Events 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
Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event
January 27, 2020Website: http://www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-page/oele2020/ The Open Education Leadership Essentials Event (OeLE) is a two-day event, designed by the CARL Open Education Working Group, to provide Canadian library practitioners with the information, skills …
Family Literacy Day 2020
January 27, 2020Website: https://abclifeliteracy.ca/family-literacy-day/ Family Literacy Day takes place every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Since 1999, thousands of schools, libraries, …
American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting 2020
January 24, 2020Website: https://2020.alamidwinter.org/ Hashtag: #ALAMW20 The American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world, holds the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in January. The conference draws more …
2020 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture
January 14, 2020Topic: After 50 years of Information Management @Dal – what’s to come in the next 50?
CFLA Webinar: AI for All Canada
December 18, 2019Website: http://cfla-fcab.ca/en/news/webinar-ai-for-all-canada/ Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous and consequential in everyday life but many Canadians are largely unaware of how it works or its implications. AI for All Canada is …
The IFLA Library Reference Model
December 6, 2019Website: https://abqla.qc.ca/en/an-event-of-the-cataloguing-technical-services- section-of-abqla/ The IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM), approved in August 2017, was developed to consolidate the three existing models in IFLA’s family of conceptual models, FRBR, FRAD, …
eLearning in Libraries Symposium 2019
December 4, 2019Website: https://sites.google.com/view/elearninginlibraries/home The eLearning in Libraries Symposium brings together library folks from different sectors who are interested in online learning in libraries. This annual Symposium is an excellent opportunity for …
Government Information Day (East) 2019
November 28, 2019Website: https://www.governmentinformationday.ca/ The seventh annual Government Information Day will bring together librarians, experts, and practitioners to discuss innovations, ideas, and plans for the access and delivery of government information in …
2019 Code4Lib BC Unconference
November 28, 2019Website: https://wiki.code4lib.org/BC#Seventh_Annual_Code4Lib_BC_Unconference_2019 Hashtag: #c4lbc This year’s Code4Lib BC will be held on the North Shore of Metro Vancouver, and jointly hosted by West Vancouver Memorial Library and Capilano University. The …
ARMA NCR IM Days 2019
November 25, 2019Website: http://imdays.ca Be at the center of IM action. The ARMA NCR Fall IM Days has become a hub for the information management community (IM) in the NCR to gather, share, …