MLA 2024 Conference

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MLA 2024 Conference

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8:00am CDT

C.A.R.E. Inside: Minnesota Department of Corrections Libraries Meeting Room 102 Creating a Building Maintenance Plan for Your Library Meeting Room 103 Directors' Roundtable Meeting Room 104 Exploring Libraries Across the Lincoln Highway Meeting Room 105 Minnesota Libraries Learning Network: Many Apples, One Tree Meeting Room 107 Minnesota Libraries Trustees and Advocates (MLTA) Section Meeting 111 The future is diverse: working together to create pathways to the profession Meeting Room 109 The READ Act (Reading to Ensure Academic Development) – What’s it got to do with public libraries? Meeting Room 110 Vendor Session: Strategies and Tools for Library Collection Development: Leveraging Titlewave, the #1 eCommerce Site in K12 Meeting Room 108

9:20am CDT

Author Panel 2: Children's 111 Branch Manager Roundtable Meeting Room 101 Connecting with Our Radical History in Cataloging Meeting Room 102 Digitizing Minnesota's Newspapers Meeting Room 103 Extending Digital Literacy to Include Digital Wellbeing: Examining a Pilot Meeting Room 104 Getting your remodel started! What’s the process? Meeting Room 105 How to Sustain a Health & Fitness Literacy Program in Your Library Meeting Room 106 Instruction Roundtable (IRT) Meeting Meeting Room 110 Providing Multilingual Health Information Meeting Room 107 Regional Public Library Systems Meeting Room 108 The Digital Equity Act & You: New Library Grant Opportunities Meeting Room 109

10:45am CDT

Author Panel 3: YA 111 Bodies in the Library: The Invisibility of Anti-Fat Bias in IDEA Conversations Meeting Room 101 Building the Next Chapter: Leading a Building Project as a Solo Librarian Meeting Room 102 Effective Data Storytelling for Libraries Meeting Room 103 Library Leadership Forum - Pathways to Librarianship Meeting Room 105 Say What?: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Motivational Interviewing Meeting Room 104 School Library Status Report Meeting Room 110 Storytime P.R.E.P - Planning & Reflection for Engaging Programs Meeting Room 108 Technical Services Section (TSS) Meeting Meeting Room 107 Vendor Session: Go Beyond the News with The New York Times Meeting Room 106 Who runs the library? Statute 134 and YOU. Meeting Room 109

1:20pm CDT

A Librarian's Guide to the 2021 Minnesota K-12 Social Studies Standards Meeting Room 101 Boost Attendance at Programs: How to Increase Awareness of and Attendance at Programs Meeting Room 102 Critically Compassionate Library Workplaces Meeting Room 108 Getting started with Code and Scratch Jr. Meeting Room 104 Hooded History - The KKK in 1920s Minnesota Meeting Room 105 How to talk to non-library folks about libraries Meeting Room 106 Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Meeting Room 107 Keys to the Library: Extending Library Hours with Self Service Technology Meeting Room 103 MN Indie Author Award Panel 112 Small and Rural Libraries Round Table (SRLRT) Meeting 111 Storytime Toolkit: A Sneak Preview Meeting Room 109

2:20pm CDT

Advocacy 101: Raise Your Voice for Minnesota Libraries Meeting Room 101 Author Panel 4: Poetry Meeting Room 110 CARE for yourself! Prioritizing Well-Being for Library Staff Meeting Room 102 Creating Community Connections Meeting Room 103 eLibrary Minnesota: Is it meeting your patrons and users needs? Meeting Room 104 How Naughty Do You Want to Get: The Six Levels of Romance Novels & the Stigma Behind Them Meeting Room 105 How to Improve Teaching and Reference with UX Meeting Room 106 Readers' Advisory Roundtable (RART) Meeting 111 Technical Services in a medical library: connecting staff and resources Meeting Room 108 Vendor Session: New Capstone Connect and PebbleGo Create Meeting Room 107