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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


University of Toronto

Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI)

July 10, 2017

Website: http://aeri.website/aeri-institutes/ The annual week-long summer Archival Education and Research Institutes (AERIs) are hosted by partner institutions. These working Institutes are designed to strengthen education and research and support academic cohort-building and …

Ontario Library Association

Annual Institute on the Library as Place

July 10, 2017

Theme: The Mindful Library in the 21st Century

ALA Annual

American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference

June 22, 2017

Website: http://2017.alaannual.org/ Hashtag: #ALAAC17 The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world and  holds its Annual Conference & Exhibition each summer. The largest such convention in the world …

Data Power 2017

Data Power 2017

June 22, 2017

Website: https://carleton.ca/datapower/ Hashtag: #DataPowerConf Data Power 2017 follows the successful 2015 conference, held in the UK. The conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power, reflecting on the social and cultural consequences …

New Librarians Symposium 2.0

June 22, 2017

Theme: Overcoming Obstacles

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Carto 2017

June 20, 2017

Theme: Digital Revolutions | Analog Renaissance

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '17)

ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)

June 19, 2017

Theme: #TOScale #TOAnalyze #TODiscoverM

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP)

9th International Evidence Based Librarianship & Practice Conference

June 18, 2017

Theme: Embedding and Embracing Evidence

Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO

June 16, 2017

Website: https://www.sla.org/attend/sla-2017-annual-conference/ SLA 2017 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO, the largest meeting of special librarians and information professionals in North America. It’s a must for special librarians and information professionals of all …

ARMA International National Capital Region Chapter

Speaking “Business” – The IM/RM Specialty Moving Forward

June 13, 2017

Join us for a short presentation followed by a participatory workshop discussing what “Speaking Business” means from an IM context, and whether this changes IM Specialists and the IM Function …