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Christie Kess

Dakota County Library
Cataloging Manager
Bloomington, MN
Wednesday, October 4
 

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

7:50am CDT

Welcome to the Conference - featuring Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz Ballrooms A-DJulia Carlis

8:00am CDT

Expanding (Not Just Protecting) the Right to Read: Librarianship in the Age of Censorship Ballrooms A-DNick Higgins

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

Author panel (Chad Corrie, Satish Jayaraj, Jess Lourey, Raymond Luczak, Matt Wendt) Meeting Room 5Christie Kess • Mary Berning

10:35am CDT

PLD Division Meeting Meeting Room 5

11:35am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:00pm CDT

2023 MLA Awards Presentation Ballrooms A-D

1:00pm CDT

Diversity in Materials Selection and Programming Meeting Room 4Amy Carney • Lindsay Lamwers • Abby Willemssen • Melisa Dahl

2:15pm CDT

Author Panel (John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Molly Beth Griffin, Naomi Kritzer, Mindy Mejia, Sun Yung Shin) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess

3:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction, & Snacks Ballroom Concourse

3:35pm CDT

Wikimedia and Beyond: Linked Data Projects in Minnesota Meeting Room 9Theresa Berger • Shelley Harrison • Sara Ring • Brianna Krumwiede • Heidi Southworth • Greta Bahnemann

4:45pm CDT

MLA Membership Meeting Meeting Room 13/14Julia Carlis
 
Thursday, October 5
 

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

8:00am CDT

Diversity Audit: a DEIA look at eLibraryMN and EbooksMN Meeting Room 2Ann Kaste • Beth Staats • Carla Pfahl

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

For All Ages! For All Time! Picture Books for Everyone! (Aimee Bissonette, Michael Hall, Melanie Heuiser Hill, Kao Kalia Yang) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess • Aimee Bissonette • Michael Hall • Melanie Heuiser Hill • Kao Kalia Yang

10:45am CDT

Sandy Berman's Catalog Meeting Room 6David Lesniaski

11:45am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:10pm CDT

Best of Both Worlds: Building Community Online and Off Ballrooms A-DDionne Sims

1:20pm CDT

Technical Services Section (TSS) Meeting Room 4Naomi Skulan

2:20pm CDT

Author Panel (Allen Eskens, Nina Hamza, David Mura, Melody Tenhoff (Nova DuBois), Anne Ursu) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom Concourse

3:40pm CDT

Adding It Up and Breaking It Down: Minnesota's Public Libraries by the Numbers Meeting Room 11Verena Getahun Cataloging & Metadata Update: Where We Are, Where We're Going Meeting Room 10Sara Ring • Elissah Becknell
 

My Moderators Sessions

Wednesday, October 4
 

9:20am CDT

Author panel (Chad Corrie, Satish Jayaraj, Jess Lourey, Raymond Luczak, Matt Wendt) Meeting Room 5Christie Kess • Mary Berning

2:15pm CDT

Author Panel (John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Molly Beth Griffin, Naomi Kritzer, Mindy Mejia, Sun Yung Shin) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess
 
Thursday, October 5
 

9:20am CDT

For All Ages! For All Time! Picture Books for Everyone! (Aimee Bissonette, Michael Hall, Melanie Heuiser Hill, Kao Kalia Yang) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess • Aimee Bissonette • Michael Hall • Melanie Heuiser Hill • Kao Kalia Yang

2:20pm CDT

Author Panel (Allen Eskens, Nina Hamza, David Mura, Melody Tenhoff (Nova DuBois), Anne Ursu) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess