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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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Violet Fox

Northwestern University
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
St Cloud, MN
Violet Fox is a cataloging & metadata librarian whose research interests include the intricacies of zine cataloging and the ethics of classification.
Thursday, October 5
 

8:00am CDT

Radical all along: A historical look at Minnesota librarianship Meeting Room 102Olivia Moris • Sara Ring • Ann Walker Smalley

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

Morning Break With Exhibitors Grand Ballroom 1

10:30am CDT

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

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

2:15pm CDT

Wikipedia as Community Organizing Meeting Room 104Ben Weiss • Rachel Wexelbaum • Margit Wilson 23 Framework Things: Minnesota Librarians on the Cutting Edge of Information Literacy Practice Meeting Room 103Trent Brager • Amy Mars

3:35pm CDT

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

5:45pm CDT

Happy Hour, Presentation of the Above & Beyond Awards and Social Event Riverfront Plaza
 
Friday, October 6
 

8:00am CDT

Libraries Were Never Neutral: Advocating for Social Justice in the Library Meeting Room 104Chip Gehring • Emilie Hanson • Katie Pierce Cataloging for Inclusion: A Case Study and Space for Conversation Meeting Room 102Christie Schultz • Lori Veldhuis

9:15am CDT

UX is social change: The feminist impact of User Experience work Meeting Room 103Jennifer DeJonghe • Tony Hirt • Christine Larson • Amy Luedtke

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

Revolution Zine Style Now! Meeting Room 103James Arnold • Sarah Joynt