Agenda: 186th Association Meeting: Spring 2025

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast (Northstar B)
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Committee Conversations Association committees are hosting Committee Conversations, open to all member representatives. Unless otherwise noted, they are also open to guests. Please join these conversations to connect what's happening in your library to the ARL Action Plan. Any pre-reading will be added to the Attendee Mobile App prior to the Association Meeting. Advocacy & Public Policy Committee: Championing Your Library's Story (Skyway) Learning Network Committee: Leading the Charge: The Library as a Transformational Force (Minnehaha) Member Engagement & Outreach Committee: Leading Through Uncertainty: What Do Staff Need? (St. Croix)
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	BREAK
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Committee Conversations Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: Resilience & Redoubt During Defining Moments (Minnehaha) Research & Analytics Committee: Research Library Impact Reports: Communicating Value Through Stories and Data (St. Croix) Scholars & Scholarship Committee: Aligning Research Services Across the Institution (Skyway)
12:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.	NETWORKING LUNCH (Northstar B)
12:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.	New & Interim ARL Member Representatives Lunch [Invited] (St. Croix) Hosted by the Member Engagement and Outreach Committee
OPENING SESSION	Northstar A
2:00 p.m.	ARL President's Welcome
2:20 p.m.	Program Planning Task Force Chair's Welcome
2:25 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	Fireside Chat with Susan Rundell Singer & Lisa German Dr. Susan Rundell Singer, the 12th president of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota will join University of Minnesota Dean of Libraries Lisa German in a fireside chat. Dr. Singer is a plant biologist, AAAS fellow, and campus leader whose scholarship focuses on advancing undergraduate STEM education, emphasizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She has served as a distinguished professor, a provost, a Division Director at the National Science Foundation, and now as a college president. At a critical moment for higher education and the scientific enterprise, Dr. Singer joins ARL to reflect on her work in advancing open, inclusive, and engaged scholarship and the work ahead for leaders.
3:40 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.	Member Engagement & Outreach Committee Energizer
4:20 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.	Daily Program Wrap-up
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	EVENING AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA McNAMARA ALUMNI CENTER

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	Breakfast: Program Strategy Committee Meeting [Invited] (Skyway)
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast (Northstar B)
MORNING SESSION	Northstar A
9:30 a.m.	Morning Welcome
9:35 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	The Edelman Trust Barometer 2025: What Lessons Can We Learn? Theresa Peterson in conversation with Barbara Rockenbach and Steve Smith The Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 Report will provide context setting for trust in key institutions (NGOs, government, business, and media) across 28 countries. Edelman's Vice President of Thought Leadership Research will talk about critical inflection points for trust now and in the 25 years of this data collection, sharing insights and recommendations tailored for our sector. Moderated by ARL member representative Steve Smith, Dean of Libraries at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Barbara Rockenbach, University Librarian at Yale.
10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	BREAK
10:55 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.	PANEL: Trust in Science Cary Funk ■■ Carolyn Lawrence-Dill ■■ Ashley Mehlenbacher ■■ Greg Raschke (M) Declining public trust in science is measurable and well-reported, and understood to be exacerbated by moments of crisis. A panel of experts from the Aspen Institute, the recently-established Trust in Research Undertaken in Science and Technology (TRuST) Network at the University of Waterloo, and the Dean of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University will take on the issue of public trust in science: why it has eroded and what can be done to rebuild it. Moderated by ARL member representative Greg Raschke, Dean of Libraries at NC State.
11:55 a.m.	Program Wrap-up & Release to Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	NETWORKING LUNCH (Northstar A)
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	10th Annual ARLIES Film Festival (Northstar A)
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.	BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION	BREAKOUT SESSIONS
2:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION 1 Strategic Implications of AI for the Research Library Workforce (Skyway) Machine learning and artificial intelligence—including generative and agentic AI—already have profound implications for research library services and the workforce. Join colleagues who have been leading institutional initiatives and studying workforce implications of AI for some time to discuss how ARL can support its members around these issues. Trust in Research Undertaken in Science and Technology (TRuST) Network at the University of Waterloo (St. Croix) Launched in January 2023 at the University of Waterloo, the Trust in Research Undertaken in Science and Technology (TRuST) Network is a project exploring the concept of public trust in medical, technological and other scientific research that affects and benefits our everyday lives. Join panelist and co-Director Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher and Executive Committee member Beth Namachchivaya to learn more about the TRuST Network and its research and activities. Scientific Record at Risk: Understanding the Current Environment (Minnehaha) This session is an opportunity to talk about how libraries, publishers, researchers, and other data stewards are navigating disruptions in US federal agencies with respect to new executive orders and administrative directions.
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION 2 New Opportunities for Collaboration: Libraries, the Agricultural Community, and Cooperative Extension (St. Croix) Join Colorado State University deans from the library and agricultural sciences (a meeting panelist) to talk about historic and forward looking collaboration that leverages infrastructures like libraries and cooperative extension in advancing relationships with rural agricultural communities. Institutional Partnerships to Advance and Ensure Web Content Accessibility (Minnehaha) Web content accessibility is a key priority of research libraries and it is based in public and institutional policies, laws and regulations, and commitment to inclusion. Come discuss strategies and partnerships to develop within your institution to advance this commitment. MEOC Hot Topic of the Moment (Skyway) MEOC is holding this space for late-breaking issues critical to our community.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	EVENING AT WALKER ART CENTER

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast
CLOSING SESSION	Northstar A
9:30 a.m.	Morning Welcome
9:35 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	In Conversation: University Presidents Rhea Ballard-Thrower (M) ■■ Michael Benarroch ■■ Todd Diacon US and Canadian university presidents will explore the pivotal role that trust—in leadership, research, and science—plays in building and maintaining confidence in higher education. Universities are experiencing a perfect storm of demographic and political pressures and declining public investment; along with challenging internal dynamics around student well-being, activism, and free expression. Panelists will discuss decision-making and communication at this complex moment. They will delve into the multifaceted nature of trust, examining how universities can foster transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct to strengthen relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and the broader community. Moderated by ARL President Rhea Ballard-Thrower, Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois Chicago.
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.	BREAK
10:50 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.	PANEL: City Librarians Sonia Alcantara-Antoine ■■ Trevor A. Dawes (M) ■■ Patrick Losinski ■■ John Szabo Leaders of three large urban library systems in the US will explore trust in leadership in the context of the role their organizations play as information sources and vital community hubs. City libraries are on the front lines of social disruption and transformation. They provide career skills and lifelong learning opportunities in emerging technologies and often serve as, and alongside, social service providers to meet a range of community needs. These leaders navigate an environment of distrust in information and political pressure on libraries in polarized times, and can speak directly to innovative approaches to trust-building and the range of challenges they face in serving their entire communities. Moderated by ARL member representative David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library.
11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	ARLIES Film Festival Awards
12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.	Program Closing Remarks
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	NETWORKING LUNCH (Northstar B)
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	ARL BUSINESS MEETING [Member Representatives & Proxies] (Northstar A)
2:45 p.m.	Meeting Adjourns