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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.

Ruth Dukelow

CLIC
Executive Director
St Paul,MN

https://clic.edu

7:00am CDT

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

8:50am CDT

Deep Dive Into Digital Content: Minnesota Reflections Primary Source Sets Split Rock Room 1Jennifer Hootman, Digital Arts, Sciences, & Humanities (DASH) Program Associate, University of Minnesota Libraries • Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Librarian, Minnesota Digital Library, Minitex

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

Development of eBook Purchasing Guidelines Gooseberry Falls Room 3Greg Argo, Associate Library Director and Systems Librarian, Concordia University, St. Paul • Meg Manahan, Associate Director for Collection Management and Services, University of St. Thomas • Heather Tompkins Head of Collection Services, St. Catherine University • Rhonda Gilbraith, Associate Director and Collection Development Librarian, Bethel University

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

Presidential Panel - One Conference One Book - a Good Time for the Truth Lake Superior Ballroom MNAndrea Jenkins, Author/Contributor, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota • Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria, Author/Contributor, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota • Shannon Gibney, Author/Contributor, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota • Sun Yung Shin, Editor, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota

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

8:50am CDT

Beyond the Reading Room: Engaging Archives Users through Social Media Gooseberry Falls Room 2Jamie Hoehn, Assistant Archivist, Migration and Social Services Collections, University of Minnesota • Jennifer Rian, Reference Librarian, Gale Family Library, Minnesota Historical Society

10:00am CDT

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

10:55am CDT

Library Linked Data for the Uninitiated Gooseberry Falls Room 2Lizzy Baus, Cataloging & Metadata Education Librarian, Minitex • Sara Ring

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

Moving On: Lessons Learned from an Information Literacy Instruction Assessment Project St. Louis River RoomSue Gray, Reference and Circulation Librarian, St. Catherine University Minneapolis Campus Library • Anne Beschnett, Research and Instruction Librarian, St. Catherine University