President & Chair Programs

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Saturday, June 24, 2023
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
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
Presenter: Lamar Giles (he/him/his)
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
10:30 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
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
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 – 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
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
11:30 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
Presenter: Claire Gene Esker, Polish Genealogy Society of America member, Register of Qualified Genalogists & Assoc. of Professional Genealogists (she/her/hers) – Polish Genealogical Society of America
Transforming: Services
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
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
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
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
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
US-Iran Relations in the Biden Era
Location: McCormick Place, W195
Moderator: Al Kagan – University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Presenter: Trita Parsi
Core Values
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
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
Sunday, June 25, 2023
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
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
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
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
Presenter: Emily Amick (she/her/hers)
Transforming: Library Leadership Expectations – Staff and Boards
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
Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick
Location: McCormick Place, W179b
Presenter: Andrea Friederici Ross (she/her/hers)
Books & Authors
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: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – OCLC
Presenter: Ixchel M. Faniel, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – OCLC
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
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
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
Monday, June 26, 2023
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
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
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
CANCELLED: YALSA President's Program
Transforming: Community Relationships
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
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