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  • Saturday, June 29, 2024
  • 7:00am – 7:00pm Pacific
    Community of Care Room
  • 7:00am – 7:00pm Pacific
    Parent/Baby Room
  • 7:30am – 9:30am Pacific
    Innovative Update Breakfast
  • 7:30am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Silent Auction
  • 7:30am – 6:30pm Pacific
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting II
  • 8:00am – 9:30am Pacific
    Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) plogging event
  • 8:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Youth V Gov: Film Screening & Climate Action Discussion
  • 8:30am – 9:30am Pacific
    ALA Council Orientation
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    ALA Award Committee
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Committee on Library and Advocacy
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    HarperCollins Adult Fall/Winter Preview
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    IRC/IRRT All Subcommittee Meeting
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    LIRT Steering Committee
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Past Presidents Breakfast (PLA)
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Preservation Administration Interest Group
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    REFORMA All Committees Meeting
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    S[ai]ge Advice: Claim the Center of the AI Conversation by Leveling Up AI Leaders
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Shared Collections Interest Group
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    STARS- All Members Meeting
  • 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Universal Access Interest Group
  • 8:30am – 11:00am Pacific
    BRASS All Members Meeting
  • 9:00am – 9:10am Pacific
    Explore Coral Reefs in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific
    Hena Khan: THE DOOR IS OPEN
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Breaking Boundaries: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Transform Library Services
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Brian Rashad Fuller: BEING BLACK IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    College Libraries Section Membership Meeting (ACRL CLS)
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Cultivating Community Relationships: Bridging the gap between libraries and high school career & technical education
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Dissecting the ALA DEI Scorecard
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Don't Just Survive. THRIVE During Your Construction Project
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    First Novels: An Author Panel
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Fostering Conversation and Connection Among Community Members with Contrasting Political Views
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    From Makerspace to Marketplace: Libraries as Launchpads for Entrepreneurs
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Get on Board! Evaluating and Honoring Excellent, Developmentally-Appropriate Board Books to Promote Early Literacy
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Greg Boden:Stormbringer
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    History Librarians Discussion Group
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    How to use your ALA Membership to Connect, Discover and Engage
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Inclusive Scholarly Publishing: Demystifying Processes & Empowering New Scholars
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Introducing LibParlor Online Learning: An Open-Source Curriculum for LIS Researchers
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Jeremy Lambert and Alexa Sharpe, creators of The Night Mother
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    LearnRT Executive Board Meeting
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Library for All: Programming Ideas for Adults with Disabilities on a $0 Budget
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Little Free Library and Public Library Collaborations: Not Just for the Front Yard Anymore
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Main Stage Speakers: John and Anni Furniss
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Professional Development and Networking Event (ACRL CJCLS)
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Rainbow Round Table Membership Meeting
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Simple steps to increase your library’s visibility to web users
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    The PRISM Project: Learning about Prison Library Services from People who are or were Incarcerated
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Using Collaborative Leadership to Build Greater Agility and Resilience in Friends' Organisations
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    When to Tap-In and Tap-Out: Nurturing Resilience and Renewing Bonds in Library Teams
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Who Blamed the Cow?
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Yalla, Habibi: Where are the Arab American Voices in Children's Literature?
  • 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    GNCRT President's Program - Queer Joy in Comics
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Jake Zortman / The Rise of The Legends
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Mentoring-on-the-Fly I
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Freedom To Read A Thon
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Banned Books From the Big Chair
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Career Coaching I
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Photography Services I
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Resume Reviews I
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    The Beach @ ALA
  • 9:15am – 10:00am Pacific
    Discover DC’s Young Adult Graphic Novels
  • 9:30am – 9:40am Pacific
    "Children Draw War Not Flowers" Virtual Art Exhibit in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 9:30am – 9:45am Pacific
    Rodney Cloud Hill: BlackWash: The Untold Stories of Reverse Racism
  • 9:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    ALA/APA Council
  • 9:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Supriya Kelkar: And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    Angela C. Santomero Book: Life Clues: Unlocking The Lessons To An Exceptional Life
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    Ari Tison: Saints of the Household
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    Celebrate Black Hair and Address Discrimination with Wisdom from My Divine Natural Hair and If My Hair Had a Voice
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    Celebrating 2024 Newbery Honorees!: A Yarn Live Recording with Travis Jonker, Featuring Daniel Nayeri, Erin Bow, M.T. Anderson, Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, and Pedro Martín
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    From AI to Social Annotation: Boosting User Engagement with JSTOR’s Tech Tools
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    How to Start a Dungeons & Dragons Club
