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The annual conference of the Massachusetts School Library Association
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Beth Brooks

Buckingham Browne & Nichols Middle School
Library Director
Cambridge, MA
Websitebbn-ms-llc.weebly.com/
Collaboration with tech specialists
Successful authors
How to coordinate with Maker Spaces
Fun reading initiatives for Middle School
Sunday, May 7
 

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Global Stories for Young Readers: Ten Questions about Race, Culture, and Power Grand Ballroom IIMitali Perkins

10:00am EDT

The Reality Is... Recently Published NF Books Kids Will Want to Read Grand Ballroom IISusannah Richards Creativity and the Writing Process: YA Author Panel OrleansCathy Collins, Ed.D • Kristy Acevedo • Kathleen Duble • Ife Oshun • Nancy Werlin

11:00am EDT

What's New with Statewide Databases and eBooks Barnstable IISteve Spohn

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Bass River Room

1:30pm EDT

LibGuides & Information Literacy: A High School Librarian's Success Story Hyannisport WestEmily Louise Warner Two Schools, One Story Cape CodKendall Boninti • Lucy Clerkin • Kathymay1 Global Collaboration to Fit Your Needs Grand Ballroom IIPernille Ripp Four Authors on Research & Writing: Nonfiction Panel OrleansSusannah Richards • Sarah Albee • Loree Griffin Burns • Susan Hood • Melissa Stewart

2:30pm EDT

Genre-fying: Tales from the Trenches Cape CodLaura Gardner • Wendy Garland

3:30pm EDT

Bookstore Grand Ballroom I Exhibit Hall Opening. Click here for list of exhibitors Grand Ballroom I IdeaLab: MSLA Award Winners CentervilleMelinda Adams • Courtney Ahearn • Andrea Belanger • Lani Blechman • Cathy Collins, Ed.D • Cindy Erle • Wendy Garland • Kim Keith • Paige Rowse

4:30pm EDT

Author Meet & Greet Grand Ballroom FoyerMitali Perkins • Kristy Acevedo • Sarah Albee • Nate Ball • Megan Frazer Blakemore • Loree Griffin Burns • Kathleen Duble • Susan Hood • Jennifer Jacobson • Dana Alison Levy • Ife Oshun • Melissa Stewart • Nancy Werlin • Lauren Wolk • Ekua Holmes • Scott Magoon • Vita Murrow • Raul the Third

6:00pm EDT

MSLA Awards Dinner Ceremony Bass River Room

8:10pm EDT

Dinner Keynote: Passionate Readers - The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child Bass River RoomPernille Ripp
 
Monday, May 8
 

7:30am EDT

Exhibit Hall open until 2:30pm. Click here for list of exhibitors Grand Ballroom I

8:30am EDT

SEL- The Social-Emotional Library Grand Ballroom IIChani Craig

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Libraries are the Red Cross of the Soul Grand Ballroom IIKristina Holzweiss

10:00am EDT

Exclusive Exhibit Hall Time Grand Ballroom I

10:30am EDT

Making a Difference with Makerspaces Grand Ballroom IIKristina Holzweiss

11:30am EDT

My Favorite Things: Celebrating Good News and Innovation in Libraries Grand Ballroom IIShannon Miller

12:30pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grand Ballroom I Exclusive Exhibit Hall Time Grand Ballroom I

1:30pm EDT

Raising the Voices of School Librarians: The Massachusetts School Library Study Grand Ballroom IIRobin Cicchetti • Judi Paradis • Greg Pronevitz • Liz Phipps Soeiro • Dr. Carol Gordon

2:30pm EDT

IdeaLab Table 02: Cast Away Traditional Summer Reading...or, How to Survive the First Month of Middle School Hyannisport East & WestBonnie Echmalian • Elizabeth Stockwood