Keynote Speakers

Naomi Klein - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and author who is well known for her political analyses of corporate globalization.  Klein’s third book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is expected to be the focus of the opening keynote address. She is also author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies and Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization.
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Sherman Alexie - Friday, March 13, 2009
Sherman Alexie is a prolific novelist, poet and screenplay writer and has been hailed as one of the best young writers of his generation. In his lectures, he tells autobiographical tales of contemporary American Indian life laced with razor-sharp humor and bits of history, pop culture and social commentary. Alexie's best known works include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Smoke Signals, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
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Ira Glass - Sunday, March 15, 2009
Ira Glass is the host and producer of the public radio program This American Life. The show had its premiere on Chicago public radio in late 1995 and is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.7 million listeners.  Under Glass's editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence and on most weeks, the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast in America.
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Invited Speakers

Gain new perspectives during invited speaker programs.

Marilee Bresciani, Associate Professor, Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University
Elson Floyd, President, Washington State University
Peter Hernon, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC
Robin Chase,  Invited Green Speaker, cofounder and former CEO of Zipcar, and current CEO of GoLoco

Conference Programs

ACRL 2009 will challenge you to push your boundaries and promises you the opportunity to explore new ideas, engage in new learning, and extend our collective vision of the future of academic and research libraries in the 21st century. With over 250 peer-reviewed sessions specific to the needs of academic and research librarians and staff, ACRL is your home for professional development.

• Keep pace with hot library issues such as advocacy, assessment, collections, digital initiatives, information literacy, and scholarly communication during contributed papers and panel sessions. 
• Return to your library with tools, tips, and fresh perspectives after attending a preconference or workshop.
• Exchange ideas with your colleagues during poster sessions and Cyber Zed Shed presentations and examine hot topics at the roundtable discussions. 

ACRL 2009 will offer six preconferences on Thursday, March 12, 2009.  You can register for a preconference as part of your main conference registration.

Program descriptions for contributed papers, panel sessions, and workshops will be available shortly.  Watch this page for details!

Call for Participation

Submit a proposal for ACRL 2009.  October 20, 2008 is the deadline for poster session proposals and November 23, 2008 is the deadline for roundtable discussion proposals. View the Call for Participation for complete details.