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Friday, June 23, 2023
7:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT
Committee on Accreditation Meeting I
Location: Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
Spectrum Institute: Annual Breakfast
Location: Palmer House, Crystal Room
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
Board Update (ACRL)
Location: Palmer House, Salon 12
Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
Global Libraries As Advocates For Information Policy Change
Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
Moderator: Jim Neal (he/him/his) – Columbia University
Presenter: Deborah Caldwell-Stone (she/her/hers) – Office for Intellectual Freedom
Presenter: Larra Clark – Public Library Association | ALA
Presenter: Alan S. Inouye – ALA PPA
Presenter: Joseph Thompson, COL Chair – Carroll County Public Library
Presenter: Timothy Vollmer – University of California Berkeley Library
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Unlocking the Power of RDA: A Joint Workshop with NARDAC and PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group
Location: McCormick Place, W183b
Presenter: Robert Maxwell – Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Presenter: Adam Baron – University of California, Berkeley
Presenter: May Chan (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
Presenter: Melanie Polutta – LOC
Presenter: Thomas Brenndorfer (he/him/his) – Guelph Public Library
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant
Location: McCormick Place, W186
Presenter: Claire Dygert
Presenter: Martha Kyrillidou – QualityMetrics LLC
Core Values
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Core Chicago Area Public Libraries Tour
Location: Off Site, Off Site
Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Core Merchandise Mart Furniture Showrooms and Factory Tour
Location: Off Site, Off Site
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Board Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
ALA-APA Board of Directors' Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC
Updates/Briefings
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
ALA Training, Orientation & Leadership Development (TOLD) Committee
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark AB
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
CSK Breakfast Committee Meetings
Location: Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM CT
Emerging Leaders Leadership Development
Location: McCormick Place, W178a
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
Library Insights Summit: Meeting the Evolving Needs of Libraries: What Do Librarians Need from Publishers in Today’s Post-Pandemic World?
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Sari Feldman, n/a (she/her/hers) – ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park CD
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
Spectrum Institute: Things I Didn't Learn in Library School 2.0
Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
Moderator: Monique Christian-Long (she/her/hers) – Southern Methodist University Libraries
Presenter: Brenda Garcia (she/her/hers) – Cooper Dual Language Academy/ Chicago Public Schools
Presenter: Barbara Alvarez (she/her/hers) – ALA Editions|Neal-Schuman
Presenter: Janis Shearer (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenter: Michael Gutierrez (he/him/his/él) – Minnesota State University Mankato
Career Development
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
Working Together Library Staff, Unions & Management
Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford A
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
Independent Authors and Librarians Panel Discussion
Location: Hilton Chicago, Lake Michigan
Presenter: Naomi V. Dunsen-White (she/her/hers) – LiteracyNation Inc
Presenter: Richard E E. Ashby,Jr, MLIS – LiteracyNation INC.
