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
LIS Mental Health Week
January 30, 2017Website: http://lismentalhealth.tumblr.com/ Hashtag: #lismentalhealth The idea for LIS (Library and Information Studies) Mental Health week came from Cecily Walker and Kelly McElroy, who designated January 18-22, 2016 as the first #lismentalhealth week. …
RDA-athon
January 27, 2017Library and Archives Canada and Carleton University are pleased to announce an upcoming event, a hackathon for RDA metadata using resources from a diverse selection of Canadian authors. This event …
2017 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture
January 23, 2017Topic: Beyond Colonialism? Libraries for a Canada We Don’t Yet Know
American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting
January 20, 2017Website: http://alamidwinter.org/ 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 than 10,000 …
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference
January 17, 2017Theme: Community Engagement & Social Responsibility
Government Information Day in Ontario 2016
December 9, 2016Website: https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/government-information-day-2016 The University of Toronto Libraries is pleased to invite you to the 4th annual Government Information Day in Ontario. Join us in downtown Toronto for a day of presentations …
Ottawa-Gatineau Library Community Holiday Social
December 7, 2016LANCR, Librarianship.ca, and the OALT/ABO Ottawa Chapter/Section d’Ottawa invite you to kick off the festive season in style! It’s time once more for Ottawa-Gatineau’s information professionals to get together to …
Transforming Your Organization Through Information Governance
December 6, 2016Website: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/cfame/news-events/information-governance.html This session will discuss the steps needed to establish an information governance program in an organization: Definition of Information governance Value of Information governance Principles of Information governance Information …
Taking It to the Streets: Summit on the Value of Libraries, Archives and Museums in a Changing World
December 5, 2016Website: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/events/Pages/2016/Summit-on-libraries-archives-museums.aspx Library and Archives Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), is pleased to present Taking it to the Streets: Summit on the Value of Libraries, Archives and Museums …
Copyright Symposium
December 5, 2016Theme: The Last Word, Make it Ours: Strategies for Preparing for the Copyright Act Review