RUSA is sponsoring multiple programs in addition to the President’s Program during the 2022 ALA Annual Conference. Additionally, meetings of the RUSA board, Section boards, committee meetings and discussion groups can be found on the Conference Scheduler here.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
A Tiny Library with a Million Volumes: the Open Source Future of Resource Sharing
9:00 am – 10:00 am
From Censorship to Digitization: Bringing Sensitive Collections to Light
9:00 am – 10: 00 am
Census 2020 from the perspective of maps, GIS, and data librarians
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
UN Decade of Health Aging 2021-2030: Global Collaborations Begins & Your Library
2:30 pm – 3: 30 pm
ALA Trivia Championship
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Ceremony and Reception
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Literary Tastes: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year (RUSA)
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Save, Edit, Delete: Pushing Virtual Services Forward While Returning Onsite Post-Pandemic
9:00 am – 10:00 am
2022 Emerging Technology Showcase
11:00 am- 12:00 pm
RUSA President’s Program: Wellness culture: Start with staff, extend to your community
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Build Back Stronger- Build Back Smarter! Transforming Business Development through Partnerships
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Creating a Telephone Reference Service During a Pandemic- and Making it Last
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Communities in Crisis: Legal Reference Skills to the Rescue
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Deploying Your Skills: The Libraries and Veterans National Forum Project
4:00 pm – 5: 00pm
Monday, June 27, 2022
Help Build a Community’s Financial Well-Being
10:30 am – 11:30 am
New Discoveries in Reference: The 28th Annual Reference Research Forum
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Why won’t they answer me? Understanding the barriers to communication between libraries and non-librarian faculty about collection development and scholarly communication
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Read Hard: Get the Most Out of Your Reading Life as an Library Professional
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Reference Repertoire: You Know more than you know
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Help your community by offering passport services at your library
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Register here today!!
RUSA supports the ALA Sustainability Roundtable and is committed to making Annual Conference more sustainable by supporting the following:
- Use low-carbon transportation (rideshare, bike, train, bus) and, when it is not an option, I will carpool
- Bring my reusable water bottle and reusable bag with me
- Use the Conference mobile app rather than a printed version
- Use the linen and towel reuse program at my hotel, and turn off the lights and TV when I leave the hotel room
- Responsibly dispose of waste materials by recycling at the convention center, hotel, and other recycling stations around the city
- Return or recycle my conference badge holder / lanyard at the end of the conference