Agenda

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Speaker:

• Jennifer Nelson, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library

Keynote – Information: Tool, Weapon, Truth?

Speaker: 

• Crosby Kemper III, Former Director, IMLS

From the Ground, Up: Laying the Foundation for New Jersey’s Information Literacy Standards

Moderator:      

• Elizabeth Burns, Associate Professor, Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies, Old Dominion University

Speakers:

• Susan Barry, English Language Arts Coordinator, Office of Standards, New Jersey Department of Education
• Ashley Woolsey-Greene, Social Studies Coordinator, Office of Standards, New Jersey Department of Education

Break

Connected Learning & Information Literacy: A Conversation with Mimi Ito

Moderator:

• Linda Braun, Principal, The LEO Group

Speaker:

• Mimi Ito, Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Irvine

Lunch Break & Option Topical Networking Lounge

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

1. Digital Citizenship in Practice: Empowering Responsible Online Behavior

Facilitator:

• Amy Mikel, Senior Director of Customer Experience, Brooklyn Public Library

2. Designing Information-Savvy Classrooms and Libraries: Practical K–12 Instructional Strategies

Facilitators:

• Doug Paulson, Senior TA Consultant, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
• Courtney Gross, Researcher, American Institutes for Research (AIR)

3. A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Information Literacy

Facilitator:

• Jennifer Latimer, School Media Specialist, South Orange & Maplewood School District

4. Primary Sources as Information Literacy Instructional Tools

Facilitator:

• Lee Ann Potter, Director of Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives, Library of Congress

What’s in Your Toolkit? Learner-Centered Strategies for Media Literacy.

Moderator:

• Amy Mikel, Senior Director of Customer Experience, Brooklyn Public Library

Panelists:

• Sue Ellen Christian, Professor of Communication, Western Michigan University
• Kelsey O’Brien, Information Literacy Librarian, University at Albany
• Abby Adams, Subject Librarian for Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Informatics, and Criminal Justice, University at Albany

Reflections and Key Day 1 Takeaways

Speaker:

• Linda Braun, Principal, The LEO Group

Wrap-Up & Preview of Day 2

Speaker:

• Jennifer Nelson, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library

• Welcome Back and Recap of Day 1
• Preview of sessions and engagement opportunities

Speaker: 

• Jennifer Nelson, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library

Keynote: AI and Information Literacy

Speaker: 

• Beth Simone Noveck, Professor and Author, Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy

Co-Building AI Literacy with Young People Through Science Fiction

Speaker:

• Rebecca Mazur PhD, Senior Evaluation and Research Scientist, and Director of the Center for Emerging Educational Practice, Collaborative for Educational Services

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

1. When the Frameworks Don't Fit: Rethinking Information Literacy for the Algorithmic Age

Facilitator:

• Charlotte Kiger Price, Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University

2. Games in Complex Environments -- Navigating complex information environments?

Facilitator:

• Chris Coward, Senior Principal Research Scientist, University of Washington Information School

3. Information Literacy and Dubious Content: Strategies for Educators and Librarians

Facilitator:

• Denise Agosto, Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University

4. Belief in the Age of Algorithms: How the Infosphere shapes what we see and who we trust

Facilitator:

• Aaron Elkins, Associate Professor, Texas Women’s University

Algorithmic Literacy: Critical perspectives in the age of generative AI

Moderator:

• Pamela Morris, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Indiana University Columbus

Panelists:

• Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor, Department of Human-Centered Computing and Social Informatics, The Pennsylvania State University

• Jin Ha Lee, Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, & Director of the GAMER (GAME Research) Group, University of Washington Information School

• Reanna Esmail, Lead Librarian for Instruction, Cornell University Library

Case Studies on Algorithmic Literacy

Moderator:

• Tara Zimmerman, Assistant Professor, Library & Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University

Panelists:

• Elizabeth Burns, Associate Professor, Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, Old Dominion University

• Myojung Chung, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Innovation, Northeastern University

• Aaron Elkins, Associate Professor, Texas Women’s University

Final Reflections & Next Steps

Speakers:

• Sharon Baller, Elementary School Media Specialist, Montgomery Township Public Schools

• Christine Casey-Roach, Library Media Specialist, Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School, Trenton, NJ

Closing Remarks

Speaker:

• Jennifer Nelson, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library