The 2025 ASDAL North American Chapter Conference will be held from Friday evening, June 27 through Wednesday noon, July 2 on the beautiful campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA. The change from the usual practice of a Monday through Thursday conference is to accommodate the General Conference Session which begins July 3 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Open Futures, Open Choices is our conference theme. As textbooks, publishing, and primary sources become more open, so are our choices and challenges in how we innovate library services with them. Additionally, while faculty and students have been using artificial intelligence applications such as Grammarly for over a decade, generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, has rocked higher education in ways that other, older applications have not. How do we thoughtfully use and teach generative AI while recognizing its limitations?
Registration for the conference includes conference attendance, the banquet on Friday, July 27, and lunch on Wednesday, July 2. Tickets for the optional tour on Sabbath, June 28, include a box lunch and dinner following the tour. Other meals are available from Andrews University dining services or local restaurants and are purchased separately.
Housing is available on the Andrews University campus and must be booked directly through Andrews University. For more information, visit Andrews University Hospitality Services.
Andrews University is located within driving distance of several International Airports (listed here). If you will need transportation between Andrews University and the airport, please contact Marianne Kordas (kordas@andrews.edu) of the local arrangements committee.
If you have additional questions about the registration process, please contact Neal Smith (neal.smithjr@ahu.edu).
