ULA / MPLA Conference 2024

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ULA / MPLA Conference 2024

Welcome to the 2024 joint conference for the Utah Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association! If you need to register, please visit the ULA website.

7:30am MDT

Registration Upper Mezzanine

8:30am MDT

Headshots from Career Services Upper MezzanineBecca Lael

8:45am MDT

Quiet Space 257 B

9:00am MDT

Library Ethics: What Would You Do? (half day) 255 AGail Santy • Patty Collins Reference Mapping: Introducing Front Line Support Staff to the Reference Interview (half day) 255 DMary Chapman • Donnie Tidwell • Cherie Willis • Deanna Simonis Design Accessible Infographics to Market Your Library (full day) 258April K. Miller • Katherine Loving New and Official RDA: A Sampling of the PCC Training Course (full day) 259Robert L. Maxwell

10:50am MDT

Morning Break Upper Mezzanine

11:00am MDT

FamilySearch Library Tour FamilySearch Library

12:00pm MDT

Lunch On Your Own Your Choice

1:30pm MDT

FamilySearch Library Tour FamilySearch Library Empowering Your Staff: Creating a Scaffolded System for Developing Your In-House Leaders (half day) 255 DEileen Wright • Judi Boyce Brain-Building at the Library (half day) 255 ARobyn Green • Laurel Miller-Jones • Travis Allred • Liesl Jacobson

3:20pm MDT

Afternoon Break Upper Mezzanine

4:30pm MDT

MPLA Opening Board Meeting 260 A

5:00pm MDT

Wednesday Evening Social: Dinner at Squatters Squatters Pub Brewery

9:30pm MDT

Hot Tub Roundtable MPLA Presidential Suite, Marriott City Center Hotel, 15th Floor

7:30am MDT

Early Morning Coffee Service Upper Mezzanine Registration Upper Mezzanine

8:00am MDT

MPLA Past Presidents Council 260 A Silent Auction Exhibit Hall 2

8:15am MDT

Quiet Space 257 B

8:30am MDT

Presidents' Address & Keynote - Sara Jones 255 B/CPatrick Hoecherl • Sara Jones • Amadee Ricketts

9:40am MDT

Morning Break & Exhibit Hall Opens Exhibit Hall 2 Career Services Booth Exhibit Hall 2 Copyright Booth Upper Mezzanine Poster Sessions Lower MezzanineAshley Shaw • Charlene Brewer • Bryan Hull • Adam Griggs • Erin Wahl • Deanna Duffy • Emily Hernandez • Carmin Smoot • Julia Curtis • Ben Peterson • David Irvin

10:10am MDT

Reducing Library Anxiety Through Playfulness 155 BCindy Ledingham • Jennifer Schill Library Architecture: Practical Solutions for Contemporary Problems 259Sameem Kanishka Reshaping Libraries: The Power of Branding and Voice 155 ACorey Hayes They're Free, Now What?: Finding and Using Government Documents 255 FBrian Wages Beyond Late Fees: What a Stray Cat Taught Me About Library Service 258Carrie Valdes Filling the Gap: Creating Children's Programming That Meets Your Community's Needs 255 AWhitney Bitton Process Art at the Library; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Paint 255 EEllie Arnold Utah Kids Ready to Read 2.0 Relaunch Party 155 DKaren Liu

11:10am MDT

A Vision for the Future of ULA: An Advocacy Perspective 255 ARebekah Cummings • Peter Bromberg The Future of Libraries 155 BShelley O'Rourke ULA 101 and Power Up Your Professional Development with MPLA 258Shay Beezley (she/her) • Maggie Marchant • Emily Johnson Barbrarianship: Utilizing RPGs for Library Programming 255 EAmber Swartz • Hailey Stephenson Curating Positive Representation through Children's Fairy Tales and Folklore from around the World 155 AKatie Young From Baptists to Buddhists: A Practical Approach to Missionary-Related Subject Heading Enhancement 255 FKatie Yeo Ranganathan Was on to Something: The Facets of Classification Schemes 155 DAnna Szczepanski Teens Talking: Amplifying Young Adult’s Perspectives in Libraries 259Claire Doctorman • Emery Lieberman • Rayne Weinstein

