Webcast Speakers
Katie McNamara
Teacher Librarian, Director of Teacher Librarian Program, Fresno Pacific University
Katie McNamara serves as a teacher librarian at a public high school in California, director of the Teacher Librarian Program at Fresno Pacific University, and various EDU boards. She is a Google Certified Innovator and AASL Tech Troubadour. She served as president of the California School Library Association (2020-2021). Katie has authored contributing chapters and published many journal articles. She has won numerous awards for being innovative and sharing content.
Jonathan Hunt
Lead Coordinator of Library Media Services, San Diego County Office of Education
Jonathan Hunt has been Lead Coordinator of Library Media Services at the San Diego County Office of Education for the past ten years. In that role, he has provided coaching, technical assistance, and professional learning to forty-two local school districts. Prior to that role, Jonathan was in a variety of positions that allowed him to serve as a classroom teacher for grades 4-8 and as a teacher librarian for grades K-12. He also served for three years as the Vice President of Professional Development of the California School Library Association.
Dr. Bobbie Sartin Long
Assistant Professor, Emporia State University
Dr. Bobbie Sartin Long is an Assistant Professor at Emporia State University who is passionate about library services for underserved populations. Her research centers around early literacy storytimes for deaf and hard of hearing (D/HoH) children and how public librarians can modify programs like Every Child Ready to Read to meet the needs of D/HoH children and children with disabilities.
Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey has over twenty years of teaching experience at the K-12 level. She started to love teaching when she tutored Food/Nutrition to Gallaudet students during her senior year and cooking classes during the summers when Gallaudet had a camp for CODA kids. She worked as a Bus Aide for Kendall Demonstration Elementary School before deciding to major in Deaf Education.
Dr. Mary Bolin
Gateway PhD Program Coordinator & Full-Time Lecturer, SJSU School of Information
Mary K. Bolin is a full-time Lecturer in the SJSU School of Information and an Emeritus Professor in the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, where she served as Chair of the Technical Services Department and as a Catalog and Metadata Librarian. She is an Emeritus Fellow of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. She completed her PhD in Education in 2007. Dr. Bolin is one of the founding editors of the peer-reviewed electronic journal Library Philosophy and Practice.
Svitlana Kravchenko
Head of Scientific and Methodical Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine
I am 47. I received a professional education (Tulchyn School of Culture, now the Professional College of Culture, Kyiv State University of Culture and Arts, now the National University of Culture and Arts). At first, I started my career at the library as a 2nd category methodologist, afterwards worked as a category 1 methodologist, a leading methodologist, and a chief librarian having been managing the department since June 2022.
Sebastian Majstorovic
Digital Historian & Data Scientist, Co-Founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
Sebastian Majstorovic is a Digital Historian, Data Scientist and one of the co-founders of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). Sebastian studied History, Film Studies, and East European area studies at Queen Mary University of London and University College London. He is currently finishing his PhD in History at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His digital fields of expertise are geospatial visualization, audiovisual sources and applied AI.
Quinn Dombrowski
Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at Stanford University
Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford University, and has been involved with the international digital humanities community since 2007.
Oleh Serbin
General Director, Yaroslav Mudryy National library of Ukraine
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.
Deb Seys
Senior Director of Learning & Communities, Alation
Deb Seys, Alation’s Sr. Dir., Learning & Communities, has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, she led data and information management, discovery and search efforts at companies including eBay, Kaiser Permanente, and HP Labs.
Sara Jones
Washington State Librarian
As Washington State Librarian, Sara Jones runs the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Luna Nombrano Larsen
Founder and Manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
Luna Nombrano Larsen, M.A., is a proud autistic and dyslexic woman and passionate neurodiversity advocate. She has devoted her career to fighting for educational equity, including supporting underrepresented college students in pursuing their academic and professional goals. She is the founder and manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, which provides inclusive community; peer mentoring; holistic supports; and professional development and research training for autistic scholars.
Dr. Eric Endlich
Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Top College Consultants®
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.
Dr. Sanda Erdelez
Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University
Dr. Sanda Erdelez is the Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University in Boston. She received her LL.B. and LL.M degrees from the University of Osijek Law School (Croatia) and Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. She was also a faculty member at the University of Missouri, University of Texas at Austin and University of Osijek. Dr. Erdelez is a former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of The Texas Excellence Teaching Award and The ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award.
Dr. Rong Tang
Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University
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.
Tiffany Duck
Customer Success Manager for Skilltype
Tiffany Duck is a Customer Success Manager for Skilltype, a talent management software for libraries. Tiffany is very active in the LIS profession and passionate about serving others and participating in various initiatives that create lasting impact within our communities. She was a recipient of the prestigious John C. Tyson award and received the Rising Leader award from the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in 2018.
Liudmyla Diadyk
Director of the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Taras Shevchenko
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.
Anna E. Kijas
Head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts University; Co-Founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
Anna E. Kijas is the Head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts University and the co-founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online, an initiative focused on safeguarding and preserving the digital cultural heritage of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Dr. Stephanie Brasley
Dean of the University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills
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.
Michael A. Crumpton
Professor and Dean of the University Libraries at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Michael A. Crumpton, MLS, SHRM-SCP, is professor and dean of the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Crumpton oversees library operations and services with the team of librarians and staff. He is an affiliated faculty member for the Department of Library and Information Science, as well as a certified senior human resources professional. He is the editor of the Journal of Learning Spaces, an open access journal (libjournal.uncg.edu/jls) and a past-president of the North Carolina Library Association.