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  • Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting II
  • 8:00 AM - 8:10 AM EDT
    Red Fire, Blue River
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    REFORMA All Committees Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 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
  • 8:10 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Razing Liberty Square
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    ALA Council Orientation
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    BCALA President's Program: Political crises, information justice, and Black librarianship
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Coffee with Core - Core 101 & Volunteer Fair
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Committee on Library Advocacy and Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Community and Junior College Libraries Section Networking and Program Event (ACRL CJCLS)
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Consortium Change Management Lessons from Evergreen ILS Consortia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section Membership Forum: Hot Topics in Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarianship (ACRL EBSS)
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    HarperCollins Adult Fall/Winter Preview
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    IRC/IRRT All Subcommittee Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    LIRT Steering Committee
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    PLA Past Presidents Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Shared Collections Interest Group Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    STARS-All Member Meeting
  • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Independent Schools Section Meeting
  • 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM 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!
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Charly Palmer: How Sweet the Sound
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Lindsay Currie: The House With No Keys
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Peter Brown: TROUBLING TONSILS
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    The Pollinators!
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Cherry Mo: Home in a Lunchbox
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    The Pigeon: Will the Pigeon Graduate?
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    AILA President's Program: Truth, Identity, and Responsibility: Libraries and the Issue of Pretendians
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Alda P. Dobbs: The Giving Flower
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    APALA Celebrates The Whale Rider: Pacific Island Literature with Witi Ihimaera and Friends
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Bookstagrammers are People Too: Boosting Library Engagement with Influencer Marketing
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Conquering Self-Doubt: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Together
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Creating Inclusive Library Spaces: Strategies for Implementing Sensory-Inclusive Programs and Resources
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Dyslexic-Positive Libraries: 8 Practical Ways to Decrease Discrimination and Increase Equitable Access to Information
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Elisha Cooper: Here Is a Book
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Exploring the Effectiveness of Digital Language Learning Resources in Academic Libraries: A Librarian-Centric Study
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Foster Connections and Engage Your Community with a Pen Pal Program for All Ages
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Free Expression in 2025: Challenges for Libraries
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Friends/Foundations/Trustees/Boards Discussion Groups
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Homosaurus Unleashed: A Panel on Transforming LGBTQ+ Subject Access in Libraries
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Illustrating Diversity: Elevating BIPOC Voices in Graphic Novels and Comics
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Is Your Library Ready? Strengthening Community Resiliency with Inclusive Public Library Disaster Planning
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Jennifer Niven: When We Were Monsters
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Kiersten White: The House of Quiet
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Librarians and the Data Literacy Ecosystem: Workforce Perspectives on Competencies and Skills Development
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities Interest Group Meeting
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Library Workers Peer Support Network: A project by and for library workers
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Love Stories: An Author Panel
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Public History Meets Private Company: Digitizing a Historically Black University's Archival Photographs with Getty Images
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Rainbow Round Table 101
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Ruchira Gupta: The Freedom Speaker
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Supporting “STEM SMART” Families: Simple Skill-Building Practices to Enhance Programming for Children and Caregivers
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    The Mothman Properties: exploring linked data at West Virginia University
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    The Work of Prison Libraries and Why Further Investment is Needed
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Unity Goals! Empowering Young Readers With High Interest Sports Stories That Inspire Social Change
  • 9:00 AM - 10:55 AM EDT
    Jane Van Tuyl Author of The Woodcutter’s Children (Next Generation Indie Book Award)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:55 AM EDT
    Robert Forbes and Barbara McClintock - Award-Winning Author and Illustrator of Addison Mizner Visionary Architect
  • 9:00 AM - 10:55 AM EDT
    Robin Okumu: Crossing Waiyaki Way: A True Story of Poverty, Prayer, and Politics in Kenya (Next Generation Indie Book Award)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:55 AM EDT
    Tracy Ripley: Prayerful Warrior Mom: Embracing Faith Through the Storms of Your Child’s Congenital Heart Journey
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    2025 Odyssey Awards
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Ellen L. Ramsey: A Book for Bear
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Jennifer Robin Barr: Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Rusty McQuade: Author of Award-Winning Popcorn the Squirrel
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    ADVENTURE = JUNK + IMAGINATION! Meet MAD SCIENTISTS' CLUB 2.0 Chief Scribe, read hot off-the-typewriter sneak peek pages, & test the club's 3D Headset Experience! (Middle Grade)
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Meeting I
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Mentoring-on-the-Fly I
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Banned Books From the Big Chair
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 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)
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Career Coaching I
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Collaborative Zine
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Community of Care Quiet Room
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Giveaways - Daily - Badge Ribbons, Bookmarks, Flower Seeds, Pins, Postcards, Stickers plus more!
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Kevin J Laws, Hunter of the Damned: A Walk through Hell
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Library Marketplace Open
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Myka Kennedy Stephens: Integrated Library Planning
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Philly Voices Pavilion
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Photography Services I
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Resume Reviews I
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Candlewick, Holiday House, and Peachtree Book Buzz, featuring guest speakers Jonathan Hill and Yuyi Morales!
  • 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
    Ngozi Ukazu: Barda
  • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Patricia Miller- Mystery Writer: Murder on Blood Red Island
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    ALA APA Council
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Joseph Olshan: Milo's Reckoning
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Lisa Disimini: Fire Pups to the Rescue!
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Priyanka Taslim: ALWAYS BE MY BIBI
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Shane Svorec: Acorn Adventure
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    XR Scanner Basics & Program Idea
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
    Barbara Perez: Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Bias, Misinformation, and AI Chatbots: How Can My Students Find Anything on the Internet?
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Celebrating 2025 Newbery Honorees!: A Yarn Live Recording with Travis Jonker, Featuring Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Exploring Neurodiversity Through Science, Poetry, and Bookmaking
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Kami Garcia: Mixed-Up
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Life on the Ranch: Stories to Inspire Young Readers
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Philadelphia Freedom! Calkins Creek Creators Offer an Inside Look at Children's Books on American History
  • 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    We Control Our Own Fate: Great Expectations in Graphic Novels
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Anna Kang & Christopher Weyant: SO-HEE AND LOWY
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Ben Clanton: This Book Is Dangerous! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #1)
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    CDW: The Engaged Job Search: Finding the Right Job for You
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Donna Freitas signing HER ONE REGRET
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Will Caverly: Tinicum & Eastwick
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
    Andrea Stumpf: Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Accurate Translation of Her Authentic Voice
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
    Author Signing (Philly Native!), SIGN OF THE SANDMAN. BOOKLIST called the original “…all adventure, all the time. Middle-grade readers who enjoy fun alongside their fantasy will love this one.”
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Nancy A. Hughes: The Point of the Bodkin
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Serena Minott/Carolina Buzio: The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Creators in Conversation: Kayla E. (Precious Rubbish) and Sara Boyce - Fantagraphics
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Historical Fiction Signing (Perfect for Book Clubs!): To Chase the Glowing Hours with author Katherine Kirkpatrick
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Joëlle Retener: Marley's Pride
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    June Jo Lee/Chef Roy Choi y su comida remix, Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Kimberly Adams: Five Mile Charlie Series: Charlie Goes to the Library (...and three other titles from the Five Mile Charlie Series)
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Megan Okonsky: The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Rajani LaRocca Signing: The Secret of the Dragon Gems and A Vaccine is Like a Memory
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Sasha Bonét: The Waterbearers
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Yuyi Morales signing LITTLE REBELS
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
    Mia Wenjen & Simon Tam signing We Sing From the Heart
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
    Paula Yoo: Rising From the Ashes
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Betsy Bird/Andrea Tsurumi: POP! Goes the Nursery Rhyme
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham: Lunar New Year Love Story
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Jenni Walsh: "Bug Bandits"
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Lindsay Currie:"The House with no Keys"
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Peter Brown: The Wild Robot on the Island
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Accessibility Assembly Meeting
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    ARC Break Up with Narcissism: How to Break Free and Stay Free by Dr. Alina Kastner (Quarto/Fair Winds Press/9780760395233/DEC 2025) While supplies last!
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Ashley Wall/The Day I Had a Bulldozer
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Beth Ferry: ROAR FOR READING and GROWING HOME
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Brandon Mull: Tales of Newel & Doren
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Crystal Murakami: Oh No! Chinese School!
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Cynthia Weill Signing ¡TOCAMOS!
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Deborah Derrickson Kossmann: Lost Found Kept: A Memoir
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    H.L. Howard presents "The Zodiac-Based Emotional Intelligence"—a vibrant fusion of astrology and psychology to boost enhance relationships, emotional awareness, and real-world decision-making.
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Laurie Halse Anderson
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Pauline Hoffmann: Fake News, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Samuel Teer and Mar Julia : BROWNSTONE
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Sarah Prager: A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO PRIDE
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Trading Card Game with The Giant Room!