12:00pm MDT

Lunch & Awards Presentation Exhibit Hall 2

1:30pm MDT

Fostering Belonging Through Displays 259Paul Robbins • Teresa Gomez • David Pixton • Dan Broadbent • Cindy Ledingham • Jennifer Schill Empowering Librarians: Leveraging Data for Enhanced Patron Engagement 255 ARyan Patrick • Heidi Fendrick The Curious Case of the Vanishing Librarian: Leaving Our Politics, Religion, and Morals at the Door 258Chris Younkin Here Be Monsters: Reviewing and Maintaining Library Policies 155 BJosh Johnson • Carla Gordon • Linda King • Shawn Bliss How Rio Rancho Stopped Book Banners in their Tracks—A Library Victory Story 155 AJason E. Shoup Roles and Responsibilities: What Can Come from Clarifying and Agreeing to Expectations 255 EDaniel Neville-Rehbehn Expanding Ecological Literacy: Seed Libraries and Gardens at Your Public Library 255 FRikki Longino • Jeri Gravlin • Petra Sonntag Starting a Sensory Storytime at Your Library 155 DKirsa Merrell • Kaili Cox

2:20pm MDT

Afternoon Break & Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall 2

2:50pm MDT

Beyond Eliminating Overdue Fines: Creating a Culture of Trust by Re-evaluating Patron Policies in Access Services 255 AWhitney Hilley Adult Literacy in Utah: The Impact Your Library Can Have 155 ACarla Gordon • Matt McLain • Shauna Brown Community Partnerships 155 DDeborah Smith Free Websites for Family History Researchers 255 FCherie Bush Libraries as Career Boosters: Helping Our Patrons Soar 259Maggie Marchant • Lee Whiting • Jessica Tuwun We are All Mockingbirds: Imposter Syndrome among Library Employees and How to Manage It 155 BAlyssa Meldrum In-House Marketing 255 EGloria Larson • Michelle Clements Programs On-Demand: Managing On-Demand Programs at a Public Library 258Erika Hill • Breanne Gilroy

3:50pm MDT

BYU's "Art in the Library" Program 255 ACassandra Belliston Online, Offline, & On the Go: Increasing Access to Oral Histories Through Podcasting 255 FTallie Casucci • Rachel J. Wittmann 360 History: Creating a Historical Campus Tour Using Thinglink 255 EBenjamin Hedges Qualitative Analysis on a Budget: Improvising with Free Software 258Brandon Patterson • Nena Schvaneveldt • Betsy Hopkins • Anne R. Diekema Your Patrons Are Multilingual — And So Are Scammers 155 DAri Lazarus Wingin' It in Storytime 155 AKatrina Kmak Stratified Approaches to Audiovisual Preservation 155 BBen Harry Planting the Future: Teen Scientists Doing NASA Research at the Library 259Mel Lindsay • Jon Sears • Jen Jones

4:20pm MDT

Networking Social Exhibit Hall 2

6:00pm MDT

Trivia Night at Gracie's Gracie'sDonnie Tidwell

9:30pm MDT

MPLA President's Reception MPLA Presidential Suite, Marriott City Center Hotel, 15th Floor

7:30am MDT

ULA Past Presidents Breakfast 259 Early Morning Coffee Service Upper Mezzanine Registration Upper Mezzanine

8:00am MDT

MPLA Membership Meeting 260 A Assessment Roundtable (ASMTRT) Meeting 155 AHeidi Fendrick Library Administration & Management Roundtable (LAMART) Meeting 155 AJoella Bagshaw Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT) Meeting 155 AKatherine Paterson Library Paraprofessional & Support Staff Roundtable (LPSSRT) Meeting 155 AKara VanderLinden Reference and Adult Services Roundtable (RASTR) Meeting 155 ADeanna Simonis

