This month’s cover captures a lively moment from the 2025 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, where attendees gathered to explore the ongoing fight for intellectual freedom and digital equality. The sketch, created by Megan Lotts, reflects her signature blend of creativity, play, and reflection. As art librarian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Lotts is known for championing multimodal literacies through accessible, low-stakes creative practices like sketching, six-word stories, and collaborative artmaking. Her work encourages students, faculty, and staff to think critically, engage imaginatively, and discover new ways of learning through creativity and experimentation. Whether documenting conferences or leading workshops, her drawings invite communities to slow down, observe closely, and see libraries as spaces for curiosity, connection, and joyful inquiry together. The 2026 ALA Annual Conference will be held June 25-29 in Chicago.