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2017 MLA Annual Conference

Welcome to the 2017 MLA Annual Conference! This year’s theme is Radical Librarianship - the power of libraries to provide access to the truth, strengthen our community voices, create opportunity for exploration and innovation, and assist our patrons to build a better future. Libraries have always been radical, but what does Radical Librarianship mean for us today? Join us at the 2017 MLA Annual Conference to help shape that conversation!

Jody Wurl (Hennepin County Library)

Hennepin County Library
MN
Minneapolis, Minnesota

I'm a senior librarian with Hennepin County Library and chair-elect for the Public Library Division of the Minnesota Library Association in 2020.

6:00pm CDT

Dine Around: RART Happy Hour & Dinner Victoria's

7:00am CDT

Welcome & Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom 2 & 3

8:00am CDT

Radical all along: A historical look at Minnesota librarianship Meeting Room 102Olivia Moris • Sara Ring • Ann Walker Smalley Community Engagement: State of the State Meeting Room 110Joe Manion • Jennifer Verbrugge

9:10am CDT

Never forget who you really work for : Radical cataloging and the case for local adaptation Meeting Room 109Hannah Buckland • Violet Fox • Tina Gross • Jessica Schomberg Engaging with the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests as a Librarian/Archivist Meeting Room 102Mark Holman

10:00am CDT

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1 Silent Auction Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

Privilege: Calling In, Calling Out, and Promoting Conversation Meeting Room 103Emilie Hanson • Daniel Ostroot Featured Session: Using Storytelling to Uplift Immigrant Voices: Panel with Immigrant High School Students Meeting Room 102Dr. Tea Rozman Clark

11:20am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

1:00pm CDT

Public Library Division (PLD) Meeting Meeting Room 104

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

Legislative Insider Report Meeting Room 109Jami Trenam • Sam Walseth 100 Years/100 Stories: How Saint Paul Public Library Used New Storytelling Tools to Advance Community Engagement Meeting Room 114Tracy Baumann • Phoebe Larson • Chase Maxwell • Therese Scherbel Library Marketing: You Want a Revolution? I want a Revelation! Meeting Room 112Jennifer Harveland • Karen Lemke Featured Session: Understanding ages and stages of youth development connected to race and racism Meeting Room 102Alicia Sojourner

3:05pm CDT

Afternoon Break/Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

At the Root of Our Profession: Fundamental Changes through Fundamental Values Meeting Room 102Raina Bloom • Carrie Kruse RART Bookblast: 40 in 50 Fiction Meeting Room 103Kimberly Edson • Rachel Gray • Angie Noyes • Katie Polley

4:40pm CDT

MLA Membership Annual Meeting Meeting Room 102

5:45pm CDT

Happy Hour, Presentation of the Above & Beyond Awards and Social Event Riverfront Plaza

7:00am CDT

Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall / Silent Auction Continues Grand Ballroom 1

8:00am CDT

Libraries Were Never Neutral: Advocating for Social Justice in the Library Meeting Room 104Chip Gehring • Emilie Hanson • Katie Pierce Practical Strategies for Digital Literacy Outreach Meeting Room 105Hannah Buckland • Lindsey Dyer • Brian Lind • Jill Wujcik

8:50am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

9:15am CDT

Digital Preservation Day at the Library: A How-To Guide Meeting Room 109Jolie Graybill • Sara Ring When Home Won't Let You Stay: Telling the Story of Refugees Living in Minnesota Meeting Room 104James Bowey • Lezlea Dahlke • Alice Henderson

10:05am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

Featured Session: Immigration and Human Rights in Minnesota Meeting Room 102Michele Garnett McKenzie Practical Strategies for Change Management Meeting Room 104Sarah Beth Weeks

11:20am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

11:35am CDT

Lunch Keynote with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble: Social Justice in LIS, Finding the Imperative to Act Grand Ballroom 2 & 3Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble

1:00pm CDT

Readers Advisory Round Table (RART) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 102 Reference and Adult Services Section (RASS) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 104

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

Health in the Headlines: Critical Evaluation to Combat 'Fake News' Meeting Room 103Katherine Chew • Elizabeth Kiscaden Beyond Debbie Macomber and E.L. James: Reaching the Non-Library User Romance Reader Meeting Room 114Sarah Wethern Diversity in Tights: Creating graphic novel collections that more closely mirror an evolving America Meeting Room 104Nate Deprey Featured Session: Algorithms of Oppression: What’s at stake when we automate decision making on the web and in the library Meeting Room 102Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble

3:35pm CDT

Creating Autism-Friendly Libraries Meeting Room 104Tony Hirt • Maureen Millea Smith • Jody Wurl • Sara Zettervall