Name: The Library as Catalyst: Scaling Little-C Collaboration into Big C Change
Start: 2026-08-06T14:00:00-1000
End: 2026-08-06T15:00:00-1000

The 2026 Hawaii School Library Conference, centered on the theme "Think. Create. Share. Grow." invites school library professionals to dive deep into the four domains of the AASL Standards Framework for Learners. This theme is a call to action, emphasizing the pivotal role school librarians play in empowering students to become ethical, critical, and collaborative citizens in the digital age.

What to Expect

Through engaging keynotes, hands-on workshops, and collaborative sessions, we will explore practical strategies to:

🧠 Think (Inquire & Analyze): Equip students with the critical thinking and research skills necessary to navigate complex information landscapes, evaluate sources, and become proficient users and creators of knowledge.
💡 Create (Design & Construct): Foster innovation and digital literacy by integrating tools and practices that encourage learners to design solutions, construct new understandings, and express their ideas creatively.
🤝 Share (Collaborate & Connect): Highlight the importance of the library as a hub for collaboration, ethical digital citizenship, and connection, promoting respectful dialogue and the responsible sharing of ideas and resources within the school and global community.
🌱 Grow (Explore & Engage): Focus on the personal and professional development of both students and librarians, championing a mindset of continuous learning, adaptation, and reflective practice that fuels lifelong literacy and intellectual growth.

Join us in celebrating the vital work of Hawaii’s school librarians as we collectively cultivate the future-ready learner by embedding these essential domains into every facet of the school library program.

The Library as Catalyst: Scaling Little-C Collaboration into Big C Change

Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm HST

Palolo Room 3 & 4

The school library is uniquely positioned to transform everyday collaboration into systemic, Big-C change. In this session, participants will explore how little-c collaboration—informal conversations, low-stakes co-planning, and small instructional partnerships—can be intentionally designed, nurtured, and scaled to create sustained innovation across a school community.
Grounded in the AASL National School Library Standards, this session examines the library as a catalytic space where relationships, inquiry, and shared purpose converge. Attendees will unpack practical strategies for identifying entry points for collaboration, lowering barriers for participation, and leveraging librarian expertise to move work from isolated efforts to collective impact. Through real-world examples and reflective prompts, participants will see how incremental collaborative practices can evolve into transformational programs that influence teaching, learning, and school culture.
Participants will leave with a framework for recognizing and amplifying little-c collaborative moments, tools for aligning collaboration to instructional and organizational goals, and actionable next steps for positioning the library as a driver of Big-C change—one partnership at a time.

Speakers

Amanda Kordeliski

President, American Association of School Librarians

Amanda Kordeliski is the current president for the American Association of School Librarians and works as the Director of Libraries and Instructional Technology for Norman Public Schools. She has held a variety of leadership positions within the Oklahoma Library Association and Oklahoma... Read More →

Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm HST
Palolo Room 3 & 4

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2026 Hawaii School Library Conference

Amanda Kordeliski

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