TNLA 2025 Conference

TNLA 2025 Conference

Welcome to the 2025 Tennessee Library Association Conference #tnla25! We’re glad you’re here. Build your schedule below, and be sure to check the More Info page for additional conference details.

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8:30am EDT

Children's & YA Roundtable Business Meeting Meeting Room 17Lily Woodside • Lyn Hunter • Children's and Young Adult Roundtable Forgot Your Why: Shedding the Superhero Cape and Gaslighting Phrases Meeting Room 16Caroline Mickey Inter Library Loan: Basics and Etiquette Meeting Room 2Lily Woodside Streamlining and Empowerment: A 7-Year Retrospective of How We Made Tech Services Better at Chattanooga State Community College Meeting Room 9Anthony Prince Taking a Walk in the Shoes of Our Students & the Families: A Real World Look at the Impact of Demographics & Literacy Meeting Room 11Stenisa Rice Taking Control of Your Story: Telling your story to the most important person (you!) Meeting Room 10Will O'Hearn

9:00am EDT

Exhibits Open Ballrooms E, F, & G

9:30am EDT

Technical Services Roundtable Business Meeting Meeting Room 17Tiffany Day 50 states/50 ideas Meeting Room 2Cindy Matthews • Caitlyn Haley Fostering Autistic Inclusion in Middle Tennessee Libraries Meeting Room 10Carolyn Runyon • Casey Davis • Jessica Jeffers • Alesia Burnley • Kathryn Wisinger • Amy Correia Information Literacy in the Time of AI Meeting Room 11Emory LaPrade Mushroom for All: Creating an Open-Access Guide to Campus Mushroom Hunting as an Academic Librarian Meeting Room 9Kelly Maust The ONEAL Project: negotiation education for library workers Meeting Room 16Courtney F

10:20am EDT

Free Time in Exhibits Ballrooms E, F, & G

11:10am EDT

TNLA DEI Committee Business Meeting Meeting Room 17Lisa Krajecki • Diversity • Equity • and Inclusion Committee ADHD and the Library Profession Meeting Room 2Courtney Lewis Back to Basics: Rebuilding Student Engagement and Outreach Post-COVID Meeting Room 16Lydia Gwyn • Jonathan Wilson • East Tennessee State University Beyond Books: Exploring the Possibilities of Non-Traditional Collections Meeting Room 10Richard Groves • Crissy Varnell Nurturing Your Community Through Library Agriculture Meeting Room 9Kimberlee Byrge • Kelly Harris Putting Some "Fun" in the Fundamentals of Locating Government Publications Meeting Room 11Perveen Rustomfram • Bess Robinson

12:00pm EDT

Trustee /Friends of the Library Luncheon Ballroom HAlison Lebovitz • Friends of Tennessee Libraries

1:30pm EDT

Public Library Roundtable Business Meeting Meeting Room 17Dinah Harris • Public Library Roundtable Constructed and Contextual: Exploring Concepts of Authority through the Creation of Student Zines Meeting Room 11Amanda Roper Pushing Back Against Censorship in TN Libraries: One Group's Experience Meeting Room 16Frank Lambert • Keri Lambert • Jessica Robertson Read a Good Book Lately Meeting Room 2Cathy Farley • Jennifer Cowan-Henderson • Michael Hale • Erin Lankford Read and Ride: A Pilot Partnership Between Chattanooga Public Library and the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority Meeting Room 9Lyn Hunter They are called Comics for a Reason: Humorous Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens Meeting Room 10Scot Smith

2:30pm EDT

Basic Book Repairs and Weeding Meeting Room 11Kate Huddleston Beyond Books: How Libraries Can Offer Even More Basic Skills to Our Youngest Children Meeting Room 10Erica deBin • Shelley Headrick Encouraging the Anxious: Free and Low Cost Events to Lift Spirits in the Academic Library Meeting Room 16Jan Cohu • Michaela Rutledge • Jules LeFort Cleary Haunted History: Teaching Teens About Primary Sources Meeting Room 9Dottie Higgs • Brittany Mountford • Okland Scott Library Data Storytelling: From Data to Narrative Meeting Room 17Dwight Hunter • Andrea Kincaid The Basics of Becoming a Good Leader in Your Workspace. How and Why? Meeting Room 2Rebeckah Coleman