MLA/DLACon2025

MLA/DLACon2025

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8:30am EDT

All About the Caldecott Award Room 210Stephanie Saggione • Elisabeth Simmons Beanstack Tips and Tricks Room 207Terri Jones Building a Culture of Leadership Room 205Karin Luoma • Andrea Thomas How To Set Up Autism-Friendly Programming At The Library Room 201Matt Mazur The Library Is For Everyone: Engaging Adults With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Room 202Katie York We Keep Us Safe: Community as De-escalation in Library Settings Room 203Mariel Sass • Joe Dacey

9:45am EDT

A Deep Dive into Census Data: For Planning, Fundraising, and Advocacy Room 206Carl Olson Everybody Eats…Dig In to Library Resources for Ag Literacy Room 208Tonya Wible • Victoria Stone Leading While Black: guidance for the next generations Room 209Sonia Alcántara-Antoine • Melanie Townsend Diggs • Mark Winston • Chad Helton • Sophia Sotilleo Riding the K-pop Wave: creating engaging fandom programming at your library Room 215BAngelique Broussard • Katelyn Callahan • Liz Jones Setting Boundaries Room 215AJeanette Thayer • Jayne Walters

2:15pm EDT

Adult Programming Sandbox: Collective Ideation for Innovation and Creativity Room 208Madelyn McCaully • Allie Smith Advocacy in Action: Maryland & Federal Legislative Updates, Library Advocacy Skills, and Maryland's Legislative Process Room 209Joe Thompson • Tif Sutherland • Liz Sundermann-Zinger Beachside Briefing: Demystifying Service Dog Access in Libraries Room 204AM Dillon Book Buzz Room 217Meg Faller • Monica McAbee • Theo Scully Fostering an Inclusive Workplace for Staff with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Room 201Katie York Manga for Librarians, Parents, and Teachers Room 202Amber Tamosaitis Run Your Own Indie Game Festival Room 203Jake Ciarapica • Emily Levine