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Winsome Bingham and C. G. Esperanza: Fish Fry Friday
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    ALA Council I
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Isabela Sardas, Ph.D., "Belle And Chloe: Reflections In The Mirror
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Jared Sams: Space Negro
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM EDT
    Laura Resau: The Alchemy of Flowers
  • 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM EDT
    Expanding Your Manga Selection with VIZ Media
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Karen Leggett Abouraya -Zamzam
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
    Brian Pinkney Illustrator: The Littlest Drop
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
    Matthew Cordell: To See an Owl
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
    Joyce Shui: Spray, the Bug
  • 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    A. Marc Ross: Attacking the Dragon
  • 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
    Dan Hendrickson Author of Pirate Adventure/romance Brandy, the Pirate Princess of the Caribbean
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Dr. Susan Agbenoto: New Wine: A Journey Into Refueling Your Life in the Spirit
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    John Parra: VIVA VALENZUELA posters
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    K.L Going: Big Kids
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Nívola Úyá: The Soul of the Violin
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Booklist Graphic Novel Panel, Part I
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Catch Up with the Latest Library Tools from APA Style, the most widely used writing style guide in the world
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Horror in Comics and Graphic Novels
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Jasmine Warga: The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Magic, Mystery, and Suspense for Kids: Authors Share Insights and Motivations. Moderated by Andrew Medlar.
  • 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    New Voices in Young Adult
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    AuthorFest: How and Why Librarians Should Support Independent Authors
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Books Unbanned Breakfast
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Brian "Smitty" Smith: Transformers: Worst Bot Ever - Meet Ballpoint!
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Consortium Management Interest Group Meeting: Consortial Trends, Leadership, and Value
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Empowering & Innovating Games-based Library Services: National Best Practices for Gaming Collections & Programming
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Ethical AI Use in Public Libraries: Idea Exchange Discussion Groups
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    How to use your ALA Membership to Connect, Discover and Engage
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Illustrator Matthew Forsythe: Live painting & book signing (THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Jonathan Hill Signing LIZARD BOY 2: THE MOST PERFECT SUMMER EVER
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Kirk Reedstrom: Duck in the Dark
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    LearnRT Behind the Bookshelves: Building a Career in Staff Training and Professional Development
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Main Stage Speaker: George Takei
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Marketing & Social Media Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    PLA EDISJ Committee - Listening Session
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Scary Sisters: Libraries Supporting Women Creators in Horror Comics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    STARS Access to Resources Discussion Group
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Sustainability Round Table Membership Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Unlocking open access for user discovery
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Virtual Reference Voices-Reference Roundup
  • 10:30 AM - 11:35 AM EDT
    ALA-APA Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Review Committee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    ACRL 2025 President’s Program: Demystifying AI: Navigating the Laws and Policies Shaping Our Digital Future
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    BRASS All Member Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Building Radical Collections: Advocacy, Access, and Alliances with SRRT and Indie Presses
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    From Music Box Films, Hoopla and Midwest Tape: The Trouble with Jessica
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    RMRT Rosenbach Library Tour (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Turning the Page Together: Anchored in Advocacy & Action
  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Macmillan Publishers Adult + YA Book Buzz
  • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Debbie Levy: A Dangerous Idea
  • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Jane Van Tuyl: Author of The Woodcutter’s Children
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Dr. Grace Torres-Hodges: Private Practice Solution: Reclaiming Physician Autonomy and Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Have Fun with Rail Cube!
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Historical Fiction signing (Perfect for Book Clubs!): Measure of Devotion with author Nell Joslin
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    John Grandits: Dog & Cat: Concrete Poems & Conversations
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Kate Messner: Over and Under the Coral Reef
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Maya Henderson Signing: Neecy and Nay Nay Series
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Rebecca E. Hirsch: A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Serena Minott/Carolina Buzio: The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Sue Soltis: The Moon Moved In
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
    E. B. Lewis + Gary Golio: EVERYWHERE BEAUTY IS HARLEM, THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
    Carole Boston Weatherford
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
    Kimberly Bea: The Changeling Queen
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
    MIKE HENSEL/Wiggles & Waddle/Unicorn Go to Bed (Cottage Door Press)
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
    Neal Shusterman: All Better Now
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
    Ronald Hickey: Greatness Is What Greatness Does: The 10 Principles of Exceptional Leadership in the Quantum Psychology Perspective
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    AI on the Mind: A Cross-Disciplinary Librarian Panel on AI Applications
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Amrit Kallar/Gilded Spirits
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Andrea Beaty: Billie Jean Peet, Athlete
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Beyond the Books: Virtual Reality in Academic Libraries
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Book Joy for Neurodivergent Readers: Connecting with those who experience books differently!
