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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ALA Executive Board Meeting I
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM Joint Budget Analysis & Review Committee (BARC)/Finance and Audit (F&A) Committee Meeting
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Opening Session: ALA President Patricia “Patty” Wong and FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Council Forum I
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Facing Fear Through Fiction: How young adult and middle-grade authors are exploring anxiety and building empathy in books for teen and tween readers |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Libraries as a part of the Revitalization of Indigenous Languages and Cultures: Services, Collections, and Initiatives |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | News You Can Use: Digital Public Library of America: A Look Ahead |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Addressing Critical Race Theory Challenges in Your Library |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | In Real Life: Must-Read Memoirs |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | News You Can Use: Core Top Ten Technology Trends |
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM | ALA Council I Session |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Marketing your small library: a little investment can go a long way |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | The impact of IMLS Grantmaking on library services through the American Rescue Plan Act |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | News You Can Use: Unite Against Book Bans: The National Campaign |
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Council Forum II |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan: Digital Experience Conference Speaker |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Open Inclusive Pedagogy: Strategic Collaborations for Integrating Distinctive Collections into the Curriculum |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | News You Can Use: Intellectual Freedom and the Law: Obscenity, Minors' Rights, and First Amendment Audits Redux |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Transformational Capital Campaigns: Maverick Approaches that Lead to Organization-Changing Projects |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Trends in Reference Services in Urban Public Libraries |
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | ALA Council II Session |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 2022 Emerging Technology Showcase |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Jean E. Coleman Lecture 2022: Creativity, Learning, and Free Expression in Carceral Contexts |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Evaluating Partnership Opportunities in Comics Librarianship: What’s In It For ‘We’ |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | News You Can Use: Public Service Loan Forgiveness: How Library Workers Can Save Big With This Year’s Limited Waiver |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | 1000 Black Girl Books Book Clubs to Create Community Relationships |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Library Leaders: How to be a Rainbow Ally |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | News You Can Use: Get Loud for Libraries: Advocacy and Partnerships |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | The First Statewide Library-Led Telehealth Initiative in the First State |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Building Diversity in Read Aloud Choices |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Harnessing the Power of AR and VR to Develop Empathy |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | News You Can Use: Update on the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Youth Justice Court: Getting Teens involved with Justice |
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | ALA President's Program: Advancing the Asian American Story |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | BIPOC Burnout During Times of Covid: The Impact of Service on Mental Health |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Communities in Crisis: Legal Reference Skills to the Rescue |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Full STEAM Ahead: Graphic Novels and Primary Sources |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | News You Can Use: What’s on the IMLS Strategic Horizon? |
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Council Forum III |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Advocacy for Digital Books: Where are We and Where are We Going? |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | News You Can Use: Ukrainian Libraries on the Front Lines: Updates and How You can Support |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Research data management training in research libraries: Current status and future directions |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | TikTok & Libraries: A Powerful Partnership |
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | ALA Council III Session |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Ethnographic Design: Creating Culturally Centered Library Spaces |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Help Build a Community's Financial Well-Being |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | New Discoveries in Reference: The 28th Annual Reference Research Forum |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | News You Can Use: Library Outreach About COVID-19 Vaccines for Children |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Getting staff ready for the New RDA Toolkit: Exploring topics |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | News You Can Use: OCLC Research update: Resources to meet changing community needs |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Pathways to Change: Proposing and Approving Revisions to Library of Congress Authority Files |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Reference Repertoire: You know more than you know |
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | ALA Executive Board Meeting II |