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2020 TLA Conference

It is with much sadness that we inform you our 2020 Annual Conference is cancelled.

The Holiday Inn Worlds Fair indicate they have canceled all reservations that were in our booking group. To be safe, we recommend calling to make sure your reservation is cancelled.

TLA is waiving our no conference refunds policy and will give refunds for anyone who requests them -- email execdirector@tnla.org to request. If you do not want a refund, do not request one and know that TLA appreciates your generous support during these difficult times.

8:00am EDT

Citation Management Software for Personal or Academic Use 300 CWendy Doucette Community Connections: Networking with Local Businesses 200 ALis Ann Morehart Escaping the Library 300 ACasey Applebaum Role Playing and the Role You Play: Dungeons and Dragons at your Library 200 BBen Holden • Logan Tippitt Transcending Geographic and Organizational Boundaries: Promoting Primary Source Literacy with Local and Digital Collections 200 CCarolyn Runyon • Dunstan McNutt (he/him)

1:10pm EDT

Doorways Into Reading: Improving Reader’s Advisory Skills 300 CNancy Pearl Game Night: How to Run a Successful Gaming Event at Your Library 200 CParis Whalon How to Generate Exciting New Ideas for Library Programs 300 BCasey Applebaum • Chris Markley • Donna McMillan • Kate Woodworth Powering Limitless Opportunities for All: Selecting and Presenting Diverse Lit 300 ADeAnne Luck Powering Up: Moving from Peer to Supervisor 200 ADolores Greenwald • Jennifer Cowan-Henderson • Martha Earl • Kelsey Collins Supporting the Exploration and Use of Open Educational Resources 200 BAshley Sergiadis • Philip Smith

2:10pm EDT

Harry Potter Birthday Blast at your library 200 AKelsey Collins Lending Ukuleles at Your Library 200 BNatalie Wright Opportunities for Community in Dancing at the Library 300 BEmory LaPrade • Amanda Anderson The Intersection of Youth Homelessness and Human Trafficking: What Can Libraries Do? 300 CJulie Winkelstein • Natalie Ivey TN READS: a peek behind the curtain 300 AMarion Bryant Voices Out Loud: Putting Queer History Back on the Map 200 CDonna Braquet • Leah Cannon • Julie Dahlhauser • Lisa Curtin

3:10pm EDT

Curation Collaboration: The Importance of Teamwork in Metadata Curation 200 ANatalie Emmett • Daphne Evans • Jamie Campbell • Danielle Smothers • Eric Altmyer • Shelby Stooksbury • Kittie Crittenden • Olivia Frederick • Renika Quinn • Information International Associates Going "Beyond the Shelves": Why and How to Create a Library Podcast 300 AJennifer W. Spirko • Clay Kriese Immigration, Deportation, Unaccompanied Minors: Is your library ready to be a place of refuge? 300 BEsai Navarro Library Workplace Engagement and Job Satisfaction 200 CJason Martin Limitless Possibilities in Your DNA: Untangling Results from Ancestry to 23andMe 300 CMartha Earl • Anne Osborne (she/her)

4:10pm EDT

New Opportunities for Liaison Work: Public and Academic 200 BBess Robinson • Eryn Duffee • Andrea Kincaid • Michael W. Harris • Rachel Kirck • Access and Patron Services Roundtable The Secrets to a Successful TEL Training 200 AAndrea Zielke • Jenny Virgin • Nikki Branam-Snyder • Julie Dahlhauser

8:00am EDT

Actions Speak Louder than Resumes: How Performance Interviews Ensure Hiring the Best Library Candidates 200 AWendy Doucette • Rebecca Tolley Leveraging University Archives for Library and Campus Outreach 200 CNoah Lasley Serving your community through author visits 300 ALiz Hicks • Lis Ann Morehart Leveraging library programming to create community buy-in 300 BStephanie Bandel

9:00am EDT

Library Learning Stations 200 ADr. Ashley Stanley SACS for Librarians 200 CJoe Weber • Jenny Harris Using data.census.gov to Power Limitless Opportunities 300 APerveen Rustomfram • Bess Robinson Genius Hour: Getting your Students excited about Research through Project Based Learning 300 BJohnnie Sue Hawley

11:00am EDT

Creating Opportunities Together: Practical Tips for Supporting Low Income Students through Collaboration 200 CNicole Wood • Jenny Harris • Tina Reid Limitless Partnerships : how to build a lightning powered community of resources for youth 300 AC. M. Underdown-DuBois Powering Up Diversity and Inclusion in Your Library 200 APat Bashir Preserving Library and Staff History: Lessons from a Library's "Unofficial" Historian 200 BSharon Parente Rainbow Family Story Time - Yes, Even in the South! 300 CDara Gonzales • Jessica Clark • Molly Condo A Peek in the Window: a Public Library Board Meeting 300 BJennifer Cowan-Henderson • Charles A. Sherrill • Liz Schreck • Caitlyn Haley • Nikki Branam-Snyder • Kate Huddleston • Bessie Davis • Matthew Jordan

1:40pm EDT

Finding Free Online Original Records Using FamilySearch 300 ALori Thornton Free Toiletries in the Library 200 BKelsey Collins Powering Up Your Customer Service Assessments 200 AJ. Michael Lindsay • Martha Earl • Kelsey Grabeel Recognizing Your Superpower 300 CNikki Branam-Snyder • Keisha Parks We're Here, We're Queer, We're Very Tired: Empowering LGBTQ+ Library Workers 200 CChelsea Tarwater • Dr. Cindy Welch Capes, Cookies, Streamlining, and Empowerment: How We Made Tech Services Better at Chatt State 300 BAnthony Prince

2:40pm EDT

How Does Your Garden Grow? Community Garden at the Library 300 AHeather Duby • Megan Hopkins Open and Affordable Course Materials Forum 200 ARachel Fleming • Julie Huskey Other Duties as Assigned: Powering Through the Unexpected 300 CJennifer Cowan-Henderson • Sharon Edwards • Erika Long • Jillian Rael Read A Good Book Lately? 200 CCathy Farley The Social Justice Conversation in Context 200 B Limitless Opportunities: Leading from the Middle 300 BJamie Osborn • Susan Earl • Amy Kimani