2025 Future Ready Librarians Webinar Series
Virtual and Webinar
April 22nd, 2025 - November 18th, 2025
5:00 pm - EST
Location: Virtual
Innovation, Collaboration, & Impact
Hosted by Shannon McClintock Miller, this webinar series is your go-to professional learning resource for navigating the Future Ready Librarians Framework and the challenges and opportunities you face as a librarian.
Each session explores essential principles, strategies, and practical insights to help librarians lead, innovate, and transform learning in the digital age.
Librarians play a critical role in supporting teacher and students. Libraries are truly the backbone of our schools and safe haven for all. Librarians positioned to truly lead from their librarians within their schools and in the community.
With Future Ready Librarians Framework as a guide, enhance your professional growth by learning how to to drive innovation, lead collaboration, and put student-centered learning at the heart of everything you do—ensuring your library is at the heart of your school’s success.
Register today for the entire series.
If you can’t attend live, you’ll receive the recording after each event.
Join us for the 2025 Future Ready Librarians Webinar Series!
A well-curated library collection is more than just books—it’s a gateway to fostering literacy, student engagement, and a lifelong love of reading. In this session, Future Ready Librarians will share innovative strategies for building diverse, inclusive, and engaging collections that meet the needs of all learners.
During this session, we will:
- Support teachers and literacy initiatives by aligning the library collection with instructional goals.
- Explore best practices for curating a collection that promotes literacy and encourages independent reading.
- Discover creative ways to engage students with books and digital resources that spark curiosity and excitement.
- Leverage data and student voice to ensure collections are reflective, relevant, and responsive to school communities.
Guests
Melissa Corey, School Librarian, St. Joseph (MO)
Amanda Hunt, School Librarian, New Braunfels ISD (TX)
Summer is a season of renewal—for both personal growth and professional learning. In this special roundtable session, Future Ready Librarians from across the country will come together to share how they use the summer months to grow, recharge, and get inspired for the year ahead. From must-read books and favorite podcasts to impactful professional development opportunities and creative self-care routines, this conversation will offer a wide range of ideas to spark your own summer plans.
Whether you’re diving into your “to be read” pile, attending conferences, or just taking time to reflect and refocus, this session is designed to celebrate the many ways librarians continue to lead, learn, and grow—even when school is out.
Join us for a lively and inspiring exchange of ideas, and walk away with a list of resources, reads, and routines to fuel your summer!
As the new school year begins, librarians play a pivotal role in leading innovation, supporting student learning, and fostering a culture of literacy and digital engagement. But how can you effectively implement the Future Ready Librarians Framework while navigating challenges and seizing new opportunities?
Experienced Future Ready Librarians will share their best practices, lessons learned, and strategies for success in today’s evolving educational landscape.
During this session, we will :
- Hear from experienced Future Ready Librarians about what’s working in their schools and libraries.
- Address common hurdles and explore innovative ways to apply the Future Ready Librarians Framework in your unique setting.
- Learn actionable tips to enhance your leadership, build strong collaborations, and grow your professional impact.
In today’s digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming research, information literacy, and critical thinking—and libraries are at the center of this evolution. As Future Ready Librarians, how can we effectively integrate both human and AI intelligence to support student inquiry, ethical research practices, and information literacy?
We’ll explore the role of AI in the library, its implications for research and critical thinking, and how librarians can guide students in navigating AI responsibly.
During this session, we will:
- Understand how AI tools are shaping information discovery, synthesis, and evaluation.
- Identify strategies students can use to students analyze AI-generated content and verify sources.
- Explore ways to incorporate responsible AI practices into research instruction.
- Learn how AI can complement, not replace, human inquiry and librarian expertise.
Watch to learn about:
- Integrating STEM activities and projects into library programming
- Fostering creativity and innovation through hands-on STEM experiences
- Empowering students to become creators and problem solvers through STEM initiatives
Guests
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The Future Ready Librarians Program is generously support by Follett Content Solutions.
