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ALA Events

Jun. 6, 2012: ALA Virtual Membership Meeting , Online. Pre-registration required.
Jun. 21– 26, 2012: American Library Association Annual Conference , Anaheim, California.
Sep. 1– 30, 2012: Library Card Sign-Up Month .
Sep. 20– 22, 2012: ALSC National Institute , Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre. “Libraries Leading the Race.”
Sep. 30– Oct. 6, 2012: Banned Books Week .
Oct. 3, 2012: Banned Websites Awareness Day .
Oct. 4– 7, 2012: LITA National Forum , Hyatt Regency Downtown, Columbus, Ohio. “New World of Data: Discover. Connect. Remix.”
Oct. 4– 12, 2012: ASCLA Tour of Ireland .
Oct. 12– 13, 2012: AASL 2012 Fall Forum , Greenville, South Carolina. Satellite sites in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; Homestead, Pennsylvania; Richardson, Texas; and San Jose, California.
Oct. 14– 20, 2012: Teen Read Week .
Oct. 21– 27, 2012: National Friends of Libraries Week .
Nov. 2– 4, 2012: YALSA’s 2012 Young Adult Literature Symposium , St. Louis.
May. 6– 7, 2013: National Library Legislative Day , Washington, D.C.

ALA Chapter Conferences

May. 31– Jun. 1, 2012: Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference , Bryant University, Smithfield. “RI Libraries: Enriching Individuals, Strengthening Communities.”
Jun. 5– 6, 2012: New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference , Revel Resort, Atlantic City. “ReTooling 4 Tomorrow.”
Aug. 2– 3, 2012: Pacific Northwest Library Association Annual Conference , Sheraton Anchorage (Alaska) Hotel and Spa. “Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times.”
Sep. 7, 2012: Ohio Library Council Expo , Lausche Building, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus.
Sep. 19– 22, 2012: North Dakota Library Association Annual Conference , Best Western Doublewood Inn & Conference Center, Fargo. “Finding Your Voice.”
Sep. 20– 22, 2012: Kentucky Library Association / Kentucky School Media Association Joint Conference , Galt House Hotel & Suites, Louisville. “Kentucky Libraries: For Every Chapter of Your Life.”
Sep. 26– 29, 2012: Wyoming Library Association Annual Conference , Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre, Casper. “Celebrate Our Past—Create Our Future.”
Sep. 30– Oct. 3, 2012: Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference , Gateway Gettysburg. “PA Libraries: Leading the Charge.”
Oct. 3– 5, 2012: Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference , St. Paul RiverCentre. “Minnesota Libraries: A Capitol Idea.”
Oct. 3– 5, 2012: Missouri Library Association Annual Conference , University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, Springfield. “Missouri Libraries: Inspiration for Life.”
Oct. 3– 5, 2012: South Dakota Library Association Annual Conference , Huron Event Center, Pierre. “Libraries: Crossroads to Discovery.”
Oct. 3– 5, 2012: Georgia Council of Media Organizations/Southeastern Library Association Joint Conference , Marriott Macon City Center.
Oct. 4– 6, 2012: Nevada Library Association Annual Conference , Sahara West Library, Las Vegas. “Nevada Libraries: Byte the Book.”
Oct. 9– 11, 2012: Illinois Library Association Annual Conference , Peoria Civic Center. “Bouncing Higher.”
Oct. 10– 12, 2012: Iowa Library Association Annual Conference , Grand River Center, Dubuque. “We’re All In This Together.”
Oct. 14– 16, 2012: New England Library Association Annual Conference , Sturbridge (Mass.) Host Hotel and Conference Center.
Oct. 17– 19, 2012: Mountain Plains Library Association / Nebraska Library Association / Nebraska Educational Media Association Tri Conference , LaVista Conference Center. “Back to the Basics: Building the Future.”
Oct. 18– 20, 2012: Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference , Keystone Resort. “Ready, Set, Go! Innovating Colorado Libraries.”
Oct. 23– 26, 2012: Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference , La Crosse Convention Center.
Oct. 24– 26, 2012: South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference , DoubleTree by Hilton, Columbia. “Common Ground: A Conversation about Library Service in South Carolina.”
Nov. 7– 9, 2012: Michigan Library Association Annual Conference , Dearborn Hyatt Regency. “Loud Librarian!”
Nov. 7– 10, 2012: New York Library Association Annual Conference , Saratoga Springs. “Writing Our Next Chapter.”
Nov. 8– 10, 2012: Arizona Library Association Annual Conference , South Mountain Community College, Phoenix. “Beyond the Box.”
Nov. 12– 14, 2012: Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference , Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis. “Stepping Forward, Digging Deeper.”

