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President & Chair Programs
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President & Chair Programs
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Saturday, June 27, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
LearnRT President's Program: The Invisible Labor of Library Work: Data, Metrics, and Storytelling for Advocacy
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
LearnRT President's Program: The Invisible Labor of Library Work: Data, Metrics, and Storytelling for Advocacy
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
Presenter:
Steven K. Bowers
– LearnRT / The Library Network
Presenter:
Elissa Burnley (she/her/hers)
– LearnRT
Presenter:
Loida Garcia-Febo
– ALA Past President
Presenter:
Kate Hall (she/her/hers)
– LearnRT
Presenter:
Paul Signorelli
– LearnRT
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
APALA and AILA Presidents' Program: Supporting AANHPI and Indigenous library users and staff with disabilities
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
APALA and AILA Presidents' Program: Supporting AANHPI and Indigenous library users and staff with disabilities
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 B
Moderator:
Eileen K. Bosch (she/her/hers)
– Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
Presenter:
Katherine Witzig (they/she)
– American Indian Library Association (AILA)
Presenter:
Melissa Cardenas-Dow (she/her/hers)
– CSU Sacramento
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
ATLA President's Program: Stop W[ai]ting, Start Advocating: Leveraging Your Information Literacy Expertise to Guide AI Initiatives at Your Institution
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
ATLA President's Program: Stop W[ai]ting, Start Advocating: Leveraging Your Information Literacy Expertise to Guide AI Initiatives at Your Institution
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 C
Speaker:
Michael J. Hanegan (he/him/his)
– Center for the Future of Learning and Work
Speaker:
Gillian H. Cain
– Atla
Speaker:
Chris M. Rosser (he/him/his)
– Oklahoma State University
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
LRRT Chair's Program Celebrating 50 Years of Jesse H. Shera Awards
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
LRRT Chair's Program Celebrating 50 Years of Jesse H. Shera Awards
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 A
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
AASL President's Program - Telling Our Stories: Native Voices in Children's Literature
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
AASL President's Program - Telling Our Stories: Native Voices in Children's Literature
Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes AB
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
ACRL President's Program: Leading Academic Libraries through VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) in Higher Education
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
ACRL President’s Program: Leading Academic Libraries through VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) in Higher Education
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 A
Moderator:
Brad Warren
– Augusta University
Speaker:
Steven M. Adams
– Northwestern University Libraries
Speaker:
Maurini Strub
– River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Speaker:
Seangill Peter Bae
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Beyond the Bookmobile: Outreach Services in all its forms
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Beyond the Bookmobile: Outreach Services in all its forms
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 C
Presenter:
Jenn Koetz, n/a (she/her/hers)
– Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services
Presenter:
Katie Reineke (she/her/hers)
– Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Living Stories: Centering Contemporary Native Voices
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Living Stories: Centering Contemporary Native Voices
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
Presenter:
Stacy Wells (she/her/hers)
– American Indian Library Association
Moderator:
Stacy Wells (she/her/hers)
– American Indian Library Association
Presenter:
Cynthia Leitich Smith
– Candlewick Press
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
To Manage or Not to Manage? Library career advancement for new(er) professionals, NMRT President's Program
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
To Manage or Not to Manage? Library career advancement for new(er) professionals, NMRT President's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 A
Presenter:
Morgan Brickey-Jones, MSLIS (she/her/hers)
– NMRT
Moderator:
Morgan Brickey-Jones, MSLIS (she/her/hers)
– NMRT
Speaker:
Zac Grisham
Speaker:
Emily Murley
Speaker:
Melissa Moore
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
GNCRT President's Program: Social-Emotional Growth & Resilience Through Manga
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
GNCRT President's Program: Social-Emotional Growth & Resilience Through Manga
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 B
Presenter:
Jillian E. Rudes
– Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table
Speaker:
Samuel Sattin
– Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Speaker:
Joe Pascullo (he/him/his)
– Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table
Speaker:
Mark de Vera
Speaker:
Misako Rocks
– Author/Artist
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Borrow, Don't Buy: Meet your Needs with a LIbrary of Things - SustainRT Chair's Program
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Borrow, Don't Buy: Meet your Needs with a LIbrary of Things - SustainRT Chair's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 A
Presenter:
Hazel Onsrud (she/her/hers)
– Curtis Memorial Library
Presenter:
Kelsey Andrus
– Richland Library
Presenter:
Tessa Vierk (she/her/hers)
– Chicago Tool Library
Presenter:
Rachel Tanner (she/her/hers)
– Central Arkansas Library System
Presenter:
Lydia Sampson
– Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood MA
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
FMRT Chair's Program
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Spotlighting the South Side Home Movie Project: Community-driven archives and storytelling, FMRT 2026 Chair's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
MAGIRT Chair's Program: How to Catalog a Map
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
MAGIRT Chair's Program: How to Catalog a Map
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 A
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Rainbow Round Table Chairs Program
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Rainbow Round Table Chairs Program:Chasing the Hanky Code: The Challenges of Preserving Fragile Cultural Memories
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 B
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
"The Real Tea" from Teens on YALSA's 2026 BFYA List-YALSA President's Program
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
