MLA/DLACon2025

MLA/DLACon2025

Deidrah Reeves

Harford County Public Library

Branch Manager

8:00am EDT

Registration Table Open Bayfront Ballroom Foyer

1:00pm EDT

Who is ALICE? Room 201Andrea Berstler

4:00pm EDT

All Conference Reception Bayfront Ballroom

4:30pm EDT

Opening Keynote: Lady Brion Bayfront BallroomLady Brion

8:00am EDT

Silent Auction Vendor Hall

8:30am EDT

DLA Community Engagement Grant: Two Library Staff Members’ Experiences Room 215ARachel West • Pat Young Building a Culture of Leadership Room 205Karin Luoma • Andrea Thomas

9:45am EDT

Riding the Waves of Library Collection Trends Room 217Ashley Fedele • Laura Bandoch Everybody Eats…Dig In to Library Resources for Ag Literacy Room 208Tonya Wible • Victoria Stone

12:00pm EDT

Maryland Author Award Keynote Luncheon: Roseanne A. Brown Bayfront BallroomRoseanne A. Brown

1:30pm EDT

Visit the Vendors Vendor Hall

2:00pm EDT

Hang Ten with the Pets! Vendor Hall

2:15pm EDT

Maryland State Library Agency & Delaware Division of Libraries Update, 2025 Room 215BAnnie Norman • John Owen • Morgan Lehr Miller

5:30pm EDT

Happy Hour Reception Food Court/Vendor Hall Foyer

6:00pm EDT

Thursday Evening Keynote and Banquet: Kristen Arnett Bayfront BallroomKristen Arnett

7:30am EDT

MLA Annual Member Meeting and Breakfast Bayfront Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Silent Auction Winners Notified & Basket Pick-Up Vendor Hall Vendor Hall Open Vendor Hall

9:30am EDT

Closing Keynote: Temim Fruchter Bayfront BallroomTemim Fruchter

11:00am EDT

Beachcombing for History: Treasures of Maryland’s Past in Digital Maryland Room 215BMegan Kean • Tracy Thompson Innovative Strategies to Boost School Library Visibility and Usage Room 204Joyce Lester