24th Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit

In an age when skepticism is often mistaken for cynicism, libraries remain among the last public spaces dedicated to truth-seeking, questioning, and dialogue. This year’s Information Literacy Summit explores how we can model and teach skepticism as a productive, hopeful stance — one grounded in curiosity, respect for evidence, and an openness to understanding.

Skepticism today must operate on many levels: questioning the inevitability of AI, asking who trained the model and whose data it reflects, recognizing who benefits from particular narratives, and acknowledging the emotional toll of constant uncertainty and information overload. Just as importantly, skepticism is a civic and scholarly skill, essential to democratic participation, informed discourse, peer review, and academic integrity.

Our keynote speaker this year is Teresa Helena Moreno, assistant professor in the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois Chicago where she is the librarian for Black Studies and the College of Architecture, Design + the Arts.

If skepticism is the stance, ACCESS is the work. This year, we take ACCESS as our guiding theme.

Amid book bans, campus speech restrictions, disappearing digital archives, and algorithmic filtering, ACCESS offers both a diagnosis and a response: a framework for understanding the forces shaping what we can see, share, and trust, and a call to action for libraries, educators, and students to rebuild trust, protect knowledge, and strengthen critical engagement.

The full program will be available in early April. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Early Bird Registration ends April 3rd, 2026

We are happy to offer a reduced rate for attendees that are students. We thank RAILS for supporting us through their Continuing Education Event Grant.

This event is sponsored by College of DuPage Library and DePaul University Libraries.

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