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  • On Demand
  • Digital Experience Speaker: Graham Norton
    Speaker: Graham Norton
    Books & Authors
  • Digital Experience Speaker: Rhiannon Giddens
    Moderator: K.C. Boyd – Jefferson Academy - District of Columbia Public Schools
  • News You Can Use—Public Library Technology Outcomes Through Impact Measurement
    Virtual Presenter: Sepideh Mckensy, n/a (she/her/hers) – Toronto Public Library
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • Thursday, June 22, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT
    REFORMA Institute
    Location: Off Site, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Inclusion, Resources, and Joy: Serving the Alzheimer’s/Dementia Community in Public Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W187
    Presenter: Amy DelPo – Denver Public Library
    Presenter: Timothy J. Dickey – Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Libraries
    Presenter: Mary Beth Riedner – Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM CT
    Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees and Liaisons Business Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Research in the Heart of America: Chicago Area Resources for Genealogy and Local History
    Location: Off Site, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ADA Disability Welcome Open Session
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Walking Tour of Chicago
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
    Moderator: Annice Sevett – NMRT
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    External Review Panel (ERP) Training
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
  • 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM CT
    Spectrum Institute: Opening Ceremony
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 07-09
  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Executive Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W182
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    A Rally for the Right to Read featuring Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Ibram X Kendi
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Vickery Bowles (she/her/hers) – Toronto Public Library
    Core Values
  • 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: 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: Jarrett J. Krosoczka – Scholastic / Graphix
    Presenter: Ryan Estrada
    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
  • 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: Kimberly Graham – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
    Speaker: Bill Barry
    Speaker: Ethan Tolpin
    Speaker: Gwen Evans
    Speaker: Nettie Lagace – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Saturday, June 24, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting II
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
  • 8:00 AM – 8:03 AM CT
    Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
    Location: W471A
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Board of Directors Meeting (ACRL) (Part 1 of 2)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 12
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Board of Directors (ALSC)
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Reflecting the Diversity of Your Community in Your Collection
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Prairie Room A
    Presenter: Ann Ford – Midwest Tapes
  • 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W182
  • 8:03 AM – 8:05 AM CT
    Rebel with a Clause
    Location: W471A
  • 8:05 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Storming Caesars Palace
    Location: W471A
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center Orientation
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ALA Award Committee
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 4
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    BCALA Executive Board Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    BRASS All Committees Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Committee on Library Advocacy Meeting 1
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CSKBART Executive Board Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford B
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Forum on War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Libraries (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 07-09
    Transforming: Services
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    HarperCollins Adult Fall/Winter Preview
    Location: McCormick Place, W192
    Presenter: Lainey Mays – HarperCollins Publishers
    Presenter: Virginia C. Stanley, n/a – HarperCollins Publishers
    Presenter: Grace Caternolo – HarperCollins Publishers
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    IRC/IRRT All Subcommittee Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W470
    Updates/Briefings
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    PLA Coffee Catch-up with President McCauley
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Continental A
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    REFORMA All Committees Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Shared Collections Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W471b
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    STARS All Members Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Universal Access Interest Group Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy
    Presenter: Marti Goddard – San Francisco Public LIbrary
  • 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Right To Read A Thon Banned & Challenged Books!
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Continental C
    Moderator: Richard E E. Ashby,Jr, MLIS – LiteracyNation INC.
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Aisha Saeed/ Forty Words for Love
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Sherri Winston, THE BRAID GIRLS
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Ariel Kaplan / THE POMEGRANATE GATE
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Neal Shusterman: Courage to Dream
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    A Procrastinator's Guide to the 2023/2024 Solar Eclipses
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Anne Holland (she/they) – National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute
    Presenter: Anne Holland (she/they) – National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute
    Presenter: Brooks W. Mitchell – The STAR Library Network
    Presenter: James Harold (he/him/his) – STAR Net/Space Science Institute
    Presenter: Morgan Yoshimura – San Antonio Public Library
    Presenter: Elsie Purcell – Hondo Public Library
    Presenter: Mary Anne Johnson – Comfort Public Library
    Presenter: Cresencia S. Huff (she/her/hers) – San Antonio Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    “Asking for help makes me nervous”: High School to College Library Experiences
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Presenter: Abigail Morgan, MLIS, MEd (she/her/hers) – Miami University
    Presenter: Janell Verdream (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University- Newark and Central Ohio Technical College
    Presenter: Jerry Yarnetsky (he/him/his) – Miami University Libraries
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Adam Wallace: A Very Dinosaur Birthday
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    All-Committees Meeting (ACRL DSS)
    Location: Palmer House, Wabash Room
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Architecture for Public Libraries Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Awards for Buildings & Interiors Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Beth Revis: Night of the Witch
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CALA President’s Program 2023: A Panel Discussion with NALCo Leaders & Presidents
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Moderator: Vincci Kwong, n/a – Indiana University South Bend
    Presenter: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA
    Presenter: Nichelle Hayes – BCALA
    Presenter: Richenda Hawkins – American Indian Library Association
    Presenter: Dr. Romelia Salinas (she/her/hers) – REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking
    Presenter: Raymond Pun, MLS, Ed.D (he/him/his) – Chinese American Librarians Association
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CANCELLED -The Living Library: Responsive Physical and Virtual Design
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Sofia Darcy – Katy ISD
    Presenter: Brooke Corso, MEd, MLS – Pin Oak Middle School - Houston ISD
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Changing the Narrative: ALA Policy Corps Takes On Book Banners
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Moderator: Kenton Oliver (he/him/his) – ALA PPA
    Presenter: Amanda Kordeliski (she/her/hers) – Norman (OK) Public Schools
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Erin MacFarlane (she/her/hers) – Arizona Library Association
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CODES Notable Books Council
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Superior
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ALA Council Orientation
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
    Updates/Briefings
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Digital Conversion Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Emerging Technologies Section Membership Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Calculus
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Equip Communities to “Be MediaWise” with a Misinformation Resilience Toolkit
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Vanya Tsvetkova (she/her/hers) – Poynter Institute for Media Studies
    Presenter: Sunny Xun Liu – Stanford University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Fostering Economic Opportunity and Advancement with Innovative Programming
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
    Presenter: Andrea Levandowski – New Jersey State Library
    Presenter: Geeta Halley (she/her/hers) – Round Rock Public Library
    Presenter: Jennifer Byrnes (she/her/hers) – Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County
    Moderator: Megan Janicki, n/a – ALA
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Health Programming at Your Library: Project Ideas, Resources, and Opportunities
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Presenter: Michael Balkenhol, MLIS (he/him/his) – Network of the National Library of Medicine All of Us Program Center
    Presenter: Sharon Han (she/her/hers) – Network of the National Library of Medicine
    Presenter: Carolyn Martin – Network of the National Library of Medicine
    Presenter: Melissa (Missy) Solis (she/her/hers) – San Diego County Library
    Presenter: Oscar Gittemeier (he/him/they/them) – San Diego Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    History Librarians Disussion Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Informational Meeting (ACRL CJCLS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Laurie Halse Anderson: Shout
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    LearnRT Executive Board Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Be Fierce: How to Harness Your Power for Your Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Presenter: Chris Chanyasulkit (she/her/hers) – American Public Health Association
    Moderator: Lauren Trujillo
    Presenter: Lindsey Kimery (she/her/hers) – Metro Nashville Public Schools
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Library Services to the Justice Involved Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Presenter: Chelsea Jordan-Makely, n/a (she/her/hers) – Griswold Memorial Library
    Presenter: Kiera Vargas – University of South Carolina
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Maysoon Zayid
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Maysoon Zayid
    Books & Authors
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    OCLC Transforming metadata
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Pairing WWII Graphic Novels and Primary Sources for Collaborative Instruction
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Presenter: Liz Hartnett (she/her/hers) – South Carolina Center for Community Literacy
    Presenter: Valerie Byrd Fort (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Poetry is for Everyone (Especially in Libraries): A 10-Year Review of the National Student Poets Program
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Dennis P. Nangle – Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Presenter: Dennis P. Nangle – Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Presenter: Chris Wisniewski (he/him/his) – Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
    Presenter: Maya Salameh
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit for Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Moderator: Michelle D. Weissman Randall, PhD (she/her/hers) – Bay Area Discovery Museum
    Presenter: Michelle D. Weissman Randall, PhD (she/her/hers) – Bay Area Discovery Museum
    Presenter: Kathleen Campana, PhD – Kent State University
    Presenter: Amy Olson – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
    Presenter: Julia Shaheen – Stark Library
    Presenter: Celeste Swanson (she/her/hers) – Lane Libraries
    Presenter: Penelope Shumaker – State Library of Ohio
    Presenter: Pamela Brockway (she/her/hers) – The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
    Presenter: Betsy Diamant-Cohen, DCD (she/her/hers) – Mother Goose on the Loose
    Presenter: Kymberlee Powe (she/her/hers) – Connecticut State Library
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Research and Scholarly Environment Committee Meeting (ACRL)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 03
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Sabaa Tahir: All My Rage
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Sara Raasch: Night of the Witch
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Socioeconomic Mixing: Creating Public Libraries Where Everyone Belongs
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: shamichael hallman, na – Harvard Graduate School of Design
    Presenter: Bridget Marquis – Reimagining the Civic Commons
    Presenter: Keenon McCloy – Memphis Public Libraries
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Sy Montgomery: THE BOOK OF TURTLES signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Systematic and Evidence Synthesis Reviews: Supporting Research in the Social Sciences
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Moderator: Samantha Godbey (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Presenter: Scott Marsalis (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Presenter: Jade G. Winn – University of Southern California Libraries
    Presenter: Matt Kibbee (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Talk Story: Centering Oral Traditions to Advance Literacy Justice and Transform Community Relationships
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Sarah Nguyễn (she, they) – University of Washington Information School
    Presenter: Amy Kyung-eun Breslin (she/her/hers) – Lorain Public Library System
    Presenter: Sarah Nguyễn (she, they) – University of Washington Information School
    Presenter: Stacy Wells (she/her/hers) – Southlake Public Library
    Presenter: Aaron LaFromboise, MLIS (she/her/hers) – American Indian Library Association
    Presenter: Tiffany Mallery (she/her/hers) – Simmons University
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    The Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Presenter: Kate McDowell (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Presenter: Matt Turk
    Presenter: Xinhui Hu – University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
    Presenter: Zachary Stier (he/him/his) – University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Travis Jonker signs JUST ONE FLAKE
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    User Services in Public Libraries Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Huron
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Vincent Tirado: We Don't Swim Here
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    What's Your Point?: Gamification for Professional Development & Student Engagement
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Karina Quilantan-Garza (she/her/hers) – Jaime Escalante Middle School
    Presenter: Karina Quilantan-Garza (she/her/hers) – Jaime Escalante Middle School
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CANCELLED: Xue Mo and His Light: A Glimpse of the Award-winning Novel Into the Desert
    Location: McCormick Place, W194b
    Main contact: Lanyi Liu, n/a – staff
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Gary Jansen: Remember Us With Smiles
    Location: Booth 1851
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Amber Raymond/ The Power of Thought series
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Amber Raymond: I Have Choices (The Power of Thought)
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Cancelled: Marcie May: The Adventures of Penny & Tubs
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Core 101 & Meet/Greet
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park ABC
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    David Petrovic and Sandy Petrovic: Expect A Miracle: Understanding and Living with Autism
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Matt Dragovits: A Tale for Christmas: Zach's Quest
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Patricia Davison: Jack Black
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Renee Goodwin: GG Cleans House – Learning Teamwork
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Shreya Gupta: Flamingo Feet
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Mentoring-on-the-Fly I
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Banned Books from the Big Chair
    Location: McCormick Place, Grand Concourse
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Career Coaching I
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W474
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Photography Services I
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    R.G. Taylor: Spike and the Holiday Parade
    Location: Booth 1356
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Resume Review I
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Swag giveaway: Exclusive Frances Lincoln 40 tote bag + books!
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    The Library Marketplace
    Location: McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    GPO Update and Chat with Superintendent - an opportunity for FDL to meeting GPO staff and Superintendent of Documents in updates and focus group.
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Analysis
  • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Candlewick Press, Chronicle Books, and Levine Querido Present 2023 Children's Titles!
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 9:15 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Nikita Kapoor:Gentle Shadows Fierce Wings
    Location: Booth 2054
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    What Difference Will it Make 100 Years From Now?
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Brian Pinkney: A Walk in the Woods
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Derrick Barnes/ Like Lava in My Veins
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Mayo Clinic Press Kids and Alicia the Dog: Helping Paws Academy
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Nikki Grimes: A Walk in the Woods
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Weston Woods: I Am Ruby Bridges; Our Table; The Little Red Fort; The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess
    Location: W471A
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    BOO! - Horror in Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature.
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    How Technology Can Help You Get More Patrons Engaged & Through the Door
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    IDW Originals - The Next Wave from IDW Publishing for Graphic Novels!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Into the Massive-Verse with Image Comics!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Tradition or Discrimination: Is Your Beloved Team Mascot Cultural Appropriation?
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Genevieve Valentine: Two Graves
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    P. Djèlí Clark: A MASTER OF DJINN and ABENI'S SONG
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Signing with Author Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrator Jeffrey Boston Weatherford
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    US Postal Service Post Office
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    E. Lily Yu / JEWEL BOX
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Visual Literacy in the Classroom
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Beth Bacon | The Panda Cub Swap
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Kelsey James: THE WOMAN IN THE CASTELLO
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Alana Tyson and London Ladd: My Red White and Blue
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Alana Tyson: My Red, White, and Blue
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    AMI POLONSKY, author of WORLD MADE OF GLASS
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Cielito Lindo: Mexican Folk/Violin & Guitar
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Clyde Boyer: Girl Out of Time
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Fraco Aureliani/ Catherine Satrun/ Sarah Satrun: Fae and the Moon
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Frank Sennett: Shadow State
    Location: Booth 2425
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    JOAN SCHOETTLER: The Honey Jar: An Armenian's Escape to Freedom
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Kevin McCloskey: CATERPILLARS: WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I GET TO BE ME?
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Kiley Reid: Such a Fun Age
    Location: Booth 5034
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    London Ladd: My Red, White, and Blue
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Signing - David Ferraro: THE ALCHEMY OF MOONLIGHT
    Location: Booth 2913
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Yuval Zommer: Big Book of Nature Art
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Frederick L. Jones and Tony Dawkins from Saturday AM
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    John Cho: Troublemaker
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Kevin O'Brien: THE ENEMY AT HOME
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Laurie Halse Anderson/Ashes
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 6
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Adriana M. Garcia & Xelena González: Where Wonder Grows & Donde las maravillas crecen
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Beth Bacon: The Panda Cub Swap
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Jenin Mohammed signs NAMING CEREMONY
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Jessica Willis Fisher, Unspeakable
    Location: Booth 2220
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Molly Chanson: Yoga Wise: 365 Days of Yoga-Inspired Teachings to Transform Your Life
    Location: Booth 2923
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Pepper Basham: Positively, Penelope
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    RMRT Field Trip: Newberry Library Collection Highlights
    Location: Off Site, Newberry Library
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Robert Genetski: Is There Evidence for God?: An Economist Searches for Answers
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Shaun Hayes: The Gray Choice: Lessons on My Journey from Big-Time Banking to the Big House (and Back)
    Location: Booth 1631
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Sherri Winston: LOTUS BLOOM AND THE AFRO REVOLUTION, SHARK TEETH
    Location: Booth 3013
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Signing - Sy Montgomery: OF TIME AND TURTLES
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Signing with Author Aisha Saeed
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Wendy Walker: What Remains. In-booth book signing at Blackstone booth #3022
    Location: Booth 3022
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Zack Kaplan: Break Out (Graphic Novel) - Saturday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    GNCRT President's Program - Comics in Libraries: Past, Present, and Future
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB
    Presenter: Robin Brenner – GNCRT
    Moderator: Brigid Alverson
    Presenter: Jeff Smith – Scholastic / Graphix
    Presenter: Kazu Kibuishi – Scholastic / Graphix
    Presenter: Harmony Becker
    Books & Authors
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    President's Program (AASL) - Freedom to Read Ambassadors
    Location: McCormick Place, W196a
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Sonja Cherry-Paul (she/her/hers) – Red Clay Educators
    Presenter: Amanda Jones, MEd (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Association of School Librarians
    Presenter: Kelly Yang
    Moderator: Kathy Lester (she/her/hers) – American Association of School Librarians
    Core Values
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Alex Teplish: Survivor : Aron's Story (Graphic Novel & Interactive Virtual Museum)
    Location: Booth 1450
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Don Helin: Twins (Military Thriller)
    Location: Booth 4243
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Edy Nathan author of It's Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Hybrid ALA Membership Meeting & Information Session
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Steve Physioc: The Walls of Lucca
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 10:00 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Kaci Bolls & Nathan Meckel | Dare to Be Me
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Bibliotheca Presents
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark AB
    Moderator: Scott Hackstadt – Bibliotheca
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Held by the Land by Leigh Joseph
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM CT
    Fall 2023 New Titles Preview with Union Square & Co. and Union Square Kids
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    America's Harvest
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Anna Bliss: BONFIRE NIGHT
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Michael Cherkas | Red Harvest
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Brooke Hartman: Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Dr. Artika R. Tyner: Justice Makes a Difference
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Jennie Wood: Paper Planes
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Lesa Cline-Ransome: For Lamb
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Nathan Hill: Wellness
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Sheila Bair, Princess Persephone’s Dragon Ride Stand
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Sheila Bair: PRINCESS PERSEPHONE'S DRAGON RIDE STAND signing
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Tlotlo Tsamaase / WOMB CITY
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Bilingual books for young readers from the creator of Emmy-nominated, award-winning bilingual preschool series, Canticos.
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Booklist Graphic Novels Panel, Part I
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    A Conversation with New York Times Cooking
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Coding with Bravery, Resilience, Community, and Equity
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    The Allure of Mid-century: Yes, the 60s and 70s are Historical
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Women Writing Humor with the Authors of Mindy Kaling’s imprint, Mindy’s Book Studio
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    APALA President's Program 2023: Forging a New Path: Asian American Representation in Publishing, Librarianship, and Media
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Presenter: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA
    Presenter: Elaine Tai
    Presenter: Charles Kim (he/him/his) – Third State Books
    Presenter: Stephanie Lim
    Presenter: Michelle Li (she/her/hers) – The Very Asian Foundation
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Candace Fleming/ Mine
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Discussion Group (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 01
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Committee on Education
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    CSKBART Membership Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    DK Dyson/ Window Fishing
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Information Exchange (ACRL DSS)
    Location: Palmer House, Wabash Room
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    International Relations Committee Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Anthropology
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    IRRT International Sustainable Library Development
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Conference Room 4C
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Work/Life Balance for Library Leaders Who Do It All
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Presenter: Cindy Fesemyer, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Fesemyer Consulting, LLC
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Less talk, more action: adventures in inclusive metadata
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
    Moderator: Jill Annitto – Atla
    Presenter: Jill Annitto – Atla
    Presenter: Heidy Berthoud (she/her/hers) – Library of Congress
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    MAGIRT - GeoTech and GIS Discussion Group meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Joliet Room
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    NISO's Interoperability System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Working Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Main contact: Nettie Lagace – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
    Speaker: Peter Collins
    Speaker: Allen Jones – The New School
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Project Management Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee (PCPAC) Annual Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Rainbow Round Table (RRT) Executive Board Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Biology
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    REFORMA President's Program: Advancing Digital Inclusion in Latinx Communities: A Panel Presentation
    Location: McCormick Place, W195
    Moderator: Dr. Romelia Salinas (she/her/hers) – REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking
    Presenter: Edwin Rodarte – Los Angeles Public Library
    Presenter: Paola Vilaxa (she/her/hers) – Jefferson County Public Library
    Presenter: Kathryn Blackmer Reyes – San José State University
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Rudy Gutierrez/ Window Fishing
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Shirin Shamsi: Zahra's Blessing
    Location: Booth 3725
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    STARS ILL Discussion Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Terah Shelton Harris: One Summer in Savannah
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Cultivating, Applying, and Assessing the DEIA Lens: Building on the diversity count
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Presenter: Steven Adams – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Kawanna M. Bright (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University
    Presenter: dela Dos, n/a – ARL
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Spectrum Education 25th Celebration: From Inception to Disruption
    Location: McCormick Place, W190b
    Moderator: Cindy Hohl (she/her/winyan) – The Kansas City Public Library
    Presenter: Candice (Wing-yee) Mack – Los Angeles Public Library
    Presenter: Bradley Kuykendall – Dayton Metro Library
    Presenter: Kay P Maye – Tulane University
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Tiktok, Boom
    Location: W471A
  • 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Guy Brown: How Cats Say I Love You and Look Up To See
    Location: Booth 2053
  • 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    What’s the Buzz at Hachette Book Group?
