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2016 MLA Annual Conference

Welcome to the 2016 MLA Annual Conference! MLA looks forward to celebrating its 125th Anniversary with you.

Margo Kulseth

Waseca Public Library
Technical Services Assistant
Waseca, MN

wasecalesueurlibraries.com

7:00am CDT

Continental Breakfast, Welcome & Awards presentation Lake Superior Ballroom JK - Floor 2 Registration Registration Area - Floor 1

8:10am CDT

Public Library Division (PLD) Meeting Lake Superior Ballroom O

8:50am CDT

Weeding for Your Health: Kill the Dust Bunnies! French River Room 1Emily Soltis, Librarian, Rochester Community and Technical College • Pam O'Hara, Instructional Librarian, Rochester Community and Technical College

10:00am CDT

Exhibit Hall and Silent Auction Hours Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1 Morning Break with Exhibitors Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1

10:55am CDT

Tax Resources for Minnesota Libraries French River Room 1Emily Kissane, Library Development Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education • Sarah Bjorklund, Outreach Leadworker, Minnesota Department of Revenue - Income Tax & Withholding Division • Chris Anning, Librarian, MN Department of Revenue

12:05pm CDT

Lunch Keynote: Relevance with Nina Simon Lake Superior Ballroom JK - Floor 2Nina Simon, Director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

1:45pm CDT

Pop-up Library Services: Hennepin County Library service to Cedar Riverside Gooseberry Falls Room 3Chip Gehring, Librarian, Hennepin County Library • Kelly Stade, Library Services Manager, Hennepin County Library • Ruqia Abdi, Cultural Liaision, Hennepin County Library

2:55pm CDT

Afternoon Dessert in Exhibit Hall Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1

3:50pm CDT

Ignite Session: Learn What's Sparking at Minitex Gooseberry Falls Room 1Nick Banitt, Minitex • Molly Huber, Minitex • Dana Kocienda, Minitex • Agnes Lee, Minitex • Matt Lee, Minitex • Zach Miller, Minitex • Beth Staats, Minitex • Paul Swanson, Minitex

5:00pm CDT

MLA Membership Annual Meeting Lake Superior Ballroom MN

6:00pm CDT

Glensheen Mansion Evening Event Gleensheen Mansion

7:00am CDT

Continental Breakfast Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1

8:10am CDT

Technical Services Section (TSS) Subunit Meeting Lake Superior Ballroom O

8:50am CDT

Deep Roots and New Growth: A Minitex Digital Initatives & Cataloging Update Split Rock Room 1Jolie Graybill, Assistant Director for Digital Initiatives & Metadata Eduction, Minitex • Lizzy Baus, Cataloging & Metadata Education Librarian, Minitex • Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Librarian, Minnesota Digital Library, Minitex • Carla Urban, Digital Exhibit Outreach Coordinator, Minitex/MDL • Molly Huber, Outreach Coordinator, Mintex/MDL • Sara Ring

10:00am CDT

Morning Break in Exhibit Hall Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1

10:55am CDT

BiblioTech – Bringing the Library to the Public Lake Superior Ballroom MNLaura Cole, Administrator, BiblioTech

12:05pm CDT

Lunch Keynote: Privacy and Libraries in the 21st Century Lake Superior Ballroom JK - Floor 2Bobbi Newman, Librarian, Writer, Consultant, Library Advocate, and International Speaker

1:45pm CDT

Developing Financially Capable Adults and Youth @ The Library French River Room 1Becky Hagen Jokela, Extension Educator, University of MN Extension • Lori Hendrickson, Extension Educator, University of MN Extension

2:55pm CDT

Afternoon Desserts in Exhibit Hall Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Floor 1

3:50pm CDT

How to Learn To Stop Worrying And Love Mindfulness: Wellness in the Workplace Split Rock Room 2Katherine Chew, Associate Librarian & Research/Outreach Services Librarian, UMN Health Sciences Library • Julie Rashid, Manager, Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging Unit, University of Minnesota