Working with Subject Matter Experts in YOUR Community – Promising Practices and Where to Start

Thursday, June 25, 2020

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Moderator(s)

Anne Holland

Community Engagement and Exhibits Manager
National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute

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Speaker(s)

Anne Holland

Community Engagement and Exhibits Manager
National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute

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Stephanie Vierow-Fields

Education Coordinator - Relationship Liaison
Space Science Institute
Sarah Post

Program and Library Support Manager
Cornerstones of Science
Brooks Mitchell

Education Coordinator II
National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute
Liz Powell

Head Librarian
Slover Library
Claire Ratcliffe

Education Coordinator I
National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute

The STAR Library Network, as part of the Space Science Institute’s NASA@ My Library Program, is excited to share lessons learned working with Subject Matter Experts from NASA, universities, schools and other organizations. What is a Subject Matter Expert? It’s someone in YOUR neighborhood who loves a particular topic. A Night Sky Ambassador who wants to share the night sky with your patrons. A geologist who wants to let you display their rock collection. Or even a retired engineer who worked on the Apollo mission and wants to chat! Learn how to take advantage of these (often free!) community resources in this session.

The STAR Net team will introduce its successful Community Dialogue Framework, a tool to learn more about your community, and the community members who want to work with you. We’ll also hear from libraries who have successfully worked with community members on programming, and get a taste of a new virtual scientist program that you could start in your library!