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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, June 26, 2026
  • ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting
  • ACRL Leadership Council Welcome Reception
  • USBBY Board Meeting
  • 5:00 AM - 11:00 PM CDT
    ALA Interview Room
  • 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM CDT
    OCLC Meeting Room 1
  • 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM CDT
    OCLC Meeting Room 2
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM CDT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Academic and Research Libraries Tour: Creating Contemporary Spaces in Historic Libraries (TICKETED)
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM CDT
    Meeting of the Committee on Accreditation
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Black Caucus of the American Library Association Annual Board Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Embedding Anti-Racism Practices into Program Innovations (TICKETED)
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Thinking Money for Kids Librarian Summer Camp (TICKETED)
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
    One Mission, Many Voices: Libraries Collaborating for Inclusion - IRRT Preconference (TICKETED)
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Capital Improvements Project Management for Libraries: The Tools you Need to Build a Better Library Space (TICKETED)
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Introduction to Digital Preservation
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Practice Cataloging Using Official RDA (TICKETED)
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Public Library Tour (TICKETED)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
    ALA-APA Executive Board Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    CJCLS Presents: Reimagining Academic Support: Integrating Tutoring and Libraries in the Learning Commons Model (ACRL CJCLS)
  • 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)
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Ebook Friday Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Latest and greatest - Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market Tours (TICKETED)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    ACRL Access Services Interest Group: Begin Again: Revising the Framework for Access Services Librarianship
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Built to last: How foundational skills power today’s public libraries
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session A
  • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Print Archive Network (PAN
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    ALA Executive Board Meeting I
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Free Pre-Conference Session with STAR Net! Join the Science Across America Campaign
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Help! I’m a Teen Librarian Who Needs to Provide Outreach, and I Don’t Know Where to Start: A Crash Course in Connecting, Serving, and Sustaining Your Outreach to Underserved Teens (TICKETED)
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Jump into Reading: How Public Libraries Can Support Children Learning to Read (TICKETED)
  • 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Chapter Leaders Forum (TICKETED)
  • 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Preservation in Action (TICKETED)
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Finding the Immigrant/Migrant Story: Chicago and Illinois Resources for Genealogy and Local History
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
    ISS School Tour (AASL) (TICKETED)
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    American Indian Library Association Executive Board Retreat
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Accessible Book Building Workshop at Chicago Public Library (TICKETED)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    ACRL African American Studies Librarian Interest Group Forum
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    EMIERT Executive Board Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session B
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    RTCA Meeting
  • 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!
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Networking Lunch
  • 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)
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    SHARES Roundtable
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    ALA E-Rate Task Force Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    ALA Scholarships and Study Grants Committee
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Chapters Council Meeting (ACRL)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Committee on Professional Ethics - COPE Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Fellowship of Christian Librarians (FOCLIS) Annual meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    IRRT/IFLA/Core Panel Discussion
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    LiteracyNation Inc. Presents: The Independent Authors Showcase
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Pokemon Club @ Your Library: Engaging Young Learners Through Play and Community
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    GNCRT & Booklist Comics Publishers Summit
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Publishing Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Board Orientation (ALSC)
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Dive Deep into Discovery: Celebrating 25 Years of the Sibert Medal (TICKETED)
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Inclusive & Accessible Storytimes: Supporting All Children and Caregivers (TICKETED)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    NMRT Conference Orientation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    International Librarians Orientation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Rainbow Round Table Executive Board Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    American Indian Library Association General Membership Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Committee on Legislation Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Consortial Management Interest Group Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Digital Inclusion Working Group Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee IFC Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    International Relations Committee Meeting I
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Libraries as Dementia - Capable Hubs: Advancing Brain Health Through Design, Training, and Community Partnerships
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Looking Ahead: An EMIERT Program
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Professional Values Committee Forum (ACRL)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Session C
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    GODORT 101: Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
    Rachel Maddow
  • 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CDT
    I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony