[Libs-Or] OLA Conference - Early-Bird Registrations Ends 3/21/2025

[Brian Peters]

*Registration for 2025 OLA Conference is now open! *
*Early-Bird Registrations Ends 3/21/2025*
OLA 2025 Conference Website:  https://oregonlibconference.org/2025/
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OLA Attendee Conference Registration:  Click here to REGISTER Now
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Exhibitor/Sponsorship Registrations, for more information (registration
ends 2/28/25):
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Questions:  ola at olaweb.org
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*Conference Structure*: This year you’ll see a more organic structure to
our sessions. We’re using our first experience at this conference site to
experiment with different length and styles of sessions. Remember that you
are always welcome to move among the sessions as you please, and there will
be a great deal of supporting material available in Whova during the
conference and Northwest Central after the conference. We recommend
partnering with a colleague to swap notes and takeaways from different
sessions. The structure this year isn’t indicative of what future
conferences might do, so let us know what you think through the
end-of-conference survey!

*Keynote Sessions*: This year we’re thrilled to provide two keynote
sessions. Our opening keynote is a facilitated discussion with
representatives from community support organizations here in Lane County.
We’re going to chat about facilitating organizational partnerships and
explore what we as library workers can learn from our partners in adjacent
fields. Two of these organizations will also provide trainings immediately
following the Wednesday keynote. Our Friday keynote is a chat with Newbery
Award-winning, PNW author Donna Barba Higuera (The Last Cuentista,
Alebrijes, et. al.)!

*De-escalation & Gender 101 Trainings*: The OLA Conference Committee is
thrilled to share that as part of our keynote session we are able to
provide two trainings at no additional cost to all attendees. Gender 101 is
presented by TransPonder and a great entry point for folks hoping to learn
more about gender identity and inclusion. This training lasts about 90
minutes. The de-escalation training is a 4-hr intensive training great for
anyone in a patron-facing position. Learn and practice skills that can be
clutch in tricky situations!

*Night at the Museum President's Reception*: This year we’ve combined the
traditional all-conference reception and president’s party into one amazing
event: Night at the Museum at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History on
the University of Oregon’s campus! Join us for snacks, a no-host bar, and a
museum all to ourselves. If MNCH sounds familiar, you might know them from
their amazing outreach work with public libraries all over the state each
summer. Here’s your chance to see their home base and the world’s oldest
and most stylish pair of shoes!
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