NCLA Con 2025

NCLA Con 2025

9:00am EDT

AI in Action: Practical Applications for Librarians Salem 3ASTEM Librarianship in NC Section (STEM-LINC) Expanding Our Horizons: Building Capacity for Dialogue Across Difference Salem 1ALibrary Advocacy & Legislation Section (LALS) Navigating Northstar Online Learning for Administrators and Proctors Salem 1BPublic Library Section (PLS) • State Library of NC Present Like a Pro Salem 1CLeadership • Administration & Management Section (LAMS) Binding History, Unbinding Creativity: Experiential Learning through Bookbinding & Zine-Making Salem 3BSpecial Collections Section (SCS)

1:30pm EDT

Black Superheroes: Exploring Race, Power, and Culture Through Comic Studies Salem 3ARoundtable on Ethnic & Minority Concerns (REMCo) Digging Deep Into Mindfulness: an immersive and instructional workshop Conference Room 2: Zen Den (Benton)Wellbeing Committee Navigating the Frontiers of Library Worker Identity: Being Yourself When Others Want you to Be Someone Else Salem 1BPublic Library Section (PLS) Reentry Realities: Navigating New Frontiers in Library Services for Justice-Impacted Individuals Salem 3CState Library of NC Values-Aligned Budgeting Salem 1A

6:00pm EDT

"Banned Together" Film Screening (Intellectual Freedom Committee) Forsyth County Central LibraryIntellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Trivia (NMRT/YSS) Hearn Ballroom CD (Marriott)New Members Roundtable (NMRT) • Youth Services Section (YSS)

8:00am EDT

Mindfulness and Music Conference Room 2: Zen Den (Benton)Wellbeing Committee

11:15am EDT

Crafting Knowledge: Bookbinding & Zine-Making for Experiential Learning in Libraries Winston 1ASpecial Collections Section (SCS) Unpacking the Censor's Toolbox Salem 1A

2:00pm EDT

RTSS Idea Exchange Roundtables Salem 1CResources & Technical Services Section (RTSS)

9:00am EDT

OverDrive Users-Community Builder Conversation Salem 1CJulie Raynor

2:00pm EDT

Introducing the LEAF Program (Libraries for Entrepreneurial Advancement Fellowship) with NC IDEA & NC LIVE Winston 1CBusiness Librarianship in NC Section (BLINC) • NC LIVE Empowering Voices of the Archive and Special Collections: Leveraging Community Engagement for Greater Access Winston 3BRoundtable on Ethnic & Minority Concerns (REMCo)

3:00pm EDT

"Empowering Voices of the Archive and Special Collections" Follow-Up Session Salem 1CRoundtable on Ethnic & Minority Concerns (REMCo)

4:00pm EDT

Navigating the Stars: Tailoring Resumes and Cover Letters for Every Stage Winston 1CBusiness Librarianship in NC Section (BLINC) • New Members Roundtable (NMRT)

5:00pm EDT

Mindfulness and Music Conference Room 2: Zen Den (Benton)Wellbeing Committee

10:00am EDT

NCLA Leadership Institute Information Session Salem 1CRachel Olsen • NCLA Leadership Institute (LI)

11:00am EDT

Hoopla Digital Users-Community Builder Conversation Salem 1CJulie Raynor Navigating Leadership Through Self-Awareness Salem 3CNCLA Leadership Institute (LI)