2018
ER&L: Electronic Resources and Libraries
“Exploring trends, technologies, eresource management, and digital services in libraries.” Includes a keynote address by Siva Vaidhyanathan on “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects People and Undermines Democracy” and workshops on “Advanced Licensing and Copyright” and “Learning How to Troubleshoot E-Resource Problems.”
March 4–7, 2018
Austin, TX, USA
ABA TECHSHOW 2018
The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and EXPO is where lawyers, legal professionals, and technology all come together. For three days, attendees learn about the most useful and practical technologies available. Programs include “Affordable Alternatives for Legal Research,” “The Deep Dark Web Revisited,” “Alternative Uses for Your Law Degree,” and “Easily Distracted? Harness Tech to Be More Efficient and Avoid Distractions.”
March 7–10, 2018
Chicago, IL, USA
British Legal Technology Forum 2018
As Europe's largest technology conference and exhibition, the British Legal Technology Forum 2018 will bring together the most respected professionals from both the legal and commercial technology sectors to examine and explore the systems, strategies, processes, and platforms that will drive law firms and legal businesses into the next decade and beyond.
March 13, 2018
Old Billingsgate, London, UK
ASIL 112th Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)
The theme of the 2018 Meeting is “International Law in Practice.” The 2018 Annual Meeting will focus on international law in action: how and by whom international law is made, shaped, and carried out, both formally and informally; how it is taught; how and in what ways states and other actors interact; and how participants deploy international legal arguments. The meeting will consider how international legal practice has changed and is continuing to change in response to geopolitical shifts and contemporary challenges, including demands for greater transparency, accountability, legitimacy, and inclusion. Speakers include Justices Joan E. Donoghue and Sir Christopher Greenwood of the ICJ.
April 4–7, 2018
Washington, DC, USA
BILETA 2018 Conference (British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association)
“Digital Futures: Places and People, Technology and Data.” Digital technology provides an increasing number of opportunities, which bring with them legal and regulatory challenges. Key themes include legal education, regulation and technology-enhance learning; intellectual property law and technology; telecommunications law and regulation; and human rights and technology.
April 10–11, 2018
University of Aberdeen School of Law, UK
IFLA RBSCS Mid-term Conference (IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections)
Libraries in the Sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections. The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections is inviting speakers from all over the world to Oslo to present their experiences and projects regarding the building of large-scale collaborative tools and infrastructures to enhance the access to and the reuse of digital heritage collections, born-digital or digitized items. An interactive training session on IIIF will also be provided by the National Library of Norway.
April 12, 2018
National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway
Computers in Libraries 2018
“Digital Transformation: Next Gen Tools & Strategies for Community Impact.” Computers in Libraries will delve deeper into library models, strategies, transformational technologies, creative processes, and innovative programs while looking for new and exciting solutions to engage communities and have positive impacts on members. Speakers include Donna Scheeder, President of IFLA.
April 17–19, 2018
Arlington, VA, USA
23rd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL XXIII)
The theme of the conference is “Positioning Library and Information services to achieve Sustainable development: Innovations and Partnerships.” SCECSAL is the biggest conference for Library and Information Science professionals on the African continent and its purpose is to provide a platform for learning and sharing experiences on LIS developments in the region. Best practices and innovations in fields including preservation of national literary heritage; mass literacy; and open government, human rights, democracy and accountability will be shared and showcased.
April 23–28, 2018
Imperial Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
CILIP Copyright Conference 2018
The Annual CILIP Copyright Conference provides a unique opportunity for librarians, archivists, and information professionals to update their knowledge in UK copyright law implementation, practice, and licensing.
April 25, 2018
London, UK
NELLCO Symposium 2018
“New Beginnings: People, Programs, Projects.” The 2018 NELLCO Symposium will focus on what's new in law libraries. Sessions will emphasize the new projects and programs that are happening and how NELLCO member libraries, librarians, and staff can work together to move library programs into the future.
April 26–27, 2018
Albany, NY, USA
2018 ALLA Conference (Australian Law Librarians’ Association)
“Global Impact//Local Footprint.” A biennial event hosted by the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA), the Conference is the major professional and business development event in the Association's 2018 calendar. Keynote speakers include Ruth Bird of the EIFL ELibrary Myanmar Project and former Bodleian Law Librarian and Danial Kelly of the Charles Darwin University School of Law.
May 2–4, 2018
Darwin, NT, Australia
17th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XVII)
The theme of the CONSAL XVII is “Next Generation Libraries: Collaborate and Connect.” The Congress of Southeast Asia Librarians is the sole regional organization of the libraries, library schools, library associations, and related institutions of the ASEAN countries.
