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CHICAGO, IL AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code Founder, CEO to Open 2017 ALA Annual Conference ince 2012, Girls Who Code has followers. The forthcoming bookGirls Who taught computing skills to and in- Reshma Saujani Code: Learn to Code and Change the World spired more than 10,000 girls across Opening General Session (August 2017, ages 10 and up), will show S Friday 6/23, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. America – and they are just at the beginning girls how coding skills are relevant to their of their mission to close the gender gap lives and will get them excited about creating in tech. Reshma Saujani, the founder and Girls Who Code is growing fast, with a their own apps, games, and robots. With dy- CEO of the national nonprofit organization, goal of reaching one million young women namic artwork, down-to-earth explanations is also the author of the groundbreaking by 2020. 1.4 million jobs will be open in of coding principles, and real-life stories of book Women Who Don’t Wait In Line, in computing related fields in the U.S., of girls and women working at places like Pixar which she advocates for a new model of which we are only on pace to fill 29 per- and NASA, it sets out to prove that coding is female leadership focused on embracing cent with computing graduates, a mere 3 truly for everyone, no matter their interests. risk and failure, promoting mentorship and percent of whom are likely to be women. “The world is advancing in technology and sponsorship, and boldly charting your own The organization has been featured in more women and girls need to educate ourselves on course. She will speak at the opening general than 100 publications and media outlets, computer science to catch up. I don’t know session of the Annual Conference on Friday, from The New York Times to “The Today Reshma Saujani (photo by Adrian Kinloch) June 23, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. Show,” and has more than 105,000 Twitter see page 7 Sara Paretsky, Matthew Desmond, and Colson Whitehead to Speak at Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Event in Chicago atthew Desmond and Colson attended the event include Anthony Doerr, website when registering for the conference Whitehead, authors of the win- 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Richard Ford, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Viet or they may be added later. You can also ning titles of the 2017 Andrew Fiction and Nonfiction Thanh Nguyen, Donna Tartt, and Bryan purchase a table for 10 to enjoy the exciting M Saturday 6/24, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Stevenson. Featured speakers have included evening with chosen friends and colleagues – Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction Chicago HIlton and Nonfiction, will join Annual Conference Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Collins, and get details about table reservations here. The attendees at the celebratory 2017 event on Karin Slaughter. 2017 event is sponsored by NoveList. Saturday, June 24, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m., at the Warshawski mystery series and one of only Tickets for the 2017 celebration are avail- Chicago Hilton. The featured speaker will be five living writers to receive both the Grand able on the 2017 ALA Annual Conference see page 7 Sara Paretsky, author of the bestselling V.I. Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers’ Association. A Look Back QUICK LOOK Whitehead’s novel The Underground Rail- road won the fiction medal, and Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American Exhibits City won the nonfiction medal. Desmond Friday, June 23 and Whitehead will each speak after accepting 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. their medals and $5,000 checks. The winning Saturday & Sunday, June 24-25 titles were announced at the RUSA Book and 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Media Awards event at the Midwinter Meet- Monday, June 26 ing in January 2017. 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A conference highlight now in its sixth Registration year, this popular Andrew Carnegie Medals OPEN NOW! for Excellence event includes the program CLICK HERE TO REGISTER hosted by the current selection committee Auditorium Speaker Series chair, Donna Seaman, and a lively dessert and ► Saturday, Sunday, and Monday drinks reception where attendees mingle with June 24-25-26 winning authors, speakers, colleagues, editors, and ALA leaders. Other winners who have

‘Vulnerability’ Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Author of How Expert, Brené Dare the Sun Rise, to Speak in Chicago Brown to remarkable story will be shared when Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Sandra Uwiringiyimana Speak Sunday originally from the Democratic Auditorium Speaker Series A Saturday 6/24, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Republic of Congo, appears as an Audi- torium Speaker on Saturday, June 24 at the ALA Annual Conference. education and ending child marriage, and Uwiringiyimana was just 10 years has become a voice for women and girls, old when she found herself with a gun refugees and immigrants, and forgotten pointed at her head. She had watched people like the Banyamulenge Tribe. Now as rebels gunned down her mother and a student at Mercy College in New York six-year-old sister in a refugee camp. City, she is the co-founder and Director Remarkably, the rebel didn’t pull the trig- of Partnerships & Communications at ger and she escaped. She tells her story Jimbere Fund (jimberefund.org). In tell- in the memoir How Dare the Sun Rise: ing her story, she has shared the world Memoirs of a War Child, and will talk stage with Charlie Rose, Angelina Jolie, with attendees about her survival, about former Secretary of State Madeleine Al- finding her place in a new country, her bright, and Tina Brown at the Women hope for the future, and how she found in the World Summit. She addressed the Brené Brown (Photo by Danny Clark) a way to give voice to her people. United Nations Security Council to plead Since her family’s resettlement to the with world leaders to act on the pressing Dr. Brené Brown United States in 2007 through a United issue of children in armed conflict. Auditorium Speakers Series Nations refugee program, Uwiringiy- Her appearance is sponsored by Sunday 6/25, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. imana has fought hard to raise awareness HarperCollins Children’s Books (booth and calls for justice for the Gatumba #3511). r. Brené Brown has spent the massacre and other human rights abuses Get details and add to your schedule past 15 years studying courage, in the region. She is passionate about girls’ now. Dvulnerability, shame, and empa- Sandra Uwiringiyimana thy and is the author of three #1 New York Times bestsellers – The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong. With Sarah Jessica Parker Unveils First Book Club over 25 million views, her TED talk, “The Power of Vulnerability,” is one of the top Central Pick at ALA President’s Program five most viewed TED talks in the world. She has also appeared on Oprah’s “Super rom an early age, books were my con- Sarah Jessica Parker Soul Sunday,” “Super Soul Sessions,” and stant companions and my local library a place I could find a new friend on ALA President’s Program in Oprah magazine. Her session will take F Saturday 6/24, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. place on Sunday, June 25, 8:30 – 9:30 every shelf,” said award-winning television a.m., at the Annual Conference. and film actor, producer, designer, library Brown’s reputation as a speaker is built supporter, and avid reader Sarah Jessica Parker. Three Rivers Press (booth #3711). SJP for on her ability to explore difficult topics with During the President’s Program at the Hogarth will selectively publish high-quality tremendous honesty, warmth, and humor. 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition works of fiction by both established writers She is a thought-leader, researcher, and sto- on Saturday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m., Parker will and distinctive emerging voices with critical ryteller with the rare ability to both inspire unveil her first title selection as part of the and commercial promise. audiences and leave them with actionable official launch of ALA Book Club Central, Parker, an Emmy, Golden Globe, and change strategies. As she says, “you either for which she will serve as Honorary Chair. Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor, is walk inside your story and own it, or you Book Club Central – created in partnership the star and executive producer of the HBO stand outside your story and hustle for your with the ALA’s Booklist (booth # 3217) and series “Divorce,” and is well known for her worthiness.” United for Libraries – is an online platform leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and Brown is the Founder and CEO of both of reading resources, including recommenda- the City.” She currently serves as the vice- COURAGEworks – an online learning tions, expert book lists, and other content for chairman of the board of directors for the New platform that offers classes for individuals book clubs and their readers. York City ballet, and was elected in 2009 by and families on braver living and loving, As host of the President’s Program and the Obama administration to be a member and BRAVE LEADERS INC – an orga- initiator of Book Club Central, ALA President of the President’s Committee on the Arts Sarah Jessica Parker nization dedicated to providing courage- Julie Todaro said, “The ALA is lucky to be able and the Humanities. Her appearance at the building programs for leaders at every level to share Ms. Parker’s passion and expertise for a new generation, supporting libraries in conference is sponsored by Penguin Random of an organization. In 2016, the Huffington with book clubs and readers everywhere.” what they do best.” House (booth #3711). Foundation endowed a new chair at The Parker’s role will include providing a selection In another literary venture, Parker recently Note: This President’s Program will take University of Houston Graduate College of of recommended titles throughout the year, launched SJP for Hogarth with Molly Stern, place on Saturday rather than Sunday at the Social Work to honor the research profes- and she says she is “thrilled to help champion Senior Vice President and Publisher of Crown, 2017 Annual Conference. sor. The Huffington Foundation Endowed original voices for dedicated readers as well as Hogarth, Broadway, Crown Archetype, and Get details and add to your schedule now. Chair provides annual resources for Brown’s research to attract world-class students NEW! The Park And The Playground @ ALA pursuing training in Grounded Theory methodology and increase the impact of The Park @ ALA of the exhibit hall with the food court above. piloting, 3D printing in various formats, her work as more students are trained in A new feature of the exhibit hall, The robotics and more. The Playground is her research on vulnerability, shame, cour- Park is a great place to take a break from The Playground @ ALA located in the middle of the exhibit hall age and empathy. the miles of aisles. Enjoy a little green This new interactive area will give you the behind The Park. Brown’s appearance at the conference (carpet) space and check out the Haley chance to “play” with future-focused technol- Looking for an easy community service is sponsored by Penguin Random House Tricycle Book Bike or build a little at the ogies arriving in libraries today and tomor- contribution....the Playground will also (booth #3711). Kaboom! Rigamajig area. Need a quieter row. The Playground will showcase a wide feature a Little Free Library construction Get details and add to your sched- spot with some soothing sounds, have a range of hands-on opportunities including area, Better World Books distribution cen- ule now. seat under one of the Tranquility Domes. a maker space, virtual and augmented real- ter and the ALA Staff Association will host The Park @ ALA is located in the center ity demo zone, coding for all ages, drone a blood drive with LifeSource Chicago. MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 3

Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador Attendee Insights Sought at for Young Peoples Literature, to Begin Rescheduled Town Hall Dialogue Auditorium Speaker Series Saturday on Competencies, Careers, and ene Luen Yang, vital part of their lives, and teacher, cartoonist the importance of “reading Successful Practice for the Future and author, began without walls.” This might G ibrary and Information Experts guided by thought leaders including drawing comic books in mean reading a book about the fifth grade and in 1997 a character who doesn’t Succeeding in the 21st Century: A Eileen Abels (Dean, Simmons School of received a Xeric Grant for look like them or live like LTown Hall Dialogue on Compe- Library and Information Science), Val- his first comic, Gordon Ya- them, reading a book about tencies, Careers, and Successful Practice” erie Gross (President and CEO, Howard mamoto and the King of a topic they don’t know on Saturday, June 24, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. County Library, Maryland), and John the Geeks. A MacArthur much about, or reading a will offer a critical discussion on the future Bertot, (Professor, University of Mary- Fellow, Yang has produced book in a format they don’t of library professionals as experts and the skills needed for career success. Partici- What competencies full-length graphic novels, usually choose. will be necessary for short stories, and serial com- Yang said he was thrilled pants will contribute to the conversation ics, many of which explore to serve as Honorary Chair on what skills, knowledge, traits, and ex- libraries to thrive in present-day and historical of the 2016 National Li- pectations will support successful libraries our future society and events through a contem- brary Week. “Libraries were – all types and sizes – of the future. What education? will employers be expecting? What com- porary Chinese American Gene Luen Yang such an important part of lens. American Born Chinese, my childhood, and they’re petencies will be necessary for libraries to land, College of Information Studies). his first graphic novel was a National Book an important part of my life today. I visit my thrive in our future society and education? This town hall event was also presented Award finalist, as well as the winner of the local library to research, to read, to write, and How can library and information science virtually as a collaboration between ALA, Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He is a to be inspired. I’m deeply grateful for our schools and professional development the San José State University School of long-time educator who champions comics nation’s libraries and librarians.” programs prepare librarians and library Information, and Steve Hargadon of and graphic novels as educational tools in Yang’s appearance at the conference is workers today to be successful in the The Learning Revolution, as part of the the classroom and has delivered a TEDx Talk sponsored by Macmillan Children’s Publish- future? Expert information professionals Library 2.0: Expertise, Careers, and Com- on the subject. His session will take place on ing Group (booth #2711) and Dark Horse will be necessary in an increasing global petencies worldwide virtual conference in Saturday, June 24, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., at the Comics (#3927). information society, and insights from March 2017. All sessions were recorded ALA Annual Conference. Get details and add to your schedule now. participants will help ALA best support and are available in the free online archive As National Ambassador for Young future libraries and librarians. on the conference’s website. People’s Literature, Yang is focusing on his This session, rescheduled from the Get more information and add this program “Reading Without Walls,” show- Gene Luen Yang 2017 Midwinter Meeting, will be facili- town hall dialogue to your Annual Con- Auditorium Speaker Series ing kids and teens – and adults invested in tated by ALA President Julie Todaro and ference schedule now! Saturday 6/24, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. young people’s literacy – that reading is a

