GLMA Summer Institute 2025

Join us for an engaging author panel featuring acclaimed YA writers Shanna Miles and H.D. Hunter, hosted by Lauren Mobley. These dynamic authors will share their creative journeys, explore the power of diverse storytelling, and talk about their latest books. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired and gather fresh ideas for your library program!

This presentation will preview new and upcoming titles for pre-K through high school, that librarians won't want to miss putting on their shelves.

30-minute booktalk and a 15-minute show and tell of in-person book samples with a book giveaway to conclude the presentation.

Want to inspire a lifelong love of reading among students? This session will focus on running engaging and inclusive book clubs designed specifically for student audiences. Learn how to choose titles that resonate with various age groups, create safe and dynamic discussion spaces, and incorporate creative activities to keep students excited about reading. We’ll also discuss strategies for promoting your book club, fostering peer-led discussions, and addressing challenges like time constraints and varied reading levels. Walk away with fresh ideas and ready-to-use tools to help your student book clubs thrive!

Discover the ways Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow and other PBS Learning Media resources can enhance classroom instruction. Engage young readers with research-based strategies and nostalgic characters to spark a love for reading in every child.

Findability enhances students' ability to discover engaging texts or new books in their areas of curiosity or passion. Participants will receive examples of organized non-fiction sections, ideas for integrating findability into Dewey, structured action plans, classification suggestions, vertical approaches to findability, and examples of effective signage and labeling.

Soft or self-censorship is when we modify our book choices based not on our selection policy but on our school or community climate. Join us as a panel of elementary, middle, and high school librarians discuss soft-censorship. We will go over how to identify soft-censorship and how each of us handles it.

Presented by the co-founder of NTTBF, Dr. Rose Brock shares a snapshot of the ALA award winning North Texas Teen Book Festival and offers how-to advice for school librarians interested in designing and developing a youth centered festival or author centered events of their own.