AASL @ ALA Annual Conference

The 2023 ALA Annual Conference will take place June 22-27 in Chicago

The tentative AASL schedule of events is below. Events are subject to change. 

Thursday, June 22
Time Meeting/Event Location
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Youth Executive Committee Meeting

McCormick Place
W182

Friday, June 23
Time Meeting/Event Location
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. USBBY Board Meeting Hyatt Regency McCormick
Clark C
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ISS Tour Off-Site
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting I McCormick Place
W177
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Emerging Leaders Poster Session McCormick Place
W178b
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ISS Section Meeting McCormick Place
W476

Saturday, June 24
Time Meeting/Event Location
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Living Library: Responsive Physical and Virtual Design McCormick Place
W184a
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Pairing WWII Graphic Novels and Primary Sources for Collaborative Instruction McCormick Place
W185d
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. What's Your Point?: Gamification for Professional Development & Student Engagement McCormick Place
W178b
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. AASL President's Program McCormick Place
W196a
11:00 a. m. – 12:00 p. m. #RealRep: The Power of Authentic Pacific Islander Representation

McCormick Place
W183a
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. AASL Past Presidents Luncheon Off-site
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Youth Council Caucus McCormick Place
W196c
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Using Virtual Reality to Explore the World Around Us McCormick Place
W185a
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 40+ Sure-fire Ways to Spark a Love of Reading McCormick Place
W178a
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. SPVS Section Meeting

McCormick Place
W475b
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Libraries, Literature, & the Counseling Connection McCormick Place
W175c
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Strengthening the Pipeline: Shaping and Sustaining the Library Story McCormick Place
W194b
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  SOS:  Stock Our Shelves! McCormick Place
W187b 
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ESLS Section Meeting McCormick Place
W475a
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Communities of Practice Meet-Up McCormick Place
W183c

Sunday, June 25
Time Meeting/Event Location
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. "Birds Aren't Real": How Students Can Work Against Misinformation McCormick Place
W175ab
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Libraries Today: National Forum Findings and Policy Recommendations on Post-COVID School Libraries  McCormick Place
W181a
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. AASL Chapter Assembly McCormick Place
W196c
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. At Your Fingertips: Creating a Virtual Interactive Library Tour McCormick Place
W175ab
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Reflections on a Successful Semicentennial of Collaborative Transformational Learning in the Library McCormick Place
W178b
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. BookTube, Bookstagram, and BookTok, Oh My: Understanding the Online "Bookaverse" As Tool for Professional Development McCormick Place
W185d
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Share our Stories;  Asian and Pacific Islander Literature for Children and Young Adults McCormick Place
W185a
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Board of Directors II Hyatt Regency McCormick
Erie
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Autism is Welcome Here: How to Engage Neurodivergent Children and Teens McCormick Place
W185d
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Showing Off: End of Year Reporting McCormick Place
W175c

Monday, June 26
Time Meeting/Event Location
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Is Your Library Challenge Ready? McCormick Place
W183a
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Growing the Future of Our Profession Together: a Partnership between a University and a School District to Fully Staff School Libraries McCormick Place
W176c
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Board of Directors III McCormick Place
W177
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Read Romance/Fight the Patriarchy McCormick Place
W178b

Tuesday, June 27
Time Meeting/Event Location
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ALA Inaugural Celebration McCormick Place
W187