"The Real Tea" from Teens on YALSA's 2026 BFYA List-YALSA President's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 A
Moderator:
Amber Creger
– Schaumburg Township District Library
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
150 Years of Government Information at ALA: Sesquicentennial of Government Documents Librarianship
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
150 Years of Government Information at ALA: Sesquicentennial of Government Documents Librarianship
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 B
Presenter:
Sarah Erekson
– University of Florida
Presenter:
Bernadine Abbott-Hoduski
Presenter:
Judith Russell
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
Core President’s Program: Healing the Modern Brain with Dr. Drew Ramsey
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
Core President’s Program: Healing the Modern Brain with Dr. Drew Ramsey
Location: McCormick Place, W 181 A B C
Presenter:
Don Allgeier
– Tillamook County Library
Presenter:
Drew Ramsey
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
GameRT Mage's Program: Creativity, Community, and Connection: Why We Can't Shut Up about Game Jams
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
GameRT Mage's Program: Creativity, Community, and Connection: Why We Can’t Shut Up about Game Jams
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
Presenter:
Molly Porter (she/her/hers)
– Games & Gaming Round Table
Presenter:
Amber Sewell (she/her/hers)
– Games & Gaming Round Table
Moderator:
Rebecca Strang (she/they)
– North Central College - Oesterle Library
Presenter:
John Mulligan
Presenter:
Jeff Grisenthwaite (he/him/his)
– Independent
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
IFRT Chair's Program: Intellectual Freedom: Navigating the Tension Between Beliefs and Principles
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
IFRT Awards & Chair's Program: Intellectual Freedom: Navigating the Tension Between Beliefs and Principles
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 B
Presenter:
Glen J. Benedict (he/him/his)
– University of the District of Columbia
Presenter:
Johannah Genett
– Hennepin County Library
Presenter:
Amanda Sand (she/her/hers)
– Library Leverage
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Building Communities of Practice for Library Instructors-LIRT President's Program
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Building Communities of Practice for Library Instructors-LIRT President's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 C
Presenter:
Amy Fader
– LIRT
Presenter:
Alicia G. Vaandering (she/her/hers)
– University of Rhode Island
Presenter:
Amy d. Dye-Reeves
– Auburn University
Presenter:
Veronica Fu
Presenter:
Matthew Flaherty
Sunday, June 28, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
Building the Future Together: Libraries Partnering for Collective Impact-IRRT Chair's Program
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
Building the Future Together: Libraries Partnering for Collective Impact-IRRT Chair's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 B
Presenter:
Leslie Weir (she/her/hers)
– Library and Archives Canada
Presenter:
Sandy Hirsh (she/her/hers)
– San Jose State University
Presenter:
Vuyokazi Jamieson (she/her/hers)
– St. Andrew's College
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Breaking Barriers: A Librarian’s Story of Changing Times, Retired Members Round Table 2026 Chair Program
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Breaking Barriers: A Librarian’s Story of Changing Times, Retired Members Round Table 2026 Chair Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 B
Moderator:
Sara Kelly Kelly (she/her/hers)
– RMRT
Presenter:
Robert Wedgeworth
– RMRT
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture - LHRT
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture - LHRT
Location: McCormick Place, W 193 A
Main Contact:
Jennifer Bartlett
– University of Kentucky Libraries
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
LSSRT President's Program: Continuing Education on a Budget: Creative Strategies for Professional Growth
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
LSSRT President's Program: Continuing Education on a Budget: Creative Strategies for Professional Growth
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 C
Moderator:
Shaunterria L. Owens (she/her/hers)
– Library Support Staff Round Table
Speaker:
Georgette Spratling, MALS, MLIS
– North Miami Public Library
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
CALA President's Program: Sustaining Excellence: Creative Problem-Solving in Challenging Times
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
CALA President's Program: Sustaining Excellence: Creative Problem-Solving in Challenging Times
Location: McCormick Place, W 192 A
Moderator:
Lei Jin, n/a (she/her/hers)
– Toronto Metropolitan University
Presenter:
Lian Ruan
– Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenter:
Donghua Tao (she/her/hers)
– University of Illinois Chicago
Presenter:
Shali Zhang (she/her/hers)
– Auburn University
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
RUSA's President's Program: AI in Reference-- For Better and Worse, 'Til Tech Do Us Part
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
RUSA's President's Program: AI in Reference-- For Better and Worse, 'Til Tech Do Us Part
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 B
Presenter:
Greg Dachille (he/him/his)
– Bunker Hill Community College
Presenter:
Jennifer L. Goodland (she/her/hers)
– San Juan College
Presenter:
Rebecca Eve Graff
– Southern Methodist University Libraries
Presenter:
Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger
– Virginia Military institute
Monday, June 29, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
SRRT's Chair's Program: Health Equity & Diversity
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
SRRT's Chair's Program: Health Equity & Diversity
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
Moderator:
Tim Smith
Presenter:
Bridgette Webb
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
ALSC Charlemae Hill Rollins President’s Program - Picture Books for All: Celebrating the Joy of Visual Literacy
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
ALSC Charlemae Hill Rollins President’s Program - Picture Books for All: Celebrating the Joy of Visual Literacy
Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes AB
Speaker:
Vashti Harrison
Speaker:
Kadir Nelson
– Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and HarperCollins Publishers
Speaker:
Catia Chien
Moderator:
Leonard S. Marcus (he/him/his)
– self-employed
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
Stories, Civics, and the Power of Young Readers - CSKBART Chair's Program
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
Stories, Civics, and the Power of Young Readers - CSKBART Chair's Program
Location: McCormick Place, W 194 A
Presenter:
Kacie V. Armstrong (she/her/hers)
– CSKBART
Presenter:
Libby Otto-Patel
– The Obama Foundation
Cancelled
Beyond the Horizon: EMIERT Chair's Program
DUPLICATE CANCELLED Beyond the Horizon: EMIERT Chair's Program