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
PAN Annual 2023
Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
Moderator: matthew Revitt, MLS – University of Maine
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
ALA Executive Board Meeting I
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC
Updates/Briefings
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Exploring with Tweens! Creating STEAM Exploration Spaces that are Inclusive, Equitable, and Accessible for Youth
Location: McCormick Place, W183c
Presenter: Claire Ratcliffe Adams – The STAR Library Network
Presenter: Stephanie Vierow-Fields – Space Science Institute
Presenter: Miguel Ruiz – Arlington Public Library
Presenter: Flo Trujillo – REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico
Presenter: Veronica Casanova – Tulare County Library
Presenter: Niki Becker – SciGirls
Transforming: Services
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
New Digital Tools for Capturing Learning Outcomes and Impact
Location: McCormick Place, W175c
Presenter: Rebecca L. Millerjohn (she/her/hers) – Madison Public Library
Presenter: Amy Holcomb (she/her/hers) – Skokie Public Library
Presenter: Sue Abrahamson (she/her/hers) – Waupaca Public Library
Presenter: Kailea Saplan
Presenter: Carissa Christner
Presenter: Michael Deidrick
Presenter: Sonal Jain
Transforming: Teaching & Learning
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Chapter Leaders Forum
Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
Presenter: Brianna Hoffman, MLS (she/her/hers) – Washington Library Association (State)
Presenter: Lisa Varga, MLS – Virginia Library Association
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Core Innovative Learning Spaces: A Tour of Innovative Chicago Area Academic Institutions
Location: Off Site, Off Site
Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
ISS School Tour
Location: Off Site, Off Site
Transforming: Teaching & Learning
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Library Insights Summit
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Preservation in Action
Location: Off Site, Off Site
Core Values
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Speaker Ready Room
Location: McCormick Place, W182
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
Community of Care Quiet Room
Location: McCormick Place, W474
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
Library Insights Summit: What a Librarian Needs
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Jeremy Kitchen – Chicago Public Library, Richard J. Daley Branch
Speaker: Jessica Trotter – Capital Area District Libraries
Speaker: Mackenzie Ledley – Pulaski County Public Library
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
Tour Harold Washington Library Center
Location: Off Site, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
APALA Local Arrangements Friday Tour
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)
Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy
Updates/Briefings
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
American Indian Library Association Leadership Retreat
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB
Presenter: Richenda Hawkins – American Indian Library Association
Presenter: Allison Waukau – Hennepin County Library
Presenter: Liana Juliano, n/a – American Indian Library Association
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
Ebooks Interest Group
Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
PLA 2024 Conference Program Subcommittee Meeting
Location: Off Site, ALA HQ, 225 N. Michigan Ave
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Booklist Reviewers Meetup
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park B
Updates/Briefings
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Instructional Technologies Interest Group Meeting
Location: McCormick Place, W192
Transforming: Systems & Technology
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Spectrum Institute: Navigating Oppression in These Challenging Times
Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
Moderator: Anjelica Rufus-Barnes (she/her/hers) – Prospect Heights Public Library District
Presenter: Carla Davis-Castro (she/her/hers) – Library of Congress
Presenter: Tina Liu (she/her/hers) – Wilfrid Laurier University
Presenter: Freedom Nguyen – Prospect Heights Public Library District
Presenter: Nathalie DeFelice (she/her/hers) – Rogers Honors Academy
Career Development
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 101
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park AB
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
OCLC cataloging community
Location: McCormick Place, W179a
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Round Table Coordinating Assembly
Location: McCormick Place, W476
Updates/Briefings
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
CANCELLED: ODLOS Advisory Committee-Let's Talk Outreach
Updates/Briefings
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
Library Insights Summit: Understanding and Combating Book Bans
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Lisa Varga, MLS – Virginia Library Association
Speaker: Skip Dye (he/him/his) – Penguin Random House
Speaker: Heather D. Hutto (she/her/hers) – M&ABJ Bristow Public Library
Speaker: John Bracken – DPLA
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
ALA Conference Committee
Location: McCormick Place, W177
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
GNCRT Comics Friday Discussion Forum
Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
Moderator: Matthew Noe (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Soline D. Holmes, MLIS, JD (she/her/hers) – Academy of the Sacred Heart
Presenter: Natalie Norris (she/her/hers) – Fantagraphics Books
Presenter: Elizabeth Trembley
Presenter: Jarrett J. Krosoczka – Scholastic / Graphix
Presenter: Carla Riemer (she/her/hers)
Presenter: Ryan Estrada
Presenter: Hyun Sook Kim (she/her/hers)
Presenter: Jerry Craft
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Tour Harold Washington Library Center
Location: Off Site, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
Library Insights Summit: Lunch and Keynote
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Kate DiCamillo
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Spectrum Institute: Lunch and Keynote
Location: Palmer House, Salon 07-09
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
The Changing Standards Landscape: 16th Annual NISO/BISG Forum Diverse & Sustainable: A Conversation About How Book Publishing Evolves
Location: McCormick Place, W176c
Moderator: Todd Carpenter – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Main contact: Kimberly Graham – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Speaker: Brian O’Leary
Speaker: Kimberly Graham – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Speaker: Bill Barry
Speaker: Ethan Tolpin
Speaker: Claudia Pilcher
Speaker: Gwen Evans
Speaker: Nettie Lagace – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Speaker: Courtney Young
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
ALA Scholarship & Study Grant Committee
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark AB
Presenter: Teresa Copeland (she/her/hers) – ALA Scholarship and Study Grant Committee
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Committee on Literacy/Literacy Assembly meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park A
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Council Committee on Sustainability
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park B
Moderator: Matthew Bollerman (he/him/his) – Hauppauge Public Library
Core Values
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Fellowship of Christian Librarians Annual Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, DuSable C
Main contact: Jo Monahan, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of North Texas
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1
Location: McCormick Place, W475a
Core Values
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Value of Academic Libraries Committee Meeting (ACRL)
Location: Palmer House, Burnham 1
Transforming: Services
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
What's New at JSTOR?
