TNLA 2025 Conference

As observations of escalated behaviors have increased, employees who interact with the public need fresh tools for realistic expectations, healthy boundaries, and authentic connection. In this highly interactive workshop, we look at the crucial role of purpose, keys to prevent power struggles, and what to do when you need to exit an interaction.
This workshop focuses on escalation prevention, and mental health for employees and the public they serve. This workshop does not address conflict that includes physical violence, but rather the cumulative weight of engaging with increased anger, outbursts, and anxiety.
**Separate registration required.  Please register at the TNLA website.**

By delving into the worldbuilding side of TTRPG play, we as librarians are able to help our teens explore the basics of SEL, math, storytelling, team-building, leadership development, and natural consequences. From the actual physical process of making maps to the interactions amongst players during gameplay, fantasy worldbuilding presents golden opportunities to share “real world” hands-on life skills in papermaking and geography, as well as maintaining a budget and inventory in play. With TTRPG worldbuilding, we are able to build well-rounded party members and better people, while giving teens a chance to explore, create, and develop worlds of their own.
**Separate registration required.  Please register at the TNLA website.**

How can the practices of retail stores help libraries? This session shows basic analytic techniques that allow libraries to organize space more effectively, merchandise better and eliminate dead zones. Join New York University professor and author of "Library Space Planning: A PLA Guide" (ALA, 2019) for a fascinating exploration of retail practices with examples from libraries from Tennessee to Alaska.
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Let's dive into specific ways generative AI tools can help create engaging content, design program materials, simplify administrative tasks and even personalize some patron experiences - no technical expertise required. Forget the 'why' and 'how' of AI; this presentation is all about 'what' you can accomplish with these tools in your library today.
**Separate registration required.  Please register at the TNLA website.**