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Retro Active Television
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Angela Joy and Janelle Washington/CHOOSING BRAVE
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Johnny Teague | The Lost Diary of Anne Frank
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Michael Cherkas | Red Harvest
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Annie Cathryn: The Friendship Breakup
    Location: Booth 2425
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Father and His Son Author Book Signing
    Location: Booth 4235
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Halle Hill: Good Women
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    JANESSA PARKER: I Am the Sun
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Jonas Friddle: Old-Time Banjo/Banjo
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Ralph Shayne: Hour of Need
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Signing with Author Kiyash Monsef
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Victoria Gilbert: A Cryptic Clue
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    David Hu: The P Word
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Jas Hammonds/WE DESERVE MONUMENTS
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Larry Hilton, author of Streets of Tears
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 6
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Samira Ahmed: Hollow Fires
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Sina Grace: Superman: The Harvests of Youth
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    #RealRep: The Power of Authentic Pacific Islander Representation
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Gretchen Zaitzeff – Canyons School District
    Presenter: Lehua Parker (she/her/hers) – Lehua Parker
    Books & Authors
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    A Bridge to Parent Engagement in School Partnerships
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Presenter: Kelly T. Behle (she/her/hers) – SImi Valley Public Library
    Presenter: Katey Dager (she/her/hers) – Simi Valley Public Library
    Presenter: Kelly Tinker (he/him/his) – City of Simi Valley
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Annie Wu: Two Graves
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Approaches to Collaborative Programming From Local to Statewide
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Jill Pifer (she/her/hers) – Fairview Heights Public Library
    Presenter: Tamar Sarnoff, PhD – Maryland State Library Agency
    Presenter: Nicholas A. Brown, MMus, MSLIS, BA (he/him/his) – Library of Congress
    Presenter: Jennifer Czajka (she/her/hers) – Arlington Heights Memorial Library
    Presenter: Melissa Morgan, MLS (she/her/hers) – Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    At a Crossroads: The Intersection of Access, Accessibility, and Emerging Tech
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Shannon G. Richie – Penn State Hazleton
    Presenter: Shannon G. Richie – Penn State Hazleton
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Author Ariana Stein: Vámonos a Oaxaca
    Location: Booth 3212
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Author Patty Rodriguez: The Life of / La vida de Dolores
    Location: Booth 3212
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Baptiste Paul & Jacqueline Alcántara: Climb On! & The Field
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Biophilic Design: Impacting the Emotional Wellbeing of Library Goers
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Jeffery L. Davis – MSR Design
    Presenter: Jeffery L. Davis – MSR Design
    Presenter: Jeffrey Hoover – Tappe Architects
    Presenter: William D. Browning – Terrapin Bright Green
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Charles Waters and Traci Sorell: Mascot
    Location: Booth 3214
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Colonies in SF/F: Exploring Brave New Worlds and Oppressive Conquerors
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Communication Strategies for Engaging Non-Native English Speaking Library Patrons Beyond Google Translate
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: Steven Mahoney – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Robin Poley (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Heather Dutiel (she/her/hers) – The New York Public Library
    Presenter: Anaie J. Loyola (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Culture in My Neighborhood: Bringing the Arts To Every Community and Every Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Mary Ellen Messner (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Mary Ellen Messner (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Jennifer M. Lizak (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Donna Barba Higuera signs THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly: My Sunday Best
    Location: Booth 3514
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Equity and Diversity in the Metaverse: Building a sustainable metaverse for libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: John MacLeod – XRLibraries
    Presenter: John MacLeod – XRLibraries
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Exploring Primary Sources Using Library of Congress Digital Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Soline D. Holmes, MLIS, JD (she/her/hers) – Academy of the Sacred Heart
    Presenter: Sarah H. Northam, MSLS, MS, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University-Commerce
    Presenter: Rebecca Stanwick, MA, ME, MLS (she/her/hers) – Bowling Green State University
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Finding a New Normal: Library Policies and Practices
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Moderator: Michele Fenton, n/a – Indiana State Library
    Moderator: Brea Henson (she/her/hers) – University of North Texas
    Presenter: Brea Henson (she/her/hers) – University of North Texas
    Presenter: Guoying Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Windsor
    Presenter: Shiyi Xie – University of Western Ontario
    Presenter: Dr. Danilo M. Baylen (he/him/his) – University of West Georgia
    Presenter: Elra M. Madalogdog – West Visayas State University
    Presenter: Catherine Barnes (she/her/hers) – University of South Australia
    Presenter: Magdeline Tao Tao Ng (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Presenter: Siu Chen LIM (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—IMLS Update: Expanding Scope and Emerging Priorities
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Teri DeVoe, MSLS (she/her/hers) – Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Presenter: Cyndee Landrum, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Presenter: Anthony D. Smith, MSLIS – Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Updates/Briefings
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Get Ready, Stay Ready: Supporting Proactive Community Advocacy for Library Professionals
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Lucy Santos Green (she/her/hers) – School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa
    Presenter: Alan Fishel (he/him/his) – ArentFox Schiff
    Presenter: Valerie Byrd-Fort (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
    Presenter: April Dawkins (she/her/hers) – UNC Greensboro
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Interviewing Etiquette in the Post-COVID Era
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Jen Ferguson: THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Jeremy Whitley: School For Extraterrestrial Girls
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Johnny Teague: The Lost Diary of Anne Frank
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Libraries as “Spokes” in an Entrepreneurial “Hub”: Lessons From the SBA Community Navigator Grant
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Megan Janicki, n/a – ALA
    Presenter: Rachael Svoboda (she/her/hers) – Wyoming Library to Business
    Presenter: Leah R. Patterson (she/her/hers) – Central Arkansas Library System
    Presenter: Amy Lea (she/her/hers) – U.S. Small Business Administration
    Presenter: Stephen C. Boss (he/him/his) – University of Wyoming, University Libraries
    Presenter: Nathaniel A. Burnard (he/him/his) – Allen County Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Lynn Austin: Long Way Home
    Location: Booth 3316
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Idina Menzel
    Speaker: Cara Mentzel
    Books & Authors
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Making a Difference with School Libraries in Kenya- and Opportunities for You to Volunteer
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Presenter: Rita Field-Marsham – Knowledge Empowering Youth Trust
    Presenter: James Nyambane Nyakundi, n/a (he/him/his) – Knowledge Empowering Youth (KEY)
    Presenter: Christine Aretha Kambe Simani – Knowledge Empowering Youth
    Speaker: Gladys Kerich – Knowledge Empowering Youth Trust
    Presenter: Gladys Kerich – Knowledge Empowering Youth Trust
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Making Diversity, Equity & Inclusion a Core Part of Technical Services
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Cara M. Calabrese (she/her/hers) – Miami University
    Presenter: Cara M. Calabrese (she/her/hers) – Miami University
    Presenter: Masha Stepanova
    Presenter: Violet Fox (she/her/hers) – Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University
    Presenter: Lesile Brown (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Stephanie Rojas (she/her/hers) – Eastchester Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Ray Xu: Alterations
    Location: Booth 3317
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Reconsideration Committee: Strengthening our Response to Customer Challenges
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Sarah Peterson – ALA, PLA
    Presenter: Sarah Peterson – ALA, PLA
    Presenter: Amanda Oyama (she/her/hers) – ALA
    Core Values
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Rita Woods: THE LAST DREAMWALKER
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Signing - Jean Kwok: THE LEFTOVER WOMAN
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Small and Rural Libraries: The Heart of Innovation
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Lake Michigan
    Moderator: Kate Laughlin (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries
    Presenter: Jennie Garner (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries
    Presenter: Kathy Zappitello (she/her/hers) – Conneaut Public Library & The Association for Rural & Small Libraries
    Presenter: Tyler J. Hahn, n/a (he/him/his) – Cherokee Public Library
    Presenter: Heather D. Hutto (she/her/hers) – M&ABJ Bristow Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Strategies for Teaching and Promoting Data Literacy Skills among Students and Librarians (BRASS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Presenter: Maggie Marchant – Brigham Young University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Substance Misuse: Programming to Support Healthy Communities
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Presenter: Kendra Morgan (she/her/hers) – OCLC
    Presenter: Dianne Connery (she/her/hers) – Pottsboro Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Wrangling Institutional Advisory Efforts: How One Public Library System Created a Platform for All Format, All Ages Advisory Services
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Presenter: erin sladen (they/them/theirs) – Denver Public Library
    Presenter: Dodie Ownes (she/her/hers) – Denver Public Library
    Transforming: Customer & User Expectations
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Ashley Belote: Listen Up Louella
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Dave Mason - EO-N (Thriller)
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Davinder Kaur: Forced to Marry Him: A Lifetime of Tradition and the Will to Break It
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    R E Russell: Stories of Justus and Mercy Part 1
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Kevin O'Brien: The Enemy at Home
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Evidence for God
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    A.L. Grazidea/ICEBREAKER
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: Challenges in your library – Share your ideas and experiences
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Irene Latham: THIS POEM IS A NEST
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Kyle Lukoff: Different Kinds of Fruit
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Signing with Author Joelle Wellington
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Signing with Author Katie Van Heidrich
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Buzz About Books with Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Disney, and HarperCollins Children’s Books
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Tale of Despereaux with Kate DiCamillo - A LIVE recording of THE YARN with Travis Jonker
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Celebrating the Genre and the Literary: A Look at Erewhon Books of Fall 2023
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Capturing the Surreal with Image Comics
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Intentionally Diversifying: Strategies for Building Collections that Matter
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Text Analysis in the Library: Prepare your students for the data-driven future
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    The Plant Love Kitchen with Marisa Moore
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Alli Frank & Asha Youmans: The Better Half
    Location: Booth 3313
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Chad Corrie: Shadow Regent (Graphic Novel) and Sons of Ashgard (Graphic Novel) - Saturday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Joan Schoettler: Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Rochelle Alers / TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    There Are (No) Stupid Questions in Science: Leah Elson. In-booth book signing at Blackstone booth #3022
    Location: Booth 3022
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Polish American Librarians Association Presidents Program and membership meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Field AB
    Moderator: Ewa E. Barczyk, n/a (she/her/hers) – Polish American Librarians Association
    Presenter: Ewa E. Barczyk, n/a (she/her/hers) – Polish American Librarians Association
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Closing Ceremony and Lunch
    Location: Palmer House, Honore Ballroom
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CT
    NEW - Transactional Data Capture: Use Cases
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
    Main contact: Frank Biss, n/a – ALA
    Main contact: Lindsay Thompson – ALA
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CT
    Cancelled: The Immortality Wars
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CT
    Shreya Gupta
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: Teen Programming – how has it changed at your library?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    Doug Greco | To Find a Killer
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    Edy Nathan author of It's Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    Laura Briggs | Remote Work for Military Spouses
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Kiel Phegley: Strikers
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Angeline Boulley/WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Author Montana Wakefield: Chasing Time (Adrielle Maddox)
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Art Baltazar:Yahgz The Craynobi Tales Volume 1
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Daniel Kraus/1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War (Graveyard Girls: Book #1)
    Location: Booth 3317
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Doug Greco: To Find A Killer - The Homophobic Murders of Norma and Maria Hurtado and the LGBT Rights Movement
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Jadzia Axelrod/ The DK Book of Pride
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Joel A. Sutherland: House of Ash and Bone
    Location: Booth 2715
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Kitt Thomas: My Fade is Fresh
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Liza Ferneyhough: Nana, Nenek & Nina
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Robert Genetsk: Is There Evidence for God?: An Economist Searches for Answers
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Steven Graham Jones: My Heart is a Chainsaw, The Babysitter Lives, Don't Fear the Reaper, Earthdivers
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    ALA Affiliates Luncheon
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, DuSable ABC
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Cancelled: Julianne Stanz: Braving the Thin Places
    Location: Booth 1851
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ALA Strategic Leadership Workshop
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Brian Brewer: The Face of God
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Jerry Craft: SCHOOL TRIP signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Richard V. Battle: The Unopened Present
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Van Jensen/ARCA, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, Two Dead, Walk Together
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Board of Directors Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Crystal Room
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Advance reader copy of Brilliant Bites by Maegan Brown
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 12:25 PM – 12:55 PM CT
    Penguin Young Readers Fall 2023 Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM CT
    Military Thrillers
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Steve Physioc: Walls of Lucca, Above the Walls, Walks in the Wind, Catching the Wind
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Beautiful & Fun D.E.I. Kids Books from Independent Publishers featuring Ryan Estrada and Laura James
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Book and Bottle Pairings: How to Organize an Informal Wine Tasting for Your Book Clubs
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Library Success Stories – Empowering Outreach Through Technology
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    New Voices in Young Adult
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Representing Deafness in Literature and Creating Deaf-Friendly Spaces
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Choose Your Apocalypse: Dystopian Graphic Novels for Every Age
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Jeffrey Richards / WE ARE ONLY GHOSTS
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen, & Melissa Flores: The Massive-Verse
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Marisa Moore: Plant Love Kitchen
    Location: Booth 3420
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Signing - Ally Carter: THE BLONDE IDENTITY
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Program: Embracing Growth: Adapting to Changes in Librarianship
    Location: McCormick Place, W470
    Moderator: Meng Qu (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Oxford OH
    Presenter: Meng Qu (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Oxford OH
  • 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Walls of Lucca - World War I and II Survival
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: Let's talk comics metadata and cataloging, graphic novel labeling and shelving!
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Beth Trembley | Look Again
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Heather Riordan: Eclectic World Music/Accordion
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Traci Sorell: Contenders
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Becca Kinzer: Dear Henry, Love Edith
    Location: Booth 3316
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Ben Clanton: A Super Scary Narwhalloween
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Eoin Colfer/ JUNIPER'S CHRISTMAS
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Joseph Coelho: Courage Out Loud, One Little Word, and Poetry Prompts
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    KATHRYN OTOSHI: Lunch Every Day
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Kelly Yang/Finally Seen
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 6
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Lamar Giles: Static: Up All Night
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Meredith Rusu: There’s a Yeti in My Tummy
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    40+ Sure-fire Ways to Spark a Love of Reading
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Shannon M. Anderson – Indiana Friends of the Library
    Presenter: Shannon M. Anderson – Indiana Friends of the Library
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ALA Membership Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Field C
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    All-Committees Meeting (ACRL STS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 02
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    An Introduction to Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Presenter: Meredith Kahn (they/them/theirs) – University of Michigan
    Presenter: Rachael Bild (she/her/hers) – Skokie Public Library
    Presenter: Alice Tippit (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University Library
    Presenter: Anna Feuer – Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago
    Presenter: Analu Lopez – The Newberry Library
    Presenter: Cate Levinson (she/her/hers) – Niles-Maine District Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Data-Driven Planning and Advocacy for Public Libraries
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 03
    Presenter: Katina Jones (she/her/hers) – Public Library Association | ALA
    Presenter: Daniel Hensley (he/him/his) – Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Jerianne Thompson (she/her/hers) – Tualatin Public Library
    Presenter: Sara Goek – Public Library Association | ALA
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Bethany Turner: Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Books Under Fire: Law and the Right to Read, 2023
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Deborah Caldwell-Stone (she/her/hers) – Office for Intellectual Freedom
    Presenter: Theresa Chmara, J.D. – Freedom to Read Foundation
    Updates/Briefings
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Keith Carreiro: The Immortality Wars
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Carmen Turner-Schott: Moon Signs, Houses & Healing: Gain Emotional Strength & Resilience through Astrology
    Location: Booth 2923
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Building Blocks For Your Professional Reputation
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
    Presenter: Susanne Markgren – Manhattan College
    Presenter: Linda Miles, MLS, MA, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hostos Community College
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Chapter Relations Committee I
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Connecting Library Experiences: Collaboration across library types to better support our patrons
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Niki Fullmer (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Presenter: Katie Strand – Utah State University
    Presenter: Niki Fullmer (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Presenter: Jen Kirk – Utah State University
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Conquering Cataloging: New Perspectives with a New Tool
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Travis Kelley – Baker & Taylor
    Presenter: Lori Thorrat (she/her/hers) – Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Presenter: Lisa Sallee – Ocean State Libraries
    Presenter: Corrine Lagacy
    Presenter: Amy Dissmeyer (she/her/hers) – Hastings Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Copyright Game Show
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Presenter: Kyle K. Courtney, n/a – Harvard
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Cynthia Weill: Mi familia calaca / My Skeleton Family
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Diversi-TEAM: Building Effective Teams with Diversity in Mind
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Joselyn D. Williams (she/her/hers) – Harnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Chris Robinson – University of North Carolina - Wilmington
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Marshall Breeding – Library Technology Guides
    Presenter: Marshall Breeding – Library Technology Guides
    Presenter: Sebastian Hammer – Index Data
    Presenter: Lisa Carlucci (she/her/hers) – Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Presenter: Tom Jacobson
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    First Author, First Book
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Barbara Hoffert (she/her/hers) – Library Journal
    Presenter: Barbara Hoffert (she/her/hers) – Library Journal
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Fundraising & Sponsorships Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    GameRT Board Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Huron
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Jazzing up Youth Creativity: Free Arts Programs for Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Seton Hawkins (he/him/his) – Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Presenter: Seton Hawkins (he/him/his) – Jazz at Lincoln Center
    Presenter: Jenn Conner (she/her/hers) – Cng Learning
    Presenter: Kristin Stayer (she/her/hers) – Mizzen by Mott
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Hear Me Out: Podcasting as Community Connection
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: Steve Thomas (he/him/his) – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Katharine Russell (she/her/hers) – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Sarah Martin (she/her/hers) – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Steve Thomas (he/him/his) – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Brandon King – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Just the "T:" Duty, Authority, Responsibility & Liability- Library Trustees as Public Officials
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Clare D. Membiela – Library of Michigan
    Presenter: Clare D. Membiela – Library of Michigan
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Kennedy Ryan: The Kingmaker
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Bring the Virtual Latinx Kidlit Book Festival to Your Community!
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: M García Peña (she/her/hers) – Latinx KidLit Book Festival
    Presenter: Ismee Williams (she/her/hers) – Latinx KidLit Book Festival
    Presenter: Megan Lauterio Jensen (she/her/hers) – Latinx KidLit Book Festival
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Leading for Justice: Surveying the Intersection of Social Justice and User Services
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
    Presenter: Cynthia A. Johnson – UC Irvine
    Presenter: Loriene Roy, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Info UT-Austin
    Presenter: Joe Sanchez (he/him/his) – City University of New York - Queens College
    Presenter: Erin Anderson (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Presenter: Tatiana Swancy (she/her/hers) – Oak Park Public Library
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Library Interiors, Furnishings, and Equipment Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 3
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Plug into DigitalLearn: New Programs and Opportunities for your Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Erika Jenns (she/her/hers) – Southern Tier Library System
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Programming for Accessibility: Workshops, Graphic Design and 508 Compliance
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Moderator: Betsy Diamant-Cohen, DCD (she/her/hers) – Mother Goose on the Loose
    Presenter: Cameron A. Morgan (they/them/theirs) – City of Baltimore & Freelance Graphic Design
    Presenter: Sean Yein – Yein-Accessibility
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Reading Nation Waterfall Year Two: The Role of Libraries in Supporting Early Children's Literacy in Tribal Communities
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Anthony S. Chow – San Jose State University- School of Information
    Presenter: Anthony S. Chow – San Jose State University- School of Information
    Presenter: Sophia LaMonica – SJSU
    Presenter: Lynette Dial – Hoke County Library and Registered Member of the Lumbee Tribe
    Presenter: Adrienne Violett – Chief Dull Knife College
    Presenter: Adam Lambert – Qualla Boundary Tribal Library
    Presenter: HEATHER K. Sellers (she/her/hers) – UNC Pembroke
    Presenter: Kathryn Grogan – Wested Evaluation Services
    Presenter: Amber Passey – SJSU
    Presenter: brandon Castle – SJSU
    Presenter: Izaskun Uriz – SJSU
    Presenter: Megan Curione – SJSU
    Presenter: Tiffiny Remmer – SJSU
    Presenter: Jim Quillen
    Presenter: Shana Coriz
    Presenter: Leah Choi (she/her/hers) – SJSU
    Presenter: Monica Colcord
    Presenter: Rosa Peña – SJSU/LA County Library
    Presenter: Soua Kue – San Jose State University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Retired Members Roundtable Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Rowan Beaird: THE DIVORCEES
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Sam Horn: Talking On Eggshells
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Security in Today's Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Presenter: Dustin R. Koopman, n/a (he/him/his) – Mid-Continent Public Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Supervisors Section Meeting (AASL_SPVS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    The Contextual Nature of Research as a Threshold Concept for Information Literacy
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Allison Hosier (she/her/hers) – University at Albany, SUNY
    Presenter: Allison Hosier (she/her/hers) – University at Albany, SUNY
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Transforming Readers Advisory: Read Beyond
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Moderator: Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, n/a (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Round Table
    Presenter: Rose Barnes (she/her/hers) – Oak Park Public Library
    Presenter: Stephanie Sendaula (she/her/hers) – LibraryLinkNJ
    Presenter: Gabby Womack (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
    Presenter: Rebecca Oxley (She/they) – Prince George's County Memorial Library System
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Universal Design for Learning: Planning for All Learners
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Julie N. Hornick, M.A., M.L.I.S. (she/her/hers) – Florida Southern College
    Moderator: Brad Sietz (he/him/his) – LOEX
    Moderator: Alicia G. Vaandering (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island
    Presenter: Carrie S. Banks (she/they) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Emily Porter (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Schools
    Presenter: Cristina Colquhoun (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Using Virtual Reality to Explore the World Around Us
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Presenter: Amanda Jones, MEd (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Association of School Librarians
    Presenter: Andrea A. Trudeau (she/her/hers) – Deerfield District 109 / Alan B. Shepard Middle School
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Wish there was an App for that library service; come learn to build one!
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Rebekah Cowan (she/her/hers) – Tulsa City-County Library
    Presenter: Rebekah Cowan (she/her/hers) – Tulsa City-County Library
    Presenter: Scott Williamson (he/him/his) – Tulsa City-County Library
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacy, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Moderator: Jai Winston – John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
    Speaker: Ken Bigger (he/him/his) – ALA Center for the Future of Libraries
    Speaker: Tracie D. Hall – American Library Association
    Speaker: Deborah Kennedy – National Coalition for Literacy
    Speaker: Federico Salas-Isnardi – Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy in Houston
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Doug Salati/ Hot Dog
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Julia Fabris McBride: When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen And Solved
    Location: Booth 2732
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    2024 Caldecott Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    2024 Newbery Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Herbie J Pilato - Retro Active Television: An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV’s Social Circuitry
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Rick Robinson - A Fish Ate My Homework: A Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Community Engagement Around 3 PBS Programs: Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein | The U.S. and the Holocaust | The American Buffalo
    Location: W471A
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Heather Dugan: Beyond the Book Club: Building real community in a digital world
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Joe Coleman: (former lead singer of The Platters) - My Time to Shine
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Karl Stewart - Getting the Green Light: Finding Inspiration
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Len McBride: America's Harvest
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    REFORMA Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford A
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Preserving the Past, Providing Access and Anticipating Future Needs
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Moderator: Annice Sevett – NMRT
    Presenter: Frank Sweis – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Jennifer Teper (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Amanda Y. Focke (she/her/hers) – Rice University, Fondren Library
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Digitize Once, Preserve Forever Photo Booth
    Location: Grand Concourse
  • 1:05 PM – 1:35 PM CT
    Kensington Historical Fiction Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    EO-N - A story of love and loss
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Mariama Lockington/IN THE KEY OF US
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Alice Faye Duncan: CORETTA'S JOURNEY
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Susie Jaramillo: Kiki Can! Go to School
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Andy Sima: CLIMATE signing
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Gillian King-Cargile and Andy Sima, Vaccines Change the World and Climate
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Gillian King-Cargile: VACCINES CHANGE THE WORLD signing
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Youth Council Caucus
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    America's Racial Reckoning Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Booklist Graphic Novel Panel, Part II
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Celebrando Nuestra Latinidad: A Conversation with Award-Winning Latine Creators
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Robots, Literacies, and Libraries: Center for the Future of Libraries Tech Talk
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Women Sleuths in Historical and Contemporary Mysteries
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Amy Chu: Carmilla: The First Vampire (Graphic Novel)
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Jennifer Mack-Watkins: You Gotta Meet Mr. Perfect
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Leah Johnson, Ellie Engle Saves Herself
    Location: Booth 2220
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Nikkolas Smith: Born on the Water
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Signing with Author Jarrett Lerner
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Whitney Moran: I Want to Build a Seahouse
    Location: Booth 3931
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Get Graphic with Penguin Random House Library Marketing
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    David Gaines | Radical Business
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Jennie Wood: Paper Planes
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Sarah Anne Carter | Orphan Wish Island
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    G.R. BODEN: The Predator's Stone (Stormbringer #1)
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Hannah Batsel: The Knight of Little Import
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Harmony Becker/HIMAWARI HOUSE
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 6
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Kathryn Otoshi: LUNCH EVERY DAY
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Mehran Jalili: Spanish Flamenco/Guitar
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Rajani LaRocca: The Secret of the Dragon Gems & A Vaccine is Like a Memory
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Ray Anthony Shepard: A LONG TIME COMING
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM CT
    Natale MacLean: Wine Witch On Fire
    Location: Booth 3226
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Cindy Morgan: The Year of Jubilee
    Location: Booth 3316
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Signing - Alex Brown: DAMNED IF YOU DO
    Location: Booth 2913
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Taryn Souders- The Mystery of Radcliffe Riddle – In booth signing at – VIRCO INC - Booth #2234
    Location: Booth 2234
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile: Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice
    Location: Booth 3416
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Art Baltazar: YAHGZ The Craynobi Tales Signing
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Cancelled: Ashley Belote - Author/Illustrator The Me Tree, A Partridge in the We Tree, Listen Up Louella
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Cancelled: Guy Brown: How Cats Say I Love You
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Gary Jansen: Remember Us With Smiles
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Yehudi Mercado: Shazam!: Thundercrack
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Annalee Newitz: THE TERRAFORMERS
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Ask the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden
    Location: Booth 2211
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Gina L. Maxwell: The Dark King
    Location: Booth 2914
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Jasmine Warga: A ROVER'S STORY
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Jeneva Rose: You Shouldn't Have Come Here. In-booth book signing at Blackstone booth #3022
    Location: Booth 3022
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Kelsey James / THE WOMAN IN THE CASTELLO
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Kraig Kann: Can You Get Our Attention?
