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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!

Glenn Chapin

AWE Learning
Sr Account Executive -NW
Seattle, WA

Helping community based agencies impact teaching and learning,
Proud member of the @AWELearning team and would welcome an opportunity to discuss how your library is supporting your young patrons literacy needs.

8:00pm CDT

Dine Around: ARLD Knows Happy Hour Forager Brewery

7:00am CDT

Registration Ballroom Lobby Welcome & Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom 2 & 3

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

Minitex, where libraries are strong, staff are good-looking, and patrons are above average Meeting Room 110Carol Nelson

10:00am CDT

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

Gamification: Training Edition Meeting Room 112Mackenzie Morning

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

1:50pm 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

MNLINK 2.0, one year into the implementation of the new search program Meeting Room 111Nick Banitt

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

8:50am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:05am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

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 Instruction Round Table (IRT) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 111

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:05pm CDT

Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1