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ACRL Conference 2025 (Association of College & Research Libraries)
2025-04-02 - 2025-04-05 | British Columbia
“Democratizing Knowledge + Access + Opportunities.” The conference will delve into complex topics and engage in critical conversations, addressing challenges like embedded bias with solution-centered approaches. Discover how our academic libraries are resiliently committed to inclusive excellence, navigating the complexities of our evolving landscape and communities.
Minneapolis, MN, USA

ABA Techshow 2025
2025-04-02 - 2025-04-05
Bringing Lawyers and Technology Together. Keynote speaker is Cory Doctorow. Programs include Ethical Panel Considerations for Lawyers Using Artificial Intelligence; Navigating AI-Generated Evidence, Including Deepfakes; and Waking Up to a New Era: Preparing for the Legal Landscape of Tomorrow.
Chicago, IL, USA

33rd EBLIDA Council & Conference (European Bureau of Library, Information & Documentation Associations)
2025-04-07 - 2025-04-09
“Power and Resilience: Books and Reading in the Age of AI.”
Keynote and featured speakers include AI language technology evangelist Kaspars Kauliņš, Jeppe Mørch of Saga Publishing, and Serbin Oleg and Oksana Bruy of the Yaroslav Mudriy National Library of Ukraine.
Riga, Latvia

ASIL 2025 Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)
2025-04-15 - 2025-04-18
“Traditions and Transitions in International Law.” Traditional international law and institutions have proven resilient in addressing challenges, but transitions are emerging in areas where existing frameworks may not be achieving the shared goals of the international community. Featured speakers include Leila N. Sadat; Joseph H.H. Weiler; E. Tendayi Achiume; and Claudia Salomon, President of the International Court of Arbitration.
Washington, DC, USA

IFCCP 26th Annual Conference and Library Protection Workshop(International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection)
2025-05-03 - 2025-05-08
Programs include Libraries Are Hazardous? A Risk Assessment of Emerald Green Book Cloth in the Yale Library Collections; a Workshop on Access Control – Migrating from Outdated Technologies; and a tour and special exhibition visit at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

13th Nordic Law Libraries Conference 2025
2025-05-07 - 2025-05-09
“From Archives to AI: Law Libraries in the Age of Digital Transformation.” Programs include a keynote speech from Janne Salminen, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Turku, on Revisiting the Idea of Law Libraries for Our Own Time.
Turku, Finland

9th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICOASL 2025)
2025-05-09 - 2025-05-11
“Sustainable Development of Libraries Through Innovative Technologies.” The conference highlights the transformative effect of technology on modern libraries, examining how innovations like artificial intelligence, big data, and digital archives revolutionise services and enhance user experiences.
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

International Library Staff Week
2025-05-12 - 2025-05-16
“A United Future: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Libraries.”The event brings together professional library staff with varied backgrounds working in universities or other research orientated libraries with an interest in sharing ideas and networking with colleagues.
Koç Űnïversïtesï, Istanbul, Türkiye

6th AfLIA Conference & 8th African Library Summit (African Library & Information Associations & Institutions)
2025-05-18 - 2025-05-23
“Open Knowledge: Present, Future and African Realities.” AfLIA seeks to empower African librarians and allied professionals to effectively discern, understand, adapt and respond to the evolving trends and developments in the information and knowledge universe. Subthemes of the conference include Decolonising Educational Content for the Future of Learning in Africa, and Intellectual Property Legislation in Africa.
Windhoek, Namibia

LIDA 2025 (Libraries in the Digital Age)
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-21
“Navigating Disruptive Times: Embracing Uncertainty, Ensuring Credibility.”
Dubrovnik, Croatia

NEXT Library Festival
2025-05-24 - 2025-05-27
Sessions will cover three themes: The Sustainable Development Goals, Democracy, and Play. What role will the libraries play? How can libraries respond to book bans and censorship? Are libraries truly non-partisan?
Aarhus, Denmark

CALL/ACBD 2025 Conference (Canadian Association of Law Libraries)
2025-05-25 - 2025-05-29
“Moving Mountains Together/ Déplacer des Montagnes Ensemble.”
Speakers include Judge Renée Cochard of the Alberta Court of Justice and Sandra Jacobi of the Police Review Commission of Alberta. Programs include Law Librarians Teaching Comparative Law; Disability & Canadian Law; and a pre-conference workshop on Indigenous Truth and Institutional Trust – How Will Canadian Law Libraries Evolve?
Calgary, AB, Canada

SALALM 2025 Conference (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials)
2025-05-26 - 2025-05-29
“Hay que volar con lo establecido: Libraries and Contracultura(s) in las Américas.”
The conference will present papers dealing with the countercultures of Latin America and the Caribbean from all angles, including the formation of international connections and solidarities through oppositional political, artistic, and cultural movements; and the material, logistical, and ethical challenges and responsibilities of collaborating with marginalized communities.
New York, NY, USA

CILIPS Annual Conference 2025 (Scotland’s Library and Information Professionals)
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-03
“Connecting and Preserving Communities.” Keynote Speakers are Rosalyn Landor and David Jackson Young, presenting Telling Tales – Audiobooks (Everything You Never Wanted to Know.)
Dundee, Scotland, UK

CAPAL2025 (Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians)
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-03
“The Fabric of Librarianship: A Patchwork of Experience.” The conference will explore how our experiences as academic librarians have been shaped by other library types of academic worlds, and how the diversity of skills, perspectives, and roles that academic librarians fulfill piece together into the quilt of our professional community.
George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada

