The ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invites you to the Spring 2026 Program on Library Advocacy
Save the Library, Save the World
Speaker: Emily Drabinski
Emily Drabinski is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Queens College School of Information Studies, City University of New York. She served as 2023-24 President of the American Library Association during a time of unprecedented attacks on the right to read. Drabinski’s latest publication is Organize Your Library! (ALA Editions, 2026), a co-authored handbook for building the collective power of library workers.
WHEN: Friday, April 10, 2026, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
WHERE: A Zoom link will be sent to the email address linked to your registration the day before the meeting.
PROGRAM MODERATOR: Dr. Kanu A. Nagra, Chair of Professional Development Committee ACRL/NY
REGISTRATION: Please register here by April 8, 2026
Description:
The rise of the organized censorship movement has raised the stakes of library advocacy. Uncritical continue to push for increased budgets and additional staff, but now many of us also face existential threats in the form of systematic and accelerating disinvestment, uncritical technology adoption, restrictions on our professional agency and autonomy, and a lack of public understanding of the critical social infrastructure libraries provide. What we learn from these struggles can inform advocacy beyond our shelves as we work toward the world we deserve.
This program is open to ACRL/NY members.
If you are not an ACRL/NY member: please use the following link to join or renew your membership to ACRL/NY (http://acrlny.org/join-us/).
All ACRL/NY events, programs, and discussion groups are guided by our Code of Conduct. For more information, please see http://acrlny.org/about2/code-of-conduct/
If you have any questions then please contact Program Organizer- Dr. Kanu A. Nagra, Chair of Professional Development Committee of ACRL/NY.
