With budgetary cuts, professional burnout, and never-ending calls for censorship and book bans, it’s safe to say that all members of the library community are anxious about what 2025 may hold. To provide an opportunity for library professionals to discuss and troubleshoot current and potential challenges, Fanbase Press will be hosting the virtual forum, “Navigating the 2025 Librarian Experience,” on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 4 p.m./PT (7 p.m./EST).
This virtual forum will be a free Zoom session, offering a safe and respectful space to troubleshoot issues related to the library profession in the weeks and months to come. Please note that registration is required.
Hosted by Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon, the virtual forum will include the following featured panelists:
- Moni Barrette (comics librarian, director of collection development for LibraryPass)
- Katharine Kan (librarian – Bay County Public Library, former Eisner Awards judge)
- Matthew Noe (Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School, Part-Time Instructor in Library Science at the University of Kentucky)
- Hillary Chang (librarian, manager of the McCully-Moiliili Public Library in Honolulu)
- Jack Phoenix (Collection Development Manager for Cuyahoga Falls Library, author – Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library: Graphic Novels, Manga, and More)
For those unfamiliar with Fanbase Press, as a GLAAD Award-winning and Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated comic book publisher and media outlet, Fanbase Press produces new and distinctive works, as well as daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts, that span the pop culture spectrum and give voice to the themes, ideals, and people that make geekdom so exceptional. The company was founded in 2010 and aims to “Celebrate Fandoms and Create New Ones!” Fanbase Press’ graphic novels include the 2024 GLAAD Award-winning Four-Color Heroes, 2023 Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated Ripple Effects, the 2018 Eisner Award-nominated Quince, Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition hardcover, the 2019 IPPY Award-winning A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space, the 2014 Bram Stoker Award-nominated Fearworms: Selected Poems, The Sequels, The Margins, The Gamma Gals, Something Animal, Identity Thief, The Arcs, and Penguins vs. Possums.
We hope that you will join us on Thursday, April 24, 2024, at 4 p.m./PT (7 p.m./EST)!
