The ALA 2019 Annual Conference is just days away. The conference covers a myriad of library topics and sorting through the program sessions to find the ones focused on library technology takes effort. Let us do the work for you.
Here is our list of programs related to library technology. You’ll find interest groups and sessions on data and metadata, Linked Data, FOLIO, ILS and LMS, websites, mobile apps, NISO standards, UX, emerging technologies, and more. Committee meetings were not included. Sessions are located at the Washington Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
For official descriptions, speakers, and final schedule, please check the conference Full Schedule page.
LITA AvramCamp
Friday, June 21 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
12th Annual BISG-NISO Forum, The Changing Standards Landscape
Friday, June 21 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Beginning Git and GitHub
Friday, June 21 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Metadata Management Tools
Friday, June 21 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Coding @ the Library: Lessons Learned from IMLS Funded Projects for Jumpstarting Computer Science Programs in Your Library
Saturday, June 22 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Emerging Technologies Section (ETS) Tech Showcase
Saturday, June 22 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Meet FOLIO’s First Implementers – Members of the Chalmers University of Technology Library will discuss being the first institution to implement FOLIO
Saturday, June 22 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Marriott Marquis, Chinatown
Blockchain: Transforming the Technological Future
Saturday, June 22 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
OCLC Linked Data Roundtable: Stories from the Front
Saturday, June 22 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Empowering libraries to lend digital books via controlled digital lending
Saturday, June 22 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
LITA Drupal4Lib Interest Group
Saturday, June 22 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
NISO Annual Members Meeting & Standards Update
Saturday, June 22 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
AASL Best Apps for Teaching & Learning 2019
Saturday, June 22 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
LITA Heads of Library Technology Interest Group
Saturday, June 22 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Marriott Marquis, Supreme Court
LITA User Experience Interest Group
Saturday, June 22 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Free Kittens and Beer: Open Source and Why it Works
Saturday, June 22 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Technology project management: Following best practices and building your skill set
Saturday, June 22 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Accessibility and Creation of Online Library Materials: Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Saturday, June 22 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Code for America and Your Public Library: How to Harness the Awesome Power of the Collective Will
Saturday, June 22 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group
Saturday, June 22 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Building Tech Program Partnerships for Small to Large Library Systems
Sunday, June 23 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Casting light on the Dark Web: Dispelling myths and using it to preserve your anonymity
Sunday, June 23 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Machine Learning: How does it work?!
Sunday, June 23 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Novel Collaborations: Pioneering New Models for Library/Vendor Partnerships with the FOLIO Library Services Platform Project
Sunday, June 23 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Alexa for Business and USC Libraries
Sunday, June 23 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
How user centered design is transforming GALILEO’s library experience
Sunday, June 23 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Emerging Technologies Librarians: What are they and who needs them?
Sunday, June 23 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Designing Accessible Digital Scholarship Spaces and Services (ACRL DSS)
Sunday, June 23 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Electronic Resources Management Interest Group (LITA ALCTS)
Sunday, June 23 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Marriott Marquis, Archives
LITA E-rate and CIPA Compliance Interest Group
Sunday, June 23 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Marriott Marquis, Salon 13
LITA Maker Technology Interest Group
Sunday, June 23 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Marriott Marquis, Mount Vernon Square
Privacy by Design
Sunday, June 23 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Research Data Management Discussion Group (ACRL DSS)
Sunday, June 23 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Washington Hilton
RA21 and the Coalition for Seamless Access: Implementing the NISO RA21 Recommended Practice
Sunday, June 23 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
LITA President’s Program with Meredith Broussard: Artificial Unintelligence
Sunday, June 23 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Information Technology Advisory Committee Meeting
Sunday, June 23 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
NISO All-Topic Committee
Monday, June 24 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Marriott Marquis, Gallaudet University
Instructional Technologies tool share and LITA guide on privacy
Monday, June 24 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
History Comes Alive: Augmented Reality & Libraries
Monday, June 24 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Save As: Managing and Preserving Your Digital Life
Monday, June 24 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
RDA Linked Data Forum
Monday, June 24 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
Monday, June 24 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Data Pathways (PLA)
Monday, June 24 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
If We Build It, Will They Come? The Role of Technology in Library Redesign and Renovation
Monday, June 24 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
XR (Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality) Programming in Libraries
Monday, June 24 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Streaming Video: Confronting the Barriers to Sharing Between Libraries
Monday, June 24 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
WI+RE: Creating a learner-led instructional design team in your library
Monday, June 24 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM