Education Programs

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Cultivating the Luxury of Ambivalence: Supporting Learners in Knowing ‘Enough’ Digital Literacy

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 03

Presenter: – University of Maryland, College Park

Presenter: – College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Programs and Services

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Developing Data Literacy Champions: Building a Culture of Critical Engagement with Data

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 32 A B

Moderator: – University at Albany, SUNY

Presenter: – Lewis & Clark College

Presenter: – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presenter: – School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Presenter: – School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Core Values and Career Development

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Empowering Interns Through Video Production: A Strategic Initiative for Workforce Development and the Creative Economy

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 09

Moderator: – San Diego Public Library

Presenter: – Media Arts Center San Diego

Presenter: – San Diego Public Library

Presenter: – Media Arts Center San Diego

Presenter: – San Diego Public Library

Teaching and Learning

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Food is a Right: Libraries Respond to Food Inequity

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 04

Presenter: – Toledo-Lucas Public Library

Presenter: – School of Information Sciences at Wayne State University-Detroit

Presenter: – Lorain Public Library

Presenter: – Alexandria Public Library

Presenter: – Sitka Public Library

Moderator: – Urban Libraries Council

Outreach and Engagement

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Identity and Authentication: Enhancing the Research Experience with Responsible Use of Patron Data

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 A

Presenter: – Western New Mexico University

Systems and Technology

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

If You Can See It, You Can Be It! Connecting STEM Role Models with Youth

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 25 A B C

Presenter: – Twin Cities PBS

Presenter: – Space Science Institute

Outreach and Engagement

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

iLead: Preparing Tomorrow’s Library Leaders with an EDI Lens

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D E

Moderator: – San José State University iSchool

Presenter: – San José State University iSchool

Presenter: – Simmons University

Presenter: – President/CEO at MJ Gómez Associates

Presenter: – Simmons University School of Library and Information Science

Moderator: – San Jose State University School of Information

Leadership and Management

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Kids Love Nonfiction: Let’s Give Them What They Want!

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 A B C

Presenter: – Old Dominion University

Presenter: – Lerner Publishing Group

Teaching and Learning

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Lead Your Friends Organization Through Transformation

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 02

Moderator:

Presenter: – Friends of Johnson County Library

Leadership and Management

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Not by the eBook: Increased Access and Alternative Licensing

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 B

Moderator: – Lyrasis

Presenter: – Lyrasis

Presenter: – Blackstone Publishing

Presenter: – New Jersey State Library

Presenter: – California state Library

Collections and Access

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Optimizing Resource Sharing: Evidence Based Approaches for Improving the Efficiency of Borrowing Networks

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 A

Presenter: – Equinox Open Library Initiative

Collections and Access

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Putting People over Process: Outward Mindset in the Workplace

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 23 A B C

Moderator: – Fairbank Center Collection, Harvard University

Moderator: – Louisiana State University

Presenter: – OCLC

Presenter: – Gale

Core Values and Career Development

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Supporting Libraries and Library Workers Through Employee Resource Groups

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 B

Presenter: – Stark County District Library

Presenter: – Stark Library

Presenter: – Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library

Presenter: – Cleveland Public Library

Presenter: – Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library

Core Values and Career Development

9:00am – 10:00am Pacific

Turning the Page: How to Design a Library for the Future

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 A B C D E

Moderator: – 720 design

Presenter: – Durham County Library

Presenter: – Round Rock Public Library

Presenter: – Nashville Public Library

Physical and Virtual Spaces

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

“Let Us Help Advance the Field”: Neurodivergent Librarian Voices Shaping Neuroinclusive Library Workplaces

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 A B C

Presenter: – University of Washington Information School

Leadership and Management

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Community ESL Classes at Public Libraries: The Why and How

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 24 A B

Presenter: – Dayton Metro Library

Programs and Services

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Connecting the Pipeline: Louisiana Libraries, OER, & Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 03

Presenter: – Louisiana Delta Community College

Presenter: – LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network

Presenter: – ISKME

Teaching and Learning

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Depositing Joy: Programming and Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D E

Presenter: – Kenosha Public Library

Programs and Services

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

How Manga Connects with LGBTQ Readers!

