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Debra Elfenbein
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Social Science & History Librarian
Baltimore, MD
https://prattlibrary.org/locations/central/special-collections
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Wednesday
, May 6
1:00pm
EDT
Wonder Media: Media & News Literacy for Tweens & Teens
Brigantine Board Room
Carrie Sanders
4:15pm
EDT
Opening Keynote - Lisa Varga
Choptank Ballroom
Lisa Varga
5:30pm
EDT
Exhibitor Hall Open
Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall
All-Conference Reception
Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall
Thursday
, May 7
7:00am
EDT
Morning Yoga
The Lantern Room
8:00am
EDT
Registration Table Open
Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer
8:30am
EDT
Ignite Session #1
Clipper C
Miriam Heard • Andrea Schuba • Aditya Desai • Brandt Van Unen
Truth First: Educating, Memorializing and Advancing Racial Justice in Maryland
Cutter A
Lula Beatty • Karen Lee Scrivo • Amy S. Millin • J.P. Williams
9:30am
EDT
Financial Literacy Programs for Children from the ALA and FINRA
Windjammer
Rebecca Maron-Ryan • Stacey Freedman
Stories Bring us Together: Connections through the Family Literacy Pilot
Skipjack B
Carrie Sanders • Mary Rayme
10:45am
EDT
African American Subject Funnel Project
Clipper C
Aaron M. Wilson
Harvesting Stories: Cultivating Agricultural Literacy Through Our Shelves
Windjammer
Tonya Wible • Victoria Stone
Short staffing and strategic thinking: Redesigning a service model using evidence-based practices
Chesapeake G
Catherine Johnson • Amanda Rudd
12:00pm
EDT
Maryland Author Award Keynote Luncheon
Choptank Ballroom
John Shields
2:30pm
EDT
Ice Cream Social
Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall
3:00pm
EDT
Black History Lives Here: Telling Our Stories
Chesapeake G
Julia Hughey • Rubab Azeem
Our Shared Shelves: How Collaborative Outreach Unlocks the Full Story of Our Communities
Windjammer
Shaunda Vasudev • Natasha Griffin • Amelia Costello
4:15pm
EDT
Building Collections and providing services to all patrons during challenging times
Chesapeake G
Genive Purchase • Melanie Townsend Diggs • Alyssia Gilmore • Sophia Sotilleo
Our Files, Our Selves: Digital Maryland, the DPLA, and the Power of Access
Cutter A
Megan 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 Ballroom
Liz Gotauco
Friday
, May 8
7:30am
EDT
MLA Annual Breakfast & Awards Ceremony
Choptank Ballroom
10:00am
EDT
Friday Keynote - Cyndee Landrum
Choptank Ballroom
Cyndee Landrum
12:30pm
EDT
Using Digital Tools to Preserve Organizational History
Schooner A
Hannah Erickson • Paul Moreno
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