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

This webinar will introduce the Memory Lab model, highlight California Revealed’s pilot program to build new community-based archives through their public library partnerships, and offer resources to reinforce the national network, including a new California Memory Lab Handbook, as well as digitization kits. We will highlight the work of the South Pasadena Public Library, who are exploring options to make their Memory Lab more ADA-friendly.

Please join us for a conversation with Honorary Chair of Preservation Week, Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty in conversation with Sherry Williams

This session focuses on building library staff confidence in assisting patrons with their digital lives. The webinar emphasizes ways to explain digital preservation concepts in plain language, identify common risks to digital memory, and suggest appropriate next steps during reference work, technology help sessions, or public programs.