MLA 2024 Conference

MLA 2024 Conference

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10:20am CDT

Book Chat with Colleagues Meeting Room 101 Book Creator - The Little Black Dress of Apps Meeting Room 108 Bringing Stories to Life: A Canva Toolkit for Library Professionals Meeting Room 104 Data Privacy: A Framework for MN Public Libraries Meeting Room 106 Exploring Custom GPTs: AI Chatbots in the Library Meeting Room 105 Find Your People: How to Make MLA Work For You Meeting Room 103 Friendship Bracelets and Open Mic Night: Engaging Students in Library Outreach Meeting Room 107 What the Ban on Book Bans Means for You Meeting Room 102 Why Weird Works Meeting Room 109

2:00pm CDT

(Why) Do People Come to the Library?: Reassessing the Data We Rely on to Speak for the Library and Its Users Meeting Room 101 40 in 50 Book Blast 112 Building a Plan for the Future Meeting Room 102 Children and Young People's (CYP) Section Meeting Meeting Room 110 Connecting the Dots: How metadata creates the MNLINK search experience Meeting Room 103 Creating Engaging Multimedia Exhibits Meeting Room 104 Digital accessibility check-up: the basics of making your public library’s website accessible Meeting Room 105 Join the Movement: Supporting Intellectual Freedom in Minnesota Libraries Meeting Room 106 Library Games Meeting Room 107 Neurodivergence in the workplace Meeting Room 108 Opening the Book on the Minnesota Book Awards Meeting Room 109

3:15pm CDT

Author Panel 1: Romance 111 Club de Lectura Meeting Room 101 Creating a Harmful Language Statement and Reporting Form in a Two-Campus Consortium Meeting Room 107 Extrovert like a professional: A Practical Guide Meeting Room 104 Hastings Reads: An 18 Year Success Story Meeting Room 105 I Love to Read Month Idea Exchange Meeting Room 102 Legislature 101: libraries, election, and more Meeting Room 103 MARVEL(ous) New YA Books Meeting Room 108 Reference and Adult Services Section Meeting Meeting Room 110 Scanning the Horizons: A Year in Review and What Lies Ahead Meeting Room 109 STEAM thinking with Legos Spike Essentials 112 Vendor Session: How Kanopy is Revolutionizing Streaming: A Deep Dive into its Content, Features and Impact Meeting Room 106

4:35pm CDT

AI for School Librarians: Pioneering or Following? Find Your Path Meeting Room 108 Book Talking The Best of 2024 Meeting Room 103 Cultivating Library Advocacy by Empowering Communities of Care Meeting Room 104 From Storytime to Strategic Plan Meeting Room 109 Generative AI use and Information Search, Retrieval and Discovery Meeting Room 106 Genre Deep Dive: Romance Meeting Room 102 LQBTQIA+ Roundtable Meeting Meeting Room 110 Navigating Wikimedia: Making Minnesota Digital Collections More Discoverable Meeting Room 107 To Genrefy or Not to Genrefy: That is the Question! Meeting Room 101 When You Find Yourself Underwater (Literally): Dealing with a Flood in a Small Library Meeting Room 105