NLA/MPLA Joint Conference

NLA/MPLA Joint Conference

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7:00am CDT

Information Desk Open La Vista Conference Center

8:00am CDT

AI Literacy as Civic Duty: Preparing Students for America's AI-Powered Future Sugarloaf How Did I Get Here and Why Do I know That? Stories and Confessions of Small Library Directors Gatsby Navigating AI: Conversations, Guidance, and Policy in Nebraska Libraries Dapper 1 Saving the Site: A D.I.Y. Approach to Website Archiving Fedora 2 Starting a Reading Dragons & Friends Program at Your Library Dapper 2 The Nebraska Rural Poll at 30: Insights for Libraries Fedora 1 Where Stories Come Alive: Inside Our Reading Programs Dapper 3 Exhibit Floor Open TBA

9:00am CDT

Beyond Inclusion: Building Library Collections That Center Native Voices Fedora 1 Data Analysis for Librarians: Using the R Programming Language to Tell Your Data Story Fedora 2 From Racism to Reconciliation: The Path Forward for Nebraska Sugarloaf Playing to Your Strengths: Empowering Your Best Work Dapper 3 Stars, Stripes, and Strong Libraries: Preparing for Advocacy Challenges With Case Studies Dapper 2 Tough Questions You Need Answered About Your Library: Navigating Space, Systems, and Technology Dapper 1 Youth Services Tips and Tricks Gatsby

10:00am CDT

Keynote: Kelvin Watson TBA

10:45am CDT

Exhibitor Break TBA

11:15am CDT

Best Teen Titles of 2026 Fedora 2 Borrowing Brains - Working Together to Figure It Out! Dapper 1 From Review to Remediation: Building a Sustainable Reparative Metadata Workflow Fedora 1 From Shelf to Spotlight: Amplifying Readers Services with Adult Programming Gatsby Golden Sower Award Presentation Dapper 3 Human-Centered AI: Policies and Practices to Elevate—and Safeguard—the Library Workforce Dapper 2 Just a punk a$$ librarian...nothing formal, born to excel, be creative, and the best-est hype woman you ever met Sugarloaf

12:00pm CDT

12:30pm CDT

C&U Business Meeting Manhattan I IFRT/Advocacy Committee Business Meeting Gatsby MPLA Member Meeting TBA PLTS Business Meeting Manhattan II TSRT Business Meeting Sugarloaf

1:15pm CDT

Better Together: Strategic Campus and Community Partnerships Dapper 2 Food For Thought: Feeding Our Future Through Partnerships Sugarloaf From Challenges to Superpowers: ADHD & AuDHD in the Workplace Dapper 3 Local History in the Public Square: Opportunities for Public & Academic Libraries Fedora 1 Nontraditional Pathways to Librarianship Fedora 2 Pro Bono Librarianship: Collection Development as Community Service Dapper 1 Tech Services Showcase: Four Projects, Four Perspectives Gatsby

2:15pm CDT

Keynote: Alex Kava TBA

3:15pm CDT

Curate Your Collection By Utilizing Data and Your Community Fedora 2 From Community Memory to Access: Sharing and Preserving the Stories from the Great Plains Black History Museum Gatsby Leveling up: How gamification supercharged our library's adult summer reading program Dapper 2 Notable Books, Along with Some Interesting Others Fedora 1 Responding to Crisis: The Lexington Public Library Steps Up When Tyson Stepped Out Dapper 1 The Audacity! How to step up and speak out for libraries during your legislative session. Sugarloaf There’s No Need to Rush - Why Generative AI Can Wait Dapper 3

4:15pm CDT

Conference Chew & Chat Dapper 1 Empowering Student Success and Library Innovation: The Impact of the Paul Scholar Program at Link Library Dapper 2 Everyday Inclusion: Welcoming Neurodivergent Guests Dapper 3 Exploring AI with Confidence and Curiosity Fedora 1 One Book Many Librarians Sugarloaf Team Tiny Kiosk Bot, Deployment of a local LLM-powered robot in Creighton University Libraries' Makerspace Gatsby

5:00pm CDT

Exhibitor Reception with live band: The Raw Nerve TBA

7:30pm CDT

Smash Park Smash Park La Vista