Virtual conference.

“Leading the Way/ À l’avant-garde.” Pre-conference workshop on the data-driven lawyer. Programs include Legal Research Training: Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Private Law Librarians; Let’s Talk About Training: Crowdsourcing Success (and Failure) Over the Last Two Years; and Innovative Ways for Academic Librarians to Demonstrate Value.

Hybrid conference, Leipzig and online.

“Creating Free Spaces.” Hosted by Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (BID). The 8th German Library Congress is also the 110th Deutscher Bibliothekartag (German Librarians’ Conference). Topics include Libraries as free and open democratic spaces, and the library as service provider.

The Teaching Professor Conference is a three-day event focused on the latest research-based, classroom-tested best practices to enhance knowledge and drive ever-better outcomes for students.

Themes of the conference are “Law Exercised in a Digital Context” and “Visibility and the Role of the Law Library.” Programs include Legal E-book Platforms – Status and Perspectives; Visibility and Branding of the Library Through the Eyes of a Librarian; and How Will AI Influence Law Libraries and Librarians in the Coming Future?

The CALIcon conference is a two-day event attended by law faculty, law librarians, IT professionals, distance learning staff, and law school administrators. The conference goal is to provide a unique environment for everyone to come together to share ideas, innovations, experiences, and best practices for application in law school classrooms to engage law students with tech. Speakers include Billie Jo Kaufman, Deborah Ginsberg, Tom Ryan, and Joy Herr-Cardillo.

“Weaving Our Future: Creativity, Innovation and Transformation in Libraries.” Topics include the changing landscape of research, trends in teaching and learning, space planning, and workplace and organizational culture.

“Ready to Take Off: Libraries’ Commitment Towards a Sustainable, Democratic and Equitable Society.” Topics include library commitment towards the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development; library commitment towards democracy; and library commitment towards an equitable society.

Hybrid conference: Cologne and online.

“Bridging Worlds.” Topics include Privacy and Intellectual Property; Personal Digital Information Management; Social Media, Community Building, and Applications; and Information and Knowledge Systems.

ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition. As the world’s biggest library event, the onsite Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together thousands of librarians and library staff, educators, authors, publishers, friends of libraries, trustees, special guests, and exhibitors. speakers include John Cho and Maria Hinojosa.

“Our Journey to New Horizons: Leading Innovation and Knowledge.” Celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the death of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, who was part of the heroic age of Antarctic Exploration. Keynote speaker is Stephanie Hare, author of Technology is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics. Willi Steiner Memorial Lecture by Jules Winterton, CEO of BAILII.