ACRL/NY 2025 Symposium – Tentative Schedule

Friday, December 5, 2025

Fordham University Lincoln Center

8:30-9:00am Breakfast, registration, poster sessions

9:00-9:15am Opening remarks

President’s Address and ACRL/NY Business Meeting

Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks

Welcome from Fordham University Libraries

9:20-10:00am Session 1 (40 minutes): Emergent Strategy & Pleasure Activism

• Find Peace & Joy in Library Instruction with Emergent Strategy (individual presentation; 20 minutes)
• Mapping and Informing Communities: Student Collaboration as Pleasure Activism (Lightning talk, 10 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

10:05am-10:40am Session 2 (35 minutes): Relationships for play and joy

• The Mysterious Incident of Bigfoot in Access Services: Improving staff morale during tough times (Individual presentation; 20 minutes)
• Work Friends: Relational Joy in the Academic Library Workplace (Lightning talk; 10 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

10:40-11:00am Break + posters (20 minutes)

11:00-11:40am Session 3: Don’t Let Them Steal Your Joy (40 minutes)

• “In the Midst of the Bullshit”: Don’t Let Them Steal Your Joy (Panel; 30 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

11:45-12:10pm Session 4 (25 minutes): Connecting about library work… for fun

• Finding joy in social media: a whimsical approach to social media outreach (Lightning talk; 10 minutes)
• Can It Strike Twice? A Lightning Talk About Lightning Talks (Lightning talk; 10 minutes)
• Q&A (5 minutes)

12:10-1:25pm Lunch, posters, door prizes, mentorship program shoutout (1 hour and 15 minutes)

1:25-2:10pm Session 5 (45 minutes): Gamification in libraries panel

• Engineering Joy: Gamified Learning in the Engineering Library
• “MARC My Words”: Library Metadata as a Form of Gameplay
• Quit Playin’ Games with My Heart Emoji: Gamifying Your Student Tabling Events
• 10 minute presentation from each participant + 15 minutes of discussion

2:10-2:30pm Coffee & Dessert + posters (20 minutes)

2:30-3:10pm Session 6 (40 minutes): Finding joy in the work

• Adventures in Wonderland: A Show-and-Tell of NYPL's Archival Theatre Photography (Individual Presentation; 15 minutes)
• Joyful Encounters with Ferns, Bugs, and Snakes: Exploring Nature and Open Knowledge (Individual presentation; 15 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

3:15-3:25pm Closing remarks (10 minutes)

Posters:

1.   Teaching with Video Games -- Using Animal Crossing: New Horizons to Support Student Success in the Library

2.   (No Title) Find library joy through working with the library’s student workers

3.   Phoenix Rising: Establishing the University of Chicago Library as a Place Where Fun Goes to Thrive

4.   Come and play: Inviting our community to explore, experiment & discover