Full Schedule

7:30am – 5:00pm EST

LLX Registration Open

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Level 300 Pratt Street Lobby

8:00am – 9:15am EST

Opening Main Stage Featuring Michele Norris

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ballroom I-IV

Speaker:

Books and Authors

8:00am – 5:00pm EST

Community of Care Quiet Room

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 345-346

9:30am – 10:15am EST

Sahtinay Abaza: The Ramadan Drummer

Location: Booth 1222

Meet the Authors

9:30am – 4:00pm EST

Kathy Simmers: Jump the Moon

Location: Booth 1241

Meet the Authors

9:30am – 4:00pm EST

LLX Marketplace

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, LLX Marketplace, Level 100

9:40am – 10:10am EST

Beyond the Bachelor's Degree: Supporting First-Generation Students Through Graduate School

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 1 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – University of New Mexico Health Sciences

Content Leader: – Simmons University

Primary Contact: – University of New Mexico Health Sciences

Community Outreach and Engagement

9:40am – 10:10am EST

Fostering Language Development through Tabletop Gaming

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 2 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Sudley Elementary School

Primary Contact: – Sudley Elementary School

Library Programs and Services

9:45am – 10:45am EST

RUSA Book & Media Awards

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, LLX Studio (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

American Library Association Staff: – ALA/RUSA

9:50am – 10:50am EST

Publisher Ask Me Anything Panel

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area A (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Speaker: – Simon & Schuster

Speaker: – Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

Speaker: – Random House Children's Books

Moderator: – Kalamazoo Public Library

Books and Authors

10:00am – 10:20am EST

Representing Indigenous Knowledges on the Web: A Work-in-Progress

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area B (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Library of Congress

Content Leader: – The Library of Congress

Primary Contact: – Library of Congress

Community Outreach and Engagement

10:00am – 10:45am EST

Katherine Marsh: The Lost Year

Location: Booth 825

Meet the Authors

10:00am – 11:00am EST

Natasha Tripplett/Daniel O'Brien: Juneteenth Is

Location: Booth 828

Meet the Authors

10:20am – 10:50am EST

Bite-Sized Improvements: How to Make Small, Meaningful Changes to Library Space

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 2 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Nevada State University

Primary Contact: – Nevada State University

Library Programs and Services

10:20am – 10:50am EST

ChatGPT is a Liar and other Lessons Learned from Information Literacy Instructors

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 1 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Florida International University

Content Leader: – Virginia Commonwealth University

Primary Contact: – Virginia Commonwealth University

Technology Innovation

10:30am – 10:45am EST

Spoken Word Poetry with Mecca Verdell

Location: Booth 1332

Meet the Authors

10:30am – 10:50am EST

Steering the ‘Ship: Navigating a Cross-Departmental, Cross-Status Mentorship in an Academic Library

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area C (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Content Leader: – University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Primary Contact: – University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Leadership and Management

10:30am – 11:30am EST

Hena Khan: Drawing Deena ARC Signing

Location: Booth 908

Meet the Authors

10:45am – 11:30am EST

RaQia Lowo: Weekend and Zay: Saturday School

Location: Booth 1222

Meet the Authors

11:00am – 12:00pm EST

Erika Robuck: The Last Twelve Miles

Location: Booth 1119

Meet the Authors

11:00am – 12:00pm EST

LLX Studio Speaker Kate DiCamillo

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, LLX Studio (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Speaker:

11:30am – 12:30pm EST

Anna Lapera: Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice

Location: Booth 828

Meet the Authors

12:00pm – 1:00pm EST

Gaming Pop-up

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 320 Networking Nook

12:20pm – 12:50pm EST

Collaboration and Learning Strategies for "Turnaround" Libraries

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 1 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Alexandria City Public Schools

Primary Contact: – Alexandria City Public Schools

Leadership and Management

12:20pm – 12:50pm EST

Successful Submissions: How to Write a Conference Proposal

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 2 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Plano Public Library

Content Leader: – Kalamazoo Public Library

Content Leader: – Georgia State University Library

Content Leader: – Clemson University

Content Leader: – Library of Virginia

Leadership and Management

12:30pm – 1:30pm EST

John Cochran: BREAKING INTO SUNLIGHT

Location: Booth 1117

Meet the Authors

1:00pm – 1:45pm EST

Caroline Brewer: Say Their Names

Location: Booth 1222

Meet the Authors

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

3D Scanning for Cultural Heritage Institutions: Practical Skills and Considerations for Library Preservation