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Bill Nye, The Science Guy, and Co-author Gregory Mone Conclude Auditorium Speakers Series Monday Afternoon cience educator, television presenter, media personality, mechanical engi- Bill Nye and Gregory Mone neer, and New York Times bestselling Auditorium Speakers Series S Monday 6/26, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. author William Sanford “Bill” Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is joined in an Auditorium Speaker session on Monday, Planetary Society sponsors projects that seed June 26 at 2:00 p.m. by co-author Gregory innovative space technologies, nurture creative Mone, a novelist, science journalist, speaker, young minds, and advocate for our future in and children’s book author. The first book in space. Nye made his much-anticipated return their new middle-grade series from Amulet to the screen in April 2017, in the new Netflix Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, Jack and the series “Bill Nye Saves the World.” Geniuses, published this spring and the second Mone has covered artificial intelligence, will be out in fall 2017. robots, physics, and biology as a magazine As creator of the Emmy award-winning writer. “I’m always busy writing about strange syndicated television show “Bill Nye the people building strange contraptions,” he said. Science Guy,” Nye first became a household His award-winning children’s books include name while introducing the millennial genera- Fish, Dangerous Waters, and The Truth About tion to science and engineering. Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Now he is best known as a champion of Happens on Christmas Eve, which at its heart scientific literacy, and has challenged climate is about the power of science and technology deniers, creationists, and other opponents of and which was picked by USA Today as one of evidence-based education and policy. Since its “top five holiday books for geeks.” Bill Nye (Photo by Jessie DiFlorio) Gregory Mone 2010, he has served as CEO of The Planetary In Jack and the Geniuses, Nye and Mone Society. Co-founded by Carl Sagan, The take middle-grade readers on a scientific ad- venture that features real-world science and scientific facts along with action and a mystery Engage Your Community with that will leave kids guessing until the end, Everyday Democracy and Other CONFERENCE making the books ideal for STEM education. Their appearance at the conference is Dialogue and Deliberation Models SCHEDULER sponsored by Amulet Books, an imprint of s urban areas face challenges ship building, recruiting diverse dialogue ABRAMS (booth # 3411). such as shifting demographics, participants, and more. But everyone can Get details and add to your schedule now. Ajoblessness and crisis in public access Everyday Democracy’s materials education, policing and infrastructure, online. The organization offers discus- public libraries have the opportunity sion guides and how-to handbooks, as to bring disparate voices together and well as trainings, coaching, and other Want to lead change. At a one-day workshop resources, and the organization works turn your at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference, with national partners and with anchor 100 participants from public libraries institutions throughout the country. reluctant serving large or urban communities will Visit www.everyday-democracy.org for work with trainers from the nonprofit contact information, or to explore and young Everyday Democracy to learn to facilitate adapt resources for the specific needs of important, issues-based conversations your community. readers into with people from different backgrounds The Everyday Democracy workshop bookworms? and viewpoints. is offered as part of Libraries Transform- The Annual 2017 preconference ing Communities: Models for Change, workshop is full, but there are still ways an initiative of ALA and the National for libraries of all types to get involved. Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation We’ve got Read on, or for more information and to (NCDD) that invites library profes- the recipe! access free online training and resources, sionals to attend a free learning series visit www.ala.org/LTC-models. to explore various dialogue facilitation Everyday Democracy works to create approaches and position themselves to a democracy that includes all voices and foster conversation and lead change in works for all people. Its unique Dialogue- their communities. to-Change Process offers an adaptable Through this initiative, ALA and approach to community engagement that NCDD are providing free online and is grounded in years of experience and in-person trainings designed for three Plum Pleasing Books learning with communities throughout library types: large or urban public librar- from the U.S. The process includes core ele- ies; academic libraries; and small or rural ments of community organizing, facili- public libraries. Trainings will be offered tated meetings with small groups that later in 2017 and 2018. For more information come together, and a connection between about the free trainings available for your dialogue and action. library type, visit www.ala.org/LTC. Given the impact of racism on our country, Everyday Democracy’s process and work pays special attention to how structural racism and other inequities Offering discounts and affect the issues addressed. free shipping for orders Participants in the Annual 2017 REGISTER placed at Booth 1852 preconference (designed for large and/ plumstreetpublishers.com or urban public libraries) will learn the NOW basic principles of Everyday Democracy’s approach, including organizing strategies N E W C H I L D R E N ’ S B O O K S F RO M A N E X P E R I E N C E D T E A M for building strong coalitions, relation- MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 5

ALA Awards & Keynote Address by Ron Chernow oin ALA President Julie Todaro for the of America’s successful giants and titans, the show’s creator and star Lin-Manuel Mi- ALA Awards followed by her selected Chernow invites his readers to discover their randa as historical consultant. As a member Ron Chernow guest speaker, Ron Chernow – always failures and foibles, uncovering enduring les- of the show’s creative team, Chernow was a ALA Awards & Keynote Address J Sunday 6/25, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. a highlight of the conference. One of the sons that inform our modern era.” recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Out- most distinguished commentators on poli- His books have won many awards, in- standing Musical – his first theater award. tics, business, and finance in the U.S. today, cluding the 1990 best nonfiction National A frequent contributor to The New York His newest biography, Grant, will be 2015 National Humanities Medal recipient Book Award for his first book,The House of Times and The Wall Street Journal, Chernow published in Fall 2017. and bestselling author, Chernow has been Morgan, now considered a modern classic, is a familiar figure on national radio and tele- His presentation at the conference is praised by the National Endowment for and the Pulitzer Prize for his 2010 biography vision shows and has appeared in numerous sponsored by Penguin Random House (booth the Humanities for “…bringing our Na- of George Washington. His second book, documentaries. He has received six honorary #3711). tion’s story to life. Through his examination The Warburgs, won the prestigious George S. doctorates, and recently joined the board Get details and add to your schedule Eccles Prize for best busi- of trustees of Humanity in Action, a global now. ness book and was cited human rights organization. by the ALA as one of the year’s 10 best works. In reviewing his collection of essays, The Death of It’s back! Front Porch the Banker, The New York Stage is back! Times called Chernow Located in the “as elegant an architect lobby area of of monumental histories the McCormick as we’ve seen in decades.” Place conven- Chernow’s much tion center, anticipated biography outside of Alexander Hamilton Registration. was described by The This live stage New York Times as “mov- focuses on solo ing and masterly…by acoustic acts far the best biography across a wide ever written about the range of musical man”. The book inspired instruments and the Broadway musical styles. “Hamilton” on which Ron Chernow (Photo © Nina Subin) Chernow worked with Our Closing Session

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Office for Government Relations Learn more at gale.com/WomensStudies. Focuses on the Power of Libraries at Annual Conference in Chicago essions offered by the Office for Matthew as she discusses the Institute’s Com- Government Relations highlight how munity Catalyst Initiative to assist libraries Slibraries can harness their portfolio in developing a deeper understanding of of resources to transform their communities their role as enablers of community vital- and how to communicate that role to elected ity and co-creators of positive change. This decision-makers. interactive session will delve into what it means to be a catalyst, describe upcoming IMLS: Make your library a community opportunities and explore how institutions catalyst can best leverage federal investments through Saturday, June 24, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. collaborations. Join Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Director Dr. Kathryn K. Speaking truth to power and being heard Saturday, June 24, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Libraries constitute a critical national infrastructure that, given the resources, can transform our country. For federal decision-makers BOOK to hear and be persuaded by that message, advocates need to communicate it effectively. YOUR TRIP Speaking truth to power is most successful when you speak that power’s language. Join EMPOWER™ RESEARCH this session to explore how to make the best case for libraries with your elected leaders. © 2017. Gale, a Cengage Company, is a registered trademark used herein under license. GCT17174700 3/17 6 COGNOTES MAY 2017 PREVIEW

Placement Center: Bustling with Activity he ALA JobLIST Placement & Career we have an event just for you! Join us to talk what I wanted, but it was a foot in the door.” Sunday, June 25 Development Center will be bustling with working librarians who are doing great “I needed more money.” Sound familiar? 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Twith activities at the upcoming ALA and interesting things with their careers. Well, as they say, this isn’t a dress rehearsal, so HR Confidential: Insider Tips from HR Annual Conference in Chicago. In addition Find out how to get a job, move into a more it’s time you made the right career decisions Directors to having career counseling, resume review specialized area, or move into your career – for the right reasons. Imagine being happy This will be an informal discussion/Q&A assistance, and an onsite photographer, the goals. All types of exciting library workers to go to work in the morning, seeing a bright session where you can gain an insider’s per- Center is also hosting several special activities will be represented. No appointment needed. future ahead of you and taking pride in the spective on the recruitment process from which are listed below. You do not have to contribution you’re making. It can happen! experienced HR Directors. Get tips on how be currently looking for a job to benefit from Workshops Maybe you just need to... Renew Yourself! to make your application stand out. Find out our workshops and services. The ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Join us to discover how. how to be your own best advocate for profes- The ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center is also hosting several sional development and career advancement. Development Center will be in McCormick workshops. 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Explore negotiation strategies to ensure you Place West, Level 3, and open Saturday and Manage Your Stress and Start Living a get the most out of your offer package. Get Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m Saturday, June 24 Healthier Life Today answers to your questions from these human 8:30 a.m. Join us for this interactive session where resource directors. Special Activities Orientation we will discuss signs of stress and how it 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. impacts your body and mental health. Walk This brief session is intended for those The Key to Getting Interviews: Great Cover Sunday, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. away with stress reduction techniques that who may be unfamiliar with the Center. Letters and Resumes On-the-Fly Mentoring Employers and job seekers are welcomed you will be able to use immediately. Leave You can’t show the hiring manager what a Anyone who might be looking for career to attend. feeling refreshed and prepared to meet chal- perfect fit you are for that job you really want advice can stop by and talk with an expe- lenges in healthier, more productive ways. if you can’t get an interview. Effective cover rienced librarian about all aspects of their 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. letters and resumes can be the key to getting career. Getting Unstuck: Moving Ahead in Your 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. your foot in the door. Get tips from someone Career When It Feels Like You Are Moving Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for a Successful who reviews cover letters and resumes daily – a Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Behind Job Hunt human resource director. Bring your resume Open House/Job Fair Were you looking for security and stabil- Whether you are looking for that first and be prepared to leave with ideas for polish- Employers will be available to talk to ity in your library career, but now you are librarian position, looking to move up the ing your resume and cover letters so that you conference attendees about their institutions. experiencing stagnation? Have you had pe- career ladder, anticipating a geographic can start getting those interviews. You do not have to be an active job seeker to riods of success and achievement as a library move, or looking for something else entirely, attend. Conference attendees can feel free to innovator, but currently are being passed this interactive workshop will provide you 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. walk around and talk to all employers. No over for raises, promotions, and the cool with strategies and tools to navigate and Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, appointment necessary. projects? Join us for this interactive session organize your search, analyze job listings, and Body, and Soul to learn how to anticipate and move past write effective, compelling cover letters and Self-care is not a one-time thought or Sunday, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. career plateaus. resumes. We will also discuss the importance event. The concept needs to be part of a Check Out a Librarian of creating, and maintaining, a professional long-term strategy that is embedded in your Are you a job seeker? Looking to find 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. online presence, and of networking and get- life-style. Join us for this interactive presenta- your librarian niche? Want to move up the Renew, Re-Energize, Refresh Your Career ting involved in professional development tion where we will explore a holistic approach librarianship ladder but not sure how? Are Here are the top three reasons many opportunities – all of which will help get to wellness that encompasses mind, body and you interested in some of ALA’s amazing pro- people say they’re in their current jobs – “I you noticed, in a good way, and propel you spirit. Walk away with tangible ideas that you grams or getting involved in activities? Well, needed more hours, so I took it.” “It wasn’t one step closer to the interview. can put in to practice immediately

