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MLA 2023 Conference

Leslie Hunter-Larson

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Librarian/Information Specialist
Columbia Heights, MN

I have been librarian at the Minnesota Pollution Control agency for almost 7 years and have a diverse work background that includes 5 years as a contract archivist, 9 years in project management, and multiple years in non-profit arts and retail.

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

Book Challenges and Intellectual Freedom in Multitype Libraries Meeting Room 13/14Alexandre Adrian • Andi Bodeau • Kim Edson • Heather Biedermann

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 PubMed: Helping Your Patrons Find and Access Health Research Meeting Room 10Katherine Chew

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 40 in 50 Book Blast Meeting Room 4Sarah Weinberg • Jennifer Brannen • Katie Polley (she/her) • Allison Girres

3:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction, & Snacks Ballroom Concourse

3:35pm CDT

Featured: Build Relationships by Sharing Your Story Meeting Room 13/14Courtney Pentland Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Creating a Banned Book Reading Group on Campus Meeting Room 5Cori Edgerton • Mary Muehlberg 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

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

8:00am CDT

Banned Books Show-and-Tell Meeting Room 4Helen Burke • Heather Biedermann Diversity Audit: a DEIA look at eLibraryMN and EbooksMN Meeting Room 2Ann Kaste • Beth Staats • Carla Pfahl Research guides redux: strategies for revamping tired LibGuides Meeting Room 10Jackie Beckey • Madisen Egan There's No Shame in Our Reading Game: Weird Sh*t We Love and How We Discuss It Meeting Room 6Katie Polley (she/her) • Megan Demeuse

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 Down the Rabbit Hole: Curating Digital Content to Encourage Curiosity Meeting Room 10Amy Lamatina • Dawn French Leading with Equity and Inclusion in mind: Practical Strategies for Driving Positive Change Meeting Room 4Mozhdeh Khodarahmi Work Updates from the Minnesota Digital Library Meeting Room 12Molly Huber • Greta Bahnemann • Stephanie Hess

10:45am CDT

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

2:20pm CDT

Author Panel (Allen Eskens, Nina Hamza, David Mura, Melody Tenhoff (Nova DuBois), Anne Ursu) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess Finding Court Records and Using Private Laws for Genealogy Searches Meeting Room 10Rich Harrington

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom Concourse

3:40pm CDT

Cataloging & Metadata Update: Where We Are, Where We're Going Meeting Room 10Sara Ring • Elissah Becknell Journey to the Genders of the Earth: Intro to Gender Diversity Meeting Room 6Megan Demeuse • Ozhaawashkogiizhig Devine