Presentations
Here are links to materials I’ve used in selected presentations. These range from conventional conference presentations/panels to webinars to day-long presentations for practitioners.
Facilitator: Refreshing Youth Collections, Massachusetts Library System (2020)
Facilitator: The Universe of Kidlit, Newman University education students (2018)
Facilitator: Weeding Youth Collections workshop, Southeast Kansas Library System in-service (Sept 2016)
Presenter: 50 Shades of Quit Judging: Readers’ Advisory, Intellectual Freedom, & Personal Taste, Libraries Without Borders (KLA/MLA Super Conference; Sept 2015)
Presenter: So Your Youth Has Become Historical Fiction: Talk Up Your Era with Today’s Readers, Libraries Without Borders (KLA/MLA Super Conference; Sept 2015)
Presenter: Teen Maker Space Projects, NEKLS Innovation Day (Apr 2015)
Facilitator: custom YALSA Institute webinar, Greece Public Library, Rochester NY (webinar; Dec 2014)
Presenter: YALSA Institute, Shreve Memorial Library In-service, Shreveport LA (Aug 2014)
Co-presenter: Duct Tape, Circuits, and Knitting, Oh My! Maker Culture at Your Library, Kansas Library Conference (Oct 2013) & Southwest Kansas Library System (SWKLS) Tech Day (Feb 2014)
Persistent, Proactive, and Personal: Planning for the Teen Presence in Your Library
LibraryLinkNJ: The New Jersey Library Cooperative webinar, March 2013
Summer Reading Workshop 2013: Dig into Reading!
Kansas Regional Library Systems, Spring 2013
Managing the Swarm: Teen Behavior in the Library and Strategies for Success
YALSA webinars, April 2012
Teen Summer Reading Workshops
Missouri State Library, March 2012
Teen Exchange Workshop
State Library of South Carolina, 2011
23 Things Kansas
State Library of Kansas Continuing Education (mentor/lesson author), 2010
Sneaking the Social Web Into Your Library & Going Beyond 23 Things
Internet Librarian (panelist), October 2009
Best Practices for Web 2.0 in Schools
OPALescence 2009: An Online Library Conference for Everyone, August 2009
Genre Galaxy: Explore the Universe of Teen Reading
American Library Association 2009 Annual Conference (committee chair), July 2009
Creative Commons & Copyright workshop
Missouri Association of School Librarians Spring Conference, April 2008
Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) Tech Day, August 2008
YALSA/RUSA Guidelines for Reference Services to Teens
Public Library Association 2008 National Conference (convener), March 2008
American Library Association 2008 Annual Conference (panelist), June 2008
Supplementing Homework Centers & Resources with Online Homework Help
Public Library Association 2008 National Conference (panelist), March 2008
Library Camp Kansas
Multi-type library collaboration – unconference planning group, March 2008 & March 2009
Beginners’ Guide to Teens workshop
Mississippi State Library, October 2007
Out of the Closet & Into the Library: Access to GLBTQ Material for Teens
ALA Annual Conference (panelist), June 2006
Teaching Banned Books: Library and School Partnerships
Fort Hays State University Fall English Workshop, September 2005
Erin Downey Howerton 
Erin, I just read your excellent article “Just Open the Door, Banned Books (and a Librarian!) in the Classroom, from Spring 2007. I know it was ages ago but I have been trying to track down the banned books resources you mentioned in your article. I was particularly excited about the idea of a Mock Trial for Banned Books. I am a student at William Paterson University in the Media Specialist Program and I manage our school library and computer lab for grades K-6. Any help you can provide would be awesome!
Hi Karen! I’m looking through my files to find what I can for you. Feel free to email me any time, that way I can reply with my handouts and activities. Thanks for reading!