2023 Youth Services Conference Schedule 
Sunday, August 13, 2023 
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  Join committee members, staff, and other attendees for a fun evening out, with food and drinks included.  Details to come! 
  Monday, August 14, 2023 
8:00 a.m - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Refreshments 
8:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Headshot Lounge with Bateman Photography
  
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.  Welcome & State of the ILF
  9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Breakout Block One
  
Puppets are the Best Storytellers! Presenter: Mel Douglas 
 Giving a Voice to School-Age Children in a Youth Library Council Presenters: Lauren Sutton & Kelli Trainor 
 Painting Programs at Your Library 
Presenter: Alyssa Morgan
 
  Read Aloud Indiana Presentation and 2024 List Sneak Peak Presenter: Read Aloud Committee 
  
 10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Breakout Block Two 
New Books, Publishers, and the Book Industry Redux 
Presenter: Shirley Mullin 
  
  
Teaching Human Skills in the Library! 
Presenter: Emily Dills  
  
Getting READy to Build Better School Partnerships: Lessons from the first year of the SB READy program 
Presenter: Jill Williams 
 
  
Music & Early Literacy  Presenter: Darla Casey 
  11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Exhibitor Break Take this time to network and visit with the 2023 Youth Services Exhibitors. 
  12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Roundtable Lunches - Three Options  Choose an interactive roundtable lunch of your choice or take a quiet break away for lunch.
  School & Public Library Collaborations StoryWalk Basics - Implementations  Book Awards 2024
  1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Breakout Block Three
  What's Cooking in the Library?  Presenter: Cindy Baumeister
  Creating Interactive Movies Presenter: Patricia VanArsdale
  Science & Literacy  Presenter: Kristen Poindexter
  Programs in a Box: Indiana Escape Rooms Starring Primary Sources  Presenter: Suzanne Walker
  2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Exhibitor Break  Take this time to network and visit with the 2023 Youth Services Exhibitors.
  2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Keynote Session A-tisket a-tasket | A green-and-yellow bask: What inspired my subject?  Keynote Speaker: Michele Wood 
  4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Book Signing Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Michele Wood  
  Event concludes 
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