Saturday, June 1, 2013

CORI at the 2013 RILA Conference

Check out CORI at the 2013 RILA Conference in Newport, RI ....

Monday, June 3rd

9:00-10:00 Education Transformation: It’s a Process Connect with Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) Commiss...ioner, for a conversation on filling students’ education gap and enriching them as lifelong learners. Gain strategies to enhance the mutually-beneficial partnerships that libraries and librarians can foster with RIDE. Deborah A. Gist, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Sponsored by Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

12:15-1:30 Lunch & President’s Speaker Andrew P. Jackson—Through the Eyes of an Activist Librarian Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) will speak about his unique blend of librarianship and activism as the Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Community Library in Queens, NY (Out-of-State CORI Member)

Tuesday, June 4th

1:30-2:15 p.m. Maria Cotto (Poster Session promoting CORI)

See more at http://rilibraries.org/annual-conference