Introducing our 2026 Conference Keynotes!
Thursday Opening Keynote
Jennifer LaGarde aka Library Girl
Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with more than 20 years in public education. She is passionate about leveraging technology to help students build authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty, and helping learners of all ages discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. Jennifer is the coauthor, with Darren Hudgins, of Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking in the Age of Fake News (ISTE, 2018) and Developing Digital Detectives (ISTE, 2021). She is also a part-time lecturer in the MLIS program at Rutgers University, where she has taught courses including Emerging Literacies, Young Adult Literature, and Children’s Literature. In addition, Jennifer serves as the Library-Literacy Mentor with Bookelicious and hosts the podcast The Reader’s Heart. She currently lives, works, reads, and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. You can follow her adventures at www.librarygirl.net.
Sunday Morning Fireside Chat
Amanda Jones
Amanda Jones is a veteran school librarian in Louisiana who still works at the same school she attended as a child, and became nationally known in 2022 after extremists targeted her for speaking out against censorship at a public library board meeting. She fought back legally while continuing to speak out nationally, and her book That Librarian: Fighting Book Banners in Today’s America chronicles what it’s like being targeted by white Christian nationalists and why she continues to champion intellectual freedom. Amanda has won multiple state and national awards for her work, leads local anti-censorship coalitions, and when she’s not presenting or advocating, she enjoys reading, TikTok and crawfish boils with her family and their cat Juno Mars.
REGISTRATION
Registration for the 2026 CSLA Conference is now open!
There are several special events happening during the conference that we need to plan in advance. Please know that there are options on the registration form that MUST be selected at time of registration. Preview the Registration Guide to see what information is needed.
Thursday workshops are now FREE! To ensure we have enough space for all Thursday attendees, you must pre-register in order to attend a Thursday workshop. All Thursday attendees will receive a wristband in order to enter the workshops. Click HERE for instructions to add a workshop if you've already registered.
Tours and certifications are not included in the full conference registration. All tours and certifications must be selected as an add-on to your conference registration.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Hyatt Regency Irvine
17900 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92614
Hotel Reservations
CSLA has negotiated a nightly room rate of $217 for exhibitors and attendees at the Hyatt Regency.
Parking at the hotel is $25 per night. Room availability is limited, so please register for your tabletop and reserve your hotel room early.
EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Are you interested in being an Exhibitor at the 2026 conference? Visit our Exhibitor page for more information!
Thank you to our conference sponsors!
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