CALIcon 2025
2025-06-05 - 2025-06-06
“Empower, Enlighten, Evolve.” Programs include AI in Basic Legal Research; Free Law Online & AI: Opportunities & Challenges; and Teaching Smarter: Leveraging AI for Classroom Preparation, Instruction, and Assessment.
Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA, USA

SLA2025 116th Annual Conference & Expo (Special Libraries Association)
2025-06-07 - 2025-06-10
“Creative Transformation: Shaping the Future of the Information Profession.” Programs include Creative Transformation Through Leadership and Management in Special Libraries of Asia; The Evolution of Use Cases for Generative AI in Answering Legal/BCI Research Questions; and Empowering Legal Research with Business Insights.”
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

ACURIL 2025 (Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries)
2025-06-08 - 2025-06-12
“Digital Humanities: Connecting the Caribbean (Communities) Through Archives, Museums, and Libraries.” The conference will address the challenges and opportunities in digitizing cultural resources within the context of the Caribbean’s “post-colonial” realities. Key discussions will focus on the ethical dimensions of reclaiming and digitizing colonial records, the representation of marginalized voices, and the deconstruction of Eurocentric frameworks in archival and curatorial practices.
Curaçao

BIALL Annual Conference (British & Irish Association of Law Librarians)
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-13
“Playing a Blinder: Moving Forward in the City of a Thousand Trades.” Presentations will include sessions on Integrating AI tools into legal databases; Finding company and legal information in other jurisdictions such as Ireland and the Cayman Islands; Irish legal systems; and U.S. legal research.
Birmingham, England, UK

ALF 70e Congrès (Association des Bibliothécaires de France)
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-13
“Bibliothèque et esprit critique.” Library and Critical Thinking. It is important to rebuild the legitimacy of libraries as places of trust to support the individual journey of the public towards enlightened autonomy. The Congress will offer an approach to critical thinking in libraries, where introspection and openness to the world go hand in hand.
Montreuil, France

International Indigenous Librarians' Forum
2025-06-17 - 2025-06-20
“Gdoo-naaganinaa (Our Dish)/sewatokwà:tshera (Dish with One Spoon).” “Our Dish” was both a peace treaty and an assertion of friendship and Sovereignty between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Nations, and the theme is an affirmation of the long-standing responsibilities of these Nations to share governance and care for the the Lands and Waters on which the forum will take place.
Toronto, ON, Canada

International Conference on Aggregate Litigation
2025-06-24 - 2025-06-25
“Aggregate Litigation – Current Challenges for Civil Justice in the Global Perspective.” The conference will cover AI, funding, privatization of dispute resolution, judicial case management, and other challenges.
Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

9th Bibliothekskongress 2025 (Berufsverband Information Bibliothek)
2025-06-24 - 2025-06-27
“Libraries Devoted to Democracy.” “Bibliotheken Entschlossen Demokratisch.”
English language programs include Implementing an AI Strategy at a Social Sciences University – How to Get the Library Involved; Freedom of Expression in Libraries – an Interpretation Based on Section 1 of the COE Recommendation on Libraries; and Exhibiting Colonial Collections in Libraries: Engaging with the Public.
Bremen, Germany

ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)
2025-06-26 - 2025-06-30
Featured speakers include Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, George Takei, and Geena Davis. Programs include Trials and Tribulations: Making Historic Court Records Freely Accessible to All; Bridging Justice: Legal Information Support for the Incarcerated; and Solving Technical, Legal and Copyright Issues in Born-Digital Collecting from Independent Creators.
Philadelphia, PA, USA

CILIP Conference 2025
2025-07-02 - 2025-07-03
“North Star: Asserting our Ethical Principles and Leading Through Change.” CILIP Conference 2025 will explore our “North Star” ethical principles in the context of how we navigate this time of great challenge and opportunity, and examine how we, as trusted information professionals, can exert our influence, demonstrate our impact, and position our sector’s expertise to secure our seat the top table, whether that be at an organizational, local, national, or international level.
Birmingham, England, UK

LIBER 2025 Annual Conference (Association of European Research Libraries)
2025-07-02 - 2025-07-04
“Engage, Collaborate, Innovate: Libraries Working to Address Global Challenges.” Keynote speaker is Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief of the Information Management Section and Principal Librarian of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations Headquarters.
Lausanne, Switzerland

ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum - Sustainable Law
2025-07-07 - 2025-07-08
“Sustainable International Law.” The Research Forum aims to provide a forum for academics, private practitioners, and government attorneys to present works-in-progress across the spectrum of international and transnational law issues related to the Asia-Pacific.
Howard Civil Service International House, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan

17th Conference on Legal Information, Scholarship, and Teaching (Boulder-CoList)
2025-07-17 - 2025-07-18
Presentations include Academic Law Librarians, Law School Clinics, and Professional Responsibility; and Cool Tools and Tips from the Third Generation of FCIL Librarians.
Hybrid, Paul L. Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, USA, and Online

AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries)
2025-07-19 - 2025-07-22
“Be Bold.”
Programs include Neighbours to the North: Understanding the Canadian Legal Landscape; Exploring the Globe: Cataloging Foreign Materials; and History at the High Court: Lessons from the Court’s Use of Historical Sources and Tips for Using and Teaching Historical Sources.
Portland, OR, USA

CARALL Annual Conference (Caribbean Association of Law Libraries)
2025-07-28 - 2025-07-31
“Examining Commonwealth Caribbean Law: A Comparative Analysis in a Global Context.” Programs include Crossing the Border: Comparative Law Methodology and Analysis for Legal Practitioners and Law Librarians; and Contemporary Challenges to Open Justice in Commonwealth Caribbean Judiciaries: Law, Technology and Culture. Speakers include the Hon. Justice Brian Sykes, Chief Justice of Jamaica.
University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
