MLA/DLACon2025

MLA/DLACon2025

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7:30am EDT

DLA Annual Member Meeting and Breakfast Room 217 MLA Annual Member Meeting and Breakfast Bayfront Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Registration Table Open Bayfront Ballroom Foyer Vendor Hall Open Vendor Hall Silent Auction Winners Notified & Basket Pick-Up Vendor Hall

9:30am EDT

Closing Keynote: Temim Fruchter Bayfront BallroomTemim Fruchter

11:00am EDT

Banned Books Week at an Academic Library: Collaboration and Promoting Student Engagement Room 201Maren Cornett • Jessica Dai • Bob Tolliver Beachcombing for History: Treasures of Maryland’s Past in Digital Maryland Room 215BMegan Kean • Tracy Thompson Beyond Books: Introducing DEI Programs in Library Spaces Room 217Erin Kelly • Sierra Walker • Jessica Russell Beyond the Drag Queen Storytime Room 205Jayne Walters Converging Oceans: Conversations in Global Resource Sharing Room 202Emma Beaven • Hannah Brady Demystifying AI Instruction: A Byte-Sized Case Study Room 215AJessica Seipel • Sahana Callahan Ignite Session 2 Room 209Marie Condenzio • Sara Greenleaf • Amanda Rudd • Nick Brown • Tricia Clarke Innovative Strategies to Boost School Library Visibility and Usage Room 204Joyce Lester Library Student Employment as a High Impact Practice: Empowering Students to Succeed Room 207Amelia Gossman • Tracey Gilchrist Literary Reparations: Fully Funded Library Science Scholarships for Black Students Room 208Christopher Stewart Run a Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club Room 206Caitlin Felder • Julia Marks Serving Homeschoolers in Public Libraries: A Panel Discussion Room 203Karen Earp • Shannon Young • Marsha Quarles • Jaclyn Cassidy

12:00pm EDT

Lunch pickup Bayfront Ballroom

12:30pm EDT

Bridging the Middle: How Tween Literature Can Spur Intergenerational Conversations for Healing and Change Room 202Sydney Dunlap • Heather Murphy Capps • Meg Eden Kuyatt • Ali Terese Challenging Traditional Pedagogy: OER Room 204Jeanne Kambara Charting the Course Together: Empowering Leaders through Collective Growth and Experience Room 203Bethany Lambert • Michele Noble Check It Out! Marketing Your Collection with Better Booklists and Displays Room 217Emilia Mudd Easy (Climate) Listening: How to Start Worrying and Love Your Neighbors Room 209Kate Schapira Hollywood in the Stacks: A Film Club for Teens in the Library Room 207Bill Stea Let's Talk Stuff Room 201Michelle Wynne-Feigin • Marlyn Norton • Cassandra Zamutt • Kirsten Isakoff Putting the “Special” in Special Collections Room 206Eric Laun • Erica Coady • Kelly MacBride-Gill Seas the Fun: Beach Reads Hiding in Your Academic Library Room 208Natasha Finnegan • Nicole Kulp • Sara Wheatley User Experience From a Circulation Perspective Room 205Paul Weymouth