Presentations, writing, etc.

I’m available for writing, speaking, training, and more. Contact me at sarah.ludwig[at]gmail.com.

PUBLICATIONS & WRITING

• “Everyone Deserves a Place in the Library,” Young Adult Services, Winter 2014
• “Minecraft Club,” School Library Journal, March 2013
• ALA TechSource Blog
• “Next Year’s Model,” School Library Journal, April 2012 with Linda Braun
• “Tag Team Tech” column, Voice of Youth Advocates
• Young Adult Library Services blog
• Starting from Scratch: Building a Teen Library Program, published by ABC-Clio in June 2011
• “Dewey Lite,” Public Libraries, July/August 2010.

PAST PRESENTATIONS

• Tech Tool Update, CLA Newbies Roundtable, November 18, 2013
• Breathing New Life into Book Programming with Technology, AASL National Conference, November 11, 2013
• “Punching up Reading Programs with Technology,” CLA Support Staff Conference, November 1, 2013
• “Crafting in the Classroom: Minecraft as a Learning Tool,” CECA Annual Conference, October 21, 2013
• “Hyperlinked Library Communities,” The Hyperlinked Library MOOC, accessible September 9, 2013
• “Handy Tech Tools for Library Outreach,” TechSource Workshop, June 19, 2013
• Presentation: “Going Beyond the Booktalk,” Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference , April 2013
• Speaker, Internet @ Schools 2013: “Learning 2.0 and 23 Things in Schools,” with Sara Kelley-Mudie and Polly-Alida Farrington, April 2013
• Presentation: “Going Beyond the Booktalk,” Connecticut Association of School Librarians Mini Conference, March 2013
• Training: Using Technology to Enhance Library Outreach, Connecticut State Library, December 2012
• Panelist, School Library Journal Leadership Conference, October 2012
• Staff training: Scratch, Queens Library, June 2012
• “Seamless Librarianship,” Computers in Libraries, March 2012
• Guest lecturer at Catholic University of America, April 2012
• “Scratch That,” YALSA Preconference Institute, ALA Midwinter Conference, January 2012
• “Stories from Scratch,” CAIS, December 2011
• Technology Coordinator, School Library Journal Leadership Summit, September 2011
• Voicethread, CAIS, April 2011
• “Do More with Less: Passive Programs,” for YALSA, October 2010 (webinar co-presenter)
• “Lights! Camera! Book Trailers!,” ALA Annual Conference, June 2010 (moderator)

ACTIVE COMMITTEES

• Member, 2014 Margaret A. Edwards Committee, elected for term beginning February 2013
• Member, Connecticut Digital Library Advisory Board, appointed December 2011

PAST COMMITTEES

• Chair, Teen Tech Week Committee, appointed July 2011
• Chair, YALSA Advocacy Resources Update Task Force, appointed July 2010
• Member, ALA Committee on Library Advocacy, appointed July 2010
• Member, Teen Tech Week Committee, appointed July 2010
• Chair, YALSA Readers’ Choice Task Force, August 2009-June 2010
• Member, YALSA Editorial Advisory Board, July 2008-June 2010
• Member, YALSA Technology for Young Adults Committee, July 2008-June 2010
• Member, American Library Association, Young Adult Library Services Association

RECOGNITIONS

• YALSA Writing Award, 2015
• YALSA Writing Award, 2012
• ALA Emerging Leader, 2010

TEACHING

• Instructor, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Continuing Education
  • Scratch for Beginners
  • Web-based Tools for School Library Teachers
• Hamden Hall Summer Academy
  • Computer Programming with Scratch
  • Mastering Essential Research Skills
• Hamden Hall Engineering & Science Academy
  • Game Design with Scratch