Location: McCormick Place, W183c
Presenter: Rebecca Seger – JSTOR
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 301
Location: McCormick Place, W193
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
Joint Budget Analysis & Review Committee/Finance & Audit Subcommittee Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC
Presenter: Karen Schneider
Presenter: Peter Hepburn (he/him/his)
Presenter: Dina Tsourdinis
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
REFORMA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
Location: Hilton Chicago, Conference Room 4C
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Cookies & Conversation for Trustees, Friends, and Foundations
Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Board of Directors I Meeting (AASL)
Location: McCormick Place, W177
Transforming: Teaching & Learning
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Board Orientation (ALSC)
Location: McCormick Place, W194a
Updates/Briefings
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Introduction to Library Assessment
Location: McCormick Place, W185d
Presenter: Holt Zaugg – Brigham Young University
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Project Outcome: Data for Impact and Improvement
Location: McCormick Place, W175c
Presenter: Sara Goek – Public Library Association | ALA
Presenter: Katina Jones (she/her/hers) – Public Library Association | ALA
Transforming: Services
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
Library Insights Summit: Working with Library Wholesalers
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Ann Lehue – Ingram Library Services
Speaker: Doug Voss – Ingram Library Services
Speaker: Brad Fish – IPG
Speaker: Beth Reiser – Baker & Taylor
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
International Relations Committee I
Location: McCormick Place, W191
Updates/Briefings
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
NMRT Conference Orientation
Location: McCormick Place, W187b
Moderator: Annice Sevett – NMRT
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
International Librarians Orientation
Location: McCormick Place, W192
Updates/Briefings
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
Library Insights Summit: Ebook Library Landscape
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
Speaker: Stephanie Anderson (she/her/hers) – BookOps - The New York Public Library & Brooklyn Public Library
Speaker: Micah May – DPLA
Moderator: Claire Kelley (she/her/hers) – Seven Stories Press
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Committee On Legislation Business Meeting I
Location: McCormick Place, W475b
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Emerging Leaders Poster Session
Location: McCormick Place, W178b
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT 101)
Location: McCormick Place, W475a
Updates/Briefings
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Library and Vendor Privacy Community of Practice
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park CD
Transforming: Systems & Technology
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Re-engaging Readers with Multicultural Literature.
Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
Presenter: Simone Adjei, n/a (she/her/hers) – iReadify
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Spectrum Institute: Writing Our Own Leadership Narratives: Being the Change Agent
Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
Moderator: Cindy Hohl (she/her/winyan) – The Kansas City Public Library
Presenter: Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, JD, MS (she/her/hers) – OhioNet
Presenter: Mark Puente (he/him/his) – Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Presenter: Kelvin Watson, MLIS – Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
Presenter: Patty M. Wong (she/her/hers) – Santa Clara City Library
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
SRRT All Task Force Meeting & Annual Membership Meeting
Location: McCormick Place, W183c
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group
Location: McCormick Place, W196a
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Committee on Diversity Business Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM CT
Library Insights Summit: Closing Remarks
Location: McCormick Place, W470a
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
Independent Schools Section Meeting (AASL_ISS)
Location: McCormick Place, W476
Transforming: Teaching & Learning
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
Opening Session featuring Judy Blume
Location: McCormick Place, W375d-e/Skyline
Speaker: Judy Blume
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Kate Hannigan: JOSEPHINE AND HER DISHWASHING MACHINE
Location: Booth 3020
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Kate Robards: The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard
Location: Booth 2425
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Bonnie Jo Campbell: The Waters: A Novel
Location: Booth 3416
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Lamar Giles: Static: Up All Night
Location: Booth 3520
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Malik Sickstein: I Grab the Mic
Location: Booth 2216
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Mikki Hernandez: Cake Mix
Location: Booth 2216
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Rev Valdez: Bunso Meets a Mumu
Location: Booth 2216
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Author ARC Hour with Michael Witwer, Adi Alsaid, and Emily Riesbeck
Location: Booth 3630
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Celebrate 20 Years of The Pigeon!