A Cornucopia of New Books, Products, Special Events Planned for the ALA Store at Annual Conference onger hours and easy access near ing Batman, Supergirl, Super Sons, Justice the Meet the Author events taking place the onsite Registration area make League, and Teen Titans. at the ALA Store: Lit convenient to shop and browse Prepare for upcoming fall events with Lesley S. J. Farmer, author of Manag- at the ALA Store at the 2017 ALA An- new designs for Library Card Sign-up ing the Successful School Library: Strategic nual Conference & Exhibition. The Month, 2017 Banned Books Week and 2017 Planning and Reflective Practice ALA Store offers prAoducts that meet Teen Read Week, including posters, book- Saturday, June 24, 12:30 p.m. the widest range of your promotional marks, and gifts. and continuing education/professional Find a selection of vintage posters that are A. Arro Smith, PhD, author of Cap- development needs – as well as fun gift no longer available online or in catalogs. Act turing Our Stories: An Oral History of items. Make sure to carve out some quickly – quantities and designs are limited! Librarianship in Transition time in your schedule to stop by and Remember to stop by early to get your Sunday, June 25, 4:00 p.m. examine the many new and bestselling pick of conference t-shirts – they sell out fast! items available! Prices at the ALA Store automatically ALA Publishing is excited to offer several reflect the ALA Member discount, so ALA Store hours: new titles hot off the press, such asStories, there is no need to dig out your mem- Friday, June 23 Songs, and Stretches!: Creating Playful Story- ber number. And remember that every 12:00 – 5:30 p.m. times with Yoga and Movement, the new third dollar you spend at the ALA Store helps ALA Graphics Saturday, June 24 will feature a range edition of Fundamentals of Library Supervi- support library advocacy, awareness, and of new and best-selling products, plus sion, and Winning Elections and Influencing other key programs and initiatives! 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. special conference-only items. New celeb- Politicians for Library Funding. Remember Sunday, June 25 rity posters include Gal Gadot as Wonder that you can find titles from ALA Editions, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Woman and Sarah Jessica Parker, who also ALA Neal-Schuman, Facet Publishing, UK, Monday, June 26 headlines the 2017 President’s Program. and the ALA Divisions in the ALA Store, and BOOK 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Other posters making their debut at get free shipping on all book orders placed in conference include Yuyi Morales’s Niño, the ALA Store (posters, bookmarks, and other YOUR TRIP Cars 3 in Revved Up to Read, Mother Bruce, gift-type items are not eligible for this offer). and Dragons Love Tacos. Shop the expanded collection of super hero products, featur- Plan your time at ALA Annual to include MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 7

Saujani The ALA Exhibits floor » from page 1 how to code, but this book has inspired me to learn,” said Malala Yousafzai, Student, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Co-Founder of the Malala Fund. The Friendship Code, a fictional title, will be published by Penguin Young Readers at the same time as Girls Who Code. Saujani has been named one of Fortune’s 40 under 40, a WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year, one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York by the New York Daily News, Forbes’s Most Powerful Women Chang- ► ing the World, Business Insider’s 50 Women Who Are Changing the World, and an AOL/ PBS Next MAKER. You can listen to her TED Talk “Teach girls bravery, not perfec- tion” to learn more about her passions and Penguin Young Readers, booth #3711. philosophy. Her appearance is sponsored by Get details and add to your schedule now. Office for Information Technology The 2017 final- and published in the U.S. in the previous year. Policy (OITP) Talks Copyright and Carnegie They are the first single-book awards for adult » from page 1 ists in nonfiction Coding at Annual Conference were The Firebrand titles given by ALA and are cosponsored and and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: administered by Booklist and RUSA. For more f technology and copyright are your Join a discussion with library staff from Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the information and to see past longlists, shortlists, areas of interest, don’t miss these excit- a variety of backgrounds and experiences, Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott and winners, visit Andrew Carnegie Medals for Iing tracks offered by the Office for- In where you can learn about OITP’s Libraries and Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. formation Technology Policy (OITP) at the Ready to Code initiative, how to get started America by Patrick Phillips. The finalists in The Michael L. Printz Program and Recep- Annual Conference and Exhibition: and how to facilitate activities that foster fiction wereMoonglow by Michael Chabon, tion, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excel- computational thinking skills. and Swing Time by Zadie Smith. lence in Fiction and Nonfiction celebration, OITP Copyright Track The Andrew Carnegie Medals were es- and the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet You Make the Call! Talking tech with Google tablished in 2012 by the American Library are held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday eve- The copyright game show Libraries Ready to Code collaborators Association and Carnegie Corporation of ning respectively, allowing Annual Conference Sunday, June 25, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. from Google offer valuable resources and New York to recognize the best fiction and attendees to enjoy all three without conflicts. In a gameshow format, expert panelists insight related to technology and digital nonfiction books written for adult readers Get details and add to your schedule now. will make arguments for and against fair literacy in three different sessions: use. The audience will vote—fair use or Free computer science and coding resources not? Who wins? You decide! (Spoiler alert: Saturday, June 24, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. everyone wins when they better understand Get an overview of free resources to sup- copyright and fair use.) port librarians facilitating computer science activities for youth. Another report from the swamp: Copyright policy developments in Washington Implicit bias in tech: What libraries can do Monday, June 26, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. to shift this dynamic Three copyright policy experts will share Saturday, June 24, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. the latest news on the congressional review Biases clearly impact who pursues com- of copyright law, developments for people puter science and coding in education or as with print disabilities and the status of the a career. Presenters will discuss some of their U.S. Copyright Office under the Library of recent efforts to address bias and explore ways Congress. Additional topics will be discussed libraries can be positive agents of change. if there is late-breaking news. Tech education in libraries: Google’s support for digital literacy and inclusion OITP Coding Track Sunday, June 25, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Get your library #ReadytoCode Presenters will share a range of resources Sunday, June 25, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. to help libraries promote digital literacy. Check out the ALA Lounge hile at the ALA Conference community. For our newest members, meet in Chicago, Stop by the ALA colleagues who will help you find ways to get WLounge – brought to you by more involved in the association, supporting ALA Membership, where you can learn how your career and the rest of the profession. membership can enhance your career, con- ALA staff and Ambassadors are on hand, nect with colleagues, and get information ready to help answer your questions about to help you improve library services to your your membership, the conference, the public awareness campaign Libraries Transform™, ALA’s strategic directions, and the many things happening at ALA. New at the Lounge this year is “Meet Your ALA.” We’ll have representatives in the REGISTER ALA Lounge from some of our acronyms rotating every few hours, doing short “meet NOW & greets” about their division, roundtable, or office! “Meet Your ALA” will be open throughout conference during regular ALA Lounge hours. 8 COGNOTES MAY 2017 PREVIEW

2017 Annual Conference Exhibits — Company Listing EXHIBITOR...... BOOTH Biblioasis...... 3221 3branch Products...... 2234 BiblioBoard...... 4444 4Imprint...... 4356 BiblioCommons Inc...... 5026 A-B-C Bibliotheca...... 4025 A A A A A A A AAAS/ Science...... 1334 Biblomodel...... 5036 Post Office AASL, ALSC and YALSA...... 2731 Big Cozy Books...... 1416 PopTop What's Cooking @ ALA Stage Birchard Co/EZDrop...... 2418 Poster Stage ABC-CLIO...... 4820 Career Development Blackstone Audio...... 3518 Sessions Internet ABDO...... 3730 Center Room Bookmobile Bloodmobile Abingdon Press...... 3323 Blocks Rock LLC...... 2251 2055 2155 2156 2255 2355 2455 3355 3455 3555 3655 3755 3855 3955 4055 4155 4255 4356 4455 4555 5055 5155 Above the Treeline...... 1849 Bloom’s...... 1626 10' 10' 5254 Abrams The Art of Books Since 1949...... 3411 Bloomsbury Digital Resources...... 4726 Dome 1353 1453 1553 1653 1753 1853 1953 2053 2153 2253 2353 2453 4453 4553 4653 4753 4853 4953 5153 5253 Accessible Archives, Inc...... 1713 Bloomsbury Children’s Books...... 2717 1153 1253 Little 20' 20' 20' Maker Coding Drones VR/AR 30' 1152 1252 1352 1452 1552 1652 1752 1852 2052 2252 2452 30' Free 4252 4352 4452 4552 4652 4752 4852 4952 5052 5152 5252 Blue Manatee Press...... 2541 20' 20' 20' ACLS Humanities E-Book...... 4146 Dome Action Lab...... 1118 BMI Digital ReeL...... 4249 1151 1251 Exhibitor 1351 1451 1551 1651 1751 1851 1951 2051 2151 2251 2351 2451 2555 4051 4251 4351 4451 4551 4651 4751 4851 4951 5051 5151 5251 Conference 10' plALAground 10' Acuity-vct...... 5213 Bologna Children’s Book Fair...... 2522 Maker Pavilion Suites

Adam Matthew Digital...... 1531 Book Systems, Inc...... 4937 10' 10' 10' 10' 1249 1449 1549 1749 1849 1949 2049 2149 10' 10' 2552 2652 4149 10' 4249 10' 4449 4549 10' 4649 4749 10' 4849 10' 5149 10' 5249 AdventureKEEN...... 3425A BookExpo...... 2421 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 1248 30' 2551 2651 20' 1348 1448 1548 1748 1848 2148 2248 2348 2448 3948 4048 4148 4248 4348 4548 4648 4748 4848 4948 5048 5148 5248 5348 5448 Agate Publishing...... 2029A Booklist Publications...... 3217 20' ArtistAlley 2550 2650 A 1148 B A A B AGATI Furniture...... 3829 BookPage...... 2623 1347 1647 1747 1847 1947 4147 4247 4347 5147 2549 2649 20' 20' 20' 1147 20' 20' 20' 20' Boopsie...... 4617 1250 10'

Akashic Books...... 3120B AISLE 2000 2446 2548 2648 3946 4046 4146 4246 4346 5046 5146 1146 20' 20' 1248 20' 20' 20' SmallPress 20' 20' 20' 5245 ALA Affiliates...... 1751 Bound to Stay Bound Books...... 2411 10' 2547 1145 1345 2647 4645 4745 5145 5345 5445 30' 30' 20' 20' 4845 20' ALA Games & Gaming Round Table...... 1425 Boyds Mills Press and Highlights Press...... 3117 1246 20' 20' 20' 2546 20' 5244 1144 20' 2646 1244 1344 1444 1644 1844 2044 20' 2244 2444 3944 4444 5044 5144 ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom...... 4453 Boys Town Press...... 3631 20' 20' 10' Braden Lamb and Shelli Paroline - 3943 4643 4743 5043 Albert Whitman and Company...... 3520 4043 4243 20' 20' Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company...... 3911 Artist Alley...... 1146 20' 40' 20' 65' 20' 20' 20' 5242 1143 1642 2442 2544 2644 4642 4742 4842 4942 5042 5142 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' Altarama Information Systems...... 4751 Brainfuse...... 4040 Special Events 1142 2543 2643 Library Information Service 10' Chapter One Stage 124120' 1441 1641 1741 2241 2441 4441 Area 1200 1100 / 20' 20' 1141 2542 2642 20' 10' 20' 2440 3940 4040 4240 4740 4840 4940 5240 1140 50' 20' 20' 20' 20' 2541 2641 20' 20' LateSet-Up

1139 AISLE 1339 2439 2540 2640 4639 4739 4839 4939 5039 5239 1239 20' 20' THE PARK 85' EXHIBITS HOURS 20' 20'

30' AISLE 2200 10' 1138 2539 2639 @ ALA 1238 1338 1438 2238 2438 3938 30' 4638 4738 4838 4938 5238 1838 20' 20' 1137 2638 1237 1337 1637 3937 4037 4237 4437 4637 4737 4837 4937 20' 5137 5237 1136 20' 20' 30' 2637 1236 10' 2537 1336 2436 4636 4736 5036 5236 1135 20' 5000 4900 / 1500 / 1600 1500 / 1800 1700 / 1300 / 1400 1300 /

