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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!
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Wednesday, October 4
 

6:30pm CDT

Dine Around: Youth Services Unite! The Tap House
 
Thursday, October 5
 

8:00am CDT

Community Engagement: State of the State Meeting Room 110Joe Manion • Jennifer Verbrugge Volunteer Summers: The Experience Meeting Room 103Katlin Heidgerken-Greene • Stacey R. Hendren

9:10am CDT

Transforming Summer Reading: Using Outcomes to Create More Impactful Summer Reading Programs Meeting Room 111Julia Carlis • Renee Grassi

10:00am CDT

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

When in Doubt, Throw It Out: When Storytime Isn't Working Meeting Room 109Mary Dubbs

11:20am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

11:35am CDT

Lunch & Keynote with Alicia Sojourner, YWCA Minneapolis: Intentional Inclusion: Do Not be the Monkey! Grand Ballroom 2 & 3Alicia Sojourner

1:00pm CDT

Public Library Division (PLD) Meeting Meeting Room 104

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

Summer Reading Programs for Youth: Breaking the Mold Meeting Room 111Tracy Kampa • Gail Nordstrom • Mollie Stanford

3:05pm CDT

Afternoon Break/Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

Planting the Seeds of Learning: The Library as a Nature Based Learning Center Meeting Room 109Alison Reiter • Monica Stratton • Katrina Hartz Taylor • Jody Yungers RART Bookblast: 40 in 50 Fiction Meeting Room 103Kimberly Edson • Rachel Gray • Angie Noyes • Katie Polley Like a Boss: 10 Pathways to Non-Management Leadership Meeting Room 105Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser • Marge Loch-Wouters

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
 
Friday, October 6
 

7:00am CDT

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

8:00am CDT

Leave It to the Teens: Running a successful YA book group . . . by not running it Meeting Room 111Jennifer DeJonghe • Emily Ganzel • Mallory Haskin • Colette Johnson

8:50am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:05am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1 Silent Auction Grand Ballroom 2 & 3

10:30am CDT

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

Children and Young People's Section (CYP) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 109

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

"Just the Facts, Ma'am": Informational Books for Kids and Tweens Meeting Room 112Marge Loch-Wouters • Gail Nordstrom

3:05pm CDT

Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

RART Bookblast! 40 in 50 Nonfiction Meeting Room 112Rachel Gray • Luann Phillipich • Jean Silverberg