Location: Booth 3317
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Happy Hour with the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden
Location: Booth 2211
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Kevin O'Brien / THE ENEMY AT HOME
Location: Booth 2518
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Meredith Rusu: There’s a Yeti in My Tummy
Location: Booth 1851
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Natalie Richards: Four Found Dead
Location: Booth 2920
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Shawnee Gibbs / Shawnelle Gibbs: Ghost Roast
Location: Booth 1544
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Banned Books from the Big Chair
Location: McCormick Place, Grand Concourse
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Book giveaway: 365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year) by Lewis Laney
Location: Booth 2620
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Book giveaway: LPBD Amanda Gorman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Location: Booth 2620
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Heather Dugan: Beyond the Book Club: Building real community in a digital world
Location: Booth 4442
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Joe Coleman Legendary Lead Singer of the Platters
Location: Booth 4443
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Karl Stewart: The Legend of See Bird: Kiamichi
Location: Booth 4442
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Matt Dragovits: A Tale for Christmas - Zach's Quest
Location: Booth 4443
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Richard V. Battle: The Unopened Present
Location: Booth 4443
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Swag giveaway: Exclusive Frances Lincoln 40 tote bag + books!
Location: Booth 2620
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
The Library Marketplace Opening Reception
Location: McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Nadia Davis: Home Is Within You: A Memoir of Recovery and Redemption
Location: Booth 3029
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Taylor Tyng: Clara Poole and the Long Way Round
Location: Booth 3016
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
Victoria Gilbert: A Cryptic Clue
Location: Booth 2425
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM CT
Signing - Kimberly Wilson: A PENNY'S WORTH
Location: Booth 2913
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM CT
Joseph Coelho book signing - One Little Word
Location: Booth 2620
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Aisha Saeed signs GROUNDED
Location: Booth 3020
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Dave Scheidt, Wrapped Up
Location: Booth 2220
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Eliot Schrefer: QUEER DUCKS
Location: Booth 3611
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Gabi Burton: SING ME TO SLEEP
Location: Booth 3013
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Jen St. Jude: IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME
Location: Booth 3013
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Joanna Ho: THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US signing
Location: Booth 3611
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Tochi Onyebuchi: GOLIATH
Location: Booth 2911
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Trang Thanh Tran: SHE IS A HAUNTING
Location: Booth 3013
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Amandeep Kochar: Jeet and Fudge
Location: Booth 2216
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Janeen Jackson: Hello, Sweet Baby
Location: Booth 2216
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Katherine Roy: Making More: How Life Begins
Location: Booth 3416
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Sina Grace: Superman: The Harvests of Youth
Location: Booth 3520
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Victoria Scott-Miller: The Museum Lives in Me
Location: Booth 2216
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Yuval Zommer: The Big Book of Nature Art
Location: Booth 3416
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Book giveaway: Here and Queer by Rowan Ellis
Location: Booth 2620
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
Lisa Brown: The Hospital Book
Location: Booth 3016
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT
ALA Play by GameRT
Location: Hilton Chicago, International North
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2023 Michael L. Printz Awards
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB
Books & Authors
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
ALA Community Reception
Location: Hilton Chicago, International South