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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!

Naomi Skulan

University of Minnesota, Morris Briggs Library
Metadata and Technical Services Coordinator
Morris, MN

library.morris.umn.edu

In my position as Metadata and Technical Services Coordinator at Briggs Library, I perform all of the cataloging tasks and oversee the metadata creation for our digital collections and institutional repository. I am interested in cataloging practices and standards and the evolving field of metadata, as well as practical knowledge on running and increasing the use of digital collections and institutional repositories.

7:00am CDT

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

8:00am CDT

Strategies for Tackling Tough Data Questions Meeting Room 105Alicia Kubas • Jenny McBurney

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

10:00am CDT

Silent Auction Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

From the Ground Up: Re-framing Assessment @ The Carl B. Meeting Room 105Leah Anderson • Mary Anderson • Kevin Baggett • Virginia Connell

11:35am CDT

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

12:30pm CDT

DIY Screenprinting: Make your own "This is what radical looks like" shirt TBA

1:00pm CDT

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

2:15pm CDT

Library Marketing: You Want a Revolution? I want a Revelation! Meeting Room 112Jennifer Harveland • Karen Lemke Government Documents During Times of Strife and Change Meeting Room 113Danya Leebaw

3:05pm CDT

Afternoon Break/Dessert With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

3:35pm CDT

At the Root of Our Profession: Fundamental Changes through Fundamental Values Meeting Room 102Raina Bloom • Carrie Kruse

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

7:00am CDT

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

8:00am CDT

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

9:15am CDT

Digital Preservation Day at the Library: A How-To Guide Meeting Room 109Jolie Graybill • Sara Ring

10:30am CDT

#Librarianshipsowhite: Using Critical Race Theory to Form a Call for Action Meeting Room 103Amy Mars • Deborah A. Torres

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

3:35pm CDT

Staffing a Digitization Project Successfully with Student Volunteers Meeting Room 113Katie Johnson • Naomi Skulan