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Michael Hyacinthe, Kevin & Stephanie Kammeraad: Wimee Creates with Vehicles and Colors
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Raissa Figueroa & Nina Mata: We Are One
    Location: Booth 3313
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Sarah Anne Carter: Orphan Wish Island
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Sergio Ruzzier signs NO! SAID CUSTARD THE SQUIRREL and THE REAL STORY
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Signing - Wanda Morris: ANYWHERE YOU RUN
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Signing with Author Alexandra Diaz
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Tillie Walden: Clementine Book Two
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Board of Directors Meeting (ACRL) (Part 2 of 2)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 12
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Amy Rothenberg: You Finished Treatment, Now What? A Field guide for Cancer Survivors
    Location: Booth 2054
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Author Montana Wakefield: “Chasing Time (Adrielle Maddox YA series )
    Location: Booth 2055
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Daniel Boyd: WrestleDreamia: A Boy's Strange Journey Into The Squared Circle
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    GNCRT's 2023 Magical Comics Tea
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB
    Presenter: Greg Pak
    Presenter: Frederick Jones
    Presenter: Kyle Starks
    Presenter: Jeff Lemire
    Presenter: Terry Moore
    Presenter: Tracy White
    Presenter: Austin Paramore
    Presenter: Sarah Bollinger
    Presenter: Raymond Xu
    Presenter: Andrew Woodrow-Butcher – Fantagraphics Books
    Books & Authors
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Hannah Templer/Cosmoknights, Cosmoknights 2, Flung out of Space
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Larry Hilton: Streets of Tears
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Anti-Racist Art Activities for Kids by The Anti-Racist Art Teachers
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    It's Grief
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Rachel DiNunzio: Forsynthia
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Davinder Kaur, the award-winning author of Forced to Marry Him: A Lifetime of Tradition and the Will to Break It
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Cancelled: Keith Carreiro, Author of The Immortality Wars
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Ari Tison: Saints of the Household
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Cancelled: Barkcuterie: The Talking Corgis Authored a Book!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Cancelled: Superstar Restaurateur and Iron Chef Champion Chef Justin Sutherland - Author of Northern Soul
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Edible Science with Liz Lee Heinecke
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Korean Comics: A Rising Star in the World of Graphic Novels - Presented by Yen Press/Ize Press
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Mysteries, Thrillers and True Crime- Oh My! Exciting Crime Reads from Independent Publishers featuring Cynthia Pelayo and Zhanna Slor
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    New and Notable Books from Award Winning Authors
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Perception vs. Reality - How Occupancy Data Can Improve Student Experiences in Libraries
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Uncovering Unsung Sheroes: A Discussion of Women in Hip-Hop
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Access Services Interest Group
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Food is Medicine in Medicine Spring Library : Food Sovereignty Needs In A Tribal Library - AILA President's Program
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Aaron LaFromboise, MLIS (she/her/hers) – American Indian Library Association
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Beta Phi Mu Annual Meeting and Initiation
    Location: McCormick Place, W192
    Moderator: Adrienne L. Teague, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Beta Phi Mu
    Moderator: Jennifer E. Steele, MLIS, Ph.D. – Beta Phi Mu
    Presenter: Adrienne L. Teague, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Beta Phi Mu
    Presenter: Jennifer E. Steele, MLIS, Ph.D. – Beta Phi Mu
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Bridging Deaf Cultures Interest Group Discussion Session
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Astronomy
    Presenter: Alicia Deal (she/her/hers) – Dallas Public Library
    Updates/Briefings
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Stress Management for Real Life
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
    Presenter: Bobbi Newman, MLIS, MA (she/her/hers) – Network of the Library of Medicine Region Six Office - University of Iowa
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Censorship and Diversity: How Do Librarians Continue to Protect the Rights of Marginalized Communities Amid Targeted Book Challenges?
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Moderator: Andrea Jamison – EMIERT Chair
    Presenter: K.C. Boyd – Jefferson Academy - District of Columbia Public Schools
    Presenter: Amy Hermon, MLIS (she/her/hers) – School Librarians United Podcast
    Presenter: Emma K. McNamara (she/her/hers) – Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Columbia
    Presenter: Caitlin Stewart (she/her/hers) – Illinois State University
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Create a Community Archive at Your Public Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Chris Jowaisas (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Information School
    Presenter: dindria barrow – Tacoma Public Library
    Presenter: Anna Trammell (she/her/hers) – Tacoma Public Library
    Presenter: kate larsen (she/her/hers) – Tacoma Public Library
    Presenter: Jason C. Young (he/him/his) – University of Washington Information School
    Presenter: Sarah Nguyễn (she, they) – University of Washington Information School
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Communications and Publications Committee Meeting (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 01
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Core Top Ten Technology Trends: Libraries Take On ChatGPT
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Continental B
    Presenter: Thomas A. Ferren, CMP – Core
    Presenter: Fernando Aragon – Gwinnett County Public Library
    Presenter: Trevor Watkins (he/him/his) – George Mason University Libraries
    Presenter: Jonathan McMichael – Arizona State University
    Presenter: Hannah Byrd Little, MLIS (she/her/hers) – The Webb School
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    CSK Book Awards Jury Meeting - Jason Driver, Chair
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Conference Room 4A
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Dave Scheidt/ Mayor Good Boy Goes Hollywood
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Discovery by Design: developing intentional online user experiences designed to amplify library customer discovery in alignment with organizational strategy.
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Maddie Hines – Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD)
    Presenter: Maddie Hines – Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD)
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Strengthening the Pipeline: Shaping and Sustaining the Library Story (AASL_ESLS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W194b
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Get To Know IFLA: Your Questions Answered
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Updates/Briefings
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Growing Equitable Library Services (GELS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: Kymberlee Powe (she/her/hers) – Connecticut State Library
    Presenter: Kymberlee Powe (she/her/hers) – Connecticut State Library
    Presenter: Dawn la Valle – CT State Library
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Hybrid Work Culture Post-Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities from Geographically Diverse Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Carla H. Lee (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Presenter: Mira Waller (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Presenter: Glen Wiley (he/him/his) – University of Miami
    Presenter: David Goldsmith – NC State University
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Privacy Subcommittee Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Isn't it Romantic?
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Presenter: Jillian A. Wentworth (she/her/hers) – United for Libraries
    Moderator: Amy Alessio – Dominican University
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Jumata Emill/ The Black Queen
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Learners of 2030: Preparing for Literacies and Skills of the Future
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Danielle Theiss – Park University
    Presenter: Rachel King (she/her/hers) – Rowan University Libraries
    Presenter: Ian Mellor-Crummey – Fondren Library, Rice University
    Presenter: Meaghan Moody (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Presenter: Laura Saunders (she/her/hers) – Simmons University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Learnings from Cities: How the Library Catalyzes a City's Equity-Driven Community Economic Development Agenda
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Margaret Sullivan – Margaret Sullivan Studio
    Presenter: Chris Brown – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Darius Brown
    Presenter: Heidi Daniel – Enoch Pratt Free Library
    Presenter: Al-Jalil Gault (he/him/his) – Gensler
    Presenter: Annie Norman – Delaware Division of Libraries
    Presenter: Bridget E. Quinn (she/her/hers) – Hartford Public Library
    Presenter: Jamar Rahming – Wilmington Free Library
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Libraries, Literature, & the Counseling Connection
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Valerie DiLorenzo (she/her/hers) – Rumsey Hall School
    Presenter: Valerie DiLorenzo (she/her/hers) – Rumsey Hall School
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Library of Things: Increasing Engagement & Digital Literacy to Empower Your Community
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Tiffany Oakley – Premier Wireless
    Presenter: Lea Bogle – Premier Wireless Business Technology Solutions
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Magdalena Mora & Claudia Guadalupe Martínez: Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Meet Booklist Reader
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Meet me on the web: Reach information seekers where they search
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Member Engagement Coordination Committee Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Calculus
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Memory Cafes and Library Dementia Services
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Presenter: Timothy J. Dickey – Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Libraries
    Presenter: Mary Beth Riedner – Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
    Presenter: Angela Meyers (she/her/hers) – Bridges Library System
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Metadata Rights of Libraries: A Panel Discussion
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Lacie Griffin (she/her/hers) – Johnson County Library
    Presenter: Kyle K. Courtney, n/a – Harvard
    Presenter: Elijah Scott – Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC)
    Presenter: Amanda Sprochi (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Libraries
    Presenter: Karen Snow (she/her/hers) – School of Information Studies, Dominican University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Metadata Standards Committee Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    NARDAC RDA Update Forum
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Narrowing the Divide: Using Intersectionality to Re-Examine Pandemic Learning Loss & Online Library Usage
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Cantrell Johnson (she/her/hers) – Project Literade
    Presenter: Cantrell Johnson (she/her/hers) – Project Literade
    Transforming: Customer & User Expectations
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Lessons and Tools on Well-being for Your Library, from The New York Times
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Moderator: Madeline Felix
    Presenter: Jancee Dunn
    Presenter: Christina Caron
    Presenter: Kate Lowenstein
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Pedro Martín: Mexikid
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Readers' Advisory Trends and Topics
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Barry Trott – Library of Virginia
    Presenter: Barry Trott – Library of Virginia
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Retiree Member Roundtable Book Discussion
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    RUSA Accessibility Assembly
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    SOS: Stock Our Shelves (with challenged and banned books)!
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Jen Nails (she/her/hers) – Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
    Presenter: Jen Nails (she/her/hers) – Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    STARS Access Services Discussion Group Forum
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    The Black Librarian in America Book
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford C
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    The Freedom of Information Act: Requests to Redactions
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Brooke Becker (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenter: Louis Carlile (he/him/his) – North Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Jessica Hartman – National Archives and Records Administration
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    United for Libraries: Ask an Expert about Trustees, Friends, Foundations
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Using Twitch at Your Public Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Anne Jamieson – Deerfield Public Library
    Presenter: Anne Jamieson – Deerfield Public Library
    Presenter: Cristina A. Bueno, M.A. (she/her/hers) – Deerfield Public Library
    Presenter: Vicki Karlovsky (she/her/hers) – Deerfield Public Library
    Presenter: Sam Rosen – Deerfield Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    US-Iran Relations in the Biden Era
    Location: McCormick Place, W195
    Moderator: Al Kagan – University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
    Presenter: Trita Parsi
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    We Need Diverse Books and ALA Present: How to Fight Book Bans: Authors On Speaking Up and Fighting Back
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Ellen Oh (she/her/hers) – We Need Diverse Books
    Presenter: Kyle Lukoff
    Presenter: Samira Ahmed
    Presenter: Ashley Hope Perez – The Ohio State University
    Presenter: Jerry Craft
    Presenter: Eliot Schrefer
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    How Media Literacy is Fundamental to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice (EDISJ)
    Location: McCormick Place, W196a
    Moderator: Belinha S. De Abreu – International Council for Media Literacy/Sacred Heart University
    Presenter: Nicole Cooke – University of South Carolina
    Presenter: Kelly N. Czarnecki (she/her/hers) – Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
    Presenter: Jimmeka Anderson – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALA Council I
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
    Updates/Briefings
  • 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM CT
    Norton Book Buzz!
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Former Lead Singer of the Platters
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Len McBride, America’s Harvest
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Rob Smat | Power to the Players
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Alison Chesley: New-Classical, Ambient/Amplified Cello
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Cancelled: Herbie J Pilato - Retro Active Television: An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV’s Social Circuitry
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Dave Mason - EO-N (Thriller)
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Don Helin - Twins (Military Thriller)
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Jadzia Axelrod: Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin/Ain't Burned All the Bright
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 6
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Richard Battle - Made in America by AmeriCANS Not AmeriCANTS
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    SHIRIN SHAMSI: Zahra's Blessing, A Ramadan Story
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Anna Bliss / BONFIRE NIGHT
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Keith Carreiro: The Immortality Wars
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Cecil Castellucci: Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) and Shifting Earth (Graphic Novel) - Saturday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Edward Ashton: ANTIMATTER BLUES
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    The Eyewitness Event
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park AB
    Moderator: Kristen Pozzuoli – DK
    Presenter: Kristen Pozzuoli – DK
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Linda Magoon: Live Free and Hike: Finding Grace, Healing, and Self-Discovery Atop New Hampshire’s 48 White Mountain Summits
    Location: Booth 1631
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkey
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Brian Pinkney
    Speaker: Nikki Grimes
    Books & Authors
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Meg Medina and Joseph Coelho: Youth Literature Ambassadors with the Library of Congress
    Location: Booth 2211
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Michael Tyler: The Smallest Spot of a Dot
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rajani LaRocca: MIRROR TO MIRROR signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rob Smat: Power to the Players - The Real Gamestop Story and Why Its Only Getting Started
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Signing with Author Candace Fleming
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Tommy Greenwald signs DINGED and THE ULTIMATE GOAL
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    X. Fang: Dim Sum Palace
    Location: Booth 2715
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Angela Halgrimson: Yeti Needs a Haircut
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Laura Khoury: The Tale of Mallory Mouse: From Foster Care to Adoption
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Noemi Figueroa Soulet: THE BORINQUENEERS, A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE 65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    S Alston: I AM Mighty Me (Mighty Me Series for Children)
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Sheila Alston: I AM Mighty Me (Mighty Me Series Book 1)
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    The Importance of Outreach and Meeting Folx Where They Are
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Field AB
    Presenter: Brittany D. Peacock (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services
    Presenter: Cathy Zimmerman, n/a (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services
    Presenter: Jenn Koetz (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Tracy Mattes: Church Dog and The Girl in the Mirror
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Juliana Gaddis: Minivan Mix-Up
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    Grab a Coveted Fourth Wing Arc (While Supplies Last)
    Location: Booth 2914
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Curating Your Manga Section
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Diana Sudyka, author and illutstrator of LITTLE LAND
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Lina Chern/ Play the Fool
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rebecca Keller: You Should Have Known
    Location: Booth 2425
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Ryan Estrada: Occulted
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    Chicago Gold! Two Legendary Chicago Cultural Leaders Discuss their First Books with the Chicago Black Caucus of the American Library Association
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    Jamison Shea: I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    Kristen Schroeder: ALIEN TOMATO
    Location: Booth 2913
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Creating Character-Building Books in an Age of Uncertainty: What Does Bravery Have to Do with Bison?
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Graphic Mundi Presents: After Alison- Queer Voices in Graphic Novels
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    In-Conversation with Angeline Boulley and Lily Meade
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Johnny Teague | The Lost Diary of George Washington
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Magnificent Middle Grade!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Open Opportunities: Moving to an Open Source Solution
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Tech Talk Stage (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Robert Genetski, Is There Evidence for God?: An Economist Searches for Answers
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Charles Waters: African Town
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Irene Latham/ Charles Waters: African Town
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Irene Latham: African Town
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Pornsak Pichetshote: The Good Asian: 1936 Edition
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Signing with Author Lesa Cline-Ransome
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    My Garden of a Thousand Bees; and Wild Hope: The Big Oyster
    Location: W471A
  • 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    Claudia Guadalupe Martinez: Not a Monster
    Location: Booth 3214
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Amber Morrell, The Alchemy of Letting Go
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Amber Morrell: THE ALCHEMY OF LETTING GO signing
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Literary Comics: Spotlight on Fantagraphics
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Cancelled: Rick Robinson - A Fish Ate My Homework: A Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Daniel Boyd -Miss Dirt Turtle's Garden Club
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Joe Coleman (former lead singer of The Platters) - My Time to Shine
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Kraig Kann - Can You Get OUR Attention?
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    A Bird in the Hand: Strategies for Retaining Library Employees
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Moderator: Jim Neal (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Presenter: Kris Johnson, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Montana State University Library
    Presenter: Tarida Anantachai – North Carolina State University Libraries
    Presenter: Jennifer M. Jackson (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Presenter: Je Salvador (ey/em/eirs) – University of Washington Bothell & Cascadia College Campus Library
    Speaker: Kris Johnson, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Montana State University Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALA-APA Certification Program Committee
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 2
    Moderator: Erin barnthouse, MLIS – APA Certification Program Committee
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALMA/LibraryReads Saturday Adult Author Panel
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Rebecca Vnuk, LibraryReads – LibraryReads
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Americans and the Holocaust: Bringing Holocaust History to Local Communities
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Hayley Prihoda (she/her/hers) – U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
    Presenter: Cynthia L. Hunt (she/her/hers) – Amarillo Public Library
    Presenter: Carina Chernisky (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
    Presenter: Adam Clemons (he/him/his) – The University of Mississippi
    Presenter: Ben Treat (he/him/his) – Bangor Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Andrea Beatriz Arango/ Iveliz Explains It All
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Beta Phi Mu 75th Anniversary Celebration
    Location: McCormick Place, W192
    Moderator: Adrienne L. Teague, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Beta Phi Mu
    Moderator: Jennifer E. Steele, MLIS, Ph.D. – Beta Phi Mu
    Presenter: Adrienne L. Teague, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Beta Phi Mu
    Presenter: Tom Rink, MLIS – Beta Phi Mu
    Presenter: Jennifer E. Steele, MLIS, Ph.D. – Beta Phi Mu
    Career Development
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Advance reader copy of The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful by Milo Rossi
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Herbie J Pilato - Retro Active Television: An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV’s Social Circuitry
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Copyright Legislation, Education and Advocacy Network COL Subcommittee
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Colleen Cambridge / MURDER BY INVITATION ONLY
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Digital Public Library of America: Looking Ahead: An Open Board + Community Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: John Bracken – DPLA
    Presenter: Micah May – DPLA
    Updates/Briefings
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Ecosystem Tools for Your State Leadership, a Working Session
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Dorcas Hand, MLS from SUNY Albany – Students Need Libraries in HISD
    Presenter: Michelle A. Robertson, Ph.D., MLIS, NBCT (she/her/hers) – University of Central Oklahoma
    Presenter: Jennifer Alvino Wood (she/her/hers) – Windham Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Fighting Censorship in a Changing Landscape
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Eric Stroshane (he/him/his) – OIF
    Presenter: Betsy Gomez (she/her/hers) – ALA
    Presenter: Vickery Bowles (she/her/hers) – Toronto Public Library
    Updates/Briefings
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Tabletop Gaming with Kids and Families: Using Games to Foster Language and Social Emotional Development
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Presenter: Carolyn Vibbert, NBCT (she/her/hers) – Sudley Elementary
    Presenter: Annabelle Blackman (she/her/hers) – Oakland Public Library
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Historian Rick Perlstein in Conversation with Harper's Magazine
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    HS All-Section Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Johnny Teague: The Lost Diary of George Washington
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Leaning International: Notes from the Field
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: April Moyo – Congressional School
    Presenter: Lisa Hussey (she/her/hers) – Simmons University School of Library and Information Science
    Presenter: Laurie Kutner (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Presenter: Mohammad M. AlHamad – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    Presenter: Eugenia A. Ortega Martinez (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Duluth/ Kathryn A. Martin Library
    Career Development
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Learning Apprenticeships in the Media and Information Literacy Classroom
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Presenter: Nate Floyd (he/him/his) – Miami University Libraries
    Presenter: Jaclyn Spraetz (she/her/hers) – Miami University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Leverage Federal Funds to Advance Digital Equity in Your Community Update
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Michelle L. Frisque, n/a (she/her/hers) – Michelle Frisque Consulting Group, LLC
    Presenter: Larra Clark – Public Library Association | ALA
    Presenter: Julie Walker – Georgia Public Library Service
    Presenter: Ben Miller (he/him/his) – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
    Presenter: Angela Thi Bennett (she/her/hers) – National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
    Updates/Briefings
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Libraries Helping Refugees and New Immigrants Learn the U.S. Financial System
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Lindsay Currie: It Found Us
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Lisa Yee/ Maizy Chen's Last Chance
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    NCAAL XII Info Session
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Lake Michigan
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    NCAAL XII Planning
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
    Presenter: Nichelle Hayes – BCALA
    Career Development
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Near-Peer Leadership at the Library: Teens Inspiring Kids through Tutoring, Storytelling, and Readers’ Advisory
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Rachel Roseberry, M.Ed (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Rachel Roseberry, M.Ed (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Olisha James (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Christy Lau (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Rainbow Round Table (RRT) Annual Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Research with people who are currently or have been incarcerated in the United States
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Presenter: Erin Boyington – Colorado State Library
    Presenter: Charissa M. Brammer – Colorado State Library
    Presenter: Chelsea Jordan-Makely, n/a (she/her/hers) – Griswold Memorial Library
    Presenter: Jeanie Austin (they/them/theirs) – San Francisco Public Library
    Presenter: Nili Ness (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Public Library
    Presenter: Tammy Ortiz
    Presenter: Laura C. Richardson (she/her/hers) – Washington State Library
    Presenter: Anna Nash (she/her/hers) – Washington State Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Supporting Invisibly Disabled Students in the Library Classroom
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Presenter: Elizabeth Novosel – University of Colorado Boulder
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Taryn Souders: The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Supporting Young Children's Social and Emotional Development with Children's Literature
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Stacy Simonyi (she/her/hers) – Saint Michael's College
    Presenter: Soo Joung Kim (she/her/hers) – Saint Michael's College
    Books & Authors
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    CALA's 50th Anniversary Social & Poster Presentations
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Raymond Pun, MLS, Ed.D (he/him/his) – Chinese American Librarians Association
    Moderator: Susen Shi, MLIS – The New York Public Library
    Moderator: Vincci Kwong, n/a – Indiana University South Bend
    Presenter: Kelly Yang
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Core President's Program Featuring Angela Saini
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Moderator: Margaret Heller – Loyola University Chicago
    Presenter: Angela Saini
    Core Values
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Downs Award Reception
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, DuSable AB
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Educators of School Librarians Meeting (AASL_ESLS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    CANCELLED: Research and Planning Committee Meeting (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
    Transforming: Services
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    SRRT Action Council I
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    The NISO Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP)
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Main contact: Nettie Lagace – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
    Speaker: Jill Morris
    Speaker: Todd Carpenter – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    North Carolina Central University – School of Library & Information Sciences Alumni Reception
    Location: Marriott Marquis, showroom Food Hall in Marriott Marquis Chicago
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Jesse Byrd: Sunny Days
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Sina Grace: Superman: The Harvests of Youth
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Streets of Tears
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 4:30 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    AMELIA BRUNSKILL, author of WOLFPACK
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Communities of Practice Meeting (AASL)
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    JCLC Reception
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford C
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    San José State University's School of Information Reception
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park CD
    Moderator: Sheila Gurtu – San Jose State University- School of Information
    Presenter: Anthony S. Chow – San Jose State University- School of Information
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Revision of Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CT
    The Laugh's On Us sponsored by Ingram Content Group
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park ABCD
    Books & Authors
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CT
    Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Reception
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
    Presenter: Carolyn Garnes
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    Core Happy Hour - Hard Rock Cafe Chicago (Outdoor Patio) Sponsored by EBSCO
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
    Core Values
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    Dominican University’s Alumnae/i Reception
    Location: Off Site, Fat Pour Tap Works
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    The University of Texas at Austin - School of Information (iSchool)
    Location: Marriott Marquis, George Pullman
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    USC iSchool Alumni Meetup
    Location: McCormick Place, Connie's Pizza in McCormick Place
  • 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    APALA Literature Awards Banquet
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Award Ceremony and Reception
    Location: Off Site, American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Fl
    Books & Authors
  • Sunday, June 25, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    54th Annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International North
  • 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM CT
    OCLC Meeting Room 1
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom A
