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Sara Smith

Amherst College
Arts & Humanities Librarian
Amherst, MA
Tuesday, April 5
 

7:30am CDT

Registration & Hospitality Hyatt Regency Chicago Regency Foyer

1:00pm CDT

Creating Radical Hope: Artistic and Speculative Library Responses to Climate Change Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomShannon Marie Robinson • John Jung • Heidi Beke-Harrigan • Renee Albrecht-Mallinger
 
Wednesday, April 6
 

8:00am CDT

Registration & Hospitality Hyatt Regency Chicago Regency Foyer

2:30pm CDT

Know Their Names: Case Studies in DEIA Collection Assessment, Expansion, and Access Regency Ballroom ANick Curotto • Jared Ash • Elizabeth Little • Daisy Paul • Lea Simpson

3:45pm CDT

President's Choice Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomSusan Benjamin • Michelangelo Sabatino Innovative Instructions: Strategies and Opportunities for Unique Instructional Needs Hyatt Regency Chicago Gold Coast RoomShira Loev Eller • Annalise Welte • Claire Powell • Andrew Wang Letting users guide the way: a framework for user-centered design Hyatt Regency Chicago Acapulco RoomPatricia Gimenez • Nate Bonham • Christina Spencer Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Increasing Access to a Wider Range of Diverse Materials Regency Ballroom ASimone Fujita • Gwen Mayhew • Giana Ricci • Viveca Pattison Robichaud
 
Thursday, April 7
 

8:30am CDT

Creative Practice as Scholarly Practice: Artistic Alternatives to “Publish or Perish” Models in LIS Hyatt Regency Chicago Gold Coast RoomEmily Coxe • Joan Jocson-Singh • Kate Joranson • Sara Smith • Junior Tidal

10:15am CDT

Evaluating, Optimizing, and Remediating Physical Accessibility in Library Spaces Hyatt Regency Chicago Acapulco RoomK. Sarah Ostrach • Lauren Kehoe • Rina Vecchiola • Jeff Alger Visioning the (im)possible: experiences of librarian-caregivers during the pandemic and strategies for the future of library work Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomKate Joranson • Rebecca Friedman • Gabriella Karl-Johnson • Lauren Puzier • Alice Whiteside

2:15pm CDT

Centering Digital Accessibility: Projects at Academic and Art & Design School Libraries Hyatt Regency Chicago Acapulco RoomHeather Saunders • Meredith Hale • Maggie Murphy • Claire Payne • Phoebe Stein Imagination, Collaboration, and the Social Production of Knowledge Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomHeather Topcik • Kate Joranson • Zanna Gilbert • Paulina Rousseau • Megan Sallabedra

4:15pm CDT

Convocation Keynote Speaker and Awards Ceremony - Sponsored by Facsimile Finder Regency Ballroom A

6:30pm CDT

Convocation Reception Museum of Contemporary Art
 
Friday, April 8
 

8:30am CDT

Envisioning Libraries Through Feminist and Creative Practices Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomMelissa Adler • Ana Diab • Ginny Moran • Hazel Jane Plante Visual Literacy In and Beyond the Classroom Hyatt Regency Chicago Gold Coast RoomNedda Ahmed • Jessica Craig • Ashley Peterson • Molly Schoen

10:30am CDT

Awakening Arts Library Collections to DEIA: Responsive Acquisition Strategies for Addressing Bias Hyatt Regency Chicago Gold Coast RoomZulay Chang • Robert Sloane • Yuki Hibben • Jennifer Riestenberg • Deborah Ultan • Tony White Confronting the Myth of Neutrality: Addressing Bias and Inclusion in Cataloging and Classification in Art Libraries Hyatt Regency Chicago Acapulco RoomSarah Hamerman • Stefanie Hilles • Treshani Perera • Kim Ross

1:00pm CDT

Plenary Session Hyatt Regency Chicago Regency A

3:00pm CDT

Digital Tools and New Trends: Using Technology and Innovative Solutions to (Re)Establish Value in Images and Image Collections Hyatt Regency Chicago Water Tower RoomIsotta Poggi • Tess Colwell • David Greene • Lindsay King • Sonja Sekely-Rowland • Jackie Spafford