Librarian to Librarian 2023

07:45: Bus pickup from Dusit2

08:00: Registration and welcome coffee sponsored by Follett

08:30: Welcome by Dr. Steve Druggan

08:40: Keynote - Diverse Picture Books for Diverse Children: A Booklist for Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies - Dr. Myra Bacsal - Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Education, United Arab Emirates University.

09:40: Coffee Break sponsored by Follett 
           Library Tour Elementary & Middle/High School Libraries

10:00: Reading Promotion - Literacy Workshops

• Lower Elementary School - Kathy Mulry - American School of Dubai (UAE)
• Upper Elementary School - Sarah Pickles - American School of Bombay, Mumbai (India)
• Middle and High School - Sam Wasson - Leysin American School in Switzerland (Switzerland)

10:45: Plenary debrief: Reading Promotion  - Workshop leaders

11:00: Presentation - Author & Audience: Distance & Didacticism in Children’s & YA Literature - Katie Day - Tanglin Trust School (Singapore)

11:30: Presentation - Freedom to read: local sensibilities & sensitivities - Kim Beeman - Tanglin Trust School (Singapore)

11:45: Presentation - Targeted collection development - Identity based curation - Nadine Bailey - American School of Dubai (UAE)

12:00: Lunch sponsored by Follett

13:00: Author visits that are mirrors to our Students - Moderated by Katie Day - Tanglin Trust School (Singapore)

13:45: Movers and Shakers - Storytime, connections, jobs on offer, personal bits and pieces - Moderated by Amy Coquillard - Saigon South International School (Vietnam)

14:00: Presentation - Working with Teachers – OU/UKLA Reading for pleasure initiative Mary Rose Grieve - Hartland International School Dubai (UAE)

14:30: The Wailing Wall - post-covid observations - Moderated by Erin Wilson - International School Dhaka (Bangladesh) 

14:50: Presentation - Collaboration and meeting community needs - Linda Hoiseth - American School of Dubai (UAE)

15:20: Popcorn - Small things that have made a difference to reading - quality and quantity - Moderated by Sarah Duchame - Oberoi International School, Mumbai (India)

15:45: Panel Discussion - Book Awards, battles and competitions

• Nadine Bailey - American School of Dubai (UAE) 
• Katie Day - Tanglin Trust School (Singapore)
• Bec Taylor  - International School of Beijing (China)
• Haley Kemper - ABA Oman International School (Oman)

16:30: Bus to Dubai Mall - Shopping at Kinokuniya

18:30: Dinner and Drinks at Time Out

20:00: Bus to Dusit2 hotel

07:45: Bus pickup at Dusit2

08:00: Welcome coffee

08:30: Keynote - Technologically enhanced teaching and learning - the impact of emerging AI - Anthony Copeland - American School of Dubai (UAE)

09:30: Coffee Break sponsored by ASD

09:45: AI for Teaching and Learning

• Leveraging AI for enhanced services for librarians​ - Heeru Bhojwani - American School of Bombay, Mumbai (India)
• AI Skills Across the Research Continuum - Sarah Ducharme - Oberoi International School, Mumbai (India)
• The Danger of False Flags: How Plagiarism Tools Can Mistake Aspects of Non-Native Writing for AI - Susan Merrick - ACS International School Egham (United Kingdom)

10:20: Plenary debriefing - AI for Teaching and Learning - Workshop Leaders

10:45: Coffee break

11:00: Presentation - Resourcing the curriculum - a crowdsourcing activity - Jeremy Willette - Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus (China)

12:00: Presentation - Alan Jacques

12:30-1:30 : Lunch

13:30: Workshops: Research Skills and Instruction 

• K-12 Scope & Sequence - Jesse Gibney - The American International School of Muscat (Oman)
• A fresh look at InfoLit threshold concepts for MS/HS students - Katie Day & Kim Beeman - Tanglin Trust School (Singapore)
• Authentic Research Opportunities: the co-creation of curriculum embedded MISO activities - Bec Taylor - International School of Beijing (China)

14:00-14:15: Coffee Break

14:15: Workshops - Research Tools & Curation

• Using Scrible for research in middle & high school - Ryan Callaway - The American International School of Muscat (Oman)
• Plagiarism Mentoring - turning mistakes into oppurtunities - Alan Jacques - International School of Bangkok (Thailand)
• Libguides for curation and collaboration - Nadine Bailey - American School of Dubai (UAE)

14:45: MBRL highlights - David Hirsch

15:15: Closing Words and Feedback

15:45: Bus to Dusit