ACRL DVC Spring 2026 Event—Origin Stories: Exploring the Diversity of Library Careers
May 13 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Origin Stories: Exploring the Diversity of Library Careers
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Time: 9 AM – 3 PM
Location: Penn State Abington
Cost: $30 (FREE for current graduate and undergraduate students)
Please join the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL DVC) for our spring event! The program will include a fantastic group of panelists whose unique career paths have led to or through academic librarianship, as well as discussion roundtables on themes such as mentorship and burnout. Brad Warren, the current ACRL President, will also join us virtually for a conversation and Q&A about leadership, academic libraries, and more. Lunch is included in the registration fee.
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 8, 2026
Schedule
9:00
Welcome and announcements
9:30
Panel #1: Alison Wessel, Richard Jutkiewicz, Sara Lauren Purifoy, Nicholas Cunningham
10:45
Coffee/networking break
11:00
Discussion roundtables
11:30
Campus tour
12:00
Lunch served
12:15
Virtual remarks by ACRL President Brad Warren
1:15
Panel #2: Jon Drucker, Melissa Gold, Jennifer Slagus
2:30
Discussion roundtables
3:00
Wrap-up