2025 Outreach and Special Services Retreat

Description

Registration Fees: Member $85* | Non-member $170

*OLC Individual members or staff of OLC Intuitional member libraries.

Registration opens: 6/11/25 | Registration closes: 8/8/25

Overview: Gather successful collaborative ideas from colleagues and share your library's successful outreach initiatives with others. Come prepared to refresh, rejuvenate, and revitalize your library's outreach programs and services!

Who should attend: All library staff members interested in outreach services.

What is included: Morning refreshments and lunch. All handouts, provided by presenters, will be available online through the OLC app. View them from your personal device during the event or view/download them after the event. The handouts will be available in the OLC app for 30 days following the program.

Continuing Education Credits: For those working toward their Ohio Public Librarian or Ohio Public Library Staff re-certification, this conference will qualify for 5 credit hours.

Hotel Accommodations: The OLC has secured a discounted room rate at the nearby TownePlace Suites Columbus Dublin, 5155 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, OH 43017. Reserve your room online to receive 15% off the best available Studio Suites or ask for the OLC corporate rate at the front desk if not reserving in advance. Availability not guaranteed.

AGENDA:

Agenda and Sessions Descriptions

9:30 a.m. | Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking

9:55 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions

10 a.m. | How Libraries Can Empower Older Adults to Fight Fraud and Scams

Cathy Rafales, Director, and Jodi Roberts, Outreach Associate, Ohio Senior Medicare Patrol/ProSeniors; Stephen Mott, Forensic Accounting Department, FBI Cincinnati; and Ryan Lippe, Consumer Protection Section, Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

CC: Community Engagement

11 a.m. | Break

11:15 a.m. | Willing to Adapt: Our Experience with a Patron-Driven Rotating Collection, Getting Children Interested in Reading, and Modifying Outreach Services

Elita Jones, Outreach Services Manager, and Angela Harbaugh, Outreach Services Technician, Perry County District Library

CC: Adaptability

12:15 p.m. | Lunch & Networking

1 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (choose one)

(A) What's Old is New Again for WCPL's Little Free Libraries

Loni Smith, Outreach Manager, Williams County Public Libraries

CC: Customer Service

(B) Deposit Collections: Where, How and Why

Ruby Smart, Outreach Manager, Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library

CC: Community Engagement

2 p.m. | Break

2:15 p.m. | Books on the Go: Strengthening Literacy by Bringing Libraries to Students

Brad Stephens, Director/Fiscal Officer, Salem Public Library

CC: Community Engagement

3:15 p.m. | Wrap-up and Adjourn