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2017 TLA Conference

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8:00am EDT

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

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

10:00am EDT

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

1:10pm EDT

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

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

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

"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

11:00am EDT

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

1:40pm EDT

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

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