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 A

Moderator: – Libraries Marketing (Kodansha)

Presenter: – Kodansha USA Publishing

Presenter: – New York Public Library

Presenter: – Stanislaus County Library

Presenter: – Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table

Collections and Access

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Latinxs, Labor, and Libraries

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 A B C

Presenter: – Los Angeles Public Library

Presenter: – San Diego County Library

Core Values and Career Development

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Learn How to Negotiate for a More Sustainable Future

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 B

Presenter: – Belmont University

Presenter: – Grand Valley State University Libraries

Presenter: – Indiana University - Indianapolis

Core Values and Career Development

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Not Just One Thing: Intellectual Freedom and Information Literacy through a Social Justice Lens

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 04

Moderator: – Simmons University

Presenter: – Simmons University

Outreach and Engagement

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Supporting All Learners by Debunking the Learning Styles Neuromyth

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 09

Presenter: – The Claremont Colleges Library

Presenter: – Mount Holyoke College

Teaching and Learning

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Team Up! Building Student Community with Trivia Nights in the Academic Library

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 A

Presenter: – University of the South

Presenter: – Texas A&M University

Outreach and Engagement

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

The Importance of Using Booktok and Bookstagram for Librarians, and How You Can Get Started!

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 A B C D E

Moderator: – Connetquot Public Library

Presenter: – NYC Public Schools, IS 238

Presenter: – Connetquot Public Library

Systems and Technology

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

The Power of Children's Poetry in the Classroom and the Community

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 23 A B C

Presenter: – San Diego City College

Presenter: – Simon and Schuster,

Presenter: – Lerner, Sourcebooks, Chronicle, The Innovation Press

Presenter: – Barefoot Books, Penguin Random House/Rocky Pond Books, Scholastic, Capstone, HarperCollins, Farrar Straus & Giroux/Macmillan, Sleeping Bear Press

Presenter: – Pomelo Books

Books and Authors

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

Top 10 Things Every Library Board Member Should Know - But Often Don't

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 32 A B

Presenter: – Timberland Regional Library District

Leadership and Management

11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific

We are Water: Connecting Communities, Sharing Stories, Sharing Place

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 25 A B C

Presenter: – Space Science Institute

Outreach and Engagement

11:15am – 11:45am Pacific

J. Malcolm Garcia - Out of the Rain Signing

Location: Indie Press Pavilion

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Applying a challenge ready approach to school libraries: the Australian experience

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 B

Presenter: – Endeavour College

Collections and Access

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Intellectual Freedom Challenges in Higher Education: Perspectives from Four Organizations

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 32 A B

Moderator: – Northeastern Illinois University

Presenter: – University of Missouri; American Association of University Professors

Presenter: – Williams College; Academic Freedom Alliance

Presenter: – York College of Pennsylvania; Cato Institute; Heterodox Academy

Presenter: – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Core Values and Career Development

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Leading Libraries Committed to Community-Centered Collaboration and Impact

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 25 A B C

Presenter: – University of San Diego

Presenter: – San Diego Public LIbrary

Presenter: – UC San Diego

Presenter: – San Diego State University

Presenter: – San Diego County Library

Leadership and Management

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Mapping a Path to Success: Career Exploration for Middle Schoolers

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 02

Presenter: – Dayton Metro Library

Presenter: – City of Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach Public Library

Programs and Services

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Reengineering Research: Integrating Generative AI and Prompt Engineering into Information Literacy Programs

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 B

Presenter: – Arizona State University

Teaching and Learning

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

REFORMA's Children in Crisis Project - Creating Immigrant Youth and Library Connections

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 A

Presenter: – The New York Public Library

Presenter: – San Diego Public Library

Presenter: – San Diego State University

Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Safety and Security in Public Libraries: Strategies and Resources to Help

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 23 A B C

Presenter: – Toronto Public Library

Presenter: – Edmonton Public Library

Presenter: – Calgary Public Library

Leadership and Management

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

SING, TALK, READ: Engaging the Brain, Body, and Senses through nonfiction Picture Books

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 A B C D E

Presenter: – Books! Podcasts! Educational Materials! Germantown NY Library

Presenter: – Academic Editor, Journal of General Music Education

Presenter: – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: – Noodle Loaf

Presenter: – Freelance

Books and Authors

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Staying in MARC: Expectations for BIBFRAME to MARC conversion and the hybrid metadata future

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 A

Moderator: – OCLC

Moderator: – LSU Libraries

Presenter: – OCLC

Presenter: – California Digital Library

Collections and Access

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Supporting Public Libraries in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 03

Moderator: – School of Information, San Jose State University

Presenter: – Taras Shevchenko Regional Library of Cherkasy, Ukraine

Presenter: – School of Information, San Jose State University

Presenter: – Boyarka Public Library, Ukraine

Presenter: – San Jose State University School of Information

Presenter: – San Jose State University

Presenter: – V. H. Korolenko State Scientific Library of Kharkiv, Ukraine

Presenter: – Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library, Ukraine

