Free and online (via Zoom).
The theme is ““How Libraries and Librarians around the World Support Entrepreneurship in their Communities and Campuses”.
Hear public, special, and academic librarians from four countries share their insights, and participate in our moderated networking discussions. Speaker topics will include community engagement, recruiting community partners, equity issues, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurial mindset training in library schools, and more (see below).
Entrelib 2025 will also include a panel of specialists on how libraries continue to support cannabis entrepreneurship, an update to our groundbreaking 2021 workshop.
Wednesday, November 19:
9:00AM to 11:50AM Eastern/New York (2:00PM to 4:50PM GMT)
Thursday, November 20:
2:00PM to 4:35PM Eastern/New York (7:00PM to 9:35PM GMT)
Thank you to SimplyAnalytics and PrivCo for sponsoring.
Schedule
Wednesday, November 19
9:00AM to 11:50AM Eastern/New York (2:00PM to 4:50PM GMT)
| Time (New York) | Title | Speaker | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9am | Welcome, introductions, & code of conduct | Planning team | 10 minutes |
| 9:10am | “The Importance of Digital Equity in Entrepreneurship” (presentation) | Jennifer Byrnes (Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, New York, USA) | 20 minutes |
| 9:30am | “Empowering Entrepreneurs: The Role of librarians in counselling and Mentoring persons with special needs in Oyo state, Nigeria” (presentation) | Temitope Aramide Adaramola & Kareemat Oluwakemi Azeez (College Library, Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo, Oyo State Nigeria) | 20 minutes |
| 9:50am | “Making Space: Supporting Food Entrepreneurship Through Community Taste Testing Events” (presentation) | Victoria Sun & Lauren Gaudite (Lippincott Library of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA) | 20 minutes |
| 10:10am | Break | 10 minutes | |
| 10:20am | “Don’t Go It Alone: Libraries Connecting Entrepreneurs to Local Expertise (like SCORE)” (lightning talk) | John Savercool (San Jose Public Library, California, USA) | 10 minutes |
| 10:30am | “Empowering Entrepreneurs through Library Innovation: The Role of Academic Libraries in Supporting Campus-Based Startups in Nigeria” (presentation) | Ifeakachuku Osinulu (Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria) | 20 minutes |
| 10:50am | “Dataweb.ai – better market intelligence for supporting entrepreneurs” (lightning talk) | HD McKay (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA) & Michael Groenendyk (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) | 10 minutes |
| 11:00am | “Reframing Library Resources for Entrepreneurs” (presentation) | Aisha Mohammed (Plano Public Library, Texas, USA) | 20 minutes |
| 11:20am | “Creating Job Makers, Not Job Seekers: Rethinking LIS Curricula for Entrepreneurial Empowerment” ((lightning talk) | Dr. Sophia Adeyeye (Department of Information Management, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria) | 10 minutes |
| 11:30am | networking discussion | planning team | 20 minutes |
Thursday, November 20:
2:00PM to 4:35PM Eastern/New York (7:00PM to 9:35PM GMT)
| Time (New York) | Title | Speaker | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2pm | Welcome, introductions, & code of conduct | Planning team | 10 minutes |
| 2:10pm | “Legal Consults – 1:1 learning from legal experts” (presentation) | Jay Lyman & Ross Zimmerman (Seattle Public Library, Washington State, USA) | 20 minutes |
| 2:30pm | “Synergizing Entrepreneurship and Librarianship: A Novice2Expert AI Research Framework Approach” (presentation) | Dr. Oluwabunmi Dorcas Bakare-Fatungase (Library and Information Science, Department of Information Management, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria) | 20 minutes |
| 2:50pm | “Africa-Inspired Entrepreneurship: A Librarian’s Journey Across Five Countries and Countless Ideas” (presentation) | José Rincón (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA) | 20 minutes |
| 3:10pm | “Designing the Medical Metaverse Library: A Vision for Supporting Health Entrepreneurship through Virtual Libraries” (lightning talk) | Abbas Harati & Sajedeh Akbarzadeh (Ghaem Hospital, Center Library, Iran) | 10 minutes |
| 3:20pm | Break | 10 minutes | |
| 3:30pm | Panel: Cannabis Entrepreneurship & Libraries (update to our 2021 conference) | Zara Salmon (Founder, Crave Infused, and Co-Founder, Cannabis Policy Coalition, Rhode Island), Tim Tully (San Diego State), Patricia Sherbaniuk (University of Alberta), & Jennifer Byrnes (Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, New York); moderator: Orolando Duffus (University of Houston) | 45 minutes |
| 4:15pm | Networking discussion | Planning team | 20 minutes |
Formats:
- Presentation (15 minutes including audience interaction, plus up to 5 minutes of questions/answers)
- Lightning talk (7 minutes plus up to 3 minutes of questions/answers)
- On Thursday, a cannabis entrepreneurship panel discussion, as an update to our Spring 2021 conference on this topic.
- Networking discussions moderated by the planning team
The planning team includes public, special, and academic librarian friends from eight countries, representing five continents.
Thank you! Please let one of the co-chairs know if you have any questions.
Khamry Varfley(Gather RI [Rhode Island]): [email protected]
Leili Seifi (University of Birjand): [email protected]
Ophelia Chapman (UNC Wilmington): [email protected]
Steve Cramer (UNC Greensboro): [email protected]