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48th Annual AASL Conference  |   - virtual -   |   May 27 – 29, 2026

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FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM: downloadable pdf version

Times listed in Eastern Daylight Time - GMT-4

BRIEF PROGRAM: downloadable pdf version

Times listed in Eastern Daylight Time - GMT-4

MAY 26 - TUESDAY (PRECONFERENCE)

FIRST TIME ATTENDEES WELCOME EVENT (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT)


MAY 27 - WEDNESDAY

COFFEE CHAT (1:00 - 1:30 PM EDT)

INTRODUCTION (1:30 - 1:45 PM EDT) - AALA President Sara Schumacher

PRESENTATIONS: Instruction Partnerships (1:45 - 2:45 PM EDT)

The Forbidden Library: Architectural Pedagogy as a Bridge Between Architecture and Library and Information Science

Ann Holderfield - Clemson University

Ufuk Ersoy - Clemson University

The People’s Library: Librarians as Consultants and Reviewers

Sara Schumacher - Texas Tech University

Pratana Klieopatinon - Texas Tech University

Hillary Veeder - Texas Tech University

Lindsey Jackson - Texas Tech University

From Concept to Capstone: The Librarian's Role in Preparing Architecture Students for E-Portfolios

Stefanie Hilles - Miami University

DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 1 + Q & A (2:45 - 3:00 EDT)

Duck Hunt: Promoting Serendipity and Close Attention in the Library

Nick Fagan - Kent State University

BREAK (3:00 - 3:15 EDT)

PRESENTATIONS: Research Methodologies & Scholarship (3:15 - 4:15 PM EDT)

Bridging Methods and Meaning: Supporting Design Research in Architecture Education

Tess Colwell - Yale University’s Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library

Nose to Tail: Moving Beyond the Collection to Address the Entire Life of Scholarship

Catherine Essinger - University of Houston

Constructing Research-Driven Spaces: A Framework for Evidence-Based Architecture

Aubree Tillett - University of Minnesota Libraries

DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 2 + Q & A (4:15 PM - 4:45 PM EDT)

Page to Structured Knowledge: A Digital Platform for 20th Century Architectural Periodicals

Phoebus Panigyrakis - Architectural Periodicals Database

Pre-lecture preview: Great Diverse Designers Library + Beyond the Built Environment (4:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT)

As a lead-in to Pascale Sablan’s keynote talk, we will hold a conversation about ways we as librarians have engaged with two of the digital resources Pascale Sablan has created: the Great Diverse Designers Library and Beyond the Built Environment.

KEYNOTE TALK (5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT) : Pascale Sablan 

Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP is the Chief Executive Officer of Adjaye Associates’ New York Studio and a globally recognized architect, author, and advocate advancing equity in the built environment. With more than 18 years of experience leading and contributing to award-winning projects around the world, she brings visionary leadership grounded in design excellence and social impact.

DAILY WRAP-UP and SOCIAL EVENT (6:15 PM - 7:00 PM EDT)

MAY 28 - THURSDAY

COFFEE CHAT (11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT)

DISCUSSION PANEL (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT)

Tactile Approaches to Architecture and Design Education

Ann Whiteside - Harvard Graduate School of Design

Rebecca Price - University of Michigan

Brad Johnston - Ball State

Aubree Tillet - University of Minnesota

Katelyn Borbely - College for Creative Studies

Yasmeen Suleiman - VCUArts, Qatar

Billie Coxhead - Central St. Martins, London

DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 3 + Q & A (12:30 PM - 12:45 PM EDT)

Queerscape: Reinventing Queer Spatial Archive

Simon Liao - University of Waterloo

BREAK (12:45 PM - 1:00 PM EDT)

PRESENTATIONS: Visual Literacy and Object-Based Learning (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT)

Framing Responsible Engagement with Visual Generative AI: Context, Critique, and Advisement

Gabriella Karl-Johnson - Princeton University

The Built and the Book: Introducing Architects to Books as Objects

Shannon Marie Robinson - University of Southern California

Worth a Thousand Words: Evaluating Visual Literacy Competencies in the Age of AI-Generated Visual Content

Alisha D. Rall - Kansas State University

DIGITAL POSTER 4 + Q&A (2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT)

Counterbalancing Speed and Stillness: Building an Architectural Archive as a Solo Practitioner

Esther Zenzele - Independent Scholar

BREAK (2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT)

VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 1 + Q & A (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT)

Virtual Tour of the Architecture Library at Texas Tech University

Hillary Veeder - Texas Tech University

The Great Realignment: How Evans Reclaimed the Ground Floor

Marcella McGowan -Texas A&M University - College Station, TX

To Move or Not to Move (my Office), That is the Question

Cindy Frank - University of Maryland

It's Been Built for a While, but are They Coming? The Brown Fine Arts Library at Rice University

K. Sarah Ostrach - Rice University

WORKSHOP: ARCHITECTURE ON VIEW (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

Architecture on View: Making the Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of CSU's Visual Arts Building

Anna Bernhard - Colorado State University

DISCUSSION SECTION : GROUP CHATS (4:15 PM - 5:15 PM EDT)

DAILY WRAP-UP and SOCIAL EVENT (5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT)

May 29 - FRIDAY

COFFEE CHAT (10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT)

DISCUSSION PANEL (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT)

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: on the theme of counter|balance in architectural archives

Saman Quraishi - Archivist and Assistant Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

Santiago Arboleda Orozco - Archival Coordinator + Museographic Assistant, Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia

Katie Pierce Meyer - Head of Architectural Collections at the University of Texas at Austin

DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 5 + Q & A (12:15 PM - 12:30 PM EDT)

Visualizing Power: Reassessing Colonial Library Architecture and Its Imperial Legacy

Raymond Pun - University of Southern California

PRESENTATIONS: Archival Stewardship and Exploration (12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT)

滋賀重列 | SHIGA Shigetsura: A Case Study of Japanese and American Architectural Vocabularies

Emilee Mathews - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sitios (Sites), A Spatial Story of Puerto Rico’s Modernization: Georeferencing the Works of Henry Klumb

Robin Planas - University of Puerto Rico

Three Archival Donations: Simultaneously Stewarding Architectural Legacy Collections

Nilda Sanchez-Rodriguez, The City College of New York

CiU Docs: Reconnecting Architectural Archives of the Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid, Spain

Nicolás Mariné - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

BREAK (2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT)

DISCUSSION PANEL (2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT)

Collections in Unique Times: The Changing Landscape of Architecture Collection Development

Lane Goldszer - UCLA

K. Sarah Ostrach - Rice University

Andi Back - University of Kansas

Catherine Essinger - University of Houston

Sara Mautino - Oklahoma State University

DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 6 + Q & A (3:15 PM - 3:30 PM EDT)

An Alternative Approach to Material Libraries

Sam Neat - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 2 + Q & A (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT)

Balancing Access and Capacity: Shelf Signage and Space Planning at the Cunningham Architecture Library

Sara Mautino - Oklahoma State University

The Donation Problem / McEwen School of Architecture

Kat A. Hicks - Laurentian University

Thinking Accessibility at UC Berkeley's Environmental Design Library

Andrew Matsas - UC Berkeley

CLOSING REMARKS (4:15 PM - 4:30 PM EDT)

CLOSING SOCIAL EVENT (4:30 PM - 5:15 PM EDT)



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