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Brian Anderson: Sophie
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Building Bridges in Divisive Times: Using Personal Stories to Take One Small Step
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Cardholder Signup Policies: Access in Practice
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group Meeting
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Cultivating Community Through Critical Indigenous Librarianship Programming: Creative Expression to Language Immersion to Research
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    David and Stephanie Miles: Exoplanets and The Interactive New Testament
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Enhancing Library Metadata for LGBTQ+ Users: A User-Centric Approach
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Evolving Staff Roles, Policies and Practices: Results from PLA's 2024 Annual Survey
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Fostering Growth: Building Strong Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Libraries
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Free Children Read Freely: Banned Books in Story Times for Young Children
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    H.L. Howard: “Zodiac-Based Emotional Intelligence for Babies Series” explores traits and symbols to help parents nurture their baby’s potential through astrology and early development.
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    In Real Life: Must-Read Memoirs
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Katie Kennedy: DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN SALEM?: THE WITCH TRIALS OF 1692
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek : FINDING THINGS
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Leading Passionate, Engaged Staff through Uncertain Political Times
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Lesa Cline-Ransome signing ONE BIG OPEN SKY
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Matt Forrest Esenwine: A Universe of Rainbows
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Meet the Authors of Pink Trees Press
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Nova Ren Suma: Wake the Wild Creatures
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Paige Murray: Rosie's Wild Ride
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Rebecca Gardyn Levington, Autor of Write Here, Write Now
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Redesigning Success: Lessons in Multi-Phase Renovation and Student-Centered Spaces
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Shana Targosz: RIVER OF SPIRITS
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Stephanie Graegin: Everyday Bean
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Strengthening partnerships with immigrant communities: self-paced, practical librarian training
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Supporting Youth Mental Health: Libraries as Spaces for Readers to Grow into Writers
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Susan Coll: Susan Coll
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Teaching an Old Library New Tricks: Developing Inclusive and Engaging Library Anniversaries
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Trials and tribulations: Making historic court records freely accessible to all
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    YALSA Membership Meeting
  • 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
    Andrea Emily Stumpf: Memoirs of an Arabian Princess (Next Generation Indie Book Award)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
    Dan Hendrickson signing his new book Brandy, Dame of the Caribbean
  • 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
    Patricia Miller Book Signing! Award-Winning Author of the series, Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained
  • 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
    Steven Joseph Book Signing! Snoodles, Kidoodles, Poodles and Lots and Lots of Noodles
  • 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
    Tammy Gerhard Signing Cocoa Hugs and Coffee Mugs
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Artress Bethany White: My Afmerica
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
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    Susan Wands: High Priestess and Empress, Book Two, Arcana Oracle Series
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  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM EDT
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    Spotlight on Avery Hill Publishing
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    Supercharge Your Material Selection
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    Guadalupe García McCall signing FALL OF THE FIREFLIES
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Jesmeen Kaur Deo: Reasons We Break
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Amy S. Hansen: Wanda Hears the Stars
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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    Islenia Mil Signing: Sunshine Baby, Bofrot Cheeks
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Make Marty the Robot Dance!
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Rajani LaRocca & Huy Voun Lee: Some of Us
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
    Bryan Collier: Black Boy, Rise
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
    Ruth Behar: Across So Many Seas
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
    Adam Ellis: Let Me in Your Window
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
    Kekla Magoon & Karina Yan Glaser: The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class Series
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
    Paula Lafferty: The Once and Future Queen
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
    Tammy Gerhard: I Love My Community Kids Activity Book (Next Generation Indie Book Award)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    A Practical Guide to New Digital Accessibility Requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    ALA Membership Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Analyzing the Public Value of Public Libraries with the Community Capitals Framework
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Antwan Eady: The Gathering Table
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Association For Library Service to Children (ALSC) 101
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Author Wolverton Hill (Barry Wolverton): THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT, A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Black Men in Libraries: Testimonies, Trials, and Triumphs
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Booklist presents: The State of RA Today
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Books Unbanned Teen Advocacy Toolkit: Centering Teens in the Fight Against Censorship
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Bradlyn Zimmerman: Building Wood & Resin River-Style Tables
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Bringing a Multicultural Community Together through Food: How Culinary Programming Transformed a Public Library
