Preliminary Schedule

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

A+ Outreach: Successfully Combat Learning Loss

Moderator: – Pioneer Library System

Outreach and Engagement

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Ban Those Boring Book Reports: 21 Ways to Engage and Inspire Your Students

Presenter: – Syosset High School

Teaching and Learning

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Beyond the Ledger: Exploring Corporate Archives & Business Histories

Presenter: – Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies

Presenter:

Teaching and Learning

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Building Platforms to Collect, Preserve, and Provide Access to Digital Games

Presenter: – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Creating Accessible and User-friendly Black Genealogical Tools

Presenter: – Solano County Library

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Dark Reads, Bright Minds: Empowering Youth Through YA Horror Fiction

Presenter: – Harry N. Abrams

Presenter: – Sourcebooks Fire, William Morrow

Presenter: – CamCat Books

Presenter: – Clown in a Cornfield, Influencer

Presenter: – Random House Delacorte

Books and Authors

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Enhancing student success through assessment tools: an interactive session

Presenter: – Northern Illinois University

Presenter: – University of Illinnois Chicago

Outreach and Engagement

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

It’s a Process!: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Certified Public Library

Moderator: – San Antonio Public Library

Presenter: – San Antonio Public Library

Careers, Leadership, and Management

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Judged by the Covers: Meet the Challenge – Organize, Advocate, and Overcome

Presenter: – Rogers Memorial Library

Presenter: – Suffolk Cooperative Library System

Presenter: – Port Jefferson Free Library

Careers, Leadership, and Management

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Libraries Transforming Communities: Enhancing Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Small and Rural Libraries

Moderator: – ALA

Presenter: – Southern Adirondack Library System

Presenter: – Cherokee Public Library

Presenter: – Ashby Free Public Library

Programs and Services

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Library and Library Education Innovations in the Philippines: A Showcase of Best Practices

Moderator: – University of Central Florida

Presenter: – University of the Philippines

Presenter: – University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies Library

Presenter: – University of the Philippines

Presenter: – California State University Fullerton/Fulbright Scholar to the Philippines

Presenter: – Quezon City Public Library

Programs and Services

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

LRRT Chair's Program

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Organizing In/Beyond ALA: Lessons from the First Year of the Elder Justice Task Force

Presenter: – Louisiana State University - School of Information Studies

Presenter: – UNC Chapel Hill - School of Information and Library Science

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Presenter: – Arapahoe Libraries

Outreach and Engagement

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Resilience in the Stacks: How Librarians Respond to and Document Climate Change and Environmental Disasters

Moderator: – Temple University

Presenter: – Brooklyn Public Library

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Collections, Access, and Technical Services

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Retired Librarians as Changemakers: Working Together on Advocacy

Outreach and Engagement

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Top Tech Trends

Moderator: – Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame

Presenter: – Kalamazoo Public Library

Presenter: – San Juan College

Presenter: – Evolve Project

Presenter: – Library Technology Guides

Infrastructure

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Work It Out @ Your Library! A Computational Thinking Program for Families with Young Children

Presenter: – Conneaut Public Library

Programs and Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

All the Feels: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

Presenter: – New York Library Association

Careers, Leadership, and Management

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Bridging the Data Gap: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data for Holistic Library Reporting

Presenter: – Counting Opinions

Careers, Leadership, and Management

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Disaster Response and Sustainability: how libraries are using Federal funds to support communities

Moderator: – Institute of Museum and Library Services

Presenter: – Institute of Museum and Library Services

Presenter: – OCLC

Presenter: – Florida State University

Presenter: – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Programs and Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Equity in Action: Academic Libraries' Roadmap to Closing Opportunity Gaps and Fostering Student Success

Presenter: – West Chester University

Presenter:

Programs and Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Everything is All Reused: Teaching Academic Integrity Through the Lens of Pop Culture

Presenter: – University at Buffalo

Teaching and Learning

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Food for Thought: A Model for Food Justice in Public Libraries

Presenter: – Central Arkansas Library System

Presenter: – Be Mighty Little Rock with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS)