2636 5200 5100 / 20' 2536 20' 20' 20' B 30' 30' A B A 1134 2635 30' 1335 20' 3935 4635 5035 Sunday, June 25 20' 30' 20' 20' 20' Friday, June 23 20' 2535 20' 934 1034 1133 1234 AISLE AISLE AISLE Exhibitor 1334 AISLE 2434 2534 4434 4634 4734 5034 5134 5234 1434 1634 1834 2234 4034 4234 4834 AISLE 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 15' 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Conference 10' 10' 10' Suites Opening Reception 20' 30' 20' 20' 30' 30' 1132 1332 1432 3632 3832 3932 4732 4832 4932 5132 5232 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 932 1032 monitor 10' podium 30' 20' 20' 30' in the Exhibits Monday, June 26 1131 1231 1331 1431 1531 1631 1731 2531 2631 2731 2831 3031 3631 circular 4631 4731 4831 4931 5031 5131 5231 10'-6" 46' 40' 40' ID sign 40' 40' 40' 40' 20' 40' 40' 40' 1130 1230 1330 1430 2430 3730 (20) chairs 4630 4930 5030 5130 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' Mobile App Diversity Pavilion 20' Pavilion

schedule Graphic Novel 1229 1329 1429 1529 1629 1729 1829 2029 2229 2429 2529 2629 2729 2829 2929 3029 3129 3229 3429 3529 3629 3729 3829 4029 4429 4629 4729 International 4829 4929 5029 5129 5229 Book Buzz Theater Saturday, June 24 Exhibits Closing 4429 56' Gaming 10' 10' 10' Pavilion Stage 20' 20' 30' 40' 20' 20' 20' 20' 30' 30' 20' 20' 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Events 2600 2500 / 2800 2700 / 3000 2900 / 3200 3100 / 3400 3300 / 3600 3500 / 3800 3700 / 4000 3900 / 1427 1527 3727 3927 Gaming 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' Lounge 1526 1626 2626 3526 20' 3826 4626 4726 4826 5026 5226 40' 40' 30' AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE 20' 30' 10' 30' 10'

1425 1525 AISLE 2400 3625 3725 3825 5225 AISLE 4400 AISLE 4600 1225 2125 2825 3225 20' 4025 4425 20' 4800 4700 / 20' 20' 20'

1424 20' 1824 2624 3024 3524 3824 3924 4624 4724 5024 5124 Alternative Press Center...... 2637 Brepols Publishers...... 5130 40' 80' 80' 20' 80' 30' A B A A A 20' 10' B 1323 1423 1523 2623 2923 3023 AISLE Brodart Co...... 4020 30' 20' 4823 AMALIVRE...... 4931 100' 1023 30' 30' 20' 20' 50' American Book Returns...... 5214 Brooks Permissions...... 4652 1322 1622 2622 3522 3922 20' 40' 20' 1222 30' 30' American Collective Stand...... 2522 Building Technology Consultants...... 5131 10' 30' 30' 30' 30' 40' 30' 1321 30' 30' 60' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' Click on the 1221 20' American Express...... 4753 Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)...... 4148 10' 10' 40' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 20' 10' 10' 10' 10'

Gaming / GraphicPavilion Novel 30' 1320 2422 2620 2720 2820 2920 3020 3120 3220 3420 3520 3620 3720 3820 3920 4020 4420 4620 4820 5020 5220 American Psychological Association...... 4425 Burgeon Group LLC...... 4240 ORANGE 1020 15' 20' 10' 10' 10' American Reads Spanish...... 2427 Business Expert Press and Momentum Press.....1616 Exhibitor 1219 1319 1419 1619 1819 BOOTH SPACES 20' 30' 30' 20' 20' 20' Conference 10' Amy Chu - Artist Alley...... 1134 ByWater Solutions LLC...... 4348 1118 2418 3518 3618 Suites 2218 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' on the floor plan 30' 20' 20' 20' Customer Andre R. Frattino - Artist Alley...... 1145 C2ER-Council for Community and 20' 30' 1117 1417 1517 1617 2417 2717 2817 2917 3017 3117 3517 3617 3917 5217 10' 20' 20' 10' 20' 40' 40' 3217 4017 4417 4617 4817 30' Connect to visit Cognotes 40' Exhibits Andrews McMeel Publishing...... 3023 Economic Research...... 4653 10' 1016 1116 1216 1316 1416 1516 1616 1716 2716 2816 2916 3416 3516 3616 5216 ® 20' 20' 20' 5016 Office Andy Runton - Artist Alley...... 1135 Call One ...... 1337 Preview Issue 30' 60' 10' 10' 1115 1215 2415 2515 2615 3115 3415 3915 4815 4915 5215 Anime Your Way - Artist Alley...... 1144 Camara Nacional De La Industria 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' advertiser Web 1015 20' 80' 80' Annick Press...... 3430 Editorial Mexicana...... 2423 1114 1214 1314 1614 2514 2614 2714 2814 3214 3314 3414 3614 5214 20' 20' 60' 20' 60' sites...or click 70' 20' 20' Arsenal Pulp...... 3123B Cambridge University Press...... 1631 20' 50' 50' 20' 20' 1413 1513 1613 1713 2413 40' 5013 5113 5213 40' 50' 50' on the BOLDED 20' Arte Publico Press...... 1417 Cameron + Company...... 3329B 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 1112 1512 1612 30' 5212 20' 20' 20' 20' Artifex Press...... 2650 Candlewick Press...... 2820 20' company 20' 1211 1411 1511 1611 1711 1811 2111 2411 2511 2611 2711 2811 2911 3011 3111 3211 3311 3411 3511 3611 3711 3811 3911 4011 4411 4811 5011 5111 5211 Artstor...... 2622 Capira Technologies...... 1552 listings. 12'-8" ASI Signage...... 5234 Capstone...... 3314 Government Services Association for Library and Information Cardinal Publishers Group...... 2642 Science Education (ALISE)...... 4734 Career Girls...... 2029H A A A B Association of College & Research Libraries...... 4639 Casalini Libri - Fiesole, Italy...... 4832 Atlas Systems...... 1729 Cash4YourBooks...... 2422 AtoZdatabases...... 5051 Cat Farris - Artist Alley...... 1147 Children’s Plus, Inc...... 2831 Colleen Coover - Artist Alley...... 1236 Auto-Graphics, Inc...... 2529 Catapult/Counterpoint Press/ Soft Skull Press.....3421 Child’s Play...... 1429 Combined Book Exhibit...... 2524 AUZOU...... 3220B Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc...... 2647 ChiliFresh.com...... 3946 Combined eBook Exhibit...... 2524 AV2 by Weigl Publishers...... 1115 Cavendish Square...... 3024 CHOICE...... 4638 Communico...... 1241 AWE Learning...... 1441 CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH...... 4251 Chronicle Books...... 3211 Comprise Technologies...... 4434 Backstage Library Works...... 2434 Cecil Castellucci & Jose Pimienta - Artist Alley.... 1135 Church Publishing Inc...... 5240 Consortium Book Sales and Distribution...... 3124 Baker & Taylor/Follett...... 2218 Central Recovery Press...... 3224 Cinco Puntos Press...... 3120A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...... 1516 Barbershop Books...... 2029F Charlesbridge Publishing...... 3522 Claire Lynn Designs...... 1431 Coralstone Press...... 1549 Barking Dog Exhibits...... 4549 Chelsea House...... 1626 Clancy Relocation and Logistics...... 2646 Counting Opinions...... 4626 BayScan Technologies...... 2051 Cherry Lake Publishing / Clarivate Analytics...... 1619 Crabtree Publishing Company...... 1411 Bedtime Math...... 4455 Sleeping Bear Press...... 1116 Clavis Books...... 3330 CraftUnique LTD...... 2348 Beijing International Book Fair...... 2522 Chetu...... 1853 CLCD, LLC (Children’s Literature Creston Books...... 3331B Bella & Harry...... 3132 Chicago Collections Consortium...... 2550 Comprehensive Database)...... 2417 The Criterion Collection...... 1230 Bellwether Media...... 2441 Chicago One Stop/Browser Display...... 1527 Clear-Vu...... 1352 The Crowley Company...... 2438 Benetech (Bookshare)...... 4155 Chicago Passport Agency...... 5249 Coach House Books...... 3123A Cuento de Luz...... 3429A Better World Books...... 5217 Chicago Review Press...... 2720 CoLibri Systems North America, Inc...... 4624 Cyndi Foster & Jeramy Hobz B-Artist Alley...... 1148 MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 9

2017 Annual Conference Exhibits — Floor Plan

A A A A A A A MORE Post Office EXHIBITS PopTop What's Cooking @ ALA Stage Poster Stage INFO Career Development Sessions Internet Center Room Bookmobile Bloodmobile 2055 2155 2156 2255 2355 2455 3355 3455 3555 3655 3755 3855 3955 4055 4155 4255 4356 4455 4555 5055 5155 10' 10' 5254

Dome 1353 1453 1553 1653 1753 1853 1953 2053 2153 2253 2353 2453 4453 4553 4653 4753 4853 4953 5153 5253 1153 1253 Little 20' 20' 20' Maker Coding Drones VR/AR 30' 1152 1252 1352 1452 1552 1652 1752 1852 2052 2252 2452 30' Free 4252 4352 4452 4552 4652 4752 4852 4952 5052 5152 5252 20' 20' 20' Dome 1151 1251 Exhibitor 1351 1451 1551 1651 1751 1851 1951 2051 2151 2251 2351 2451 2555 4051 4251 4351 4451 4551 4651 4751 4851 4951 5051 5151 5251 Conference 10' plALAground 10' Maker Pavilion Suites

10' 10' 10' 10' 1249 1449 1549 1749 1849 1949 2049 2149 10' 10' 2552 2652 4149 10' 4249 10' 4449 4549 10' 4649 4749 10' 4849 10' 5149 10' 5249 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20'

1248 30' 2551 2651 20'

1348 1448 1548 1748 1848 20' 2148 2248 2348 2448 3948 4048 4148 4248 4348 4548 4648 4748 4848 4948 5048 5148 5248 5348 5448 ArtistAlley 2550 2650 A 1148 B A A B 1347 1647 1747 1847 1947 4147 4247 4347 5147 2549 2649 20' 20' 20' 1147 20' 20' 20' 20' 1250 10' AISLE 2000 2446 2548 2648 3946 4046 4146 4246 4346 5046 5146 1146 20' 20' 1248 20' 20' 20' SmallPress 20' 20' 20' 5245 10' 2547 1145 1345 2647 4645 4745 5145 5345 5445 30' 30' 20' 20' 4845 20' 1246 20' 20' 20' 2546 20' 5244 1144 20' 2646 1244 1344 1444 1644 1844 2044 20' 2244 2444 3944 4444 5044 5144 20' 20' 10' 3943 4643 4743 5043 4043 4243 20' 20' 20' 40' 20' 65' 20' 20' 20' 5242 1143 1642 2442 2544 2644 4642 4742 4842 4942 5042 5142 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' Special Events 1142 2543 2643 Library Information Service 10' Chapter One Stage 124120' 1441 1641 1741 2241 2441 4441 Area 1200 1100 / 20' 20' 1141 2542 2642 20' 10' 20' 2440 3940 4040 4240 4740 4840 4940 5240 1140 50' 20' 20' 20' 20' 2541 2641 20' 20' LateSet-Up

