YSS

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Rethinking Access: Examining Accessibility Barriers in Public and Technical Services Winston 1BJessica Zellers • Valerie Pelnar

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School-Public Library Partnerships Salem 1BLisa Donaldson • Sedley Abercrombie • Colleen Pinyan • Sheila Killebrew • Helen Yamamoto • Jen Dickenson • YSS

9:00am EDT

Library Signage: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Winston 1BCurtis Rogers

11:00am EDT

Find It and Use it for Free Winston 3ADenise Jones • Andrea Gabriel • State Library of NC Beyond Makerspace Salem 1CLara Luck • David Romito • Ruddiyette Yisak • STEM-LINC

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Everything They Didn't Tell You About Escape Rooms at ALA Winston 1CSydney Smith • Hope Loman

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Libraries: Space to Create, Illuminate and Engage Salem 3BGloria Kelley • Retha Hall • Janice Hall The Value of Safe Spaces: Anticipating the Needs of Trauma Survivors Winston 1BAndrea Winkler • Brandy Hamilton • LAMS The Great Escape Room: How to Plan and Run an Escape Room Program for Adults Winston 3BJason Rogers • Melissa Kammerer • Della Owens • PLS