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The International Association of School | Librarianship hosted the 52nd Annual Conference and the 27th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship from October 26-28. The conference was held virtually across three time zones (Edmonton, Alberta, Vienna, Austria, and Tokyo, Japan) to provide opportunities for presenters, keynote speakers and conference attendees to engage with others in real time. There was a mix of live and pre-recorded options including keynote speakers, panel presentations, special interest group sessions, Hot Topic sessions, research and professional presentations.
Keynote Speakers
David A. Robertson is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, has won the TD Canadian Childrens Literature Award, as well as the Writer's Union of Canada Freedom to Read award. Не is а member of Norway House Cree Nation and lives in Winnipeg,
David spoke about reconciliation and community and his memoir Blackwater and read from his upcoming work, A the Little Monsters: How 1 learned to live with anxiety.
Amanda Jones is a 24 year teacherlibrarian and grassroots organizer in Louisiana on the frontlines fighting against censorship in libraries. She is the 2021 Librarian of the Year as presented by School Library Journal , a 2021 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and the 2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year.
Amanda spoke about how to be prepared for book challenges and her work to advocate for intellectual freedom.
Dr. Margaret Merga is an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia and Lead Consultant at Merga Consulting. She is an active researcher in the school library research space, and she has written over a hundred peer-reviewed and research-informed publications,...