Look at how and why boundaries get crossed, and how to protect your privacy while still providing exceptional service.

Hear practical strategies for shaping values-driven leadership that strives to model accountability to all library staff.

Discover effective behavior management solutions for your library and learn how to address challenging behaviors effectively.

Broaden your mind on what constitutes a storytime and what storytime elements can be part of other types of programming.

Explore how to ethically approach AI, build community digital literacy, and practically integrate tools like ChatGPT.

Baltimore County Public Library shares their staff learning initiative fostering practical DEI dialogue tied to daily library work.

Explores artful and subtle strategies librarians use to uphold intellectual freedom and access.

Learn how making a mess can benefit your patrons, why we embrace it, and how we manage it.

Learn about how legislation works and how and when it may be challenged.

Learn new ideas to use in your library including those about implementing trauma-informed programming!

Practical ways to support your staff from the beginning and what to do when someone is harassed in person or online via your library’s accounts.

This panel takes attendees through the steps taken by the cross-disciplinary staff team to listen to communities.

Highlights librarian's experiences and strategies used to enhance inclusivity of youth with disabilities in makerspace programming.

Discover how ending Joliet’s beloved Star Wars Day became a political and media storm that jeopardized the library.

Create a discussion-driven intellectual freedom program to support public library staff in navigating book bans.

Registration is now open for the highly anticipated PLA 2026 Conference, April 1–3, in Minneapolis Minnesota!

Join us for an engaging and practical conversation about building powerful, aligned relationships between Library Trustees, the Library Foundation, Friends of the Library, and Library Administration.

Learn to build inclusive lending systems with tools for home, education, science, and more, to reflect your communities.

May 2026 Learning Live

April 2026 Learning Live