Pre-conference #1 – Libraries and Museums Engaging Youth in STEM Learning - Welcome and Introduction to the Day

• Mary Stansbury, Chair, Library and Information Science Program, University of Denver
• Sarah Chicone, Museum Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University
• Whitney Stein, Chicago Public Library

Setting the Stage for the Day
Milton Chen, Senior Fellow, Edutopia, will provide context for the day’s exploration.

Pre-conference #1 – Libraries and Museums Engaging Youth in STEM Learning - Learning and Playing Online: A Panel Interview

Interviewer:
Whitney Stein, Chicago Public Library

Interviewees:
• Ellen Middaugh, Associate Director of the Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College
• Rob Ross, Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth
• Barry Fishman, University of Michigan

Pre-conference #1 – Libraries and Museums Engaging Youth in STEM Learning - Learn by Doing

Representatives of three IMLS-funded projects will present an overview of their work, emphasizing their “learn by doing” aspects. Attendees will be asked to make note of the parts of these projects that they might be able to adapt for use in their own institutions.

Moderator: Kevin Cherry, IMLS

Lydia Beall, Museum of Science, Boston
Sue Guevara, Lawrence Hall of Science
Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Lincoln Park Zoo

Pre-conference #1 – Libraries and Museums Engaging Youth in STEM Learning - Plenary Discussion - Final Reflections

Moderators: Mary Stansbury and Sarah Chicone

Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums, Director of Strategic Partnerships, IMLS, will summarize the day’s events in the context of the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ 21st Century Skills Initiative, as well as a joint project sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and IMLS that will fund 30 learning labs in libraries and museums.

Pre Conference #2 - Panel I - Opening Doors

Mary Minow, LibraryLaw.com
Hope O’Keeffe, Library of Congress

Pre Conference #2 - Panel II - Opening Access

Sayeed Choudhury, JHU Digital Research and Curation Center

Melissa Levine, University of Michigan Librar

Pre Conference #2 - Panel III - Opening Minds

Q&A Session

Nancy Weiss, IMLS
Sayeed Choudhury, JHU Digital Research and Curation Center
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan Library
Mary Minow, LibraryLaw.com
Hope O’Keeffe, Library of Congress
Arabella Yip, IML

Pre Conference #2 - Closing Remarks : Risk Management

Hope O’Keeffe, Library of Congress

Pre-conference #3 - Helping Researchers Manage Their Data: Constructing Data Curation Profiles - Part 1

Moderator:
Joyce Ray, IMLS

Speaker:
D. Scott Brandt, Associate Dean of Research, Purdue University Libraries, Distributed Data Curation Center

Pre-conference #3 -Helping Researchers Manage Their Data: Constructing Data Curation Profiles - Part 2

Moderator:
Joyce Ray, IMLS

Speaker:
D. Scott Brandt, Associate Dean of Research, Purdue University Libraries, Distributed Data Curation Center

Welcome

Susan Hildreth, Director, IMLS

Keynote

Dr. Joshua M. Greenberg, Program Director, Digital Information Technology and Dissemination of Knowledge, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Session #1: Perfecting STEM Partnerships: Libraries, Museums & Formal Education

Moderator:
Mary Stansbury, University of Denver

Panelists:
Marcia Mardis, Florida State University
Suzie Allard, University of Tennessee
Kwasi Asare, U.S. Department of Education

Session #2: STEM and the Participatory Web: Everyone’s Invited!

Moderator:
Erika Shugart, Koshland Science Center at the NAS

Panelists:
Bridget Butler, Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center
Seth Cooper, University of Washington
Jeff Grabill, Michigan State University and Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota

Session #3: Tapping Into Science: Promoting Collections for Use in Teaching, Learning and Research

Moderator:
Ken Wiggin, Connecticut State Library

Panelists:
Kaye Howe, National Science Digital Library
Kenning Arlitsch, University of Utah
Rebecca Morin, California Academy of Sciences

Keynote Presentation

Dr. Francine Berman, Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Session #4: STEM, Arts and Humanities: Intersections and Inspiration

Moderator: Tom Scheinfeldt, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

Panelists: Chris Wildrick, Syracuse University School of Art & Design

Fred Gibbs, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures

Session #5: Reuse and Recycle: Tools and Services for Managing, Preserving, and Presenting Data for Sharing

Moderator: Greg Colati, University of Denver

Panelists: Sayeed Choudhury, JHU Digital Research and Curation Center

Leah Melber, Lincoln Park Zoo

Aaron Presnall, Jefferson Institut