• Working with the New Mexico State Library: What to Know as a Library Director with Carmelita Aragon Kelly McCabe, Ursula McDade, Ada Negraru from New Mexico State Library / Development Bureau
• Planting the Seeds of Open Education with Jennifer Jordan from UNM University Libraries
• Growing Digital Opportunity: The Evolving Role of Libraries in Digital Inclusion with Bo Ford from New Mexico State Library
• What's It About? An Introduction to Subject Analysis and Classification. Sarah Edwards Obenauf with Bradley Carrington, and Angelica Bernaert from New Mexico State Library

• Fundamentals of Leadership with Jason E Shoup from Rio Rancho Public Library
• Nourish Your Programs with Art-Rich STEM Activities with Christine Shupla from Lunar and Planetary Institute
• Convincing the Unconvinced: Using Data to Prove Your Library Matters with Ursula McDaid from New Mexico State Library

• English Expo New Mexico, The State English Academic Competition with Annette Hardin, English Expo NM President, Dianna Valdez, English Expo Treasurer

  
  

Session 1

10:30 am - 11:20 am

• Cultivating Collections: Building an Institutional Repository at NMHU with Katie Gray
• SRP101 Getting Started With Summer Reading with Kelly McCabe
• Tending the Learning: How Libraries Can Protect the Struggle AI Wants to Skip with Leslie Ross & Brita Sauer
• Updates & Conversation: Public Library Directors Meeting with Carmelita Aragon
• Building a History Exhibit through Experiential Student Learning with Erin Renee Wahl (Angel Corona & Guinevere Mayse, students)

Session 2: Lightning Talks

11:30 am - noon

• Fostering Community With Library Programming with Kesheena Doctor
• Makerspace in a Nutshell: Starting DACC Library's Makerspace with Mak Jones
• Morally Injured: Time to Plant or Move On with Angelica Garcia-Hughes
• Space Utilization Evaluation & Atmosphere Shifts with Karina Todechine
• Programmatic Leadership with Bo Ford
• When AI Answers Health Questions: What Librarians Should Know – A Bilingual Medical Librarian’s Reflection with Evelyn Wang
• Taking Library Services to Charter Schools: Filling the Information Gap for Charter School Students with Enrique Valdivia
• Plant the Seeds: Practical Ways to Cultivate a Reading Culture with Natasha Carty & Karin Trujillo

Session 3

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

• The Pioneer and the Four Founders: The Ladies Who Started the State Library and NMLA with Joe Sabatini
• Residency; Helping People Find Proof of Residency for RECA Claims with Susanne Caro & Regina Bouley Sweeten
• Planting Seeds of Engagement: Growing Community Connections Through a Library Postcard Project with Moses Moya
• The Freedom to Read: Why Legislation Matters: Part 1 with Ann Nihlen, NM House Representative Kathleen Cates, NM Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, NM Senator Harold Pope & Regina Dickens
• How to Spend That $240,000 Grant You Did Not Ask For with Joseph McKenzie, Maria Monclova de Padilla

Session 4

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

• Tending the Digital Garden: Growing AI Safety Practices in New Mexico Libraries with Ada Negraru and Bo Ford
• Growing Community Connections: Using YesNMConnect to Cultivate Better Social Care with Laura Clark
• Growing the Next Generation of Librarians Through Hands-on Experiences in Academic Libraries with Adrienne Warner
• The Freedom to Read: Why Legislation Matters: Part 2 with Ann Nihlen, et al.
• Community Outreach: Growing Strong Roots in Your Community with Sarah Jones

Session 5

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

• Growing Your Religious Collection: Collection Development Resources with Ellen Bosman
• Planting Seeds of Change: Revitalizing the Community College Library with Mak Jones & Tiffany Schirmer
• From Roots to Results: The Foundation Behind the Bloom with Samantha Hardin, Gilda & Baeza-Ortego
• What I Didn't Learn in Library School and Why It Matters with Bentley Clark
• Ranganathan's Colon Classification: What it is and what we can learn from it about organizing contemporary library materials with Kevin Comerford

Session 6

4:10 pm - 5:00 pm

• Grow Your Library Team: A Leader’s Guide to Working With Individuals with Teresa Smith
• Planting Seeds of Insight: Arts-Integrated Creative Inquiry for Libraries in Bloom with Kat Gullahorn, Amalia Giebitz & Stephen W. Morris
• AI Transcription of Handwritten Historical Documents Using an Edge Reasoning Model with Jason Bengtson
• NM Litigant Portal – Using AI to Provide Legal Information with Amy DiBello
• A Reader's Guide to New Mexican Literature (a new book from UNM Press) with Baker H. Morrow & V.B. Price

Session 7

11:00 am - 11:50

• From Story Seeds to Community Blooms: Library Ideas that Grow Engagement with Karin Trujillo
• Growing Your Community: How-tos of Creating a Seed Library with Jeri Hurd
• Bringing Your Collections to Full Bloom: Displaying Your Materials in the Best Light with Susan Asplund
• Rooted in Belonging: Weeding Out Imposter Syndrome and Gaining Agency & Community Through Zines with Jess Zubia and Jessi Galanter
• Highlighting Collections and Community Through Open Access Digital Tours with Regina Bouley Sweeten

Session 8

1:05 pm - 1:55 pm

• Blooming Researchers & Writers: A Story of Collaboration Between an Academic Librarian and a Writing Instructor with Joy Urbina & Dr. Isabel Baca
• Making the Career Switch: Moving From One Library Type to Another with Erin Renee Wahl, Kimberly Underwood and Veronica Soto
• Tiny Book Crafting with Susanne Caro
• North Fourth Street: Albuquerque’s Original Route 66 with Joe Sabatini
• Art of Being Present with Jess Zubia and Alisa Gonzalez

Session 9

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

• Battle of the Books Basics with Karin Trujillo
• Empowering Libraries to Support Caregivers: Essential Resources and Strategies with George Strawley
• Grow Your Own Reading Challenge: Using Google Forms and Data Studio to Create Your Own Digital Reading Tracker with Heather Christensen
• Decolonizing the Catalog- How We Ditched Dewey in our Indigenous Collection with Lisa Longeteig & Tara Abeita
• Growing Your Summer Reading Program with Kelly McCabe