May 2–5, 2018
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
LOEX 2018 (Library Orientation Exchange)
“New Frontiers: Exploring and Innovating in Uncharted Territory.”
May 3–5, 2018
Houston, TX, USA
CALL/ACBD 2018 Conference (Canadian Association of Law Libraries/l'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit)
“Build Bridges: Broaden Our Reach.” Sessions include Using Metrics to Evaluate Library Collections and AI's Infiltration of the Legal Profession.
May 27–30, 2018
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Teaching Professor Conference
The newest thinking on improving teaching and learning. Eighty concurrent sessions concentrated in areas including Learner-Centered Course Design, Student Engagement, Instructional Vitality, Teaching and Learning with Technology, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
June 1–3, 2018
Atlanta, GA, USA
https://www.magnapubs.com/2018-teaching-professor-conference/
7th International Four Societies Conference
“Changing Actors in International Law.” The international law societies of Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Japan, and the United States of America have held six conferences bringing together early career scholars around a common theme, generally leading to an edited conference volume. The goal of this initiative is to foster a scholarly network between members of the four sponsoring societies. The 2018 Conference will examine changing roles of actors in international law and their impact on relevant theories.
June 2–3, 2018
Tokyo, Japan
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2018
“From Data to Wisdom: Resilient Integration Across Societies, Disciplines, and Systems.” The intended community for this conference includes those interested in such aspects of digital libraries as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; evaluation of usability; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics.
June 3–7, 2018
Fort Worth, TX, USA
WILU 2018 (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use)
“Information into Action.” Libraries have long been a source of timely, unbiased information and consistently played a significant role in developing key information literacy skills and competencies among its users. In an era where questionable and unreliable sources of information abound and proliferate, libraries are more important than ever, helping users navigate the tidal wave of information from social media, news sites and other resources to make sense of an already complicated and polarized landscape.
June 6–8, 2018
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ABJS/VJBS/ABGS Annual Conference (Association des Bibliothèques Juridiques Suisses)
Annual conference of the Vereinigung der Juristischen Bibliotheken der Schweiz/Association des Bibliothèques Juridiques Suisses.
June 7–8, 2018
Fribourg, Switzerland
CALIcon 18 (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
“Engaging Law Students with Tech.” The CALI Conference is one of the only places where law faculty, law librarians, tech folks, edtech and distance learning staff come together to share ideas, innovations, experiences, and best practices that you can use at your law school. Traditional legal education curriculum and materials are not designed to compete for the time and attention of modern millennials. Sometimes it's about the tech and almost always it's through some kind of tech-enabled system that we must engage. Find out how CALI and others are doing this.
June 7–8, 2018
American University, Washington, DC, USA
2018 Congress of the ABF (Association of Libraries of France)
The three themes are “La bibliothèque au milieu de tout,” “La bibliothèque comme vous ne l'attendiez pas,” and “La bibliothèque et l'humain.”
June 7–9, 2018
La Rochelle, France
http://www.abf.asso.fr/2/179/715/ABF/appel-a-contributions-pour-le-congres-2018
NASIG 2018 33rd Annual Conference
“Transforming the Information Community.”
June 8–11, 2018
Atlanta, GA, USA
SLA 2018 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO
Opening keynote speaker is Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
June 11–13, 2018
Baltimore, MD, USA
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2018
“Social Justice, Community Engagement and Information Institutions: Access, Diversity, and Inclusion.” LIDA addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world.
June 13–15, 2018
University of Zadar, Croatia
ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)
Programs include “Leading with Data: Using Stats from Across the Library to Inspire, Inform, and Motivate Your Team;” “Building Your Brand: In a Landscape of Budget Cuts and Library Closures;” “Support for Services to Immigrants and Refugees through Sister Libraries;” “Collaborative Collection Development: Increasing Equity in Times of Austerity;” and “Correctional Libraries, Collection Building and Collaborations.”
June 21–26, 2018
New Orleans, LA, USA
CILIP 2018 Conference
The CILIP Conference is the annual flagship event for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and one of the biggest events in the calendar for UK library and information professionals. The conference brings together library, knowledge, and information professionals from all sectors of the profession from the UK and overseas, to meet, learn, and share knowledge.
July 4–5, 2018
Brighton, UK
Sixteenth International Conference on Books, Publishing, and Libraries
2018 Special Focus is “Communicating Values – Scholarly Communication as Mediator, Agent, Actor.”
July 7, 2018
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 111th Annual Meeting
“From Knowledge to Action.” Keynote speaker is John Waters.
July 14–17, 2018
Baltimore, MD, USA
Thirteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
2018 Special Focus – Autonomy in Times of Turmoil: What to Make of the Social? Program themes include Social and Community Studies, Civic and Political Studies, Global Studies, and Organizational Studies.
July 25–27, 2018
University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference 2018
First joint conference between ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association), LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa), and LAS (Library Association of Singapore).
July 30–August 2, 2018
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
August 2–7, 2018
Chicago, IL, USA
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html
ILTACon 2018 (International Legal Technology Association)
ILTACON is a four-day educational conference that draws on the personal and collective strengths of professionals working in technology within law firms and legal departments. Through a variety of session formats, topic experts deliver examples, inspiration, and takeaways that can be applied to the challenges and opportunities faced within organizations and industries.
August 19–23, 2018
National Harbor, MD, USA
IFLA 84th World Library and Information Congress
“Transform Libraries, Transform Societies.” “Reaching out to the hard to reach” was chosen in recognition of the critical role played by libraries in the development of a nation, particularly in their ability to transform societies.
August 24–30, 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14th Annual Conference, European Society of International Law (ESIL)
“International Law and Universality.” The 2018 conference will take a hard and unflinching look at the multitude of roles and functions played by universality in international legal discourses as well as its associated narratives of progress and virtues. In doing so, it will provide a critical appraisal of the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion that come with international law and its universalist discursive strategies. This will simultaneously offer an opportunity to revisit the ideologies that constitute the identity of international lawyers today, as well as the socialization, reproduction, and legal educational processes that they undergo to become international lawyers.
September 13–15, 2018
University of Manchester, UK
JCLC 2018: Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
“Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community.” The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.
September 26–30, 2018
Albuquerque, NM, USA
2018 IALL Annual Course (International Association of Law Libraries)
The Max Planck Institute for International European and Regulatory Procedural law in Luxembourg will host the 2018 Annual Course. The theme will be “Luxembourg and the Law in Europe and Worldwide.”
September 30–October 3, 2018
Luxembourg
IBA 2018: Annual Conference of the International Bar Association
October 7–12, 2018
Rome, Italy
AoIR 2018: Association of Internet Researchers
“Transnational Materialities.” The theme is broadly rooted in the burgeoning implications of current massive global migrations of people and data, within the context of a growing materialist movement.
October 10–13, 2018
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Law Via the Internet Conference 2018
“Knowledge of the Law in the Big Data Age.” This year's conference will explore issues of trust in accessing law for democratic purposes in the big data age. Speakers will discuss how scholars, researchers, and information professionals use very large or complex data sets to distill meaning and develop public policy. The meeting serves as an excellent setting for legal and ICT researchers and professionals to demonstrate the application of their work in a rich, real-world domain.
October 11–12, 2018
Florence, Italy
Internet Librarian International
Speakers from around the world share their real-world projects, initiatives, and transformations. Conference topics include Collections and Content, Digital Design, Innovative Ideas and Design Thinking, Search Strategies, and Tech and Tools.
October 16–17, 2018
London, UK
Internet Librarian 2018
Tracks include Discovery & Navigation, Leading Edge Tools & Technologies, Integrating Digital & Print Collections, Ebooks, Curating Digital Assets, and Curating Digital Assets.
October 16–18, 2018
Monterey, CA, USA
9th Shanghai International Library Forum
“Library for All: Towards a Smarter and Inclusive Society.” The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, the latest research achievements, innovative ideas, advanced technology and the latest developments related to the theme, and conduct in-depth and extensive academic discussions.
October 17–19, 2018
Shanghai, China
Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP) Conference
October 31–November 2, 2018
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan
8th International Symposium on Information Management in the Changing World
The main theme of the symposium is “Post-truth and Information Management.” Topics include records and archive management, information management training, information law, professional ethics, and information privacy.
November 1–3, 2018
Ankara, Turkey
2019
ABA Midyear Meeting (American Bar Association)
January 23–29, 2019
Las Vegas, NV, USA
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html
ALA Midwinter Meeting (American Library Association)
January 25–29, 2019
Seattle, WA, USA
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter- meetings
ACRL Conference (Association of College & Research Libraries)
“Recasting the Narrative.” Librarians must continually reinvent themselves to stay on the cutting edge. Join your colleagues in Recasting the Narrative of what it means to be a librarian in the 21st century, adapting and leading the transition to new roles.
April 10–13, 2019
Cleveland, OH, USA
ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)
June 20–25, 2019
Washington, DC, USA
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings
AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries)
July 13–16, 2019
Washington, DC, USA
https://www.aallnet.org/conference/education/future-meetings/am-locations.html
ABA Annual Meeting (American Bar Association)
August 8–13, 2019
San Francisco, CA, USA
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html
