ULA Annual Conference 2025

ULA Annual Conference 2025

Join us at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, Utah for the 2025 Utah Library Association Annual Conference! Registration is now open. Soon after registering, you will receive a Sched invite to this event so you can plan your conference schedule. See you in St. George!

11:00am MDT

Registration TBA

1:30pm MDT

Quiet Space TBA From Passion to Policy: Practical Advocacy for Every Librarian Sunbrook CPeter Bromberg • Rebekah Cummings • Daniel Neville-Rehbehn Intellectual Property Beyond Copyright & Fair Use: Discovering Patents and Trademarks Sunbrook BTallie Casucci • Alfred Mowdood • John Burns Navigating Challenges: the Workplace Situation of Library Workers in the U.S. Entrada AArlene Limas OLY Tell Your Story With Data Entrada CJosh Johnson • Heidi Fendrick Dive into the World of Knowledge: Utah's Online Public Library's New Gale Resources Sunbrook ATammi Burke

3:20pm MDT

Afternoon Break TBA

5:30pm MDT

Pre-Conference Dinner Social: Rib & Chop House Rib & Chop HouseEmily Johnson • Anika Nacey

7:30am MDT

Early Morning Coffee Service North Lobby Registration North Lobby

8:00am MDT

Quiet Space TBA

8:30am MDT

ULA President's Address & Keynote: Cindy Hohl, ALA President TBA Silent Auction TBA

9:40am MDT

Morning Break & Exhibit Hall Opens TBA Poster Sessions TBAKatie Yeo • Kori Robbins • Sandra Joseph • Maggie Marchant • Cheri Bush • Rebekah Dizes • Michael Gates

10:10am MDT

What They Don’t Tell You About Outreach: A Practical Testimony from Outreach Librarians at Academic Institutions Entrada AErica Gudiño • Katie Luder From Librarian to Lt. Governor Candidate: Stories, Lessons Learned, and a Call to Action from the Campaign Trail AuditoriumRebekah Cummings Beyond Traditional Library Services: Social Work in the Library Sunbrook AHolly Okuhara • Bobby Workman ULA 101 Sunbrook BEmily Johnson • Anika Nacey • Caroline Macfarlane • Hiroko Hashitani • Michael Whitchurch • Vern Waters But I Don't Wanna Read! Helping Reluctant Readers Sunbrook CBrenda Lower A Beginner’s Guide to Cataloging Postcards Entrada BKatie Yeo Reading Nation Waterfall: Building Book Ecosystems and Improving Access to Libraries in Native American Communities Entrada CCamille Charette • Shannon Brockhurst • Anthony Chow

11:10am MDT

20 Books in 20 Minutes (20 minute session) Entrada ALorie Womack Stories of Leadership: Empowering Student Leads in Libraries Sunbrook CMarissa Bischoff • Kathryn Ottosson • Camille Krieger • Washington Pearce DSRT and You!: Supporting Yourself and Other Diverse Staff AuditoriumLeonides Ortiz • Sarah Müller Empowering Communities: Libraries Leading Public Health Partnerships Sunbrook AGeorge Strawley • Utah Health Literacy Coalition Budget Escape Rooms for All Ages: Making Escape Rooms for Kids Ages 5 - 95 Sunbrook BKatherine Quigley Steamy Does It: How to Start a Romance Book Club in a Conservative Community Entrada CMorgan Stoker Taylor • Moni Edwards • Gracie Johnson The Beehive Book Award: Moving to the Future Entrada BRachel Wadham

11:40am MDT

A Brief Catalog of Library Games (20 minute session) Entrada ANick Totten

12:00pm MDT

Lunch & ULA Awards Presentation Garden Room

1:30pm MDT

Down the Line: An Adventure in Remediating Two Decades of Metadata Inconsistencies (20 minute session) Entrada ABryan E. Hull • Carmin Smoot • Sy Maestas Outreach - Don't Overthink It! Entrada CAmber Lowe • Mariah Lucas Rightsizing the 5th Floor: Perspectives on Collection Assessment in the Humanities Entrada BAdam Griggs • Cassandra Belliston • Megan Gurney • Mikayla VanDyke Self-Care for Library Workers Sunbrook CMike Goates • Jamie Hansen • Meg Frost The Power of Balanced Leadership Sunbrook AJosh Johnson Writing the Next Chapter: Crafting a Memorable Staff Development Day Sunbrook BRita Christensen • Carol Ross Keep 'Em Coming Back: Popular Multi-Visit Programs that Promote the Library Habit AuditoriumSarah Hall • Kaitlin Wales

2:00pm MDT

Come On In, the Archive’s Fine: How USU Libraries Dove Into Archival Outreach (20 minute session) Entrada APaul Daybell • Liz Woolcott

2:20pm MDT

Afternoon Break & Exhibit Hall TBA

2:50pm MDT

ABC—It’s Not Easy as 123: Revitalizing Your Academic Library Collection Development Strategy (20 minute session) Entrada AStephanie Western • Liz Woolcott Charting A Profession: Tools for Better Understanding the World of Archival Scholarship Entrada BGordon Daines • Ryan Lee • Cory Nimer Assisting Patrons with Marketplace Health Insurance Sunbrook CSusan Meagher • Bobby Workman Boundaries & Back-Up Sunbrook ADavid Bird Leadership for Introverts AuditoriumRachel Wadham • Carla Gordon • Michelle Lovejoy • Desiree Malley • Donna Cardon Navigating Challenges: the Workplace Situation of Library Workers in the U.S. Sunbrook BArlene Limas OLY Library Drama: On-Stage Programs at Your Library Entrada CKatherine Quigley

3:20pm MDT

A Comprehensive Collection Analysis of a Multi-Campus Medical Library (20 minute session) Entrada AEmily Brennan • Dianne Aldrich