  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CT
    Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
    Location: W471A
  • 8:05 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Let it Be Morning
    Location: W471A
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Literary Tastes: Celebrating The Best Reading of the Year (RUSA
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    United for Libraries Board Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W182
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey Editorial Board Meeting (ACRL)
    Location: Palmer House, Burnham 1
    Transforming: Services
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Building & Operations All Section Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Core Values
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    DUPLICATE CANCELLED: MAGIRT Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Committee on Family Engagement Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Creating Pathways to Diverse Librarianship and Leadership
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Presenter: Caroline Kravitz (she/her/hers) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Sophie McGrath (she/her/hers) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Avigail Najjar (they/them/theirs) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Freddie Rivera (he/him/his) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    MAGIRT - Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    NMRT Board Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 2
    Presenter: Annice Sevett – NMRT
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    OCLC resource sharing community breakfast
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom A
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    All Committees Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment Committee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Price Room
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Natalia Sylvester: BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Nidhi Chanani: Shark Princess Shark Party
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Coffee with Dr. Carla Hayden
    Location: Booth 2211
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Doug Salati: Hot Dog
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    "Birds Aren't Real": How Students Can Work Against Misinformation and Advocate
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Presenter: Robbie Barber (she/her/hers) – Tucker High School
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    2023 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Presentation
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Presenter: Carl Gropper (he/him/his) – Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation
    Presenter: Nancy Gropper – Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation
    Moderator: Edward Whatley – Georgia College & State University
    Presenter: Micah Rademacher
    Presenter: John Spears (he/him/his) – Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
    Presenter: Barb Riebe (she/her/hers) – Billings Public Library
    Presenter: Molly Ouellette
    Presenter: Matthew Noe (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Moni Barrette – LibraryPass
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    A Technology Library of Things Year 2: The Library Technology Integration Lab
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Anthony S. Chow – San Jose State University- School of Information
    Presenter: Anthony S. Chow – San Jose State University- School of Information
    Presenter: Irene Miller (she/her/hers) – SJSU
    Presenter: Dan Lou – Palo Alto City Library
    Presenter: Rosine Bingol (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Presenter: Tyler C. Livy (he/him/his) – San Francisco Public Library/San Jose State University
    Presenter: Gayathri Kanth – Palo Alto City Library
    Presenter: James Westen (he/him/his) – Dover Town Library
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships Committee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ALA & Council Associate Discussion Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Annual Conference 2023 Program Subcommittee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    APALA Membership Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Prairie Room A
    Moderator: Jaena Rae Cabrera, n/a (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Public Library
    Moderator: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Ask HR
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Beyond the Middle School Rainbow: Intersectionality in LGBTQIA+ Middle Grade Books
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Moderator: Liz Deskins (she/her/hers) – Kent State
    Moderator: Kathleen Breitenbach, n/a (they/them/theirs) – Hamilton Township Free Public Library
    Books & Authors
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Cataloging Continuing Resources: Preparing for Future Linked-Data Environment
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Peter V. Fletcher – UCLA Library, Resource Acquisitions & Metadata Services
    Presenter: Robert Maxwell – Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
    Presenter: Tina Shrader – National Library of Medicine (NLM)
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Committee Recognizing Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
    Books & Authors
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Continuing Education Advisory Group Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Court Stevens: Last Girl Breathing
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Devon Holzwarth/ Tia Fortuna's New Home
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Facilitating Conversations Around Data Privacy: A New Toolkit For Library Workers and Their Patrons
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Davis E. Anderson, MS, MM – Metropolitan New York Library Council
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Fundraising Basics: How to Prioritize Efforts to Maximize Success
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Rachel Heine (she/her/hers) – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    Presenter: Rachel Heine (she/her/hers) – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Future of Digital Collection in a Post-Pandemic Public Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Kacie Armstrong (she/her/hers) – Euclid Public Library,
    Presenter: Wendy Bartlett (she/her/hers) – Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Presenter: Alan S. Inouye – ALA PPA
    Presenter: ​Jené D. Brown – Los Angeles Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Growing the Future of Our Profession Together: a Partnership between a University and School District to Fully Staff School Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Presenter: Christy James, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Charleston County School District
    Presenter: Lucy Santos Green (she/her/hers) – School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa
    Presenter: Valerie Byrd-Fort (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    How We Created a Research Rubric Meant for Everyone: Making the Library and Its University Partners More Student-Ready
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Barbara Anderson – Roosevelt University
    Presenter: Barbara Anderson – Roosevelt University
    Presenter: Sarah Maria Rutter – Roosevelt University
    Presenter: William Waites – Roosevelt University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    In Search of Teens: A Discussion on How to Welcome More Teens into our Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Amy Wander (she/her/hers) – New Orleans Public Library
    Presenter: Amy Wander (she/her/hers) – New Orleans Public Library
    Presenter: Kelly N. Czarnecki (she/her/hers) – Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
    Presenter: Jamie Bravo (he/him/his) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Isaiah West, MSIS (he/him/his) – Prince George's County Memorial Library System
    Presenter: LaTrisha Milton (she/her/hers) – Houston Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Cancelled: Leadership Development Committee Meeting (PLA)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Libraries Transforming Communities: Hosting Accessible Community Conversations
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Presenter: Rebecca Weber (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University
    Presenter: Bridget Hayman – Access Living
    Presenter: Hillary Pearson (she/her/hers) – American Library Association/ODLOS
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Libraries.Today: National Forum Findings and Recommendations for Post-COVID School Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Presenter: Christopher Harris (he/him/his) – Genesee Valley BOCES School Library System
    Presenter: Amanda Kordeliski (she/her/hers) – Norman (OK) Public Schools
    Updates/Briefings
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Library Resilience from Coast to Coast: Lessons from Disaster Research to Engage Your Community and Empower Your Staff
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Denise R. Lyons (she/her/hers) – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
    Presenter: Denise R. Lyons (she/her/hers) – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
    Presenter: Feili Tu-Keefner – University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science
    Presenter: April Hobbs – University of Memphis
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Michaela Goade/ Remember
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in a Public Library: Real Life Experiences and Practical Advice
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: Abby Armour (she/her/hers) – Mukwonago Community Library
    Presenter: Abby Armour (she/her/hers) – Mukwonago Community Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Online Checkout of Software Licenses for Patrons' Own Devices: A New Model for Expanding Access
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Presenter: Michael Bomholt – Miami University
    Presenter: Ken Irwin (he/him/his) – Miami University
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Physical Delivery Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Protecting the Freedom to Access Reproductive Health Information
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Michelle Gibeault – Smith College Libraries
    Presenter: Glen J. Benedict, n/a – University of the District of Columbia
    Presenter: Julie Oborny (she/her/hers) – San Jose Public Library
    Presenter: Theresa Chmara, J.D. – Freedom to Read Foundation
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Pura Belpré Illustrator Honoree Duncan Tonatiuh signs A LAND OF BOOKS
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Pura Belpré Illustrator Honoree Mirelle Ortega signs MAGIC: ONCE UPON A FARAWAY LAND
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Raj Haldar: This Book is Banned
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Ruth Behar/ Tia Fortuna's New Home
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Scholarly Communication Discussion Group
    Location: Palmer House, Wabash Room
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Stories to Empower our Communities: Promoting Diverse LGBTQIA+ Narratives in Picture Book Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Presenter: Amanda Melilli, n/a – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Presenter: Alicia G. Vaandering (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island
    Presenter: James W. Rosenzweig (he/him/his) – Eastern Washington University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Therapy Cards: Mental Health Resources at the Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Diana Beltrao de Macedo (she/her/hers) – Boston Public Library
    Presenter: Sophie Leveque (she/her/hers) – Boston Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Thinking Outside of Your Positionalities: Centering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility in Your Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Sherre L. Harrington – Berry College
    Presenter: April Sheppard, n/a (she/them) – Arkansas State University
    Presenter: Wendy Crist (she/her/hers) – Arkansas State University
    Presenter: Kael Moffat – Saint Martin's University
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Understanding Community by the Numbers
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Presenter: Cathy Crosthwaite (she/her/hers) – Sacramento Public Library
    Presenter: Kelly R. Clark (he/him/his) – Sacramento Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    GameRT President's Program: Creating Role-Playing Games in the Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Presenter: Danielle Costello (she/her/hers) – Games & Gaming Round Table
    Presenter: Russell Brandon (he/him/his) – Misssissippi University for Women
    Presenter: Rebecca Strang (she/they) – ALA Games & Gaming Round Table
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    YA Author Coffee Klatch
    Location: McCormick Place, W192
    Books & Authors
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Ashley Belote: The Me Tree
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Cancelled: Rick Robinson Award-Winning Thriller Author of Opposition Research
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Cathy Endebrock: My Voice, His Heart: Experiencing Prayer in God’s Will
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Erin Frew: Golden Boy Bailey
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Linn Aspen: The Dreamtidings of a Disgruntled Starbeing: Life with a psychopathic brother
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    PL Bandy: Rehabit Your Life. A Doctor's Notebook on Navigating Health & Wellbeing.
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Stenetta Anthony: Ella Learns to Dance
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    ALA Council II
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Chapter Assembly (AASL)
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    FMRT Executive Board and Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Banned Books from the Big Chair
    Location: McCormick Place, Grand Concourse
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Advance reader copy of Cooking with the CrunchBros by Jeff and Jordan Kim
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Career Coaching II
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W474
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Photography Services II
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Resume Review II
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Swag giveaway: Exclusive Frances Lincoln 40 tote bag + books!
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    The Library Marketplace
    Location: McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM CT
    Kraig Kann - Can You Get OUR Attention?
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Macmillan Publishers Adult + YA Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Children's Author, Musician, Philanthropist
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: How can libraries support horror fans?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    KEIR GRAFF, author of MINERVA KEEN'S DETECTIVE CLUB
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Loris Lora and Anika Aldamuy Denise: PHENOMENAL AOC signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Signing with Author Tim Fite
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Zach Weinersmith: A City on Mars
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    A World of Experiences: Diverse Authors on the Value of Different Perspectives
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Barney Saltzberg: A DELICIOUS STORY
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Finding Cozy Classics for Emerging and Middle Grade Readers
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    In A Mirror Darkly: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reflections on Real Life
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Jesús Trejo: PAPÁ'S MAGICAL WATER-JUG CLOCK
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Mike Petrik: ONE COOL DUCK #1: THE KING OF COOL
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Revealing the Hidden Stories Inside Historical Figures You Thought You Knew: Edison, Lincoln and More!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    The Art of the Children's Book: Everything I Learned, I Learned from the Muppets
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Digital Literacy Committee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    #EveryBookItsReader International Wikimedia Campaign (Poster 1)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Martin Adalberto TENA-ESPINOZA-DE-LOS-MONTEROS (he/him/his) – University of Guadalajara / University Library System (SiUBiUDG)
    Author: Lilian Viana (she/her/hers) – University of São Paulo
    Author: Michael David MILLER (he/him/his) – McGill University Library
    Author: Núria Ferran-Ferrer (she/her/hers) – Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
    Author: Tebogo Khama
    Author: Stela Madruga (she/her/hers) – University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
    Poster Presenter: Laurie Bridges, M.S., M.L.I.S. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    A Barrier You Weren't Expecting: Guiding Faculty Through the Library Resources Available for an International, Inter-Institution Entrepreneurship Course (Poster 2)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Sara F. Hess (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University Libraries
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Are We Prepared? Book and Material Challenges in Academic Libraries (Poster 37)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jonathan Newton, n/a (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina - Upstate
    Poster Presenter: John Siegel, MLS, MEd (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina Upstate
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    AUC Libraries Digital Offering: Challenges and Opportunities (Poster 3)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Heba Sayed, AUC – The American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Batman, Superman, & the 5 Ws: Teaching Research Fundamentals That Endure (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jennie Law, n/a – Georgia State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Being International in Libraries: Reflection, recognition and reality of international students and employees (Poster 4)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Sanga Sung, n/a – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Poster Presenter: Uyen T. Nguyen – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Breaking Borders: Sharing Successful Ideas, Studies, and Programs for International Librarianship (Poster 5)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: IHUOMA S. BABATOPE, PhD LIS (she/her/hers) – Delta State College of Education, Mosogar, Nigeria
    Author: ADAORA C. OBUEZIE, MSc (she/her/hers) – Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Building Our Capacity for Data Management Plans (DMPs): HKUST Library's Experience (Poster 6)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Victoria F. Caplan, MSci, MPhil – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Checking In with Each Other: when your community of practice becomes a community of support (Poster 39)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Piper L. Cumbo, MLIS – Auburn University
    Poster Presenter: Carrie Hill (she/her/hers) – Auburn University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Comparing Library Best Practices Across Countries: "Around the World in 80 Libraries" (Poster 7)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: John Hickok – California State University Fullerton
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Computer Science Education: How computational thinking skills can be taught solely through books in your library collection, no technology needed (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: MELISSA HANNON, n/a (she/her/hers) – NYC DOE - OFFICE OF STUDENT PATHWAYS
    Author: Valerie Brock (she/her/hers) – CS4all NYC Public Schools
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Copyright and Fair Use Teaching and Support in a Joint-Venture University in China (Poster 8)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Mengjie Zou, n/a – Duke Kunshan University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Counterstories and Representation: Steps and Texts to Increase Storytelling (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ugochi Emenaha, n/a – Rice University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Covid-19 and the Digital Shift: Research Trends in Academic Libraries (Poster 9)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Ke-Ming Jhang – National Taiwan Normal University
    Author: Yi-Shan Hsieh – National Taiwan Normal University
    Poster Presenter: Ke-Ming Jhang – National Taiwan Normal University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Creating binational library collaborations: The experience of the SDSU Library (Poster 10)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Matt Ferrill, MLIS (he/him/his) – San Diego State University Library
    Author: Erik Beck
    Author: Devan McGirr
    Author: Lisa Lamaont
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Critical Data Studies: Intersections with the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and Opportunities for Enriching Information Literacy Instruction (Poster 42)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Julia M. Bauder, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Grinnell College
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Cross-Generation Communication: How The Young Adults Replied for the “Blessing GIF” on the LINE Application? (Poster 11)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Wan-Yu Li (she/her/hers) – Graduate Institute Of Library & Information Studies of National Taiwan Normal University
    Poster Presenter: Pei-Ju Liu
    Author: Yi-Shan Hsieh – National Taiwan Normal University
    Author: Ming-Hsin Phoebe Chiu – National Taiwan Normal University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Cyberbully detection model for school libraries on body shaming (Poster 12)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Chyi-Kuan Wang, n/a – National Chengchi University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Dead Lab No More (Poster 13)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Katie Richert – Bloomingdale Public Library
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Developing Research and Media Literacy Skill-Sets through Course Integrated Student-Created Media Projects at the University of Minnesota (Poster 43)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Scott Spicer, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Did a Bot Do Your Work? Addressing Pre-trained Text Generation apps in Information Literacy Instruction. (Poster 44)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Arden Kirkland (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
    Poster Presenter: Sandra M. Echols, Certified Librarian – John Jay College /NYCDOE
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Did They Remember to Use Their Library? An Analysis of Student Research Paper Bibliographies After Library Instruction (Poster 45)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cara Berg, n/a (she/her/hers) – David and Lorraine Cheng Library/William Paterson University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Economic impact of conservation and restoration actions on contemporary bibliographic collections of University Libraries: feedbacks and heritage problems. (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Janaina B. Resende, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Brasilia
    Author: Neemias Oliveira da Silva, PhD in History (he/him/his) – University of State of Goiás. PROMEP.
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Encuentro Bibliotecario Inter-Americano de Información y Alfabetización/Inter-American Library Symposium on Information and Literacy (Poster 14)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Teresa M. Tobin, n/a – Library Advocate
    Poster Presenter: Haydee Hodis, n/a – Springfield City Public Library
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Engaging Students with Primary Sources through Librarian-Disciplinary Faculty Collaborations (Poster 46)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Mary Feeney, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona Libraries
    Poster Presenter: Lisa Duncan (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona Libraries
    Poster Presenter: Niamh Wallace – University of Arizona Libraries
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills through True Crime Research: The Case of Lizzie Borden (Poster 47)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ashley S. Dees – University of Mississippi Libraries
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Experience an amazing metaverse from the CYUT library @ Taiwan (Poster 27)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: TSAO SHU-CHUAN, n/a – Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Transformer Networks have a great potential for Layout Analysis of Newspapers (Poster 16)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Gerald Schreiber, n/a (he/him/his) – CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Increasing the Visibility of Library’s Instruction through the Development of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program (Poster 48)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Nicole N. Kong, n/a (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Presenter: Beth McNeil – Purdue University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Integrating Community-based Learning with LIS Education (Poster 49)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Xia Lin, n/a (he/him/his) – Drexel University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    International Librarians Networking Program (Poster 17)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Erica Saito – IRRT
    Presenter: Jennifer AW Stubbs (she/her/hers) – Bradley University, Cullom-Davis Library IRRT's ILNP
    Author: Mark Mattson – Penn State University Libraries
    Author: Muzhgan I. Nazarova – International Relations Round Table
    Poster Presenter: Yongming Wang, MLS – The College of New Jersey Library
    Poster Presenter: Felicia Chan – Strategy Division at National Library Board, Singapore
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Is it La Biblioteca? Or La Libreria? A story about community engagement and targeted outreach of the Hispanic population (Poster 18)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Catalina Shin, MS (she/her/hers) – Arlington Heights Memorial Library
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Learning and growing together through an international exchange program (Poster 19)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Win Shih (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Libraries for Sustainable Development: The Web Portal and Information Action Briefs (Poster 20)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Clara M. Chu, n/a (she/her/hers) – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
    Poster Presenter: Peggy Nzomo, n/a – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
    Poster Presenter: Bharat Mehra, n/a – School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama
    Poster Presenter: Kendra S. Albright, n/a – School of Information, Kent State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Living Knowledge: Case studies of how the British Library uses innovative local, national and international partnerships to increase its impact (Poster 15)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Liz C. White, n/a (she/her/hers) – The British Library
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Making a Difference with School Libraries in Kenya through International Librarianship Volunteer Service. (Poster 21)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: James Nyambane Nyakundi, n/a (he/him/his) – Knowledge Empowering Youth (KEY)
    Poster Presenter: Rita Field-Marsham – Knowledge Empowering Youth Trust
    Poster Presenter: Gladys Kerich – Knowledge Empowering Youth Trust
    Poster Presenter: Christine Aretha Kambe Simani – Knowledge Empowering Youth
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Making VR a Reality | Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Community College Library Collaboration (Poster 50)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Megan E. Gill, MSLS, MAT (she/her/hers) – Craven Community College
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Mapping the UN SDGs in an academic library (Poster 22)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Sarah Tribelhorn, n/a (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Student Success in Blended Learning: A Sustainable Approach (Poster 51)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Magdeline Tao Tao Ng (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Poster Presenter: Suei N. Wong, n/a (she/her/hers) – NUS
    Author: Siu Chen LIM (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Poster Presenter: Magdeline Tao Tao Ng (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Maternal and Newborn Health Management Information system (MHMIS) (Poster 23)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Millenium Anthony Malamla, n/a (she/her/hers) – Youth For Children Innovation Hub
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Partnership Together with all @Open Lab of NCL (Poster 24)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Shu-hsien Tseng (she/her/hers) – National Central Library, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
    Author: Hsiao-ling Hou (she/her/hers) – Knowledge Services Division, National Central Library, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
    Author: Ling-fang Wei (she/her/hers) – Liaison Division, Center for Chinses Studies, National Central Library, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
    Poster Presenter: Hsiu-lien Chang (she/her/hers) – Knowledge Services Division, National Central Library, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Preservation of Heritage Scripts : A step towards conservation of ''MODI'' script of Western India (Poster 25)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Dr.Pradnya Ramesh Deore, n/a (she/her/hers) – Mahilaratna Pushpatai Hiray Arts,Science and Commerce Mahila Mahavidyalaya,Malegaon Camp,Dist.Nashik,India
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Digital Literacy in Action: Empowering Students for Today's Technology-Driven Workforce (Poster 52)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Sharon C. Thompson, n/a – San Jose State University
    Presenter: Sharon C. Thompson, n/a – San Jose State University
    Presenter: Bobbi Makani – San Jose State University
    Poster Presenter: Bobbi Makani – San Jose State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Public Libraries Advisory Committee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Reading Apps in the School and Home: How Parents and Children Perceive eBooks Differently (Poster 53)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ariel Lee, n/a – University of British Columbia School of Information
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Research & Writing: Using Rhetorical Moves in Research and Evaluation (Poster 54)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Elizabeth Stephan, MLS (she/her/hers) – Western Washington University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Smart Library, Smiling Life @ Taiwan (Poster 26)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: TSAO SHU-CHUAN, n/a – Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Social Media Promotion and Management Strategies for the Taiwan University System Libraries (Poster 28)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ho-An Chuang – National Taiwan Normal University
    Poster Presenter: Hua-Hsin Chi
    Poster Presenter: Ming-Hsin Phoebe Chiu – National Taiwan Normal University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Social Workers in Libraries (Poster 29)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ashley Stewart, MSW (she/her/hers) – Caseyville Public Library District
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Subject Heading Prediction based on the BERT Model (Poster 30)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Wei-Hung Tseng, n/a – National Taiwan Normal University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Supporting Student Agency Through Personalized Learning (Poster 55)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Elizabeth Stephan, MLS (she/her/hers) – Western Washington University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The ALA IRC United Nations Subcommittee (Poster 31)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Loida Garcia-Febo, n/a – ALA
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The CRT Toolkit: Preventing Disinformation and Enhancing Pedagogical Instruction Through the Creation of an Open Access Critical Race Theory Toolkit (Poster 56)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cearra Harris, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina-Columbia
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Transforming the Knowledge Commons: Faculty-Librarian Collaborations that Advance Open Educational Practices, Student Agency, and Equity (Poster 57)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kristina M. De Voe, n/a (she/her/hers) – Temple University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Triangulating Literacy Training: Connecting University Libraries, Public Libraries, and Future Teachers (Poster 58)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Understand Taiwanese Scholars’ Perception and Practice of Open Access Journals and Then Take Action (Poster 32)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Hao-Ren KE, n/a – Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Vulnerability to disinformation: An expanded information literacy & pedagogy framework using elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Poster 59)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Dale Larsen, MLS (he/him/his) – University of Utah
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    What can ChatGPT do for you? (Poster 60)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Vincci Kwong, n/a – Indiana University South Bend
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Where is my downloads folder?: The duality of reference management and iGen (Poster 61)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Colleen Bannon, MLIS – Midwestern University
    Poster Presenter: Rebecca Arriola, MSLIS (she/her/hers) – Midwestern University
    Author: Cynthia Snyder, MS MLS – Midwestern University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Wikipedia and Information Equity: A University Class (Poster 62)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Laurie Bridges, M.S., M.L.I.S. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Poster Presenter: Diana Park (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    You Have POWER! : Leaders Know Their Powers and How to Use Them (Poster 63)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Hilda K. Weisburg – American Association of School Librarians
  • 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    US Postal Service Post Office
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Writing Thrillers and Fly Fishing? What Do They Have In Common?
