Conferences & Events

ALA, its Divisions, Round Tables and Affiliates host many conferences, and in-person and online events to showcase cutting-edge developments in library advocacy, information literacy, and many other areas of interest.
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ALA Annual Conference 2025: Registration is now open!

Take your library vision to the next level at the ALA 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition! Connect with forward-thinking librarians from around the globe and explore new possibilities for the future of libraries. This dynamic event brings together thousands of library professionals and friends of libraries to exchange innovative ideas and turn them into impactful action.

Whether you're reinventing library services, launching exciting new programs, or tackling challenges head-on, ALA Annual is designed to spark collaboration, inspire fresh insights, and equip you with the best strategies for your library's future.

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Chapter and Affiliate Conferences

29
May
31
May

Conference

New Jersey Library Association Conference

07
Aug
09
Aug

Conference

Pacific Northwest Library Association Virtual Conference

03
Sep
05
Sep

Conference

Colorado Association of Libraries Conference

24
Sep
25
Sep

Conference

Wyoming Library Association Conference

01
Oct
03
Oct

Conference

Tri-Conference of North Dakota, South Dakota and Mountain Plains Library Associations

01
Oct
03
Oct

Conference

Iowa Library Association Conference

01
Oct
03
Oct

Conference

Virginia Library Association Conference

08
Oct
10
Oct

Conference

Georgia Library Association Conference

09
Oct
10
Oct

Conference

Minnesota Library Association Conference

13
Oct
17
Oct

Conference

North Carolina Library Association Conference

Celebration Days & Promotional Events

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find resources to celebrate Rainbow Book Month in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find resources to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find information and resources to celebrate National Immigrant Heritage Month with learners in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find information and resources to celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month with learners in your school library.

14
Jun

Celebration

District of Columbia Library Association Annual Membership Banquet

20
Jun

Celebration

Resources to share with your learners in recognition of World Refugee Day.

01
Sep

Celebration

Library Card Sign-Up Month is a national public awareness campaign started in 1987 to emphasize the importance of a library card to a child’s education.

01
Sep
30
Sep

Celebration

Resources to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month in your school library.

15
Sep
15
Oct

Celebration

Resources to share information about Hispanic Heritage Month with learners in your school library.

01
Oct
31
Oct

Celebration

Resources to help school librarians celebrate TeenTober™ in school libraries.

ALA Division Conferences

29
Jul
31
Jul

Conference

This interactive three-day virtual event features expert speakers on current topics facing library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them.

16
Oct
18
Oct

Conference

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

12
Nov
14
Nov

Conference

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

ALA's offices and divisions sponsor various nationwide library promotions throughout the year, encouraging libraries to help raise public awareness of library issues.

Learn more about ALA policies, criteria, and general considerations regarding conference site selection.

Details on upcoming ALA Annual and LibLearnX conferences, and archives of previous ALA conferences.

May 2025
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Fundamentals of Institutional Repositories 2025 - Session 2.0

June 16, 2025

This 6-week online course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of institutional repositories (IR), including considering IR platforms, promoting the IR, faculty publications in the IR, additional sources of IR content, IR metadata, and accessibility of IR content.

Collection Management
Archives & Records Management
Cataloging
Technology
eLearning
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The Library of the Future: Health, Wellbeing, & Sustainability

June 18, 2025

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 contributing to diminish climate change through the 2030 challenge and COTE Top Ten Principles. This session will provide information from case studies and current methods that are being successfully used and implemented along with ways to fund these needed methodologies such as how to access federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Cataloging
Collection Management
eLearning
a map of the world with World Refugee Day written in white

World Refugee Day

June 20, 2025

Resources to share with your learners in recognition of World Refugee Day.

Celebration
RMRT Members

RMRT Dinner (Limit 20 attendees)

June 27, 2025

Come join your friends in RMRT for a dinner the first night of the conference.

Conference
Pennsylvania
In-Person
Members Only
Dr. Suess Library

RMRT Membership Meeting

June 28, 2025

Annual RMRT Members Meeting at ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

Conference
Pennsylvania
Something for Every Reader

RMRT Book Club - Conference Edition

June 28, 2025

Come join RMRT members as they discuss books that they have read which have hit the 100 year mark!

Conference
Pennsylvania
In-Person