Conferences

May. 21– 23, 2012: PrestoCentre Screening the Future Conference on audiovisual archives , University of Southern California, Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Los Angeles. “Play, Pause, and Press Forward.”
May. 22– 25, 2012: Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists, Annual Conference , University of Nevada, Reno.
May. 23– 25, 2012: Workshop for Instruction in Library Use , Grant MacEwan University, City Centre Campus, Edmonton, Alberta. “Vigour, Thrift, and Resourcefulness.”
May. 30– Jun. 2, 2012: Canadian Library Association National Conference and Trade Show , Ottawa Convention Centre.
May. 30– Jun. 1, 2012: Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting , Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia. “Social, Mobile, Agile, Global: Are You Ready?”
May. 31, 2012: Chicagoland Library Unconference , RAILS Wheeling Building, Wheeling, Illinois.
Jun. 4– 8, 2012: International Association for Social Science and Information Technology Annual Conference , Marvin Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. “Data Science for a Connected World.”
Jun. 5, 2012: Information Professional 2050 Conference , Friday Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Jun. 6– 8, 2012: LOEX of the West Conference , Woodbury University, Burbank, California. “Creative Landscapes: Information Literacy for All Terrains.”
Jun. 7– 10, 2012: North American Serials Interest Group Annual Conference , Sheraton Music City, Nashville.
Jun. 7– 9, 2012: American Democracy Project 2nd National Meeting , Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas.
Jun. 10– 14, 2012: Association for Computing Machinery / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Joint Conference on Digital Libraries , George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Jun. 11– 14, 2012: 24th Polar Libraries Colloquy , ATLAS Building, University of Colorado, Boulder. “Cold Regions: Pivot Points, Focal Points.”
Jun. 13– 15, 2012: Digital Directions Conference , Boston, Massachusetts. “New Foundations: Creation, Curation, Use.”
Jun. 15– 16, 2012: Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Jun. 18– 21, 2012: Canada International Conference on Education , University of Guelph, Ontario.
Jun. 21– 23, 2012: Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction Conference for Law School Computing , Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego. “Some Assembly Required.”
Jun. 22– 24, 2012: Association for Computing Machinery Web Science Conference , Evanston, Illinois.
Jun. 25– 28, 2012: Association for Computing Machinery Hypertext and Social Media Conference , Milwaukee.
Jun. 26– 29, 2012: Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Meeting , Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec. “Making Connections Locally and Globally.”
Jun. 28– 29, 2012: University of Illinois eTextbook Unconference , I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign.
Jul. 12– 14, 2012: Wikimania International Wikimedia Conference , Washington, D.C.
Jul. 17– 20, 2012: 6th International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication, and Management , Orlando, Florida.
Jul. 21– 24, 2012: American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference , Boston. “Learn, Connect, Grow.”
Jul. 29– 31, 2012: Church and Synagogue Library Association Annual Conference , Springfield, Illinois. “Lincoln Logs On: Tradition and Innovation in Library Ministry.”
Aug. 12– 16, 2012: Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference , Portland (Oreg.) Marriott Downtown Waterfront.
Sep. 9– 11, 2012: R-Squared Risk and Reward Conference , Telluride Conference Center, Colorado.
Sep. 13– 14, 2012: Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference , Portland (Oreg.) Community College, Sylvania Campus. “Delivering on the Discovery Expectation.”
Sep. 19– 23, 2012: Joint Conference of Librarians of Color , Kansas City, Missouri. “Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities.”
Sep. 19– 23, 2012: Joint Conference of Librarians of Color , Kansas City, Missouri.
Sep. 19– 21, 2012: Cornell University Institute for Computer Policy and Law Conference , Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Sep. 21– 22, 2012: Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy , Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah.
Sep. 27– 29, 2012: Association for Small and Rural Libraries Annual Conference , Sheraton Raleigh Downtown, North Carolina. “Celebrate Libraries.”
Sep. 30– Oct. 4, 2012: National Media Market Annual Conference , Embassy Suites, Las Vegas.
Oct. 1– 5, 2012: iPRES 2012 Conference on Digital Preservation , Chestnut Convention Centre, University of Toronto.
Oct. 12– 14, 2012: National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation National Conference , Hyatt at Olive 8, Seattle. “A National Gathering of Innovators.”
Oct. 18– 21, 2012: Access 2012 Conference , Montreal.
Oct. 26– 31, 2012: American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting , Baltimore. “Information, Interaction, Innovation: Celebrating the Past, Constructing the Present, and Creating the Future.”
Oct. 29– 31, 2012: Library Assessment Conference , Charlottesville, Virginia.
Nov. 1– 4, 2012: Conference on Information Systems Applied Research , New Orleans.
Nov. 1– 4, 2012: Information Systems Educators Conference , New Orleans.

