ALA 2026 and the “Occasional Journalist”

Check out As in guillotine... for more. I’ll be putting on my “occasional journalist” hat again next week, working with the excellent Words & Money team to help cover the ALA 2026 Annual Conference in Chicago! I’m still working on my overall schedule, but I’ve already picked out a few highlights that I’m planning to get to: Library Insights Summit 2026: I’ve wanted to attend this event since it launched, focused on one of my favorite topics: connecting libraries and publishers, with an emphasis on the smaller publishers and authors who have the most potential to be true partners to public libraries, rather than whatever’s happening with corporate publishers right now. Beyond Dewey and BISAC: WholeStory’s Natural-Language Approach to Increasing Circulation and Building Patron Knowledge Further Together: A Collaborative Approach to Achieving Digital Equity For All Indie Titles, Fair Chances: A Selector’s Toolkit for Smart Picks Legislation in the States: Update and Discussion This will…