MLA 2024 Conference: Grid

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Division Meetings - ARLD 11:35am - 12:25pm

Author Panel 1: Romance 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Division Meetings - ITEM 11:35am - 12:25pm

40 in 50 Book Blast 2:00pm - 2:50pm

STEAM thinking with Legos Spike Essentials 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Division Meetings - PLD 11:35am - 12:25pm

Breakfast 7:30am - 8:30am

Welcome to the Con...

Opening Keynote - Mychal Threets 9:00am - 9:50am

Break: Exhibits & Silent Auction... 9:50am - 10:20am

Lunch/MACKIN Giveaway 12:35pm - 1:50pm

Lunch Keynote - ALA President Cindy Hohl 12:35pm - 1:50pm

MLA Membership Meeting 5:35pm - 6:35pm

Silent Auction opens 9:50am - 4:00pm

Exhibits open 9:50am - 4:00pm

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Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction... 4:05pm - 4:35pm

Book Chat with Colleagues 10:20am - 11:10am

(Why) Do People Come to the Library?: Reassessing the... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Club de Lectura 3:15pm - 4:05pm

To Genrefy or Not to Genrefy: That is the Question! 4:35pm - 5:25pm

What the Ban on Book Bans Means for You 10:20am - 11:10am

Building a Plan for the Future 2:00pm - 2:50pm

I Love to Read Month Idea Exchange 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Genre Deep Dive: Romance 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Find Your People: How to Make MLA Work For You 10:20am - 11:10am

Connecting the Dots: How metadata creates the MNLINK... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Legislature 101: libraries, election, and more 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Book Talking The Best of 2024 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Bringing Stories to Life: A Canva Toolkit for Library... 10:20am - 11:10am

Creating Engaging Multimedia Exhibits 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Extrovert like a professional: A Practical Guide 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Cultivating Library Advocacy by Empowering Communitie... 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Exploring Custom GPTs: AI Chatbots in the Library 10:20am - 11:10am

Digital accessibility check-up: the basics of making... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Hastings Reads: An 18 Year Success Story 3:15pm - 4:05pm

When You Find Yourself Underwater (Literally): Dealin... 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Data Privacy: A Framework for MN Public Libraries 10:20am - 11:10am

Join the Movement: Supporting Intellectual Freedom in... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Vendor Session: How Kanopy is Revolutionizing Streami... 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Generative AI use and Information Search, Retrieval a... 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Friendship Bracelets and Open Mic Night: Engaging Stu... 10:20am - 11:10am

Library Games 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Creating a Harmful Language Statement and Reporting F... 3:15pm - 4:05pm

Navigating Wikimedia: Making Minnesota Digital Collec... 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Book Creator - The Little Black Dress of Apps 10:20am - 11:10am

Neurodivergence in the workplace 2:00pm - 2:50pm

MARVEL(ous) New YA Books 3:15pm - 4:05pm

AI for School Librarians: Pioneering or Following? Fi... 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Why Weird Works 10:20am - 11:10am

Opening the Book on the Minnesota Book Awards 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Scanning the Horizons: A Year in Review and What Lies... 3:15pm - 4:05pm

From Storytime to Strategic Plan 4:35pm - 5:25pm

Children and Young People's (CYP) Section Meeting 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Reference and Adult Services Section Meeting 3:15pm - 4:05pm

LQBTQIA+ Roundtable Meeting 4:35pm - 5:25pm

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Minnesota Libraries Trustees and Advocates (MLTA) Sec... 8:00am - 8:50am

Author Panel 2: Children's 9:20am - 10:10am

Author Panel 3: YA 10:45am - 11:35am

Small and Rural Libraries Round Table (SRLRT) Meeting 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Readers' Advisory Roundtable (RART) Meeting 2:20pm - 3:10pm

MN Indie Author Award Panel 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 8:00am

Lunch 11:45am - 1:10pm

2024 MLA Awards Presentation 12:10pm - 1:10pm

Silent Auction 8:50am - 12:00pm

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Au... 8:50am - 9:20am

Exhibits open 8:50am - 4:00pm

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction 10:10am - 10:45am

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Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction... 3:10pm - 3:40pm

Branch Manager Roundtable 9:20am - 10:10am

Bodies in the Library: The Invisibility of Anti-Fat B... 10:45am - 11:35am

A Librarian's Guide to the 2021 Minnesota K-12 Social... 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Advocacy 101: Raise Your Voice for Minnesota Librarie... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

C.A.R.E. Inside: Minnesota Department of Corrections... 8:00am - 8:50am

Connecting with Our Radical History in Cataloging 9:20am - 10:10am

Building the Next Chapter: Leading a Building Project... 10:45am - 11:35am

Boost Attendance at Programs: How to Increase Awarene... 1:20pm - 2:10pm

CARE for yourself! Prioritizing Well-Being for Librar... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

Creating a Building Maintenance Plan for Your Library 8:00am - 8:50am

Digitizing Minnesota's Newspapers 9:20am - 10:10am

Effective Data Storytelling for Libraries 10:45am - 11:35am

Keys to the Library: Extending Library Hours with Sel... 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Creating Community Connections 2:20pm - 3:10pm

Directors' Roundtable 8:00am - 8:50am

Extending Digital Literacy to Include Digital Wellbei... 9:20am - 10:10am

Say What?: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Mo... 10:45am - 11:35am

Getting started with Code and Scratch Jr. 1:20pm - 2:10pm

eLibrary Minnesota: Is it meeting your patrons and us... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

Exploring Libraries Across the Lincoln Highway 8:00am - 8:50am

Getting your remodel started! What’s the process? 9:20am - 10:10am

Library Leadership Forum - Pathways to Librarianship 10:45am - 11:35am

Hooded History - The KKK in 1920s Minnesota 1:20pm - 2:10pm

How Naughty Do You Want to Get: The Six Levels of Rom... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

How to Sustain a Health & Fitness Literacy Program in... 9:20am - 10:10am

Vendor Session: Go Beyond the News with The New York... 10:45am - 11:35am

How to talk to non-library folks about libraries 1:20pm - 2:10pm

How to Improve Teaching and Reference with UX 2:20pm - 3:10pm

Minnesota Libraries Learning Network: Many Apples, On... 8:00am - 8:50am

Providing Multilingual Health Information 9:20am - 10:10am

Technical Services Section (TSS) Meeting 10:45am - 11:35am

Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellec... 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Vendor Session: New Capstone Connect and PebbleGo Cre... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

Vendor Session: Strategies and Tools for Library Coll... 8:00am - 8:50am

Regional Public Library Systems 9:20am - 10:10am

Storytime P.R.E.P - Planning & Reflection for Engagin... 10:45am - 11:35am

Critically Compassionate Library Workplaces 1:20pm - 2:10pm

Technical Services in a medical library: connecting s... 2:20pm - 3:10pm

The future is diverse: working together to create pat... 8:00am - 8:50am

The Digital Equity Act & You: New Library Grant Oppor... 9:20am - 10:10am

Who runs the library? Statute 134 and YOU. 10:45am - 11:35am

Storytime Toolkit: A Sneak Preview 1:20pm - 2:10pm

The READ Act (Reading to Ensure Academic Development)... 8:00am - 8:50am

Instruction Roundtable (IRT) Meeting 9:20am - 10:10am

School Library Status Report 10:45am - 11:35am

Author Panel 4: Poetry 2:20pm - 3:10pm