Join this e-Forum to discuss your successes, your not-so-successful endeavors, and to learn how to incorporate project management solutions to best fit your needs through all the stages of a project. Both those

A presentation on using book kits in libraries to promote conversations about racial equity and inclusion with children and families.

This study aims to investigate the alignment between a university (UW-Madison) library’s resources and the research outputs of the university’s scholars.

Join this e-Forum to discuss your successes, your not-so-successful endeavors, and to learn how to incorporate project management solutions to best fit your needs through all the stages of a project. Both those

Learn to create engaging spaces for library patrons of all ages from real-life examples and outcomes.

Learn to create engaging spaces for library patrons of all ages from real-life examples and outcomes.

This webinar takes the US Army's Troop Leading Procedures and adapts them to a library setting, showing how they were successfully implemented in my institution's recent large weeding project.

This 90 minute webinar will discuss the different paths to employement as a federal or military librarian.

Move beyond “autism acceptance” and let your library become a place of autistic joy.

Learn best practices for cardholder registration that reduces barriers and increase access for all.

Learn best practices for cardholder registration that reduces barriers and increase access for all.

February 2025 Learning Live

Learn how you can be a part of PLA’s renowned conference programming.

Learn how you can be a part of PLA’s renowned conference programming.

Learn how to support your patrons who struggle with reading!

March 2025 Learning Live

This webinar will draw on both quantitative and qualitative data collected by the presenter from academic library staff and leaders over the last several years to identify barriers that both library staff and

Join this free virtual forum to get to know the candidates standing for president in the upcoming PLA election.

Join this free virtual forum to get to know the candidates standing for president in the upcoming PLA election.

Today's libraries are challenged with engaging busy customers who see thousands of ads per day. This webinar will provide key promotional strategies for staff at all levels to increase customer engagement.

Presenters will share their experiences in developing a tween summer camp, from planning, resourcing, and reaching the target audience and documentation of the process.

Trans librarians face a uniquely hostile work environment. Learn about supporting trans employees in their daily work.

Trans librarians face a uniquely hostile work environment. Learn about supporting trans employees in their daily work.

The webinar will explore AI's expanding role in libraries & the LIS field, stressing the urgent need for librarians and professionals to develop AI literacy & stay at the forefront of this technological shift.

Join this e-Forum to discuss system integrations, their challenges, tips and tricks for successful integrations between a library’s ILS and other systems and tools.

This webinar will explore how librarians can use AI-powered writing assistants to improve their professional writing. Attendees will learn how to use these tools for various writing tasks.

Join this e-Forum to discuss system integrations, their challenges, tips and tricks for successful integrations between a library’s ILS and other systems and tools.

This 60 minute webinar will help make sense of historical newspapers and guide researchers to a better understanding of them as well.

Transitioning from staff member to management, even as an assistant, can be tough. Come webinar panel of three managers ranging from Supervisor to Deputy Director where they discuss the transition to management

Learn ways to energize your summer library program in accordance with ALA’s sustainability guidelines.

Learn ways to energize your summer library program in accordance with ALA’s sustainability guidelines.

A four week asynchronous course on project management.

As linked data becomes more of a reality for the library community, OCLC has worked with libraries around the world to better understand how data, tools, and services can help integrate linked data

Attendees will be able to use the “what matters most” principles—People, Paper, POP!—to conceive a system that will work best with your staff, your community, and your library’s goals.

Leading staff in an ever-changing, unpredictable environment can be difficult. In this session, we'll discuss the impact that coaching methods can have on building resilient employees and teams.

Learn about PLA Committees and Advisory Groups and how to increase your chances of being selected.

Learn about PLA Committees and Advisory Groups and how to increase your chances of being selected.

Where can I find child support guidelines? What are the laws in Nevada on gun ownership? How do I copyright my name? Any librarian who serves the public is apt to get such questions. With no legal training

Reference Interview is a comprehensive six-week asynchronous course focusing on the methods of evaluating reference services, behaviorial aspects of reference service.

Learn about PLA publication opportunities, including writing for Public Libraries magazine and PLA’s podcast.

Learn about PLA publication opportunities, including writing for Public Libraries magazine and PLA’s podcast.

ecent research in the cultural heritage conservation field has identified arsenic and other toxic heavy metals in pigments used in 19th century book bindings. How hazardous are these materials, and what should

As the transgender population increases in size and visibility, a resulting backlash has gripped America--and libraries are in the crossfire. Learn how and why anti-trans misinformation is created and spread

In recent years, the traditional use of digital collections simply as proxies for the physical has shifted to a paradigm of viewing collections as data suitable for computational use and novel research methods.

Connecting Information Literacy Efforts to Student Retention is a four-week asynchronous course discussing the difference a librarian makes as teachers of information literacy, study skills, time management

The presentation will focus on the lived experience of a librarian who recently moved into a large middle management role at a sizable R1 institution, while adjusting to a new discovery of their neurodiversity.

The Core Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professional Librarians provides an important framework to assess professional-level cataloging and metadata skills, knowledge, and behavior.

Discovery products providing a single search interface to library collections have become industry standard in large academic libraries since their emergence in the late 2000's. This presentation begins to fill

Neurodiversity within the librarian professional is often neglected as a subject of scholarly conversation. With higher rates of neurodivergent students approaching traditional college-age, it is more important

Come and learn the best practices that are having an impact on the lives of so many community members across the nation through the healthy and sustainable libraries they have built and how they are

In this four-week asynchronous eCourse, participants will explore how a well-developed marketing plan drives the creation of promotional plans, allowing librarians to better serve their patrons, community, and

Explore how artificial intelligence can revolutionize libraries by enhancing accessibility, streamlining operations, and fostering community connections.

This study aims to investigate the alignment between a university (UW-Madison) library’s resources and the research outputs of the university’s scholars.

The session will discuss ongoing work to streamline a workflow for preparing collections for digitization. The presenters will discuss the collaboration between departments in Preservation and Cataloging &

This four-week course by librarian and gerontologist Fatima Perkins helps libraries engage older adults. It covers assessing needs, creating impactful programs, and includes mentorship for developing a

ACRL 2025 features more 500 carefully curated programs designed to meet the needs of the academic and research library community.

The AASL National Conference is the only national conference dedicated solely to school librarians and their unique role in education.

The Core Forum brings together practitioners & decision makers in the following areas: Access & Equity, Buildings & Operations, Leadership & Management, Metadata & Collections, Preservation & Technology.