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2017 TLA Conference

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Amanda Yother

TSLA: Falling Water River Regional Library
Assistant Director
Cookeville

8:00am EDT

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

Promoting Health Literacy through Easy-To-Read Materials Room 300-ACynthia Beeler • Tennessee Health Science Library Association

8:00am EDT

Celebrate Libraries by collecting User Feedback! Room 200-BAdam Clemons • Jim Nance • Karen White STE(A)M Bob: Gearing Up Room 300-BDr. Cindy Welch Updates on the eBook Marketplace Room 300-AWendy Cornelisen

9:00am EDT

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

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 Making Story Time Accessible Room 300-BErin Lankford • Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

1:10pm EDT

Building a Core Genealogy Methodology Collection Room 200-ALori Thornton STEAM Petting Zoo Room 300-BAri Baker They didn’t teach me that in library school Room 300-AHeather Duby

2:10pm EDT

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

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 Wading through the Flood – a library, a flood and a recovery Room 200-BKatie Gohn

9:00am EDT

UT School of Information Sciences Open House & Guided Tour School of Information Sciences, UT Campus "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

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 Summer Learning: Why Libraries=Education & How We Can Combat Summer Slide Room 300-BKate Smith

12:00pm EDT

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 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

2:40pm EDT

Open minded: moving to an Open source ILS Room 200-BAdam Brooks • Jessica Zairo UT Breakout Gamification and Active Learning in the Academic Library Room 300-BStephanie Miranda • Ingrid Ruffin • Caroline Zeglen