1139 AISLE 1339 2439 4639 4739 4839 4939 5239 20' 20' 2540 2640 85' 5039 1239 THE PARK 20' 20'

2636 5200 5100 / 20' 2536 20' 20' 20' B 30' 30' A B A 1134 1335 2635 3935 4635 5035 30' 20' 30' 20' 20' 20' 2535 20' 20' 20' 934 1034 1133 1234 AISLE AISLE AISLE Exhibitor 1334 AISLE 2434 2534 4434 4634 4734 5034 5134 5234 1434 1634 1834 2234 4034 4234 4834 AISLE 15' Conference 10' 10' 10' Suites 20' 30' 20' 20' 30' 30' 1132 1332 1432 3632 3832 3932 4732 4832 4932 5132 5232 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 932 1032 monitor 10' podium 30' 20' 20' 30' 1131 1231 1331 1431 1531 1631 1731 2531 2631 2731 2831 3031 3631 circular 4631 4731 4831 4931 5031 5131 5231 10'-6" 46' 40' 40' ID sign 40' 40' 40' 40' 20' 40' 40' 40' 1130 1230 1330 1430 2430 3730 (20) chairs 4630 4930 5030 5130 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' Mobile App Diversity Pavilion 20' Pavilion

schedule Graphic Novel 1229 1329 1429 1529 1629 1729 1829 2029 2229 2429 2529 2629 2729 2829 2929 3029 3129 3229 3429 3529 3629 3729 3829 4029 4429 4629 4729 International 4829 4929 5029 5129 5229 Book Buzz Theater 4429 56' Gaming 10' 10' 10' Pavilion Stage 20' 20' 30' 40' 20' 20' 20' 20' 30' 30' 20' 20' 2500 / 2600 2500 / 2800 2700 / 3000 2900 / 3200 3100 / 3400 3300 / 3600 3500 / 3800 3700 / 4000 3900 / 1427 1527 3727 3927 Gaming 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' Lounge 1526 1626 2626 3526 20' 3826 4626 4726 4826 5026 5226 40' 40' 30' AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE AISLE 20' 30' 10' 30' 10'

1425 1525 AISLE 2400 3625 3725 3825 5225 AISLE 4400 AISLE 4600 1225 2125 2825 3225 20' 4025 4425 20' 4800 4700 / 20' 20' 20'

1424 20' 1824 2624 3024 3524 3824 3924 4624 4724 5024 5124 40' 80' 80' 20' 80' 30' A B A A A 20' 10' B 1323 1423 1523 2623 2923 3023 AISLE 30' 20' 4823 100' 1023 30' 30' 20' 20' 50' 1322 1622 2622 3522 3922 20' 40' 20' 1222 30' 30' 10' 30' 30' 30' 30' 40' 30' 1321 30' 30' 60' 20' 20' 20' 20' 20' 1221 20' 10' 10' 40' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' 20' 10' 10' 10' 10'

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EXHIBITOR...... BOOTH Disney Book Group...... 3924 ELM USA Disc Repair Equipment...... 1525 Fabled Films Press...... 3220A D-E-F DLSG at Image Access...... 1829 Elsevier...... 4017 Facts on File...... 1626 Dark Horse Comics...... 3927 Dominican University School of Information Emerald Publishing...... 5111 Faculty of 1000...... 4731 Darren Brady - Artist Alley...... 1136 Studies...... 4736 Emery-Pratt Company...... 4815 FamilySearch...... 2241 Data Planet/Conquest Systems...... 1517 Dover Publications...... 1347 Emporia State University...... 4737 Farber Specialty Vehicles...... 1344 De Gruyter, Inc...... 1629 Drawn & Quarterly...... 2716 Enslow Publishing...... 3024 FE Technologies...... 1345 Demco Software...... 4617 Dream Image Press, LLC...... 2542 EnvisionWare...... 2229 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)...1513 Demco, Inc...... 1811 Drexel University Online...... 5129 Equinox Open Library Initiative...... 5013 Federal Trade Commission...... 4551 Department of Information & Library Science D-Tech International USA...... 4043 Erasmus Boekhandel BV...... 4831 The Feminist Press at CUNY...... 3222A Indiana University...... 4838 Dundurn...... 3232B Estey/Tennsco...... 1711 Feria Internacional Del Libro De Guadalajara...... 5029 Design + Daniels and Zermack Archtiects...... 5149 Dynamite Entertainment...... 1118 Euromonitor International...... 4553 Fillbach Brothers - Artist Alley...... 1245 Deziner Software...... 4429D East View Information Services...... 2415 Eustis Chair...... 5124 Film Platform...... 4951 Diamond Book Distributors...... 1118 EBSCO Information Services...... 4411 Evanced...... 4617 Films Media Group...... 1626 Digital Transitions Division of Cultural ECW Press...... 3425B Everbright by Hero Design...... 2153 Films On Demand...... 1626 Heritage...... 2044 Eerdmans Books for Young Readers...... 3214 Ex Libris, a ProQuest Company...... 4011 Digitalia...... 5031 e-ImageData Corp...... 5011 Faber & Faber...... 3424B see page 10 10 COGNOTES MAY 2017 PREVIEW

The Illinois Literacy Foundation (ILF)...... 2549 Exhibits Image Comics...... 1118 » from page 9 Independent Publishers Group...... 2720 EXHIBITS STAGES EXHIBITOR...... BOOTH Index Data...... 5220 Firefly Books...... 3625 India For Everyone...... 5030 Fitzhenry & Whiteside...... 4851 Indus International, Inc...... 5044 Flowerpot Press...... 2816 Infobase...... 1626 Flying Eye Books...... 3121A InfoEstrategica Latina S.A. De C.V...... 4749 Foreword Reviews...... 2729 Informa UK Ltd...... 5024 Fox Chapel Publishing...... 1749 Information Today, Inc...... 4246 Frankfurt Book Fair - Ausstellungs-und Ingram Content Group LLC...... 3226 Messe-GmbH...... 2522 Ingram Library Services...... 3226 Free Spirit Publishing...... 2929 Ingram Publisher Services®...... 3231 French Comics Association...... 1229 IngramSpark®...... 3229 Frozen Light...... 4555 Inner Traditions International...... 1651 G-H-I The Innovation Press...... 3432 The What’s Cooking Stage will be Innovative...... 4417 Gabo - Artist Alley...... 1237 Hear the latest “Buzz” about the newest heating up the exhibit floor with Galaxy Press...... 1432 Insignia Software Corporation...... 5225 titles from your favorite publishers all in Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies...... 2635 mouthwatering displays from the latest Gale, a Cengage company...... 2111 one easy-to-find location in the exhibits. Gaming Lounge...... 1225 Institute of Museum and Library Services...... 1613 cookbooks, hottest chefs and best-in- Gareth Stevens...... 3024 Integra Seating...... 4449 the-business foodies. GCFLearnFree.org...... 1335 Interlude Press...... 2029G Gene Ha - Artist Alley...... 1239 International Monetary Fund...... 1614 Generation Fifth Applications Inc...... 1953 InterVarsity Press...... 1451 Geochron...... 5215 iREAD Summer Reading...... 4634 Geographic Research, Inc...... 1339 Irene Ceder Rogers Author...... 2546 Glasstree...... 4247 Iron Circus Comics...... 3122A The Global Display Solution...... 2641 Iron Mountain...... 5142 The PopTop Stage features librarian favor- Global Financial Data...... 4347 ITC Systems...... 5046 ites including mystery, humor, romance, GOBI Library Solutions...... 4411 iTeam Resources, Inc...... 4046 technology, and travel, with readings, dis- Hear from authors, illustrators, and Golden Bell’s Polar Press...... 2536 ITRE srl...... 2053 cussions, panels, and presentations. creators of the latest games and graphic Graphic Arts Books...... 3232A IUPUI Department of Library and Greenhaven Publishing...... 3024 Information Science...... 4938 novels. Gregg Schigiel - Artist Alley...... 1248 J-K-L Grey House Publishing...... 4724 James Lorimer & Company...... 2829 Groundwood Books...... 3427 Janet Lee - Artist Alley...... 1133 Learn360...... 1626 Mason Crest...... 1747 Grove Atlantic...... 3420A Jason Rodriguez - Artist Alley...... 1137 Learning Wizard LLC...... 5212 MatterHackers...... 2451 Growing Minds Media...... 4852 Jen Lee - Artist Alley...... 1138 LearningExpress...... 4411 Max Rhymes, A Children’s Series...... 1847 Guangzhou TuChuang Computer Software Jim McClain - Artist Alley...... 1238 Lectorum Publications...... 2424 McFarland...... 1716 Developement Co., Ltd...... 5216 Joey Weiser - Artist Alley...... 1247 Lee & Low Books...... 3115 The MediaPreserve...... 4048 H.W. Wilson...... 4724 JSTOR, Portico, & Ithaka S+R...... 2620 Legato Publishers Group...... 3331A meeScan Bintec Library Services Inc...... 4429G Hachette Book Group USA...... 2511 Jump!...... 2440 LEID Products...... 4630 Mergent, Inc...... 4034 Haley Tricycles...... 2548 Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Artist Alley...... 1139 Lerner Publishing Group...... 2825 MerryMakers...... 1214 Hallett & Sons Expert Movers, Inc...... 5034 Junior Library Guild...... 2626 LexisNexis...... 3917 Midpoint Trade Books...... 3320 Harlequin Enterprises...... 3516 KaBOOM!...... 2453 Libib...... 4429E Midwest Library Service...... 2624 Harlequin Enterprises...... 3517 Kane Miller/Usborne Books...... 1117 LibLime...... 3937 Midwest Tape...... 4420 HarperCollins Children’s Books...... 3511 Kano Computing...... 2052 Librarica LLC...... 2049 MIT Press...... 2149 HarperCollins Publishers...... 3611 Kanopy...... 4441 Library Comic...... 1321 Mitinet Library Services...... 4149 HARRASSOWITZ...... 4729 Kapco Book Protection...... 4748 Library Furniture International, Inc...... 2151 MJ Industries Inc...... 4940 Harry Potter Alliance...... 5231 Keebee Play...... 1329 Library Ideas, LLC...... 2125 mk Solutions, Inc...... 4037 Historical Information Gatherers, Inc...... 4651 Kel McDonald - Artist Alley...... 1244 Library Journal...... 2626 Morgan & Claypool Publishers...... 2551 Holiday House...... 3416 Kensington Publishing...... 1947 Library Juice Academy...... 2636 Morningstar...... 1731 The Horn Book...... 2626 KI...... 1637 Library Market...... 2248 Mother Goose on the Loose...... 2537 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...... 3111 Kids Can Press...... 3524 Library of Congress...... 1819 Motion Picture Licensing Corporation...... 1221 House of Anansi Press...... 3426 Kimball Learning...... 4649 The Library Shop. The New York Public Library.....1336 Movie Licensing USA...... 1523 Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert...... 5248 KO Kids Books...... 3331B Library Society of China...... 5137 NASA...... 4051 IBPA...... 3529 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc...... 1424 The Library Store Inc...... 5134 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) - Ideum...... 5237 Kore Design, LLC...... 4252 Library Systems & Services, LLC (LS&S)...... 2413 Big Read...... 4452 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf Productions...... 1320 LaptopsAnytime...... 4631 Library Technologies Inc...... 3922 National Geographic...... 3725 IGI Global...... 2436 Latino Literacy Now...... 2029J Light Messages Publishing...... 2639 National Information Standards Organization IImage Retrieval, Inc...... 4548 LeadLocal...... 2649 Lil’ Libros, LLC...... 2643 (NISO)...... 4147 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc...... 1338 NatureMaker, Inc...... 4643 Lion Forge Comics...... 1118 Naxos of America, Inc...... 1848 LitFire Publishing...... 2148 NBM/Papercutz...... 1319 little bee books...... 3029 NEFE...... 1512 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...... 2611 New Harbinger Publications...... 2439 Llewellyn Worldwide...... 3943 The New Press...... 3127 LM Information Delivery...... 3938 New Vessel Press...... 3221 London Book Fair...... 2522 New World Library...... 3420B Lonely Planet...... 3618 New York Review of Books...... 3824 Lucas Color Card...... 4848 The News Literacy Project...... 4351 LulzBot 3D Printers...... 2351 NewsBank...... 4811 lynda.com (LinkedIn)...... 4853 Niche Academy...... 4429B Lyngsoe Systems...... 2238 Nienkamper Furniture...... 4237 LYRASIS...... 1438 NOAA Scijinks...... 1449 M-N-O Nobrow Press...... 3121A Mackin...... 1211 NOLO...... 3126 Macmillan...... 2714 Nomad Press...... 3429B Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group...... 2711 North Star Editions...... 1951 Magazine Subscription Service Agency...... 1642 Northern Micrographics Inc...... 4629 Magnolia Pictures Home Entertainment...... 1330 NorthSouth Books...... 2923 Maker Demo area...... 2655 Northwestern University Press...... TBA Makerspaces.com...... 2452 Norwood House Press...... 3414 Mandel Vilar Press...... 3223B NoveList...... 4411 Mango Languages...... 1434 Oasis Audio, LLC...... 1348 Jordan Kominsky (right), Thorpe, United Kingdom, clasps hands with author- MARCIVE, Inc...... 3632 OCLC...... 1824 illustrator Jon Klassen during his book signing at the Candlewick Press booth MarketLine...... 4952 in the Exhibits at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando. The Marvel Group Inc...... 4645 see page 11 MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 11