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 341-342

Content Leader: – Creative Commons

Primary Contact: – Creative Commons

Collection Services

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Breathing Life into Difficult Histories and Engaging Children toward Ethical Citizenship through Fiction

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 343-344

Content Leader: – Second Story Press

Content Leader: – Second Story Press / University of Toronto

Primary Contact: – Second Story Press, Association of Canadian Publishers

Books and Authors

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Building Joy-Centric Libraries: an Experiential Workshop

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 318-319

Content Leader: – Anne Arundel County Public Library

Primary Contact: – Anne Arundel County Public Library

Leadership and Management

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Creating Welcoming and Supportive Libraries for Asylum Seekers and People Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 339-340

Moderator: – Brooklyn Public Library

Content Leader: – Brooklyn Public Library

Content Leader: – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Primary Contact: – Brooklyn Public Library

Community Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Fighting Censorship in a Changing Landscape

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 337-338

Content Leader: – Office for Intellectual Freedom

Content Leader: – ALA, Office for Intellectual Freedom

Primary Contact: – ALA, Office for Intellectual Freedom

Community Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Flip the Fair: Elementary school students visit public library to judge graduate student science projects

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 317

Content Leader: – Virginia Tech

Primary Contact: – Roanoke Public Libraries

Community Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

LLX Studio Speaker Jesús Trejo in conversation with Shelley Diaz

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, LLX Studio (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Speaker:

Moderator: – School Library Journal

Books and Authors

1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Using Federal Funds to Move from Digital Equity Plans to Implementation

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 321-322

Moderator: – Michelle Frisque Consulting Group, LLC

Content Leader: – Baltimore County Public Library

Content Leader: – ALA

Content Leader: – Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Content Leader: – National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Primary Contact: – Michelle Frisque Consulting Group, LLC

Library Programs and Services

1:00pm – 4:00pm EST

All Jobs are Climate Jobs: Why Library Workers Need to be Climate Action Leaders

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 316

Content Leader: – Saratoga Springs Public Library

Content Leader: – Lindenhurst Memorial Library

Content Leader: – Mid-Hudson Library System

Primary Contact: – Lindenhurst Memorial Library

Content Leader: – Hauppauge Public Library

Community Outreach and Engagement

1:00pm – 4:00pm EST

How to Navigate Privacy Issues Involving Youth and Technology

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 331-332

Content Leader: – Pennsylvania State University

Content Leader: – Georgia Tech

Primary Contact: – Pennsylvania State University

Leadership and Management

1:00pm – 4:00pm EST

Unleashing AI's Potential: A Design Sprint for Library Staff

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 324-325

Content Leader: – The LEO Group

Content Leader: – The Seattle Public Library

Primary Contact: – The LEO Group

Technology Innovation

2:00pm – 2:45pm EST

Sahtinay Abaza: The Ramadan Drummer

Location: Booth 1222

Meet the Authors

2:00pm – 3:00pm EST

David Unger: Jose Feeds the World

Location: Booth 1119

Meet the Authors

2:10pm – 2:30pm EST

Improving Accessibility of Instructional Materials, One Slideshow at a Time

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area A (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – University of Maryland, Baltimore

Content Leader: – University of Maryland Baltimore

Primary Contact: – University of Maryland, Baltimore

Library Programs and Services

2:10pm – 2:30pm EST

The "Haunted Library Tour" as Community Outreach and Engagement

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area B (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Moderator: – Denison University

Content Leader: – Denison University

Primary Contact: – Denison University

Community Outreach and Engagement

2:10pm – 2:30pm EST

Tips and Tricks for Supporting Challenging Student Patrons

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area C (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Buckland Mills Elementary School

Content Leader: – Sudley Elementary School

Primary Contact: – Sudley Elementary School

Library Programs and Services

2:15pm – 2:45pm EST

Centering Care: Aunties as Praxis within Librarianship

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 2 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Moderator: – University of Maryland, College Park

Content Leader: – University of Maryland, College Park

Primary Contact: – University of Maryland, College Park

Health and Wellness

2:15pm – 2:45pm EST

Developing Supportive Pedagogical Communities in Academic Libraries

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Ideas Xchange Area 1 (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – The Carter Center

