Webcast Speakers

Oleh Serbin, Ukrainian librarian, doctor of science in social communications, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher, acting.  General Director Yaroslav Mudryy National Library of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Information Technologies of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and the Department of Archiving and Special Branches of Historical Science of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.  Leading specialist in the field of systematization, indexing and library and information classifications in Ukraine.

As Washington State Librarian, Sara Jones runs the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.

Eric Endlich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Top College Consultants®, helps students with learning differences and emotional challenges apply to college. Dr. Endlich is on the Learning Differences/Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and was honored by IECA with a “Making a Difference” award for contributions such as a neurodiversity-friendly college list. Dr.

Rong Tang is a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University. Her research interests center on usability and UX research, mobile news information behavior, research data management services, open government data, and paradigm shift in the field of information.

Людмила Дядик
Директор Черкаської обласної універсальної наукової бібліотеки імені Тараса Шевченка

I am a professional librarian. In 1991, she graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Culture, majoring in librarian-bibliographer of technical literature. Since then, for 30 years, I have only one entry in my work book about being hired at the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library. All my work is connected with my favorite job in the best library. It was here that I went through all the stages of professional growth, formed as a person.

Dr. Stephanie Brasley has facilitated student engagement and success as Dean of the University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, California for the past nine years. Previously, she served as Dean of Academic Affairs at Los Angeles Southwest College. Prior to that, she managed systemwide information literacy initiatives for the California State University system. She received her MLS and BA in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her doctorate, from Brandman University, focused on organizational leadership.

Elaina Norlin is the Professional Development DEI Coordinator for the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries. She is an accomplished teacher, technology and leadership development trainer, and writer with extensive leadership experience and a flair for public relations, organizational development, marketing and persuasion and communications. Author of two books, she has delivered over 70 workshops, training sessions, presentations, and institutes both nationally and internationally on marketing, web usability design, facilitation, strategic influence, and conflict management.

David Weisman (he/him) is an educational multimedia creator and documentarian specializing in urban poverty and reform in developing world nations. He produced a 28-part series on environmental science and technology sponsored by the National Science Foundation. He has completed two web-based oral histories, co-creating the CCQAP and the Texas Legacy Project (published by Texas A&M University Press). He is the legislative director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility focused on the decommissioning of the last remaining nuclear power plants in California.