Recorded Books...... 4029 Exhibits Red Wheel/Weiser...... 1551 » from page 10 The Reference Shelf, a Prenax Company...... 2535 EXHIBITOR...... BOOTH ReferenceUSA...... 3920 ODILO...... 4243 ResCarta Foundation, Inc...... 4429L OECD...... 4248 ResourceMate by Jaywil Software...... 4752 Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach Ristech Company, Inc...... 5132 Services...... 1851 Rittenhouse Book Distributors...... 4429C Office of Minority Health Resource Center...... 3944 The RoadRunner Press ...... 2652 Oni Press...... 1423 Robert Bosch Tool Corporation...... 2555 Open Letter...... 3221 Rock’s Backpages...... 1949 OpenEdition...... 4929 Rodale Books...... 1748 OpinionArchives...... 1641 Romance Writers of America...... 3832 Orca Book Publishers...... 2629 Rosarium Publishing...... 2029E Original Art from Toon Books Giggle & Learn Rosen Publishing Group Inc...... 3024 Series - Artist Alley...... 1234 Rosetta Stone Ltd...... 4451 Other Press...... 3727 Rourke Educational Media...... 1314 OverDrive, Inc...... 1834 Rowman & Littlefield...... 2515 Overton & Associates...... 2540 RTI/PIK...... 2430 Owlkids Books...... 3332 Rutgers School of Communication Oxford University Press...... 4620 & Information...... 4942 P-Q-R Ryan Fisher - Artist Alley...... 1141 P.V. Supa, Inc...... 1644 S-T-U-V Padcaster...... 5052 S&P Global Market Intelligence...... 1617 Paizo Inc...... 1118 SaberCat Comics, Inc...... 2547 Palmer Hamilton...... 5229 SAGE Publishing...... 1634 Palmer School at Long Island University...... 4837 Salem Press...... 4724 Palmieri Furniture Ltd...... 4834 Sam Bosma - Artist Alley...... 1142 ALA attendees pack the floor during the Exhibits Opening Reception in Patrick Trahey - Artist Alley...... 1153 San José State University-iSchool...... 4840 Orlando last June. The Exhibits open in Chicago at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 23. PBS Educational Media...... 1526 Santillana...... 2424 Peachtree Publishers...... 1413 Satyam e-Learning...... 2640 Penguin Random House...... 3711 Scannx, Inc...... 2531 STAT Courier...... 4255 School of Library and Information Science...... 2638 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA.....2424 SCB Distributors...... 1351 The Stationery Office ...... 4930 University of Washington Information School...... 4739 Perma-Bound Books...... 2917 Schedule3W/Medianet Dymaxion...... 5043 Statista Inc...... 5236 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School Perseus Distribution...... 3424 Scholastic Inc...... 2911 Steelcase Education...... 1419 of Information Studies (SOIS)...... 4842 Peter Lang Publishing...... 2514 School Library Journal...... 2626 Sterling Publishing Co. Inc...... 3017 University of Wisconsin-Madison SLIS...... 5042 Peter Pauper Press, Inc...... 1548 Scripps National Spelling Bee...... 2446 Swank Digital Campus...... 1523 Unnamed Press...... 2543 Playaway...... 1444 Sean Dove - Artist Alley...... 1249 Syracuse University School of Information Upstart...... 1811 Plum Street Publishers, Inc...... 1852 Second Story Press...... 2629 Studies (iSchool)...... 4839 US Holocaust Memorial Museum...... 5245 Plunkett Research, Ltd...... 3940 Secure Entertainment...... 1430 Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, Inc...... 2539 USA 3D STORE...... 2552 PolicyMap LLC...... 1653 SenSource, Inc...... 2442 Talon Books...... 3223A Valiant Entertainment...... 1118 Pop Culture Classroom - Artist Alley...... 1140 SFWA, Inc...... 1753 Tanglewood Publishing, Inc...... 3431 VFO™ (Freedom Scientific, Ai Squared, Popular Subscription Service...... 2648 Shadow Mountain Publishing...... 1216 Taylor & Francis Group...... 4823 Optelec brands)...... 5232 Prenax, Inc. d/b/a Basch Subscriptions...... 2534 Shane Ivey - Artist Alley...... 1143 TeachingBooks.net...... 2614 VIZ Media...... 1427 PressReader...... 4429A Sharjah International Book Fair...... 2520 Team Schutmaat, Inc...... 5035 Voya- Teacher Librarian...... 2429 Project MUSE...... 1332 Shaun Manning - Artist Alley...... 1246 Tech Logic...... 4234 VS America...... 2244 Pronunciator Language Learning...... 4849 Shmoop...... 5147 Telelift...... 4352 W-X-Y-Z ProQuest...... 4011 Simmons College School of Library Texas Library Association...... 1114 W. W. Norton & Company...... 3311 Prospect Park Books...... 3122B and Information Science...... 4740 Third Iron...... 4648 Wave Books...... 3222B Prospecta Press...... 3322A Simon & Schuster, Inc...... 2920 Thomas Nelson Publishers...... 3617 We Need Diverse Books(tm)...... 2029I Publisher Spotlight...... 1112 SimplyAnalytics/SimplyMap...... 1339 Thomson Reuters...... 5242 Weplay/Kiddie’s Paradise Inc...... 4745 Publishers Group West...... 3422 Sinomedia Int’l Group, Inc...... 5145 Thrift Books...... 1741 Wiley...... 4817 Publishers Weekly...... 2420 SirsiDynix...... 5016 Tiger Tales...... 3629 William B. Meyer Inc...... 2651 PubMatch...... 2524 Sisters in Crime...... 5226 Time Inc. Books...... 2916 William S. Hein & Company Inc...... 5144 Puvill Libros S.A...... 4732 Skillsoft Books...... 5211 TIND...... 4845 Wisconsin Historical Society...... 4637 The Quarto Group...... 4437 Skyhorse Publishing...... 3131 Titan Publishing Group...... 1323 Wizards of the Coast...... 1231 Queens Library...... 4953 Smithsonian Books...... 3825 TLC The Library Corporation...... 5020 Word Winder, Inc...... 1219 R.R. Bowker...... 4724 Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting...... 5113 TMC Furniture, Inc...... 5048 Worden...... 4826 Rabbit Publishers...... 1118 Soho Press...... 3729 Today’s Business Solutions...... 1844 Workman Publishing...... 3620 RAILS - Reaching Across Illinois Sourcebooks...... 3031 TOKYOPOP...... 1322 The World Almanac® ...... 1626 Library System...... 4636 Spacesaver Corporation...... 2631 Tommy Nelson...... 3616 World Bank Publications...... 1611 Rainbow Book Company...... 2817 SpringerNature...... 1622 Top Shelf Productions...... 1320 World Book Inc...... 3526 Randolph Rose Collection...... 1529 Springshare...... 1647 Tor/Forge Books...... 2814 WT Cox Information Services...... 3915 READERS to EATERS...... 3329A ST Imaging...... 3935 TRACSYSTEMS, Inc...... 3948 Xiamen Internation Book Company Ltd...... 4932 Readex...... 4811 St. John’s University Division of Library Traf-Sys Inc...... 5244 Yewno...... 5039 Reading Group Choices...... 2644 and Information Science...... 4552 Transparent Language, Inc...... 3932 YouNeek Studios...... 2544 READsquared...... 5238 Stallion Books...... 1215 Treetop Publishing Inc./Bare Books...... 1448 Zimmerman Associates, Inc...... 1331 Tundra Books...... 3826 Zine Pavilion...... 1838 Turner Publishing...... 3322B Zondervan...... 3614 Turtleback Books...... 3415 Zoobean...... 2448 Tutor.com...... 1316 EXHIBITS HOURS Tyndale House Publishers...... 4346 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...... 1612 (list as of April 24) UCLA Information Studies Department...... 4743 UDON Entertainment...... 1222 Friday, June 23 Sunday, June 25 UNC Greensboro Library and Information Studies...... 4939 Click on the ORANGE 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Uncivilized Books/Odod Books...... 3121B BOOTH SPACES on the Unique Management Services...... 4915 floor plan on pages 9 Opening Reception United Nations Publications...... 1511 in the Exhibits Monday, June 26 The University of Chicago Press...... 4642 and 10 to visit Cognotes 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. University of Illinois School of Information May Preview Issue Sciences...... 4742 advertiser Web sites... Saturday, June 24 Exhibits Closing University of North Texas College of Information...... 4738 or click on the BOLDED 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Events University of Southern California MMLIS company listings. Program...... 4948 The University of Southern Mississippi 12 COGNOTES MAY 2017 PREVIEW