Outreach and Engagement

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

GNCRT and REFORMA’s Core List: The Best Latinx Graphic Novels and Using Them for Programs

Presenter: – Broward County Library

Presenter: – Howard University

Presenter: – University of North Carolina Wilmington

Books and Authors

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Inclusive history: creating a sustainable platform for community newspapers

Presenter: – Whirl-i-Gig

Presenter: – Grand Rapids Public Library

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Innovative Library Capital Funding and Revenue

Presenter: – Salt Lake City Public Library

Presenter: – MSR Design

Presenter: – Putting Assets to Work

Presenter: – Pathway Group

Careers, Leadership, and Management

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Kickstart Summer Reading with a Festival!

Presenter: – Fairfax Library Foundation

Outreach and Engagement

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Library Advocacy: Leveraging the United Nations SDGs to benefit local libraries

Presenter: – Consultant

Programs and Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Library Freedom Project: Practical Privacy Advocacy for All

Presenter: – Library Freedom Project

Teaching and Learning

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Role of Libraries, Educational, Cultural Institutions in Archiving Living Traditions

Presenter: – University of Pittsburgh

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

School Libraries that Speak: Empowering ENL Students

Moderator: – NYC Department of Education

Presenter: – NYC Public Schools

Presenter: – NYC Department of Education

Teaching and Learning

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Techniques from Wall Street for Competitive Intelligence Research

Presenter: – Baruch College, City University of New York

Programs and Services

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

YALSA Presidents Program

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Approaches to Collecting Community and Local Histories: A South Asian American Case Study

Moderator: – Emory University

Presenter: – Emory University Libraries

Presenter: – New York University Libraries

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Beyond the hype: how 2 urban libraries are approaching AI

Presenter: – Columbus Metropolitan Library

Presenter: – Edmonton Public Library

Infrastructure

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Building a School Culture of Intellectual Freedom

Presenter: – iSchool, Syracuse University

Teaching and Learning

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Continued Conversations: Libraries, Publishers, and the Future of Ebook Licensing

Moderator: – Lyrasis

Presenter: – Georgia Public Library Service

Presenter: – Blackstone Publishing

Presenter:

Presenter: – New Jersey State Library

Presenter: – Teacher Created Materials

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Graphic Medicine: Meeting Health Education Needs with Our Most Popular Medium

Moderator: – Countway Library, Harvard Medical School

Presenter: – Academy of the Sacred Heart

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University

Presenter: – Wissahickon School District

Presenter: – Street Noise Books

Teaching and Learning

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

How Does Students’ Cultural Capital Impact Their Information Literacy Skills? What the Data Tells Us

Presenter: – Penn State Abington

Presenter: – Penn State University Libraries

Programs and Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Improving Accessibility @ Community Events

Presenter: – Knutson Memorial Library

Outreach and Engagement

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Libraries in action: Some practical Approaches to Support the Research Lifecycle with Artificial Intelligence

Presenter: – IE University

Presenter: – Texas A&M University

Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Careers, Leadership, and Management

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Lights, Camera, Community: Empowering Voices Through Video Storytelling

Moderator: – University of Washington

Presenter: – Smithville Public Library

Presenter: – University of Washington & Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Presenter: – University of Washington

Programs and Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Onboarding for Equity and Inclusion in Libraries

Presenter: – George Washington University

Careers, Leadership, and Management

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Reading Nation Waterfall: Building Book Ecosystems and Improving Access to Libraries in Native American Communities

Moderator: – School of Information, San Jose State University

Presenter: – School of Information, San Jose State University

Presenter: – Cal Poly Humboldt

Presenter: – Menlo Park Library

Presenter:

Presenter: – San Jose State University

Outreach and Engagement

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Safe-Scary: How Middle Grade Horror Provides Kids with a Safe Environment to Face Their Fears

Moderator: – Scholastic / Anne Arundel Community College

Presenter: – Aladdin Books

Presenter: – Scholastic / Anne Arundel Community College

Presenter: – Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins

Presenter: – Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books

Presenter: – Aladdin / Simon & Schuster

Books and Authors

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

T.E.C.H. for Reentry: Digital Literacy and Public Library Programming for Formerly Incarcerated Community Members

Moderator: – San Francisco Public Library

Presenter: – American Library Association

Presenter: – Los Angeles Public Library

Presenter: – Brooklyn Public Library

Programs and Services

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Wheels Up: Going Global with your Library teens!

Moderator: – Nederland Community Library District

Presenter: – Nederland Community Library District

Presenter: – ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland

Presenter: – ZB Bibliotheek

Presenter: – Nederland Communtiy Library District

Presenter: – ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland

Programs and Services

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

The Current Landscape of AI and its Effects on Children

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Gala Author Tea (ticketed event)

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Bridging Justice: Legal Information Support for the Incarcerated

Presenter: – Thurgood Industries

Presenter: – Ithaka S+R

Presenter: – San Francisco Law Library

Outreach and Engagement

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Build Your Brand, Build Your Community

Presenter: – Pioneer Library System

Infrastructure

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Empowering Libraries, Connecting Communities: Unleashing the Potential of Federal Internet for All Funds

Moderator: – Michelle Frisque Consulting Group, LLC

Presenter: – ALA

Presenter: – New Mexico State Library

Presenter: – Delaware Libraries

Programs and Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Fraud: How to stop the scourge in your library

Moderator: – Penn State University Libraries (Harrisburg)

Presenter: – Federal Trade Commission

Presenter: – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Presenter:

Outreach and Engagement

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Freedom Walk - Celebrating Our Students' Freedom to Read

Presenter: – Northside ISD

Teaching and Learning

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

It’s Not Bragging! (if it’s true): Interviewing tips to help you and your staff

Presenter: – Johnson County Library, KS

Presenter: – Johnson County Library

Presenter: – Johnson County Library Kansas

Careers, Leadership, and Management

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

LikeSNU from students to researchers: Story about developing ai-based research trend analysis, contents curation system

Moderator: – Seoul National University

Presenter: – Seoul National University

Infrastructure

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Making space for underrepresented library workers: listening, learning, and supporting the workforce through statewide initiatives

Presenter: – Minnesota State Library Services, Minnesota Department of Education

Presenter: – Minnesota Library Association

Presenter: – Minnesota State Library Services

Presenter: – Dakota County Library - Inver Glen

Presenter: – Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presenter: – Dakota County Library

Presenter:

Careers, Leadership, and Management

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Manga, Manhwa, and More: Navigating the Latest Trends in Graphic Novels for Teens

Presenter: – Free Library of Philadelphia

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Navigating the Transition: Retirement and Succession Planning from Diverse Perspectives in Libraries

Presenter: – Wayne State University

Presenter: – Northwestern University

Careers, Leadership, and Management

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Next-Gen Reference: Exploring AI Capabilities in Business Databases

Presenter: – Baruch College, City University of New York

Programs and Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Poetry Stacked: Building 21st Century Programming in the Library

Moderator: – University of Cincinnati Libraries

Presenter: – University of Cincinnati Libraries

Presenter: – University of Cincinnati

Presenter: – University of Cincinnati Libraries

Programs and Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Reparative Metadata Assessment with MaRMAT: A New Tool for Identifying Harmful and Outdated Language

Moderator: – J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah

Presenter: – J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah

Collections, Access, and Technical Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Sensory-Sensitive Spaces, Varied Texts, and Supportive Staff: Welcoming Neurodivergent Patrons into our Libraries

Presenter: – Denver Academy

Teaching and Learning

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Successful Implementation Requires Teamwork: Getting Staff to Work Together

Presenter: – The Good Teammate Factory

Careers, Leadership, and Management

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Working Together: Collaborative Response to Support Immigrant Communities

Presenter: – The New York Public Library

Presenter: – New York Public Library

Outreach and Engagement

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Closing General Session featuring Geena Davis

Speaker:

Sponsored By

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

ALA Inaugural Celebration (ticketed event)