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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!

Sara Fillbrandt

Rasmussen University
Digital Services Librarian
Fridley, MN

I'm on Twitter! @silversj

I am a voracious reader who happens to also be an academic librarian that collects rubber ducks. I have my MLIS and my MAEd (focus on Online Learning and Curriculum Development). Talk to me about anything! But particularly about all things digital library, Springshare products, statistics, electronic resources management, and integration of library resources into online classrooms.

7:00am CDT

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

8:00am CDT

Radical all along: A historical look at Minnesota librarianship Meeting Room 102Olivia Moris • Sara Ring • Ann Walker Smalley Strategies for Tackling Tough Data Questions Meeting Room 105Alicia Kubas • Jenny McBurney

9:10am CDT

Minitex, where libraries are strong, staff are good-looking, and patrons are above average Meeting Room 110Carol Nelson Serving our Emerging Bilingual Community Members: Best Practices and Big Holes Meeting Room 103Dr. Mary Wilkins Jordan

10:00am CDT

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1 Silent Auction Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

Privilege: Calling In, Calling Out, and Promoting Conversation Meeting Room 103Emilie Hanson • Daniel Ostroot 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

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

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

2:15pm CDT

Library Marketing: You Want a Revolution? I want a Revelation! Meeting Room 112Jennifer Harveland • Karen Lemke

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 Revolting Librarians Make Art Meeting Room 104Monica R. Howell

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

Online Chat - Best Practices in an Academic Library Meeting Room 112Sara Stambaugh

8:50am CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

9:15am CDT

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 Silent Auction Grand Ballroom 2 & 3

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

Diversity and Outreach Round Table (DORT) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 105 Technical Services Section (TSS) Subunit Meeting Meeting Room 114

1:50pm CDT

Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

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

Internet Security And You: Being Your Own First Line of Defense Meeting Room 111Kristin Boeshans • Michael Flores