AASL Awards Ceremony and President’s Program Set for June 24 ACRL and PLA Welcome he AASL Awards Ceremony, Sat- AASL President Audrey Church will pres- Leadership Expert Bernie Banks urday, June 24, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 ent the final award during the AASL Presi- p.m., highlights best practices in dent’s Program. The Crystal Apple Award is LA President Felton Thomas, Jr. will offer key leadership development T and Association of College & Re- advice for all levels of academic, research, school librarianship through collabora- given at the discretion of the AASL President tion, leadership, innovative programming, to an individual or group who has had signif- Psearch Libraries (ACRL) President and public librarians who are faced with national involvement, and upholding the icant impact on school libraries and students. Irene Herold will cohost a joint presidents’ complex problems. This event is a can’t- principles of the profession. The program is The program will then conclude with Dr. program on Saturday, June 24. The fea- miss for those interested in increasing their a public acknowledgment and celebration of Scott Beck, Ph.D., head principal at Nor- tured speaker will be leadership expert leadership responsibilities, as well as those school librarians who have made a signifi- man High School (Okla.), who will speak Bernie Banks, associate dean for leader- looking to expand their ability to under- cant contribution and modeled excellence about how a 21st Century school librarian ship development and clinical professor of stand and assess multi-faceted challenges. within the profession. Also recognize, the contributes to student outcomes. This will management at Northwestern University’s The PLA/ACRL joint presidents’ program 2017 AASL Best Websites and Best Apps for be an amazing advocacy opportunity for any Kellogg School of Management. Banks is open to all conference attendees. Teaching and Learning, and a new recogni- librarian to hear what administrators expect tion this year, the 2017 AASL Social Media from their school librarians and how you can Superstars. make yourself indispensable. ALCTS and LLAMA Present Joint Presidents’ Program on the We are the Sum of our Stories: Business of Social Impact LITA’s President’s Program orri McWhorter, CEO of the women. McWhorter was included in the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, is inaugural list of “The Blue Network,” which with Kameron Hurley Dthe featured speaker at the Presi- comprise the top 100 innovators in Chicago ITA President Aimee Fifarek and author Kameron Hurley will discuss dents’ Program of the Association for Library by Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky Innovation. welcomes Kameron Hurley, au- how curated content is shaping not only Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) In Spring 2015, the YWCA launched its own thor of the essay collection The the stories we tell about ourselves, but the and the Library Leadership and Management e-commerce site called the YShop, which L Association (LLAMA). The Presidents’ Pro- provides carefully curated goods and services Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the realities we live in, and how librarians and award-winning God’s War Trilogy, and The other information professionals can help gram “The Business of Social Impact: Cre- from businesses that support the mission Worldbreaker Saga, for LITA’s President’s shape these narratives. She will discuss pro- ating a World Where Everyone Has Value” of the YWCA. McWhorter received her Program, Sunday, June 25, 3:00 – 4:00 paganda (“fake news”), the rise of far-right will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June bachelors in business administration from p.m. internet culture into the mainstream, and 26 during the American Library Association the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Hurley has won the Hugo Award, how cyber wars now rely more on hacking (ALA) Annual Conference & Exhibition in her masters in business administration from Kitschy Award, and Sydney J. Bounds our narratives than our computers. Chicago. Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Award for Best Newcomer. She was also Hurley holds a Master’s Degree in Businesses and their role in society are Management. a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, historical studies, in which she analyzed often defined by an organization’s tax status A proven leader in the corporate and the Nebula Award, and the Gemmell the role of propaganda in the recruitment as a “for profit” or “non-profit.” However, social change sectors, McWhorter prides Morningstar Award. Her short fiction has of women fighters in South Africa. She is every business is a social enterprise, whether herself on being a socially-conscious business appeared in Popular Science Magazine, also an award-winning advertising copy- they know it or not, and has a role to advance leader. McWhorter is an active member of Lightspeed Magazine, and many antholo- writer with over a decade of experience in society. With social entrepreneurship on the Chicago’s civic, business, and philanthropic gies. Hurley has written for The Atlantic, digital and content marketing. In addition, rise, the convergence of for profit and non- communities. Currently, she serves on the Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, Hurley has written an essay collection on profit business models is imminent. In her board of directors for several organizations, Bitch Magazine, and Locus Magazine. She geek culture, The Geek Feminist Revolution; presentation, McWhorter explores how we including Chicago Finance Exchange, posts regularly at KameronHurley.com. as well as six science fiction and fantasy can create social impact and a world where Chicago Child Care Society, and Search In this thought-provoking talk, essayist novels and numerous short stories. everyone has value. Inc. McWhorter is also a member of the McWhorter became the CEO of the executive council of Ms. Tech, advancing YWCA Metropolitan Chicago in March women businesses in technology and a board SRRT, SustainRT, AILA, APALA Welcome 2013. She has embarked upon a journey member of the Chicago Center for Arts to transform the 140-year-old social service and Technology. As an engaged community Bill McKibben to ALA Annual Conference agency to a 21st century social enterprise. leader, McWhorter is a member of the McWhorter is moving the agency into the Mayor’s Commission on a Safer Chicago cclaimed environmentalist, activist, digital age by re-launching the TechGYRLS and served as a member of Mayor Emanuel’s and author Bill McKibben will be program, which focuses on developing second term transition team. speaking at the American Library A STEM awareness for girls ages 9 through To learn more and add the ALCTS Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibi- 14 and introducing 3D: Developing Digital and LLAMA Presidents’ Program to your tion in Chicago on Saturday, June 24 from Diversity, which provides web and mobile conference scheduler, visit www.ala.org/alcts/ 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in an event co-sponsored application development training to adult events/ac/2017/programs. by ALA’s Social Responsibilities (SRRT) and Sustainability (SustainRT) Round Tables, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association PLA Preconference Programs Include Disaster (APALA), and the American Indian Library Preparedness, Outcomes Measurement Focus Association (AILA). The title of McKibben’s talk will be “Imagining a World That Works LA will offer two full-day preconfer- to use PLA’s Project Outcome to deploy out- – In Time to Prevent a World that Doesn’t.” ence educational workshops on Fri- come measures in their library, collect and Named by the Boston Globe as “probably day, June 23. The Librarian’s Disaster use resulting data, and leverage the project’s Bill McKibben (photo by Nancie Battaglia) P America’s most important environmentalist,” Preparedness and Community Resiliency support network to ensure successful adop- McKibben has written over a dozen books The Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Toolkit: Librarians Fulfilling Their Role as tion. Registration is available by application including his 1989 book, The End of Nature, Environmental Studies at Middlebury College Information 1st Responders will equip librar- only. Click here to apply. which is regarded as the first book for a gen- and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts ians to deliver high-volume/high-quality sup- eral audience about climate change. It has and Sciences, McKibben was the 2013 winner port services while being inundated by large appeared in 24 languages. He is a founder of the Gandhi Prize and the Thomas Merton numbers of distressed people during confus- of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots Prize, and holds honorary degrees from 18 col- ing times. Separate registration is required. climate change movement, which has or- leges and universities. Foreign Policy named You can register for this PLA Preconference REGISTER ganized 20,000 rallies around the world in him to their inaugural list of the world’s 100 (event code: PLA2) with or without an ALA every country save North Korea, spearheaded most important global thinkers. Annual Conference registration. NOW the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and This event is free and open to all attendees Project Outcome Workshop: Simple launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divest- of ALA Annual Conference. To learn more, Tools to Measure Our True Impact on the ment movement. please visit www.alaannual.org. People We Serve will teach participants how MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 13

Dr. Carla Hayden to Kick-Off Spectrum 20th Anniversary Celebration arla Hayden, 14th Li- Barack Obama on February 24, ing. Hayden received a B.A. from Roosevelt a graduate degree and leadership positions brarian of Congress, 2016, and her nomination was University and an MA and PhD from the within the profession and our organization. Cthe first woman and the confirmed by the U.S. Senate Graduate Library School of the University The aim is to increase the number of racially first African American to lead the on July 13. of Chicago. and ethnically diverse professionals in the national library, will headline a Prior to her latest post she Spectrum recruits and provides scholar- field of library and information science to special kick-off celebration of the served as CEO of the Enoch ships to American Indian/Alaska Native, best position libraries at the core of today’s 20th Anniversary of the Ameri- Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/ culturally diverse communities. To learn more can Library Association Spec- Maryland. Hayden was nomi- Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, about the Spectrum Scholarship Program or trum Scholarship Program at the nated by President Obama to and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Is- to contribute, visit https://www.crowdrise. 2017 ALA Annual Conference be a member of the National lander students to assist them with obtaining com/spectrumscholarship. & Exhibition in Chicago. Carla Hayden Museum and Library Services The cocktail hour “Spectrum at 20: A Board in January 2010 and was confirmed to Celebration of Community” will be held that post by the Senate in June 2010. Prior to from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 25 at joining the Pratt Library, Hayden was deputy Valerie Jarrett, Former Advisor to the 19 East Event Gallery located at 19 East commissioner and chief librarian of the Chi- President Obama, to Speak at 21st Street. cago Public Library from 1991 to 1993. She Tickets are $20 for ALA members and was an assistant professor for Library and PLA Member Welcome Breakfast nonmembers. The minimum donation of the Information Science at the University of library service, innovation, $20 ticket purchase includes hors d’oeuvres Pittsburgh from 1987 to 1991. Hayden was ublic Library and outreach. and cash bar. Tickets for the reception may library services coordinator for the Museum Association (PLA) This event is compli- be added to your purchase when registering of Science and Industry in Chicago from Pmembers are invit- mentary to PLA members, for the conference online (Event Code ALA5). 1982 to 1987. She began her career with the ed to attend an exclusive, but a ticket is required for Save money with Early Bird Registration, Chicago Public Library as the young adult members-only breakfast, on admittance. PLA members open through 12:00 p.m. CST on, Monday, services coordinator from 1979 to 1982 and Saturday, January 24. Valerie can receive a complimentary March 22, 2017. All proceeds will support as a library associate and children’s librarian Jarrett, the former director of ticket by selecting the PLA ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship Program. from 1973 to 1979. the Office of Public Engage- Member Welcome Breakfast Through Spectrum, more than 1,000 Hayden was president of the American ment and Intergovernmen- (event code: PLA1)0 as a library leaders of color have benefited from Library Association 2003 – 2004. In 1995, tal Affairs under U.S. Presi- ticketed event in their ini- scholarships, community building, and op- she was the first African American to receive dent Barack Obama will be tial ALA Annual Conference portunities to collectively advance equity, Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year Award the featured speaker. PLA Valerie Jarrett registration or by adding it diversity, and inclusion. in recognition of her outreach services at the President Felton Thomas, Jr. later using the unique link found in their Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian Pratt Library, which included an after-school will also recognize the association’s 2017 registration email confirmation. of Congress on September 14, 2016. Hayden center for Baltimore teens offering homework award winners for excellence in public was nominated to the position by President assistance and college and career counsel-

