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Please see the daily program material for early planning purposes only. Details will be added as they become available and broad stroke program items are subject to change.

Full Schedule

  • Monday, June 9, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Community Event | MLC Business Meeting | Military Libraries Community
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Community Event | Transportation Community Business Meeting | Transportation Community
  • 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM ET
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Desk Open - Badge Pickup + Customer Service
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Before leveraging AI, it's best to ensure your house is clean...
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Creative Transformations of Unique Positions: The Chronicles of Two Solo Librarians
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Expanding Horizons and Career Transformations
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Unlocking Institutional Knowledge: Leveraging Institutional Repositories to Bridge Past Knowledge to Present Application
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Budgeting 101
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Celebrating Lubuto@20: Celebrating Impact and Sustaining SLA Community Going Forward
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Empowering Legal Research with Business Insights
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Intro to Patents for Librarians and other Information Pros with a focus on Chemistry
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    PAM Astronomy Roundtable: “When do we stop listening?” (and other astronomical conundrums/challenges)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Standards Update 2025: Setting a New Standard!
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    AI Meets Copyright: Challenges and Opportunities for Information Professionals
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Bias in Taxonomy Design and Application: Sources, Solutions, and Implications for AI Tools and Algorithms
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    From Concept to Reality: Implementing Generative AI in a Technical Library
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Redefining Librarianship: Leveraging Library Skills for Innovative Roles
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Social media listening for insights into niche markets
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    The Role of Data Science in Information Services in Asia
  • 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    Lunch and Lunchtime Activities
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    AI Solutions - Roundtables
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    SLA Awards
  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    PM Break
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    AI and Intellectual Freedom in libraries
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Connecting research to real world priorities: an exploration of altmetrics, Overton Index and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    From Collection Development to Collective Action: Librarians Have the Right Skills to Make a Difference
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Navigating the World of Company Identifiers in Financial Databases
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Open science among researchers and institutions: Indian Vs US perspectives
  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Update Needed - Incorporate AI in Your Information Literacy Sessions
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    Community Event | SLA Fellows Business Meeting | SLA Fellow Community
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Dinner at Dining Hall (optional | $20 per person)
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Off-Site Event | Western States No-Host Dinner
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
    SLA Annual Dance Party (all attendees invited)