Individual Presentations (Lightning Round)

Top-Down Advocacy : Administrator and Practitioner Perspectives 

Amy Stempler and Mark Aaron Polger, College of Staten Island

Library Advocacy in Action: Supporting Neurodivergent and English Language Learning Students

Ingrid Conley-Abrams and Jocelyn Castillo, John Jay College 

Takeaways from TikTok: Advocating for Libraries Through Social Media Literacy Instruction

Debra Bernstein, Queensborough Community College 

Enhancing Student Access and Engagement through Innovative Library Services

Quintis Pinder, Queensborough Community College

New York City’s Disability Rights History: Showcasing New Archival Collections and their Creators

Kevin O’Leary, CUNY Central

Brick by Brick: Building a Strong Partnership Between Queens College Archives and the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium

Caitlin Colban-Waldron and Annie Tummino, Queens College 

Showcasing funding needs for a diversity audit of LGBTQ+ print graphic novels

Madeline Ruggiero, Queensborough Community College

Panel:

Senior and Junior Library Faculty Mentoring Initiative at John Jay College

Marta Bladek, Joy Dunkley, Jocelyn Castillo, John Jay College