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Karina González and Krystal Quiles/The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Andrea Bunch: Edgy Edgewater Pop/Guitar
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Anya Davidson: Night and Dana
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    JACQUELINE BRIGGS & JUNE JO LEE: Sandor Katz & the Tiny Wild and Chef Roy Choi y su remix de la comida callejera
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Jessi Sheron: The Sea In You
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Signing with Illustrator Jessie Hartland
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Sue Burke: Dual Memory
    Location: Booth 2425
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Dave Kindred: My Home Team
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Cancelled: Marcie May - The Adventures of Penny & Tubs
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Kelly Sue DeConnick: Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Liz Lee Heinecke book signing - The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Ecology for Kids
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Lucy Noland and SJ Russell: To Bird or Not to Bird; To Snail or Not to Snail
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Marla Frazee/In Every Life
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Montana Wakefield: Author of "Chasing Time" (Adrielle Maddox YA series)
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Chad Corrie: Shadow Regent (Graphic Novel) and Sons of Ashgard (Graphic Novel) - Sunday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    David Levithan/ Two Boys Kissing
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Devon Holzwarth: Listen
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Julia Fine: MADDALENA AND THE DARK
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Lauren Thoman: I'll Stop The World
    Location: Booth 3313
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Nathan Hale signs THE MIGHTY BITE and COLD WAR CORRESPONDENT (NATHAN HALE’S HAZARDOUS TALES #11)
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Patty Cisneros Prevo: Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Rea Frey: The Other Year
    Location: Booth 3514
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Shannon Stocker/ Devon Holzwarth: Listen
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Shannon Stocker: Listen
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Sonora Reyes: THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Technology Committee Meeting (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Chicago Room
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Vanessa Miller: The Light On Halsey Street
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Alex Teplish: Survivor : Aron's Story (Graphic Novel & Interactive Virtual Museum)
    Location: Booth 1450
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Molly Chanson: Fallen Star: A Return to Self through the Eight Limbs of Yoga
    Location: Booth 2054
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Patricia J. Murphy: God Is Everywhere (Wise Words for Little Ones Series)
    Location: Booth 1318
  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM CT
    Amazon Publishing and Little Bee Books Children's and YA Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Historical Fiction Based on Family History
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Michael Cherkas | Red Harvest
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Poster Signing by Liza Wiemer, author of "Out and About: A Tale of Giving"
    Location: Booth 3815
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Signing - Brooke Hartman: PEGA SISTERS GO TO CAMP
    Location: Booth 2913
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Anti-Semitism and Re-Writing Stories in Middle Grade with Deke Moulton
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Cancelled: From Screen to Page: IDW and Top Shelf Discuss Webcomics to Paperbacks
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Celebrating What Makes Young Readers the Same and Different: How Fascination with the Human Genome Project Led to The Smallest Spot of a Dot
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Jennie Wood : The Inspiration Behind 'Paper Planes'
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Ambassador to Ambassador: A Spectacular Gathering of Meg Medina, US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and Joseph Coelho, UK Waterstones Children's Laureate-- moderated by Betsy Bird
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    CANCELLED: 12 Million Reader Latinos in the USA Spend an Average of 28.3 Hours a Week Reading
    Location: Palmer House, Honore Ballroom
    Main Contact: Kirk Whisler – Empowering Latino Futures
    Presenter: Kirk Whisler – Empowering Latino Futures
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture: Cultural Memory, Community Work: Why Every Librarian Should Care About Rare Books
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Presenter: Rebecca Romney – Type Punch Matrix
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    A Novel Idea: Jewish Identity in Genre Fiction
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Certification (CPLA) Review Committee
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1
    Moderator: Charlotte Canelli – APA-CPLA Certification Review Committee
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    ARSL Member Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Kate Laughlin (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries
    Moderator: Jennie Garner (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    College and Medium-sized Libraries Discussion Group (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Burnham 1
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Dr. Ronnie Gladden: White Girl Within: Letters of Self-Discovery Between a Transgender and Transracial Black Man and His Inner Female
    Location: Booth 1631
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Eden Robins: When Franny Stands Up
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    E-Rate Task Force
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Huron
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    IRRT Executive Board Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Laura James: My Mother Was a Nanny
    Location: Booth 3325
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Leadership by Design; A human-centered approach for library leaders
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Speaker: Melanie Huggins – Richland Library
    Speaker: Patrick Quattlebaum (he/him/his) – Harmonic Design
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    In Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Carla Hayden
    Speaker: Chris Brown – Chicago Public Library
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    MAGIRT - Cataloging and Classification Committee
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Manga Connects to BIPOC Teens
    Location: McCormick Place, W196a
    Moderator: Jillian Rudes – New York City Department of Education
    Presenter: Joe Sanchez (he/him/his) – City University of New York - Queens College
    Presenter: Tony Weaver, Jr. (he/him/his) – Weird Enough Productions
    Presenter: Frederick Jones
    Presenter: Renee Scott (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Metadata Interest Group Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Mia Wenjen: Food for the Future
    Location: Booth 3725
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Nikkolas Smith: Black Panther Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream
    Location: Booth 3420
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    PLA Legal Issues in Public Libraries Forum
    Location: Palmer House, Crystal Room
    Presenter: Tomas A. Lipinski, J.D., LL.M., M.L.I.S., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – School of Information Studies
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Signing with Author Alicia D. Williams
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Signing with Author Stephen Graham Jones
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ALSC BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) Discussion Group
    Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Hall J
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Association for Library to Service to Children (ALSC) Interest Meetup
    Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Hall I
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Boycott
    Location: W471A
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Collection Management Discussion Group
    Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Hall G
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Open House/Job Fair
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Preschool Services Discussion Group (ALSC)
    Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Hall H
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Metadata & Collections All Section Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Presenter: Lacie Griffin (she/her/hers) – Johnson County Library
    Core Values
  • 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Ann Jacobus: The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    LEE & LOW 2023 Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    My Mind Is Not Yours: Welcome to Tarot Tori City
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Laing F. Rikkers | Morning Leaves
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Randy O'Brien | Gettysburg by Morning
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Samantha Edwards: A Tale as Tall as Jacob
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Alice B. McGinty: Feasts and Festivals Around the World & Pancakes to Parathas
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Daniel Kraus: Wrath
    Location: Booth 3317
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Paul Kaye: Blues, Rags & Assorted Hokum/Guitar
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Robin F. Schepper: Finding My Way
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Will Hillenbrand: The Voice in the Hollow
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Andrea J. Loney, Bunnybear
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Andrea J. Loney: BUNNYBEAR signing
    Location: Booth 3817
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Carole Lindstrom: Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Adriane Doherty: Sweet Dreams Chicago
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Amina Luqman-Dawson: Freewater
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    James Ransome/On Her Wings
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Matt Dragovits - Zach's Quest: A Tale for Christmas
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Abortion Access - It's an Information Issue
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Barbara Alvarez (she/her/hers) – ALA Editions|Neal-Schuman
    Books & Authors
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Accessible Library Services through National Library Service
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Presenter: Alice O'Reilly (she/her/hers) – National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
    Presenter: Danielle H. Miller (she/her/hers) – Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Achieving Equity through Literacy in an Increasingly Digital World
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Theresa Sladek – Literacy Minnesota
    Presenter: Stacey A. Aldrich – Hawaii
    Presenter: Eric Nesheim (he/him/his) – Literacy Minnesota
    Presenter: Caitlin Moen (she/her/hers) – Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
    Presenter: Mimi Lee – New Jersey State Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Anitra Rowe Schulte & Christopher Denise: Willow and Bunny
    Location: Booth 3313
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    April Harrison/ Me and the Boss
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Black History Month (Grant)
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Nichelle Hayes – BCALA
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Bringing Art and Humor into your Libraries with Art Baltazar
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Spenser Nellis – Papercutz Graphic Novels
    Presenter: Art Baltazar – Papercutz Graphic Novels
    Core Values
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    CANCELLED -- At Your Fingertips: Creating a Virtual Interactive Library Tour
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: Sofia Darcy – Katy ISD
    Presenter: Brooke Corso, MEd, MLS – Pin Oak Middle School - Houston ISD
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Carole Boston Weatherford/ Standing in the Need of Prayer
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Celia C. Pérez: Tumble
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Chicago Data in Action: Insights for Policy, Priorities, and Social Change
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Presenter: Doug Schenkelberg (he/him/his) – Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Moderator: Danielle Theiss – Park University
    Presenter: Jonathan Levy (he/him/his) – City of Chicago
    Presenter: Rob Paral
    Presenter: Benjamin G. Aldred (they/them/theirs) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Court Stevens, Last Girl Breathing
    Location: Booth 2220
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Coworker to Supervisor - How to Manage Previous Peers
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Presenter: Resa Mai – ILA, ALA, Lions International
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Darcy Day Zoells: The New Bicycle
    Location: Booth 3425
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Elaine Dimopoulos: The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow
    Location: Booth 3214
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Frank Morrison/ Standing in the Need of Prayer
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Friends & Fiction Live! How 4 NYT Bestselling Authors Created a Thriving Community Supporting Readers, Writers, Libraries and Bookstores!
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Meg Walker (she/her/hers) – Friends and Fiction
    Presenter: Ron Block – Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Presenter: Patti C. Henry (she/her/hers) – Patti Callahan Henry
    Presenter: Kristy Harvey
    Books & Authors
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Fundraising Inc.: How to Unlock Corporate Support for Your Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Joyce Garczynski, n/a – Towson University
    Presenter: Anne E. Manly (she/her/hers) – American Library Association
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Help! They’re coming for our books!
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Kelsey Michelle Flynn (they/them/theirs) – Federal Librarian
    Presenter: Jonathan Friedman (he/him/his) – PEN America
    Presenter: John Chrastka – EveryLibrary
    Presenter: Angela Ocana – Eugene Public Library
    Core Values
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    How to Navigate Book Challenges in the Teen Services Space
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Ibi Zoboi: Star Child
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Innovative Asian Public Libraries Transforming Services and Communities
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Buenaventura (Ven) B. Basco (he/him/his) – University of Central Florida
    Presenter: Catherine Lau – Archives and Libraries Group, National Library Board of Singapore
    Presenter: Mastura Muhamad (she/her/hers) – Selangor Public Library Corporation, Malaysia
    Presenter: Felicia Chan – Strategy Division at National Library Board, Singapore
    Presenter: Juliana Es Mohd Munawir (she/her/hers) – Selangor Public Library Corporation
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture
    Location: McCormick Place, W195
    Presenter: Ady Huertas (She/her/hers/ella) – San Diego Public Library
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Johnnie Christmas: SWIM TEAM signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Jumpstart Your Library Career with Committee Work, Reviewing, and Community Engagement/Projects
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Presenter: Lisa Krok (she/her/hers) – Morley Library
    Presenter: Allie Stevens Gosselink (she/her/hers) – Calhoun County Public Library
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Mac Smith: Scurry
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Mark Oshiro: INTO THE LIGHT
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Martin Lemelman: The Miracle Seed
    Location: Booth 3120
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Mary Wissinger Women in Engineering, Women in Medicine, and Women in Botany
    Location: Booth 2053
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Randy O'Brien: Gettysburg by Morning
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Raymond Arroyo: The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Reflections on a Successful Semicentennial of Collaborative Transformational Learning in the Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Margaret Lincoln – Lakeview Schools
    Presenter: B. Scott Durham – Kent State University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Robin Gow signs DEAR MOTHMAN
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    RUSA Coffee and Conversations
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Culture
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Sharing Knowledge: Projects and Outreach for Indigenous Patrons, Languages, and Documents
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Seonaid Valiant – Arizona State University Library
    Presenter: Seonaid Valiant – Arizona State University Library
    Presenter: Jen Wolfe (she/her/hers) – Newberry Library
    Presenter: Alex Mada (she/her/hers) – Burton Barr Central Library
    Presenter: Heather Sloan – Indiana University Bloomington
    Presenter: David Woken (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Presenter: Giselle M. Aviles (she/her/hers) – Library of Congress
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Signing - Piper Huguley: BY HER OWN DESIGN
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    StoryTeen: Encouraging Teen Interns & Volunteers to Offer Storytime, Support Early Literacy, and Explore Careers in Early Education and Librarianship
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Karen Keys – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Rachel G. Payne – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Karen Keys – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Jessica Ralli – Brooklyn Public Library
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Telehealth in Libraries: What You Need to Know
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: George G. Strawley (he/him/his) – Network of the National Library of Medicine
    Presenter: George G. Strawley (he/him/his) – Network of the National Library of Medicine
    Presenter: Pamela DeGuzman (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Transforming: Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Understanding & Advocating for Net-Zero and Sustainable Energy in your Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Angela Ward Hyatt, FAIA (she/her/hers) – Schwartz/Silver Architects
    Presenter: Susan Morgan (she/her/hers) – BKV Group
    Presenter: Kelsey Laser (she/her/hers) – Schwartz/Silver Architects
    Presenter: Nick Haggenmiller – City of Howard Lake
    Presenter: Ryan McCormick (he/him/his) – Great River Regional Library System
    Presenter: Agnes Vorbrodt, PhD, RA, LEED AP BD+C (she/her/hers) – VvS Architects & Consultants
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Fight Book Bans: Frame the Debate, Fill the Seats, and Create Connections (United for Libraries President's Program: Emily Amick)
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Gordon N. Baker (he/him/his) – Clayton State University
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Wade Hudson + E.B. Lewis: INVINCIBLE
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Beth Davis: Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Daniel Boyd: Tavey's First Hunt
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Don Helin author of Award-Winning Political Thriller, Missing
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Karl Stewart: The Seventh Cruise (WWII Novel)
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Norris Comer: Salmon in the Seine: Alaskan Memories of Life, Death, & Everything In-Between
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Patrice Maynard: HELPING CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY: Educational Support for the Classroom
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Susan Mills: On the Wings of a Hummingbird
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Tracy Moore: The Fire She Fights
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    The PR Xchange Event
    Location: McCormick Place, W194b
    Core Values
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Terah Shelton Harris: One Summer in Savannah
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Anthony Chow, SJSU iSchool director
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    John Hare: Field Trip to Volcano Island
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    What’s the Buzz at DK?: New Reads for All Ages
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Diversity and Inclusion through Food Literacy and Stories about our Food Cultures
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Hair-Raising Horror Graphic Novels
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Mystery, Suspense, Thrills: Five acclaimed Young Adult authors discuss their adventurous forthcoming titles!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Securing Community Library Partnerships and Scaling Up to a National Presence: Hear how a library system, media outlets, retail and foundations were brought together to form a community of learners
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Still Positive
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    The Art of Personal Narrative
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Cecil Castellucci: Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) and Shifting Earth (Graphic Novel) - Sunday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Gillian McDunn: WHEN SEA BECOMES SKY
    Location: Booth 3013
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    PRH Library Book Buzz Presentation
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park AB
    Main contact: Lizeth Cruz, n/a – Penguin Random House
    Speaker: ELIZABETH FABIAN, n/a – PRH ADULT LIBRARY
    Speaker: JEN CHILDS – PRH ADULT LIBRARY
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Tracy Occomy Crowder: Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 11:30 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Van Jensen/ARCA, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, Two Dead, Walk Together
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    A Pictorial History- CSK Book Awards Journey from Committee to Round Table (Poster 32)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Carolyn Garnes
    Presenter: Dorothy L. Guthrie – African American Museum of History and Culture at Loray Mill
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    A Place to Pray: School Library Services for Muslim Teens (Poster 1)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jain Orr, n/a (she/her/hers) – McCallum High School, Austin Independent School District
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    APALA for Another 40: Support ongoing development of the APALA archives and the creation of an organizational records management policy (Poster 2)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Meng Qu (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Oxford OH
    Poster Presenter: Karleen Delaurier-Lyle (she/her/hers) – Xwi7xwa Library (UBC Library)
    Author: Gabi Kim Huesca – Fairfax County Public Library
    Author: Stacey Akahoshi (she/her/hers) – Maricopa County Library District
    Author: María Victoria Fernández – University of Chicago
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Uphill with a yoke: Cultivating equity while climbing economies of scale (Poster 33)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Heather D. Hutto (she/her/hers) – M&ABJ Bristow Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Book Bans in the Bible Belt: Building a Queer Community Library (Poster 3)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Donna Braquet, MLIS – University of Tennessee - knoxville
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Breaking Down Internal Silos, or The Radical Act of Providing Access in Turbulent Times (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Amanda Yesilbas, n/a – University of South Florida
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Developing Inclusive Technology to Make Your Library More Accessible for the Autistic Community (Poster 5)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jamie Mercer, MLIS (she/her/hers) – WJ Niederkorn Library
    Presenter: Katie Hench – InfiniTeach Autism Innovation
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Building Tribal Communities (Poster 34)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Aaron LaFromboise, MLIS (she/her/hers) – American Indian Library Association
    Presenter: Allison Waukau – Hennepin County Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Cafe con Libros: Stimulating Minds, Feeding Souls, & Making Vital Connections with English Language Learners (ELLs) (Poster 37)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Andrea Caporale, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Somerville High School
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    CALA Members Global Library Engagement: A Reflection on CALA Members Participation in Chinese Library Annual Conferences (Poster 7)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michael B. Huang, n/a – Stony Brook University
    Author: Changhong Wu
    Poster Presenter: Hong Yao (she/her/hers) – Queens Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Creating a police-free library: new abolitionist roles for library workers (Poster 8)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jill Barr-Walker, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
    Author: Nora Franco – University of California, San Francisco
    Author: Ned Raggett – University of California, San Francisco
    Author: Micquel Little – University of California, San Francisco
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Diversify Your Library: Inclusive Goals for Programming and Collections (Poster 9)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cassandra M. Taylor, MLS (she/her/hers) – Nashville Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Implications for Canadian STEM Academic Librarianship (Poster 31)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Guoying Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Windsor
    Poster Presenter: Shiyi Xie – University of Western Ontario
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    EMIERT Presents the Diverse BookFinder (Poster 10)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Andrea Jamison – EMIERT Chair
    Presenter: Suzan Alteri (she/her/hers) – Arne Nixon Center, Fresno State
    Author: Ramona Caponegro, PHD, MA (she/her/hers) – Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Empowering the Next Generation: Bringing awareness to Black maternal health inequities (Poster 11)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Estella Inda, n/a (she/her/hers) – San José State University
    Presenter: Adriana Poo, n/a – San Jose State University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    From Kimchi to Squid Games: Creating Cultural Programs that Celebrate Immigrant Communities (Poster 12)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ann Ban (she/her/hers) – San Diego Public Library
    Author: Jennifer Jenkins (she/her/hers) – San Diego Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Karen Nguyen (she/her/hers) – San Diego Public Library
    Author: Ady Huertas (She/her/hers/ella) – San Diego Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    How can libraries support undocumented students? (Poster 14)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Lilian Boyd, MPA, MLS (she/her/hers) – White Plains Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Implementing an Institutional Repository in the HBCU Academic Library (Poster 15)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cynthia J. Charles EdD, n/a – Huston-Tillotson University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Partnering with your school district to improve public library access for young adults (Poster 6)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jamie Mercer, MLIS (she/her/hers) – WJ Niederkorn Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Increasing DEIA In Your Collection & Programming Using Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) Winners & Honors (Poster 16)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Delandrus L.I. Seales, MLS, MAT (she/her/hers) – UNC Wilmington
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Let’s Talk Health Equity: Engaging students in discourse through an interactive book display (Poster 17)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ashley Wilson, n/a (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Poster Presenter: Suzanne Maguire – San Diego State University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Libraries and Career & Technical Education Programs: Promising Partnership for a Diverse Workforce (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Tammie Busch, n/a (she/her/hers) – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    Author: Elizabeth Kamper – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    Author: Lora Del Rio – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Library of Congress and Blind, Visually Impaired, Print-Disabled Spanish-Speakers (Poster 19)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Erica N. Rodriguez, n/a – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Numbers Don't Lie!: Using Student Textbook Survey Data to Leverage OER Student Advocacy (Poster 38)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Lori Lysiak, MLIS, MA (she/her/hers) – Penn State University Libraries
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Postsecondary Access for All: How Public Libraries are Supporting Underrepresented Teens (Poster 20)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Asuncion Cora (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Elizabeth Paldino, MLIS – New York Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Parker Gaidimas (they/them/theirs) – New York Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Zoe Smolen, MLIS (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Rainbow Round Table (Poster 39)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, n/a (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Round Table
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Reaching Diverse Populations Through Targeted Library Services (Poster 21)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Peggy Tahir, MLIS, MA (she/her/hers) – UCSF Library, University of California San Francisco
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Readers’ Advisory as Information Literacy Programming: Why Academic Librarians should be Recommending too (Poster 40)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jenny Wong-Welch, n/a – San Diego State University
    Poster Presenter: Jordan Nielsen (they/them/theirs) – Middle Tennessee State University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    All About the Social Responsibilities Round Table (Poster 35)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: April Sheppard, n/a (she/them) – Arkansas State University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Strengthening Equity in Makerspaces: Leveraging Diversity in Technology Spaces (Poster 22)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jonathan S. Standiford, MLIS – Dominican University
    Poster Presenter: Alex Lorenz, MLIS/MSIM – Dominican University
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Survey of Usage and Accessibility of Queer Archival Materials Preliminary Results (Poster 23)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kestrel S. Ward, MSI (they/them/theirs) – University of Florida Smather's Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    The Action of Inaction: Library Neutrality in the Wake of Social Justice (Poster 36)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Mahasin Ameen, MLS (she/her/hers) – IUPUI University Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    The Drop: A 24/7 Service Station (Poster 41)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Maria F. Meachum, n/a – Wilmington Public Library District
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    The Vibrant See Project: Providing Enchroma Glasses for Color Blind Customers (Poster 25)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Keely Smith, MLIS – Anythink Libraries
    Poster Presenter: Aria Marco, MLIS – Anythink Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    The Well Being and Mental Health Care of Library and Information Studies Doctoral Students (Poster 42)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kit Gorton (they/them/theirs) – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Presenter: Abigail L. Phillips, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Presenter: Kit Gorton (they/them/theirs) – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    True Accessibility Means Dignity: The Case for Universal Changing Tables in Public Libraries (Poster 26)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Andrea C. Legg, MLIS – North Canton Public Library
    Presenter: Andrea C. Legg, MLIS – North Canton Public Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Unveil Hidden Gems: Improving Discoverability of Ming Qing Women Poets and Their Poetry Works Through Wikidata (Poster 27)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Greta Heng, MLIS – San Diego State University
    Poster Presenter: Sai Deng (she/her/hers) – University of Central Florida
    Author: Lihong Zhu (she/her/hers) – Washington State University Libraries
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Using Culturally Responsive Children’s Books to Support Family Engagement: A Library Approach (Poster 28)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Rebecca L. Chrystal, M.S, (she/her/hers) – Raising A Reader
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    We Were There Too: African Americans and the 1928 American Library Association Conference (Poster 29)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michele Fenton, n/a – Indiana State Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    You can do it! Planning, marketing and presenting program opportunities for children and families with special needs (Poster 30)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Leslie Scott, n/a – Prosper Community Library
    Poster Presenter: Sharon Alderton – Prosper Community Library
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Representation Matters: An Inclusive Marketing Campaign (Poster 43)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: claudine bennett, n/a (she/her/hers) – Dayton Metro Library
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CT
    Can You Get Our Attention?
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: Resources for intellectual freedom issues – share your ideas
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Francie Dekker: Our World of Dumplings
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Kao Kalia Yang and Rachel Wada: From the Tops of the Trees
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Nikki Grimes: GARVEY'S CHOICE The Graphic Novel
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Donna Barba Higuera - Alebrijes
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Friends & Fiction: Patti Callahan Henry: The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Kristin Harmel: The Paris Daughter, Kristy Woodson Harvey: The Summer of Songbirds, Mary Kay Andrews: Bright Lights, Big Christmas
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Ram V./Greg Pak - The Vigil and City Boy
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Vashti Harrison: Big
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Art Baltazar:Yahgz The Craynobi Tales Volume 1
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Deke Moulton: Don't Want to Be Your Monster
    Location: Booth 2715
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Edward Underhill: ALWAYS THE ALMOST
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lauren E. Rico / FAMILIA
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Nikkolas Smith: THAT FLAG signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Advance reader copies of Brilliant Bites by Maegan Brown
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 12:25 PM – 12:55 PM CT
    It’s All About the Books—and Authors and Illustrators! Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink Look Ahead to Fall!
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM CT
    Relationship Advisor and National Speaker
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: How can board games be used to strengthen soft skills and employability?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Meet the Rainbow Fish!
    Location: Booth 3629
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    APRIL HARRISON, illustrator of H IS FOR HARLEM
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Cancelled: Present in the Past: Working With Public Schools to Teach Civil Rights History
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Mystery, Suspense, Thrills: Five acclaimed Young Adult authors sign their adventurous forthcoming titles!