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Kick-Off Annual with Virtual and In-person ALCTS Preconferences rior to the ALA Annual Conference sion two, which will be held on Wednesday, tendees will walk away with the resources and this preconference explores ways in which & Exhibition in Chicago, the As- June 7, will feature “Metadata Creation and know-how to help them develop and maintain one can expose library services and content Psociation for Library Collections & Remediation in Zine and Digital Library Col- a local digital collections program. on the open web, meeting library users where Technical Services (ALCTS) will offer a virtual lections” and will focus on the presentations In “Cataloging and Metadata for the Web: they are. preconference and two in-person preconfer- “Towards Counter-Cultural Competencies: Meeting the User Where They Are,” a panel Registration rates for these in-person ence programs in Chicago. “Diversity, Equity, Mutual Metadata Creation and the Zine of librarians will share their first-hand experi- preconference events are $219 for ALCTS and Inclusion in Metadata,” a two-day, virtual Union Catalog Project” and “We Don’t Use ences implementing the concepts and ideas members; $269 for ALA for members; and event, will be held on Tuesday, June 6 and Those Words Anymore: Describing Yesterday’s discussed in the Library Technology Report $319 for non-members. Wednesday, June 7 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. On News Today.” “Improving Web Visibility: Into the Hands To learn more and register for these pre- Friday, June 23 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Registration for the virtual preconference of Readers.” Intended for professional and conference events, and view other ALCTS ALCTS will present the in-person preconfer- is $69 for ALCTS members for both sessions paraprofessional cataloging and metadata staff programming at ALA Annual 2017, visit ences “Building Successful Digital Programs or $43 for one session; $95 for non-ALCTS at academic, public, and specialty libraries, www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/programs. at Small Institutions and Cataloging” and members for both sessions or $59 for one “Metadata For the Web: Meeting the User session; and $206 for groups for both sessions Where They Are.” These innovative programs or $129 for one session. Fees include access will provide a venue for attendees to engage to the live presentation as well as unlimited with colleagues and presenters, leaving them access to the recorded presentation. with the tools necessary to implement what On Friday, June 23, join your colleagues they’ve learned in their libraries. for engaging discussions on the skills required Discover how metadata creators are de- to build a sustainable digitization program at veloping methods to encourage the creation your library and learn what it takes to increase of metadata that represents diverse points libraries’ presence on the open web with the of view and learn ways to increase cultural full-day preconferences “Building Successful inclusiveness of your own metadata with the Digital Programs at Small Institutions” and two-day virtual preconference “Diverse, Inclu- “Cataloging and Metadata for the Web: Meet- sive, and Equitable Metadata.” Programming ing the User Where They Are.” includes session one, “Outreach and Inclu- Designed to assist smaller institutions with sivity in Digital Libraries and Institutional limited resources, “Building Successful Digital Repositories,” on Tuesday, June 6, which will Programs at Small Institutions” will help you feature the presentations “Digital Project as begin or reinvigorate a digitization program Community Outreach: A New Way of Ap- that will endure. The four presentations in proaching Metadata” and “Doing Justice to this program will focus on each step in the The lights of Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” glow at dusk.Learn more the Humanities: Increasing Inclusivity with digital lifecycle, including selection, metadata about the city’s attractions, architecture and events. (Photo: © City of Chicago) More Specific Subject Description.” Ses- creation, access, and digital preservation. At- Nikki Giovanni to Speak at Cultural Youth, Technology, Science Fiction and Fantasy oin the LITA Imagineering Interest privacy, and a host of other issues will be Communities Fund Benefit group on Saturday June 24, 2017, served. How can these desires of tomorrow 1:00 - 2:30 pm with 4 notable authors reconcile with the technology of today. enowned poet, ac- is University Distinguished J to explore the topic: Generation Gap: Sci- Science fiction and Fantasy literature have tivist and educator Professor/English at Virginia ence Fiction and Fantasy Authors Look at often served as a method for examining Nikki Giovanni will R Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, Youth and Technology these generational expectations, viewing headline a special reception and continues to read her This year’s line-up is slated to include: them as resulting in anything from peace- to benefit the American Li- work across the country. • Cory Doctorow ful co-existence and fraught conflict. Join brary Association Cultural After seven years in the • Annalee Newitz LITA, the Imagineering Interest Group, and Communities Fund (CCF) making, the innovative • V.E. Schwab Tor Books as a panel of Science Fiction and at the 2017 ALA Annual American Writers Museum • Susan Dennard Fantasy authors discuss how their work can Conference & Exhibition. (slated to open in May 2017) Librarians face the challenge of adapting help explain and bridge these generational The event, “An Evening will engage the public in services and technologies to new genera- gaps, as well as what it takes for a literary with Nikki Giovanni at the celebrating American writers tions of users. Each new group expects that work to gain crossover appeal for both American Writers Museum,” by examining their influence their attitudes and beliefs about technology, youth and adults. will be held from 7:00 – on our history, identity and Nikki Giovanni 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June culture. With insight from 23, at the new American Writers Museum, museum docents, reception attendees will United for Libraries to Present 180 N. Michigan Ave., in downtown Chi- be invited to peruse the museum’s interactive cago. exhibits, covering themes such as American Free ‘Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, “Nikki Giovanni is one of the extraor- Voices, Anatomy of a Masterwork, and Chi- Friends and Foundations’ dinary poetic voices of our time and a truly cago Writers: Visionaries and Troublemakers. steadfast supporter of libraries,” said ALA Visitors will accompany writers like Jack nited for Libraries will present incidence of Coconut Cake and Luck, Love President Julie Todaro. “We are honored that Kerouac and John Steinbeck on their literary “Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends & Lemon Pie, loves to write stories that she will join us in a celebration of library travels and visit writers’ homes and fictional and Foundations” from 9:30 a.m. end well with characters you would invite cultural programming at the newly opened sites such as Cannery Row and The House of U – 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 23. to dinner. A wife, mom, amateur chef, American Writers Museum, a thrilling addi- Seven Gables. Library Trustees, Friends groups, Foun- Fix-It Mistress, and cider enthusiast, she tion to Chicago’s vibrant literary landscape.” Since 2003, ALA’s Cultural Communities dations, and staff are invited to join a free earned her MA in English Literature Tickets are $75 for ALA members and Fund has supported humanities, civic and day of information and resource sharing, and serves on her local library’s board $90 for nonmembers. All proceeds will sup- STEM programming in libraries of all types. roundtable discussions, and learning op- of directors. port ALA’s Cultural Communities Fund. With help from individual and corporate portunities focused on the theme of board Additional speakers will be announced Attendees must be registered to attend the donors, CCF has grown into an endowment development. Speakers include Peter at www.ala.org/united/annual. While there conference; tickets for the reception may be of $1.9 million, crucial funding that supports Pearson, former president of the Friends of is no cost to attend Nuts & Bolts, we ask added to your purchase when registering for professional development opportunities, both the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Library and that you RSVP at www.ala.org/united/ the conference online. For registration ques- in-person and online, for library professionals principal consultant for Library Strategies, rsvp. Please note that all Nuts & Bolts at- tions, contact ALA’s Public Programs Office at libraries of all types; grants and awards that and Libby Post, president and strategist-in- tendees must also be registered with ALA at [email protected]. recognize excellence in library programming; chief, Communication Services. for a free exhibits only pass or as an Annual Poet, activist, mother, and professor, and ProgrammingLibrarian.org, ALA’s online The featured author will be Amy E. Conference & Exhibition attendee. Please Giovanni is the acclaimed, award-winning community dedicated to library programs. Reichert (The Simplicity of Cider, Simon email [email protected] or call us at (312) author of 27 books, including the seminal To learn more about CCF or to contribute, & Schuster). Reichert, author of The Co- 280-2161 with any questions. Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgment. She visit www.ala.org/CCF. MAY 2017 PREVIEW COGNOTES 15

ASCLA ‘Can’t Miss’ Events at Annual Conference reconference: “Becoming a Demen- Program: “SitStayRead: How dogs are and Certified Reading Assistance Dogs in assist older adults find health information. tia Friendly Library: Serving People improving literacy skills and fostering a love a curriculum that develops key literacy and Discover techniques for teaching older PLiving with Dementia in Your Com- of learning” social-emotional skills. adults to use computers and to find health munity” SitStayRead is a nonprofit literacy information on the Internet. Attendees will Within the next 10 years the number of organization established in 2003 which President Sponsored Program: “Healthy learn what makes a website senior-friendly, Americans living with dementia is expected serves 80 classrooms in 16 of Chicago’s Aging @ Your Library: Connecting Older ideas for planning library programs on to rise to 7.1 million. Now is the time to low-income public schools. Our program Adults to Health Information” senior health topics, and where to locate begin addressing the needs of this too often connects children in 1st through 4th Sponsored by the ASCLA President, health materials for distribution to older forgotten population. Libraries should be at Grades with trained literacy volunteers this session is designed to help library staff adults within the community. the forefront of the Dementia Friendly initiative that is emerging across the country. This The Other (Invisible) preconference will provide both background and tools for designing and implementing 2017 AASL Best Websites Refugees – Supporting library programs and services that will trans- Central American form lives in your community. And Apps Revealed Children in Crisis n Saturday, June 24, from 1:00 to miss being the first to know what Preconference: “Unconference: Acces- – 2:30 p.m., be a part of the outstanding websites and apps will truly Since 2014, approximately 48,000 unac- sibility and Education, and its implications session that reveals the most transform learning for your students! companied youth arrive in the U.S. annually for Library Services” O as refugees from Central America. They are anticipated lists of teaching and learning Then be sure to attend one of the follow- th As we mark the 25 Anniversary of the resources of the year – the AASL Best up sessions which will go into more held in 100 detention centers in 12 states ADA, it is critical to focus on making educa- Apps and the AASL Best Websites for detail into a selection of the year’s lists: while they await time in court to plead their tion as accessible as possible. I am advocating Teaching & Learning. AASL’s Best Apps for Teaching case for being granted asylum. a gathering that that will examine accessibil- This session features a combined & Learning: Curating Apps for To- View a film from IBBY & REFORMA, ity and education and its implications for li- presentation from the committees who day’s Students – 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. and learn about their Children in Crisis brary services. This will be an Unconference, curated and reviewed hundreds of tech- Exploring AASL Best Websites for Project, which seeks to raise awareness and thus be focused on building community nology tools and resources to formulate Teaching and Learning – 4:30 – 5:30 about these vulnerable youth and to provide and helping each conference participant ask lists of the best 25. You will not want p.m. resources to them. The program takes place questions while we move together toward on Saturday June 24 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. a more accessible future for their libraries. Donations accepted at the door.

Complimentary shuttle service is provided between McCormick Place West and the official ALA hotels listed below. If you have questions about the shuttle or if you need to make a reservation for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, please see the shuttle supervisor at McCormick Place West or call KUSHNER & ASSOCIATES at (310) 425-2443 during shuttle hours.

Shuttle Schedule and Boarding Locations Additional Tours & Events providing transportation All routes board at McCormick Place West Gates 43 & 44 from McCormick Place will board at McCormick Place West Gate 41.

Check your event ticket or with organizer for specific Service every Service at the details. 20-30 minutes top of the hour Thursday, June 22 - 12:00pm-5:00pm* Andrew Carnegie Medals Celebration Friday, June 23 7:00am-8:00pm - for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Saturday, June 24 - 7:00pm - 10:30pm 7:00am-11:00am Saturday, June 24 11:00am-2:00pm Shuttle service provided every hour from hotels to 2:00pm-6:00pm* Hilton Chicago from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Return shuttle service back to hotels from Hilton Chicago 7:00am-11:00am Sunday, June 25 11:00am-2:00pm will be provided from 8:00pm-10:30pm. 2:00pm-6:00pm*

Monday, June 26 7:00am-6:00pm* - Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet Tuesday, June 27 - 7:00am-2:00pm* Sunday, June 25 - 6:00pm - 11:00pm Shuttle service provided every hour from hotels to Routes 1 & 2 are Meeting Express and will run every 20 minutes Friday, June 23 – Monday, June 26 during shuttle hours. Hyatt Regency Chicago from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Return shuttle service back to hotels from Route 1 Boarding Location Route 5 Boarding Location Hyatt Regency Chicago Hilton Chicago – Co-HQ Curbside on 8th St. Loews Chicago Hotel Curbside on Columbus Dr. will be provided from 8:00pm-10:30pm. Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel At Hilton Chicago DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Mag Mile At Loews Chicago Hotel Palmer House Hilton Curbside on Wabash Ave. Hyatt Centric Chicago Mag Mile Curbside on Erie St. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast Courtyard Mag Mile Chicago Downtown At Hyatt Centric Mag Mile Sunday, June 25 - 6:00am - 7:00am Route 2 Boarding Location Inn of Chicago Mag Mile At Hyatt Centric Mag Mile Hyatt Regency Chicago - HQ Curbside on Wacker Dr. Shuttle service provided every 20 minutes to the Hilton Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park At Hyatt Regency Chicago Route 6 Boarding Location Chicago Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago At Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel Chicago Downtown Curbside on Dearborn at CTA stop Swissotel Chicago At Hyatt Regency Chicago Kinzie Hotel At Hotel Chicago Downtown Aloft Chicago City Center SE corner of Dearborn St. at Hubbard St. Route 3 Boarding Location Courtyard Chicago River North SE corner of Dearborn St. at Hubbard St. W Chicago City Center Curbside on Adams St. Fairfield Inn & Suites River North SE corner of Dearborn St. at Hubbard St. Hyatt Centric The Loop At W Chicago City Center Hyatt Place Chicago River North SE corner of Dearborn St. at Hubbard St. JW Marriott Chicago At W Chicago City Center Residence Inn Chicago Downtown/Loop At W Chicago City Center Route 7 Boarding Location Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel Curbside on Wacker Dr. Route 4 Boarding Location Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront Curbside on Wacker Dr. Stop by booth #2111 and thank Gale InterContinental Chicago Mag Mile Curbside on Upper Illinois St. Hard Rock Hotel Chicago At Wyndham Grand for over 50 years of sponsoring Chicago Marriott Mag Mile On SW corner of Ohio St. & Rush St. Hilton Garden Inn North Loop At Wyndham Grand the ALA shuttles! Hotel Cass, A Holiday Inn Express On SW corner of Ohio St. & Rush St.

Hotels listed in bold are official ALA shuttle stops. Shuttles will start at the first hotel listed on each route. Please allow 4-6 minutes per additional stop. As of 4/13/17 Hyatt Regency McCormick Place is a walk hotel. Subject to change

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Jonathan Safran Foer Among the Featured Authors cost $60, $55 for United for Libraries division members. Onsite tickets cost $65, if available. at the Gala Author Tea, Sponsored by ReferenceUSA Advance purchase is recommended. Event onathan Safran Foer will be among ibly Close, and a bestselling work of nonfiction, as “gripping” (Louise Penny), “captivating,” code: UNI1. featured authors at United for Librar- Eating Animals. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Wall Street Journal) and “must-reads for fans For more information on purchasing Jies’ Gala Author Tea, sponsored by Allison Pataki is the author of the bestsell- of crime fiction” (Associated Press). She lives tickets and other United for Libraries events ReferenceUSA, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on ing novels The Accidental Empressand The in Brighton, England. and meetings at the ALA Annual Conference, Monday, June 26. Traitor’s Wife. The daughter of former New A. J. Finn has written for numerous pub- visit www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/ The Gala Author Tea, sponsored by Refer- York State Governor George E. Pataki, she is lications, including the Los Angeles Times, annual. ence USA, will also feature Allison Pataki, Elly the co-founder of the nonprofit organization the Washington Post, and the Times Literary Griffiths, A.J. Finn, and Brianna Wolfson. A ReConnect Hungary. She graduated cum Supplement (UK). A native of New York, Finn Lisa Scottoline and

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