2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference has ended

2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference

Carrie Raines

Calvert Library

Marketing Specialist

Calvert County, MD

https://CalvertLibrary.info

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8:00am EDT

Registration Table Open Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer

4:15pm EDT

Opening Keynote - Lisa Varga Choptank BallroomLisa Varga

5:30pm EDT

All-Conference Reception Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

8:00am EDT

Registration Table Open Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

8:30am EDT

Beyond the Ramp: Creating Truly Inclusive Library Experiences Skipjack AAM Dillon Legislative Update Cutter BTif Sutherland • Liz Sundermann-Zinger • Allison Jennings-Roche Make Good Choices: Decision Making Under Duress Choptank BallroomBrittany Cornish • Amy Dickinson • Amy Ford More Than Just Stories: Standing out with Accessible Library Marketing Clipper A/BAudrey Nakagawa • Nestor Diaz • Samantha Webster You’re Already a Project Manager: Identifying, Applying, and Leveraging Project Management Fundamentals Chesapeake E/FAbigail Williams

9:30am EDT

Share-It in Maryland: from our shelves to yours through ILL. Chesapeake GEmma Beaven • Hannah Brady

10:45am EDT

AI Ethics Library Instruction and Educational Autonomy Clipper A/BErnest Anderson Crisis Communication: Telling the Public Your Story Schooner ATimothy Pratt • Jacob Gerding Practical Intellectual Freedom Strategies for Front Line Workers Cutter BSkip Dye • Rosie Stewart 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

12:00pm EDT

Maryland Author Award Keynote Luncheon Choptank BallroomJohn Shields

2:00pm EDT

Visit the Exhibitors Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall 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 Refresh With Pets Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

2:30pm EDT

Ice Cream Social Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

3:00pm EDT

Black History Lives Here: Telling Our Stories Chesapeake GJulia Hughey • Rubab Azeem Maryland Author Award Talk: The New Chesapeake Kitchen and Our Common Table Cutter AJohn Shields 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 Book Buzz 2026: New Stories for Your Shelves! Galleon A/B/CMeg Faller • Monica McAbee • Theo Scully • Amanda Crabill Let's Talk Stuff Skipjack ARebecca Lowe • Pam Oakley • Joe DiMaggio • Olivia Mirot

4:15pm EDT

Home is here: Strengthening Maryland library partnerships with immigrant communities Chesapeake EAna Ndumu Ignite Session #2 Clipper CAmy Dickinson • Nicole Hance • Amanda VerMeulen • Fusako Ito • Claire Jeter • Megan Friend • Mina Seat • Shamica Terry 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

5:15pm EDT

All-Conference Reception Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer

6:00pm EDT

Thursday Evening Keynote and Banquet - Liz Gotauco Choptank BallroomLiz Gotauco

7:30am EDT

MLA Annual Breakfast & Awards Ceremony Choptank Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall Silent Auction Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

10:00am EDT

Friday Keynote - Cyndee Landrum Choptank BallroomCyndee Landrum

11:15am EDT

Cents and Sensibility: Financial literary for your patrons. Schooner ATyler Lardy

12:30pm EDT

Build Your Outreach Kit Clipper A/BThomas Vose Fundraising Without Fundraisers: Turning Awareness into Action Schooner BCathleen Sparrow • Bethany Kerley • Julie Kizer Ball Once Upon a Summer: Our Stories, Our Shelves, and the Maryland Libraries Summer Ideas Toolkit Clipper CKaren Earp