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!

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9:00am MDT

New and Official RDA: A Sampling of the PCC Training Course (full day) 259Robert L. Maxwell

1:30pm MDT

Empowering Your Staff: Creating a Scaffolded System for Developing Your In-House Leaders (half day) 255 DEileen Wright • Judi Boyce

10:10am MDT

Reducing Library Anxiety Through Playfulness 155 BJennifer Schill • Cindy Ledingham 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

11:10am MDT

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

1:30pm MDT

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

2:50pm MDT

Programs On-Demand: Managing On-Demand Programs at a Public Library 258Erika Hill • Breanne Gilroy

3:50pm MDT

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

10:45am MDT

Collaboration that Counts: Embedding ACRL Framework for Effective Information Literacy Instruction 259Brittany Maloy • Ana Katz

1:15pm MDT

Focusing on the "Can": Framing Your Messaging for Patron Empowerment 259Amber Swartz Reviewing, Rewriting and Respecting Reconsideration Interactions 255 AWanda Huffaker • Katie Wegner Numbers That Say Something: Choosing Effective Performance Metrics 258Dallin Witt Tough Conversations in Library Management 255 EJoella Bagshaw

2:30pm MDT

It's a Three-Winged Circus! Collaborating Across Town Yields Efficiencies, Programming Opportunities, and Expanded Notions of How Best to Meet Patron Needs 258Annie Epperson • Elena Rosenfeld • Carol Satersmoen The Traumatized Librarian: Psychological Injury within the LIS Profession 155 ADonna Baluchi • Lorelei Rutledge Going with the Flow: Adapting Strategies for Reaching Rural Audiences in the Four Corners Region 155 DClaire Ratcliffe Adams Public Library Lightning Round 255 FCasandria Crane

3:30pm MDT

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 FJosh Johnson • Stephanie Everett • Darci Card Mentoring as a Key Part of a Succession Planning Program 255 AMaggie Mills