Morning Sessions

• Working with the New Mexico State Library: What to Know as a Library Director with Carmelita Aragon, Kelly McCabe, Ursula McDade, Ada Negraru
• Planting the Seeds of Open Education with Jennifer Jordan
• Growing Digital Opportunity: The Evolving Role of Libraries in Digital Inclusion with Bo Ford

Morning Sessions (continued)

Morning Sessions (continued until noon)

Board Meeting (until 12:45 pm)

Lunch

Conference Registration and Checkin

Afternoon Sessions

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

Afternoon Sessions (continued)

Registration, Coffee & Tea

Conference Kickoff!

Break & Refreshments (until 10:30 am)

10:30 Session 1

• Cultivating Collections: Building an Istitutional 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 1 (continued until 11:20)

11:30 am Session 2: Lightning Talks

• 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

Lunch

Keynote with Cruces Creatives - Lea Wise-Surguy and Margaret Neill

Keynote with Cruces Creatives (continued until 10:30 am)

10:30 am Break with Exhibitors

NMLA Business Meeting

Session 7 (until 11:50 am)

• 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

Author Luncheon

Session 8 (until 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 (until 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