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.

8:30am EDT

Back to the Basics: Law (Foundations) for Libraries Meeting Room 11Erika Long • Xan Lasko Beyond Funding: Outreach Approaches for Grant Funded Projects Meeting Room 2Molly Copeland • Sara Kaparos • John Morton • Sara Baxter • Kimberly Wires • Carolyn Runyon Bridging the Divide: Information & Digital Literacy Partnerships to Reach Underserved Communities in TN Meeting Room 10Maggie Albro • Charles Barthel How Can a Book and a Shot Save a Life Meeting Room 17Elizabeth Harland • Katherine Horn No Longer Bound: Details of the Massive Periodical Deselection Project at East Tennessee Meeting Room 16Katy Libby • Blair Jones We hear you! Helping Children Find Their Voice Through Library Programming Meeting Room 9Cindy Wilkey

1:10pm EDT

"We're Not Boring, I Swear!": Strategies for Showing Off Your Local History and Special Collections Meeting Room 9Meagan Grim Advancing Consumer Health in Rural Public Libraries: A Strategic Partnership Between a Medical Library and a Regional Public Library Meeting Room 16David Petersen • Martha Earl • Matthew Jordan • Madison Hough Building Stronger Communities: Effective Fundraising and Partnership Strategies for Small Communities Meeting Room 11Daphanie Gragg Check Your Alignment: Getting Back to Basics with Student Employment Meeting Room 10Zoe Bastone • Susan Martel • Will Buck • Allison Scripa TEL Basics Meeting Room 2Andrea Zielke

2:10pm EDT

Boundary Setting: Preventing Burnout in the Library Profession Meeting Room 2Jessica McClure • Cassandra Taylor • Alex Sharp Cataloging Fundamentals: Principles and Practices Meeting Room 17Tiffany Day Hustle and Know: Hip Hop Programing, DIY, and Leaning Into Your Network Meeting Room 9Skyler Gambert Measuring What Matters: a Back-to-basics Approach to Library Assessment Meeting Room 11Jenny Harris • Erik Nordberg Resume and Interviewing Tips Meeting Room 10Richard Groves • Madisen Kirkland Tennessee Government Information in the Digital Age Meeting Room 16Perveen Rustomfram • Renee Register

3:10pm EDT

Better with Friends: Navigating Common Challenges to Strengthen Your Friends Group Meeting Room 9Kathy Dooley-Smith Inventory: It's more than scanning! Meeting Room 10Tiffany Day • Krystal White Librarianship and Social Work: Complimentary, Not Competing, Professions for Society’s Benefit? Meeting Room 11Frank Lambert Tackling to-Dos with Trusty Tools Meeting Room 17Jenny Gillihan • Kathryn McBride • Jessica Gibson • Laura Reaves The Basics That Bend: Getting Back to Core Principles in Library Outreach Meeting Room 16Nancy Gibson • April Parker Words Matter: Exploring the Discourse of Book Bans in TN Meeting Room 2Janet Kesterson Isbell • Shawn Marie Hinkel

4:10pm EDT

Don't Drop Kirby: How to Build a Teen Advisory Board from Nothing Meeting Room 11Melissa Mote Glosup • Will Sutton Getting Fit with the Library: How to Incorporate Fitness into Programming for Libraries of Every Size Meeting Room 17Christina Sawyers Growing Library Gardens Meeting Room 16Brooke Marsh • Kelsi Gately • Chattanooga Public Library Promoting School-Readiness Skills Through Storytime Meeting Room 9Cindy Wilkey • Angela Knox The Lazy Librarian's Guide to Building a Culture of Reading: The Easiest Things You Can Do to Encourage Book Love for Children Meeting Room 2 The Librarian in the Mirror: Reflective Practice for Professional Growth Meeting Room 10Julie Lewis

8:30am EDT

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

9:30am EDT

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

11:10am EDT

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

1:30pm EDT

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