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Christie Kess

Dakota County Library
Cataloging Manager
Christie Kess (she/her) serves as Cataloging Manager for Dakota County Library. Christie is passionate about building library catalogs that reflect the communities we serve and using data to advocate for equitable library policies.
Thursday, October 11
 

7:00am CDT

Registration & Breakfast Opens Lobby East

8:00am CDT

Success, Failure, and In-Between: a Minitex Cataloging Update SchilpinLizzy Baus • Sara Ring

9:10am CDT

Starting and Expanding World Language Collections WhitneyJessica Zillhart (she/her) • Chelsea Couillard-Smith • Marcus Lowry • Andrea McKennan

10:30am CDT

A Bigger Boat: Data Visualization Lessons from the Movies SchilpinMark Vaillancourt • Trish Vaillancourt

11:35am CDT

We, surveilled and afraid, in a world we never made Glenn CarlsonDorothea Salo

1:00pm CDT

PLD Division meeting Bell/Alexander

2:15pm CDT

40 in 50 Book Blast First American/ThielmanLinda Dallavalle • Rachel Grey • Paul Lai • Jean Silverberg

3:35pm CDT

Project Management as Bridge: Building Connections between Library Strategic Goals and Direction and Project Work WeidnerKirsten Clark • Kate McCready What to do with a cataloging backlog WhitneyJessie Fries • Casie (KC) Reiner • Jeanette Ward • Sarah White

5:45pm CDT

Awards Happy Hour Kelly Inn Pool Atrium

7:00pm CDT

PLD Happy HourLIMITED 7 West

7:30pm CDT

CYP Happy HourLIMITED White HorseJulia Carlis
 
Friday, October 12
 

8:00am CDT

Hello City: Presenting Library Services to Local Governments Fandel/MarschChad Lubbers Whole Person Librarianship: Structured Empathy on the Front Lines Bell/AlexanderMary C. Nienow • Sara Zettervall Show me the data: How a simple observational study of furniture use is guiding thinking in a large research library WeidnerCarolyn Bishoff • Hayley Coble • Katherine Gerwig

9:15am CDT

The role of libraries in Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Self Healing Communities Bell/AlexanderGail Hedstrom • Deb Hengel Getting to Measures that Matter First AmericanJennifer R. Nelson

10:30am CDT

Leadership is On The Air! Training Through Podcasting! First AmericanAngie Gentile-Jordan • Mary Wilkins-Jordan Become a Data Therapist: Developing a Data Culture in Your Library CobornAmanda Feist • Xenia Hernandez

11:35am CDT

Librarian Evolution: Libraries Thrive When We Change Glenn CarlsonGina Millsap

1:00pm CDT

TSS Subunit meeting Weidner

2:15pm CDT

Data Driven Storytelling (Part 1 of 2) WhitneyAudrey Betcher • Nicole MartinRogers Stop Sex-Trafficking First American/ThielmanEmily Shore

3:35pm CDT

Data Driven Storytelling (Part 2 of 2) WhitneyAudrey Betcher • Nicole MartinRogers MN Writes MN Reads: Tips for Connecting with Writers Fandel/MarschRuth Dukelow • Sarah Hawkins • Andrea McKennan