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Wednesday
, October 10
7:00pm
RART Happy Hour
House of Pizza
LIMITED
TSS Happy Hour
7 West Taphouse
LIMITED
Thursday
, October 11
7:00am
Registration & Breakfast Opens
Lobby East
8:00am
Friends Beyond Fundraising: Creating Community Engagement by Building Relationships
Edelbrock/Clarke
Sheila McKinney DeChantal • Laurel M. Hall
MLA New Members and First Time Attendees Welcome
Mitchell
Ryan McCormick • Nate Nins • Tasha Nins
The Basics of Community Engagement: Nailing the Fundamentals so Magic Can Happen!
Swisshelm
Angie Gentile-Jordan • Mary Wilkins-Jordan
Little Coders: Infectious (The Good Kind) Activities for Preschoolers
Weidner
Brianna Bleeker • Stacy Lienemann
Manga VS Graphic Novels: a Beginner's guide
Whitney
Chris Mallo • Katherine Whitney
Branding for Beginners (Like Me!)
Fandel/Marsh
Karen Lemke
Dream (Projects) Come True with LSTA Grants
First American/Thielman
Jodi Edstrom • Leah Larson • Kristin Schneider
Find the Gap: Needs Assessment Essentials for Training Programs
Bell/Alexander
Wyatt Fertig
Success, Failure, and In-Between: a Minitex Cataloging Update
Schilpin
Lizzy Baus • Sara Ring
The Web is lovely, dark, and deep...
Metzroth/Helgenson
Katherine Bauer • Scott Davis • Suzanne Hunt • Race MoChridhe
Advocate's Action Plan: Building Suppport
Coborn
Ann Hokanson
9:10am
Science Fiction is a Setting! (& Fantasy is too)
Coborn
Allison Girres • Emily Kittelson
Everybody Supercharge: Supercharged Storytimes for All Training
Fandel/Marsh
Julia Carlis • Mollie Stanford • Jen Verbrugge
Leaders and Legends in Minnesota Libraries
Bell/Alexander
Carol Nelson • Sara Ring
Programmed to Read: Community Reads
Metzroth/Helgenson
Julie Clinefelter • Rachel Gray
What Does Advocacy Look Like?
Swisshelm
Sue Grove • Mary Murphy • Jim Weygand • Amy Wilde
Starting and Expanding World Language Collections
Whitney
Chelsea Couillard-Smith • Marcus Lowry • Andrea McKennan • Jessica Zillhart
Attack of the Killer Computer!: Is Your Library Ready to Code?
Mitchell
Brianna Bleeker • Stacy Lienemann
The art of communicating: mastering the ancient artform known as a public presentation
First American/Thielman
Tony Molaro
Why not library and information science? Exploring undergraduate student awareness and interest in LIS
Edelbrock/Clarke
Janis Shearer
10:00am
Break in the Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Opens
Terry Haws C
10:30am
Programming Outside the Lines
Weidner
Amy Muchmore • Sarah Smith
Understanding Our Past, Reframing Our Present: the History of Racism in Minnesota Libraries
Bell/Alexander
Heidi Anderson-Ferdinand • Violet Fox • Emilie Hanson • Melissa Prescott
A Bigger Boat: Data Visualization Lessons from the Movies
Schilpin
Mark Vaillancourt • Trish Vaillancourt
Grab That Dough: Getting a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant
Whitney
Monica Howell
Librarianship In and Out of Prison: The Law Library Service to Prisoner's Program
Edelbrock
Susan Trombley
Teenagers are humans and you can too!: An introduction to building relationships with the teens in your library
Coborn
Z Akhmetova • Charisma Lee • Tasha Nins • AJ Ragland • Amanda Xiong
Working Towards Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Swisshelm
Anne Friederichs • Renee Grassi • Heather Stephenson
MALF: Evy Nordley Award for Best Projects by Friends Groups & Stand Up for Stand Out Friends
Mitchell
Nancy Guerino
Our Stories, Our Community: Preserving Local Stories through Oral Histories
Metzroth/Helgenson
Kim Edson • Brian Lind • Lynette Perry
11:35am
We, surveilled and afraid, in a world we never made
Glenn Carlson
Dorothea Salo
1:00pm
ARLD Division meeting
First American/Thielman
MALF Annual Meeting & Idea Popcorn (Division Meeting)
Schilpin
MLTA Division Meeting
Mitchell
PLD Division meeting
Bell/Alexander
1:50pm
Break: Desserts in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
2:15pm
Starting, Supporting and Sustaining a Homeless Advisory Group
Weidner
Kate Coleman • Chris Ruiz • Dillon Young
Thinking Critically about Library Management
Schilpin
Danya Leebaw
Under the Radar: The Other Youth Book Awards Worth Watching
Fandel/Marsch
Heidi Hammond • Gail Nordstrom • Heather Palmer
Connecting to Existing Academic Networks to Extend Library Services: A Data Management Case Study
Edelbrock/Clarke
Meghan Lafferty
Meeting Patrons Where They Are: Legal Partnerships at the St. Paul Public Library
Coborn
Sarah Larsen • Katrina Hartz Taylor
Crafts for the Un-Crafty: Everyone has fun with upcycling and a hot glue gun.
