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START TIME |
END TIME |
EVENT |
| Thursday, April 16th |
8:30AM |
5:00PM |
FREE: Tabletop Role‑Playing Game Showcase & Tabletop Taste Test (Full‑Day Pre‑Conference) |
Claire Imamura, Sara White, Vicki Franklin, Mary Lubbers, Haley Cole, Russell Roe, Hannah Tauriainen, Kaitlyn Severais, Tien Triggs, and Sara Jones
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11:00PM |
4:00PM |
Special Libraries Division Tours*
- McAllister Museum of Aviation | 11:00AM – 12:00PM
- Lunch Break | 12:00PM – 1:30PM
- Yakima Valley Historical Museum | 1:30PM – 2:30PM
- Yakima Valley Genealogical Society | 2:45PM – 4:00PM
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2:00PM |
5:00PM |
“Yes, Let's Do This!” and “Ugh, No. Do I Have to?”: Creating GenAI Literacy Programs for Your Community | Stacey Wedlake and Jason Young
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7:00PM |
9:00PM |
Welcome Reception
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Friday, April 17th
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7:30AM |
8:30AM |
Check-In
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8:30AM |
9:45AM |
Breakfast, Land Acknowledgement & Keynote Speaker: Donna Barba Higuera
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9:45AM |
10:30AM |
Exhibit Hall Opening/Posters
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10:30AM |
11:15AM |
Breakout Session #1
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Reframing Classification: Culturally Responsive Changes to LC from a Tribal Library Perspective | Maureen Stewart and Fern Weisenburger
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Stop Working in Silos (School + Public Partnerships) | Ryan Dempsey
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Participatory Design in Practice: Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Co‑Creation | Alana O’Neill and Lauren Achee
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WA Do I Read Next? | Sara Peté
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Tabletop Role‑Playing Games in Secondary Schools | Sara White, Heidi Bush, Linsey Kitchens, and Willow McLaughlin
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From Library Card to Career: Streamlined Access to Living Wage Credentials | Joyce Abbott
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Building Writing Programs That Thrive in Libraries | Mary Boone
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11:15AM |
11:30AM |
Exhibit Hall/Break
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11:30AM |
12:15PM |
Breakout Session #2
- “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Open Source, Consortia & Trust‑Building Models… | Brianna Hoffman and Cheryl Martin
- Make It Local: Culture, Community & Resourceful Library Programming | Ary Esparza
- The Great Migration: How We Switched Our ILS… | Caitlin Hunsaker, Chessa Grasso Hickox, and Brandon Aberle
- Wacky Wednesdays at the Senior Center! | Sam Harris
- Law 4 Librarians: Current Cases | Brenna Shanks and Gavin Downing
- A Weird & Wonderful World of Circulating Unusual Library Materials | Keith Darrock
- WASHYARG: Review Middle & High School Books | JJ Higgins and Heidi Bush
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12:15PM |
1:30PM |
Lunch, Exhibit Hall, Member Meeting & ALA
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1:30PM |
2:45PM |
Breakout Session #3
- Cultivating AI‑Literate Communities | Brianna Hoffman
- Evergreen Extravaganza | Jodi Kruse
- Student “Centered” Learning in Library Instruction | Elizabeth Roberts and Heather Newman
- Public Library Statistics and the Real World | Kathleen Sullivan and Evelyn Lindberg
- Law 4 Librarians: First Amendment Basics | Brenna Shanks and Gavin Downing
- "Your Library, Your Impact" Phase 1: From Messy Metrics to Data Mastery | Jan Kuebal-Hernandez, Anne Jenkins, and Mary Giovanini
- OTTER & Sasquatch Book Award Nominees for 2027 | Robbie Schott, Wendy Poteet, Susan Helle, Jill Schaller, and Heather Orsen
- Story‑Led STEM Labs: Bringing Nonfiction Alive in the Library | Mary Boone
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2:45PM |
3:00PM |
Exhibit Hall/Break
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3:00PM |
4:15PM |
Breakout Session #4 & Lightning Talks
- Special Libraries Division "Unconference" & YVL Archives Tour
- Delighting in the Difficult: Creating Joy in
- So THIS is Librarianship | Nicole Hahn
- Challenging Times | Melody Sky Weaver
- WLA Mentor/Mentee Meet‑up | Jessica Widmer
- CAYAS Story Time Idea Swap | Anna Morrow
- Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award 2026 | Alicia Rogers and Jolyn Danielson
- Lightning Talks
- High School Book Club! | Andrea McLaughlin
- Expanding Library Collection Using the Cite Black Women Principles | Erica Owan, Althea Lazzaro, and Katy Dichter
- Want Your Books to Last Longer? Basics of Book Repair | Kerry Darnall and Paul Slaughter
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5:00PM |
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Exhibit Hall Closes
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After Dark Activities
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| Saturday April 18th |
8:00AM |
9:30AM |
CAYAS & ScLD Author Keynote Breakfast: Sasha LaPointe, Keynote Speaker
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9:30AM |
9:45AM |
Exhibit Hall Opens
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9:45AM |
11:00AM |
Breakout Session #5
- Breaking Up With the Nonfiction Dewey Decimal System | Ginny Trufan and Jane Wathey
- Two Peas in a Pod: Podcasting for Community & Oral Histories | Debi Rinehart & Neil McKay
- Amplifying Community Voices with Zines | Sara Peté
- Want Your Books to Last Longer? Basics of Book Repair | Kerry Darnall and Paul Slaughter
- United for Libraries | Deborah Doyle, Sara Jones, Craig Seasholes, and Amanda Snifit
- From Idea to Action: Using AASL Standards in School Libraries | Sarah Logan & Elizabeth Roberts
- Public Library Division Unconference | Carol Ellison
- True Story! Towner Award Nominated Nonfiction Picture Books Combine Facts with Fun! | Lisa Steudel and Mary-Catherine McElroy
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11:00AM |
11:15AM |
Exhibit Hall/Break
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11:00AM |
12:00PM |
Breakout Session #6
- Leveraging Public Library Archives for Public History Programs | Carlos Pelley and Matthew Kendall
- Between the Stacks: Civic Storytelling at the Library | Michael Bowman
- Tackling Tough Health Topics: Navigating Conversations Through Literature | Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt
- Your Call Numbers Suck: Building a Better Fiction Call Number System | Ellen Brigham
- Meeting Makers in the Middle: Hands‑On Craft Programming to Engage Youth | Heidi Bush and JJ Higgins
- Of Love and Monsters | Anna Stapley
Where Are the Dinosaur Books? Creating Youth Centered Collections with CAYAS | Chiara Tomashoff and Eric Stump
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12:15PM |
2:00PM |
Exhibit Hall, Awards Lunch & Exhibit Hall Finale
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2:00PM |
4:00PM |
Screening of the Librarians and Closing Session | WLA President Message
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