On behalf of the 2023 Annual Meeting Program Committee, I’d like to invite you to our Annual Meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, October 11 at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. The program will run from approximately 9:00am - 4:30pm. There will also be a virtual option available for those who cannot attend in-person. Registration details to follow in the coming months.

Our official theme is “Raising Our Voices.” As a profession, we are facing a number of new and emerging issues, including, but not limited to, shifting services, resources and collaborative opportunities, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, medical misinformation, and artificial intelligence. Historically, librarians are (in general) not skilled in advocating for ourselves and our services, though this advocacy is essential to our survival and growth. On October 11, with the assistance of our keynote speaker, Kathy Dempsey, we will learn practical advice for communicating to and for various stakeholders: deans/chairs in academia, c-suite executives and program directors in hospitals, medical and allied health students, people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, etc.

The 2023 Annual Business Meeting date will be announced shortly.

Will we see you at the 2023 Annual Meeting on October 11? Please complete this non-binding 1 question survey.

Sincerely,

Allison Piazza

Chair, Programming Committee

Programming Committee: Ben Hoover, Gary Childs, Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, Jaclyn Morales, Janice Lester, Janice Masud-Paul, Lara Lasner-Frater, Mahnaz Tehrani, Mina Ghajar, Ryan Norman, Stacy Posillico, Theresa Rienzo and Yingting Zhang.