I chose to focus on technical services and creating more inclusionary terminology in the library. One session that I found particularly informational was on fatphobia and being more inclusive with the catalog language. What a great session! I hope to bring that focus back to our catalog and the way that we support our patrons [...]
Absolutely loved the opening Keynote, Mychal Threets. He was fun to listen to and made me think about how I can start training students to work in the Media Center. Fun fact we ended up walking with him to the conference from the hotel, what a nice person! I want to find out more about [...]
I am so appreciative of receiving this grant to attend the MLA Convention/Conference. Some of the highlights I can share is that I was very pleased with all of the sessions I attended - I learned many new things to share with staff regarding storytimes, games, Canva for designs unique to our library, and connected [...]
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 am very glad that I was able to attend this conference with Prairielands support. Now I am able to bring back lots of great information to my libraries that I was not previously aware of. I knew that the ELibrary of Minnesota existed, but it is never a resource that I had used professionally [...]
It was very nice to be able to attend MLA this year. I came away with a lot of exciting ideas for programming that I would like to try and integrate in the next year, as well as seeing all of my colleagues from other systems. Thank you Prairielands for the professional development opportunity!
Thank you so much Prairelands for this opportunity to return to MLA Conference in 2024. First Rochester is beautiful growing city and the ability to be in a hotel connected to the conference center by skyway was amazing. My colleague and I were able to explore and found this lovely homemade kitchen dinner/book store. All [...]
I appreciate having the opportunity to participate in this year’s Minnesota Library Association Conference in Rochester. The value of being immersed in conversation with other library professionals cannot be measured in dollars and the financial assistance provided by Prairielands Library Exchange has allowed me and countless others to be a part of this worthy event. [...]
I want to thank Prairielands for this scholarship giving me the opportunity to attend my first library conference. The conference was Oct. 24-25 at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN. The first day included a lovely keynote speaker Mychal Threets. He talked about his love for libraries as a young kid and now being [...]
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" [...]