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Education (COE)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    CSKBART Chair's Program
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    European Studies Section College and Medium-Sized Libraries Discussion Group (ACRL ESS)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Library Services to the Justice Involved (LSJI) Annual Business Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    London Ladd Illustrator : The Gathering Table
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Martheaus Perkins: The Grace of Black Mothers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Metadata Interest Group Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Navigating Information Literacy in the Age of AI
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Notable Books Council Meetup
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    PLA EDISJ Committee Listening Session
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Public Official Basics for Trustees: Introduction to Public Administration and Public Finance
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    RUSA History Section Discussion Group
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Ryan K. Woodall/The Distraction Monster 2
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Starting a Zine Library
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
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  • 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    Johnny Tan author of From My Mama's Kitchen, My 9 MOMS—Conversations about Life, Love, and Laughter
  • 1:00 PM - 2:55 PM EDT
    Hazell Thomas author of Money Moves a Nation, A Civil Rights Lesson for Children (Gold Mom's Choice Award)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:55 PM EDT
    Krista Beggan: A Life Saving Bullet
  • 1:00 PM - 2:55 PM EDT
    Margaret Ann Philbrick: House of Honor - the Heist of Caravaggio’s Nativity (Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:55 PM EDT
    Wayne Olivieri Rock Star and Author - The Undiscovered Showman
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    A..Marc Ross: Author Attacking the Dragon
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    GNCRT Magical Comics Tea (ticketed event)
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Lindsay K. Bandy: Inevitable Fate
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Melissa Trempe: Ladybug Launch, Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Board of Directors Meeting I (ACRL)
  • 1:05 PM - 1:35 PM EDT
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  • 1:10 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Every Little Thing
  • 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
    Angela DeGroot: Not Pop-Pop
  • 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Nikki Grimes - Dyamonde Daniel: Loser
  • 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
    Nancy A. Hughes: The Point of the Bodkin
  • 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
    Second Life: Dinosaur Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces Kit
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Adam Aresty: Skyboy: A Sci-Fi Action Adventure Novel
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Carl Baker and Bernadette Wells: the co-authors of “Bliss and Her Friends,” a children's book about valuing friendships
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Experience Spatial Computing
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Suzanne Kaufman: Blue
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
    Hilda Eunice Burgos Signing MIOSOTIS FLORES NEVER FORGETS
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Book Lounge by Libby: Live Author Conversations and Our New Chapter
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Booklist Graphic Novel Panel, Part II
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Level Up Your Library with Candid: Become Your Community's Nonprofit Hub
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Maryrose Wood: Bad Badger
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Small Presses, Smaller Hands: How Indie Book Publishers Can Revolutionize Your Children's Book Collection
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Tell Me a Story
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    WRITERS TO WATCH LIVE!
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Meg Medina Signing GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Schiffer Publishing New Title Presentation
  • 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
    Victor Piñeiro: Island of the Forgotten Gods.
  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
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  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
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  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Jody Jensen Shaffer: Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Kate Messner: Emma McKenna, Full Out
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Kathryn Troutman: Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry: Are You at the Fork of the Road?
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    L.M. Elliott: Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Lana Button: Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Lara Ehrlich: Bind Me Tighter Still
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Mia Wenjen: Food for the Future
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Susannah Aziz Signing: Halal Hot Dogs
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    Antero Garcia: The Cost of Being Undocumented
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    H.L. Howard: The Journey Must Be Taken – Playlist. A soulful romance of fate, music, and tarot—where love, spirit, and second chances intertwine on a poetic journey of divine timing.
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Gabriel Valentin: Digital Lizards of Doom
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Jason Reynolds: Twenty-Four Seconds from Now. . .
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Laura Parnum: "Peril at Price Manor"
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Margo Donohue: Fever
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Petra Lord/Queen of Faces
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Pierre-Alexandre Comtois: Sunder Vol. 1
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Robert Forbes and Barbara McClintock: Author and Illustrator of Addison Mizner Visionary Architect
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Taryn Souders: "Secrets of Broken House"
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Alexandra Villasante: The Grief Keeper
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Anastasia Garcia: Ghostly, Ghastly Tales and Creepy Campfire Stories
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    ARC of Alternative for the Masses: The '90s Alt-Rock Revolution - An Oral History by Greg Prato (Quarto/Motorbooks/9780760398425/OCT 2025) While supplies last!
