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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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Christie Kess

Dakota County Library
Cataloging Manager
Christie Kess (she/her) serves as Cataloging Manager for Dakota County Library. Christie is passionate about building library catalogs that reflect the communities we serve and using data to advocate for equitable library policies.
Thursday, October 5
 

8:00am CDT

Project Management for the Uninitiated, or Why It's Never Okay to Call Your Coworkers 'Monkeys' Meeting Room 111Brittany Brown • Sarah Ethier • Lisa Motschke • Cindy Purser

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

10:30am CDT

Gamification: Training Edition Meeting Room 112Mackenzie Morning Featured Session: Using Storytelling to Uplift Immigrant Voices: Panel with Immigrant High School Students Meeting Room 102Dr. Tea Rozman Clark

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

2:15pm CDT

Revitalizing, Re-energizing and Reforming: an OCLC reclamation process Meeting Room 110Chris Austin • Ingvild Herfindahl • Cheryl Hill • Becky Lashinski

3:05pm CDT

Afternoon Break/Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

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
 

8:00am CDT

Cataloging for Inclusion: A Case Study and Space for Conversation Meeting Room 102Christie Schultz • Lori Veldhuis

9:15am CDT

RA Crutches Meeting Room 105Angie Noyes • Katie Polley • Suzanne Yoch Learning is For Everyone! Making staff-wide training a reality Meeting Room 114Lisa Motschke • Elizabeth Proell • Cindy Purser

10:30am CDT

Dewey Decimation: Going Dewey-free with Book Map at Rochester Public Library Rochester Public Library AuditoriumKeri Ostby • Laura Randolph

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

Technical Services Section (TSS) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 114

2:15pm CDT

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

3:05pm CDT

Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

Featured Session: Intellectual Freedom Issues in Libraries Meeting Room 102Jody Gray Better Together: Building Partnerships with Adult Education and Workforce Meeting Room 109Tom Cytron-Hysom • Emily Kissane • Rebecca Ryan • Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt