Full Schedule

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Matt Phelan Illustrator: Library of Unruly Treasures

Location: Booth 1509

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT

Legacy Society Breakfast

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 203 B

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute Breakfast

Location: LeMeridien, Trumbauer Ballroom

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

A Tour of Philadelphia Academic Libraries: Classic Spaces & Renovation Projects (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

Presenter: – Texas A&M University Libraries

7:30 AM - 6:30 PM EDT

Committee on Accreditation Meeting I

Location: Sofitel, Versailles

7:30 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

Registration

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Grand Hall

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

BCALA Executive Board Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 303

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Professional Development Plans & Journals for Career Success: The Power of Two (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 202 B

Presenter: – NYCPS & CUNY - John Jay College & Owner of Curated Collections by SME, LLC.

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Preservation Tour of The George Blood LP Facility (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, The George Blood LP Facility

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Connecting and Fostering Community Through Library Initiatives Around the World-IRRT Preconference (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 119 A B

Presenter: – University of Houston

Presenter:

Presenter: – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

A Joint Workshop with NARDAC and PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group (Ticketed Event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 124

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 201 B

Presenter: – CDygert Solutions, LLC

Presenter: – QualityMetrics LLC

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Library Design & Construction Project Management: The Tools you need to Build your Best Library Space (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 202 A

Presenter: – Early Rain, LLC

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Philadelphia Area Public Library Tour (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT

Location: Off Site, Off Site

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Wilmington Area Public Libraries Tour (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

8:00 AM - 7:30 PM EDT

ALA Parent/Baby Room

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 302

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT

OCLC Meeting Room 1

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Conference Suite 3

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT

OCLC Meeting Room 2

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 01

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT

OCLC Meeting Room 3

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 301

8:15 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Walking Tour of Philadelphia’s Library Heritage (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT

Location: Off Site, Off Site

Moderator:

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Fundraising and Sponsorship Committee Planning Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 413

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

ALA Executive Board Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Independence I & II

8:30 AM - 2:00 PM EDT

Emerging Leaders Leadership Development

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122 A B

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Longwood Gardens Preconference by PaLA (registration required)

Location: Off Site, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square, PA

Contact: – Pennsylvania Library Association

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Meeting

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 309

Speaker: – ALA-PPA

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute Session A: Things I Didn’t Learn in Library School

Location: LeMeridien, Abele Library

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Print Archive Network (PAN)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 111 A B

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Building Your Digital Accessibility Strategy: A Workshop to help move from theory to practice (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 201 C

Moderator: – Miami University Libraries

Presenter: – WebAIM, Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice, Utah State University

Presenter: – Towson University

Presenter: – ARL

Presenter: – Miami University Libraries

Presenter: – University of Maryland, College of Information

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Ebooks Interest Group Meeting

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 B C

Presenter: – Core

Presenter: – Harvard University

Presenter:

Presenter: – Digital Public Library of America

Presenter: – Library Futures

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

STAR Net presents: Don’t Wing it--Bring Local Bird Science to Your Library

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 125

Speaker: – Space Science Institute

Moderator: – Space Science Institute

Speaker: – Space Science Institute

Speaker:

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Chapter Leaders Forum (ticketed event)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 201 A

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Genealogy Day: Celebrating the Birth of America (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, Philadelphia City Institute, 1905 Locust St.

Presenter:

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

ISS School Tour (AASL) (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, Off Site

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Preservation in Action (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT

Location: Off Site, William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Community of Care Quiet Room

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 104 A B

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

ALA Conference Committee

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 B

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

ALA Connect 20 Minute Huddle with LSSRT: Sticker Swap!

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 200 Level Bridge

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Executive Committee Meeting (ALSC)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 203 A

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

PLA 2026 Conference Program Subcommittee Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 310

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

USBBY Board Meeting

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 106 B

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Catholic Library Association Annual Meeting for Members and Nonmembers

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 A

Moderator: – Catholic Library Association

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute Session B: Cover Letters, CVs, Interviewing

Location: LeMeridien, Abele Library

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

State of the Bridging Deaf Cultures Interest Group

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 106 A

Presenter: – Bridging Deaf Cultures Interest Group

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Storytelling Advocacy Jumpstart: Essential tools for building your library story

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 A

Presenter: – American Library Association

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

OCLC Cataloging Community meeting

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A

Presenter: – OCLC

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Round Table Coordinating Assembly

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 126 A B

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT

GNCRT Friday Forum: Panels, Pages, and Perspectives: Using Graphic Novels and Comics in School Libraries

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 A B

Moderator: – Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table

Presenter: – New York Public Library

Presenter: – Academy of the Sacred Heart

Presenter: – Wilmette Public Library

Presenter: – School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee

Presenter: – TeachingWithComics.com

Presenter: – University of Northern Iowa

Presenter: – Brooklyn

Speaker:

Speaker: – Scholastic

Speaker:

Moderator: – Cranston Public Library

Presenter:

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute: Networking Lunch & Keynote

Location: LeMeridien, Trumbauer Ballroom

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

18th NISO-BISG Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape: Accessibility Futures

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 123

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT

PSLA/PARSL Read-In

Location: Off Site, School District of Philadelphia Admin. Bldg., 440 N. Broad St.

Contact:

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Beyond Good Intentions: Creating Real Change in Libraries for DEI & Belonging

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 126 A B

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 303

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Digital Inclusion Working Group

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 304

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

REFORMA Executive Committee Meeting

Location: Sheraton, Liberty Ballroom A

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

NMRT Conference Orientation

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom B

Moderator: – NMRT

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Liberty A & B

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Board Orientation (ALSC)

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 203 A

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Leveraging the Power of Play in Storytime: Engaging Techniques for Early Childhood Programs (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 201 C

Presenter:

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Open Access in Area Studies (ACRL ESS) (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 202 B

Moderator: – Stanford University Libraries

Presenter: – Stanford University Libraries

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The Librarians Screening and Discussion

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 114 (Nutter Theatre)

Speaker:

Speaker: – Leander ISD

Speaker:

Speaker: – Louisiana Library Association

Speaker:

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

REFORMA Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting

Location: Sheraton, Liberty Ballroom A

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

International Librarians Orientation

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 119 A B

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

ALA Scholarships and Study Grants Committee (Closed)

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Independence I & II

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

American Indian Library Association (AILA) Membership Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 08

Moderator: – American Indian Library Association

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Discussion Group

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 A

Presenter: – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderator: – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presenter: – Virginia Tech University Libraries

Moderator: – Virginia Tech University Libraries

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Call It What You Want: Updating the Framework for Access Services Librarianship

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 02

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Christopher Fleming / Confronting and Defeating the Imposter Syndrome

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A

Presenter:

Moderator:

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Committee on Legislation Meeting l

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 303

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Emerging Leaders Poster Session

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom A

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 A

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

International Relations Committee I

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 A

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

LiteracyNation - Beyond Allyship: Building Accompliceship to Dismantle Injustice in Librarianship

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 111 A B

Speaker: – Queens College, City University of New York

Speaker: – Queesn College CUNY

Moderator:

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

New Research: Libraries are Core to “Human Infrastructure of Broadband”

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 B C

Moderator: – ALA Public Policy & Advocacy

Presenter: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: – New York Public Library

Presenter: – National Skills Coalition

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 304

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Rainbow Round Table Executive Board Meeting

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 308

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Spectrum Leadership Institute Session C: Professional Development

Location: LeMeridien, Abele Library

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

SRRT All Task Force Meeting & Annual Membership Meeting

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 125

Presenter: – SRRT

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The PRISM Project: Outcomes, impacts, and room to improve jail and prison libraries

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112 A B

Presenter: – Library Services to the Justice-Involved Interest Group

Presenter: – Colorado State Library

Presenter: – Colorado State Library- Library Research Service

Presenter: – Colorado State Library

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

ACRL Leadership Council Welcome Reception

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Liberty C

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

GODORT 101: Get to know the Government Documents Round Table

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 117

Presenter: – GODORT

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Opening General Session featuring Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace III & IV Ballroom

Speaker:

Moderator:

Speaker: – The Kansas City Public Library

Sponsored By

5:30 PM - 5:55 PM EDT

Author Signing / Character Meet & Greet (6-foot-tall eagle) / RANGER BALDY AND THE DISAPPEARING WATERFALL - A YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ADVENTURE plus preview his new Sequoia NP book!

Location: Booth 144

5:30 PM - 5:55 PM EDT

Author Signing, SIGN OF THE SANDMAN Collection Preview ARC. BOOKLIST called the original “…all adventure, all the time. Middle-grade readers who enjoy fun alongside their fantasy will love this one.”

Location: Booth 144

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Andrew Cusick: Song for the Dead

Location: Booth 1339

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Creator Q&A: Shannon Watters and Branden Boyer-White (Hollow) - Boom Studios

Location: GNCRT Comics Lounge (Booth #2566)

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM EDT

Author Wolverton Hill (Barry Wolverton): THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT, A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense

Location: Booth 316

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM EDT

Kami Garcia: Teen Titans: Starfire

Location: Booth 1517

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Jason Reynolds: Soundtrack

Location: Booth 1509 Table 2

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Jeanne Birdsall : The Library of Unruly Treasures

Location: Booth 1509

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Terah Shelton Harris: Where the Wildflowers Grow

Location: Booth 1522

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Wade Huson: The Reckoning

Location: Booth 1509

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Belle And Chloe: Reflections In The Mirror by Isabela Sardas, Ph.D. "An insightful chidren's book about self-acceptance and resilience in the face of adversity (L.T. 1.12.24)

Location: Booth 113

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Clay Cane: Burn Down Master's House

Location: Booth 1521

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Collaborative Zine

Location: Zine Pavilion (Booth 1862)

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Crystal Murakami: Oh No! Chinese School!

Location: Booth 1548-D

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Giveaways - Daily - Badge Ribbons, Bookmarks, Flower Seeds, Pins, Postcards, Stickers, and more!

Location: Booth 511

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Jared Sams: Space Negro

Location: Booth 2257

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Jennifer Green: The Dark History of Penn's Woods

Location: Booth 2130

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Kevin J Laws, Hunter of the Damned: A Walk through Hell

Location: Booth 1655

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

L. Ryan Storms: Slip

Location: Booth 2366

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Lee Y. Miao: Wei to Go!

Location: Booth 2366

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Michael Dow: Nurse Florence® and Nurse Dorothea® author

Location: Booth 109

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Myka Kennedy Stephens: Integrated Library Planning

Location: Booth 1564

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Philly Voices Pavilion

Location: Philly Voices Pavilion (Booths 2211 and 2219)

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

The Library Marketplace Opening Reception

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

XR Steam Lab Round Robin

Location: STEAM Pavilion

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Annette Whipple – Chomp! The Truth About Sharks

Location: Booth 117

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Colleen Paeff: FIREFLY SONG

Location: Booth 405

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Creator Chat & Live Draw: Pierre-Alexandre Comtois (Sunder) - Mad Cave Studios

Location: GNCRT Comics Lounge (Booth #2566)

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Kay Healy signing CASEY'S CASES: THE MYSTERIOUS NEW GIRL

Location: Booth 1405

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Michele Kwasniewski: The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart Series: “Rising Star,” “Burning Bright,” and “Falling Star.”

Location: Booth 1652

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Jonathan Stutzman/Jay Fleck: Tiny T. and the First Day Oopsies

Location: Booth 1817

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Liz Gotauco: F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics

Location: Booth 724

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Tommy & Charlie Greenwald Signing: The Rescues Three Wishes

Location: Booth 319

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Eileen Flanagan will sign copies of Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation (Seven Stories Press, August 19)

Location: Indie Press Pavilion, 1251-I

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

John Parra: This Moment is Special

Location: Booth 819

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Karina Yan Glaser signing: THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI

Location: Booth 605

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Mark Kurlansky: The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War

Location: Booth 1339

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Martheaus Perkins: The Grace of Black Mothers

Location: Booth 1461

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Mary Ellen Taylor: After Paris

Location: Booth 1717

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Renee Watson: All the Blues in the Sky

Location: Booth 1905

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Sara Pennypacker: The Lions' Run

Location: Booth 1918

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Stephanie Graegin: Everyday Bean

Location: Booth 1622

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Winsome Bingham and E. B. Lewis: The Walk (A Stroll to the Poll)

Location: Booth 318

6:15 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Dr. Marc J. Kuchner signing COSMIC COLLISIONS SUPER GIANT VS. NEUTRON STAR

Location: Booth 1406

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Illustrator Matthew Forsythe: Live painting & book signing (THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY)

Location: Booth 316

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Children's Picture Book signing: Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight with author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall

Location: Booth 1940

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

Intellectual Freedom Awards

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Salon E

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

GameRT Presents ALA Play 2025

Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Liberty Ballroom

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2025 Michael L. Printz Awards (ticketed event)

Location: Off Site, Free Library of Philadelphia, Montgomery Auditorium