Institutes, Workshops, and Courses

May. 21, 2012: University of North Texas Symposium on Open Access , Gateway Center, Denton.
May. 21– Jun. 1, 2012: The Book as Physical Object , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
May. 21– Jun. 1, 2012: Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
May. 25, 2012: Oregon Libraries Network Oregon Virtual Reference Summit , Salishan Inn and Resort, Gleneden Beach.
Jun. 4– 8, 2012: Collection Development for Special Collecitons , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jun. 6– 8, 2012: Center for Intellectual Property Symposium , Baltimore Convention Center. “Adventures in Copyright: Navigating Your Way through Intellectual Property.”
Jun. 11– 15, 2012: Reference Sources for Rare Books , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jun. 15– 16, 2012: Legal Issues in Library and Information Science , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jun. 18– 29, 2012: History and Techniques of Letterpress Printing , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jun. 19– 22, 2012: Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Jun. 29– 30, 2012: Legal Issues in Library and Information Science , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jul. 9– 20, 2012: The Picture Book: History, Art, and Visual Literacy , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jul. 13– 15, 2012: University of Virginia Scholarly Communication Institute , Charlottesville.
Jul. 13– 14, 2012: Legal Issues in Library and Information Science , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jul. 13– 14, 2012: Arrangement and Description for Archives and Museums , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Jul. 23– 27, 2012: Book Arts Seminar , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses.
Aug. 3, 2012: Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium , Southeast Conference Center, New Albany. “Learning Out Loud: Information Literacy Pedagogy for the Non-Shushing Librarian.”
Aug. 5– 10, 2012: ACRL / Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians , Cambridge, Massachusetts. Application required.
Aug. 8– 9, 2012: GALILEO Knowledge Repository Project Cooperative Curation Symposium and Workshop , Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
Aug. 21– 25, 2012: PLA Results Boot Camp: Intensive Library Management Training , Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library. Apply by June 29.
Nov. 14– 18, 2012: ACRL Immersion Program , Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, Tennessee. Assessment and Intentional Teaching Tracks available. Apply by May 7.
Dec. 13– 15, 2012: Teaching Book History , Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. Apply by September 4.

Webinars and Online Courses

May. 23, 2012: Heritage Lost? Ensuring the Preservation of Ebooks , Online. Part 2 of 2-part National Information Standards Organization webinar “Understanding Critical Elements of Ebooks: Acquiring, Sharing, and Preserving.”
Jun. 9– Aug. 2, 2012: Audiovisual Materials in Libraries and Archives , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses. Live sessions Thursdays 7-9pm. Required on-campus session June 9.
Jun. 9– Aug. 2, 2012: Bookbinding: History, Principles, and Practice , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses. Live sessions Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm. Required on-campus session June 11.
Jun. 9– Aug. 2, 2012: Rare Book Cataloging , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Part of UIUC's Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Courses. Live sessions Mondays 6-8pm. Required on-campus session June 13.
Oct. 3– 5, 2012: Library 2.012 , Online.

International Events

May. 22– 25, 2012: International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Librarianship , Absolute Hotel, Limerick, Ireland.
Jun. 2– 10, 2012: Crimea 2012 International Conference , Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine. “Libraries and Information Resources in the Modern World of Science, Culture, Education, and Business.”
Jun. 4– 8, 2012: Standing Conference of Eastern, Central, and South Africa Library and Information Associations , Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jun. 5– 7, 2012: KohaCon 12 , Edinburgh, Scotland.
Jun. 9– 11, 2012: Kohacon 12 Hackfest , Edinburgh, Scotland.
Jul. 10– 13, 2012: International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics , Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.
Aug. 11– 17, 2012: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions World Library and Information Congress , Helsinki, Finland.
Aug. 23– 26, 2012: International Board on Books for Young People, International Congress , Imperial College, London. “Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations.”
Sep. 10– 11, 2012: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference , University of Sheffield, UK.
Sep. 19– 21, 2012: Third International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World , Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. “E-Science and Information Management.”
Sep. 24– 26, 2012: Fourth International M-Libraries Conference , Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. “From Margin to Mainstream: Mobile Technologies Transforming Lives and Libraries.”
Oct. 25– 26, 2012: Fifth Rizal Library International Conference , Ateno de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. “Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Common Challenges, Unique Approaches.”
Oct. 30– 31, 2012: Internet Librarian International Conference , Olympia Conference Centre, London, UK. “Re-imagine, Renew, Reboot: Innovating for Success.”
Nov. 7– 8, 2012: Berlin 10 Open Access Conference , Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Nov. 11– 15, 2012: International Association of School Librarianship Annual Conference , Doha, Qatar.
Nov. 29– 30, 2012: Association for Information Management Translating and the Computer Conference , London, UK.