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    What's New with BabyLit
  • 9:30am – 10:30am Pacific
    CDW: Resume Writing Workshop
  • 9:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    President's Program (AASL) - Sharing Our Stories! How School Librarians Build Relationships
  • 9:30am – 4:00pm Pacific
    Chicana Author E.C.-Dukes and Black Artist Ronnie Dukes: Daizee And The DUKES Of Chuco: Chuco-Juárez World Rally
  • 9:45am – 10:30am Pacific
    Alexandra Katona: Dinner on Domingos
  • 10:00am – 10:10am Pacific
    "Seeking Immortality" XR Metaverse in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 10:00am – 10:15am Pacific
    Freedom Fire Podcast
  • 10:00am – 10:20am Pacific
    David Calloway: If Someday Comes
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Jason Chin: LIFE AFTER WHALE
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Katherine Roy: Sea Without a Shore
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Lynn Brunelle: LIFE AFTER WHALE
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Noa Nimrodi: Not So Shy
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Olivia A. Cole: The Empty Place
  • 10:00am – 10:45am Pacific
    Brian Asman: Good Dogs In-Booth Signing
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    Ben Clanton: Narwhal's Sweet Tooth
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    Jon-Collins Black: Our Unbreakable Thread
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    Matt Eicheldinger: Matt Sprouts and the Day Nora Ate the Sun
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Accessibility Assembly
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Angelica Shirley Carpenter: The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    August Clarke: METAL FROM HEAVEN
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Brooke Hartman: All Aboard the Alaska Train
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Core 101
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Jarret Keene: Heroes of World War II and Decide & Survive: The Battle of Gettysburg
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Jasmine Warga : A ROVER'S STORY
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Jodi Jill: Library Word Search Puzzle
  • 10:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Outreach and Engagement Poster Session
  • 10:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Tour of Geisel Library at UC San Diego
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    ALA Council I
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Ashley Belote: Don't Wash Winston
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Jeffrey Weber: You Sound Amazing
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    John Bronzo: The Lonesome Shepherd
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Metadata & Collections All Committee Meeting
  • 10:00am – 5:00pm Pacific
    Crystal Murakami: OH NO! Chinese School! & Daddy, My Favorite Guy
  • 10:10am – 10:40am Pacific
    Navigating Manga with VIZ Media
  • 10:30am – 10:40am Pacific
    Walk on the Moon in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 10:30am – 10:45am Pacific
    Rick Robinson Author of 1968: A Primer for Understanding Baby Boomers
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    American History Rocks! Why It’s Important to Learn the Past to Inform the Future
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Booklist Graphic Novels Panel, Part I
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Femme Fatalities: Women in Thriller Fiction
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    LGBTQ+ and Free: Queer Books in an Era of Book Bans
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Navigating Everyday, Unintended Microaggressions
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Publishing Today and its Changing Landscape
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Shannon C.F. Rogers: I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    All Community Meeting of the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Chapter Relations Committee I
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Charting First-Year Library Experiences: An Open Discussion on Student Initiatives
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Downs Award Reception
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    European Studies Section Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Discussion Group
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Jennifer Adams: BabyLit
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Junepurrr, creator of SubZero
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities Interest Group
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    M. T. Anderson: Elf Dog and Owl Head
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Member Engagement and Networking Event (ACRL ULS)
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    NARDAC RDA Forum
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    NISO’s Interoperability System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Working Group
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Public Libraries Advisory Committee Meeting (PLA)
  • 10:30am – 11:30am Pacific
    Understanding Needs for Library Facilities: Upcoming National Studies
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    ACRL 2024 President's Program “Workplace Belonging Matters: Key Insights for Library Professionals"
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    APALA President's Program 2024: The Library is Open:
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) Meeting
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    GameRT President's Program: Using Games to Engage Patrons
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Weston Woods: Mel Fell
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Weston Woods: Water Is Water
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Weston Woods: We Are Water Protectors
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Weston Woods: When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Weston Woods: Wishes
  • 10:50am – 11:20am Pacific
    Hachette's Adult & Children's Book Buzz!
  • 11:00am – 11:10am Pacific
    Explore the Blue in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 11:00am – 11:15am Pacific
    Rita Reed: Dogfish Just Be You!
  • 11:00am – 11:20am Pacific
    J.J. Maze: Walk Until Sunrise
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Nessa Bellido Schwarz: GEORGE the Flybot and the Lost Camera on Mount Everest
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Penny Warner: Clash of the Secret Code Clubs
  • 11:00am – 11:45am Pacific
    Jeffrey Brown: KIDS ARE STILL WEIRD: And More Observations from Parenthood
  • 11:00am – 11:45am Pacific
    Mia Wenjen: Food for the Future
  • 11:00am – 11:45am Pacific
    S.E. Redfearn: Two Good Men In-Booth Signing
  • 11:00am – 11:50am Pacific
    Ben Clanton and Andy Chou Musser: Ploof
  • 11:00am – 11:50am Pacific
    Carly Anne West: Ghosts of Nameless Island
  • 11:00am – 11:50am Pacific
    Kevin D. Miller: Heart of Steel: Based on a True Story
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    “Superior Performance”: How do Librarians Set Boundaries Without Clear Expectations of Labour?
