October 2026

October 7 – 11, Frankfurt Book Fair 2026
Place: Frankfurt, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.buchmesse.de/en

October 13 – 16, ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
Place: Dallas, TX & Online
Sponsor/Organizer: ACM/IEEE
URL: https://2026.jcdl.org/

October 14 – 17, 2026 Nebraska Library Association/Mountain Plains Library Association (NLA/MPLA) Conference
Place: LaVista, NE
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://my.mpla.us/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=10/14/2026&eventid=8

October 15 – 17, Mediterranean Editors and Translators Meeting 2026
Place: Perugia,Italy
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.metmeetings.org/en/presentation:1758

October 18 – 20, Virginia Library Association (VLA) Annual Conference 2026
Place: Norfolk, VA
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.vla.org/upcoming-conferences

October 18 – 20, Designing Libraries for the 21st Century
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Sponsor/Organizer: University of Pittsburgh
URL: https://library.pitt.edu/designinglibraries

October 20 – 21, Libraries for the Sustainable Transition--From Policies to Practice
Place: Strasbourg, France
Sponsor/Organizer: EBLIDA ELAN & Public Libraries 2030
URL: https://eblida.org/event/save-the-date-libraries-for-the-sustainable-transition-from-policies-to-practice

October 20 – 22, 17th Stellenbosch University Library Symposium: Be BOLD: The Next Chapter of Academic Libraries
Place: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Sponsor/Organizer: Stellenbosch University Library
URL: https://www.su.ac.za/en/library/about-us/conferences-and-symposia/symposium-2026/programme

October 26 – 30, International Conference on Information Literacy (ICIL)
Place: Nairobi, Kenya
Sponsor/Organizer: University of Nairobi, the North-West University, and the University of Pretoria
URL: https://www.library.ac.za/internatioal-conference-information-literacy-icil-2026

October 27 – 29, Internet Librarian Connect
Place: Online
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://internet-librarian.infotoday.com

October 27 – 30, Kansas Library Association 2026 Conference
Place: Wichita, KS
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://kla30.wildapricot.org/Conference-Dates

October 28 – 30, Michigan Library Association (MLA) 2026 Annual Conference
Place: Novi, MI
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.milibraries.org/annual-conference

November 2026

November 2 – 6, 2026 Charleston Library Conference
Place: Charleston, SC
Sponsor/Organizer: Annual Reviews, Inc.
URL: https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/about-the-conference/future-conference-dates/

November 6 – 10, American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) 2026 Annual Meeting
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.asist.org/am26/

November 9 – 13, IFLA Symposium on AI 2026: “Building an AI-Empowered World: Practical Applications of AI”
Place: Parys, Free State, South Africa
Sponsor/Organizer: IFLA IT Section, IFLA AI SIG, University of the Free State
URL: https://www.ufs.ac.za/library/conference/ifla-symposium-on-ai-2026

November 16 – 17, Taxonomy Boot Camp
Place: Washington DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc
URL: https://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2026/default.aspx

November 16 – 18, ALISE 2026, "The Good Questions"
Place: Buffalo, NY
Sponsor/Organizer: ALISE
URL: https://alise.org/event/ALISE2026

November 16 – 19, KMWorld
Place: Washington DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.kmworld.com/Conference/2026

November 17 – 19, Enterprise Search & Discovery
Place: Washington DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.enterprisesearchanddiscovery.com/2026/default.aspx

November 17 – 19, Enterprise AI World
Place: Washington DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.enterpriseaiworld.com/Conference/2026

November 18 – 19, Text Analytics Forum
Place: Washington DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.text-analytics-forum.com/2026/default.aspx

November 18 – 20, Core Forum
Place: Louisville, KY
Sponsor/Organizer: Core, a Division of the Amaerican Library Association
URL: https://coreforum.org/

November 19, Rewired 2026
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: CILIP
URL: https://librariesrewired.org.uk/

December 2026

December 10 – 11, Fall 2026 Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Membership Meeting
Place: Washington, DC
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: https://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/future-meetings

January 2027

January 7 – 9, FLARE-Future Libraries: Advancing Research & Excellence
Place: Hyderabad, India
Sponsor/Organizer: University of Hyderabad
URL: https://ila72flare.uohyd.ac.in/

January 11 – 13, APE: Acedemic Publishing Europe
Place: Berlin, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: Berlin Institute of Scholarly Publishing
URL: https://academicpublishingeurope.com/

January 19 – 21, BOBCATSSS 2027: Rebuilding Trust: Infrastructures, Libraries, AI and Democratic Knowledge
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor/Organizer: University of Barcelona
URL: https://actes.ub.edu/152596/detail/bobcatsss-2027-rebuilding-trust-infrastructures-n-libraries-ai-and-democratic-knowledge-futures.html

