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Welcome to the 2024 joint conference for the Utah Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association!
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Thursday, May 9
 

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 MezzanineCharlene Brewer • Julia Curtis • Deanna Duffy • Adam Griggs • Emily Hernandez • Bryan Hull • David Irvin • Ben Peterson • Ashley Shaw • Carmin Smoot • Erin Renee Wahl

10:10am MDT

Reducing Library Anxiety Through Playfulness 155 BJennifer Schill • Cindy Ledingham 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 DJoella Bagshaw • Rozanna Benally-Sagg • Suzanne Christensen • Kalvina Hanley • Hannah Henrikson • Karen Liu • Rachel Lenahan • Heather Novotny • Shannon Terry

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 259David Pixton • Jennifer Schill • Paul Robbins • Teresa Gomez • Dan Broadbent • Cindy Ledingham 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 • Lily Weeks 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 AShauna Brown • Carla Gordon • Matt McLain 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 Wittmann 360 History: Creating a Historical Campus Tour Using Thinglink 255 EBenjamin Hedges Qualitative Analysis on a Budget: Improvising with Free Software 258Anne R. Diekema • Brandon Patterson • Betsy Hopkins • Nena Schvaneveldt 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

7:30pm MDT

Ghost Tour Southeast corner of Salt Palace (200 S and West Temple)Wanda Huffaker

9:30pm MDT

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