MLA 2024 Conference

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MLA 2024 Conference

Elizabeth Hoffman

Plum Creek Library System

Director

Worthington, MN

https://plumcreeklibrary.org/

About me

Elizabeth Hoffman is the Director of the Plum Creek Library System, a nine-county federated regional public library system headquartered in Worthington. She has worked in libraries for over 20 years. Elizabeth received her B.S. Ed in History and Social Science from Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD, and her MLIS from the Minnesota cohort of the University of North Texas out of Denton, TX.

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

8:45am CDT

Welcome to the Conference Ballroom 1

9:00am CDT

Opening Keynote - Mychal Threets Ballroom 1

9:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits & Silent Auction open Ballroom 1 Exhibits open Ballroom 2 Silent Auction opens Ballroom 2

10:20am CDT

Data Privacy: A Framework for MN Public Libraries Meeting Room 106

11:10am CDT

Break: Exhibits & Silent Auction open Ballroom 2

11:35am CDT

Division Meetings - ARLD 111 Division Meetings - ITEM 112 Division Meetings - PLD 113

12:35pm CDT

Lunch Keynote - ALA President Cindy Hohl Ballroom 1 Lunch/MACKIN Giveaway Ballroom 1

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

2:50pm CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom 2

3:15pm CDT

Scanning the Horizons: A Year in Review and What Lies Ahead Meeting Room 109

4:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom 2

4:35pm CDT

From Storytime to Strategic Plan Meeting Room 109

5:35pm CDT

MLA Membership Meeting Ballroom 1

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

8:00am CDT

Minnesota Libraries Learning Network: Many Apples, One Tree Meeting Room 107

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom 2 Exhibits open Ballroom 2 Silent Auction Ballroom 2

9:20am CDT

Connecting with Our Radical History in Cataloging Meeting Room 102 Regional Public Library Systems Meeting Room 108

10:10am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom 2

10:45am CDT

Bodies in the Library: The Invisibility of Anti-Fat Bias in IDEA Conversations Meeting Room 101 Effective Data Storytelling for Libraries Meeting Room 103

11:35am CDT

Break: Exhibits and Silent Auction Ballroom 2

11:45am CDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

12:10pm CDT

2024 MLA Awards Presentation Ballroom 1

1:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits and Silent Auction Ballroom 2

1:20pm CDT

Critically Compassionate Library Workplaces Meeting Room 108 How to talk to non-library folks about libraries Meeting Room 106

2:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits and Silent Auction Ballroom 2

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction & Dessert Ballroom 2