Full Schedule

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting

Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford A

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

ACRL Leadership Council Welcome Reception

Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford B

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

USBBY Board Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, Science

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT

Family Care Room

Location: McCormick Place, W 473

6:00 AM - 11:00 PM CDT

OCLC Meeting Room 1

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Michigan

6:00 AM - 11:00 PM CDT

OCLC Meeting Room 2

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Ontario

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT

Community of Care Quiet Room

Location: McCormick Place, W 474

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Breakfast

Location: Palmer House, Adams Room

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Academic and Research Libraries Tour: Creating Contemporary Spaces in Historic Libraries (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

7:30 AM - 6:30 PM CDT

Meeting of the Committee on Accreditation

Location: Off Site, ALA Training Room - 225 N Michigan Ave

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Annual Board Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, George Pullman

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Embedding Anti-Racism Practices into Program Innovations (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB

Presenter: – City of Chicago

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Presenter: – Margaret Sullivan Studio

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Thinking Money for Kids Librarian Summer Camp (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes A

Presenter:

Presenter: – Perry County District Library

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Presenter: – Ferguson Municipal Public Library

Presenter: – Henderson Memorial Public Library

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM CDT

One Mission, Many Voices: Libraries Collaborating for Inclusion - IRRT Preconference (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Adler ABC

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, DuSable AB

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Capital Improvements Project Management for Libraries: The Tools you Need to Build a Better Library Space (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark AB

Presenter: – Early Rain, LLC

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Introduction to Digital Preservation (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes F

Presenter: – University of Southern Mississippi

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Practice Cataloging Using Official RDA (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes B

Moderator: – University of California, Berkeley

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Public Library Tour (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

Presenter:

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDT

ALA-APA Executive Board Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, Water Tower

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

CJCLS Presents: Reimagining Academic Support: Integrating Tutoring and Libraries in the Learning Commons Model (ACRL CJCLS)

Location: McCormick Place, W 184 D

Presenter: – Washtenaw Community College

Presenter: – Fayetteville Technical Community College

Presenter: – Porterville College

Presenter: – McLennan Community College

Moderator: – Washtenaw Community College

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT

Is AI Really Gonna Take My Job?: The Impact of AI on the Work Occurring in Public Libraries (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes C

Presenter: – Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - SIS

Presenter: – Deputy Director, The New York Public Library

Presenter: – OverDrive, Inc.

Presenter: – Sourcebooks

Presenter: – Denver Public Library

Presenter: – The Seattle Public Library

Moderator:

Presenter: – Chicago Public Library

Presenter: – University of North Carolina - SLIS

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT

Ebook Friday Meeting

Location: McCormick Place, W 190 B

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

Latest and greatest - Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market Tours (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

ACRL Access Services Interest Group: Begin Again: Revising the Framework for Access Services Librarianship

Location: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB

Moderator: – Virginia Commonwealth University

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Built to last: How foundational skills power today’s public libraries

Location: McCormick Place, W 192 B

Speaker: – OCLC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session A

Location: Palmer House, Adams Room

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

Print Archive Network (PAN

Location: McCormick Place, W 475 a

Moderator: – University of Maine

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

ALA Executive Board Meeting I

Location: Marriott Marquis, Water Tower

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Free Pre-Conference Session with STAR Net! Join the Science Across America Campaign

Location: McCormick Place, W 190 A

Speaker: – Space Science Institute

Moderator: – Space Science Institute

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

I’m a Teen Librarian Needing to Provide Outreach, and I Don’t Know Where to Start(TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom C

Presenter: – Boston Public Library

Moderator: – Boston Public Library

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Jump into Reading: How Public Libraries Can Support Children Learning to Read (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes E

Presenter: – Chicago Public Library

Presenter: – National Center on Improving Literacy

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT

Chapter Leaders Forum (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Glessner House, 1800 S. Prairie Avenue, Chicago

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT

Preservation in Action (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM CDT

Finding the Immigrant/Migrant Story: Resources for Genealogy and Local History (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street

Presenter: – Polish Genealogical Society of America

Presenter:

