Earth Day 2023: Sustainability and Libraries
SJSU iSchool's Celebration of Earth Day

Webcast April 22, 2023 Nick Buron Kristin M. Jacobi Leah Plocharczyk Loida Garcia-Febo Homayoon “Amir” Abtahi Dawn Frood

The SJSU School of Information is hosting a free online symposium in celebration of Earth Day.

AGENDA

I. Welcome (9 – 9:05 a.m. PDT)

Dr. Anthony Chow, SJSU iSchool Director

II. Host Address: “Libraries Investing in Our Planet: Save Blue. Live Green” (9:05 – 9:45 a.m. PDT)

Loida Garcia-Febo, SJSU iSchool Health and Wellness Ambassador
- Queens Public Library – Video about devastation and rebuilding of Queens Public Library branches after Hurricane Sandy
- Grand Canyon National Park

III. Panel Discussion (9:45 – 10:55 a.m. PDT)

Nick Buron, Chief Librarian at Queens Public Library
Kristin M. Jacobi, Past President of Connecticut Library Association, Former Volunteer Librarian at Research Library at the Grand Canyon National Park (US), Former Volunteer Librarian at Charles Darwin Research Station Library (Galapagos, Ecuador), Librarian Emeritus at Eastern Connecticut State University
Leah Plocharczyk, Director MacArthur Campus Library, John D. MacArthur Campus, Florida Atlantic University
Dawn Frood, former Collection Development Librarian and Liaison Coordinator, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Dr. Amir Abtahi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University

IV. Concluding Remarks (10:55 – 11:00 a.m. PDT)

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Earth Day 2023: Sustainability and Libraries
SJSU iSchool's Celebration of Earth Day

AGENDA

Nick Buron
Chief Librarian, Queens Library

Kristin M. Jacobi
Retired, J. Eugene Smith Library

Leah Plocharczyk
Director, MacArthur Campus Library

Loida Garcia-Febo
SJSU iSchool Health and Wellness Ambassador

Homayoon “Amir” Abtahi
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University

Dawn Frood
Former Collection Development Librarian and Liaison Coordinator, Florida Atlantic University Libraries

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