8:30am MDT

MPLA Closing Board Meeting 260 A

8:45am MDT

Quiet Space 257 B

9:00am MDT

Keynote - Emily Drabinski & Welcome MPLA 255 B/CEmily Drabinski

10:15am MDT

Morning Break & Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall 2 Copyright Booth Upper Mezzanine Poster Sessions Lower MezzanineAshley Shaw • Charlene Brewer • Bryan Hull • Adam Griggs • Erin Wahl • Deanna Duffy • Emily Hernandez Career Services Booth Exhibit Hall 2

10:45am MDT

Collaboration that Counts: Embedding ACRL Framework for Effective Information Literacy Instruction 259Brittany Maloy • Ana Katz The Power of Relationship Building 255 DLizanell Boman • Susan Hiner Candid Conversations About Censorship 255 ARachel Wadham • Jamie Hansen What Perplexity AI Can Do for You! 155 DShelley O'Rourke Beginning Ukulele for Storytime 255 EKirsa Merrell • Anna Millett Buzzing About the Beehives 258Virginia Pine STEAM Programming for Youth 155 AKarlene Eberth What to Do with Older Teens and New Adults 255 FSarah Hall

11:45am MDT

Lunch & Author Sy Montgomery Exhibit Hall 2Sy Montgomery

1:15pm MDT

Focusing on the "Can": Framing Your Messaging for Patron Empowerment 259Amber Swartz Meeting the Misinformation Moment: Library Interventions in an Era of Supercharged Artificial Intelligence 255 DRebekah Cummings Reviewing, Rewriting and Respecting Reconsideration Interactions 255 AWanda Huffaker • Katie Wegner Numbers That Say Something: Choosing Effective Performance Metrics 258Dallin Witt The Wellness Project: Addressing our Staff's Wellbeing Head to Toe 155 DDiana Castro Tough Conversations in Library Management 255 EJoella Bagshaw Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers: Library Services for Our Youngest Patrons 255 FLora Smith Inclusive Metadata: What It Is, Isn’t, and Other Things Catalogers Want You to Know 155 AShay Beezley (she/her)

2:05pm MDT

Afternoon Break Exhibit Hall 2

2:30pm MDT

Understanding the Value of "Grey Literature" - A Case Study with Indigenous Resources 259Danielle Masursky It's a Three-Winged Circus! Collaborating Across Town Yields Efficiencies, Programming Opportunities, and Expanded Notions of How Best to Meet Patron Needs 258Elena Rosenfeld • Annie Epperson • Carol Satersmoen The Traumatized Librarian: Psychological Injury within the LIS Profession 155 ADonna Baluchi • Lorelei Rutledge Unlocking Staff Potential: Best Practices in Library Staff Management 255 EDaniel Mauchley • Carla Gordon • Joella Bagshaw • Davie Bird • Kerry Burnham Coding in the Library 255 AGloria Larson Going with the Flow: Adapting Strategies for Reaching Rural Audiences in the Four Corners Region 155 DClaire Ratcliffe Adams Just Winging Our First Diversity Audit, And You Can Too 255 DBecca Lael • Daniel Thurston Public Library Lightning Round 255 FCasandria Crane

3:30pm MDT

A Tribal Libraries Committee: Support for Indigenous C 155 DKatherine Witzig D.I.Y. Library Escape Rooms 258Sami Merrell Debrief and Decompress: A Guided Session to Document Your Conference Insights and Tasks 255 DMatt Armstrong How to Run a Successful Tradeshow 155 ADana Belcher • Gloria Farmer Resources to Understand the Conflict in the Middle East: A Librarian’s Guide 255 ESafi Safiullah • Lindsay Pruett The Business of Ebooks & Audiobooks: Libraries, Authors, Publishers, and Platforms 255 FStephanie Everett • Joshua Johnson • Darci Card Mentoring as a Key Part of a Succession Planning Program 255 AMaggie Mills How to Circulate Weird Stuff Like Telescopes and Projectors! 259Breanne Gilroy • Joella Bagshaw • Ann-Marie Marchant