Conferences & Events Calendar

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

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day) in your school library.

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in your school library.

Find resources to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month in your school library.

Find resources to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month in your school library.

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 libraries do if they have 19th C. items in their collections? This presentation will provide background information on this growing field of interest, a broad overview of some of the research to date, a case study of an ongoing research project at the [UNIVERSITY] Library, tips to identify potentially problematic pigments, as well as things to consider when handling or providing access to these materials.

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, how you can distinguish between reliable and unreliable information, and why LIS workers have a uniquely important part to play in speaking out against anti-trans misinformation.

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, and academic writing, and in mentoring and supporting students from first year to graduation.