Presenter: – San Jose State University, School of Information

Presenter: – Kherson Regional Library, Ukraine

Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

What about your friends? Strengthening relationships with your Friend of the Library groups

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 04

Presenter: – Los Angeles Public Library

Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific

Working Towards Equitable Access for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled Students

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 A B C

Presenter: – School of Information Science, University of South Carolina

Presenter: – University of South Carolina

Presenter: – School of Information Science, University of South Carolina

Presenter: – School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina

Presenter: – School of Information Science, University of South Carolina

Teaching and Learning

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Books Unbound: Libraries in the Age of AI

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 A B C D E

Presenter: – O2CM School Library System

Teaching and Learning

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Critical Indigenous Librarianship: Cultivating Community through Indigenous Library Space, Collections and Services

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 25 A B C

Moderator: – Labriola National American Indian Data Center - ASU Library

Presenter: – Labriola National American Indian Data Center, Arizona State University Library

Presenter: – Labriola National American Indian Data Center - ASU Library

Programs and Services

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

How Your Library can Support Users Impacted by Incarceration: Standards Launch

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 02

Presenter: – San Francisco Public Library

Presenter: – Colorado State Library

Presenter: – Retired

Presenter: – SFPL Jail and Reentry Services

Presenter: – University of Maryland, College of Information

Presenter: – San Francisco Public Library

Outreach and Engagement

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Multitudes: The Power of Authentic & Diverse Representation in Muslim Stories

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 09

Moderator: – Redondo Beach Public Library

Presenter: – Penguin Books, HarperCollins Publishers

Presenter: – Clarion Books, HarperCollins

Presenter: – Yale MacMillan Center/Union Square/Holiday House

Presenter: – Holiday House

Presenter: – HarperCollins, Charlesbridge

Presenter: – Abrams Books

Presenter: – Wednesday Books / Macmillan US

Books and Authors

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Period Poverty and Patrons

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 04

Presenter: – Alliance for Period Supplies

Presenter: – Wood-Ridge Memorial Library

Presenter: – The Flow Initiative

Presenter: – Birnbaum Women's Leadership Center at NYU School of Law

Presenter: – St. Louis County Library

Presenter: – St. Louis Diaper Bank

Physical and Virtual Spaces

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Perspectives and Reflections on Program Challenges and Crisis Management

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 23 A B C

Presenter: – Downers Grove Public Library

Core Values and Career Development

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Sharpening Your Ethical Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 32 A B

Presenter: – SJSU School of Information

Books and Authors

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Speaking the Language of Your Community: Bilingual Pay in Libraries across the United States

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 11 B

Presenter: – San Francisco Public Library

Presenter: – Los Angeles Public Library

Leadership and Management

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

Stay Interviews in Libraries: Implementing New Leadership Methods to Maintain Employee Retention

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 B

Presenter: – Cedar Springs Public Library

Leadership and Management

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

The 30th Annual Reference Research Forum

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 24 A B

Moderator: – Princeton University

Presenter: – Lehman College, City University of New York

Presenter: – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Presenter: – University of Florida

Presenter: – The Ohio State University

Moderator: – Bunker Hill Community College

Moderator: – University of Southern Mississippi

Moderator: – The College of New Jersey

Teaching and Learning

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

The Battle for the First Amendment: Why You Can’t Afford to Remain Neutral

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 03

Presenter: – Penguin Random House

Presenter: – Students Need Libraries in HISD

Presenter: – Lone Star College CyFair

Presenter: – Pflugerville Public Library

Outreach and Engagement

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

What's Love Got To Do With It? Why Reading Romance is Good for You!

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D E

Presenter: – Lincoln High School

Collections and Access

2:30pm – 3:30pm Pacific

When copyright and contracts collide: Advocacy to advance library and user rights

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 A

Presenter: – Jonathan Band PLLC

Presenter: – University of Illinois Library

Presenter: – Columbia University

Presenter: – UC Berkeley Library

Collections and Access

4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific

International Collaborations: Strengthening Library Global Impact-IRRT Chair's Program

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 32 A B

Presenter: – Exploration & Creativity Department, Los Angeles Public Library

Presenter: – Simmons University School of Library and Information Science

Moderator: – Penn State University Libraries

Moderator:

Moderator: – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Presenter: – Senior Librarian, Al-Bukhari Library Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pahang Branch, Malaysia

Presenter: – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Outreach and Engagement