OPAL Professional Learning Day 2025

OPAL Professional Learning Day 2025

About this event

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Library personnel from Oconee, Pickens, and Anderson County academic and public libraries are invited to a professional learning day at Anderson University's Thrift Library.

Schedule:

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Check-In & Continental Breakfast Lobby
9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Welcome & Keynote Address: Wellness in the Library 

Robert Burdine, Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor, South Carolina Department of Mental Health

 Chapman Multimedia Room
10:00 - 10:50 a.m.

Breakout Session 1: Incorporating AI Tools for Efficient Cataloging and Metadata

Tomeka Jackson, Library Resident, & Jen Jones, Metadata Specialist, Clemson University

 Thrift 001 (Ground floor)
10:00 - 10:50 a.m.

Breakout Session 2: Coordinating AI Literacy Integration 

Anne Grant, AI & Information Literacy Coordinator, Clemson University

 Chapman Multimedia Room
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.

Birds of a Feather Sessions: Notes

  1. Administration
  2. Archives
  3. Circulation
  4. IT
  5. Makerspace
  6. Programming
  7. Research & Instruction
  8. Technical Services
  1. Chapman Multimedia Room
  2. Library Main Floor: Open Seating
  3. Ground Floor: Thrift 001 Room
  4. Library Main Floor: Study Room 101
  5. Library Second Floor: Open Seating
  6. Ground Floor: Thrift 002 Room
  7. Library Main Floor: Study Room 106
  8. Library Second Floor: Pracht Seminar Room
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

Closing

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 Chapman Multimedia Room
12:30 - ? Lunch on your Own

Parking: Free/open parking will be available in the lots adjacent to Thrift Library (Item 2 on the campus map). 

Please bring the following:

  • Your library's nametag
  • Business cards 
  • A laptop (for interactive sessions)