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.
Registration is Now Live! ALA Annual 2025

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

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

Virginia 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

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

14
Oct
16
Oct

Conference

Illinois Library Association Conference

Celebration Days & Promotional Events

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.

19
Oct
25
Oct

Celebration

Celebrate Your Friends Group Oct. 19-25, 2025, during the 20th annual National Friends of Libraries Week!

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.

June 2025
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Super Searchers and Meet LEO

August 05, 2025

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Information Literacy & Library Instruction
Programs & Services
eLearning
Webinar
Online
Free
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The Library of the Future: Health, Wellbeing, & Sustainability

August 19, 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
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Super Searchers and Meet LEO

August 20, 2025

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Information Literacy & Library Instruction
Programs & Services
eLearning
Webinar
Online
Free
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Fundamentals of Cataloging 2025 - Session 5.0

August 25, 2025

This 6-week online course is a basic primer for library cataloging concepts and practices. It covers: principles underlying cataloging practice; examples illustrating the principles in practice; tools used in cataloging practice such as AACR2, RDA, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, MARC, OCLC, BIBFRAME; processes used by catalogers in creating bibliographic records.

Collection Management
Archives & Records Management
Cataloging
eLearning
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Fundamentals of Cataloging 2025 - Session 5.1

August 25, 2025

This 6-week online course is a basic primer for library cataloging concepts and practices. It covers: principles underlying cataloging practice; examples illustrating the principles in practice; tools used in cataloging practice such as AACR2, RDA, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, MARC, OCLC, BIBFRAME; processes used by catalogers in creating bibliographic records.

Collection Management
Archives & Records Management
Cataloging
eLearning
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Library Card Sign-up Month

September 01, 2025

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.

Celebration
Online
Featured Event
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Super Searchers and Meet LEO

September 10, 2025

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Information Literacy & Library Instruction
Programs & Services
eLearning
Webinar
Online
Free
Core Course Image

Fundamentals of Management 2025 - Session 6.0

September 15, 2025

This 4 week course Fundamentals of Management is designed for new managers to build the skill set they need to successfully lead their department or organization, as well as support existing managers looking to improve their skills.

Administration & Leadership
eLearning