2018 MLA Annual Conference has ended

Create Your Own Event

2018 MLA Annual Conference

8:00am CDT

Branding for Beginners (Like Me!) Fandel/MarshKaren Lemke Dream (Projects) Come True with LSTA Grants First American/ThielmanJodi Edstrom • Leah Larson • Kristin Schneider Find the Gap: Needs Assessment Essentials for Training Programs Bell/AlexanderWyatt Fertig Success, Failure, and In-Between: a Minitex Cataloging Update SchilpinLizzy Baus • Sara Ring The Web is lovely, dark, and deep... Metzroth/HelgensonKatherine Bauer • Scott Davis • Suzanne Hunt • Race MoChridhe

9:10am CDT

Attack of the Killer Computer!: Is Your Library Ready to Code? MitchellBrianna Bleeker • Stacy Lienemann The art of communicating: mastering the ancient artform known as a public presentation First American/ThielmanTony Molaro

10:30am CDT

MALF: Evy Nordley Award for Best Projects by Friends Groups & Stand Up for Stand Out Friends MitchellNancy Guerino Our Stories, Our Community: Preserving Local Stories through Oral Histories Metzroth/HelgensonKim Edson • Lynette Perry

2:15pm CDT

Advocates' Action Plan in a Flash: Know the Details WhitneyHannah Buckland • Sara Ring • Ann Walker Smalley • Multicounty Multitype Library Systems • Jami Trenam

3:35pm CDT

Because Every Voice Matters: Update on Minnesota Library Advocacy Bell/AlexanderAnn Walker Smalley • Multicounty Multitype Library Systems • Sam Walseth Librarianship and Parenthood: A Balancing Act SwisshelmJamie Hoehn • Jacquie Kramer • Amy Riegelman • Matt Youngbauer Open Book: Creating a PressBook Anthology of Creative Works by Minnesota Library Workers Edelbrock/ClarkeBridget Reistad • Rachel Wexelbaum Revising, Reversing, Rebuilding your LibGuides SchilpinAdam Brisk • Doreen Hansen • Kim Pittman What to do with a cataloging backlog WhitneyJessie Fries • Casie (KC) Reiner • Jeanette Ward • Sarah White

8:00am CDT

MDL: A Smorgasbord of Services and Projects SchilpinGreta Bahnemann • Molly Huber Money Can't Buy Me Reference: Imagining New Possibilities for Reference and Adult Services MitchellHannah Buckland 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

A Bookless Library? - David Lewis' Reimagining the Academic Library as a Map for the Future SchilpinSerena Giese • Scott Kahoi • Lizzy Tegeler Getting to Measures that Matter First AmericanJennifer R. Nelson

10:30am CDT

Become a Data Therapist: Developing a Data Culture in Your Library CobornAmanda Feist • Xenia Hernandez Keep 'em Reading!: Summer Reading Programs around the State WeidnerKathleen James • Heidi Schutt • Mollie Stanford

2:15pm CDT

Embarking on an OER & OA Adventure Fandel/MarschJodi Grebinoski • Danielle Ostendorf Making Virtual Reality a Reality in Your Library SchilpinChris Austin • Cheryl Hill • James Hill

3:35pm CDT

An Inside Look at the Library Construction Grant MitchellEmily Kissane • Erin Smith • Patrick Smith MN Writes MN Reads: Tips for Connecting with Writers Fandel/MarschRuth Dukelow • Sarah Hawkins • Andrea McKennan