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  • Friday, June 28, 2024
  • 7:00am – 7:00pm Pacific
    Community of Care Room
  • 7:00am – 7:00pm Pacific
    Parent/Baby Room
  • 7:30am – 8:30am Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Breakfast
  • 7:30am – 6:30pm Pacific
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting I
  • 8:00am – 1:00pm Pacific
    Diamond Moments of International Librarianship and Its Impact-IRRT Preconference
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Academic Library and Learning Spaces Tour
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    AvramCamp - An Unconference for Women and Non-binary Technology Library Workers
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    IFLA North America Regional Division challenges: Fighting misinformation and affecting policy change-Business meeting.
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Public Libraries Tour
  • 8:15am – 3:45pm Pacific
    The History and Heritage of the Asian Cultures Who Call San Diego Home
  • 8:30am – 9:00am Pacific
    ALA-APA Board of Director Meeting
  • 8:30am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Emerging Leaders Leadership Development
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    “Literary Kaleidoscope: A Journey Through Diverse Narratives”
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    ALA Scholarships and Study Grants Committee
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session A: CVs, Cover Letters, and Elevator Pitches
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Update on the ALA Strategic Plan for Literacy
  • 9:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Print Archive Network (PAN)
  • 9:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    RDA Around the World
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    ALA Executive Board Meeting
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Beyond the Books: Decoding the Application and Interview Process for Public, Academic, and Special Libraries
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Bilingual Storytime Academy
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Level Up Your Facilitation Skills for Better Meetings
  • 9:00am – 3:30pm Pacific
    Library Advocacy: A Roadmap to Success
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Chapter Leaders Forum
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    ISS School Tour (AASL)
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Building Bridges to End Book Bans
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Connecting Publishers & Librarians
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Exploring eBook Opportunities and Challenges
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Lessons from Library Wholesalers
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Lunch & Keynote: AI and the Future of Ideas
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Meeting the Needs of Collection Developers
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Insights Summit: Opening Keynote: Building Community Around the Culture of Reading
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Preservation in Action
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    USBBY Board Meeting
  • 9:00am – 7:00pm Pacific
    Silent Auction
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    ALA Conference Committee
  • 10:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Ebooks Interest Group Meeting
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session B: Things I Didn’t Learn in Library School
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Value of Academic Libraries Committee Meeting (ACRL)
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    OCLC cataloging community
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Round Table Coordinating Assembly (RTCA) Meeting
  • 11:00am – 3:00pm Pacific
    GNCRT Friday Comics Discussion Forum - Marvelous Manga: Manga for Every Reader
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Carnegie Committee Meeting
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific
    Patents and Trademarks: A seminar for librarians, educators, and creatives - San Diego's History of Innovation
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Networking Lunch & Keynote
  • 12:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    The Business of Vice: A discussion about reference work concerning businesses often described as vices
  • 12:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    The Changing Standards Landscape: 17th Annual NISO/BISG Forum AI in Book Publishing
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Committee on Literacy/Literacy Assembly Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Fellowship of Christian Librarians (FOCLIS) Annual Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    LSJI presents: Digital Literacy Services and Programming for the Justice Involved with Estelle Yim
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    What’s New at JSTOR: Generative AI for Your Library and Collections
  • 1:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific
    ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific
    Board of Directors I Meeting (AASL)
  • 1:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific
    REFORMA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Board Orientation (ALSC)
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Engaging Friends, Foundations, Trustees, and the Community: Collaborating for Impact
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Library Building Projects 101: A Crash Course on Basic Elements of Completing a Building Renovation or New Construction
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Managing Change and Holding Effective Difficult Conversations: Tools for Every Leader
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Thinking Outside the (STEAM) Box: Bringing the library to your community Breakout 1
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Thinking Outside the (STEAM) Box: Bringing the library to your community Breakout 2
  • 1:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    Thinking Outside the (STEAM) Box: Bringing the library to your community using kits
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm Pacific
    NMRT Conference Orientation
  • 1:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    IFLA North America Regional Division: Advocacy Update
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific
    Patents and Trademarks: A seminar for librarians, educators, and creatives - The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
  • 2:00pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    International Librarians Orientation
  • 2:00pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    International Relations Committee I
  • 2:00pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Stories of CREED: The Library and Library Lost and Found
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    AILA General Membership Meeting
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Bridging Deaf Cultures Interest Group Meeting
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Committee on Legislation I
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Emerging Leaders Poster Session
