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Cheryl Lackman

Fargo Public Library
Circulation Services Manager
FARGO, ND
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Wednesday, October 4
 

7:00am CDT

Registration 2nd Floor 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 Exhibit Hall Open Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

Author panel (Chad Corrie, Satish Jayaraj, Jess Lourey, Raymond Luczak, Matt Wendt) Meeting Room 5Christie Kess • Mary Berning "Pod" work makes the dream work: Getting things done and supporting each other through informal work groups Meeting Room 8Kat Nelsen • Kim Clarke • Lacie McMillin • Kate Peterson Essential elements for successful change management. Meeting Room 4Emily Waitz Matters of Representation and Why Representation Matters: DEI & RA Meeting Room 3Jennifer Brannen • Katie Polley (she/her) • Paul Lai • Savitri Santhiran Mental Health Conversations in the Library Meeting Room 7Liza Shafto

11:35am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:00pm CDT

2023 MLA Awards Presentation Ballrooms A-D

1:00pm CDT

BPL Featured Session: Books Unbanned: A Blueprint for Your Library Meeting Room 13/14Amy Mikel • Nick Higgins Growing a Healthy Library Culture Meeting Room 6Jeannie Dilger

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 George Latimer Central Library Historic Building Tour George Latimer Central Library, Saint Paul Public Library Collaboration as the heart of Librarianship Meeting Room 3Dora Wagner • Joel Johnson • Tim Swanson • David Hoffner Gearing Up for MILE 2024: MLA Institute for Leadership Excellence Meeting Room 8Amelia Birkholz • Margot Barry • Liza Shafto • Cat Stricklan You're in Charge, Now What? Meeting Room 9Margaret Stone • Maggie Snow

3:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction, & Snacks Ballroom Concourse

3:35pm CDT

To Do, Doing, Done: Using Visual Thinking Tools to Facilitate Teamwork Meeting Room 11Carla Pfahl

4:45pm CDT

MLA Membership Meeting Meeting Room 13/14Julia Carlis Minnesota Kestrels Bird-Watching - Time Change Crosby Farm ParkAmy Simso Dean

6:00pm CDT

Trivia Night hosted by Capstone George Latimer Central Library, Saint Paul Public Library
 
Thursday, October 5
 

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

8:00am CDT

Disaster! A Tabletop Simulation Meeting Room 12Maggie Snow • Adelaide Paris Expand Content Discovery and Leverage Patron Interests with Libby Meeting Room 11Maria Fesz • Kim Edson

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom Concourse Exhibit Hall Open Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

After the Challenge: Discussing Library Life In the Book Challenge Era Meeting Room 6Rachel Haider Beyond Outreach: taking an activist approach to engage and empower the whole community Meeting Room 7Natalie Draper • Angelica Linder Leading with Equity and Inclusion in mind: Practical Strategies for Driving Positive Change Meeting Room 4Mozhdeh Khodarahmi Saying Less, Asking More: Coaching Your Team to Greatness Meeting Room 2Carol Jackson • Stacey Hendren • Maggie Snow

10:10am CDT

George Latimer Central Library Innovation Lab Tour George Latimer Central Library, Saint Paul Public Library

10:45am CDT

DEI Team Policy Audit & Implementation Meeting Room 9Erin Balerud • Colleen Gordon

11:45am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:10pm CDT

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

2:20pm CDT

Author Panel (Allen Eskens, Nina Hamza, David Mura, Melody Tenhoff (Nova DuBois), Anne Ursu) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess Friends of Friends: Reaching Your Community in Unique Ways Through Events and Partnerships Meeting Room 7Laurel M. Hall • Sheila DeChantal They didn't Teach us this in Library School: Training Staff to Document Patron Behavioral Incidents Meeting Room 12Bryan Duran Walk It Out: Promoting Walking through Public Libraries Meeting Room 9Erin McHenry Wolf

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom Concourse

3:40pm CDT

Everything is on fire, but you are doing great! Trust me! Meeting Room 5Annie Wrigg Tabletop games, Technology, and Building Lasting Programs and Partnerships Meeting Room 7LeRoy Harris