I had a great first experience at the annual ALISE conference last week in Milwaukee. I presented my juried paper (see full text below) on “Teaching Social Work Concepts to LIS Students”. The brief talk drew a decent crowd and generated some excellent questions.
It was also wonderful to finally meet some colleagues in person! I was able to have time IRL with library educators who have been guest speakers in my Library Social Work class at the U. of Illinois, as well as the person who hired me for the job and co-taught the first iteration the class with me. I made promising new connections with other library professors who are also incorporating social work related concepts, such as trauma informed care, into their universities’ library curricula.