THE INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR

2019

2019 AALS Annual Meeting (Association of American Law Schools)

“Building Bridges.” As our society struggles with this problem of deep polarization, lawyers and law schools have an important role to play. Lawyers are, after all, in the dispute resolution business. Resolving conflict is central to what we do. Today, perhaps more than ever before, the skills that we as lawyers have, and we as law professors teach, are of critical importance.

• January 2–6, 2019

• New Orleans, LA, USA

• http://am.aals.org/

LIS 2019: International Conference on Library and Information Science

“Digital Transformation and the Challenges of the New Information Environment: Reinventing Library for the Next User Generation.” LIS 2019 aims to offer a forum for scholars, educators, LIS practitioners and professionals from different countries to share research achievements and to establish research networks, and to find global partners for future collaboration.

• January 19–21, 2019

• Sapporo, Japan

• https://iconlis.org/

ABA Midyear Meeting (American Bar Association)

• January 23–29, 2019

• Las Vegas, NV, USA

• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html

ALA Midwinter Meeting (American Library Association)

Featured speakers include Melinda Gates and Rick Steves.

• January 25–29, 2019

• Seattle, WA, USA

• https://2019.alamidwinter.org/

ALIA Information Online (Australian Library and Information Association)

“Infinite Possibilities.” Keynote speakers include Carla Hayden, Library of Congress. Programs include “They're Coming for your Jobs (or is it?): Bots in Libraries” and “Resource Sharing: Is the Party Over?”

• February 11–15, 2019

• Sydney, NSW, Australia

• https://www.alia.org.au/events/information-online-2019

Sixth International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2019)

• “Libraries and Librarianship in Digital Plus Era.”

• February 14–16, 2019

• New Delhi, India

• http://www.slp.org.in/icoasl-2019/about-icoasl-2019/

The Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international conference

“Politics and the Histories of International Law”: an international conference under the auspices of the Journal of the History of International Law. It is open to all possibilities of telling the history of international law, while respecting the necessary rigor in the use of records and sources.

• February 15–16, 2019

• Max Planck Institute for International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

• http://www.mpil.de/de/pub/publikationen/publikationen-des-instituts/jhil.cfm

International Conference on Future of Libraries

Themes on Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, and Future in the Digital Domain.

• February 26–28, 2019

• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

• https://library.iimb.ac.in/conference2019

ABA Techshow 2019

ABA TECHSHOW is where lawyers, legal professionals, and technology all come together. For three days, attendees learn about the most useful and practical technologies available.

• February 27–March 2, 2019

• Chicago, IL, USA

• http://www.techshow.com/

ER&L 2019 Conference (Electronic Resources and Libraries)

• March 3–6, 2019

• Austin, TX, USA

• https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/conference-info/

7th Library Congress/Bibliothekskongress Leipzig 2019

“Bibliotheken verändern.” Organized by Library and Information Germany (BID), the Federal Association of German Library and Information Associations. The six topics for the Congress are Be Political, Act Strategically, Curate Content, Serve Variety, Learn Knowledge, and Allow Access.

• March 18–21, 2019

• Leipzig, Germany

• http://www.bibliothekskongress-leipzig.de/de/

ASIL 113th Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)

“International Law as an Instrument.” The annual meeting will focus on the distinctive ways international law serves an instrument that national and international actors invoke and deploy, and by which they are constrained.

• March 27–30, 2019

• Washington, DC, USA

• https://www.asil.org/annualmeeting

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference

• April 3–5, 2019

• University of Leeds, UK

• https://www.slsa.ac.uk/index.php/annual-conference?id=322

21st Commonwealth Law Conference (Commonwealth Lawyers Association)

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association, along with the Law Association of Zambia, will be presenting the 21st Commonwealth Law Conference on the theme “The Rule of Law in Retreat? Challenges for the Modern Commonwealth.” The conference will be focusing on various streams on Corporate & Commercial, Constitutional & Human Rights, Legal & the Judicial Profession, and Contemporary Legal Topics.

• April 8–12, 2019

• Livingstone, Zambia

• http://www.commonwealthlawconference.org/

ACRL Conference (Association of College & Research Libraries)

“Recasting the Narrative.” Librarians must continually reinvent themselves to stay on the cutting edge. Join your colleagues in Recasting the Narrative of what it means to be a librarian in the twenty-first century, adapting and leading the transition to new roles.

