Previous Library Town Meetings
| DATE | TOPIC | LOCATION |
| December 5, 2019 | Better Together: Serving Delawareans’ Basic Needs - The Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) is working with DEMEP (Delaware Manufacturing & Extension Partnership) and the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration (IPA) to clarify connections and improve referrals to partner services that support Basic Needs. Come and help us streamline access to services, for a shared partner infrastructure on behalf of Delawareans! | Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Campus |
| June 06, 2019 |
Libraries Building a Resilient Delaware through Trauma Responsive Service Theme was "School Ready! Employment Ready! Health Ready! Libraries Building a Resilient Delaware through Trauma Responsive Service." Featured: Featuring: Becky Haas, Trauma Informed Administrator, Ballad Health, Northeast TN and Southwest VA; Nancy Roark, Director, Holston River Regional Library, a subdivision of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Panelists Jamar Rahming, Director, Wilmington Public Library; Margery Cyr, Director, Dover Library, and Kelly Kline, Director, Selbyville Public Library. Also Friends of Delaware Libraries, Kay Bowes, President. |
Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Campus |
| December 05, 2018 | Library Advocacy 2019: One Ask. Featuring: Cathy De Rosa, city councilwoman and marketing advisor; Doug Denison, the Director of Community Relations, Department of State; Dr. Courtney Stewart, Deputy Secretary of State; Kay Bowes, President, Friends of Delaware Libraries. | Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Campus |
| June 07, 2018 | What’s Your Passion? Delaware Library Card Campaign. Featured Guests: Delaware’s First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, Honorary Chair for the Delaware Library Card Campaign. She discussed her First Chance program for children; Dr. Bill McGowan, Public Innovator, facilitated planning of fall/winter Community Conversations in DE public libraries. Also: DLA Award presentation, An update on the Master Plan 2.0, Friends of Delaware Libraries, Kay Bowes, President. | Duncan Center |
| December 07, 2017 | The Future of Public Libraries: From Access to Outcomes. Keynote speaker Garry Golden. Tour of the Route 9 Library and presentation by Presentation by the Friends of Delaware Libraries, Kay Bowes, President. | Route 9 Library & Innovation Center |
| June 01 2017 | Theme was Strategic Planning for Strategic Results. Featured Speakers included: Annie Norman, Ed.D., State Librarian; Martha Kyrillidou, Ph.D., QualityMetrics, LLC; Douglas Moss, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, Partner, HOLZMAN MOSS BOTTINO ARCHITECTURE. Breakout Session Discussions – “Priorities & Needs” with suggested topics of: Staffing, Library Facilities, Partnerships & Collaboration, Technologies, Funding and Community Development. Included the meeting of The Friends of Delaware Libraries, Kay Bowes, President. | Delaware State University |
| December 01, 2016 |
Theme was: Transitions and Transformation. Featured Speakers: John Chrastka, Executive Director, EveryLibrary, Anna Marie Trester, PhD, Frameworks Institute, Stuart Comstock-Gay, President & CEO, Delaware Community Foundation. Included the meeting of The Friends of Delaware Libraries, Kay Bowes, President. |
Delaware State University |
| June 2016 | Delaware State University | |
| December 2015 | Theme was TED-Lightning Talks. You have the stage! Share your library’s story. | Delaware State University |
| June 04, 2015 | Theme was Idea Fest! Welcome by Dr. Annie Norman, State Librarian and Timothy Owens, Program Officer, Institute for Museum & Library Services (IMLS). Update on the Statewide Training Needs Assessment by Dr. Tes del Tufo and Katie McDonough. | Delaware State University |
| December 04, 2014 | Theme was Sustainability: Rallying and Planning Next Steps! Welcome by Dr. Annie Norman, State Librarian. Library Projects Update, University of Delaware, Institute for Public Administration by Kelly Sherretz. County Library Updates by Diana Brown, Kathy Graybeal, and Hilary Welliver. Library Profiles Update by Bill Wilson, Himmel & Wilson. Training Needs Assessment Update by Dr. Tes del Tufo and Katie McDonough. Overview of Project Planning Guide: http://guides.lib.de.us/projectplanning | Delaware State University |
| June 05, 2014 | Delaware Libraries 2014: The New Normal. Featured the release of Delaware-specific mini-videos that define the new library basics for 2014. This event and these initial videos were designed to address the latest requests from the Delaware library community. | Delaware State University |
| December 05, 2013 | Welcome by Dr. Annie Norman, State Librarian and Kay Bowes, President, Friends of Delaware Libraries. Keynote speakers included Beth Nawalinski, Director of Marketing & Communications, United for Libraries, The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations, A division of the American Library Association and Nancy Dowd, Ebsco Publishing, Marketer and Project Lead, LibraryAware. | Delaware Technical & Community College - Terry Campus |
