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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!

Julie Clinefelter

Austin Public Library
Director
Austin, MN

Julie Clinefelter is the director of the Austin Public Library, has her MLIS from St. Cate's and a MA in English Lit from UMKC. She grew up on the west coast but has made Minnesota home. She struggles dividing her free time between reading about nature and actually spending time there.

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 Community Engagement: State of the State Meeting Room 110Joe Manion • Jennifer Verbrugge

9:10am CDT

Fundraising: the good, the bad, the 'What was I thinking?' Meeting Room 112Meredith Stanton Vaselaar

10:30am CDT

Reinventing ourselves: Making Organizational Changes Work Meeting Room 113Matt Rosendahl

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

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

3:35pm CDT

Un-prom: Alternative Prom Programs for Large and Small Libraries Meeting Room 110Angie Gustafson • Laura Mielenhausen Planting the Seeds of Learning: The Library as a Nature Based Learning Center Meeting Room 109Alison Reiter • Monica Stratton • Katrina Hartz Taylor • Jody Yungers Librarian on the Loose Meeting Room 112Shari Carlson

4:40pm CDT

MLA Membership Annual Meeting Meeting Room 102

8:00am CDT

Libraries Were Never Neutral: Advocating for Social Justice in the Library Meeting Room 104Chip Gehring • Emilie Hanson • Katie Pierce State Library Services: Annual Update Meeting Room 109Jennifer Nelson Practical Strategies for Digital Literacy Outreach Meeting Room 105Hannah Buckland • Lindsey Dyer • Brian Lind • Jill Wujcik

9:15am CDT

Tricky Legal Questions: A Radical Approach to Making Them Satisfying for Patrons and for You! Meeting Room 111Pauline Afuso • Karen Westwood Escape the Library: Creating and Hosting an 'Escape the Room' Style Program for Youth at Your Library Meeting Room 102Amy Oelkers • Martha Riel When Home Won't Let You Stay: Telling the Story of Refugees Living in Minnesota Meeting Room 104James Bowey • Lezlea Dahlke • Alice Henderson Learning is For Everyone! Making staff-wide training a reality Meeting Room 114Lisa Motschke • Elizabeth Proell • Cindy Purser Execute Your Brand Meeting Room 112Karen Lemke

10:30am CDT

Collaborations that engage communities in transforming libraries Meeting Room 110Sue Grove • Rollin Hall • Joseph Owens • Jim Weygand Featured Session: Immigration and Human Rights in Minnesota Meeting Room 102Michele Garnett McKenzie

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

2:15pm CDT

Some Like It Hotspot Meeting Room 113Brian Lind • Steve Mosing • Keri Ostby • Andy Stehr

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 Internet Security And You: Being Your Own First Line of Defense Meeting Room 111Kristin Boeshans • Michael Flores Conversations in a Difficult Time: The Role of Libraries in Finding Common Ground Meeting Room 105Aimee Gourlay • Dan Greensweig