2018 VLA Professional Associates Conference has ended

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2018 VLA Professional Associates Conference

8:00am EDT

OPENING SESSION BREAKFAST AND KEYNOTE: Mauricio Velasquez, "Toxic Employees – Toxic Workplaces" Grand Ballrooms Salons I & IIMauricio Velasquez

10:15am EDT

Beyond Fake News, Strategies for Evaluating Information in an Era of “Alternative Facts” Pearl Ballroom IINancy Speisser • Henrietta Verma NoveList - Readers' Advisory and so much more! Blue Point Ballroom IMartha Higgins Patron challenges and banned book questions: are you ready? Grand Ballroom IIIM Teresa Doherty Other Duties As Assigned Gone Wild Grand Ballroom VRachel Elliott Finding Your Focus: How Goal-Setting Can Make You a Better Library Professional Pearl Ballroom INatalie Browning Taking Charge of Your Career Pearl Ballroom IIINan Carmack • Cindy Church Virginia Libraries Journal 101 - Getting Published Blue Point Ballrooms II & IIIPaige Flanagan • Sue LaParo

11:15am EDT

Beyond Fake News, Strategies for Evaluating Information in an Era of “Alternative Facts” Pearl Ballroom IINancy Speisser • Henrietta Verma How Can I Not Help You? Grand Ballroom IIIStephani Rodgers Staying on Track: Using Technology to Help Student Workers Provide Up-to-Date Information to Patrons Pearl Ballroom IIILinh Nguyen Dragons in the Stacks - Tabletop Roleplaying as Outreach Grand Ballroom VLinnea Browning Finding Your Focus: How Goal-Setting Can Make You a Better Library Professional Pearl Ballroom INatalie Browning Booktalking - An Essential Tool in Your Outreach Toolbox Blue Point Ballrooms II & IIIR. Timothy Carrier • Angela Critics YouMedia: A New Approach to Teen Services Blue Point Ballroom IPatricia Kendalls • Jineane Shorter

12:15pm EDT

LUNCHEON AND FEATURED SPEAKER: Lydia Netzer, "Five Cultural Questions of This Very Moment, and Where to Find the Answers in the Library" Grand Ballrooms Salons I & IILydia Netzer

1:45pm EDT

Lightning talks: 5 minute tricks, cool stuff, and great ideas! Grand Ballroom IVM Teresa Doherty Makerspaces for the Modern Library Pearl Ballroom IRich Sykes Serving Genealogy Patrons Blue Point Ballrooms II & IIIKatie Derby The Crowd is a Demanding Mistress: Scope Drift + Crowdsourcing Pearl Ballroom IISonya Coleman Dragons in the Stacks - Tabletop Roleplaying as Outreach Grand Ballroom VLinnea Browning Introduction to the VLA.ORG Website Pearl Ballroom IIIGregg Grunow Orientate and Educate: Training Techniques for New Hires and Current Colleagues Grand Ballroom IIIMichelle "MJ' Jones Who is supposed to be doing what?: understanding the murky relationships between Trustees, Friends and Foundations Blue Point Ballroom IKim Armentrout

2:45pm EDT

Expanding Library Horizons: Partnering High Schools with Academic Libraries Blue Point Ballroom IDonna Coghill • Denise Smith Providing Genealogy Programming Blue Point Ballrooms II & IIIKatie Derby Outreach Services - Bookmobiles and Beyond! Pearl Ballroom IWillow Gale eMagazines, eBooks, and eAudio, oh my! Promoting RBdigital to patrons. Grand Ballroom VBethany Leach You Don't Look Like A Librarian Grand Ballroom IIIRachel McCaskill Library Services as a Connecting Point for Teens in the Community Pearl Ballroom IICheryl Costello • Jane Smith Booktalking - An Essential Tool in Your Outreach Toolbox Pearl Ballroom IIIR. Timothy Carrier • Angela Critics

3:45pm EDT

VLA Awards Presentation and Scholarship Raffle Grand Ballrooms Salons I & II