• April 10–13, 2019

• Cleveland, OH, USA

• https://conference.acrl.org/

2019 World Technology Law Conference (ITECHLAW: International Technology Law Association)

• May 15–17, 2019

• Boston, MA, USA

• https://www.itechlaw.org/Boston2019

CALL/ ACBD 2019 (Canadian Association of Law Libraries)

“Get Informed/ Be Inspired/ Innovate”/ Renseignez-vous/ Laissez-vous Inspirer/ Innovez.”

• May 26–29, 2019

• Edmonton, AB, Canada

• https://www.callacbd.ca/Conference

Teaching the Teachers Conference

Sponsored by Georgia State University College of Law, Penn State Law, and the RIPS-SIS and ALL-SIS Special Interest Sections of AALL. This course will provide a foundation in instructional philosophy, techniques, and assessment for law librarians by law librarians. Unlike other similar courses provided by other organizations, this program will be a peer-to-peer, hands-on learning environment where we will be able to leverage our collective similar experiences to enhance the work that we do. Topics include instructional design and planning, presentation and delivery, and assessment and metrics.

• May 30–31, 2019

• Atlanta, GA, USA

• https://community.aallnet.org/viewdocument/teaching-the-teachers-conference

Congress 2019 of the Humanities and Social Sciences

“Circles of Conversation.” Seventy different scholarly associations will be holding their own annual conferences at Congress 2019, making it the largest academic gathering in Canada.

• June 1–7, 2019

• Vancouver, BC, Canada

• https://www.congress2019.ca/

ACURIL 2019 (Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries)

• June 2–6, 2019

• Oranjestad, Aruba

• https://www.smore.com/hr6ut-save-the-date-acuril-2019-aruba

Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference

“Teaching Today's Law Students.” A conference addressing the many ways that law professors and administrators are reaching today's law students. With the ever-changing and heterogeneous nature of law students, this topic has taken on increased urgency for professors thinking about effective teaching strategies. The conference theme is designed to encompass a wide variety of topics, including generational research about current law students, classroom behavior in the current political climate, and techniques for providing effective formative feedback to students.

• June 3–5, 2019

• Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, KS, USA

• https://lawteaching.org/conferences/

The Teaching Professor Conference

This two-and-a-half-day event presents the newest thinking on improving teaching and learning. Learn from innovators whose presentations showcase the proven methods and approaches that they've used with their students.

• June 7–9, 2019

• New Orleans, LA, 2019

• http://www.TeachingProfessorConference.com

Open Repositories Conference

This is a practitioner-based conference that brings together people from higher education, government, libraries, archives, and museums to focus on repository infrastructure, tools, services, and policies. The conference provides a forum for delegates from around the world to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise at the interface of technology and scholarly publishing and practice.

• June 10–13, 2019

• University of Hamburg, Germany

• https://10times.com/open-repositories-conference-hamburg

16th ASLI Conference (Asian Law Institute)

“The Rule of Law and the Role of Law in Asia.” Every country in Asia embraces the rule of law in theory, but differences sometimes emerge as to what it means in practice. At the national level, many jurisdictions manifest pluralism through the mix of indigenous, colonial, and national legal projects in the course of their history.

• June 11–12, 2019

• National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

• https://law.nus.edu.sg/asli/16th_asli_conf/index.html

BIALL 50th Annual Conference (British & Irish Association of Law Librarians)

“50 Not Out: Past, Present, Future.”

• June 13–15, 2019

• Bournemouth, UK

• https://biall.org.uk/annual-conference/conference-2019-bournemouth/

SLA 2019 Annual Conference and Info-Expo (Special Libraries Association)

• June 13–18, 2019

• Cleveland, OH, USA

• https://www.sla.org/attend/future-conference-locations/

MELCom International: Annual Meeting of the European Association of Middle East Librarians

The annual meeting will be hosted jointly by the Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale and the National Library of Naples Vittorio Emanuele III.

