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Can't join us in Chicago? Register for the Digital Experience and enjoy these sessions from wherever you are!

Daily Schedule

Click on the session title or image to view the complete session description. Sessions with a date and time will be livestreamed at that time with an attendee chat and also available On Demand after the conference. 

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The On Demand-only Digital Experience sessions become available after the conclusion of the Opening General Session on Friday evening. Live-streamed sessions should become available on demand with computer generated captions roughly 24 hours after the live session to allow time for video processing and auto-captioning to load. Human-captioned sessions, including Featured Speakers, may take longer.

Hybrid sessions are not livestreamed through our livestreaming platform and will not be available On Demand. Please access them through the zoom or other meeting link provided in the session description.

Sessions listed as Hybrid or On Demand Only do not include a chat feature. 

All times are Central. 

On Demand
Digital Experience Speaker Giddens

On Demand Only after 7pm CT 6/23 News You Can Use—Public Library Technology Outcomes Through Impact Measurement

On Demand Only after 7pm CT 6/23 Digital Experience Featured Speaker: Rhiannon Giddens.
On Demand Only after 7pm CT 6/23 Digital Experience Featured Speaker: Graham Norton

Digital Experience Speaker Graham Norton
Friday, June 23, 2023

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM ALA-APA Board of Director's Meeting (hybrid)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ALA Executive Board Meeting I (hybrid)

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Joint Budget Analysis & Review Committee/Finance & Audit Subcommittee Meeting (hybrid)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Opening Session featuring Judy Blume


Opening Session featuring Judy Blume

Saturday, June 24, 2023

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Health Programming at Your Library: Project Ideas, Resources, and Opportunities

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM News You Can Use—Changing the Narrative: ALA Policy Corps Takes On Book Banners

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM News You Can Use—Equip Communities to “Be MediaWise" with a Misinformation Resilience Toolkit

CANCELLED  The Living Library: Responsive Physical and Virtual Design (please note this session was not recorded due to cancellation and will not be available on demand)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Main Stage Speaker: Maysoon Zayid

Maysoon Zayid speaking on Saturday at 9am in the Skyline ballroom



10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Membership Meeting and Information Session (hybrid)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM News You Can Use—Exploring Primary Sources Using Library of Congress Digital Collections

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM News You Can Use—IMLS Update: Expanding Scope and Emerging Priorities

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Reconsideration Committee: Strengthening our Response to Customer Challenges

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM #RealRep: The Power of Authentic Pacific Islander Representation

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM An Introduction to Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Libraries

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM News You Can Use—Books Under Fire: Law and the Right to Read, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM News You Can Use—Plug into DigitalLearn: New Programs and Opportunities for your Library


2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Food is Medicine in Medicine Spring Library : Food Sovereignty Needs In A Tribal Library - AILA President's Program

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Learnings from Cities: How the Library Catalyzes a City's Equity-Driven Community Economic Development Agenda

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM News You Can Use—Lessons and Tools on Well-being for Your Library, from The New York Times

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM We Need Diverse Books and ALA Present: How to Fight Book Bans: Authors On Speaking Up and Fighting Back

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM Council I (hybrid)

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM News You Can Use—Digital Public Library of America: Looking Ahead: An Open Board + Community Meeting

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM News You Can Use—Fighting Censorship in a Changing Landscape

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Supporting Invisibly Disabled Students in the Library Classroom

   

Sunday, June 25, 2023
In Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Libraries Transforming Communities: Hosting Accessible Community Conversations

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM News You Can Use—Beyond the Middle School Rainbow: Intersectionality in LGBTQIA+ Middle Grade Books

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM News You Can Use—Future of Digital Collection in a Post-Pandemic Public Library

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Protecting the Freedom to Access Reproductive Health Information

9:00 AM –11:30 AM Council II (hybrid)

10:30 AM –11:30 AM In Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Friends & Fiction Live! How 4 NYT Bestselling Authors Created a Thriving Community Supporting Readers, Writers, Libraries and Bookstores!
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM News You Can Use—Abortion Access - It's an Information Issue

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM News You Can Use—Black History Month (Grant)  

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Sharing Knowledge: Projects and Outreach for Indigenous Patrons, Languages, and Documents

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Budget Analysis & Review, Planning & Budget Assembly, & Division Leadership Meeting (hybrid)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Inclusion of Justice-Involved Individuals in Library Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Library of Experiences: Collaborative Learning Spaces and Makerspaces in a Rural, Public Library

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM News You Can Use—Book Rich Environments: Supporting Collaboration between Housing Authorities and Libraries

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM News You Can Use—E-rate Innovations: Fostering Access to Underserved Communities

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Advancing Social Justice With Young Adult Literature

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Creating Opportunities to Shop Small: Two Approaches for Public Libraries

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM News You Can Use—Activating Community Support with Unite Against Book Bans (please note this session was not able to be livestreamed or recorded)

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM News You Can Use—Navigate State & Federal Policy Obstacles for Transformation

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ALA Awards Presentation & President’s Program featuring Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 

ALA Awards Presentation & President’s Program featuring Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 
Monday, June 26, 2023

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Creative Aging: Cultivating Healthier Older Adulthood For Library Patrons Through Social and Creative Engagement

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Is Your Library Challenge Ready?

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM News You Can Use—OCLC Research Update: Partner with Purpose for Greater Impact

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Council III (hybrid)

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM 2023 RUSA ETS Technology Showcase

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM News You Can Use—Leading the Way: Community Engagement in Small & Rural Libraries

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Promoting Climate Resiliency

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Capacity Building

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM News You Can Use—Updates on ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Accomplishments
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Expanding Information Access for People who are Incarcerated: Service Standards and Mapping
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

ALA Executive Board Meeting II (hybrid)
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Addressing the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation: The Library's Role

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM News You Can Use—Cultural Humility in Practice

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Expanding Professional Engagement Through Online Conference Access: Working Toward Inclusive and Effective Hybrid Models

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM News You Can Use—Welcoming Spaces: Creating Welcoming Environments for Immigrant and Refugee Families


Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Join Main Stage Speakers Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson on Tuesday June 27 in McCormick Place Skyline Room

8:00 AM – 10:30 PM ALA Executive Board Meeting III (hybrid)

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Main Stage Speaker: Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson