Iowa Library Association Conference 2026

Iowa Library Association Conference 2026

3:00pm CDT

Attendee Check-in

7:00am CDT

Attendee Check-in

7:30am CDT

Continental Breakfast

8:30am CDT

Opening Keynote

10:00am CDT

Exhibitor Break

11:00am CDT

"So you want to do a building project..." TBA Finding Fable: The Origin Story of CFPL’s Mascot TBA Start Where You Are: Scalable Strategies for Library Advocacy TBA The Opportunity Center Model: Expanding Library Services to Connect Communities to Employment, Resources, and Economic Mobility. TBA Vibrant Programming for Small Libraries TBA We Like to Party- Opening Up Library Spaces For Patron Use TBA

12:00pm CDT

Lunch, Annual Meeting, and Awards

1:30pm CDT

Digital Archives and R.O.I. TBA Inclusivity & Universal Design for the Modern Library TBA Lessons from a Consortium-Led Community Read Program TBA Poetry for the People: Expanding Literary Arts Literacy and Access Through Community Partnerships TBA Policies Are Systems: Designing for Real-World Use, Not Ideal Conditions TBA Tween & Teen Food Programming for Large and Small Groups TBA

2:30pm CDT

Exhibitor Break TBA

4:00pm CDT

Digital Safety Lab: Practical Ways to Talk to Patrons about the Scary Parts of the Internet TBA How It’s Made, How It’s Used: Understanding and Applying ALA Intellectual Freedom Guidance in Practical Conditions TBA If You Build It, Teens Will Come: Creating a Teen Space They Actually Use TBA Learn to Read: Why Public Libraries Need the Science of Reading Libraries: Mighty Catalysts for Community Resilience TBA Lightning Talks TBA

7:00am CDT

Breakfast in the Exhibitor Hall

8:00am CDT

BLAST: Bringing Libraries and Schools Together TBA Clinton High School Library has Main Character Energy TBA Fundraising Basics TBA Library Champions: Building Advocates Through Shared Learning TBA The Doctor Is In: Restorative Care for Broken Books TBA The Parallels of Censorship: The Second Red Scare and Today TBA

9:00am CDT

Activate Your Advocates: Designing marketing campaigns to transform everyday patrons into library champions TBA Easy-Peasy STEAM-Powered Programming with Picture Books TBA Expanding Access: Connecting Public Libraries with the Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled TBA Present & Future of ILA: A Conversation with the Incoming & Outgoing Presidents of ILA TBA Silent Book Club®: A Novel Concept for a Library Program TBA

9:55am CDT

Exhibitor Break TBA

10:30am CDT

A Galaxy of Ideas: Tween and Teen Programs for the 2027 Summer Reading Theme and Beyond! TBA Community Pathways to Accessing Literacy TBA Creativity and Collaboration: How Student Art installations in Your Library Can Engage Your Entire Community TBA Defining Value: Leveraging Data to Make Confident Digital Collection Decisions TBA From Book List to Shared Experience: Programming with the Goldfinch and Iowa Children’s Choice TBA The Reluctant Mentor's Toolkit TBA

11:30am CDT

Lunch and Closing Keynote Speaker