On-Demand Webinars
Youth Poet Laureate Programs and Libraries: How and Why
Learn how to get started with a Youth Poet Laureate program and why you should consider implementing one in your library.
Libraries Advancing Accessibility: Using PLA's New Toolkit to Support Patrons with Apple Devices
Learn about the new Libraries Advancing Accessibility Toolkit, which helps staff and patrons increase access to and awareness of settings, apps, and resources available on the iPad and iPhone.
Benchmark 101: Become a Data-Informed Library
Learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision-making, and get a behind-the-scenes look at Benchmark’s interactive and user-friendly data dashboards and reporting tools.
Public Library Services for Strong Communities: Results from PLA’s 2025 Survey
A facilitated review of the results from the Public Library Association’s (PLA) 2025 Public Library Services for Strong Communities survey.
Centering Makers’ Values: An Outcomes Framework for Adult Makers in Public Libraries
Explore a new, research-based outcomes framework you can use to strengthen your libraries’ offerings by providing responsive, inclusive, maker-centered services for adults in your community.
Turn Your Library Into a Dyslexic Positive Literacy Hub and Help Kids Learn to Read
The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative shows how to transform your library into a literacy hub where kids learn to read.
On-Demand Webinars by Topic
You can also search the ALA eLearning catalog to find live and on-demand webinars by division, topic, and library type.
Cost
PLA offers both free and paid on-demand webinars. Unless otherwise indicated, a paid on-demand webinar is $57.85 for PLA individual members, $80.10 for ALA individual members, $89.00 for nonmembers, and $44.50 for student members.
You can also register a group for an on-demand webinar by specifying the number of people who will be accessing the event during checkout. Groups of 3–15 registrants receive a 15% discount. To register 16 or more individuals for a webinar, please contact ce@ala.org.
Redistribution or rebroadcast to another individual or group other than the purchaser is prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation.
Accommodations
All PLA on-demand webinars in the ALA eLearning catalog, and most on-demand webinars listed here on the PLA website, are closed captioned in English (United States). If you find an on-demand webinar that's not captioned, please contact us so we can have it captioned. If you have a physical or communication need that may affect your use of an on-demand webinar, please contact us prior to purchasing. Without prior notification of need, we cannot attempt to provide appropriate accommodations.
Attendees are prohibited from using any artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language model, automated decision-making tool, or any other software or tools to record these events and from using these events to train, develop, or improve any artificial intelligence system, machine learning model, or similar automated technology. This does not preclude attendees' personal use of AI notetaking tools for accessibility purposes.
Credits
Although PLA does not award credit hours, or CEUs, for our webinars, a certificate of completion can be downloaded for on-demand webinars available for purchase through the ALA eLearning platform. However, we typically do not provide a certificate of completion for free on-demand webinars, which are often more informational, rather than educational.
Retired Recordings
The archived recordings of some webinars no longer available on-demand may be found in the online ALA Institutional Repository at https://alair.ala.org/handle/11213/375.
Contact
If you have questions or problems accessing a recording, send a message to plawebinars@ala.org, or call 800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA.
PLA's call for webinar proposals is now open!
If you have an idea for a webinar you'd like PLA to present, we encourage you to submit a proposal. The deadline for submissions is October 31. Please contact plawebinars@ala.org with any questions or concerns about the webinar proposal process.
