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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The 2023 MLA Conference was very informative, and I took home a lot of ideas! I attended some amazing sessions over the course of the two days. One session highlighted the current trend of book challenges. It was very interesting to hear some of the challenges other libraries are seeing, as well as some ideas [...]
I registered for the 2023 Minnesota Library Association Conference "Library Workers Make the Library Work!" Due to unexpected circumstances, I was only able to attend the first day of the conference. However, thanks to digital resources, I will be able to access information from the Thursday sessions, too! The first day of the conference was [...]
This year’s Minnesota Library Association Conference was full of great sessions, keynotes, and vendors. I crammed as much as I could into my schedule and even downloaded the slides and notes from sessions that I could not get to as they were doubled with another session I wanted to attend. My favorite sessions were the [...]