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Brian Anderson: Sophie
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    D.L. Miller and BigFoot: The Day I Met BigFoot: And Made a New Friend
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Dan Schlund/ The Last Rocketman: A Memoir
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Faith Erin Hicks: Universal Monsters: The Mummy
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Illustrator Sarah Jacoby: THE COZIEST PLACE ON THE MOON
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Jacqueline Jules: Smoke at the Pentagon
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Jashar Awan: Towed by Toad
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Jenni Walsh/Bug Bandits
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Jolene Gutiérrez and Mirelle Ortega: Mamiachi and Me
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Katherine Locke: GENDER REBELS
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Lindsay Currie: The House with No Keys
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Patricia Kreiser, Author of Always Together
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Patricia Tanumihardja: Mortar and Pestle
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Rhoni Blankenhorn: Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Rita Williams-Garcia : ONE CRAZY SUMMER graphic novel
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Zines Out Loud! Zine Reading
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    BRASS Discussion Group
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Strawberry Shortcake
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Chapter Assembly (AASL)
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd signing WHEN I HEAR SPIRITUALS
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    K. X. Song: The Dragon Wakes with Thunder
  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Annette Whipple – Chomp! The Truth About Sharks
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
    Jodi Jill: Second Life Dinosaur Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces Kit
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
    Mark Russell: Batman: Dark Age, Superman: Space Age, and Prez: Setting a Dangerous President
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
    E. Lockhart: We Fell Apart
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    A Champagne Toast with Kwame Alexander
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Aurita Maldonado: The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Carole Boston Weatherford Signing CROWNING GLORY
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Heather Colley: The Gilded Butterfly Effect
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Individual Career Mapping
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
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  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Regina Linke: Big Enough
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    THE MAD SCIENTISTS’ CLUB is back! SIGNING of 60th anniversary edition of this classic book (Sheridan Brinley, author’s son) plus MAD SCIENTISTS’ CLUB 2.0 sneak peek from club’s Chief Scribe.
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
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  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
    Jennifer N. Sellitti: The Adriatic Affair
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
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  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    BANNED TOGETHER: Defending Diverse Stories in a Time of Censorship
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Doctor Who Comics!
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Dusti Bowling: The Beat I Drum
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Library Panel: Modern Self-Service Technology for True Access
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    She Speaks: History and Legends Revisited from the Female Perspective
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Why We Need More Books Set in Middle America
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    "Should Not be Denied or Abridged Because of...Age": Privacy and Minors in the Library
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Amy Chu, Alexander Chang, Louie Chin: Fighting to Belong! Vol. II: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, 1900–1970
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Bridging the Divide: Enhancing Family Ties in Correctional Settings
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Broadening Textuality: Using Media Literacy Frameworks with Picture Books
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Cara Black signing MURDER IN THE MARAIS (The Aimée Leduc Investigations)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Censorship in the Courts: Current Litigation throughout the United States
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Censorship Is Still a Drag
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Citational Privilege: Disrupting the Patriarchy and Empowering Students Through Feminist Citation Practices
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Diane McKinney-Whetstone: Family Spirit
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Ed Lin signing GHOST MONTH (The Taipei Night Market Novels)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Elevate your library skills with a preview of LiFT courses
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    EMIERT Chair's Program
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Enhancing Library Services for Deaf Individuals: Best Practices and Resources
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    European Studies Section Membership Committee Meeting (ACRL ESS)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Everyone - Get Ready to Fight for your Right (to libraries, read, books, and more)!
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Findings and Implications from the National Survey on Black History Month Programming in Public Libraries
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Follow the Leader: GameRT and How We Learned to be Professionals through Play
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    GODORT Chair's Program
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Impact and Connection: How Structured Mentorship Effects the Success of BIPOC Librarians
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Infant Programming Reimagined: Connecting Caregivers and Communities through Libraries
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    International Council of Library Association Executives (ICLAE)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Kirsten Miller: The Women of Wild Hill
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Loyalty or Survival? Understanding Trauma and Employee Commitment in Academic Libraries
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Maker Therapy: Collaborating with counselors in the makerspace to support mindfulness and wellness
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Meeting the Moment: Reimagining Library Support for Adult Literacy in a Changing Landscape
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Melissa de la Cruz: When Stars Align
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Nonfiction You Can't Put Down: An Author Panel
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    North American RDA Committee (NARDAC) Forum
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    ODLOS Subcommittee Services to Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Outreach Services: The Gateway to Equitable Access
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    REFORMA President's Program
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    RMRT Membership Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Safe Spaces in Scary Books
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Sarah Albee: Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Sheilah Vance: Threshold to Valley Forge
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    STARS- ILL Discussion Group Annual Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Sujata Massey signing THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL (The Perveen Mistry Novels)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    The NISO Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Wonder Media: Media & News Literacy for Tweens & Teens
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    YALSA Presidents Program
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Core Awards & President's Program Featuring Gwen Westerman
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Board of Directors (ALSC)
  • 2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    Book Buzz with Bloomsbury, Disney Books, HarperCollins Children's Books, and Macmillan
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    ALA Connect 20 Minute Huddle with Reference & User Services Association, Federal and Armed Forces Librarians Interest Group - How do you define your own professional success?
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Hazell Thomas: Money Moves a Nation, A Civil Rights Lesson for Children
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Wayne Olivieri: The Undiscovered Showman
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Christina Shawn: And Then Came You
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Dan Yaccarino: Piccolo
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Emma Otheguy: Cousins in the Time of Magic and Primos en tiempos de magia
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Heather Pierce Stigall: Gilbert and the Ghost
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    How to Introduce AI to Beginners
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Jason Chin signing HURRICANE
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Louise Wannier: Tree Spirits Around the World
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Melinda Beatty Signing: The Witch's Table
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Publisher Meet and Greet w/Avery Hill Publishing
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Rebecca Stead: Anything
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT
    Kathleen Choi signing Giving Thanks with Halmoni
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT
    Michael G. Long: Fight AIDs!
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    David Dabel: The Curse of Monte Cristo
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Katherine Applegate: Pocket Bear
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Matthew Forsythe: THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Richard Ashley Hamilton: Tectiv
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Victor Manibo: The Villa, Once Beloved
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Anne Byrn: Baking in the American South
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Barbara McClintock: Where Are You, Brontë?
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Carolina Ixta : SHUT UP, THIS IS SERIOUS
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Dan Mazur & Steve Weiner/Will Eisner: A Comics Biography
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Dorinda Wegener: Four Fields
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Gwendolyn Reece/The Waters of Mnemosyne
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Jenni L. Walsh: The Bug Bandits
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Jo Ann Lepore: Picture Patchwork: 15 Charter Patterns for Novelty Quilts
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Joan Schoettler: Books Travel the World and The Honey Jar
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Susan Hagedorn & Carla Berrigan/Block Island: Poems, Photos, and Letters
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Susie Spikol: Forest Magic for Kids
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Yesenia Moises: Sounds Like Joy
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    ZineCat Show ‘N Tell
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Abrams Children's Books Fall 2025 Preview
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Annette Whipple: Chomp! The Truth About Sharks
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Bob Ernst. "Dr. Bob" Mom's Choice Award Winner of The Pondville Series for Children
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Dr. Natasha Cox-Magno: How Many Ways Can I Find To Add Up To Numbers 1 Through 5
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Icy Smith: Half Spoon of Rice
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Judith Peck Ed.D, Dynamic Play and Creative Movement: Powering Body and Brain
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Nancy A. Hughes: The Point of the Bodkin
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Rick Robinson: 1968: A Primer for Understanding Baby Boomers
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    San Jose State University - School of Information Networking Reception
  • 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Laura Parnum: "Peril at Price Manor"
  • 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM EDT
    Carole Boston Weatherford: WHIRLIGIGS
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Sandra Martín Denis - Why the Turtle Walks So Slowly
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Adult Graphic Novels with Abrams ComicArts, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, New York Review of Comics
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM EDT
    5 Years of Levine Querido
  • 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Judah Freed - Making Global Sense & A Tale of Liberty Lost and Found
  • 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Steven Joseph Author of the popular Snoodles, Kidoodles, Poodles Children's Book Series
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Diane Stevenson / James Berger / Geri Lipschultz: Did You Kiss A Cat Today???
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Dusti Bowling: Holding on for Dear Life
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Eric Velasquez signing THE POLAR BEAR AND THE BALLERINA
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Immersive Storytelling
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Rebecca Gardyn Levington: Whatever Comes Tomorrow
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Signing: Jonathan Lackman & Zachary J. Pinson (The Woman With Fifty Faces: Maria Lani & The Greatest Art Heist That Never Was) - Fantagraphics
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Behind the Scenes of an Odyssey Honor Audiobook: Renée Watson and BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Celebrating the 2025 Caldecott Honorees
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Eric Lide: Sword of the Champion (DragonForged series, Book #1)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Exploring tech-driven tools for discovery, access, and digital collection stewardship
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Hard Case Crime Gets Graphic!
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Historical Mysteries with Lyndsay Faye, Charles Todd, and Otto Penzler
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    SHREYA DAVIES/To the Last Gram (Difference Engine)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Debbie Levy: Photo Ark 1-2-3
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    E. Lockhart: We Fell Apart
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Matt Braly: Family Force V
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Pink Trees Press Authors: Madeline Artenberg, Pauline Findlay, Phillip Giambri, Linda Kleinbub and Jane LeCroy - Reading, Book Signing and Raffle
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Scott Campbell: Cabin Head and Tree Head
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Sita Jit, Author of Divya's Supersecret Plan
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Taryn Souders and Victor Piñeiro: Secrets of the Broken House and Island of the Forgotten Gods
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    My Sextortion Diary
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Derrick Barnes: The Incredible Human Henson Blayze
  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT
    Spotlight on Debut Author-Illustrator Larry Daley
  • 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    ALA Connect 20 Minute Huddle with Retired Members Round Table - What do Retired Members do anyway?
  • 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Patricia Miller Author of the Unexplained Mystery Collection!
