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Thursday
, October 15
Dapper 1
8:00am •
Navigating AI: Conversations, Guidance, and Policy in Nebraska Libraries
9:00am •
Tough Questions You Need Answered About Your Library: Navigating Space, Systems, and Technology
11:15am •
Borrowing Brains - Working Together to Figure It Out!
1:15pm •
Pro Bono Librarianship: Collection Development as Community Service
3:15pm •
Responding to Crisis: The Lexington Public Library Steps Up When Tyson Stepped Out
4:15pm •
Conference Chew & Chat
Dapper 2
8:00am •
Starting a Reading Dragons & Friends Program at Your Library
9:00am •
Stars, Stripes, and Strong Libraries: Preparing for Advocacy Challenges With Case Studies
11:15am •
Human-Centered AI: Policies and Practices to Elevate—and Safeguard—the Library Workforce
1:15pm •
Better Together: Strategic Campus and Community Partnerships
3:15pm •
Leveling up: How gamification supercharged our library's adult summer reading program
4:15pm •
Empowering Student Success and Library Innovation: The Impact of the Paul Scholar Program at Link Library
Dapper 3
8:00am •
Where Stories Come Alive: Inside Our Reading Programs
9:00am •
Playing to Your Strengths: Empowering Your Best Work
11:15am •
Golden Sower Award Presentation
1:15pm •
From Challenges to Superpowers: ADHD & AuDHD in the Workplace
3:15pm •
There’s No Need to Rush - Why Generative AI Can Wait
4:15pm •
Everyday Inclusion: Welcoming Neurodivergent Guests
Fedora 1
8:00am •
The Nebraska Rural Poll at 30: Insights for Libraries
9:00am •
Beyond Inclusion: Building Library Collections That Center Native Voices
11:15am •
From Review to Remediation: Building a Sustainable Reparative Metadata Workflow
1:15pm •
Local History in the Public Square: Opportunities for Public & Academic Libraries
3:15pm •
Notable Books, Along with Some Interesting Others
4:15pm •
Exploring AI with Confidence and Curiosity
Fedora 2
8:00am •
Saving the Site: A D.I.Y. Approach to Website Archiving
9:00am •
Data Analysis for Librarians: Using the R Programming Language to Tell Your Data Story
11:15am •
Best Teen Titles of 2026
1:15pm •
Nontraditional Pathways to Librarianship
3:15pm •
Curate Your Collection By Utilizing Data and Your Community
Gatsby
8:00am •
How Did I Get Here and Why Do I know That? Stories and Confessions of Small Library Directors
9:00am •
Youth Services Tips and Tricks
11:15am •
From Shelf to Spotlight: Amplifying Readers Services with Adult Programming
12:30pm •
IFRT/Advocacy Committee Business Meeting
1:15pm •
Tech Services Showcase: Four Projects, Four Perspectives
3:15pm •
From Community Memory to Access: Sharing and Preserving the Stories from the Great Plains Black History Museum
4:15pm •
Team Tiny Kiosk Bot, Deployment of a local LLM-powered robot in Creighton University Libraries' Makerspace
La Vista Conference Center
7:00am •
Information Desk Open
Manhattan I
12:30pm •
C&U Business Meeting
Manhattan II
12:30pm •
PLTS Business Meeting
Smash Park La Vista
7:30pm •
Smash Park
Sugarloaf
8:00am •
AI Literacy as Civic Duty: Preparing Students for America's AI-Powered Future
9:00am •
From Racism to Reconciliation: The Path Forward for Nebraska
11:15am •
Just a punk a$$ librarian...nothing formal, born to excel, be creative, and the best-est hype woman you ever met
12:30pm •
TSRT Business Meeting
1:15pm •
Food For Thought: Feeding Our Future Through Partnerships
3:15pm •
The Audacity! How to step up and speak out for libraries during your legislative session.
4:15pm •
One Book Many Librarians
TBA
8:00am •
Exhibit Floor Open
10:00am •
Keynote: Kelvin Watson
10:45am •
Exhibitor Break
12:00pm •
Lunch
12:30pm •
MPLA Member Meeting
2:15pm •
Keynote: Alex Kava
5:00pm •
Exhibitor Reception with live band: The Raw Nerve
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