Mitchell
Kristin Woizeschke
Robot Petting Zoo
Metzroth/Helgenson
Joshua Akkerman • Jonathan Carlson • Dr. Diana Fenton • Sarah Lauer
40 in 50 Book Blast
First American/Thielman
Linda Dallavalle • Rachel Grey • Paul Lai • Jean Silverberg
MCF-Shakopee's Chautauqua: How a corrections librarian builds community using a 19th century model of engagement
Swisshelm
Andrea Smith
Advocates' Action Plan in a Flash: Know the Details
Whitney
Hannah Buckland • Ann Hokanson • Sara Ring • Ann Walker Smalley • Jami Trenam
Rescuing Audio, Video, and Digital Data on a Budget
Bell/Alexander
Dorothea Salo
3:05pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
3:35pm
Journey to the National Medal
Metzroth/Helgenson
Audrey Betcher • Wendy Pradt Lougee
12 DIY Adult Programs
Fandel/Marsch
Laura Morlock
Community Responsive Information Literacy
First American/Thielman
Elissah Becknell • John Daniels • Rebecca March • Jenny Sippel
Getting Middle Schoolers "Future Ready"
Coborn
Vicki Bartz
Project Management as Bridge: Building Connections between Library Strategic Goals and Direction and Project Work
Weidner
Kirsten Clark • Kate McCready
Because Every Voice Matters: Update on Minnesota Library Advocacy
Bell/Alexander
Ann Hokanson • Ann Walker Smalley • Sam Walseth
Librarianship and Parenthood: A Balancing Act
Swisshelm
Jamie Hoehn • Jacquie Kramer • Amy Riegelman • Matt Youngbauer
Open Book: Creating a PressBook Anthology of Creative Works by Minnesota Library Workers
Edelbrock/Clarke
Bridget Reistad • Rachel Wexelbaum
Revising, Reversing, Rebuilding your LibGuides
Schilpin
Adam Brisk • Doreen Hansen • Kim Pittman
What to do with a cataloging backlog
Whitney
Jessie Fries • Casie (KC) Reiner • Jeanette Ward • Sarah White
4:40pm
MLA's State of the Association (also known as the Annual Business Meeting)
First American
5:45pm
Awards Happy Hour
Kelly Inn Pool Atrium
7:00pm
ARLD Happy Hour
Pickled Loon
LIMITED
Jonathan Carlson
PLD Happy Hour
7 West
LIMITED
7:30pm
CYP Happy Hour
White Horse
LIMITED
Julia Carlis
Friday
, October 12
7:00am
Registration & Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Opens
TBA
8:00am
I Did It!!: The Tip-Meister Dishes on Effective Processes to Get to the Finish
Swisshelm
Marge Loch-Wouters
Out-of-the-Box Book Clubs
Metzroth/Helgenson
Deni Buendorf • Andrea Hermanson • Arielle Krohn • Amy Oelkers • Mary Wetterlin
Connect and Collaborate!: Getting to Know MN Regional Library Systems
Whitney
Karen Pundsack • Mollie Stanford
Engaging Our Community
Edelbrock
Donna Larson • Jody Wacker
Harness the Power of Geek: Connect the Library and Nerd Communities by Hosting Your Own Library Comic Convention
Coborn
Andrea Herman
Hello City: Presenting Library Services to Local Governments
Fandel/Marsch
Chad Lubbers
Whole Person Librarianship: Structured Empathy on the Front Lines
Bell/Alexander
Mary C. Nienow • Sara Zettervall
MDL: A Smorgasbord of Services and Projects
Schilpin
Greta Bahnemann • Molly Huber
Money Can't Buy Me Reference: Imagining New Possibilities for Reference and Adult Services
Mitchell
Hannah Buckland • Brian Lind
Show me the data: How a simple observational study of furniture use is guiding thinking in a large research library
Weidner
Carolyn Bishoff • Hayley Coble • Katherine Gerwig
Stop Supervising in Circles: Five questions to get direction in challenging situations
First American
Brandi Canter
8:50am
Break in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
9:15am
The role of libraries in Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Self Healing Communities
Bell/Alexander
Gail Hedstrom • Deb Hengel
Use Your Words: Tips on Being an Articulate Advocate in Your Work and Community
Mitchell
Marge Loch-Wouters
Champagne Library Technology on a Beer Budget: Tech Tools for Small Libraries
Fandel/Marsch
Heather Biedermann
Librarians and Instructional Technologist Moving Forward Together
Whitney
Sarah R. Gewirtz • Miranda Novak
Library Cards for Every Student: Customizing a Program for Your Community
Swisshelm
Amy Boese • Emily Kissane • Amanda Xiong
Making the most of MLA: Mentorship, MILE, and Leadership in Action
Coborn
Heidi Anderson-Ferdinand • Jonathan Carlson • Kristen Cooper • Sarah Ethier • Margaret Gardner • Pam O'Hara • Emily Soltis • Angela Stangl • Diana Symons • Kirsten Vaughan
Family Science with NASA
Weidner
Stacey Hendren • Becky Walpole
Geek Squad by Default: Dealing with patron technology questions as front-line staff
Metzroth/Helgenson
Jake Fejedelem
Visual Merchandising in Marketing your Library: What is it? How can you use it at your library?
