RUSA @ 2024 ALA Annual Conference

SAN DIEGO- The complete schedule of RUSA programs and room locations are listed below. Full program descriptions are available on the Annual Conference website.

RUSA @ ALA Annual Conference

Friday, June 28, 2024 (Preconference Programs- Ticketed Events)

HS Preconference – The History and Heritage of the Asian Cultures Who Call San Diego Home, 8:15 am - 4:45 pm – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 1

BRASS Preconference – The Business of Vice: A Discussion about reference work concerning business often described as vices, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm - SDCC, Room 7B

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Shared Collections Interest Group Meeting, 8:30 – 10am – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 10

STARS All Members Meeting, 8:30-10 am – SDCC, Room 10

BRASS All Members Meeting, 8:30-11 am – SDCC, Room 01 A

Breaking Boundaries: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Transform Library Services, 9-10 am – SDCC, Room 30 A B C D E

History Librarians Discussion Group, 9-10 am – Marriott Marquis, Presidio Room

Accessibility Assembly, 10-11 am – SDCC, Room 14 A

Charting First-Year Library Experiences: An Open Discussion on Student Initiatives, 10:30-11:30 am – SDCC, Room 13

Networks and Networking in Business Librarianship, 11:00 am -12:00 noon – SDCC, Room 11 B

Empowering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, 1-2 pm – SDCC, Room 32 A B

You’ve Got Their Attention Make It Count: Micro-Learning for Adult Learners in the Library, 1-2 pm – SDCC, Room 9

BRASS Discussion Group and Awards, 1-2:30 pm – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 05

High-Impact Practices: Identifying Meaningful Mentoring Constellations in Libraries, 2:30 – 3:30 pm – SDCC, Room 2

Accessible Method Librarians Can Use to Identify the Authorship of Archival Anonymous Texts with Computational-Linguistics, 4:00-5:00 pm – SDCC, Room 28 D E

History Section All-Section Meeting, 4:00-5:00 pm – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 11

Meetup for Federal and Military Librarians, 4:00-5:00 pm – Marriott Marquis, Carlsbad

2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Award Ceremony and Reception, 7-10 pm – San Diego Public Library, 330 Park Ave, Neil Morgan Auditorium

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Literary Luminaries: Celebrating The Best Reading of the Year (RUSA), 8-10 am – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 5

Collaboration as the Strength of RSS Retreat, 9-10 am – SDCC, Room 01 B

Optimizing Resource Sharing: Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving the Efficiency of Borrowing Networks, 9-10 am – SDCC, Room 5 A

Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group Meeting, 10-11 am – Marriott Marquis, Catalina

RUSA Coffee and Conversations, 11-12 noon – SDCC, Room 01 B

Supporting All Learners by Debunking the Learning Styles Neuromyth, 11 -12 noon – SDCC, Room 9

RUSA President’s Program “Back to the Future: Predictions from Library 2035”, 1-2 pm – SDCC, Room 28 A B C

RUSA Huddle, 2:30 - 3:30 pm – SDCC, Room 06 D

The 30th Annual Reference Research Forum, 2:30-3:30 pm – SDCC, Room 24 A B

ALA Trivia Championship 7-9 pm – Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 5

Monday, July 1, 2024

Demystifying AI for Business and Libraries, 9-10 am – SDCC, Room 03

Telling our Story: Career Paths in Resource Sharing, 10:30 -11:30 am – SDCC, Room 5 A

BRASS Leadership Council, 1-2 pm – SDCC, Room 10

The African American and Ethnic-American Press: Newspaper Collection Development and Access in the 21st Century, 1 -2 pm – SDCC, Room 5 A

Beyond Borders: Beyond Basics: the value of International Resource Sharing, 2:30 -3:30 pm – SDCC, Room 28 D E

Paddling the Canoe Together: Three Pacific Island Librarians Share Ways to Serve Indigenous Communities, 2:30 -3:30 pm – SDCC, Room 24 A B

Fill the Gap at Your Library: Justify Hiring a Second Business Librarian, 4-5 pm – SDCC, Room 11B

*San Diego Convention Center-SDCC

Register today at https://2024.alaannual.org/

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers’ advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Learn more at www.rusaupdate.org.