Be sure to stop by the ALA Lounge to find information and the latest news and resources from across the association.
Connect with staff from the ALA Member Relations and Services team – staff will be available in the booth during set hours to answer your questions about ALA.
Materials and information from across the association, including QR codes and links to resources and tools for you and your library.
Find out how membership can help enhance your career and gain information that will help you improve library services to your community.
Find us outside Exhibit Hall A entrance, near the Marriott connector.
ALA Lounge Staff Hours:
- Friday, June 24th – 9:00am – 6:00pm
- Saturday, June 25th – 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Sunday, June 26th – 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Monday, June 27th – 9:00am – 2:00pm
Our ALA Staff has curated an awesome playlist of their favorite songs for you to listen to during the ALA Annual Conference!
Take a listen to the ALAAC22 SummerTime Playlist on Spotify!
What’s going on in the ALA Lounge?
ALA Lounge Table Talks
Swing by the ALA Lounge during these scheduled times to talk to Division and Round Table leaders, learn about projects and initiatives they are working on and how you can get involved.
Friday, June 24th - 12pm - 1pm
― Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table
Saturday, June 25th - 10am - 11am
― Table 1: Reference and User Services Association
― Table 2: Association for Library Service to Children
Sunday, June 26th - 12pm - 1pm
― Library Research Round Table
Raise Your Voice
How has book banning impacted you or your community?
Why did you join #UniteAgainstBookBans, and why should others join the fight against book bans? Decision makers in communities across the country need to hear from all of us.
Stop by the ALA Lounge to record a short video message, and be sure to take home some postcards to encourage members of your community to share their stories.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - noon and Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Don’t have time to stop by? You can record your video online!
Banned Books Take Over DC
At this year’s ALA conference, you can show some love for your favorite banned and challenged books by snapping a photo of one of IFRT’S banned book flyers as you explore Washington D.C.
Stop by the ALA Lounge to pick up some of IFRT’s ready-to-go banned book flyers to take with you around the conference and the city – then snap and post your pictures with the tag #BannedBooksDC. We are hoping to see banned books at monuments, restaurants, and museums galore.
Did your favorite banned book not make the list? Don’t worry; here’s a template so you can make your own!
GameRT Guild of Mysteries Mystery Hunt returns.
The GamerRT Mystery Hunt is a series of puzzles, similar to a scavenger hunt and a little like a virtual escape room. On the first day of the conference, we will post a link that will take you to the game. Once you’ve filled out some basic information you can read through the story and click around the various play zones. There will be three zones in total with nine total puzzle clusters to work through. Solve all the puzzles within a puzzle cluster to unlock a clue, solve all the puzzle clusters and you’ll have all the information you’ll need to unlock the final puzzle.
Find the details and start playing the Mystery Hunt!
ALA Lounge Volunteers
Throughout the conference, the ALA Lounge is happy to have volunteers from our Divisions and Round Tables. Stop by and ask about what they are working on and how to get involved.
Friday, June 24th
9:00am – 11:00am Retired Members Round Table
11:00am – 1:00pm Games & Gaming Round Table
1:00pm – 3:00pm Film & Media Round Table
3:00pm – 5:00pm Library Instruction Round Table
Saturday, June 25th
9:00am – 11:00am Sustainability Round Table
11:00am – 1:00pm Government Documents Round Table
2:00pm – 3:00pm Association for Library Service to Children
3:00pm – 5:00pm Young Adult Library Services Association
Sunday, June 26th
9:00am – 11:00am Retired Members Round Table
11:00am – 1:00pm New Members Round Table
1:00pm – 3:00pm Intellectual Freedom Round Table
3:00pm – 5:00pm Public Library Association
Monday, June 27th
11:00am – 1:00pm Association of College and Research Libraries