January 27 – 30, Ontario Library Association Super Conference: Pluggin In
Place: Toronto, ON, Canada
Sponsor/Organizer: Ontario Library Association
URL: https://olasuperconference.ca

February 2027

February 2 – 4, ByWater Connect
Place: Jacksonville, FL
Sponsor/Organizer: ByWater Solutions
URL: connect.bywatersolutions.com

February 15 – 19, NISO Plus 2027
Place: Baltimore MD
Sponsor/Organizer: NISO
URL: https://niso.plus/category/niso-plus-2027/

February 23 – 24, Researcher to Reader
Place: London, UK
Sponsor/Organizer: R2R
URL: https://r2rconf.com/

February 25 – 27, Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference
Place: Alexandria, LA
Sponsor/Organizer: Louisiana Library Association
URL: https:/llaonline.org/page-18273

March 2027

March 10 – 12, RLUK27 Conference: The Living Library, Shaped by People
Place: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sponsor/Organizer: RLUK
URL: https://rlukconference.com

March 10 – 12, Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference: Open Your Eyes to Opportunity
Place: Norman OK
Sponsor/Organizer: Oklahoma Library Assoication
URL: https://www.oklib.org/page/annual_conferene

March 16 – 18, Computers in Libraries
Place: Crystal City, VA
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2027/default.aspx

March 17 – 18, DAM Los Angeles
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Sponsor/Organizer: Henry Stwart Events
URL: https://henrystewartconferences.com/events/dam-la-2027

March 21 – 24, ER&L Fest 2027:Electronic Resources & Libraries 22nd Annual Conference
Place: Austin TX & Online
Sponsor/Organizer: ER&L
URL: https://electroniclibrarian.org/

March 21 – 25, European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR)
Place: Southampton, UK
Sponsor/Organizer: ECIR
URL: https://www.ecir2027.co.uk

March 22 – 25, iConference 2027: He ra ki tua - Look positively toward the future
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: Victoria University of Wellington & Monash University
URL: https://www.ischools.org/iconference

April 2027

April 5 – 7, UKSG Annual Conference
Place: Glasgow, Scotland
Sponsor/Organizer: UKSG
URL: https://www.uksg.org/news/2026/04/15/save-the-date-uksg-annual-conference-and-exhibition-2027/

April 5 – 9, iConference 2027: He ra ki tua - Look positively toward the future
Place: Wellington, New Zealand
Sponsor/Organizer: Victoria University of Wellington & Monash University
URL: https://www.ischools.org/iconference

April 13 – 14, KMWorld Europe
Place: London UK
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.kmworld.com/Europe/2027

April 13 – 14, Taxonomy Boot Camp London
Place: London UK
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: https://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/london/2027/Default.aspx

April 19 – 22, Texas Library Association Annual Conference: Your Voice Our Community
Place: San Antonio TX
Sponsor/Organizer: Texas Library Association
URL: https://conference.txla.org

April 20 – 22, Fiesole Retreat '27
Place: Coimbra, Portugal
Sponsor/Organizer: Fiesole
URL: ttps://www.fiesoleretreat.org/coimbra_2027

April 21 – 23, British Columbia Library Association Annual Conference - Future, Past & Present
Place: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sponsor/Organizer: British Columbia Library Association
URL: https://bclaconnect.ca/conference/conference-hub/

May 2027

May 10 – 13, Library Publishing Forum
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: Library Publishing Coalition
URL: https://librarypublishing.org/forum

May 11 – 14, Florida Library Association Annual Conference: AI in Libraries: Friend, Foe, or Future?
Place: Orlando FL
Sponsor/Organizer: Florida Library Association
URL: https://www.flalib.org/events

May 19 – 21, LIDA 2027: Libraries and Information Institutions in the Digital Age
Place: Sibenik, Croatia
Sponsor/Organizer: LIDA
URL: https://lida.ffos.hr

May 22 – 25, ASIS&T ISS/SLC27
Place: Denver CO
Sponsor/Organizer: ASIS&T
URL: https://www.asist.org/2026/08/11/issslc27savethedate/

May 22 – 25, Next Library Festival
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Sponsor/Organizer: Next Library
URL: https:www.nextlibrary.net/next-llibrary-2027

May 25 – 28, Medical Library Association Annual Conference
Place: Denver, CO
Sponsor/Organizer: Medical Library Association
URL: www.mlanet.org

June 2027

June 24 – 28, ALA Annual Conference
Place: New Orleans, LA
Sponsor/Organizer: ALA
URL: https://2026.alaannual.org/ala-2027-annual-conference-exhibition