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Free From the Fortress: The Roving Reference Revolution.  Vicki Kreimeyer & Jody Vestal, Boise Public Library

A tale of transforming traditional, high-countered reference desks to mobile, flexible, transparent customer-oriented service desks.

Early Literacy: Puppetry, Wildness, and Lapsit Storytimes.  Kimbre Chapman & Cori M. Avara-Sanchez, Caldwell Public Library; Sara Pemburton, Kuna Library

Learn about the benefits of working as a storytime team using interactive puppetry, music, and recipe card handouts with tips for caregivers to take home.  Steps to create a robust early literacy experience through lapsit storytimes that are effective for both children and adults will also be discussed.

Leadership and Communication.  David Harrell, Idaho Commission for Libraries & Dylan Baker, Ada Community Library

As a process, the World Café provides space and time for staff to have conversations that link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community.

Programs and Services for the Senior Population.  Susie Colthorp, Mountain Home Public Library

Outreach program to seniors that we developed just over a year ago and the plans we have to expand that program to other facilities, and what we have done in Mountain Home Library for our senior population.