[SOA] FW: 2025 ALAO Conference Registration

Tue Sep 2 16:58:11 EDT 2025

Program is out now-- A quick look shows me these sessions of particular interest for archives and digitization folks.

  *   Accessibility in Digital Collections. Sidney Gao & Sean Crowe (University of Cincinnati)
  *   Projects beyond Paging: How Hands-On Work Facilitates Student Success in Archives & Special Collections and Digital Initiatives. Miriam Intrator, Erin Wilson, Aurora Charlow & Greta Kuriger Suiter (Ohio University)
  *   The Ohio Digital Network and Digital Public Library of America: An Ohio Project Update. Penelope Shumaker (State Library of Ohio)
  *   Measuring the Invisible: Assessing Institutional Repositories to Launch Student Success. Gerald Natal & Arjun Sabharwal (The University of Toledo)
  *   Deep Dive in the Archive: A Librarian's Essential Guide to Archival Management. Jenni Royce (University of Findlay) & Cassandra Lagunzad Brown (Heidelberg University)

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | Digital Archives - https://media.library.ohio.edu<https://media.library.ohio.edu/> | Archives Finding Aids - https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/

From: ALAO President <president at alaoweb.org<mailto:president at alaoweb.org>>
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 4:48 PM
To: ALAO Member List <list at alaoweb.org<mailto:list at alaoweb.org>>
Subject: [External] [ALAO] Registration for the 2025 ALAO Conference

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Registration Now Open!

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Please join us for the ALAO Annual Conference taking place November 6 & 7, 2025 at the OCLC Convention Center in Dublin, Ohio. Registration is now live<https://alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/about>. Note that early bird rates will end on September 19, 2025. (Presenters will be sent out a separate link for registration.)

Conference Program<https://alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/program>
Registration Now Open<https://alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/about>
Lodging<https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/lodging>

[Instagram]<https://www.instagram.com/alaoconference/>[Link]<https://www.threads.net/@alaoconference>[Link]<https://bsky.app/profile/alaoconference.bsky.social>

Join us for the 2025 ALAO Annual Conference

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Ione T. Damasco, Keynote Speaker

November 7, 2025

Ione T. Damasco (they/them), Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Organizational Development at the University of Dayton Libraries. The title of their keynote is, Dialogue, Encounter, Imagination: Practicing Critical Hope in Times of Challenge<https://alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/speaker>. There will be an additional discussion session with Ione scheduled immediately after.

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Hanna Schmillen, Pre-Conference Workshop Instructor

November 6, 2025: 10am - 4pm

This year's Pre-Conference workshop will be facilitated by Hanna Schmillen (she/her), Assistant Dean for Research and Education Services at Ohio University Libraries. Join us for Launchpad to Systematic Reviews: Evidence Synthesis Crash Course for Your Library<https://alaoweb.org/conferences/2025/preconference>, a hands-on workshop designed to equip academic librarians with the foundational knowledge and practical skills to support and lead evidence synthesis projects at your libraries, at your pace.

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Social Event: Gateway Brewing Co.

November 6, 2025 - 6pm - 9pm.

Get dinner with friends from any of the many great restaurants in the Bridge Park Area<https://www.bridgepark.com/?_vendor_categories=dining-nightlife> of Columbus and then join us at Gateway Brewing from 6-9pm to catch up with friends and make new ones.

Getaway Brewing

108 N High Street

Dublin, Ohio

New Member & First Time Attendee Conference Grant

Deadline: September 8, 2025

Covers attendance at the ALAO Annual Conference on November 7, 2025. Funded by keynote speaker Ione Damasco, who dedicated part of their honorarium to support new members and first-time attendees. Eligible applicants are library workers who joined ALAO within the past 12 months or who are attending their first ALAO conference.
Apply Here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTBZNEAhB6avv1HOiyQLjp83pXfQ2O7hpiJxN2FummpYx9Xw/viewform>

If you have any questions, please reach out to the ALAO Conference Planning Committee at program at alaoweb.org<mailto:program at alaoweb.org>

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