Special Libraries Division Tours*

• McAllister Museum of Aviation | 11:00AM – 12:00PM

• Lunch Break | 12:00PM – 1:30PM

• Yakima Valley Historical Museum | 1:30PM – 2:30PM

• Yakima Valley Genealogical Society | 2:45PM – 4:00PM

“Yes, Let's Do This!” and “Ugh, No. Do I Have to?”: Creating GenAI Literacy Programs for Your Community | Stacey Wedlake and Jason Young

Up to 3 hours

Welcome Reception

Friday, April 17th

Check-In

Breakfast, Land Acknowledgement & Keynote Speaker: Donna Barba Higuera

Up to 1.5 hours

Exhibit Hall Opening/Posters

Breakout Session #1

• Reframing Classification: Culturally Responsive Changes to LC from a Tribal Library Perspective | Maureen Stewart and Fern Weisenburger (Up to .75 hours)

• Stop Working in Silos (School + Public Partnerships) | Ryan Dempsey (Up to .75 hours)

• Participatory Design in Practice: Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Co‑Creation | Alana O’Neill and Lauren Achee (Up to .75 hours)

• WA Do I Read Next? | Sara Peté (Up to .75 hours)

• Tabletop Role‑Playing Games in Secondary Schools | Sara White, Heidi Bush, Linsey Kitchens, and Willow McLaughlin (Up to .75 hours)

• From Library Card to Career: Streamlined Access to Living Wage Credentials | Joyce Abbott (Up to .75 hours)

• Building Writing Programs That Thrive in Libraries | Mary Boone (Up to .75 hours)

Exhibit Hall/Break

Breakout Session #2

• “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Open Source, Consortia & Trust‑Building Models… | Brianna Hoffman and Cheryl Martin
• Make It Local: Culture, Community & Resourceful Library Programming | Ary Esparza (Up to .75 hours)
• The Great Migration: How We Switched Our ILS… | Caitlin Hunsaker, Chessa Grasso Hickox, and Brandon Aberle
• Wacky Wednesdays at the Senior Center: Co-creating Programs for Engagement, Education, and Delight | Sam Harris
• Law 4 Librarians: Current Cases | Brenna Shanks and Gavin Downing (Up to .75 hours)
• A Weird & Wonderful World of Circulating Unusual Library Materials | Keith Darrock
• WASHYARG: Review Middle & High School Books | JJ Higgins and Heidi Bush (Up to .75 hours)

Lunch, Exhibit Hall, Member Meeting & ALA 

• ALA | Sam Helmik

Up to 1.25 hours

Breakout Session #3

• Cultivating AI‑Literate Communities | Brianna Hoffman
• Evergreen Extravaganza | Jodi Kruse (Up to .75 hours)
• Student “Centered” Learning in Library Instruction | Elizabeth Roberts and Heather Newman (Up to .75 hours)
• Public Library Statistics and the Real World | Kathleen Sullivan and Evelyn Lindberg
• Law 4 Librarians: First Amendment Basics | Brenna Shanks and Gavin Downing (Up to .75 hours)
• "Your Library, Your Impact" Phase 1: From Messy Metrics to Data Mastery | Jan Kuebal-Hernandez, Anne Jenkins, and Mary Giovanini
• OTTER & Sasquatch Book Award Nominees for 2027 | Robbie Schott, Wendy Poteet, Susan Helle, Jill Schaller, and Heather Orsen (Up to .75 hours)
• Story‑Led STEM Labs: Bringing Nonfiction Alive in the Library | Mary Boone (Up to .75 hours)

Exhibit Hall/Break

Breakout Session #4 & Lightning Talks

• Special Libraries Division "Unconference" & YVL Archives Tour
• Delighting in the Difficult: Creating Joy in (Up to 1.25 hours)
• So THIS is Librarianship | Nicole Hahn
• Challenging Times | Melody Sky Weaver
• WLA Mentor/Mentee Meet‑up | Jessica Widmer
• CAYAS Story Time Idea Swap | Anna Morrow
• Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award 2026 | Alicia Rogers and Jolyn Danielson (Up to 1.25 hours)
• Lightning Talks
• High School Book Club! | Andrea McLaughlin (Up to .25 hours)

• Expanding Library Collection Using the Cite Black Women Principles | Erica Owan, Althea Lazzaro, and Katy Dichter (Up to .25 hours)
• Want Your Books to Last Longer? Basics of Book Repair | Kerry Darnall and Paul Slaughter

Exhibit Hall Closes

After Dark Activities

CAYAS & ScLD Author Keynote Breakfast: Sasha LaPointe, Keynote Speaker

Up to 1.5 hours

Exhibit Hall Opens

Breakout Session #5

• Breaking Up With the Nonfiction Dewey Decimal System | Ginny Trufan and Jane Wathey (Up to 1.25 hours)
• Two Peas in a Pod: Podcasting for Community & Oral Histories | Debi Rinehart & Neil McKay (Up to 1.25 hours)
• Amplifying Community Voices with Zines | Sara Peté (Up to 1.25 hours)
• Want Your Books to Last Longer? Basics of Book Repair | Kerry Darnall and Paul Slaughter (Up to 1.25 hours)
• United for Libraries | Deborah Doyle, Sara Jones, Craig Seasholes, and Amanda Snifit
• From Idea to Action: Using AASL Standards in School Libraries | Sarah Logan & Elizabeth Roberts (Up to 1.25 hours)
• Public Library Division Unconference | Carol Ellison
• True Story! Towner Award Nominated Nonfiction Picture Books Combine Facts with Fun! | Lisa Steudel and Mary-Catherine McElroy (Up to 1.25 hours)

Exhibit Hall/Break

Breakout Session #6

• Leveraging Public Library Archives for Public History Programs | Carlos Pelley and Matthew Kendall (Up to .75 hours)
• Between the Stacks: Civic Storytelling at the Library | Michael Bowman (Up to .75 hours)
• Tackling Tough Health Topics: Navigating Conversations Through Literature | Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt (Up to .75 hours)
• Your Call Numbers Suck: Building a Better Fiction Call Number System | Ellen Brigham
• Meeting Makers in the Middle: Hands‑On Craft Programming to Engage Youth | Heidi Bush and JJ Higgins (Up to .75 hours)
• Of Love and Monsters | Anna Stapley
  Where Are the Dinosaur Books? Creating Youth Centered Collections with CAYAS | Chiara Tomashoff and Eric Stump (Up to .75 hours)

Exhibit Hall, Awards Lunch & Exhibit Hall Finale

Screening of the Librarians and Closing Session | WLA President Message

Up to 2 hours