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Putting the ‘Sea’ in Comics: Ben Clanton Talks Narwhal and Jelly and Comics for Young Readers
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    The Art of Books: Captivating Creators Draw Connections for Young Readers
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    The Benefits Of Having The Right Understanding Of Salvation
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Writing in multiple genres
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Kyle Starks: I Hate This Place
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Nikki Grimes Book Signing: Lullaby for the King
    Location: Booth 5032
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Signing - Lori Rader-Day: THE DEATH OF US
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Zach's Quest: A Christmas Adventure
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: What are some best practices for processing board games for circulation?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Lily Anderson/SCOUT'S HONOR
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Olivia Goodreau | But She Looks Fine
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Ashley Hope Pérez: Out of Darkness
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Carole Boston Weatherford: YOU ARE MY PRIDE
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Eric Rosswood: Journey to Parenthood: The Ultimate Guide for Same-Sex Couples
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Jessica Ralli/ Every Body
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Rekha Rajan/ This is Music Strings - This is Music Horns
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Ronnie Malley: Middle Eastern & North African/Oud
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Signing with Illustrator Shiho Pate
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Keah Brown signs Secret Summer Promise (Levine Querido)
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Kelly Sue DeConnick/Gene Ha: Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CT
    Mary Wissinger: Women in Engineering, Women in Medicine, Women in Botany
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ACRL/Core Interdivisional Academic Library Facilities Survey Editorial Board Meeting (ACRL/Core)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 01
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ALA-APA Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Review Committee
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
    Moderator: shannon White – ALA-APA LSSC Certification Review Committee
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ALMA's Library Family Feud Sponsored by LibraryReads
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
    Moderator: Christopher Vaccari, n/a (he/him/his) – Union Square & Company
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Authority Control Interest Group
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
    Moderator: Casey Cheney
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Beyond Differences: Using Analytics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Deborah Stoppello (she/her/hers) – Kansas City Public Library MO
    Presenter: Stephanie Roberts (she/her/hers) – Kansas City Public Library (3106)
    Presenter: Diana Platt (she/her/hers) – The Kansas City Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Beyond the Mic: A Conversation about Diversity in Audiobooks
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Beyond the Vote: Library Advocacy Stories from the Front Lines
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Moderator: Kian Flynn (he/him/his) – GODORT
    Presenter: Elizabeth Lynch (she/her/hers) – Addison Public Library
    Presenter: Julie Milavec – Downers Grove Public Library
    Presenter: John Chrastka – EveryLibrary
    Presenter: Michael Monahan – Elmwood Park Public Library
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Book Rich Environments: Supporting Collaboration between Housing Authorities and Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Moderator: Julianna Lee Marino (she/her/hers) – National Book Foundation
    Moderator: Katie Sullivan (she/her/hers) – Urban Libraries Council
    Presenter: Tamara McKinney (she/her/hers) – District of Columbia Public Library
    Presenter: Nicole Newsom (she/her/hers) – Multnomah County Library
    Presenter: Erin Clay (she/her/hers) – Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library / Sarasota County Libraries
    Presenter: Ginny Golden – Contra Costa County Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    BookTube, Bookstagram, and BookTok, Oh My: Understanding the Online "Bookaverse" As Tool for Professional Development
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Tara Gold (she/her/hers) – Riverside High School
    Presenter: Tara Gold (she/her/hers) – Riverside High School
    Career Development
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Changing the Representation of Disabilities in Description & Classification
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Violet Fox (she/her/hers) – Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University
    Presenter: Mackenzie Johnson (he/him/his) – Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
    Presenter: Trina Soderquist (she/her/hers) – The Library of Congress
    Presenter: Carlie Forsythe (She/They) – Fanshawe College
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Chapter Relations Committee II
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Committee on Diversity's Chair Program
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Carla Davis-Castro (she/her/hers) – Library of Congress
    Presenter: Kimberley Bugg
    Presenter: Forrest Foster, Mr. – North Carolina A&T State University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Dare Coulter, illustrator of AN AMERICAN STORY
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Ellen Oh and Linda Sue Park: YOU ARE HERE
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    EMIERT Executive Board Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—E-rate Innovations: Fostering Access to Underserved Communities
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Moderator: Paul J. Kissman, n/a – Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
    Presenter: Lauren Abner, n/a (she/her/hers) – Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives
    Presenter: Bob Bocher, n/a – ALA
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Federated Authentication: Does Enhancing User Experience Mean Libraries Need to Sacrifice Privacy?
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Thomas Dowling – Wake Forest University
    Presenter: Amanda Ferrante (she/her/hers) – EBSCO
    Presenter: Russell Palmer – GALILEO
    Presenter: Win Shih (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Frank Morrison: Breaking to the Beat!
    Location: Booth 3322
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Germanists Discussion Group (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Clark 05
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Heather Redmond / DEATH AND THE SISTERS
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Inclusion of Justice-Involved Individuals in Library Services
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Emily Althoff (she/her/hers) – St. Louis County Library
    Presenter: Emily Althoff (she/her/hers) – St. Louis County Library
    Presenter: Rebecca Clarke (she/her/hers) – St. Louis County Library
    Presenter: Miranda Gibson (she/her/hers) – St. Louis County MacArthur Foundation Safety + Justice Challenge
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Isaac Blum: Hoodie Rosen
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    It’s Not Either/Or: How to Include Open Access Materials to Transform Curriculum and Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: April Sheppard, n/a (she/them) – Arkansas State University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    James E. Ransome: The Story of the Saxophone
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Kemper Donovan, The Busy Body
    Location: Booth 2220
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    CANCELLED - Lead Your Friends Organization Through Transformation
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Presenter: Shanta Dickerson (she/her/hers) – Friends of Johnson County Library
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Lesa Cline-Ransome: The Story of the Saxophone
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Library Career Alternatives: How to Market Your Transferable Skills to Get Your Next Job
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
    Presenter: Rachael Altman
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Library Consulting Interest Group
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Library of Experiences: Collaborative Learning Spaces and Makerspaces in a Rural, Public Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Presenter: Andrea Berstler, MLS/MLS (she/her/hers) – Carroll County Public Library
    Presenter: Bob Kuntz, MLS – Carroll County Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Rick Riordan
    Speaker: Mark Oshiro
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Make the Most of Banned Books Week
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Presenter: Betsy Gomez (she/her/hers) – ALA
    Presenter: Cheryl Davis – The Authors Guild
    Presenter: Sarah Miller (she/her/hers) – NCTE
    Core Values
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Multimedia Production Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
    Moderator: Scott Spicer, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Nate Davenport & Luke Freshwater: Bryson the Brave Bison
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Navigating Challenging Topics with Graphic Novels and Manga
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Presenter: Tom S. Malinowski (he/him/his) – Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District
    Presenter: Deanna Bergen, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Hinsdale Public Library
    Presenter: Cristina A. Bueno, M.A. (she/her/hers) – Deerfield Public Library
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    NISO Standards Update
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Main contact: Nettie Lagace – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
    Speaker: Bobbi Patham
    Speaker: Regina Romano Reynolds – Library of Congress
    Speaker: Dr. Michelle Urberg – ALCTS
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    PR Xchange Awards ceremony
    Location: McCormick Place, W194b
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    PRHPS Book Buzz
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park AB
    Main contact: Lizeth Cruz, n/a – Penguin Random House
    Speaker: JEN CHILDS – PRH ADULT LIBRARY
    Speaker: KELLY COYLE-CRIVELLI – PRH ADULT LIBRARY
    Speaker: ELIZABETH FABIAN, n/a – PRH ADULT LIBRARY
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    R. Eric Thomas: Kings of B'More
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Reads Like Fiction: Nonfiction You Can't Put Down
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Moderator: Donna Seaman – Booklist Publications
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Ruth Spiro: Baby Loves Coding
    Location: Booth 3214
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Share our Stories: Asian and Pacific Islander Literature for Children and Young Adults
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Dora Ho (she/her/hers) – Los Angeles Public Library
    Presenter: Junko Yokoto – USBBY
    Presenter: Rajani LaRocca (she/her/hers) – Children's and Young Adult Literature
    Presenter: Linda Sue Park (she/her/hers) – Allida Books imprint of Harper Collins, kiBooka website
    Presenter: Minh Lê
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    T. Kingfisher: THORNHEDGE
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    The Marvelous Middle: Finding Ways to Grow and Thrive in Middle Management
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Presenter: Molly D. Scheibler (she/her/hers) – Schaumburg Township District Library
    Presenter: Cyndi Hamann (she/her/hers) – Arlington Heights Memorial Library
    Presenter: Heather Love Beverley (she/her/hers) – Cook Memorial Public Library
    Career Development
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    The Top 5 Mistakes Renovating your Library - And How to Avoid Them!
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: David Vinjamuri (he/him/his) – New York University
    Presenter: Joseph Huberty – Engberg Anderson, LLC
    Presenter: Julie Retherford (she/her/hers) – Chetco Community Public Library
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Transforming Community: A Rural Library's Story
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Presenter: Laci Sheldon (she/her/hers) – McIntosh Memorial Library
    Presenter: Trina Erickson (she/her/hers) – McIntosh Memorial Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Transforming Everyday Spaces: Deepening Equity in Early Childhood Learning
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Elizabeth M. McChesney – LMcC Consulting, LLC
    Presenter: Elizabeth M. McChesney – LMcC Consulting, LLC
    Presenter: Susan B. Neuman – Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University
    Presenter: Patti Miller (she/her/hers) – Clinton Foundation
    Presenter: Meryle A. Leonard (she/her/hers) – Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
    Presenter: Sue Gaon (she/her/hers) – Lakeshore Learning Materials
    Presenter: Alvin Irby – Barbershop Books
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Trust the Kids: How Chicago Public Library Supports Youth Autonomy
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Julie Koslowsky (she/they) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Shelley Hughes (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Brent Lipinski – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Kara Thorstenson (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Schools
    Presenter: Marcus Berry
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Understanding Land Acknowledgements
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Loriene Roy, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Info UT-Austin
    Presenter: Loriene Roy, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Info UT-Austin
    Presenter: Alexander Soto – Arizona State University
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    BRASS Discussion Group
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard Room
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    From Pandemic to Endemic: Global Experiences and Perspectives on an OCLC New Model Library Framework
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Moderator: Clara M. Chu, n/a (she/her/hers) – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
    Presenter: Andiswa Mfengu, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – University of Cape Town
    Presenter: Tan Huism – Qatar National Library
    Presenter: Sara Ulloa (she/her/hers) – San Silvestre School
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Olivia Goodreau: But She Looks Fine - From Illness to Activism
    Location: Booth 4429I
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    2023 Pura Belpré Award Celebración
    Location: Palmer House, Red Lacquer
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Ashley Matthews: Dinos in Space
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Budget Analysis & Review, Planning & Budget Assembly, & Division Leadership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Marcie May - The Adventures of Penny & Tubs
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    David Petrovic: See Me: The Invisible Autistic Boy
    Location: Booth 2054
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Hannah Templer/Cosmoknights, Cosmoknights 2, Flung out of Space
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle
    Location: W471A
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Heather Dugan: The Friendship Upgrade
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    J J Maze: Music Notes: Tales from an American Singer
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Joe Coleman (former lead singer of The Platters) - My Time to Shine
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Lori Schneider, MD/Owen Moloney: The Inspiring World of Ella Rose La Fleur
    Location: Booth 4442
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Lori Schneider: The Inspiring World of Ella Rose La Fleur
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Sarah Hunt: Foxtale
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Steven Graham Jones: My Heart is a Chainsaw, The Babysitter Lives, Don't Fear the Reaper, Earthdivers
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Mentoring-on-the-Fly II
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
  • 1:05 PM – 1:35 PM CT
    Quarto Loves Libraries! Come hear about new and forthcoming titles for kids.
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Miss Dirt Turtle's Garden Club
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Fermentation Workshop: Kimchi, Krautchi and Storytime
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Sustainable Values in Children's Literature
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Tenacious: Disability Representation in Sports & Books
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    The Art of Creating Manga and Comics for Young Readers
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Too Funny! Kids Humor Comics That Leave Readers Laughing
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Juno Dawson: You Need to Chill
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Michelle Kadarusman: We the Sea Turtles
    Location: Booth 3029
    Speaker: Michelle Kadarusman – Pajama Press
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Signing with Author Alex Willan
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Zack Kaplan: Break Out (Graphic Novel) - Sunday
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    A History of State Documents Classifications (Poster 1)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Christopher A. Straughn, n/a (he/him/his) – Northeastern Illinois University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    A Recipe to Gauge Success: Using Repository Data to Assess a Faculty Bibliography (Poster 33)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Andrea Wirth, MSLS (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Poster Presenter: Christina M. Miskey, MLIS – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Presenter: Christina M. Miskey, MLIS – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Presenter: Andrea Wirth, MSLS (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Building A Collaborative Workflow for Digital Collections (Poster 2)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kate Flynn, n/a – University of Illinois Chicago
    Poster Presenter: Ian Collins (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Author: Mingyan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Author: Megan Keller Young (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    “See Your Library with Different Eyes”: Librarians Making with Raspberry Pi and Arduino Outside of the Makerspace (Poster 34)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Monica G. Maceli, PhD in Information Studies (she/her/hers) – Pratt Institute, School of Information
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    “The mountains seemed empty, but I knew they weren’t*”: Appalachian Representation in Collections (Poster 3)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kat Brooks (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Poster Presenter: Erin E. Whitaker (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Academic library technology services: who is doing it, how well is it being done, and how is it being assessed? (Poster 35)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Rebecca Mugridge, MLS, MBA – University at Albany, SUNY
    Poster Presenter: Janetta Waterhouse, MLS – Kansas State University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Adventures in Assessment: Evaluating E-Resources Subscriptions (Poster 4)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cathy Austin, M.I.S. – Mississippi State University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    All In: A Cohort of New Administrators Lead a Reorganization (Poster 36)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ariel Turner (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Author: Shamella Cromartie – Clemson University
    Author: Elias Tzoc – Clemson University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and their relationships to Views and Citations : Results of a Research Study (Poster 5)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Lutishoor Salisbury, M.SC – University of Arkansas
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    An Assessment of College Funded Databases: Collaborations Between College of Business and the Business Librarian (Poster 6)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Marina L. Narvaez, n/a – University of Arkansas
    Poster Presenter: Lutishoor Salisbury, M.SC – University of Arkansas
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    APALA for Another 40: Support ongoing development of the APALA archives and the creation of an organizational records management policy (Poster 26)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Meng Qu (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Oxford OH
    Poster Presenter: Karleen Delaurier-Lyle (she/her/hers) – Xwi7xwa Library (UBC Library)
    Author: Gabi Kim Huesca – Fairfax County Public Library
    Author: Stacey Akahoshi (she/her/hers) – Maricopa County Library District
    Author: María Victoria Fernández – University of Chicago
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Automating librarian profile pages with Active Programming Interfaces (APIs) (Poster 37)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Keven M. Jeffery, MLIS (he/him/his) – San Diego State University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Bringing Information Together: Best Practices for Implementing CORAL ERM (Poster 38)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Galen Charlton, n/a – Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Author: Erica Rohlfs, MLIS, PMP – Equinox Open Library Initiative
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Browsing Graphic Novels: The Reboot of Batman and Beyond (Poster 7)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Shannon Urban – Kenosha Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Rob Nunez – Kenosha Public Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Can OpenAI be Taught to Catalog? (Poster 39)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Nerissa Lindsey, MLIS (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Poster Presenter: Greta Heng, MLIS – San Diego State University
    Author: Kate Holvoet, MLIS (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Circulating Roku Devices with Premium Subscriptions at Dayton Metro Library (Poster 8)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jeff Reid, MLS, CPL (he/him/his) – Dayton Metro Library
    Poster Presenter: Holly Richards (she/her/hers) – Dayton Metro Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Comparative Study and Expansion of Metadata Standards for Historic Fashion Collections (Poster 9)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Wen Nie Ng, MIS, CPWA (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Tech
    Author: Dina Smith-Glaviana, n/a (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Author: Caleb McIrvin – Virginia Tech
    Author: Chreston Miller, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Counseling Theory and Skills to Support Trauma Informed Library Leadership (Poster 40)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kristin Lansdown, M.Ed, MS/LIS – DePaul University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Curbside Contactless Click and Collect: Increasing Collection Access During the Pandemic and Beyond (Poster 41)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Customizing Springshare’s Spaces to maximize user experience (Poster 42)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Damith Perera, n/a – OSU
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Cybersecurity: Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices for Libraries (Poster 43)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Guoying Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Windsor
    Author: Qing Zou (he/him/his) – Lakehead University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Data Delayed is Not Data Denied (Poster 44)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ashley Creek, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Saint Mary Keleher Learning Commons
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Developing our Staff Culture Code (Poster 45)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Sarah Heimsoth – Indian Trails Public Library District
    Poster Presenter: Ryann Uden (she/her/hers) – Indian Trails Public Library District
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Dewey to LOC Reclassification Project for University of Arizona Libraries (Poster 10)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Dana V. Lema, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona Libraries
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Examining the Employment Experiences of Disabled/Neurodiverse Library Professionals and Developing a Practice Model for an Equitable Workplace Transition Program (Poster 46)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Cameron Gillespie, n/a (she/her/hers) – Denver Public Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Getting Down and Dirty in Business: Managing, Evaluating, and Deselecting Print and E-Book Business Collections in Academic Libraries (Poster 12)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: John Siegel, MLS, MEd (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina Upstate
    Author: Camille McCutcheon – University of South Carolina Upstate
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Getting Reading Right for Middle School Readers with Choice, Voice, and Accessibility (Poster 13)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    I Bet We Have it in the Archives! Community Connections using Unusual Archival Material (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jess Bellemer, MAR, MSLS (she/her/hers) – Lees-McRae College
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Is your library ready for High Performance? Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Strategic Thinking for Organizational Success (Poster 47)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Marie F. Jones, MLS, EdD (she/her/hers) – Brevard College
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    It’s 10pm, do you know what’s happening in the library? An Exploration of Hourly Library Usage Data (Poster 48)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Hilary Thompson, n/a – University of Maryland Libraries
    Author: James Spring – University of Maryland Libraries
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Leading Accessibility Initiatives in Open Source Library Software (Poster 49)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Andrea Buntz Neiman (she/her/hers) – Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Poster Presenter: Stephanie Leary (she/her/hers) – Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Author: Lisa Carlucci (she/her/hers) – Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Author: Angela Kilsdonk (she/her/hers) – Equinox Open Library Initiative
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Libraries Minus Librarians: Automation and the Staffless Model (Poster 50)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Megan Riley, MLIS (she/they) – UCLA
    Poster Presenter: Jeremy Abbott, MLIS, JD (he/him/his) – UCLA
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    LibraryOn: Introducing a new brand and digital platform for English Public Libraries (Poster 51)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Liz C. White, n/a (she/her/hers) – The British Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Make Your Evaluation Criteria Work for You! Build Consistency and Transparency into Your E-Resource Decisions with Assessment Tools (Poster 15)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Nichole M. Chisholm, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Duluth
    Poster Presenter: Hanna C. Paquette, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Superior
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Mentoring Circles: Meeting the Needs of Employees while Sharing the Yoke of Leadership (Poster 52)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Renna T. Redd, n/a – Clemson University
    Author: Megan Palmer, n/a – Clemson University
    Poster Presenter: Renna T. Redd, n/a – Clemson University
    Author: Maggie Albro (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee Knoxville
    Poster Presenter: Maggie Albro (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Metadata Clean-up Project: Where to Start (Poster 16)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jason Smith, MLIS – Medical university of South Carolina
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Not a Spare to spare: An experimental study in reducing average hold time between public library system digital collections (Poster 17)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Erika Jenns (she/her/hers) – Southern Tier Library System
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Not Necessarily Random: Assessing Large Post-It User Comments for Understanding and Decision-Making for Library Spaces (Poster 53)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kris Johnson, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Montana State University Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Onboarding Practices in Academic Libraries: An Autoethnographic Analysis (Poster 54)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: DeAnn Brame (she/her/hers) – Network of the National Library of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Poster Presenter: Amanda McLeod, n/a (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Author: V. Emily Cranwell Deinert (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Pathways to seamless access to library content (Poster 55)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Win Shih (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Poster Presenter: Kun Lin (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Performance Teams as Collaborative Learning Commons and Library Management (Poster 56)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Susan Smith, MLIS, PHD (she/her/hers) – Northeast Campus Tarrant County College
    Poster Presenter: Joseph Cunningham – South Campus Tarrant County College
    Author: Eric Camarillo – Northwest Campus Tarrant County College
    Author: Israel Sanchez – Trinity River Campus Tarrant County College
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Preserving Mississippi School Surveys: A Glimpse into Mississippi’s Segregated Schools of the 1950’s (Poster 19)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ashley S. Dees – University of Mississippi Libraries
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Rethinking top-down management by encouraging bottom-up intervention (Poster 57)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Sexual harassment in the library: understanding experiences & taking action (Poster 58)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jill Barr-Walker, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
    Author: Courtney Hoffner – UCLA Library
    Author: Nisha Mody
    Author: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco – University of California, Merced
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Shame into Celebration: Access to LGBTQ+ Books in School, Public and Academic Libraries (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Donna Braquet, MLIS – University of Tennessee - knoxville
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Special Delivery: Philatelic Library Models and Access to Collections (Poster 21)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Tara M. Grove, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Penn State
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Take a Trip Down Memory Lab Lane: Preserving Your Media with Jacksonville Public Library (Poster 23)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Tammy L. Kiter, MLS (she/her/hers) – Jacksonville Public Library
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    The Language of Harmful Language Statements (Poster 25)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Matthew Collins, MLIS (he/him/his) – University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
    Poster Presenter: Justine Withers, MLIS – University of San Francisco
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Training student employees on ILL processing (Poster 59)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Bethany B. Sewell, n/a (she/her/hers) – The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
    Poster Presenter: Norm Lee – The College of New Jersey
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Understanding the Role of Public Library Trustees: Kentucky's Senate Bill 167 and Challenges for Libraries (Poster 60)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Shannon Crawford Barniskis, MLIS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky School of Information Science
    Poster Presenter: Adrian Godboldt
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    When Mother Nature Met Uncle Sam: Moving a Gov Docs Collection During an Epic Flood (Poster 61)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michelle E. Colquitt, n/a – Clemson University
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    You Can Really Dance – IoT reinvents multi-functional space management (Poster 62)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Wen-Jen Ke, n/a – National Library of Public Information
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Access & Equity All Section Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
    Core Values
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Technology All Section Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park ABC
    Core Values
  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Board of Directors II Meeting (AASL)
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Copies of A Hero Like Me signed by author Angela Joy
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Reading Makes You Invincible: Graphic Novels from Skybound Entertainment
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: What are the implications of Generative A.I. on reference and instruction?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Chris Walz: Country, Folk & Bluegrass/Guitar
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Darshana Khiani: I'm An American
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Doug Cenko: Viking Strong
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Juneau Black/ Shady Hollow
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Kekla Magoon: The Minus-One Club
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Monique Gray Smith: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
    Location: Booth 3620
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Signing - Loretta Ellsworth: TANGLE-KNOT
    Location: Booth 2913
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Karl Stewart - The Green Light
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CT
    Thien Pham/Family Style
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Ben Clanton: A Super Scary Narwhalloween
    Location: Booth 2715
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Brian Pinkney: HEY OTTER! HEY BEAVER! signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Katherine Reay: A Shadow In Moscow
    Location: Booth 3514
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Kemper Donovan / THE BUSY BODY
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Laini Taylor and Jim Di Bartolo sign BILLIE BLASTER AND THE ROBOT ARMY FROM OUTER SPACE
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Mary Kay Andrews: BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Nancy Bo Flood: Walking Grandma Home
    Location: Booth 3516
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Pintip Dunn: Malice
    Location: Booth 2914
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Public Hearing: Revised Standards for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Print Disabled
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
    Moderator: Mandy Mattingly (she/her/hers) – American Library Association (ODLOS)
    Presenter: Mandy Mattingly (she/her/hers) – American Library Association (ODLOS)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Shadra Strickland: JUMP IN!
    Location: Booth 3013
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Shawnee Gibbs / Shawnelle Gibbs: Ghost Roast
    Location: Booth 1544
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Signing - Ehigbor Okosun: FORGED BY BLOOD
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    W. Maxwell Prince: Art Brut, Ice Cream Man
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Matt Dragovits: Zach's Quest: A Tale for Christmas
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Mangasplaining
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    T. Kingfisher: A House with Good Bones
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    CORI DOERRFELD, author and illustrator of BENEATH
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Gloria Chao: When You Wish Upon a Lantern
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Michelle Wildgen: Wine People
    Location: Booth 3029
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Signing with Author Clothilde Ewing
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Alex Crespo: Saint Juniper’s Folly
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Andrew Joseph White: Hell Followed with Us and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Katherine Higgs-Coulthard: Junkyard Dogs
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Madison Moore, Bonnie’s New Old Outfit
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    B. Dylan Hollis: Baking Yesteryear
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (end of 4700 aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Baking Yesteryear with Social Media Star B. Dylan Hollis
    Location: Exhibit Hall – What’s Cooking Stage (End of 4700 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    How to Start a Dungeons & Dragons Club
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    What's Next in Genre Fiction with Image Comics & DC Entertainment
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    MIA WENJEN: Food for the Future
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Powerful Picture Books that Inspire Youth Activism
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Worldbuilding
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    You Got The Look: Graphic Novel artists on their experiences - and influences on their artistic approach.