| June 06, 2013 | Theme was Technology Planning for Delaware Libraries: Innovation and Implementation. Included welcome by Dr. Annie Norman, State Librarian and Rick Geisenberger, Chief Deputy Secretary of State. Guest speakers: Talin Bingham, Chief Technology Officer & Architect, SirsiDynix and Carson Block, Library IT Consultant. | Dover Public Library |
| December 06, 2012 | Theme was Turning the Page Library Advocacy Techniques presented by Cathay Crosby. | Dover Public Library |
| June 07, 2012 | LTM Lite. Featuring: I Geek the Delaware Dream Planning for Fall 2012 with Dr. Bill McGowan, Extension Agent for Community Development, UD Institute for Public Planning. | Delaware Technical & Community College - Terry Campus |
| December 06, 2011 |
Topics include: E-book Whitewater; Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) 2008-2012 5 Year Evaluation and 2013-2017 5 Year Plan; Get Your Geek On, Delaware Libraries! |
Delaware Technical & Community College - Terry Campus |
| June 21, 2011 | Keynote: The Future of Librarianship - Dr. R. David Lankes, Syracuse University; Stephen Abram, Vice President, Gale CENGAGE Learning; Dr. Annie Norman, State Librarian. Also Geek the Library: Statewide Library Advocacy Campaign with Jenny Johnson, OCLC. | Wilmington University- Dover Campus |
| December 09, 2009 | Remarks: Carla Markell, Delaware’s First Lady; The Honorable Jeffrey Bullock, Secretary of State; Annie Norman, State Librarian. | Wilmington University - Dover Campus |
| December 12, 2007 | Topics included: Delaware Library Association Presentation by Lynne Haines, President and Cathy Wojewodzki, Chair, Legislative Action Committee; Libraries & Friends: Partners on the Yellow Brick Road by Rick Geisenberger, Assistant Secretary of State, Elizabeth Cranston Baxter, Past President, Friends of Delaware Libraries, and Gail Gill, President, Friends of Delaware Libraries; Keynote presentation by Sally G. Reed, Executive Director, FOLUSA; Lightbulbs Redux with Kevin Yingling, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control; Learning Journey… A Library Journaling Adventure with Honore Francois, Library Consultant and Kathy Graybeal, Administrative Librarian. | Dover Downs |
| June 06, 2007 | Keynote: Dr. Glen Holt & Dr. Leslie Edmonds Holt, editors of Haworth Press’s Public Library Quarterly, Library Success, and co-authors of "Measuring Your Library’s Value." Presenters included: Programming for Young Adults by Kathleen Splane, Extension Agent, Kent County Cooperative Extension; Programming for Adults by Mary DuPont, Nehemiah Gateway, Delaware EITC Campaign; Proposed Delaware Public Libraries Endowment Trust Fund by Hugh Leahy, Delaware Community Foundation. | Edgehill Shopping Center |
| December 13, 2006 | Topics included: Celebration of the first ever Delaware Book Festival; Discussion of the evaluation of Delaware’s 5 Year Library Services & Technology Act Plan 2003-2007 and the new Plan for 2007-2011 , Laurie Brooks, Program Officer, Institute of Museum & Library Services, Bill Wilson, Himmel & Wilson Library Consultants; Celebration of the Energy An$wers Program with Sandra Burton, the Light bulb Lady. | Edgehill Shopping Center |
| June 07, 2006 | Keynote Speaker: Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix. DLA Updates: Paul Anderson, DLA President and the Presentation of 2006 DLA Distinguished Service Citation to Jack Markell, State Treasurer. | Edgehill Shopping Center |
| December 14, 2005 | Topics included: a presentation on Stewardship or Censorship? by Mary Tise & Peggy Dillner, Delaware Library Association Intellectual Freedom committee; Blogging With Vinny Alascia, Administrative Librarian; Keynote presentation by Daniel Pink, author of "A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age." | Edgehill Shopping Center |
| June 09, 2005 | Welcome from Dr. Harriet Smith Windsor, Secretary of State. Keynote presented by Dr. Lynn Dierking, author of "Lessons Without Limit: How Free-Choice Learning Is Transforming Education." | Delaware Technical & Community College - Terry Campus |
| December 08, 2004 | Update on the Statewide Master Plan for Library Services & Construction presented by Bill Wilson, Ethel Himmel, & Dick Waters | Delaware State University, MBNA Building |
| June 03, 2004 | Topics included: Statewide Waster Plan for Library Services & Construction with Bill Wilson, Dick Waters, Ethel Himmel; Lunch with Lt. Governor John Carney; Book Discussion of The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition and Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley. | Delaware State University |
| December 10, 2003 |
Guest Speaker, Jack Markell, State Treasurer. |
Delaware State University, MBNA Building |
| August 27, 2003 | Discussion topics included: Budgets & Delaware Library Association Legislative Initiatives; Filtering & Privacy Issues, Drue ChiChi, Deputy Attorney General; Library Public Education Project, Cathy Imburgia, Creative Communications. | |
| December 11, 2002 |