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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.

8:10am CDT

Minnesota Libraries Trustees and Advocates (MLTA) Meeting Lake Superior Ballroom MN

8:50am CDT

Sustainable Social Media for Libraries Lake Superior Ballroom MNBecky Rech, Librarian, Hennepin County Library • Ben Brown, IT Specialist, Hennepin County Library • Heather Wambach, Patron Experience Supervisor, Hennepin County Library • Ian Stade, Senior Librarian, Hennepin County Library

10:55am CDT

Community Based Program Design Lake Superior Ballroom MNNina 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

3:50pm CDT

Legislative Insider Report Lake Superior Ballroom MNBarbara Misselt, Director, East Central Regional Library • Jami Trenam, Associate Director of Collection Development, Great River Regional Library

5:00pm CDT

MLA Membership Annual Meeting Lake Superior Ballroom MN

8:50am CDT

Begin Your Love Affair with Data: Evaluating Programs = Finding Success Lake Superior Ballroom MNJennifer Verbrugge, Library Program and Partnership Coordinator, State Library Services, MN Department of Education • Eric Billiet, Expanded Learning Education Specialist, MN Department of Education

10:55am CDT

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

1:45pm CDT

CANCELLED - Digital Literacy Requires Life Long Learning Lake Superior Ballroom MNBobbi Newman, Librarian, Writer, Consultant, Library Advocate, and International Speaker

3:50pm CDT

Looking Back to Move Forward: 'What I Wish I Had Learned in Library School' Lake Superior Ballroom MNMary Healy, Branch Manager, Anoka County Library • Jill Smith, Director, Bayport Public Library • Matt Youngbauer, Library Associate, Anoka County Library • Reagen Thalacker, Regional Librarian, SELCO