Edelbrock
Leah Egersdorf • Tony Molaro
A Bookless Library? - David Lewis' Reimagining the Academic Library as a Map for the Future
Schilpin
Serena Giese • Scott Kahoi • Lizzy Tegeler
Getting to Measures that Matter
First American
Jennifer R. Nelson
10:05am
Break in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
10:30am
Libraries in Laundromats: Making Information and Services Accessible for Low-Income Families
Mitchell
Adam Echelman • Jen Nelson
Smash that Wall! A dialogue with two disabled library workers
Fandel/Marsch
Daniel Ostroot • Katherine Whitney
What’s New in State Library Services?
Swisshelm
Jen Nelson
Collaboration: The Cornerstone of the "New Special Library"
Schilpin
Kathy Allen • Janice Lea Lurie
MN American Indian Children's Literature: Evaluating Resources and Building Networks
Bell/Alexander
Hannah Buckland • Guthrie Capossela
Meeting Users Where They Are: Teaching Information Literacy Online
Metzroth/Helgenson
Anne Beschnett • Trent Brager
Leadership is On The Air! Training Through Podcasting!
First American
Angie Gentile-Jordan • Mary Wilkins-Jordan
Going Far Together: Working in Teams
Edelbrock
Valerie Horton
Become a Data Therapist: Developing a Data Culture in Your Library
Coborn
Amanda Feist • Xenia Hernandez
Keep 'em Reading!: Summer Reading Programs around the State
Weidner
Kathleen James • Heidi Schutt • Mollie Stanford
11:20am
Break in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
11:35am
Librarian Evolution: Libraries Thrive When We Change
Glenn Carlson
Gina Millsap
1:00pm
CANCELLED - DORT Roundtable
Edelbrock/Clarke
CYP Subunit meeting
First American/Thielman
Julia Carlis
GODORT Roundtable
Metzroth/Helgenson
IFC Roundtable
Fandel/Marsh
IRT Roundtable
Mitchell
MILE Subunit meeting
Whitney
RART Roundtable
Schilpin
RASS Subunit meeting
Swisshelm
SRLRT Roundtable
Coborn
TSS Subunit meeting
Weidner
1:50pm
Break: Desserts in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
2:15pm
Data Driven Storytelling (Part 1 of 2)
Whitney
Audrey Betcher • Nicole MartinRogers
Stop Sex-Trafficking
First American/Thielman
Emily Shore
Together in the Wilderness: A Teen Services Sharing Session
Weidner
Julia Carlis • Tom Jorgenson
Don't just guess. Ask!: Using community engagement to guide collection and program development
Coborn
Kali Freeman • Phasoua
Physical labor is not the only labor that can be hard: Emotional labor in librarianship
Mitchell
Kimberly L Clarke • Wanda R Marsolek
Embarking on an OER & OA Adventure
Fandel/Marsch
Jodi Grebinoski • Danielle Ostendorf
Making Virtual Reality a Reality in Your Library
Schilpin
Chris Austin • Cheryl Hill • James Hill
Building Buy-in for Marketing at Your Library
Bell/Alexander
Gina Millsap
Learnin' & Earnin': Mapping and Meeting the Needs of a Future Workforce
Edelbrock
Adele Murray • Morgan Wylie
Let's Get Digital: Preserving Analog Memories at the Public Library
Swisshelm
Brian Lind • Leasa Sieve • Kris Wiley
3:05pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Terry Haws C
3:35pm
Data Driven Storytelling (Part 2 of 2)
Whitney
Audrey Betcher • Nicole MartinRogers
Leading the Way on Rights
Coborn
Greta Bahnemann • Molly Huber • Sara Ring • Nancy Sims • Christopher Welter
Resume Building - Cultivating inexperienced staff in the workplace
Weidner
Nick Banitt • Alyssa Chermak • Jade Erickson
Counting Pieces-Circulating Board games in the Library
Metzroth/Helgenson
Olivia Hedlund • Andrew Wylie
Engaging Our Communities Through Usability Testing
Edelbrock
Tony Hirt • Amy Luedtke • Stephanie Rosso
Providing Customized Reading Services - Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library
Schilpin
Catherine A. Durivage • Dan Malosh
An Inside Look at the Library Construction Grant
Mitchell
Emily Kissane • Erin Smith • Patrick Smith
MN Writes MN Reads: Tips for Connecting with Writers
Fandel/Marsch
Ruth Dukelow • Sarah Hawkins • Andrea McKennan
Mission Possible: Working towards a stronger staff culture
Bell/Alexander
Meg Manahan • Ann Gwinn Zawistoski
Successfully Navigate Change and Improve Librarianship Through Self-Care
First American
Karly J. Hall
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