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, with early bird pricing ending March 31. Soon after registering, you will receive a Sched invite to this event so you can plan your conference schedule. See you in St. George!

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7:30am MDT

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

8:00am MDT

Quiet Space TBA

9:00am MDT

Keynote: James LaRue 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 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