3:50pm MDT

An Educational Approach to the Reference Interview Ballroom EBrittany Maloy Empowering Students Through AI: The UVU Fulton Library’s Innovative Response Entrada ABen Wilson • Angela Beatie History Internships in the Library: A Multiple Modules Model Sunbrook AKaren Glenn • Nicole Lewis • Rebecca Wiederhold • Valerie Buck • Katie Yeo Ogden at Its Core: Gathering Voices of Marginalized Communities Sunbrook BSarah Langsdon • Jamie Weeks To Reciprocity and Beyond: Building Trust with Local Tribes Sunbrook CKathleen Broeder • Sally McDonald When the Walls Come Tumbling Down: Creating a Library Time Capsule in the Sparest of Spare Time Entrada CBryan E. Hull • Carmin Smoot • Sy Maestas • Shawn Steidinger • Olivia Kavapalu • Nena Schvaneveldt The Story of the Alpenbock Club Scrapbooks: How a Restricted Donation Became Publicly Available and Front-page News AuditoriumTallie Casucci

4:20pm MDT

Networking Social TBA

6:00pm MDT

Evening Activities TBA

7:30am MDT

ULA Past Presidents Breakfast TBA Early Morning Coffee Service TBA Registration TBA

8:00am MDT

Quiet Space TBA

9:00am MDT

James LaRue Keynote: Courage and Conviction or How to Lose Your Job TBA

10:15am MDT

Morning Break & Exhibit Hall TBA Poster Sessions TBAKatie Yeo • Kori Robbins • Sandra Joseph • Maggie Marchant • Cheri Bush • Rebekah Dizes • Michael Gates

10:45am MDT

Refitting, Redesigning and Refreshing: Mid to Late Career Academic Librarians Panel Discussion AuditoriumDale Larsen • Leticia Camacho • Erin Davis • Wendy Holiday • Emily Swanson Effective Staff Development: From Onboarding to Continuous Growth Sunbrook ACarla Gordon • Caroline Macfarlane Growing New Leaders Through Mentoring Sunbrook BAnn Barrett • Maggie Mills Integrating Experiential Learning Principles at Your Library Entrada AKathryn Ottosson • Marissa Bischoff • Michelle Forstrom • Matt Armstrong Cataloging Conundrums Entrada BSharolyn Swenson • Rachel Maxwell • Robert Maxwell Learning to Adult: Aging Up Resources for Teens Sunbrook CStephanie Costa • Joli Perez The Big Story of a Little Book Entrada CRita Christensen

11:45am MDT

Lunch & Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Author Keynote: What Inspires Me Garden Room

1:00pm MDT

Federal Government Documents and the Public Librarian (20 minute session) Entrada ABrian Wages All the Presidents’ Papers: Exorcising the Ghosts of University Archives (20 minute session) Entrada BAbbie Chesley • Paul Daybell Help! They Don't Know What to Read! AuditoriumGloria Larson Problem Solving Through Play: Using Lego Serious Play to Kickstart Library Planning, Service Design, and User Research Sunbrook CAlex Sundt • Lara Petersen • Sara Szobody • Katie Luder The Experience of Your Customer Entrada CJeff Davis Leading from Within: Building Community and Self-Awareness Sunbrook ADianne Aldrich • Kathleen Broeder Failing Forward: Learning from Programming Fails Sunbrook BNancy Moos Book Signings - Kimberly Brubaker BradleyKimberly Brubaker Bradley

1:30pm MDT

Law in the Libraries: A Guide to Legal Resources and Avoiding Unauthorized Practice of Law (20 minute session) Entrada APeter Vanderhooft Taking the Help Desk with Me: Using my Patron-Facing Experience as a Cataloger (20 minute session) Entrada BNick Totten

1:50pm MDT

Afternoon Break TBA

2:10pm MDT

Digital Preservation Resources (20 minute session) Entrada BTyler Thorsted • Miya Jensen Full Stack Library: A Process for Reorganizing a Collections-focused Academic Library Department Entrada ALiz Woolcott • Becky Skeen • Carol Kochan Fielding Family History Questions: FamilySearch.org and More Sunbrook BKori Robbins • Sandra Joseph Allyship at the Library Sunbrook AMichelle Cao • Esther Daranciang Everyday Inclusion: How to Adapt Your Existing Programs, Services, and Mindset AuditoriumCaroline Macfarlane • Mariah Lucas Librarians are People, Too!: Marketing Your Library with an Authentic Voice Sunbrook CCarla Gordon • Erika Hill I Love Your Screen! Using eBooks and Technology to Improve Storytime Entrada CMel Lindsay • Amber Mason

2:40pm MDT

Studying Through the Noise: Using Wearable Biomarker Devices to Measure Student Stress While Studying in the Library (20 minute session) Entrada BMeg Frost

3:10pm MDT

Artificial Intelligence and its Translations from Minority Languages Entrada AMilan Pohontsch Books that Make a Difference: Collecting and Reflecting on Stories that Inspire Readers Entrada BJamie Hansen • Betsy Hopkins • Maggie Marchant • Toni Pilcher • Rachel Wadham Fellow Citizens Ballroom EWanda Huffaker Let's Go With The Flow: Considerations for Period Products in the Library Sunbrook BRebecca Baker Library Outreach: Challenges and Opportunities AuditoriumBrittany Maloy • Amber Lowe • Jennifer Schill • Amy Crockett • Erin Davis Measuring Impact, Telling Stories Sunbrook CNathan Robison Fix What You Can - Don't Stress the Rest Sunbrook ASteven Decker Programming for Everyone: Planning Events that Attract All Ages Entrada CKatherine Quigley • Brenda Lower