LibGuides: Professional Development for Librarians: Library Associations

American Library Association (ALA)

Divisions of the American Library Association

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
Looking for ALCTS conferences and continuing education? click here.
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
ACRL offers a variety of professional development events ...

Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
LITA offers a number of Online Learning opportunities
plus Scholarships & Awards
Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
Communities of Practice
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
Check RUSA Awards and RUSA Sections which may provide education

Association of Research Library (ARL)
A nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL Academy offers learning opportunities. Click here to view the components of the ARL Academy.

Digital Library Federation (DLF)
Click here for a list of DLF fellowships, grants, travel awards, tuition scholarships, and prizes.

LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange)
LOEX is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for library instruction and information literacy information.

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at Eastern Michigan University
Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS)
ILiADS offers participants a summer institute where they may develop projects in their teams of faculty, students, librarians, and (or) technologists.
Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School
Digital Humanities@JCU

Medical Library Association (MLA)
MLA professional development program provides educational opportunities including webinars and online courses

NASIG: Transforming The Information Community
NASIG education opportunities include an annual conference, webinars and more.

Electronic Resources and Libraries (ERL)
LER offers online education opportunities: Conferences and Webinars

Lebanese Library Association (LLA)
LLA organized and held conferences, seminars and other events. It also helped improve exchange of experiences and information among libraries.