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8:00am EDT

Library Information Technologies: Showcasing Our Achievements and Gazing into the Future Room 300-ABonnie Allen • Marshall Breeding • David Hadjik • Kebede Wordofa • Library Technologies Roundtable • College and University Libraries Section Youth Services for All: The Whys and Hows of Serving All Children Room 300-BKeisha Parks • Pat Rua-Bashir • Kate Smith • Dr. Cindy Welch

1:00pm EDT

Professional Librarians Envisioning Summit Room 300-BMiguel Figueroa • Betty Jo Jarvis • Cecilie Maynor • Laura Sheets • Lauri Thompson Promoting Health Literacy through Easy-To-Read Materials Room 300-ACynthia Beeler • Tennessee Health Science Library Association

7:00pm EDT

TLA Board of Directors Meeting Room 300-A

8:00am EDT

East Tennessee Library Association Meeting/Networking Room 200-CEast Tennessee Library Association • Marissa Snead Celebrate Libraries by collecting User Feedback! Room 200-BAdam Clemons • Jim Nance • Karen White Preservation to Open Access: Transforming a digital repository into a more dynamic tool for campus and community outreach Room 200-ABrigitte Billeaudeaux • Natalie Bishop • Pamela R. Dennis • Holly Mabry Space the Academic Library’s next frontier Room 300-CSamuel S. Richardson STE(A)M Bob: Gearing Up Room 300-BDr. Cindy Welch Updates on the eBook Marketplace Room 300-AWendy Cornelisen

9:00am EDT

Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) Meeting/Networking Lecture HallGovernment Documents Roundtable (GODORT) • Perveen Rustomfram Reference Roundtable Meeting/Networking Room 200-CAdam Clemons • Reference Roundtable Attracting Donations both Great and Small Room 300-BCathy Farley • Michael Hale Celebrate your library by updating your emergency plan Room 300-CKimberlee Byrge • Martha Earl Let’s celebrate partnerships in the community Room 200-AMay Lingner • Janet Walker Taking Your Public Library to the Next Level Room 300-AJennifer Pearson • Jillian Rael • Adam Southern UT iSchool Research Forum Room 200-B Exhibits Open Ballroom E & F

10:00am EDT

Library Instruction Roundtable Meeting/Networking Room 200-CAnna Leta Moss • Library Instruction Roundtable Coffee and Conversation Room 300-AKathryn Bennett • Molly Ellison • Nancy Roark • Cheri Tinney Don’t Perish as You Publish: How to Avoid Being Prey to Predatory Publishers Room 200-BBess Robinson • Perveen Rustomfram Looking for the picture in the frame: ACRL framework in practical library instruction Room 300-CLibrary Instruction Together (LIT) Making Story Time Accessible Room 300-BErin Lankford • Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Redefining Cataloging Room 200-AJulie Huskey • Anthony Prince

11:00am EDT

Exhibits Ribbon-Cutting and Free Time in Exhibits Ballroom E & F

11:30am EDT

School Libraries Section Meetup #1 Balter BeerworksSchool Libraries Section

11:45am EDT

Intellectual Freedom Luncheon Room 200-D & EAlison Macrina

1:10pm EDT

Technical Services Roundtable Meeting/Networking Room 200-CTechnical Services Roundtable Building a Core Genealogy Methodology Collection Room 200-ALori Thornton Discover the new Adult trend and capture 18-24 readers’ attention Room 300-CJoanna Anderson • Brooke Lyon Space Utilization Survey Room 200-BAdam Clemons • Jim Nance • Karen White STEAM Petting Zoo Room 300-BAri Baker They didn’t teach me that in library school Room 300-AHeather Duby

2:10pm EDT

Intellectual Freedom Business Meeting/Networking Room 200-CIntellectual Freedom Committee • Bryan Jones Adult Space: collections for adult patrons and their impact on library staff Room 300-AKatie Creecy • Cara Huwieler Break Out of the Mold: Creating a Breakout Program in your Library Room 200-BKate Lewallen Celebrate Training Opportunities for Library Staff Room 200-AGeorgia Baskett • Adam Clemons Fingerplays on the fly Room 300-BCynthia Green • Marcia Nelson Instant, Easy, Free Cloud Computing With Google and Microsoft 365 Room 300-CJoanna Anderson • Wendy Doucette

