Jenny will present the following topic during her keynote address: Resisting Censorship through Public Engagement: How Librarians are Meeting the Moment
From missing websites to manipulated datasets, the current presidential administration is damaging our democracy by censoring government information and dismantling our research and knowledge-sharing infrastructure. This government censorship is an assault on librarians' core professional ethos: preserving information and ensuring that it is accessible to everyone. In response, librarians around the country have stepped up. In this talk I'll share how one project, Save Our Signs, has inspired thousands of volunteers around the country to contribute to a crowdsourced photo archive of National Park Service educational signs, and along the way, become my personal beacon of hope. Save Our Signs models how librarians can draw on our interdisciplinary research expertise and professional values in order to both engage the general public and advocate for our collective right to access research and information. Through collaboration with our communities, we can preserve our shared knowledge, document censorship, and inspire activism and change.
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REGISTER NOW for the 2026 WAAL Conference at Raynor Library at Marquette University in Milwaukee on August 3-4, 2026! Registration closes on July 1, 2026.
Conference Registration Pricing:
Hotel and Venue Information
The conference will be held at Raynor Library at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
WLA has secured a block of rooms at The Ambassador Hotel for the night of Monday, August 3, 2026 at the group rate of $159.00, single occupancy, per night plus applicable taxes. A $10 fee will be added for each additional occupant.Rooms will be available in our block until Saturday, July 4, 2026 or until the block is sold out.
To make your room reservations, you may call hotel reservations at 1- 414-345-5500 0r 1-888-322-3326. To receive the WAAL group discount, you must mention the "Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference" room block.
Or, you may book your room on the hotel's website at the following link:
(Raynor Library is #20, the blue building in the center of the map)
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Tristan Draper
Student Success & Engagement Librarian
Beloit College
She/Her/Hers
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