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  • Friday, June 27, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT
    Legacy Society Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
    OCLC AI Demo Room
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    A Tour of Philadelphia Academic Libraries: Classic Spaces & Renovation Projects (ticketed event)
  • 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM EDT
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting I
  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
    BCALA Executive Board Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Professional Development Plans & Journals for Career Success: The Power of Two (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Connecting and Fostering Community Through Library Initiatives Around the World-IRRT Preconference (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    A Joint Workshop with NARDAC and PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group (Ticketed Event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Library Design and Construction Project Management: The Tools you need to Build your Best Library Space (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Philadelphia Area Public Library Tour (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Preservation Tour of The George Blood LP Facility (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Wilmington Area Public Libraries Tour (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
    Community of Care
  • 8:00 AM – 7:30 PM EDT
    ALA Parent/Baby Room
  • 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
    OCLC Meeting Room 1
  • 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
    OCLC Meeting Room 2
  • 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
    OCLC Meeting Room 3
  • 8:15 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Walking Tour of Philadelphia’s Library Heritage (ticketed event)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Fundraising and Sponsorship Committee Planning Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    ALA Executive Board Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Emerging Leaders Leadership Development
  • 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Longwood Gardens Preconference by PaLA
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session A: Things I Didn’t Learn in Library School
  • 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Print Archive Network (PAN)
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Building Your Digital Accessibility Strategy: A Workshop to help move your organization from theory to practice (ticketed event)
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Ebooks Interest Group Meeting
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    STAR Net and Tangled Bank Studios Present: Don’t wing it--bring local science to your library through bird conservation, facilitation techniques and community conversation
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Chapter Leaders Forum (ticketed event)
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Genealogy Day: Celebrating the Birth of America (ticketed event)
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    ISS School Tour (AASL) (ticketed event)
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Preservation in Action (ticketed event)
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
    ALA Conference Committee
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    PLA 2026 Conference Program Subcommittee Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
    USBBY Board Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Catholic Library Association Annual Meeting for Members and Nonmembers
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session B: Cover Letters, CVs, Interviewing
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    State of the Bridging Deaf Cultures Interest Group
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Storytelling Advocacy Jumpstart: Essential tools for building your library story
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    OCLC Cataloging Community meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Round Table Coordinating Assembly
  • 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT
    GNCRT Friday Comics Forum: Panels, Pages, and Perspectives: Using Graphic Novels and Comics in School Libraries
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Networking Lunch & Keynote
  • 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    18th NISO-BISG Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape: Accessibility Futures
  • 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    The Business of Self: Personality-driven business models (ticketed event)
  • 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    United for Libraries Institute: Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and Fundraising (ticketed event)
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
    Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) READ-IN
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Diversity Education Session “DEI Scorecard”
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Literacy Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Digital Inclusion Working Group
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    REFORMA Executive Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    NMRT Conference Orientation
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Board of Directors I Meeting (AASL)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Board Orientation (ALSC)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Leveraging the Power of Play in Storytime: Engaging Techniques for Early Childhood Programs (ticketed event)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Open Access in Area Studies (ACRL ESS) (ticketed event)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    REFORMA Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    International Librarians Orientation
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    ALA Scholarships and Study Grants Committee
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    American Indian Library Association (AILA) Membership Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Discussion Group
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Call It What You Want: Updating the Framework for Access Services Librarianship
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Committee on Legislation Meeting l
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Emerging Leaders Poster Session
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    International Relations Committee I
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    LiteracyNation - Beyond Allyship: Building Accompliceship to Dismantle Injustice in Librarianship
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    LiteracyNation - Confronting and Defeating the Imposter Syndrome
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    New Research: Libraries are Core to “Human Infrastructure of Broadband”
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Rainbow Round Table Executive Board Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session C: Professional Development
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    SRRT All Task Force Meeting & Annual Membership Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    The PRISM Project: Outcomes, impacts, and room to improve jail and prison libraries
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    ACRL Leadership Council Welcome Reception
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    GODORT 101: Get to know the Government Documents Round Table
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    Opening General Session featuring Governor Gretchen Whitmer
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
    The Library Marketplace Opening Reception
  • 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
    Intellectual Freedom Awards
  • 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
    ALA Play
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
    Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2025 Michael L. Printz Awards (ticketed event)