| Public Library Think Tank • March 7-8, 2019 • Miami, FL
The Future Is Theirs: Community Co-Creation with Kids and Teens From input to engagement to full co-creation, the trend in libraries is ever-deeper collaboration with the people they serve. Co-creation brings in new users, delivers more of what they want and need, and fosters a sense of welcome and ownership. Join thought leaders and educators at LJ’s 2019 Public Library Think Tank, March 7-8 in Miami to learn about this strategic approach, and how to embed it in your organization from day one, empowering kids and teens to build skills and make a difference as they shape a stronger library and community. 
Featured Presentations Include
Keynote by LJ Librarian of the Year, Skye Patrick, LA County Library
Co-Keynote: Sarah Chadwick and Ryan Deitsch, contributors to Glimmer of Hope (Razorbill/Dutton)
Two of the Parkland students who survived a mass shooting and helped create the March for Our Lives movement will discuss what they needed from the adults around them, how institutions can and should step up to support social and political change, and where they see the movement itself going. Kid-Sourced Collections: Megan Schiebel, head of children's services at Coventry, CT, and Kayla Fontaine, Teen librarian, Coventry, will present on kid-led collection development
A Room of Their Own: Erik Berman of Alameda County library will discuss how his teens worked with professional architects to design San Jose’s Teen HQ
STEM Success: SFPL’s Youth Engaged as Library Leaders recruits teens to host STEM programming, build and present an original project, and win a scholarship to college for their efforts.
Co-creation: The method and potential for service design
Leading by Letting Go: Library directors on enabling effective co-creation by giving up some traditional control. Register by February 8 to save 20% on the registration fee! Speakers Include: | 
