2026 Core Forum

2026 Core Forum

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11:00am EST

Combining Your Safety & Social Services Teams: Challenges & Successes Designing for Inclusion: Creating Sensory Spaces for Neurodiverse Library Users Navigating the Surge: Developing Policies for AI-Generated Books Top Tech Trends Two Sides, Two Coins: Shared Print and Preservation Understanding Career Advancement in Academic Libraries: Motivators, Barriers, and Pathways to Leadership

1:30pm EST

Contributing Back: How Libraries Can Participate in Open-Source Communities Without a Developer on Staff Modern Middle Leadership: Redefining How to Lead at the Most Crucial Level On Our Terms: Building a Community Subject Thesaurus for Radical Materials Safe by Design: Moving Beyond Technology to Create Safer Libraries Stewards in the Storm: Preservation, Preparedness, and Community Memory in Libraries Unlocking the Library: Strategies for Creating an Open Access Library

3:00pm EST

ALA Core Best Furniture & Equipment: Trends, Innovation, and Smart Product Selection for Today’s Libraries How Public Libraries Are Advancing AI: A Panel on Strategy, Access, and Innovation Sharing Your Expertise Through Consulting: Core Library Consulting Interest Group Sponsored Session The Overlooked Advantage: How Different Thinkers Strengthen Organizations The ROI of Open: Communicating the Value of Transformative Agreements When the Big Project Won’t Come: Leading Library Renewal One Phase at a Time

4:15pm EST

Access in Flux: What Librarians Need to Know About the Changing Scholarly Landscape AI Use by Library Technical Services Workers in the U.S. and Canada Designing for Behavior: How Space Planning Shapes Student Conduct From Flat Files to Knowledge Graphs: Rescuing an Endangered Dataset with Wikidata I Trust You: How Three Little Words Can Unleash Your Team Librarian, Architect, and Community: A Cross-Stakeholder Conversation Assessing a Community-Engaged Public Library Project