Events - Conference Past events
A listing of conferences/workshops of interest to the Canadian library and information management community. Specifically,
- international, national, regional, provincial, and local events in Canada;
- international and national events in the United States; and
- selected international events outside North America.
See also: Awareness and Promotional Events
To have your conference/workshop added, e-mail info@librarianship.ca

8th Annual iSchool@UBC Research Day
March 9, 2018Website: https://slais.ubc.ca/research/research-day/ The iSchool at UBC is holding its 8th annual Research Day on Friday, March 9 at UBC’s Alumni Centre. The event showcases the contributions of iSchool students, faculty and …

iSchool Student Conference
March 2, 2018Theme: Information in the Air: Society and the Evolving Media

Southern Alberta Library Conference 2018
March 1, 2018Theme: Cultivating Communities: Mindful Library Service

ACA@UBC 10th Annual Symposium
February 15, 2018Theme: Unresolved: Balancing Access and Privacy in the Digital Age

Information Without Borders Conference 2018
February 13, 2018Theme: Mass Media

American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting
February 9, 2018Website: https://2018.alamidwinter.org/ The American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world, holds the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in February. The conference draws more than 10,000 …
Making Meaning Symposium
February 8, 2018Website: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/makingmeaningsymposium/home Making Meaning is a conference for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples interested in Indigenous librarianship, community, and metadata. Approximately 90 participants are expected to attend the conference. What is …

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference
February 6, 2018Theme: The Expanding LIS Education Universe

Forum for Information Professionals 2018
February 2, 2018Theme: Ready, Set, Innovate: New Media in Libraries

InfoNexus Conference 2018
February 2, 2018Website: http://info-nexus.org/ InfoNexus is an annual conference at McGill University run by the School of Information Studies students. Every year, it brings information specialists together in the city of Montreal (Quebec), Canada to network and …