3:15pm EDT

General Session Lecture HallClyde Edgerton

5:30pm EDT

UT School of Information Sciences Alumni & Friends Reception Rotunda Room

6:00pm EDT

School Libraries Section Meetup #2 Windows on the Park LoungeSchool Libraries Section TLA NMRT Social Windows on the Park LoungeNew Members Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

All-Conference Reception Concourse/Plaza Terrace

8:00am EDT

Disability Etiquette 101 Room 200-CMaria Sochor • Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Embrace the chaos: creating a fun and engaging baby story time Room 300-BChelsea Tarwater Open Access on campus: Bringing non-profits to the libraries Room 300-CMelanie Allen • Rachel Caldwell • Nick Guernsey • Ann Viera • Alan Wallace Ready Set Go: What Academic and High School libraries are doing to help prepare students for college Room 300-AAdam Clemons • Maia Hajj • Karen White Wading through the Flood – a library, a flood and a recovery Room 200-BKatie Gohn Writing an effective technology plan, part 1 Room 200-AGina Hunter • Caleb Wray

9:00am EDT

School Section Business Meeting/Networking Room 200-CSchool Libraries Section • Jennifer Sharp "Community-Embedded" Librarians-In-Training to Develop Contextually-Situated Collections Room 200-BAbbey K. Elder • Bharat Mehra Building Partnerships between School and Public libraries: Success and Challenges Room 300-AKatie Creecy • Kelly Lee Drag it out dust it off Room 300-BBrigitte Billeaudeaux Writing an effective technology plan, part 2 Room 200-AGina Hunter • Caleb Wray Your Library and the Government: Pay Attention, It Matters. Room 300-CCharles A. Sherrill Exhibits Open Ballroom E & F UT School of Information Sciences Open House & Guided Tour School of Information Sciences, UT Campus

10:00am EDT

Free Time in Exhibits Ballroom E & F

11:00am EDT

Public Library Section Business Meeting/Networking Room 200-CJena Gray • Public Libraries Section A Day in the life of the TSLA Room 200-ATrent Hanner Interview tips and tricks from both sides of the desk Room 200-BMartha Earl • Susan Earl • Meredith Goins Invitation to Managing Social Media Room 300-AJessica McCroskey • Whitney Nelson • Nancy Roark Summer Learning: Why Libraries=Education & How We Can Combat Summer Slide Room 300-BKate Smith “Amazing Magic searches” in OCLC WorldCat Discovery: an Update to Kornegay, Buchanan & Morgan 2005 Room 300-CFrank Newton

12:00pm EDT

School Libraries Section Meetup #3 Market House CafeSchool Libraries Section Trustees and Friends Luncheon Room 200-D & EDavid Baker

1:40pm EDT

Children’s/Young Adult Roundtable Meeting/Networking Room 200-CMissy Dillingham • Children’s/Young Adult Roundtable Archiving the Archives Room 200-AAmber McKee • Ashli Wells Exploring America’s Communities with American FactFinder Room 300-BBess Robinson • Perveen Rustomfram Growing a regional studies center Room 300-ABrennan LeQuire • Linda Marcus • Jennifer W. Spirko I would be a leader if I had more time Room 200-BMartha Earl • Susan Earl • Dolores Greenwald • Ruth Kinnersley Navigating Strong Currents: an overview of revised standards Room 300-CSharon Parente

2:40pm EDT

Leadership Roundtable Meeting/Networking Room 200-CDolores Greenwald • Leadership Roundtable Open minded: moving to an Open source ILS Room 200-BAdam Brooks • Jessica Zairo Restoring the forum: Redesigning Tennessee’s State Publications Depository Program for the New Century Room 300-CSara Green • David Ownby Supporting Addiction Recovery Room 300-AStephanie Monday • K.C. Williams TENN-Share at 25: a Quarter Century of Helping Tennessee Libraries Room 200-AMatt Kirby • Joe Weber • Carla Whiles UT Breakout Gamification and Active Learning in the Academic Library Room 300-BStephanie Miranda • Ingrid Ruffin • Caroline Zeglen