SLJ is thrilled to launch its first daylong leadership event dedicated to those innovating children’s services in public libraries. This free day-long event, held at New York Public Library’s main branch will focus on trends and issues in Children’s Services, tapping top children’s and teen librarians and their directors from across the nation to engage with one another in an intimate but intensive exchange of expertise, leadership strategies, and best practices. This invitation-only event is designed to parallel SLJ’s well-established and successful School Library Leadership Summit held every year.

The Think Tank is designed to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas among the talented librarians creating the libraries of our future, to support innovation in those libraries, and to build key connectivity beyond library walls and between librarians in both school and public libraries—all to better serve our kids in this rapidly changing culture.

In a small and intensive Think Tank environment some 100 children’s and teen librarians and library directors will address the most pressing challenges of today and the greatest opportunities ahead for public libraries and will explore the vital role of children’s services in shaping these institutions.Among the programming highlights is a keynote by Pam Sandlian Smith, the dynamic leader of the Anythink Librariesin Colorado. The day will also feature a panel on effective collaborations and author presentations. A key component, however, will be the Think Tank itself, an afternoon unconference moderated by Darien Library’s Kiera Parrott, which will provide peer to peer learning on the topics participants identify as the most critical—with takeaways for all attendees and the profession as a whole.

Space is limited,
so secure your spot today.

The SLJ Think Tank will bring together children’s and teen librarians, library directors, leaders in education, and other innovators, as well as authors and vendor stakeholders. The Think Tank is free for attendees and space is very limited, so please sign up today.

Rebecca T. Miller
Editor-in-Chief
School Library Journal
rmiller@mediasourceinc.com