A number of Illinois academic and research librarians gave poster sessions at the ALA 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event took place in Chicago, from June 22 to June 27. The theme was “Transforming Our Libraries, Ourselves”. Major speakers included Rashma Saujani, Julie Todaro, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The sessions and presenters are listed below. For any sessions including presenters not from Illinois, just the Illinois ones are listed. For more information about each sessions, click on the title.
Saturday, June 24
- Amber Loos, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The Aesthetics of Research: Arts and the Academic Library
- Jennifer Sauzer and Kristy Bowen, Columbia College Chicago
- Mary Thill, Northeastern Illinois University
Sunday, June 25
Cracking the Code – Computer Programming Resources for Librarians
- Adrienne Radzvickas, Lincoln College
- Susan Palmer, Illinois Heartland Library System, and Mark Hatch, Reaching Across Illinois Library System
- Anne Shelley and Julie Derden, Illinois State University
Visualizing a New Reality – Incorporating Virtual and Augmented Reality into Library Outreach
- Stephanie King, Illinois Valley Community College
To see the full list of poster sessions given at this year’s ALA Conference, go here.