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Education Never Ends - Teaching and Learning with Sherlock Holmes
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Moderator: Beth L. Gallego, MS – Los Angeles Public Library
    Presenter: Rod Henshaw (he/him/his) – Cowles Library, Drake University
    Presenter: Michael Couvillon – Drake University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Activating Community Support with Unite Against Book Bans
    Location: McCormick Place, W179a
    Presenter: Betsy Gomez (she/her/hers) – ALA
    Presenter: Chris Stewart (he/him/his) – Public Policy and Advocacy, American Library Association
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Advancing Social Justice With Young Adult Literature
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Ferguson Jen (she/her/hers) – Heartdrum
    Presenter: Edward Underhill (he/him/his) – Wednesday Books/Macmillan
    Presenter: Jamie Pacton (she/her/hers) – Peachtree Teen & Page Street YA
    Presenter: Hannah V. Sawyerr (she/her/hers) – Amulet/Abrams
    Presenter: Lily Meade (she/her/hers) – Sourcebooks Fire
    Presenter: Jackie Khalilieh (she/her/hers) – Tunda Books, Penguin Random House Canada
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    ALA Code of Conduct Committee Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Autism is Welcome Here: Increase Access and Inclusion For Neurodivergent Youth
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Suzi N. Tonini – Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education
    Presenter: Suzi N. Tonini – Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Campus Administration & Leadership Discussion Group (ACRL ULS)
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 03
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Creating Opportunities to Shop Small: Two Approaches for Public Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Lori Hench – Baltimore County Public Library
    Moderator: Karly Feinberg (she/her/hers) – Baltimore County Public Library
    Moderator: Stacey Goddard (she/her/hers) – Spokane County Library District
    Presenter: Lori Hench – Baltimore County Public Library
    Presenter: Karly Feinberg (she/her/hers) – Baltimore County Public Library
    Presenter: Stacey Goddard (she/her/hers) – Spokane County Library District
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Designing Community-Responsive Mental Health Programs
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Presenter: Caitlyn Colman-McGaw, MLIS (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
    Presenter: Stephanie Anderson (she/her/hers) – BookOps - The New York Public Library & Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Derrian Swany (she/her/hers) – ALA (speaker with NYPL)
    Presenter: Melissa Baker (she/her/hers) – Black Health
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Dialogues in Metadata: Bridging the Gap Between LIS Education and Metadata in Practice
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Mingyan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Moderator: Catherine Smith (she/her/hers) – The University of Alabama
    Presenter: Karen Wickett (she/her/hers) – School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Myung-Ja Han – Illinois University Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Presenter: Stephanie Luke (she/her/hers) – Illinois University Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Presenter: Sarah Rebecca Gaglio (she/her/hers) – School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Digital Media Discussion Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W191
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Discover What's New in the European Studies Section! (ACRL ESS)
    Location: Palmer House, Wabash Room
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Discovering Humboldt Project: Leveraging Google Maps & Metadata to Enhance Discovery and Outreach, Student Recruitment and Retention Strategies, and Tourism
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Presenter: Cyril Oberlander – ALA, ACRL, CORE,
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Doing the Work: Unions, Coalitions, and Front-line Library Workers
    Location: McCormick Place, W190b
    Moderator: Andrea Lemoins
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    EMIERT's Taste of the Town
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Expanding the Diversity Umbrella: Libraries Are for Everyone
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Sally Stieglitz, JD, MSLS (she/her/hers) – Long Island Library Resources Council
    Moderator: Carrie S. Banks (she/they) – Brooklyn Public Library
    Presenter: Michael W. Twitty – HarperCollins
    Presenter: Keah Brown (she/her/hers) – Levine Querido
    Presenter: Jordan Scott (he/him/his) – Holiday House
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    FAFLIG Social
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Astronomy
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #2
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    International Relations Committee II
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    It's a Mystery to Me
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Susan Maguire (she/her/hers) – Booklist/ALA
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    LearnRT Training Showcase
    Location: McCormick Place, W471b
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Library Storage Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Navigate State & Federal Policy Obstacles for Transformation
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Moderator: Ed Garcia (he/him/his) – Cranston Public Library
    Presenter: Deborah Kennedy – National Coalition for Literacy
    Presenter: Deborah Caldwell-Stone (she/her/hers) – Office for Intellectual Freedom
    Presenter: Steven D. Yates, PhD, MLIS (he/him/his) – University of Alabama SLIS
    Updates/Briefings
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Newspaper Interest Group
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Nurses at the Library: How to Create a Successful Partnership
    Location: McCormick Place, W187c
    Presenter: Katie Ball (she/her/hers) – Sacramento Public Library
    Presenter: Alice J. Vestergaard (she/her/hers) – Samuel Merritt University
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Nurturing Writers Workshops in Prison
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Moira Marquis (she/her/hers) – PEN America
    Presenter: Jerilynne Stewart, MLS (she/her/hers) – SCI Mahanoy
    Presenter: Caits Meissner – PEN America
    Presenter: Sterling Cunio
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Rare Materials Video Reference on a Shoestring
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Presenter: Elena Smith – California State Library
    Moderator: Sara Cordes (she/her/hers) – California State Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Resisting Book Bans: A Proactive Approach to Critical Inclusivity of Coretta Scott King Book Award Winning titles in Library Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Moderator: Brenda Pruitt-Annisette, MLS, Ed.D. – Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table
    Presenter: Daniel D. Liou (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Presenter: Kelly Deits Cutler (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
    Moderator: Marina Morgan – Florida Southern College
    Moderator: Amy Fry
    Moderator: Greg Ferguson (he/him/his) – New York University Libraries
    Moderator: Cara M. Calabrese (she/her/hers) – Miami University
    Moderator: Kay Granskog (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University Libraries
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Seeing the Big Picture: Engaging With Critical Visual Literacy through Picture Books
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Presenter: Heather Koopmans (she/her/hers) – Illinois State University
    Presenter: Caitlin Stewart (she/her/hers) – Illinois State University
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Self-Care During Stressful Times
    Location: McCormick Place, Show Floor - ALA Placement Center
    Presenter: Bobbi Newman, MLIS, MA (she/her/hers) – Network of the Library of Medicine Region Six Office - University of Iowa
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Showing Off: End of Year Reporting
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Presenter: Robbie Barber (she/her/hers) – Tucker High School
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Small Team, Big Job: A Model for Sustainable Critical Cataloging and Reparative Description
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Melissa James (she/her/hers) – Central Michigan University Libraries
    Presenter: Melissa James (she/her/hers) – Central Michigan University Libraries
    Presenter: Marian Matyn – Central Michigan University
    Presenter: Laura Thompson (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    SRRT Action Council II
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Student-Created Media: Designing Research, Learning, and Skill-Building Experiences
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
    Presenter: Scott Spicer, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    SustainRT Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    The Storm is Already Here: A National Survey of Public Library Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Monika J. Antonelli, MS, MSLS – Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Presenter: Monika J. Antonelli, MS, MSLS – Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Presenter: René Tanner (she/her/hers) – Rollins College
    Presenter: Adrian K. Ho – University of Chicago
    Core Values
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Thinking Big: How Systemwide Planning & Design Optimize Service & Maximize Engagement
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Colin Drake – Design Professional - Architect
    Presenter: Colin Drake – Design Professional - Architect
    Presenter: Lee Burchfield (he/him/his) – Louisville Free Public Library
    Presenter: Doug Foster – Louisville Free Public Library
    Presenter: Matthew Kruntorad – MSR Design
    Presenter: Andy Kinght – MKSK Studios
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Transformative Outreach - Growth Through Impactful Partnerships and Inquiry-Based Programming
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Amy Kyung-eun Breslin (she/her/hers) – Lorain Public Library System
    Presenter: Amy Kyung-eun Breslin (she/her/hers) – Lorain Public Library System
    Presenter: Stephanie R. Brown (she/her/hers) – Lorain Public Library System
    Presenter: Brittany Labinger (she/her/hers) – Thinkery Children's Museum
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Transforming Public Libraries’ Approach to Digital Literacy: Tools for Success
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Christine Perkins, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Whatcom County Library System
    Presenter: Tamar Clarke (she/her/hers) – Whatcom County Library System
    Presenter: Cindy Altick Aden (she/her/hers) – iSchool, University of Washington
    Presenter: Jason C. Young (he/him/his) – University of Washington Information School
    Presenter: Judith Bergeron (she/her/hers) – Smithville Public Library, Smithville, TX
    Presenter: Jenny Cole (she/her/hers) – Burlington Public Library, WA
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    United for Libraries: Ask an Expert about Trustees, Friends, Foundations
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Welcome to the World of Digital Comics
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: Deb Aoki
    Presenter: Moni Barrette – LibraryPass
    Presenter: Cara O'Neil
    Presenter: Hannah Templer
    Presenter: Jack Phoenix – Cuyahoga Falls Library
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM CT
    Books On Mental Health For All Ages From Internationally Recognized Publisher, Exisle Publishing
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    The Fire She Fights
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: What would folks want from a potential Graphic Novel award?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    Michael Cherkas | Red Harvest
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Dann McDorman: 'West Heart Kill
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Rachael Claire: Old-Time, Irish & Original tunes/Fiddle & Mandolin
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Signing with Author Lucy Ruth Cummins
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Vicki Johnson: Molly's Tuxedo
    Location: Booth 3726
  • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Charlene Chua: Love, Violet
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Heather Dugan - The Friendship Upgrade
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Joseph Coelho poetry performance and book signing - One Little Word
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Minh Lê: Enlighten Me
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    Sherri Duskey Rinker: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 5
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    AJ Coleman: Keep Those Feet Moving: A Widower’s Eight-Step Guide to Coping with Grief and Thriving Against All Odds
    Location: Booth 1631
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Elizabeth Kilcoyne: WAKE THE BONES
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey: Link + Hud: Heroes By A Hair
    Location: Booth 3416
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Katie Siegel / CHARLOTTE ILLES IS NOT A DETECTIVE
    Location: Booth 2518
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Nidhi Chanani signs SUPER BOBA CAFÉ
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rachel McMillan: The Castle Keepers
    Location: Booth 3514
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rafer Roberts/Mike Norton: The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee (Graphic Novel)
    Location: Booth 2717
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Eliot Esparza: My Mind Is Not Yours: Welcome to Tarot Tori City
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Mary Kay Andrews: The Homewreckers
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM CT
    What's Buzzing at Papercutz Graphic Novels & Maverick
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Antoinette Portis: A Seed Grows
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Mia Manansala: Murder and Mamon
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Neurodivergent
    Location: W471A
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Signing with Illustrator London Ladd
    Location: Booth 3630
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    New Spins: Middle Grade Graphic Novel Retellings
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Something Happened to Our Planet: Kids Tackle the Climate Crisis
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    This Book is Banned
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
    Visual Thinking Strategies: Utilizing Picture Books to Enhance Visual Literacy
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Look of Books (End of 2400 Aisle)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Cancelled: Aida Rodriguez: LEGITIMATE KID
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Ibi Zoboi: NIGERIA JONES signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Jeff Lemire: Fishflies, Bone Orchard Mythos
    Location: Booth 2229
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    "Harmful to Minors" (Poster 1)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Irene Girgente, n/a – Arkansas State University Three Rivers
    Author: Sonya Lemke, n/a (she/her/hers) – Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
    Author: Martha Anderson, n/a – University of Arkansas
    Poster Presenter: Aidan Sonia-Bolduc, n/a (they/them/theirs) – Lyon College
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Historic Chronology of Black LIS Education (Poster 2)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Katherine Perry, n/a (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Poster Presenter: Selena Lee, n/a (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    A Teen Center Grows in Midtown: A Blueprint for Youth-Focused Space (Poster 3)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ricci M. Yuhico, MSI (she/her/hers) – The New York Public Library
    Poster Presenter: Genee Bright, MLIS (she/her/hers) – The New York Public Library
    Author: Susen Shi, MLIS – The New York Public Library
    Author: Maggie Craig, MLIS – The New York Public Library
    Author: Darro Chea, MS Music Technology, Master of Performing Arts – USC Thornton School of Music
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Advancing a Culture of Creativity in Libraries: Programming and Engagement (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Empathy-Driven Makerspace Activities: Build a Better Book at the Laredo Public Library (Poster 5)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Analiza Perez-Gomez, MLS – Laredo Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Building a Community Engagement Department From the Ground Up (Poster 6)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: emily Tobin, MLIS (she/her/hers) – West Bloomfield Township Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Building Big Partnerships at a Small University: How a Large Format Printing Program Led to Increases in Cooperative Undergraduate Research (Poster 7)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michael Waller, MLIS (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University of Alexandria
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Building the Blocks: How Effective Collaboration Can Ensure Success in Pop-up Workshops (Poster 8)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Maddi Brenner, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of iowa
    Presenter: Maddi Brenner, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of iowa
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Children in the Academic Library: Partnering with an On-Campus Child Care Center (Poster 9)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Justin A. Crossfox, MLS (he/him/his) – SUNY Buffalo State University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Creating Community through Sharing Art: Our Free Little Art Gallery at the University of Florida (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Ann Lindell, n/a – University of Florida
    Author: Ann B. Baird, n/a – University of Florida
    Author: Evangeline Giaconia, n/a – University of Florida
    Author: Jacob Mauldwin, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Florida
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Creating Ourselves in the Metaverse (Poster 11)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Developing a Homeschool Resource Center at the Public Library (Poster 12)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Marika Jeffery, M.A., M.S. (she/her/hers) – San Diego Public Library, Mission Valley Branch
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Dia de Muertos: Fostering Unity and Belonging Through Remembering Our Dead (Poster 13)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Jennifer H. Schill, MPA – Brigham Young University
    Author: Teresa Gomez
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Dinovember in the Library (Poster 14)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Julie Bramman, n/a (she/her/hers) – Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Libraries, Twentynine Palms, California
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York: Connecting and Supporting Special Collections Across New York State (Poster 15)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Amanda Murray, n/a – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
    Presenter: Amanda Murray, n/a – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Engagement Mapping: How to go the Distance with Your Library Fundraising (Poster 17)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Joyce Garczynski, n/a – Towson University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Engaging Community: How creative interactive displays and passive programming bring people together (Poster 18)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Magdalene S. Strittmater, n/a (she/her/hers) – McIntosh Memorial Library of Viroqua
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Exhibiting the art in our archives: How GLAM institutions can work together to put on a show (Poster 19)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, PhD, CA (she/her/hers) – Southern Illinois University
    Poster Presenter: Aaron Lisec, MA – Southern Illinois University
    Poster Presenter: Weston Stoerger, MPA – Southern Illinois University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    EXPLORE: Flipping a Traditional Needs Assessment to an Opportunity Exploration to Discover Our Calling in a Pandemic-altered World (Poster 20)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michelle Bradley, MLS (she/her/hers) – OhioNet
    Poster Presenter: Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, JD, MS (she/her/hers) – OhioNet
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Free to Be Me: Hosting a Gender Affirming Pop-Up Closet in the University Library (Poster 21)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Magaly Salas, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of San Francisco
    Poster Presenter: Chanda Briggs, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of San Francisco
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    From Lecture to Conversation: Convening Tween/Caregiver Conversations About Digital Wellness (Poster 22)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kristin Fontichiaro, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan School of Information
    Poster Presenter: Liz Kolb – University of Michigan School of Education
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    From openness to sustainability: the best SDGs practice in the CYUT library (Poster 23)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: TSAO SHU-CHUAN, n/a – Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Gauging Interest: Using Older Media Formats in Community Programming (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Nicholas Caluda, n/a (he/him/his) – Jefferson Parish Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Learn how to host a career/job fair at your local library (Poster 25)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Lilian Boyd, MPA, MLS (she/her/hers) – White Plains Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    KCPL Cares: A Kent County Public Library Community Giveaway Program (Poster 26)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Arnessa Dowell, n/a (she/her/hers) – Kent County Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Let the Data Speak: What User Search Queries and Virtual Chat Log Can Tell Us About Search Tactics (Poster 27)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Greta Heng, MLIS – San Diego State University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Let’s Get Reel: Improving your Marketing Reach with Instagram Reels (Poster 28)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jessica Hodges, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Kenosha Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Libraries, Museums and Hospitals: The behavioral impact that the (Poster 29)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Author: Brenda Hussey-Gardner, BS, MA, MPH, PhD – University of Maryland Children's Hospital
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Library as a shelter: How the library was transformed as a home and helped the unfortunate during floods (Poster 30)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Norelmin Sapuan, n/a (she/her/hers) – Selangor Public Library Corporation
    Poster Presenter: Hikmah Hassan – Selangor Public Library Corporation
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Literary Thursdays at Queens Public Library (Poster 31)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kacper Jarecki (he/him/his) – Queens Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Living History: Bringing the Old Frontier to Life in the New Frontier (Poster 32)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Michelle Mosley, n/a (she/her/hers) – Osceola Library System
    Poster Presenter: Dagmar Lopez, n/a – Osceola Library System
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Lunar New Year Celebration at the Taichung Public Library (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Huei-Jhen Chen, n/a – Taichung Public Library, Taiwan
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    More Than a Tour: Experiential Learning and Engagement with K-12 Groups in Academic Libraries (Poster 34)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Morgan Brickey-Jones, MSLIS (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    More than ESL: Exploring cultural collaboration opportunities with international students (Digital Poster)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Yimin Xiao, n/a – University of Maryland College Park
    Presenter: Connie Siebold, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland College Park
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    My (Free) Anarchist Makerspace (Poster 36)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jain Orr, n/a (she/her/hers) – McCallum High School, Austin Independent School District
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Navigating Wellness and WellMama: Web-based Tools Designed to Address Gaps in Access to Accurate and Reliable Health Information (Poster 37)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Megan A. Morrell, BA – Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Center for Health Equity Transformation
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Network of Emerging Filipino Library Innovators (NEFLI): Unveiling the Leadership Skills of Public Library Personnel in the Philippines (Poster 38)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Xenia B. Romero, N/A, n/a – National Library of the Philippines
    Poster Presenter: Blesila P. Velasco, n/a – National Library of the Philippines
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    No Small Talk: Building Engaging Conversations at a Community College (Poster 39)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jenny Meslener, n/a (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Poster Presenter: Stephanie Miller, n/a – Garrett College
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Not everything needs to be strategic. A library plant naming project. (Poster 47)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Tina Griffin, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Not Your Typical Summer Camp: Engaging Teens in Responsible and Responsive Advocacy (Poster 41)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Isaiah West, MSIS (he/him/his) – Prince George's County Memorial Library System
    Poster Presenter: Kathryn Herberger, MLIS (pending) (she/her/hers) – Prince George's County Memorial Library System
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Library Podcasting: Rightsizing for Resources and Outreach (Poster 42)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Stephani L. Rodgers, MLIS – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Author: John Aughenbaugh, Ph.D., Public Administration – Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Productivity Café- a goal setting and information literacy event in an undergraduate academic library (Poster 43)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Jane E. Mertens – Grinnell College
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Raising A Reader: A Library Approach to Community Outreach and Engagement (Poster 44)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Rebecca L. Chrystal, M.S, (she/her/hers) – Raising A Reader
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Reimagining Summer at Your Library (Poster 45)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Marianna DiGiacomo – Stark Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Research Data Management Service Sustainability (Poster 46)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Tina Griffin, MLIS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Same Building, Different House: Public vs Academic (Poster 40)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Estella Inda, n/a (she/her/hers) – San José State University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Second chances: information literacy instruction in the postsecondary prison education classroom (Poster 48)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Piper L. Cumbo, MLIS – Auburn University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    How we did it: Topic guide receives 5.5 million page views (Poster 50)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Marie Concannon, MA in Library & Information Science – University of Missouri Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Summer Reading Badges: a Twist on Summer Reading (Poster 51)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Victoria Blackmer, n/a – Robert R. Jones Public Library District
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    That All May Read: Outreach to the Print Disabled Community (Poster 52)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Elizabeth Burns, JD, MLIS (she/her/hers) – New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    The Hidden Cost of Clothing “Hauls:” How to Create a Fast Fashion Resource Event (Poster 54)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Carmen Cole, n/a (she/her/hers) – Penn State University Libraries
    Poster Presenter: Emily L. Mross, M. Ed., MLIS – Penn State University Libraries
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    The Impact of Virtual Exhibits on Promoting Collaboration Among Regional Partners (Poster 55)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Wen Nie Ng, MIS, CPWA (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Tech
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Thinking outside the box in the age of book challenges: Reimagining public library governance (Poster 56)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jieun Yeon (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Treat Yourself: Holistic Outreach at an Academic Medical Library (Poster 57)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Megan K. Nance, MI – Yale University
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Great Library Joy: How One Library Tour Challenge Created Advocates, Engaged Staff, and Energized Boards . . . for Years (Poster 58)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Mary Fellows, MLS (she/her/hers) – Upper Hudson Library Sysytem
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    University students like to play, too: Hosting a game design competition at an academic library in partnership with the Makerspace (Poster 59)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Amber Sewell, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Unwind Your Mind: Incorporating a Wellness Series at Your Library (Poster 60)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Courtney Hicks, n/a (she/her/hers) – Northwest Mississippi Community College
    Poster Presenter: Melissa Wright (she/her/hers) – Northwest Mississippi Community College
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Virtual Book Club: Transforming Library Programming through Collaborative Partnerships (Poster 61)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Jessica N. Szempruch, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of South Florida
    Author: Katrina I. Block – University of South Florida
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Individual Career Mapping to Empower People in an Age of Automation (Poster 62)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Presenter: Tammy A. Westergard, MLS, CWDP – Nevada Governors Office of Economic Development
    Presenter: Sara Jones – Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State
    Author: John McLeod
    Author: Pavel Solin
    Author: George Lightfoot – XRLIbraries
    Author: Betts Markle
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Welcome to the BiblioUnderground: Using Library Discards to Check People Out of Bad Situations. (Poster 63)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Molly Riportella, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Walpole Public Library
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    You Are the Teller: Celebrating Student Heritage Through Online & In-Person Read Ins (Poster 64)
    Location: McCormick Place, W190a
    Poster Presenter: Kelly Roberts, n/a (she/her/hers) – Glenbard East High School
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALA Awards Presentation & President’s Program featuring Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Lessa K. Pelayo-Lozada (she/her/hers) – Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
    Books & Authors
  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT
    The Dreamtidings of a Disgruntled Starbeing
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    James Kennedy: Bride of the Tornado
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    WINN
    Location: W471A
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Jordan Scott: My Baba's Garden
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Philip C. Stead: Sometime It’s Nice to be Alone
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Read the World: International Children's and Teen Books
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Sydney Smith: My Baba's Garden and Do You Remember?
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM CT
    Ram V.: The Vigil
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Association of Jewish Libraries' A Little Schmooze. A Little Nosh. (A Little Chat. A Little Food.)
    Location: Palmer House, Lockwood Bar
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Balancing Baby and Book Discussion Group
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 01
    Career Development
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    BRASS New Business Librarians Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Braverman Prize Essay Presentation: "Out of Bounds: Sexual Harassment from Patrons in the Public Library”
    Location: McCormick Place, W191
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Copyright Discussion Group
    Location: Palmer House, Salon 03
    Transforming: Services
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    CSKBART Meet and Greet Social
    Location: McCormick Place, W196c
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Darcy Coates: Where He Can't Find You
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Hannah V. Sawyerr signs ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Committee on Legislation Joint Committee Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
    Presenter: Kevin Maher, n/a – ALA PPA
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Ivan Brunetti: WORDPLAY and 3x4
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Jackie Khalilieh: Something More
    Location: Booth 2715
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Jeremy Whitley:School For Extraterrestrial Girls & Art Baltazar: YAHGZ The Craynobi Tales
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Library Facilities & Interiors Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Lily Meade: The Shadow Sister
    Location: Booth 2920
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    LIRT Award Celebration
    Location: McCormick Place, W196b
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    How to use your ALA Membership to Connect, Discover and Engage
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Presenter: Tina J. Coleman, n/a (she/her/hers) – American Library Association
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Salaries and Status of Library Workers
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Stephen Briseño/ The Notebook Keeper
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Technical Workflow Efficiency Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    American Library Association Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Buildings for College and University Libraries Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Huron
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    LRRT Chair's Program: Research Forum and Shera Award Presentations
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Karen F. Kaufmann – Professor, Research & Instruction Librarian, Seminole State College of Florida
    Moderator: Devin Savage – Dean of Libraries, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    MAGIRT - Executive Board and Annual Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    PCC Participants
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom A
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    State Legislation Update
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Presenter: Otter Bowman (she/they) – Missouri Library Association
    Presenter: Shirley Robinson (she/her/hers) – Texas Library Association
    Presenter: Melissa Corey – Missouri Association of School Librarians
    Presenter: Lisa Varga, MLS – Virginia Library Association
    Updates/Briefings
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    John Cotton Dana Awards and Reception
    Location: Palmer House, Empire Room
    Core Values
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Ryan LaSala: Beholder
    Location: Booth 2216
  • 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Rehabit Your Life. A Doctor's Notebook on Navigating Health & Wellbeing
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Weston Woods: Chez Bob; and The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
    Location: W471A
  • 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM CT
    University of Illinois School of Information Sciences 130th Celebration
    Location: Off Site, American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Fl
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    NMRT Annual Social
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
    Moderator: Elaine Walker (she/her/hers) – NMRT, Annual Social Committee
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    University of Wisconsin – Madison Information School, Alumni, Students and Friends Reception
    Location: Off Site, Quartinos - 626 N State St, Chicago
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    GODORT Awards Ceremony & Reception
    Location: Off Site, Glessner House
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    BCALA General Membership Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    REFORMA Fundraiser & Awards Gala
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
  • 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM CT
    Newbery-Caldecott-Legacy Awards Banquet
    Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Ballroom
    Books & Authors
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    ALA Trivia Championship
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park ABC
  • 8:00 PM – 10:55 PM CT
    Rainbow Round Table 50th Anniversary Celebration (RRT)
    Location: Off Site, Museum of Contemporary Art, 222 E. Chicago Ave.
