ARLIS/NA Academic Library Division January Open Forum


Thursday, January 22, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Category: Division Event

The hour-long open forum will center on dual topics:  

Political Challenges For the New Year: Digital Safety in Higher Education and Librarians & Libraries Preparing for Title II

As always, everyone is welcome, the forum will not be recorded, to allow participants to speak freely, and the session will conclude with an open discussion where members can share plans, projects, and hopes for the new year.

We are also putting out an early call for a co-moderator for the ALD! If you are interested, please reach out to Stephanie Jacobs at sajacobs@usf.edu, or Erin Dickey at jpn2ev@virginia.edu.  

The open forum will feature an anonymous, collaborative zoom board for thoughts & feedback - unfortunately this feature isn’t available to iPad/phone users, so to use that feature, please join us from a desktop or laptop. 

Summary notes including feedback & any links to resources will be shared in the Academic Library Division Humanities Commons group.