2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference has ended

2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference

Deidrah Reeves

Harford County Public Library

Branch Manager

1:00pm EDT

Things from Future Libraries: An Interactive Workshop Skipjack APam Taylor • Tracy Miller

4:15pm EDT

Opening Keynote - Lisa Varga Choptank BallroomLisa Varga

5:30pm EDT

All-Conference Reception Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

8:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

9:00am EDT

MLA|DLA: A Friendship Bracelet Station The Lantern Room

9:30am EDT

The Anthropologist in the Library Galleon A/B/CLisa Bintrim

10:45am EDT

Recipes for Connection: Food and Making as Pathways to Community Cutter AJoe DiMaggio • Katie Haines

12:00pm EDT

Maryland Author Award Keynote Luncheon Choptank BallroomJohn Shields

2:00pm EDT

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

2:30pm EDT

Ice Cream Social Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

3:00pm EDT

Maryland State Library Agency & Delaware Division of Libraries 2026 Update Cutter BAnne Hiller Clark • Morgan Lehr Miller

4:15pm EDT

Managing the Mess: Leading from the Middle When Everything is Hard Choptank BallroomBria Sinnott • Allison Jennings-Roche

5:15pm EDT

All-Conference Reception Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer

6:00pm EDT

Thursday Evening Keynote and Banquet - Liz Gotauco Choptank BallroomLiz Gotauco

8:00pm EDT

Karaoke Windjammer

7:30am EDT

MLA Annual Breakfast & Awards Ceremony Choptank Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

10:00am EDT

Friday Keynote - Cyndee Landrum Choptank BallroomCyndee Landrum

11:15am EDT

Snack Attack at the Stacks: An Afterschool Cooking Program Schooner BStacy Lane • Gail Bruce