Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Session 2: Vendor Demos
10:00-10:30 AM
Session 2: Vendor Demos
10:00-10:30 AM
Conference Room 1
Randaye Kaye Book Signing
Come meet and greet Keynote Speaker Randye Kaye! Randye will have copies of her book available to purchase and sign at a very discounted price of $10 only during this special signing. Copies of her book can also be purchased in the vendor hall from Possible Futures both Monday and Tuesday at regular cost.
Sponsor: CLA Conference Committee
Conference Room 2
Community Brain Dump
Hosted by: CLA Conference Committee
We all have those questions: who/what has been your favorite and most successful library presenter/event? Where do you buy your library swag? If you could build your dream library, what would you make sure to include? Plus many more. Join us for a simple brain dump- shout out your answers or write them on the boards of questions around the room!
Conference Room 3
Oak Hill Demo
Presenter: Kristen Gilfeather, Oak Hill
Explore how adaptive controllers and built-in accessibility settings, like the Xbox Adaptive Controller and customizable joysticks, can level the playing field in video games. This demonstration highlights how to ensure no limitations in gaming, featuring games like Mario Kart and discussing other accessible titles for gamers of all abilities.
Conference Room 5
Equinox Demo
Presenter: Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initative
With a fresh new interface, CORAL can free you from spreadsheets and help you manage your electronic subscriptions! Electronic resources management is time intensive work and information about vendors, subscriptions, statistics, and licensing is often maintained across several files. Come learn how CORAL, an open-source web-based ERM platform, offers a cost-effective solution to help organize and centralize this information
Conference Room 7
Reading2Connect Demo
Reading2Connect Demo
Presenter: Susan Ostrowski, Reading2Connect
This dynamic session will shake up conventional ideas about the reading capacities of people living with dementia and will reveal the extensive, multi-level benefits of age/dementia friendly reading for communities as a whole. Real-life, unscripted video clips of long-term care residents interacting with accessible books and with each other will be viewed for analysis and discussion.
