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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, June 23, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting I
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    SLI Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Board Update (ACRL)
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Global Libraries as Advocates for Information Policy Change
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    A Joint Workshop with NARDAC and PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group: Unlocking the Power of RDA
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Core Chicago Area Public Libraries Tour
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Core Merchandise Mart Furniture Showrooms and Factory Tour
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Board Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    ALA-APA Board of Director's Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ALA Training, Orientation & Leadership Development (TOLD) Committee
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    CSK Breakfast Committee Meetings
  • 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    Emerging Leaders Leadership Development
  • 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?
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Things I Didn't Learn in Library School
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Working Together Library Staff, Unions & Management
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Indie/Self Published Authors Book Talk
  • 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    PAN Annual 2023
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ALA Executive Board Meeting I
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Exploring with Tweens! Creating STEAM Exploration Spaces that are Inclusive, Equitable, and Accessible for Youth
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    New Digital Tools for Capturing Learning Outcomes and Impact
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Chapter Leaders Forum
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Core Innovative Learning Spaces: A Tour of Innovative Chicago Area Academic Institutions
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    ISS School Tour
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Library Insights Summit
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Preservation in Action
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Library Insights Summit: What a Librarian Needs
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Tour Harold Washington Library Center
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    APALA Local Arrangements Friday Tour
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    American Indian Library Association Leadership Retreat
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    Ebooks Interest Group
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT
    PLA 2024 Conference Program Subcommittee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Booklist Reviewers Meetup
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Instructional Technologies Interest Group Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    SLI Session Two
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 101
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    OCLC Cataloging Community
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Round Table Coordinating Assembly
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    ODLOS Advisory Committee-Let's Talk Outreach
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Library Insights Summit: Understanding and Combating Book Bans
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ALA Conference Committee
  • 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    GNCRT Comics Friday Discussion Forum
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Tour Harold Washington Library Center
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Library Insights Summit: Lunch and Keynote
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    SLI Lunch
  • 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
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ALA Scholarship & Study Grant Committee
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Committee on Literacy/Literacy Assembly meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Council Committee on Sustainability
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Fellowship of Christian Librarians Annual Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Value of Academic Libraries Committee Meeting (ACRL)
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    What's New at JSTOR?
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 301
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Joint Budget Analysis & Review Committee/Finance & Audit Subcommittee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    REFORMA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Cookies & Conversation for Trustees, Friends, and Foundations
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Board of Directors I Meeting (AASL)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Board Orientation (ALSC)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Introduction to Library Assessment
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Project Outcome: Data for Impact and Improvement
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Library Insights Summit: Working with Library Wholesalers
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    International Relations Committee I
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    NMRT Conference Orientation
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    International Librarians Orientation
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Library Insights Summit: Ebook Library Landscape
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    COL Business Meeting I
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Emerging Leaders Poster Session
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT 101)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Library and Vendor Privacy Community of Practice
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Re-engaging Readers with Multicultural Literature.
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    SLI Session Three
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    SRRT Membership Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Committee on Diversity Business Meeting
  • 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Library Insights Summit: Closing Remarks
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Independent Schools Section Meeting (AASL_ISS)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Judy Blume
  • 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Kate Hannigan: JOSEPHINE AND HER DISHWASHING MACHINE
  • 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Kate Robards: The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard
  • 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Bonnie Jo Campbell: The Waters: A Novel
  • 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Lamar Giles: Static: Up All Night
  • 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Malik Sickstein: I Grab the Mic
  • 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Mikki Hernandez: Cake Mix
  • 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Rev Valdez: Bunso Meets a Mumu
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Author ARC Hour with Michael Witwer, Adi Alsaid, and Emily Riesbeck
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Celebrate 20 Years of The Pigeon!
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Happy Hour with the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Kevin O'Brien / THE ENEMY AT HOME
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Meredith Rusu: There’s a Yeti in My Tummy
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Natalie Richards: Four Found Dead
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Shawnee Gibbs / Shawnelle Gibbs: Ghost Roast
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Banned Books from the Big Chair
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: 365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year) by Lewis Laney
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: LPBD Amanda Gorman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Heather Dugan: Beyond the Book Club: Building real community in a digital world
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Joe Coleman Legendary Lead Singer of the Platters
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Karl Stewart: The Legend of See Bird: Kiamichi
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Matt Dragovits: A Tale for Christmas - Zach's Quest
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Richard V. Battle: The Unopened Present
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Swag giveaway: Exclusive Frances Lincoln 40 tote bag + books!
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    The Library Marketplace Opening Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Nadia Davis: Home Is Within You: A Memoir of Recovery and Redemption
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Taylor Tyng: Clara Poole and the Long Way Round
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Victoria Gilbert: A Cryptic Clue
  • 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM CT
    Signing - Kimberly Wilson: A PENNY'S WORTH
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM CT
    Joseph Coelho book signing - One Little Word
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Aisha Saeed signs GROUNDED
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Dave Scheidt, Wrapped Up
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Eliot Schrefer: QUEER DUCKS
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Gabi Burton: SING ME TO SLEEP
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Jen St. Jude: IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Joanna Ho: THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US signing
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Tochi Onyebuchi: GOLIATH
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Trang Thanh Tran: SHE IS A HAUNTING
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Amandeep Kochar: Jeet and Fudge
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Janeen Jackson: Hello, Sweet Baby
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Katherine Roy: Making More: How Life Begins
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Sina Grace: Superman: The Harvests of Youth
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Victoria Scott-Miller: The Museum Lives in Me
  • 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Yuval Zommer: The Big Book of Nature Art
  • 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Book giveaway: Here and Queer by Rowan Ellis
  • 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Lisa Brown: The Hospital Book
  • 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    ALA Play
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2023 Michael L. Printz Awards
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CT
    Community Reception