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    ALA is Turning 150! How Do YOU Want to Celebrate?
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Anne Wynter: NELL PLANTS A TREE
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Building a Strong Foundation for Future Success
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Carl Angel: Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    CDW: Curriculum Vitae Writing Workshop
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Chaotic Good and Lawful Evil: The Appeal of Morally Gray Characters in Fantasy and Sci-fi
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Christina Dodd: A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Core All Chairs Meeting
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    How to Run an LGBTQIA2S+ Book Club for Teens if You’re Not Queer or Trans
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    It's Not Just for Teens! Building Great Manga Collections for Adults
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Kelly Hollman and Charlotte Watson Sherman: This Opening Sky
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Kindergarten Readiness Initiative: Supporting Early Learners and their Families
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Level Up Your Digital Equity Efforts with Federal Internet for All Funding
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Library Advocacy for Diverse Voices: How to Show Up for You Library!
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Literacy Reborn: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Way We Read, Write, and Learn
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Main Stage Speakers: Jay Jay Patton and Antoine Patton
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Networks and Networking in Business Librarianship
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Ru Xu: Status Royale Author Signing
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Shared Knowledge: How VNFC and GVPL are working together to foster reconciliation
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Team of Teams: A Collaborative Model for Workgroups
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Technology in Public Libraries: Results from PLA’s 2023 Annual Survey
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    TRAIL Meet and Greet
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Transforming metadata
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Words Matter: Inclusive Cataloging in an Academic Library Consortium
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 301
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    Andrea Stumpf: Writings by Emily Ruete, born Sayyida Salme
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    Brigitte, “Gitte,” Tamar author of The Lonely Ghost
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    Cheryl Palladino: Addie’s Me Cave
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    J. J. Maze: Walk Until Sunrise
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    John Dragonetti: The Falcon and The Shaikhs
  • 11:00am – 12:45pm Pacific
    T.O. Paine: The Delusion
  • 11:30am – 11:40am Pacific
    Explore Coral Reefs in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 11:30am – 11:45am Pacific
    Cheers to 50 Years: Advancing Library Tech Since 1974
  • 11:30am – 11:50am Pacific
    Rick Robinson: 1968: A Primer for Understanding Baby Boomers
  • 11:30am – 12:15pm Pacific
    It’s All About the Book! Holiday House, Candlewick, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink Look Ahead to Fall
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Bigger, Better, Faster with Amazon Business
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Deb JJ Lee: In Limbo
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Embracing the Hard of Hearing Community with Alison Gervais, Previous ALA Schnieder Honor Award Winner; New Mystery YA Book A Game Most Foul Coming From Blink YA June 2024
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    New Voices in Young Adult
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Picture Book Perfect: What's New in Children's Picture Books
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Public Libraries in Action
  • 11:30am – 12:20pm Pacific
    Unshelving the Mysteries of Tabletop Roleplaying Games with Kobold Press
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm Pacific
    Gabriel Valentin: Digital Lizards of Doom
  • 11:45am – 12:45pm Pacific
    Word-Based Classification Idea Exchange
  • 12:00pm – 12:10pm Pacific
    Walk on the Moon in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 12:00pm – 12:15pm Pacific
    Meet the Toniebox: Screen-free Audio Stories for Children
  • 12:00pm – 12:20pm Pacific
    John Bronzo: The Lonesome Shepherd
  • 12:00pm – 12:30pm Pacific
    Tori Sharp: Just Pretend
  • 12:00pm – 12:50pm Pacific
    Rita Reed: Dogfish, Just be YOU!
  • 12:00pm – 12:50pm Pacific
    Rodney Cloud Hill: BlackWash: The Untold Stories of Reverse Racism
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Ashley Hards: Hannah Edwards Secrets of Riverway | Authentic Neurodiverse Hamlet Reimagining for Tweens
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Icy Smith: Mei Ling in China City & Half Spoon of Rice
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Monika Kim: THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific
    Past Presidents' Luncheon (AASL)
  • 12:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Spectrum Leadership Institute: Closing Ceremony and Graduation
  • 12:25pm – 12:55pm Pacific
    Penguin Young Readers Fall 2024 Book Buzz
  • 12:30pm – 12:40pm Pacific
    Explore the Blue in the STEAM Pavilion
  • 12:30pm – 12:45pm Pacific
    Jeffrey Weber - You Sound Amazing
  • 12:30pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Scott Kurtz: TABLE TITANS CLUB
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    Bias, Misinformation, and Polarization: How Can My Students Find Anything on the Internet?
