PDA Event: Build Your Brary Bootcamp : A Virtual Student Engagement Bootcamp for Every Library Setting

The librarians at Seminole State College Libraries are ready to shake up your library programming! Build Your Brary: Bootcamp is your all-access pass to a fun, creative, and idea-packed virtual experience! Inspired by the imaginative vibes of Lunchbrary and Nightbrary, this event will have you dreaming up fresh ways to connect with students—through games, art, music, and more.

You’ll leave with new ideas, new energy, and a program you can run with!

Presenters:

Jason Anfinsen serves as Associate Professor, Research & Instruction Librarian, at Seminole State College of Florida. Jason brings a decade of librarian experience to the classroom, including work at Broward College, Lynn University, Miami International University of Art & Design, and Florida State University. "Information Jason" has a background in broadcasting, radio, improv, theatre, music journalism, television news, and museum studies. He earned his MLIS and post-masters Specialist degree in Information, from the School of Information at Florida State.

Nicole Sotak is an Associate Librarian (Research & Instruction) at Seminole State College of Florida Libraries, with over 20 years' experience in library, museum and educational institutions, in both public and private sectors. Nicole holds a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida, preceded by undergraduate studies in studio art, anthropology and art history at the University of Central Florida. 

Morgan A. Tracy has served in his current role of Director of Libraries at Seminole State College of Florida for the past eight years.  Over his career he has worked in a variety of roles at academic, public, and special libraries.  He is extremely excited about the Nightbrary initiative and its positive impact on student engagement, and would love to see it influence other college and university libraries across the nation!

Andrea St. Onge is new to library work but brings a lifetime of library love to her outreach position at Seminole State College of Florida Libraries. Her 20+ years' background experience, a mix of hospitality, higher education and entrepreneurship, gives Andrea an approach to programming and marketing that is uniquely creative, quirky and engaging. Driven by her love for books and students, Andrea will begin pursuing her MLIS degree this Summer.

Ross Martin is a librarian at Seminole State College of Florida, working largely with online courses and OER initiatives around the college for the past 15 years. He's been a board gamer for the last couple decades and finds great joy in sharing the hobby with others. He helps to host weekly gaming events on campus and online, highlighting the ways strategy games teach and reinforce real-life concepts/skills. You should know that Ross will never ever turn down a game of Carcassonne if you'd like to play sometime!

Claire A. Miller is a reference and instruction librarian at Seminole State College. She leads event programming on the Altamonte Campus and accidentally started the Stitching Circle events on three different campuses. She also hosts board game nights, and co-hosts Virtual Board Games with Ross Martin. When not in the library, she's an avid crafter, gamer, and bibliophile.

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