Monday, September 23, 2019
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting
West End
11:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. ARL Board of Directors Meeting I
West End
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Note: The morning’s sessions are for ARL member representatives, member alternates who are attending the Association Meeting in place of member representatives, and AULs who serve on Association committees. Guests are welcome to attend committee meetings, with exceptions noted next to the committee name(s).
7:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer and Dupont Ballroom
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. First-Time Attendee Breakfast for ARL Members and Alternates
Thomas Salon
9:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m. Program Strategy Committee
West End
9:45 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Association Committees
(Note: Committee meetings are working meetings.)
- ARL Academy, located in West End
- Advocacy and Public Policy, located in Quad 2 and 3 (Note: This committee meeting is open only to ARL member representatives, member alternates, and specified guests.)
- Innovation Lab, located in District 1
- Research and Analytics, located in District 2
11:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Association Committees
(Note: Committee meetings are working meetings.)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, located in District 1
- Member Engagement and Outreach (MEOC), located in West End
- Scholars and Scholarship, located in District 2
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch
- General lunch located in Dupont Ballroom
- New Directors and New Interim Directors Lunch located in West End
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. ARL Business Meeting—Members Only
Metropolitan Ballroom
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Peer-to-Peer Confab Live—Members Only
Library directors are invited to suggest and lead additional topics for discussion or attend one of these concurrent discussions.
- Changing Nature of MLIS Education, located in West End
Facilitator: Jon Cawthorne, Dean of University Libraries and School of Information Sciences, Wayne State University - International Rankings, located in District 1
Facilitator: Arnold Hirshon, Vice Provost and University Librarian, Case Western Reserve University - Leading on Campus: Reflecting the Library’s or Institution’s Values, located in District 2
Facilitator: Barbara Dewey, Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, Penn State University - Responsibility-Centered Management (RCM), located in Quad 2 and 3
Facilitator: Carolyn Walters, Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries, Indiana University Bloomington - Mobilizing Computable Knowledge (Bio-Medical), located in Thomas
Facilitator: Jerry Perry, Associate Dean for Health Sciences, University of Arizona
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Reception—Washington Marriott Georgetown
West End
Wednesday, September 25, 2019—Association Meeting Convenes
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer and Dupont Ballroom/West End
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Focus Group on Investments in Scholarly Communication Infrastructure
Thomas Salon
This session is for individuals who signed up to participate in the 8:00 a.m. focus group.
9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. President’s Welcome and Opening
Metropolitan Ballroom
Susan Gibbons, ARL President and Vice Provost for Collections & Scholarly Communication and Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian, Yale University
9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. LCDP in the Rearview Mirror: Celebrating the 2018–2019 Cohort
Metropolitan Ballroom
Established in 1997, the ARL Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) remains a unique program in the library and information science field, focusing on people of color employed in academic and research libraries and archives. The 2018–2019 class of LCDP Fellows concludes the ninth iteration of this transformative program. This session includes reflections from the perspectives of the participants and an alumna of the program who serves as a career coach. Future plans for the program will be discussed with respect to its design and its place within the ARL portfolio in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Moderator: Mark A. Puente, Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs, Association of Research Libraries
Speakers:
Jennifer Garrett, Director, Talent Management, NC State University Libraries
Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries & University Librarian, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Ethics of Information Technologies
Metropolitan Ballroom
This program will examine the pervasive technologies that are changing peoples’ lives and the unique challenges research libraries face as social actors in this space. Greta Byrum and Joe Lucia will explore a series of other issues, including library and institutional accountability, information stewardship and ethics, and shaping cultural understanding with the audience.
Moderator: Joe Lucia, Dean of Libraries, Temple University
Speaker: Greta Byrum, Co-Director, Digital Equity Laboratory, The New School
10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Focus Group on Investments in Scholarly Communication Infrastructure
Thomas Salon
This session is for individuals who signed up to participate in the 10:45 a.m. focus group.
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch
- General lunch located in Dupont Ballroom
- Guest lunch located in West End
1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m. The Decolonization of Collections
Metropolitan Ballroom
What is decolonization and what does it mean in the context of research libraries and their collections? Join this panel as they share ways they are addressing such issues as reimagining the scholarly use of collections in communities and what authority looks like; creating terminology and description that fits with an Indigenous worldview; and how all of this impacts the research process. Panelists will also describe some challenges yet to be addressed and what allies look like for Indigenous communities.
Moderator: Lisa O’Hara, Vice-Provost (Libraries) and University Librarian, University of Manitoba
Speakers:
Deborah Lee, Indigenous Studies & Community Initiatives Librarian, University of Saskatchewan
Keahiahi Long, Librarian at Kamakakūokalani, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Ricardo Punzalan, Associate Professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
Kapena Shim, Hawaiian Collection Librarian, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Through a Different Lens: Our Approaches to Library Work
Metropolitan Ballroom
This panel will introduce themselves through their role in library professional space and how they use a critical lens to guide their practice. They will discuss the ways in which critical librarianship is invisible and visible in practice. They will share their perspectives on issues that still need to be addressed to effect cultural change.
Moderator: Evviva Weinraub, Vice Provost for University Libraries, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Speakers:
Jen Brown, Design and Technologies Librarian, Barnard College
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Associate Librarian, Medford Library, University of South Carolina Lancaster
Shirley Lew, Dean, Library, Teaching & Learning Services, Vancouver Community College
3:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Break
Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. The Ethics, Politics, and Power of Assessment
Metropolitan Ballroom
Karen Nicholson and Maura Seale will explore the systems of power and privilege in the application of assessment practices, data gathering, and analyses. They will discuss questions and assumptions about assessment through a variety of lenses, including critical, feminist, and postcolonial, and the implications for research libraries.
Moderator: Joseph Salem, Dean of University Libraries, Michigan State University Libraries
Speakers:
Karen Nicholson, Manager, Information Literacy, University of Guelph
Maura Seale, History Librarian, University of Michigan
5:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Association Meeting Adjourns
Metropolitan Ballroom
Susan Gibbons, ARL President and Vice Provost for Collections & Scholarly Communication and Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian, Yale University
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. ARL Board of Directors Meeting II
West End
