News 2018: Librarians Almeida and Wood Present on Pop Culture in Libraries

Jessica Almeida and Emma Wood were invited by the Senior Editor of School Library Journal to speak at School Library Journal‘s Leadership Basecamp

Jessica Almeida and Emma Wood were invited by the Senior Editor of School Library Journal to speak at the School Library Journal’s Leadership Basecamp. The event was an intensive professional development program aimed at the next generation of school and youth librarians. Almeida and Wood were recommended for this event by librarians in the audience at their presentation about infusing library programs with pop culture at the Massachusetts Library Association’s recent annual conference.

The Leadership Basecamp took place on August 6, 2018, at Simmons College.  Almeida and Wood presented about using pop culture in libraries by describing their orientation activities, library quiz show, Facebook Friday, meme contest, and more.

Check out a Youtube video they made for a closer look inside the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmt22N0XGjI