Presenter: – Vasa Order of America National Archives

Presenter: – FamilySearch International

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT

ISS School Tour (AASL) (TICKETED)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

American Indian Library Association Executive Board Retreat

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Poetry

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT

Accessible Book Building Workshop (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Culture

Presenter: – National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Presenter: – Libraries For All LLC

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

ACRL African American Studies Librarian Interest Group Forum

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park C

Moderator: – UNC Chapel Hill

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

EMIERT Executive Board Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy

Presenter: – EMIERT, ALA

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session B

Location: Palmer House, Monroe Room

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting

Location: McCormick Place, W 184 D

Speaker: – OCLC

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

RTCA Meeting

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park C

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT

GNCRT Friday Forum: Community Building Through Comics: Join us for panel discussions about comics librarianship, celebrating community with comics festivals, and queer community building through comics!

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom A & B

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Networking Lunch

Location: Palmer House, Adams Room

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Activating Leadership and Cultivating Your Team: Thinking Differently about Who You Are and What You Do in the Library (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Field AB

Presenter: – Colorado State Library

Presenter:

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT

SHARES Roundtable

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie

Speaker: – OCLC

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

ALA E-Rate Task Force Meeting

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Huron

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

ALA Scholarships and Study Grants Committee

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1

Presenter: – Scholarships and Study Grants Committee

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Chapters Council Meeting (ACRL)

Location: Hilton Chicago, Astoria Room

Moderator: – William Paterson University of New Jersey

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Committee on Professional Ethics - COPE Meeting

Location: McCormick Place, W 182

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Fellowship of Christian Librarians (FOCLIS) Annual Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, Probability

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

IRRT/IFLA/Core Panel Discussion

Location: McCormick Place, W 192 B

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

LiteracyNation Inc. Presents: The Independent Authors Showcase

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom E

Speaker: – EMIERT, ALA

Moderator: – EMIERT, ALA

Moderator: – LiteracyNation, Inc.

Moderator: – American Library Association

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Pokemon Club @ Your Library: Engaging Young Learners Through Play and Community

Location: McCormick Place, W 185 D

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

GNCRT & Booklist Comics Publishers Summit (TICKETED)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Publishing Committee Meeting

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Michigan

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Board Orientation (ALSC)

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park C

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Dive Deep into Discovery: Celebrating 25 Years of the Sibert Medal (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Daniel Burnham

Moderator: – MVLS

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Moderator:

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Inclusive & Accessible Storytimes: Supporting All Children and Caregivers (TICKETED)

Location: Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes E

Presenter: – Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC

Presenter:

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

NMRT Conference Orientation

Location: McCormick Place, W 375 B Skyline

Presenter: – NMRT

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

International Librarians Orientation

Location: McCormick Place, W 190 A

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Rainbow Round Table Executive Board Meeting

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 2

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

American Indian Library Association General Membership Meeting

Location: Hilton Chicago, Lake Michigan

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

Moderator: – American Indian Library Assocation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Committee on Legislation Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis, Water Tower

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Consortial Management Interest Group Meeting

Location: McCormick Place, W 182

Presenter: – Ohionet

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Digital Inclusion Working Group Meeting

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Intellectual Freedom Committee IFC Meeting

Location: McCormick Place, W 475 a

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

International Relations Committee Meeting I

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park D

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Libraries as Dementia - Capable Hubs: Advancing Brain Health Through Design, Training, and Community Partnerships

Location: Marriott Marquis, Architecture

Presenter: – Alzheimer's Association

Presenter: – Pennsylvania Library Association

Presenter: – Alzheimer's Association

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Looking Ahead: An EMIERT Program

Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Regency Ballroom C

Presenter: – EMIERT, ALA

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Professional Values Committee Forum (ACRL)

Location: Hilton Chicago, Conference Room 4A

Moderator: – University of Texas at Dallas

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session C

Location: Palmer House, Monroe Room

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

GODORT 101: Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table

Location: McCormick Place, W 192 B

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CDT

Opening General Session featuring Rachel Maddow

Location: McCormick Place, W 375 C D E Skyline

Speaker:

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7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CDT

I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony

Location: Marriott Marquis, Grand Horizon Ballroom