This annual day-and-a-half of interactive thought-leadership, learning and networking will spotlight ways that library leaders - often isolated in their work – are effectively tackling the many complex and difficult challenges of library management.    

Library Journal is 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 Cincinnati & Hamiton County Public Library. This full-day think tank provides expert panel discussions with architects and librarians, as well as hands-on, architect-led breakout sessions tackling real-life design challenges submitted in advance by attendees. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building/renovating/ retrofitting spaces both large and small that will redefine the relationship with your users and engage your community. There will be plenty of facetime and networking opportunities throughout the day with colleagues.

Library Journal and School Library Journal are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our annual Public Library Youth Services Leadership Summit in person on Sept. 26 (full-day) and 27 (half-day) at Cuyahoga County Public Library, in Cleveland, OH! We invite you to join current and aspiring youth services leaders from across the country to learn about innovative, effective, and actionable best practices from the library leaders who are implementing them. 

Library Journal is 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 Spokane Public Library. This full-day think tank provides expert panel discussions with architects and librarians, as well as hands-on, architect-led breakout sessions tackling real-life design challenges submitted in advance by attendees. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building/renovating/ retrofitting spaces both large and small that will redefine the relationship with your users and engage your community. There will be plenty of facetime and networking opportunities throughout the day with colleagues.

Join Library Journal for an evening of cocktails, light refreshments, and great conversation with notable authors! Hosted by Melissa DeWild, LJ’s expert in genre fiction and selector of Prepub Alert titles, we'll chat with authors about their books, writing process, and more. Meet and greet authors and gather up advance reading copies for signing. This is a free event for library professionals, with space available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration is now open for the 2023 annual LJ Directors' Summit! This year’s event will take place over the course of two days on November 9 & 10, 2023, at the Julia Ideson Building, Houston, TX.

This one-day convening for library directors will precede Library Journal’s Directors’ Summit and will build on the learnings from our April 23 Library Safety Summit and Fall online library safety courses.  

Hosted by Library Journal in partnership with the Hayward Public Library, this installment of our library building and design event will bring you the latest trends in library design. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building/renovating/retrofitting spaces both large and small that will redefine the relationship with your users and engage your community.

Hosted by Library Journal  in partnership with the Durham Co. Library -- this installment of our library building and design event will bring you the latest trends in library design. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building/renovating/ retrofitting spaces both large and small that will redefine the relationship with your users and engage your community.

Library Journal invites you and your safety and facilities heads to join other directors and safety and facilities leaders from major North American library systems, to learn about best practices from within and outside the library field. We’ll explore and workshop effective approaches and real-life examples, as well as address legal, technical, policy, staffing and training challenges.