2026 ALISE Annual Conference

2026 ALISE Annual Conference

1:30pm EST

Breakout 1.4: It Depends on Who’s Asking: Positionality, Power, and Care in Qualitative Research with Equity-Deserving Communities TBA Breakout 1.5: Teaching Technical Troubleshooting in LIS Education: Moving from “It was Implied” to a Pedagogical Norm TBA Breakout 1.6: Co-Designing an Engaged Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Course for LIS Students TBA

3:00pm EST

Breakout 2.5: Documenting the Destruction of Ukrainian Libraries in Wartime: A Transnational Service-Learning Initiative TBA Breakout 2.6: Leveraging Cross-Campus Collaboration: Strategies and Reflections from LIS-led Initiatives TBA

10:30am EST

Breakout 3.5: Student Assessments, Heutagogy, and Generative AI: A panel Discussion on AI-informed assessment strategies of Library and Information Science Educators TBA

1:05pm EST

Breakout 4.5: What If We Did It Right? Edutainment in Graduate LIS Education TBA Breakout 4.6: Inquiry Toward Liberation: Teaching Critical Library and Information Science Curricula TBA

2:35pm EST

Breakout 5.4: From Good Questions to Useful Answers: Knowledge Translation of Public Library Research TBA Breakout 5.5: Leave the Mess: Embracing the Untidiness of Qualitative Research TBA Breakout 5.6: How Do We Know What They Know?: Critical Approaches to Youth Services Research TBA

4:20pm EST

Breakout 6.5: What Comes After? Hope, Resilience, and Acceptance in Teaching LIS Sustainability TBA Breakout 6.6: Dissertation Type? Other! : Supporting and Sustaining Non-traditional Dissertation Approaches TBA

9:00am EST

Breakout 7.5: Questioning AI: Four Perspectives TBA Breakout 7.6: Exploring Educational and Cultural Exchange Through the Fulbright Experience TBA

10:30am EST

Breakout 8.5: Academic Hazing: Why Does it Exist in LIS? TBA Breakout 8.6: Why ALISE Matters: Dialogic Reflection & Construction of Organizational Identity & Value TBA