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT 101)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Library Maker Meetup
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute Session C: Navigating ALA Membership and Conference
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    SRRT All Task Force Meeting & Annual Membership Meeting
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific
    Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 101
  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
    ACRL Leadership Council Welcome Reception
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm Pacific
    Core Board of Directors Meeting I
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific
    Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Happy Hour
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific
    Opening General Session featuring Trevor Noah
  • 5:30pm – 5:40pm Pacific
    Explore Coral Reefs in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 5:30pm – 5:40pm Pacific
    JUNK+IMAGINATION=ADVENTURE! - Meet THE MAD SCIENTISTS' CLUB 2.0 authors, test the club's immersive Apple Vision 3D experience, and gain early access to preview the upcoming digital ARC! (Middle Grade)
  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm Pacific
    Janie Kim: We Carry the Sea in Our Hands (Print and Audiobook Signing)
  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm Pacific
    Jeri Westerson: The Mummy of Mayfair
  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm Pacific
    Tom Turner / SIGN OF THE SANDMAN Saga - Exclusive 10th Anniversary 3 Book Collection ARC with Sneak Peek Sequel Chapters (Middle Grade)
  • 5:30pm – 6:15pm Pacific
    Aman Kochar: Jeet and Fudge: Dueling Lemonade Stand
  • 5:30pm – 6:15pm Pacific
    Minnie Phan: SIMONE
  • 5:30pm – 6:15pm Pacific
    Rev Valdez: Bunso Meets a Mumu
  • 5:30pm – 6:20pm Pacific
    Mark Russell: Prez
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall: Stella and Marigold
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Bianca Xunise: Punk Rock Karaoke
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Dean Butler: PRAIRIE MAN
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Hena Khan: We Are Big Time
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Jessie Janowitz: All the Ways to Go
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Jing Jing Tsong: Fake Chinese Sounds
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Little People, BIG DREAMS Taylor Swift: Giveaway
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Maple Lam: Monkey King and the World of Myths
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Nadine Robert, The Walk of the Field Mouse
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Angela C. Santomero: Life Clues: Unlocking the Lessons to an Exceptional Life
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Collaborative Zine
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Crystal Murakami: Oh No! Chinese School! & Daddy, My Favorite Guy
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Joe Benitez: Creator, Author, and Illustrator of the Steampunk Graphic Novel Series, Lady Mechanika
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Kwame Mbalia: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Leah Johnson: Black Girl Power
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Oliver Chin: The Year Of The Dragon: Tales From The Chinese Zodiac
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    The Beach @ ALA
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    The Library Marketplace Opening Reception
  • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Tracey Baptiste: Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos
  • 5:45pm – 6:15pm Pacific
    Bridgitte Rodguez: A Walk Through the Redwoods
  • 5:45pm – 6:45pm Pacific
    Jeffrey Brown: KIDS ARE STILL WEIRD: And More Observations from Parenthood
  • 6:00pm – 6:10pm Pacific
    "Children Draw War Not Flowers" Virtual Art Exhibit in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Charlotte Offsay: The Quiet Forest
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Marlo Garnsworthy: Hawk Mother Returns: A Story of Interspecies Adoption
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Steve Breen: SKY & TY: HOWDY PARTNER
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Swan Huntley: I Want You More
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Tom Phillips: THE CURIOUS LEAGUE OF DETECTIVES AND THIEVES 3: THE PERUVIAN EXPRESS
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific
    Whitney Gardner: The Racc Pack
  • 6:00pm – 6:50pm Pacific
    Angeline Boulley: Warrior Girl Unearthed
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Character Meet & Greet / Book Signing: Ranger Baldy (yes, he's a 6 foot tall eagle): Ranger Baldy and the Disappearing Waterfall - A Yosemite National Park Adventure
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    ELANA K. ARNOLD: The Blood Years
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Elissa Brent Weissman: Hanukkah Upside Down
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Iron Tazz, Hike It: An Introduction to Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking through the U.S.A.
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Kalynn Bayron--Sleep Like Death
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    LAUREL SNYDER: The Witch of Woodland
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Liza Palmer: FAMILY RESERVATIONS
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Lynda Cohen Loigman: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Meet Svetlana Chmakova, creator of the Berrybrook Middle School Series and The Weirn Books
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Meredith Adamo: Not Like Other Girls
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Monica Zepeda: The Boys of the Beast
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Neal Shusterman Youth Large Print Author Signing
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Samantha Berger: Find the Kind
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Sherri Winston: Shark Teeth
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Svetlana Chmakova: THE WEIRN BOOKS
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    ZACK KAPLAN: Break Out/The Midnight: Shadows
  • 6:15pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Henry Herz: I Am Gravity
  • 6:15pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Jesse Byrd: Big Sister Coco
  • 6:30pm – 6:40pm Pacific
    "Seeking Immortality" XR Metaverse in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 6:30pm – 7:00pm Pacific
    Brad Wright: Infinity Blast and the Planet of Mystery
  • 7:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific
    Rally for the Right to Read Reception
  • 7:00pm – 8:30pm Pacific
    CSK Book Awards 55th Anniversary Celebration
  • 7:00pm – 8:30pm Pacific
    Noche De Cuentos / A Night of Storytelling
  • 7:30pm – 10:00pm Pacific
    ALA Play by GameRT
  • 8:00pm – 9:00pm Pacific
    Rally for the Right to Read
  • 8:00pm – 10:00pm Pacific
    Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2024 Michael L. Printz Awards Reception
  • 8:00pm – 10:00pm Pacific
    Booklist and YALSA Present: The 2024 Michael L. Printz Awards
  • 8:30pm – 10:00pm Pacific
    CSK Book Awards 55th Anniversary Reception