2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference has ended

2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference

Susan Elizabeth Cordle

Delaware Libraries

Administrative Librarian, Youth Services Coordinator

Dover, DE

https://lib.de.us/

About me

She/Her

8:00am EDT

Registration Table Open Chesapeake/Choptank Foyer

9:00am EDT

#MyReasonWhyDE Facilitator Training Brigantine Board RoomStacy Lane • Gail Bruce

12:30pm EDT

DLA Annual Meeting Quorum Check-In Windjammer

1:00pm EDT

Wonder Media: Media & News Literacy for Tweens & Teens Brigantine Board RoomCarrie Sanders

4:15pm EDT

Opening Keynote - Lisa Varga Choptank BallroomLisa Varga

5:30pm EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall All-Conference Reception Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

7:00pm EDT

DLA Meet-Up Galleon A/B/C

8:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open Chesapeake Ballroom / Exhibitor Hall

9:30am EDT

Stories Bring us Together: Connections through the Family Literacy Pilot Skipjack BCarrie Sanders • Mary Rayme

10:45am EDT

From Circle Time to Story time: Bringing Classroom Strategies to the Library Chesapeake EHilary Fudge Practical Intellectual Freedom Strategies for Front Line Workers Cutter BSkip Dye • Rosie Stewart Trouble with Teens Chesapeake FGretchen Benson • Tyler Chadwell-English

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

Our Shared Shelves: How Collaborative Outreach Unlocks the Full Story of Our Communities WindjammerShaunda Vasudev • Natasha Griffin • Amelia Costello 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 School's Out! Building Local Partnerships with Schools Using *Their* Calendars Chesapeake FBernadette Davis

4:15pm EDT

Bringing Kindergarten to Libraries – How to Start a Kindergarten Readiness Program for Underserved populations. Schooner BDanielle Navarro • Missy DeCesaris

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

DLA Annual Breakfast Galleon A/B/C

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

Share Your Story With Pride: Building a Community Driven Art Show At Your Library Skipjack AMargery Bayne Snack Attack at the Stacks: An Afterschool Cooking Program Schooner BStacy Lane • Gail Bruce

12:30pm EDT

Build Your Outreach Kit Clipper A/BThomas Vose Once Upon a Summer: Our Stories, Our Shelves, and the Maryland Libraries Summer Ideas Toolkit Clipper CKaren Earp