Primary Contact: – The Carter Center

Library Programs and Services

2:15pm – 3:00pm EST

Lara Jean Okihiro and Janis Bridger: Obaasan's Boots

Location: Booth 915

Meet the Authors

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Building a Digital Equity Strategy from the Ground Up

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 318-319

Content Leader: – Baltimore County Public Library

Primary Contact: – Baltimore County Public Library

Library Programs and Services

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Embracing Culturally Responsive Practice in School Libraries

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 317

Primary Contact: – Roseland Free Public Library, NJ

Library Programs and Services

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Building Community through Personalized Reading Recommendations

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 337-338

Content Leader: – Wichita Public Library, KS

Content Leader: – NoveList

Content Leader: – San Francisco Public Libraries

Primary Contact: – NoveList

Readers’ Advisory

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Establishing Early Children's Literacy Book Ecosystems in Indigenous Communities: Reading Nation Waterfall

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 341-342

Moderator: – San Jose State University School of Information

Content Leader: – San Jose State University School of Information

Content Leader: – Santo Domingo Pueblo Public Library

Content Leader: – Lumbee Tribe

Content Leader: – EBCI

Content Leader: – SJSU School of Information

Content Leader: – Yurok Tribe

Content Leader: – Chief Dull Knife College Library

Primary Contact: – San Jose State University School of Information

Community Outreach and Engagement

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

From Paper to Practice: Workflow Modeling for Digital Libraries

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 343-344

Content Leader: – Internet Scout Research Group / UW-Madison

Primary Contact: – Internet Scout Research Group / UW-Madison

Collection Services

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Not Too Young: Intellectual Freedom Programming for Children and Families (NOTE NEW TIME)

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 339-340

Content Leader: – Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

Primary Contact: – Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

Library Programs and Services

2:30pm – 3:30pm EST

Roseanne A. Brown: Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting

Location: Booth 1332

Meet the Authors

2:40pm – 3:00pm EST

Advancing a Culture of Creativity: Programming and Engagement

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area B (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Books and Authors

2:40pm – 3:00pm EST

Welcoming Families to the Academic Library: Lessons Learned Supporting Student-Parents

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, ShopTalk Area A (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Content Leader: – University of North Texas

Primary Contact: – University of North Texas

Library Programs and Services

3:00pm – 3:45pm EST

APA Council Meeting

Location: Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Key Ballroom 1-6

3:00pm – 4:00pm EST

LLX Studio Speaker Antonia Hylton

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, LLX Studio (LLX Marketplace, Level 100)

Speaker:

Books and Authors

3:15pm – 4:00pm EST

RaQia Lowo: Weekend and Zay: Saturday School

Location: Booth 1222

Meet the Authors

3:45pm – 5:00pm EST

ALA Council Meeting

Location: Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Key Ballroom 1-6

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Spreading Literacy, No Walls Needed: Empowering Communities through the 'Library in a Box' Initiative

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 318-319

Content Leader: – Florida State University

Primary Contact: – Florida State University

Library Programs and Services

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Building Culturally Responsive Library Collections and Programming with Schools

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 343-344

Content Leader: – New York Public Library

Primary Contact: – New York Public Library

Community Outreach and Engagement

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Chatbot-based Learning Activities Mapped to ACRL's "Searching as Strategic Exploration" Frame Knowledge Practices

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 321-322

Content Leader: – Welch Medical Library - Johns Hopkins University

Primary Contact: – Welch Medical Library - Johns Hopkins University

Library Programs and Services

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Feeling Lost?! MAP it out: Using Maps in Libraries to Entertain and Educate

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 337-338

Content Leader: – Academy of the Sacred Heart

Primary Contact: – Academy of the Sacred Heart

Library Programs and Services

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Libraries for Sustainable Development: Information Actions Briefs Mobilizing Social Responsibility and Community Change

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 339-340

Content Leader: – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Content Leader: – School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama

Primary Contact: – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Primary Contact: – School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama

Leadership and Management

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Networking Bingo I

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 320 Networking Nook

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

The Book Crawl: Engaging Adult Customers Through Pop-Up Programming

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 341-342

Content Leader: – Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Primary Contact: – Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Community Outreach and Engagement

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Transforming student “library work” to “real world” learning experiences

Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 317

Content Leader: – University of Rochester

Primary Contact: – University of Rochester

Library Programs and Services

5:00pm – 6:30pm EST

ALA Chapter Leader Networking

Location: Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Paca