Updated March 11, 2018
Lots of great conferences coming up! Most of the events listed below have an emphasis on information literacy. Conference date and location are provided along with a link to the conference home page and deadline for submitting proposals, if available.
Please let us know if you're thinking about presenting on your experience with the SAILS assessments or with the Threshold Achievement Test of Information Literacy (TATIL). We'll be glad to help!
Accepting proposals:
Connecticut Information Literacy Conference
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
June 15, 2018
Proposals due March 16, 2018
5th Annual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference
July 13, 2018
Glendale Public Library, Glendale, CA, USA
Proposals due March 20, 2018
Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group
Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
June 8, 2018
Proposals due March 28, 2018
Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference
Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina
June 21 - 22, 2018
Proposals due ??
ACRL 2019
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
April 10 - 13, 2019
Proposal Deadlines:
May 4, 2018: Contributed Paper, Panel, Preconference, Workshop
October 12, 2018: Poster, Roundtable, TechConnect, Webcast
Upcoming conferences:
LILAC 2018 (Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference)
Liverpool, England
4 - 6 April 2018
17th Annual Information Literacy Summit
Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, USA
April 20, 2018
LOEX 2018
Houston, Texas, USA
May 3 - 5, 2018
The Innovative Library Classroom
Redford University, in Radford, Virginia, USA
May 8 - 9, 2018
Qualitative and Quantitive Methods in Libraries (QQML)
Cultural Centre of Chania, Crete, Greece
May 22 - 25, 2018
California Conference on Information Literacy (CCLI)
San Francisco, California, USA
June 1, 2018
WILU 2018
University of Ottawa, in Ottawa Ontario, Canada
June 6 - 8, 2018
Library Instruction West
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
July 18-19, 2018
IFLA Library Theory and Research and Information Literacy Sections
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24-30 August 2018
Past conferences (most recent listed first):
Southeastern Library Assessment Conference
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
November 13-14, 2017
European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL 2017)
Saint Malo, France
18 - 21 September 2017
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Savannah, Georgia, USA
September 15 -16, 2017
12th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Library and Information Services
31st July – 2nd August 2017
Oxford, United Kingdom
2017 Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium
5th Annual PA Forward Information Literacy Summit
Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania USA
July 19, 2017
9th International Evidence Based Librarianship & Practice Conference
June, 18 – 21 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Connecticut Information Literacy Conference
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
June 16, 2017
Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference
Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina
6 - 9 June 2017
California Conference on Library Instruction (CCLI)
San Francisco, California, USA
May 5, 2017
The Innovative Library Classroom
Redford University, Redford, Virginia, USA
May 10 - 11, 2017
45th Annual LOEX Conference
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
May 11-13, 2017
Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
May 23 - 25, 2017
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries
Limerick, Ireland
23 - 26 May 2017
LILAC 2017 (Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference)
Swansea University Bay Campus, Swansea, Wales, UK
10 - 12 April 2017
ACRL 2017
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
March 22 - 25, 2017
SCIL Works - Southern California Instruction Librarians
Los Angeles, California, USA
February 10, 2017
Library Assessment Conference
Arlington, Virginia, USA
October 31 - November 2, 2016
European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL)
Prague, Czech Republic
October 10 - 13, 2016
Georgia International Information Literacy Conference
Savannah, Georgia USA
September 30 - October 1, 2016
3rd Annual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference
August 8, 2016
Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
IFLA Information Literacy Section Satellite Preconference
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 11-12th, 2016
American Library Association Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida, USA
June 23 - 28, 2016
Connecticut Information Literacy Conference
University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
June 17, 2016
Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference
Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina
8 - 11 June 2016
Library Instruction West 2016: Learning Elevated
Westminster College and University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
June 8 - 10, 2016
Creating Knowledge VIII
Reykjavík, Iceland
2 - 3 June, 2016
Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 30 - June 1, 2016
8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries
University of London, United Kingdom
24 - 27 May, 2016
LOEX
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May 5 - 7, 2016
California Conference on Library Instruction
University of San Francisco, California, USA
April 29, 2016
15th Annual Information Literacy Summit
Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, USA
April 29, 2016
LILAC 2016: Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference
University College Dublin, Ireland
21 - 23 March 2016
MILEX (Maryland Information Literacy Exchange) 2016 Spring Program
Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia Campus, Columbia, Maryland, USA
March 18, 2016
Engaging with the ACRL Information Literacy Framework Conference
University of Albany, New York, USA
March 10, 2016
Southern California Instruction Librarians: SCIL Works 2016
California State University, Fullerton, USA
February 19, 2016
2015
IATUL Workshop on Information Literacy
(International Association of University Libraries)
Prague, Czech Republic
23-24 November 2015
Southeastern Library Assessment Conference
Atlanta, Georgia USA
November 16-17, 2015
LOEX Fall Focus
Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
November 13-14, 2015
Augustana Information Literacy in Academic Libraries Workshop
Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Camrose, Alberta, Canada
October 21-22, 2015
European Conference on Information Literacy
Tallinn, Estonia
19 - 22 October 2015
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Savannah, Georgia, USA
September 25-26, 2015
IFLA World Library and Information Congress - 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Cape Town, South Africa
15-22 August 2015
IFLA Satellite Meeting - Information Literacy Section with School Libraries Section
Cape Town, South Africa
13-14 August 2015
Fourth Annual Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium
Indiana University Kokomo, Indiana, USA
August 7th 2015
2nd Annual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 3, 2015
2015 PA Forward Information Literacy Summit
Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA
July 29, 2015
Building a Teaching Community: 5th Annual Summer Retreat for Librarians
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California, USA
July 23, 2015
11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services
Edinburgh, Scotland
20 - 22 July 2015
8th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference - EBLIP8
Brisbane Australia
6 - 8 July 2015
American Library Association Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 25 - 30, 2015
Western Balkans Information Literacy Conference
Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina
June 17 - 20, 2015
WILU
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
June 15-17, 2015
Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group
University of Georgia, Athens GA, USA
June 12, 2015
7th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries
IUT-Descartes University, Paris, France
26 - 29 May, 2015
Connecticut Information Literacy Conference
Central Connecticut University in New Britain, Connecticut, USA
May 29, 2015
LOEX
Denver, Colorado, USA
April 30 - May 2, 2015
LILAC 2014: Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference
Newcastle University, England
8 - 10 April 2015
California Conference on Library Instruction
Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California, USA
April 17, 2015
Association of College and Research Libraries
Portland, Ohio, USA
March 25 - 28, 2015
2014
Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment
Seattle, Washington, USA
August 4–6, 2014
Library Instruction West 2014
Portland State University, Oregon, USA
July 23-25, 2014