  • Monday, June 26, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CT
    Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
    Location: W471A
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    2023 ALSC Awards
    Location: McCormick Place, W470
    Books & Authors
  • 8:05 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
    Location: W471A
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W182
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ALA HRDR Advisory
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
    Moderator: Kim Copenhaver – HRDR Advisory
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    All Committee Meeting (RUSA)
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Transforming: Services
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    iBlackCaucus & Mentoring
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Past Presidents Breakfast (PLA)
    Location: Palmer House, Buckingham Room
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Your Morning is Booked: ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Panel
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Moderator: Rebecca Vnuk, LibraryReads – LibraryReads
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Share-VDE - Share Virtual Discovery Environment Workshop
    Location: McCormick Place, W192c
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Rachel Elliott: THE REAL RILEY MAYES signing
    Location: Booth 1450
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Academic Libraries, Campus Partners, and Student Success
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: David Zenk – Gund Partnership
    Presenter: Kristin Meyer (she/her/hers) – Grand Valley State University
    Presenter: Amy Badertscher (she/her/hers) – Kenyon College
    Presenter: Catherine Rudowsky (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    Presenter: Jerel Benton (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    Presenter: Chelsea Riddle (she/her/hers) – Seattle University
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Accessible Digital Libraries: Navigating Audiobook Apps with Low-Vision Patrons
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Presenter: Melody Dworak – Iowa City Public Library
    Presenter: Alyssa Hanson (she/her/hers) – Iowa City Public Library
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Bridging the PK-20 Information Literacy Instruction Gap: Findings and Future Directions
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Presenter: Elizabeth Burns – Old Dominion University
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Building Joy-Centric Libraries: an Experiential Workshop
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Rebecca Hass (she/her/hers) – Anne Arundel County Public Library
    Presenter: Rebecca Hass (she/her/hers) – Anne Arundel County Public Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Carole Lindstrom and Steph Littlebird sign MY POWERFUL HAIR
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Casey McQuiston: I KISSED SHARA WHEELER
    Location: Booth 2911
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Creative Aging: Cultivating Healthier Older Adulthood For Library Patrons Through Social and Creative Engagement
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Jennifer Sulligan (she/her/hers) – Somerset County Library System of New Jersey
    Presenter: Jennifer Sulligan (she/her/hers) – Somerset County Library System of New Jersey
    Presenter: Amy DelPo – Denver Public Library
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    How to Launch a VR-Based Skilled Trades Program for Patrons
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: David Chapa – Interplay Learning
    Presenter: Danielle Dupuis – Interplay Learning
    Presenter: Rosalind K. Lett, MBA, MLS, CHIS – Infopreneurs, LLC,
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    iBlackCaucus & Mentoring
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
    Presenter: Nichelle Hayes – BCALA
    Career Development
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Interdisciplinarity and Humanities Librarianship: Are librarians (and Libraries) Keeping Pace, and What’s Next?
    Location: McCormick Place, W184a
    Moderator: Candice Dahl – University of Saskatchewan
    Presenter: Dylan Ruediger – Ithaka S+R
    Presenter: Glenda M. Insua (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Presenter: Trishula Patel, BA, MA, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Denver
    Transforming: Services
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Is Your Library Challenge Ready?
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Val Edwards (she/her/hers) – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Val Edwards (she/her/hers) – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Maegan Heindel – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Core Values
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Library Card Policies: Do They Work for Teens?
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Maya Payne Smart: Reading for Our Lives
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—OCLC Research Update: Partner with Purpose for Greater Impact
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Kendra Morgan (she/her/hers) – OCLC
    Presenter: Dennis Massie – OCLC Research
    Updates/Briefings
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Passion Project to Socially Conscious Business: Librarians Building Communities One Story at a Time (BRASS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: E. Nikki Johnson (she/her/hers) – Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    Presenter: Elizabeth Malafi (she/her/hers) – Middle Country Public Library
    Presenter: Steve Cramer (he/him/his) – UNC Greensboro
    Presenter: Will Colegrove (he/him/his) – University of Chicago, Chicago Booth’s Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Revealing Chicago’s Planning Past Digitally: Chicago Government Information Transformed for Access
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Moderator: Benjamin G. Aldred (they/them/theirs) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Presenter: Tracy Seneca – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Presenter: Cecilia Smith – University of Chicago Library
    Presenter: Ellen Keith (she/her/hers) – Chicago History Museum
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    The Music Modernization Act and Libraries: New Opportunities for Music Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Kathleen DeLaurenti – Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
    Presenter: Kathleen DeLaurenti – Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
    Presenter: Peter Shirts – Emory University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Thinking To Produce Results
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Dorothy Stoltz, MLS – Waldo Publishers LLC
    Presenter: Dorothy Stoltz, MLS – Waldo Publishers LLC
    Presenter: James P (Pat) P. Carlisle – the de Bono Group, LCC
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Books are A Refuge: Supporting Ukrainian Language Communities through Library Collections
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Presenter: Oksana Brui – Ukrainian Library Association, Scientific and Technical Library, National Technical University of Ukraine
    Presenter: Andriy Chaley – Ukrainian Best Books, Chicago
    Moderator: Gabriella Reznowski – Washington State University
    Presenter: Natalia Petrenko – V. H. Korolenko State Scientific Library of Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Curating Prison Witness: A Hands-on Workshop in The American Prison Writing Archive at prisonwitness.org
    Location: McCormick Place, W193
    Speaker: Doran Larson
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ALA Council III
    Location: McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline
    Updates/Briefings
  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Ashley Belote Author/Illustrator Book Signing, The Me Tree (Penguin Workshop)
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Banned Books from the Big Chair
    Location: McCormick Place, Grand Concourse
  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Book Signing Ashley Belote, Author/Illustrator, Listen Up Louella (Feiwel & Friends)
    Location: Booth 4443
  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    The Library Marketplace
    Location: McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: LPBD Amanda Gorman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
    Location: Booth 2620
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W474
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Accelerating Literacy with the Toniebox
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: How can library programming promote a mindset shift toward sustainable living?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Signing with Illustrator Charlene Chua
    Location: Booth 3530
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Art and Humor with Art Baltazar
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Giving Characters Permission to Dream Big: Writing Happy Endings for Queer, Gay, and Trans Youth with Edd Tello
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Black American History Uncovered! How Stories From the Past Inform Our Thinking Today, and in the Future
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    WNDB Presents Books Save Lives: BIPOC + LGBTQ voices in solidarity
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    US Postal Service Post Office
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Amy Chu: Writing Comics & Graphic Novels
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    ALA Connect huddle: Challenges in your library – Share your ideas and experiences
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Katie Siegel: CHARLOTTE ILLES IS NOT A DETECTIVE
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Colby Maddox: American Bluegrass & Old-Time/Fiddle
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    MICHELLE KADARUSMAN: We the Sea Turtles: A Collection of Island Stories
    Location: Booth 3122
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Monica M. Magaña: Doña Quixote
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Dustin Brady: World's Worst Time Machine
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Kelly Sue DeConnick: Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Liz Lee Heinecke: The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Ecology for Kids
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Michaela Goade: Berry Song
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 4
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Andrea Beaty signs AARON SLATER ILLUSTRATOR and AARON SLATER ILLUSTRATOR AND THE SNEAKY SNAKE
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Erin Stewart/ The Words We Keep
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Hannah Templer/Cosmoknights, Cosmoknights 2, Flung out of Space
    Location: Booth 2615
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Signing - Kim van Alkemade: COUNTING LOST STARS
    Location: Booth 3511
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    William A. Morris Award Celebration
    Location: McCormick Place, W190
    Books & Authors
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: PLA 2024 Conference Committee Meeting
    Location: Palmer House, Burnham 1
  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM CT
    Simon & Schuster Book Buzz: New Children's & Adult Books!
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Library is Open Podcast!
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Kemper Donovan: THE BUSY BODY
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Michael Cherkas | Red Harvest
    Location: Booth 4429
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Ayana Mathis: The Unsettled
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Dark Fantasy and Jewish Folklore in YA Fiction
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Let's Talk About Light Novels! What Are They and Who Are They For? - Presented by Yen Press/Yen On
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    We're All In This Together: Building Community for Teen Readers
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    YA Romance for the Neurodiverse: Jackie Khalilieh and her debut novel Something More
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    2023 RUSA ETS Technology Showcase
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Erick T. Lemon, MSIT – Medical University of South Carolina
    Presenter: Jonathan Bradley (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech University Libraries
    Presenter: Todd Todd Ogle – Virginia Tech / University Libraries
    Presenter: Kathy Essmiller (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University
    Presenter: Jamie Holmes (she/her/hers) – Tulsa Community College
    Presenter: William Parker – University of South Florida
    Presenter: Janet Lee – Regis University
    Presenter: Matthew Toro (he/him/his) – Arizona State University Library
    Transforming: Systems & Technology
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Cataloging Correctly For Kids: The Basics of Cataloging Materials for Young People
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Stacey Devine (she/her/hers) – Library of Congress
    Presenter: Michele Zwierski
    Presenter: Raegan Wiechert – Missouri State University
    Presenter: Trina Soderquist (she/her/hers) – The Library of Congress
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    ALSC Membership Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
    Presenter: Amy Koester (she/her/hers) – Skokie Public Library
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Booklist and LibraryReads Read 'N' Rave
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Susan Maguire (she/her/hers) – Booklist/ALA
    Presenter: Ashley Rayner (she/her/hers) – NORC at the University of Chicago
    Presenter: Migdalia Jimenez (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Library
    Presenter: Rebecca Vnuk, LibraryReads – LibraryReads
    Presenter: Magan Szwarek (she/her/hers) – Schaumburg Township District Library
    Presenter: Annabelle Mortensen (she/her/hers) – Skokie Public Library
    Books & Authors
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Cloud Watching for NASA!
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Theresa Schwerin, MLIS, BS – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
    Presenter: Vivienne Byrd – Los Angeles Public Library
    Presenter: Jessica Taylor – NASA Langley Research Center
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Federated Authentication: Browser changes and what to expect
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
    Main contact: Jason Griffey – National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    FMRT and Labor Go to the Movies!
    Location: McCormick Place, W179b
    Moderator: Tiffany Hudson (she/her/hers) – FMRT
    Presenter: Adrian Prawica (he/him/his) – Filmadria
    Presenter: Rosemary Feurer (she/her/hers) – Northern Illinois University
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    iCLAE - International Council of Library Association Executives
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Leading the Way: Community Engagement in Small & Rural Libraries
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Melina Sherman (she/her/hers) – Knology
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities Interest Group Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475b
    Presenter: Danielle H. Miller (she/her/hers) – Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Listen to Win: Hearing from Audiobook Winners and the Judges Who Select Them
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Michele Cobb – Audio Publishers Association
    Presenter: Sarah N. Ressler Wright (she/her/hers) – Delaware City Schools
    Presenter: Kit Ballenger, JD/MLIS (she/her/hers) – Help Your Shelf
    Presenter: Taryn Ocko Beato (she/her/hers) – Simon & Schuster
    Presenter: Sarah Hashimoto (she/her/hers) – Library Journal
    Books & Authors
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Michael Emberley: I Did It!
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    The 29th Annual Reference Research Forum
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Jen Hunter (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Presenter: Mark Robison – University of Notre Dame
    Presenter: Megan Elsen – University of Notre Dame
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Picture This! The Literacy of Digital Images
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Presenter: Robbie Barber (she/her/hers) – Tucker High School
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Promoting Climate Change Resiliency: The Intersection of Climate Change and Mental Health
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Presenter: Sami Aaron (she/her/hers) – The Resilient Activist
    Core Values
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Challenges and Solutions in E-Resources Licensing
    Location: McCormick Place, W184d
    Moderator: Lindsey Lowry (she/her/hers) – The University of Alabama, University Libraries
    Moderator: Ajaye Bloomstone – LSU Law Library
    Presenter: Alice Daugherty – University of Alabama, University Libraries
    Presenter: Lisa Sallee – Ocean State Libraries
    Presenter: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Moderator: Jeff Eller (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Update on the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey Editorial Board
    Location: McCormick Place, W181b
    Moderator: Devin Savage – Dean of Libraries, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Presenter: Jeannette E. Pierce (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Libraries, University of Missouri - Columbia
    Speaker: Devin Savage – Dean of Libraries, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Updates/Briefings
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Vikram Madan: Owl and Penguin
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Working with Newcomers and English Learners in Your Community
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Molly Milazzo (she/her/hers) – Sacramento Public Library
    Presenter: Molly Milazzo (she/her/hers) – Sacramento Public Library
    Presenter: Omar Azizi – Sacramento Public Library
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Exploring Entrepreneurship: Engaging a New Generation in Small Business Development
    Location: McCormick Place, W175ab
    Presenter: Kristin Linscott – Plano Public Library
    Presenter: Karly Feinberg (she/her/hers) – Baltimore County Public Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    All Community Meeting of the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Presenter: Kevin D. Strowder, n/a (he/him/his) – American Library Association
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    B.A.D.D.
    Location: W471A
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Cancelled: Chicago Stories: The Union Stockyards
    Location: W471A
  • 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Cancelled: Image Comics Book Buzz Spectacular
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Exciting New Releases from Andrews McMeel Publishing and Andrews McMeel Kids
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    DUKEScomics: The future is in books (and comics)!
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: What is the name of your favorite book title that received the Coretta Scott King Book Awards?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Heather Redmond: DEATH AND THE SISTERS
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Sergio Ruzzier: FISH AND WAVE signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Taylor: African/Percussion
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Christopher Denise: Knight Owl
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Marlena Compston: The Hammock - Inspirations From My Heart to Yours
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Ram V.: The Vigil
    Location: Booth 3520
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Art Baltazar:Yahgz The Craynobi Tales Volume 1
    Location: Booth 1423
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Melissa Iwai: GIGI AND OJIJI signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    R. Gregory Christie/ Sweet Justice
    Location: Booth 2613
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Winsome Bingham and E. B. Lewis sign THE WALK (A STROLL TO THE POLL)
    Location: Booth 3020
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Nicole Melleby: The Science of Being Angry
    Location: Booth 2054
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Scalable Media Labs: Building Your Own Public Library Media Space
    Location: McCormick Place, W187b
    Moderator: Jenna J. Li – The New York Public Library
    Presenter: Jenna J. Li – The New York Public Library
    Presenter: Manuel Martinez (he/him/his) – The New York Public Library
    Presenter: Wilson Francis
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Zach Weinersmith: Bea Wolf
    Location: Booth 3011
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    The Library Love Fest Podcast
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Jana Tropper: Animal Rescue Friends
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 1
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Laurie Lawlor: Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond
    Location: Booth 3016
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Kensington Mysteries: Contemporary and Historical Book Buzz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Next to Booth 5226)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Return to the Ring with Hannah Templer of COSMOKNIGHTS!
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants with Adapter Monique Gray Smith
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
    Walking Grandma Home: How Stories of Grief Can Bring Hope and Healing
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Schneider Family Book Award Luncheon
    Location: McCormick Place, W192a
    Books & Authors
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CT
    The Library Love Fest Podcast
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CT
    ALA Connect Huddle: What are the mental health and wellbeing benefits of running Dungeons and Dragons in your library?
    Location: McCormick Place, ALA Connect Lounge, Hall F2 Lobby
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    McCoy Mrubata, Gary Wittner: South African Jazz
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Front Porch Stage in the Park @ ALA (3400 aisle)
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CT
    Sylvia Notini: JUST A GIRL signing
    Location: Booth 3611
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Claribel Ortega, FRIZZY
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 2
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM CT
    Federico Erabia, signs Pedro & Daniel
    Location: Exhibit Hall - Author Autographing Station 3
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    MATTHEW CORDELL, author of the CORNBREAD & POPPY series
    Location: Booth 3217
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Shawnee Gibbs / Shawnelle Gibbs: Ghost Roast
    Location: Booth 1544
  • 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Core Board Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
    Core Values
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Board of Directors III Meeting (AASL)
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
    Transforming: Teaching & Learning
  • 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM CT
    "Exploring Asian Perspectives: Royal Collins Publishing (#4137) - Unveiling Chinese Studies and Bridging Cultural Understanding for the Academic World"
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Author and Former Librarian Alechia Dow Introduces A Song of Salvation
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Comics for Emerging Readers: I Like to Read® Comics—Introducing this year’s Theodor Geisel Medalist Michael Emberley and Honoree Vikram Madan—with Executive Editor Grace Maccarone and Senior Editor Sally Morgridge
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Emmy-award winner, PJ Caldas, who was named the 2023 Jury President of the Artificial Intelligence Awards at the Art Director's Club and Curator of a Global immersive exhibit of designers collaborating with AI, presents his new novel.
    Location: Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage (End of 1600 Aisle)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Saving Planet Earth: Introducing The Books for a Better Earth™ collection with author Laurie Lawlor and Holiday House Vice President and editor in chief, Mary Cash
    Location: Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)
  • 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Calkins Creek Editorial Director Carolyn Yoder talks with author Ray Anthony Shepard
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    A Strategic Plan to Live By
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Presenter: Caroline Dulworth – Pioneer Library System
    Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Capacity Building
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Anthony Wilson – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    Presenter: Laura Simonds – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    Presenter: Andrea Villanueva (she/her/hers) – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    Transforming: Library Workforce
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    K-12 Copyright 101 for School Librarians
    Location: McCormick Place, W184bc
    Moderator: Tomas A. Lipinski, J.D., LL.M., M.L.I.S., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – School of Information Studies
    Presenter: Peggy Tahir, MLIS, MA (she/her/hers) – UCSF Library, University of California San Francisco
    Presenter: Kyra Folk-Farber, D.Mus, MI (she/her/hers) – California State University, Channel Islands
    Presenter: Elizabeth Libberton – St. Charles East High School
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Updates on ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Accomplishments
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Jung Mi Scoulas, Ph.D. – University of Illinois Chicago Library
    Presenter: Monika Chavez – Mt. San Antonio College
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    CANCELLED: YALSA President's Program
    Transforming: Community Relationships
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Arab Israeli Dialogue/Imagine Peace
    Location: W471A
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    BRASS Leadership Council
    Location: McCormick Place, W181a
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Expanding Information Access for People Who are Incarcerated: Service Standards and Mapping
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Presenter: Jeanie Austin (they/them/theirs) – San Francisco Public Library
    Presenter: Bee Okelo (they/them/theirs) – San Francisco Public Library
    Presenter: Nili Ness (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Public Library
    Presenter: Erin Boyington – Colorado State Library
    Transforming: Services
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Leading with Your Hands and Your Heart: A Conversation about Leading from Wherever You Are
    Location: McCormick Place, W470
    Presenter: Ellen Oh (she/her/hers) – We Need Diverse Books
    Presenter: Linda Sue Park (she/her/hers) – Allida Books imprint of Harper Collins, kiBooka website
    Presenter: Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng – Texas Woman's University, School of Library and Information Studies
    Career Development
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    REFORMA General Membership Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Stonewall Book Awards
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, n/a (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Round Table
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALA Executive Board Meeting II
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC
    Updates/Briefings
  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Xue Mo and His Light
    Location: Podcast Recording Booth - 4446
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Gala Author Tea sponsored by Data Axle Reference Solutions
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park ABCD
    Moderator: Barbara Hoffert (she/her/hers) – Library Journal
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Catholic Library Association: Looking back and looking forward
    Location: McCormick Place, W191
    Moderator: Kathryn G. Shaughnessy, n/a (she/her/hers) – Catholic Library Association
    Presenter: Kathryn G. Shaughnessy, n/a (she/her/hers) – Catholic Library Association
    Presenter: Jean McManus
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    CANCELLED: Committee On Legislation Business Meeting II
    Presenter: Kevin Maher, n/a – ALA PPA
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Cultural Humility in Practice
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: David A. Hurley (*) – University of New Mexico
    Presenter: Sarah R. Kostelecky (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico University Libraries
    Presenter: Lori Townsend (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico
    Books & Authors
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Addressing the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation: The Library's Role
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Hannah Waltz (she/her/hers) – PEN America
    Presenter: Kristen Calvert – Dallas Pubic Library
    Presenter: Natasha Casey (she/her/hers) – Lincoln Land Community College
    Presenter: Donnell Probst, MLIS (she/her/hers) – National Association for Media Literacy Education
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    How You Can Build Better: Effective Library Project Management
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Toni Lombardozzi – Charleston County Public Library
    Presenter: Toni Lombardozzi – Charleston County Public Library
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Library Linked Data Strategies in Action: Institutional Linked Data Frameworks for Collections, Discovery, and Access
    Location: McCormick Place, W178a
    Moderator: Jim Hahn – University of Pennsylvania
    Presenter: Abigail Sparling (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta Library
    Presenter: Beth Picknally Camden – University of Pennsylvania
    Presenter: Ian Bigelow – University of Alberta Library
    Presenter: Jim Hahn – University of Pennsylvania
    Presenter: Kaylin Blount (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Library Research Round Table Virtual Mentoring Program Symposium and Information Session
    Location: McCormick Place, W175c
    Moderator: Jennifer K. Sweeney, MSLS, PhD – San Jose State University
    Presenter: Jennifer K. Sweeney, MSLS, PhD – San Jose State University
    Career Development
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Read Romance/Fight the Patriarchy
    Location: McCormick Place, W178b
    Moderator: Lori Lieberman (she/her/hers) – Lincoln High School
    Presenter: Lori Lieberman (she/her/hers) – Lincoln High School
    Transforming: Collections, Discovery and Access
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Serving your Patrons with Dementia
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
    Presenter: Mary Beth Riedner – Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
    Transforming: Services
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Budget Committee (ALSC)
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1
    Updates/Briefings
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Category: Woman
    Location: W471A
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    2023 Odyssey Awards
    Location: McCormick Place, W190
    Books & Authors
  • 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    AIA Awards and Reception
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
    Core Values
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Expanding Professional Engagement Through Online Conference Access: Working Toward Inclusive and Effective Hybrid Models
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Presenter: Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, PhD, CA (she/her/hers) – Southern Illinois University
    Moderator: Joe Hardenbrook
    Transforming: Physical & Virtual Space
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    News You Can Use—Welcoming Spaces: Creating Welcoming Environments for Immigrant and Refugee Families
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Presenter: Sarah Polen (she/her/hers) – ALSC / ALA
    Presenter: Jacqueline Kociubuk (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Transforming: Services
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    International Librarians Reception
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
  • Tuesday, June 27, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    ALA Executive Board Meeting III
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC
    Updates/Briefings
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
    Location: McCormick Place, W474
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Books & Authors
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    ALA President Inaugural Celebration
    Location: McCormick Place, W187
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