Dear CALA Members,

We are happy to announce CALA 2026 Annual Program at the ALA Conference in Chicago!

1. ALA/CALA 2026 President’s Program Panel Discussion: Sustaining Excellence: Creative Problem-Solving in Challenging Times

Time and Location: 1 - 2pm, June 28, W192, McCormick Place Convention Center

Panelists:

Shali Zhang (Dean of Libraries and Professor, Auburn University),

Donghua Tao (Associate University Librarian for the Health Sciences of University of Illinois, Chicago)

Lian Ruan (Head Librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute)

Moderator: Lei Jin (Associate Dean, Toronto Metropolitan University)

2. CALA Poster Session

Time and Location: 2:30 - 3:30pm, Sunday June 28, W192, McCormick Place Convention Center

CALA members will showcase their projects in poster formats. All are welcome to attend. Thank you for those submitted your poster proposals, we continue to review proposals in ongoing basis till the end of May. Please consider submit a poster using this Submission Link.

3. CALA Banquet (details to be confirmed, registration form will be sent out in May)

Time: 6pm, Saturday June 27, 2026

Hope to see many of you!

Sincerely,

Conference Program Committee & Local Arrangement

Lei Jin (co-chair)

Mingyan Li (co-chair)

Yanli Li

Yanling Liu

Zhaohui Liu