Join us for this 3-part series designed to provide academic librarians a deeper understanding of Open Access. Through panel discussions with librarians developing OA collections, this series will provide an overview of the current OA landscape and offer practical advice for implementing an OA strategy at your library.

Building a new or renovated library is a chance to fully embody the library’s values of welcome for all. To truly achieve that goal, it’s important for the building design process to explicitly address who has been excluded or ignored in the past. Join us to learn how architects and librarians are working together to design more diverse and equitable libraries.

Join this in-depth conversation where you’ll gain a deeper understanding of two consortias’ strategic approaches to resource sharing and how their member libraries are leveraging Ex Libris Rapido.

Accidents, murder and mayhem – mystery is in the air as leading publishing insiders share the latest thrillers and heart-stoppers coming out this season. Join this webcast to learn which titles your mystery-loving patrons will be curling up with during the fall and winter months.

Learn about the concrete actions library leaders are taking to help cultivate an antiracist, inclusive library culture—from examining the impacts of implicit bias, to evaluating spaces, programs, and services and examining policies and practices through an antiracist lens—to ensure that there is a shared value of antiracism at the library.

Infuse equity into every part of your library leadership and administration, from hiring, onboarding, and retention, to personnel management, budgeting, and more. 

Whether you're in the dreaming and planning stages or further along the design road, you'll find ideas, information, and inspiration, no matter your budget! Library Journal and School Library Journal are thrilled to once again be hosting our long-running library building and design event in person! And we’re especially excited to be hosting it in partnership with Missoula Public Library. 

Learn how to approach your practice, programs, and partnerships through a social emotional lens and better support yourself, colleagues, and your community. 

Learn how to cultivate and promote inclusive collections to ensure your library materials reflect the diversity of your community.

For more than two decades, Library Journal’s Day of Dialog has been the most anticipated librarian-only gathering of the year. Now it’s gone digital and is free to attend! The next all-day event is scheduled for October 20 and will feature a close-up look at the biggest forthcoming books for winter/spring 2023.