• June 18–21, 2019

• Naples, Italy

• https://www.melcominternational.org/?page_id=1446

ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)

• June 20–25, 2019

• Washington, DC, USA

• http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/annual-conference

IATUL Annual Conference (International Association of University Libraries)

“Shifting Sands and Rising Tides: Leading Libraries Through Innovation.” Technology has fundamentally changed the role of the academic library and how it operates. This is evident in the increased access to digital sources of knowledge, and digital tools and services for students, teachers and researchers along with the increasingly important role of the library's physical place on campus. The IATUL 2019 conference themes will provide ample opportunity to explore and learn about how the library can enable work, study and research in higher education.

• June 23–27, 2019

• Perth, WA, Australia

• http://www.iatul2019.org/?pgid=1486

LIBER 2019 Annual Conference (Association of European Research Libraries)

The LIBER conference brings library directors and their staff together for three days of networking and collaboration. Delegates mainly come from Europe, but people from around the world are welcome. The goal of the conference is to identify the most pressing needs for research libraries, and to share information and ideas for addressing those needs.

• June 26–28, 2019

• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

• https://liberconference.eu/

CILIP Conference 2019 (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)

• July 3–4, 2019

• University of Manchester, UK

• http://cilipconference.org.uk/

AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries)

“Capitalizing on our Strengths.”

• July 13–16, 2019

• Washington, DC, USA

• https://www.aallnet.org/conference/

IAML Congress 2019 (International Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres)

The IAML Congress Kraków 2019 will offer a program with lectures, discussion panels, and poster sessions on current topics and projects in music librarianship and musicology.

• July 14–19, 2019

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

• http://www.iaml2019.confer.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/

83rd Annual Meeting Society of American Archivists

“Archives * Records 2019: Transformative!” A joint annual meeting of the Council of State Archivists and the Society of American Archivists.

• July 29–August 3, 2019

• Austin, TX, USA

• https://www2.archivists.org/am2019

ABA Annual Meeting (American Bar Association)

• August 8–13, 2019

• San Francisco, CA, USA

• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html

2019 IFLA World Library and Information Congress

With thousands of library and information professionals, from all corners of the world, all types of library, and all career stages coming together, the WLIC provides a unique opportunity to learn and grow, both for individuals, and the library field as a whole. Echoing the Athenian agora of over two thousand years ago, the IFLA World Congress will bring the latest ideas and innovations to bear in the service of better library services and a strong library field.

• August 24–29, 2019

• Athens, Greece

• https://www.ifla.org/annual-conference

LIANZA 2019 (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa)

“Our Families, Our Communities, Our Libraries.”

• October 21–23, 2019

• Auckland, NZ

• https://lianza.org.nz/conferences/lianza-2019

38th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL)

• October 27–30, 2019

• Sydney, NSW, Australia

• http://iall.org/annual-conference-2/

2020

ALA Midwinter Meeting (American Library Association)

• January 24–28, 2020

• Philadelphia, PA, USA

• http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings

ABA Midyear Meeting (American Bar Association)

• February 12–18, 2020

• Austin, TX, USA

• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html

ASIL Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)

• April 1–4, 2020

• Washington, DC, USA

• https://www.asil.org/annualmeeting

SCECSAL XXIV (Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations)

“Inclusive libraries and information services toward achieving prosperity for sustainable development in Africa.”

• April 20–24, 2020

• Windhoek, Namibia

• http://scecsal2020.org/

ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)

• June 25–30, 2020

• Chicago, IL, USA

• http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings

AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries)

• July 11–14, 2020

• New Orleans, LA, USA

• https://www.aallnet.org/conference/about/future-meetings/

ABA Annual Meeting (American Bar Association)

• July 30–August 4, 2020

• Chicago, IL, USA

• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html

2021

ALA Midwinter Meeting (American Library Association)

• January 22–26, 2021

• Indianapolis, IN, USA

• http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings

ABA Midyear Meeting (American Bar Association)

• February 10–16, 2021

• Orlando, FL, USA

• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept.html

ASIL Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)

• March 24–27, 2021

• Washington, DC, USA

• https://www.asil.org/annualmeeting

ALA Annual Conference (American Library Association)

• June 24–29, 2021

• Chicago, IL, USA

• http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings

AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries)

• July 17–20, 2021

• Cleveland, OH, USA

• https://www.aallnet.org/conference/about/future-meetings/