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Ashley Hope Pérez signing BANNED TOGETHER
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Candy J. Cooper: SHACKLED
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Information Gone Wild: Conversations from the Field
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Kate Messner: First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Signing: Alex Krokus (Talking to My Father’s Ghost) - Chronicle
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Vicki Johnson Signing: Molly's Tuxedo
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDT
    Manga Power Hour with Yen Press and Kodansha
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EDT
    Ellen Marie Wiseman: The Lies They Told
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EDT
    Joe Corallo: King Arthur & The Knights of Justice
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EDT
    Ngozi Ukazu: Flip
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EDT
    Ronald T. Hickey: Greatness Is What Greatness Does: The 10 Principles of Exceptional Leadership in the Quantum Psychology Perspective
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Adapting Library Services for Patrons with Significant Disabilities
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    ALA at 150: Envisioning the Next 50 Years — How Will ALA Empower Libraries and Library Workers in 2076
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    ALA/AIA Building Awards Ceremony Planning Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    ALA-APA Certification Program Committee
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Alyssa Reynoso-Morris: Plàtanos Are Love and Bold Brilliant and Latiné
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Amy Neeren: Nellie in Knots: Talent Show Trouble and Nellie in Knots: The Dog Olympics
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    ARCs of The Hidden Wisdom of Animals by Kate Siber, Illustrated by Kaitlynn Copithorne (Quarto/Wide Eyed Editions/9780711294776/OCT 2025) While supplies last!
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    BRASS New Business Librarians Group
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Building a Welcoming Initiative at Your Library
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    CANCELLED: Navigating Women's Reproductive Health and Access to Information Challenges
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Carla Messinger Signing WHEN THE SHADBUSH BLOOMS
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Changing The Status Quo: Picture Books That Differentiate
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Collaboration in Instruction with Other Types of Libraries
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Committee on Diversity Business Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Danielle Prescod: The Rules of Fortune
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Diversity Audits: The Inside Scoop from “Checklists” to “Next Steps” (and everything in-between)
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Don’t just shake it off: using debriefing tools to support front-line library staff
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section Education Librarians Discussion (ACRL EBSS)
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Empowering Teens Through Internships
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    From Parchment to Pixels: Digital Preservation for the Future
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    History Section All-Section Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Intellectual Property for Librarians
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Jerry Craft & Kwame Alexander: J vs. K
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    John Jennings: The Parable of the Talents (A Graphic Novel Adaptation)
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    John Parra: This Moment is Special and Este momento es especial
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Learning Round Table Membership Social
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Main Stage Speaker: Angeline Boulley
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Makiia Lucier : DRAGONFRUIT
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Meetup for Federal and Military Librarians
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Middle Managers Interest Group Meetup and Chat
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Niro Feliciano: All is CALMish - How to Feel Less Frantic and More Festive During the Holidays
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Putting your Emergency Plan to the Test: Lessons Learned
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Show Up For Our Libraries: Advocating for libraries in adverse times
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Time for Something Different: Planning The Institute for Reimagining Equity in Academic Libraries
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Turning the Page: The Role of Libraries in Re-entry
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Why Is It Always a Battle?: Concerns of Public Library Trustees in the United States
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    ALMA/LibraryReads Speculative Fiction Adult Author Panel
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    CSKBART Executive Board Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    LiteracyNation's President's Program - Vanessa Tyler - Live with Author Khristi Adams
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RMRT Book Group
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    SRRT Action Council I
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Banned Together Film Screening and Organizing Party
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Kaitlin Sikes - One Drop
  • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM EDT
    Hear Jeannine A. Cook, author of It’s Me They Follow, LIVE!
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Michelle Kadarusman: Seabird
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    Penguin Young Readers Original Art Showcase Reception
  • 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT
    1876 Club Happy Hour
  • 5:30 PM - 5:55 PM EDT
    ADVENTURE = JUNK + IMAGINATION! Meet MAD SCIENTISTS' CLUB 2.0 Chief Scribe, read hot off-the-typewriter sneak peek pages, & test the club's 3D Headset Experience! (Middle Grade)
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    John Cotton Dana Awards & Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Banned Together Film Screening and Discussion Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Addressing the New Standards for Accreditation in Today’s Complex Society
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Ghost Tour of Philadelphia with NMRT (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Fireside Chat with Dr. Carla Hayden (ticketed event) - SOLD OUT
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    GODORT Awards Ceremony & Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    International Librarians Reception (ticketed event)
  • 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
    2025 Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Reception
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
    2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Award Ceremony and Reception (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
    The Wilmington Library Presents a Screening and Party Featuring "Are You a Librarian"