MiALA 2023 Annual Conference: Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in an Age of Uncertainty
May 17-19, 2023 Hope College Haworth Hotel Holland, Michigan
We are looking forward to our 2023 Annual Conference at the Haworth Hotel, located on the Hope College campus near downtown Holland, Michigan, on Wednesday, May 17, through Friday, May 19! This will be our first in-person conference since 2019, and we are looking forward to welcoming our members back for lively engagement and networking.
Guides, Maps, and Parking
Please visit the following links for information on downtown Holland and parking near the conference location. In addition to Haworth Hotel parking spaces and public parking options in downtown Holland there is street parking available on many of the streets around the Hope College campus.
This year’s theme is Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in an Age of Uncertainty.
REGISTRATION CLOSED
For information on booking a hotel room, see the Hotels section below.
For information on the conference schedule, see the Conference Schedule of Events section below.
Conference Rates
Full Conference Registration - $150 for MiALA, ALAO, and MHSLA members, $100 for MiALA members who are library support staff and/or part-time librarians, $25 for MiALA members who are LIS students, $50 for non-member LIS students, $250 for all others.
One Day Registration - $100 for MiALA, ALAO, and MHSLA members, $75 for MiALA members who are library support staff and/or part-time librarians, $15 for MiALA members who are LIS students, $25 for non-member LIS students, $200 for all others.
A dine-around event at downtown Holland restaurants has been arranged for the evening of Thursday, May 18. Please find the dine-around sign-up information here.
5:00 - 7:00 pm Pre-Conference Reception (Piek Events at Tulyp Hotel) (Open to all attendees)
Thursday, May 18
9:00 - 10:00 am Registration and continental breakfast 9:45 - 10:00 am President's welcome 10:00 - 11:00 am Keynote address 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Breakout session #1 12:00 - 1:00 pm Birds of a feather lunch 1:15 - 2:00 pm Breakout session #2 2:15 - 3:00 pm Breakout session #3 3:15 - 4:00 pm Breakout session #4 4:00 - 5:00 pm Poster sessions 5:00 - 5:30 pm Tour of Hope College Van Wylen Library 6:30 pm Meet for dinearounds (Haworth Hotel Lobby)
Friday, May 19
9:00 - 10:00 am Registration and continental breakfast 10:00 - 10:45 am Breakout session #5 11:00 - 11:45 am Breakout session #6 12:00 - 1:30 pm Membership meeting during lunch 2:00 - 5:00 pm Post-conference workshop (Open to all, but registration required)
Breakout session descriptions are available here. Breakout Schedule at-a Glance is available here.
Opening Reception
Our opening reception is planned for Wednesday, May 17, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Piek Events space at the Tulyp Hotel in downtown Holland (currently named CityVu Events at the CityFlatsHotel).
Keynote Speaker
We are pleased to welcome Amy Tureen as our keynote speaker. Amy is the Dean of Academic Success Programs at South Puget Sound Community College (Olympia, WA), where she oversees the Center for Teaching and Online Learning, tutoring, College in the High School, and the College Library. Amy has worked in academic libraries in several public services roles including circulation, reference, ILL, instruction, collection development, and faculty support in both public and private colleges and universities. Her research focuses on the numerous intersections of leadership, wellness, and diversity and challenges individuals in formal leadership roles to create organizational cultures that promote healthy and humane workplaces. Amy’s first book, co-edited with Cynthia J. Alexander, is titled Leadership Wellness and Mental Health Concerns in Higher Education and is available from IGI Global. She is currently working on her dissertation for an EdD in Organizational Leadership, which will focus on the wellness journeys and practices of academic library deans.
Breakout Sessions: Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals Closed
Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in an Age of Uncertainty
In many ways, the world around us seems increasingly unsettled, as libraries face challenges from economic uncertainty, polarized politics, and transitions from paid subscriptions to constantly shifting models of open access. The Michigan Academic Library Association invites you to consider how library professionals can navigate today’s uncertain times and find our own inner stability while providing balanced, reliable and diverse resources and services to our students and faculty.
Plans are being made for Interest Groups to host tables during a round table event.
Archives & Special Collections
Assessment
Cataloging and Metadata
Critical Librarianship
Distance and Online Learning
E-Resources
Fine Arts
Health Sciences
Instruction and Information Literacy
Michigan Alma
Michigan Community College Libraries
Mid-Level Leadership
Open Educational Resources
Outreach
Residency
Web/UX
Post-Conference Event
A post-conference event, Critical Cataloging: An Introduction and Showcase, will be hosted by the MiALA Cataloging and Metadata Interest Group and Critical Librarianship Interest Group from 2:00-5:00 pm on Friday, May 19. All MiALA Conference attendees are welcome.
Event description:
Join the MiALA Cataloging and Metadata Interest Group and Critical Librarianship Interest Group to view Incorporating Critical Cataloging into Your Work and explore DEIA projects (both planned and in progress) in our libraries. Together, we will view the webinar where Treshani Perera and Deidre Thompson “discuss their experience incorporating critical cataloging principles as part of their work, and provide examples and strategies for prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice as part of cataloging and metadata work.” Afterwards, we will move on to short presentations from our colleagues and an opportunity to discuss your ideas, thoughts and questions.
We are pleased to announce the following scholarship winners for this year's conference!
Amy Klebba – Kettering University Katie Edmiston – Central Michigan University Sheila Garcia Mazari – University of California, Santa Cruz Patti Skinner – West Shore Community College Kyle Ceci – Delta College Gerald Natal – University of Toledo Robin Daniels – Syracuse University
The Conference Committee welcomes those who are interested in volunteering to run the annual conference. Expressing interest and a link to the volunteer form is available when registering for the conference.
Code of Conduct
MiALA is committed to creating and supporting inclusive, diverse, and equitable conference participation, task forces, and Interest Groups (IGs). In March 2021, the MiALA Board approved the Annual Conference Code of Conduct presented by the IDEA committee. Participants and presenters will be expected to agree to abide by the Code of Conduct upon registration.
Sponsorship Opportunities
MiALA welcomes sponsorship of the 2023 Annual Conference. Questions about becoming a sponsor can be sent to Darlene Johnson-Bignotti at dxjohnso@oaklandcc.edu.
Questions?
If you have any questions please contact the Conference Committee at conference@miala.org.