I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2024 MLA Conference in Rochester, MN. It was an awesome experience. I work in a public library and so this conference gave me the opportunity to learn more about public libraries and school libraries. I had the opportunity to attend a session called "Creating Engaging Multimedia Exhibits" [...]
MLA-Rochester 2024 This year's MLA did not disappoint. I enjoyed every single minute of it. Highlights: (Why) Do People Come to the Library?: Reassessing the Data We Rely on to Speak for the Library and its Users-Verena Getahun, Rachel Howell, Maddie Rudawski, and Eric Yang Wow! I have always wondered if there was a way [...]
Thanks to the grant from Prairielands, I was able to attend the annual Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference in Springfield, Massachusetts from September 11-14. One of the highlights of the conference was being able to see members of my cohort from the Rural Library Network cohort from Save the Children and Berea College. [...]
I attended the MLA Conference in Rochester, MN on Oct. 24, 2024. I had the opportunity to drive to the conference with the other media specialist in our district which enabled us a significant amount of time to collaborate with each other before, during and after the conference. The keynote speaker, Mychael Treets, was an [...]
I attended the Association for Rural & Small Libraries Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 11-14. This is the 2nd time attending this conference and I have to say it is well worth the time and money. The conference offers great sessions that are indeed applicable to the small & rural libraries. Sessions I attended [...]
I was able to attend the American Library Association annual conference in San Diego, California from June 27 - July 2, 2024. It was the first time I have had the opportunity to go to the ALA conference. I was able to meet librarians not only from all over the country, but from all over [...]
I was able to successfully complete my practicum, thanks to Bethany Kaufman and the amazing team at Mankato State. I had started my master's degree in library media and had to put it on hold. The opportunity to complete the degree was possible due to the support I received from Mankato State and also from [...]
I really enjoyed this training and learned a lot of valuable ways to effectively deal with patrons who may be difficult. This training gave many different scenarios and ways that difficult people could be dealt with, many of which I probably wouldn't have thought of. One of the biggest things from this training was the [...]
I had a wonderful first time at MLA! I have not been to a library event like this, it was a great experience not only for the workshops, but for the networking experience as well.Some of my favorite workshops that I attended included: Teen Takeover: how to deal when teens take over the library, presented [...]