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    Exploring Magical Realms & Real-World Issues Through YA Fantasy
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    It’s Giving Main Character Energy: New Graphic Novels with Powerful Protagonists
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    Meet Bushel & Peck Books
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    Unveiling White Christian Nationalism: From Roots to Resistance
  • 12:30pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    What Makes Us Human: Celebrating Language in All Its Forms
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm Pacific
    Deke Moulton: Don't Want to Be Your Monster and Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm Pacific
    ALA Strategic Leadership & Networking Luncheon for Incoming Member Leaders
  • 1:00pm – 1:15pm Pacific
    JJ Maze: Music Notes: Tales from an American Singer
  • 1:00pm – 1:20pm Pacific
    Jake Zortman / The Rise of The Legends
  • 1:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific
    Joe Cepeda: Sumo Libre
  • 1:00pm – 1:45pm Pacific
    Rebecca Gardyn Levington: Whatever Comes Tomorrow
  • 1:00pm – 1:50pm Pacific
    A.S. King and Contributing Authors: Printz Medal Winning Anthology, THE COLLECTORS: STORIES
  • 1:00pm – 1:50pm Pacific
    Dawn Menge: Precious the Baby Dragon
  • 1:00pm – 1:50pm Pacific
    Marcie Colleen: Time Buddies
  • 1:00pm – 1:50pm Pacific
    Steve Sheinkin: Impossible Escape
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Advocacy Action Planning
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    ALA Membership Committee Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Black Women in Leadership -Prevail or Perish
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Bridging the Gap - Serving Beyond the Walls
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Building Equity through Arts and Culture: Amplifying a Creative and Culturally Rich Community
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    CDW: The Dreaded Cover Letter: Is It Really Necessary?
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Committee on Education
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    CSKBART Chair's Program
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Developing the Next Generation of Library Social Workers
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Digital Content and Libraries: Revolution or Devolution?
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    EMIERT Executive Board Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Empowering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    European Studies Section College and Medium-Sized Libraries Discussion Group
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    FMRT Chair's Program
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Hello from the Outside - Designing Libraries for the Missing Patron
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Privacy Subcommittee Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    International Council of Library Association Executives (ICLAE)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Investing in Employee Growth and Wellbeing: Supporting Personal Development Plans
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Jella Lepman’s Library of Dreams: The Legacy and Promise of International Youth Literature
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Let's Talk About Sex: Gender & sexuality education in elementary school using age congruent literature
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Library Friends, Foundations, & Trusts--Ideas and Tips for the Heart of Nonprofit Library Support
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Main Stage Speaker: Kwame Alexander
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Make It Rain! Tips for Getting an ALA Grant
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Map and Geospatial Information Showcase
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Neal Shusterman: BREAK TO YOU
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Open Science Conversations: Academic Library Engagement, Outreach & Services in the Year of Open Science
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Preservation Section Meeting
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Protecting the Right to Read in Challenging Times (NMRT)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Publisher/Vendor/Library Relations Interest Group
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Readers’ Advisory: Ideas and Practice presented by Booklist
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Ripley's Believe It or Not! Takes a Stand Against Censorship
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Sheila Yasmin Marikar: Friends In Napa
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Shiho Pate: The Rescues: Best Day Ever
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Soft Censorship of LGBTQIA+ Content and its Chilling Effect on the Children's Book World
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Vanessa Kelly: MURDER IN HIGHBURY
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    Welcome Asylum Seekers, We Speak your Language! QPL’s Response to the Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
    You've Got Their Attention. Make It Count: Micro-Learning for Adult Learners in the Library
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Pacific
    BRASS Discussion Group
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Pacific
    Public library research opportunities: Reflecting and planning for the future
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Pacific
    The Educators Poster Session
  • 1:00pm – 2:45pm Pacific
    David Calloway: If Someday Comes
  • 1:00pm – 2:45pm Pacific
    Dawn Menge: Precious the Baby Dragon
  • 1:00pm – 2:45pm Pacific
    Rick Robinson: 1968: A Primer for Understanding Baby Boomers
  • 1:00pm – 2:45pm Pacific
    Rita Reed: Dogfish, Just be YOU!
  • 1:00pm – 2:45pm Pacific
    Rodney Cloud Hill: BlackWash: The Untold Stories of Reverse Racism
  • 1:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific
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