PLA at ALA 2026 Annual Conference

Is your current project management system a collection of post-it notes? Do you have to be reminded of a project that was due six months ago? Is there no accountability across the system? Turn your scattered

This webinar focuses on scalable, application-driven strategies for designing and delivering transformational learning that supports complex organizational change.

Public libraries are hubs of community engagement, innovation, and learning—and increasingly, they are called upon to lead large-scale events and initiatives that reach diverse audiences and deliver measurable

This session will explore how the library and design team embraced universal design principles, community input, and adaptive problem-solving to reimagine a prominent library space. Attendees will gain insight

Teams are an increasingly important workplace construct, allowing libraries to tap into staff potential to tackle complex work in our current, dynamic library environment.

The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative shows how to transform your library into a literacy hub where kids learn to read.

This course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of institutional repositories (IR), including IR platforms, promoting the IR, faculty publications in the IR, IR metadata, and accessibility of IR content.

Join PLA at the ALA 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 25–June 29 in Chicago.

The Driehaus Museum is located in the historic 1883 Nickerson mansion on Chicago’s near North Side.

Former ALA Executive Director Robert Wedgeworth (1972 to 1985) will share details of his experiences growing up in racially intolerant times and the inside stories of developments in the library world

Words have Power, a Dignity Index discussion co-sponsored by RMRT & United for Libraries.

This 6-week online course is a basic primer for library cataloging concepts and practices.

This 6-week online course is a basic primer for library cataloging concepts and practices.

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

Documenting the cultural heritage and unique experiences of your community members provides a more inclusive archival record. This presentation covers the steps needed to establish relationships and work with

This 6-week online course introduces students to the breadth of considerations, standards, and skills needed to successfully launch and manage a digital library program.