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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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Heather Biedermann

South Central College, North Mankato
Head Librarian
North Mankato, MN
Websitehttps://facebook.com/heather.biedermann
Heather Biedermann fights for intellectual freedom every day as a librarian at South Central College in North Mankato. She also hosts two live online radio shows/podcasts "Liberty Librarian" and "Sweet Subversives." Heather has an MLIS from Dominican University and an MS in Educational Leadership from MSU, Mankato. Heather also loves open educational resources, technology tools, writing short stories, travel, and geek culture.
Thursday, October 5
 

7:00am CDT

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

Flipping Information Literacy Meeting Room 105Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran

10:00am CDT

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

Gamification: Training Edition Meeting Room 112Mackenzie Morning Reinventing ourselves: Making Organizational Changes Work Meeting Room 113Matt Rosendahl

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

Academic and Research Library Division (ARLD) Meeting Meeting Room 102

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

23 Framework Things: Minnesota Librarians on the Cutting Edge of Information Literacy Practice Meeting Room 103Trent Brager • Amy Mars

3:05pm CDT

Afternoon Break/Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

RART Bookblast: 40 in 50 Fiction Meeting Room 103Kimberly Edson • Rachel Gray • Angie Noyes • Katie Polley
 
Friday, October 6
 

7:00am CDT

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

8:00am CDT

Every Minnesotan an Author: Self-Publishing Using Your Local Library Meeting Room 103Rita Baladad • Anne Hatinen • Andrea McKennan

8:50am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

9:15am CDT

Escape the Library: Creating and Hosting an 'Escape the Room' Style Program for Youth at Your Library Meeting Room 102Amy Oelkers • Martha Riel Light Bulb to Launch and Beyond: Libraries Growing the Economy Meeting Room 110Erin Cavell • Lindsey Dyer • Amanda Feist Learning is For Everyone! Making staff-wide training a reality Meeting Room 114Lisa Motschke • Elizabeth Proell • Cindy Purser

10:05am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

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

Reference and Adult Services Section (RASS) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 104

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

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