2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference has ended

2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference

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9:30am EDT

Share-It in Maryland: from our shelves to yours through ILL. Chesapeake GEmma Beaven • Hannah Brady Stories Bring us Together: Connections through the Family Literacy Pilot Skipjack BCarrie Sanders • Mary Rayme The Anthropologist in the Library Galleon A/B/CLisa Bintrim

10:45am EDT

African American Subject Funnel Project Clipper CAaron M. Wilson AI Ethics Library Instruction and Educational Autonomy Clipper A/BErnest Anderson Crisis Communication: Telling the Public Your Story Schooner ATimothy Pratt • Jacob Gerding Empowering Library Staff and Customers: Building a Culture of Teamwork and Trust Galleon A/B/CCatherine Hollerbach • Christine Feldmann Harvesting Stories: Cultivating Agricultural Literacy Through Our Shelves WindjammerTonya Wible • Victoria Stone Practical Intellectual Freedom Strategies for Front Line Workers Cutter BSkip Dye • Rosie Stewart Recipes for Connection: Food and Making as Pathways to Community Cutter AJoe DiMaggio • Katie Haines Shared Stories, Shared Support: Building Inclusive Mentorship Communities Brigantine Board RoomShaunda Vasudev • TaChalla Ferris • Camille Robinson Short staffing and strategic thinking: Redesigning a service model using evidence-based practices Chesapeake GCatherine Johnson • Amanda Rudd The Joy of Queernorm: A Readers' Advisory Discussion Schooner BTeresa Miller • Theo Scully • Amanda Crabill Trouble with Teens Chesapeake FGretchen Benson • Tyler Chadwell-English

2:00pm EDT

Poster Sessions Chesapeake/Choptank FoyerGary White • Pamela McClanahan • James Parrigin • Franklin Ofsthun • Emily Zerrenner • Melissa King • Kristina Banks • Olivia Rose Isaacs • Katie Delezenski • Theresa Bruce • Alexandra Trim • Caroline Haislip • Rosalyn Rivera

3:00pm EDT

Black History Lives Here: Telling Our Stories Chesapeake GJulia Hughey • Rubab Azeem Don’t Buy (Into) It! How to spot AI-generated Content Choptank BallroomNatasha Finnegan • Emily Zerrenner • Sara Wheatley Leading Through Influence and Persuasion: An Excerpt from Everyone Leads Clipper A/BKatie George • Jaleen Walker Maryland Author Award Talk: The New Chesapeake Kitchen and Our Common Table Cutter AJohn Shields Maryland State Library Agency & Delaware Division of Libraries 2026 Update Cutter BAnne Hiller Clark • Morgan Lehr Miller Our Shared Shelves: How Collaborative Outreach Unlocks the Full Story of Our Communities WindjammerShaunda Vasudev • Natasha Griffin • Amelia Costello Our Stories, Our Advocacy: Making the Library Voice Heard Brigantine Board RoomJohn Chrastka • Catherine Wimberley Read It & Eat It: Building Community Through Edible Book Festivals Schooner AHeidi Herr Reading Buddies: An Innovative Approach to Addressing the Community's Reading Crisis Schooner BKatelyn McLimans • Jaclyn Cassidy • Carly Dabbs Reading with One Maryland One Book Clipper CAditya Desai

4:15pm EDT

ALA at 150: Pathways to Engagement and Professional Growth Cutter BAaron M. Wilson • Joseph Thompson Bringing Kindergarten to Libraries – How to Start a Kindergarten Readiness Program for Underserved populations. Schooner BDanielle Navarro • Missy DeCesaris Building Collections and providing services to all patrons during challenging times Chesapeake GGenive Purchase • Melanie Townsend Diggs • Alyssia Gilmore • Sophia Sotilleo Classic Book Clubs: Thinking With the Great Thinkers Chesapeake FDorothy Stoltz • Thomas Vose • Erin Hanratty From Page to Plate: Empowering Young Cooks with Library Kitchens WindjammerJaclyn Cassidy • Katie Haines • Ryan Ellis Home is here: Strengthening Maryland library partnerships with immigrant communities Chesapeake EAna Ndumu Managing the Mess: Leading from the Middle When Everything is Hard Choptank BallroomBria Sinnott • Allison Jennings-Roche Nature's Pages: Nurturing Environmental Literacy from an Early Age Skipjack BMelissa King No Consultant? No Problem! In-House Marketing and Program Planning Brigantine Board RoomMallory Wareham Our Files, Our Selves: Digital Maryland, the DPLA, and the Power of Access Cutter AMegan Kean • Tracy Thompson • Kim Steinle-Super