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

Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference 2020

January 29, 2020

Theme: Dream Here

Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event

January 27, 2020

Website: 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, 2020

Website: 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, 2020

Website: 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, 2020

Topic: After 50 years of Information Management @Dal – what’s to come in the next 50?

CFLA Webinar: AI for All Canada

December 18, 2019

Website: 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, 2019

Website: 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, 2019

Website: 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 …