Conferences and Continuing Education Opportunities

Conference Listings

General Library Conferences

• American Library Association: Annual and Midwinter conferences. See http://www.ala.org/ala/events/eventsconferences.htm for more information.

• Library and Information Association of South African Ninth Annual Conference 2006: 25 - 29 September 2006. See http://www.liasa.org.za/conferences/conference2006/cfp.php for more information.

Public Library Conferences

• Public Library Track at Internet Librarian 2005: Implementing New Technologies in PLs

• Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) Annual Conference, May 3-5, 2006, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. See http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/wapl/conf.html for more information.

Academic Library Conferences

• Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) Annual Conference, March 28-31, 2006, Stevens Point, WI. Watch http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/ for more information!

Local/State Library Conferences

• Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, "Grand River, Great Libraries," October 25-28, 2005, La Crosse, WI. See http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/conferences/2005/ for more information.

• Missouri Association of School Librarians Annual Fall Seminar, November 12, 2005, Columbia, MO. See http://www.maslonline.org for more information

• Illinois : Reaching Forward South Conference for Library Support Staff, September 28 & 29, 2006, Springfield, IL. See http://www.reachingforwardsouth.org/ for more information.

Special Library Conferences

• SLA's Events & Conferences
  • 2006 SLA Annual Conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland (June 11-14, 2006)

Technology-Heavy Library Conferences

• Blog University September 18, 2005 Marriott Crystal City, Arlington, VA
• Internet Librarian International 2005 London, UK October 10-11 2005
• Internet Librarian International 2006 London, UK October 16-17 2006
• Internet Librarian 2005 Monterey, CA October 24-26, 2005
• Internet Librarian 2006 Monterey, CA October 23-25, 2006
• Computers in Libraries Hilton, Washington, D.C. March 22-24, 2006
• VALA2006 : Connecting with Users 8 - 10 February, 2006, Melbourne, Australia

Library Application Development Conferences

• Access 2006 October 11-14, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• code4lib 2006 February 15-17, 2006 LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

New Professional Conferences

• ALIA New Librarians' Symposium NLS2006: Pathways and Possibilities December 1-2 2006, Sydney Australia

Blogs/Websites to Watch

• InfoToday Blog
• LITA Blog
• PLA Blog
• Library and Information Association of South Africa Western Cape Branch Blog

Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out

• Ten Things I've Learned Presenting at Library Conferences

Other Lists of Conferences

• International Calendar of Information Science Conferences (ICISC) - quick view (also see fancy view)

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