MLA 2024 Conference

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MLA 2024 Conference

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

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

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 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

2:50pm CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom 2

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

4:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom 2

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

5:35pm CDT

MLA Membership Meeting Ballroom 1

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

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

8:50am CDT

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

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

10:10am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom 2

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

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

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

2:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits and Silent Auction Ballroom 2

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

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction & Dessert Ballroom 2