Events & Webinars

The American Library Association (ALA) announced today a revised date for its highly anticipated ALA 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia. Originally scheduled for June 26 – July 1, 2025, the conference will now take place on June 26 – 30, 2025.

ALA invites education program and poster proposals for the 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition, taking place June 26 – July 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. The ALA Annual Conference explores critical issues impacting libraries and their communities, with diverse professional development on timely research, innovative programs, strategic initiatives and best practices. The submission sites are open now through September 23, 2024.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is excited to announce our eighth annual New Directions in Scholarly Publishing seminar, which will be held October 1 and 2 at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference Center in Washington, DC, and online.

Frankfurter Buchmesse brings the industry together in October: as a place for international encounters, a trading centre, a literary showcase and a platform for democratic exchange. With Frankfurt Connect, it also brings the players in publishing together digitally and bundles their digital business services in one place.

International trade association, ALPSP reveals that its Annual Conference and Awards will be held at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate, UK and streamed online from 11-13 September 2024. This will be the second hybrid ALPSP Conference and will bring together the scholarly community both in-person and virtually.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is excited to announce registration for our 46th Annual Meeting, “Inflection Point: Setting the Course for the Future of Scholarly Communication,” is open! Catch up on industry trends and network with scholarly communications colleagues May 29–31 in the vibrant city of Boston, Massachusetts.

We are delighted to share that the Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum (RSPF) will return to The London Book Fair, Olympia Theatre on Thursday 14th March (9:30 – 14:30 BST), covering the core topics of academic publishing policy, AI, and open access.

At January’s Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) conference, the SDG Publishers Compact Fellows have convened a panel to debate the role of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the scholarly publishing sector – and the sector’s role in changing the world.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is excited to launch its 2023 Journals Academy, a comprehensive virtual training program tailored for professionals and students in scholarly journals publishing. This unique opportunity spans three sessions, delivering nine hours of virtual training on November 28, December 5, and December 12, 2023.

We are excited to announce our seventh annual New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar, happening October 4 and 5 at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference Center in Washington, DC, and online.

Informa Markets and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) are proud to announce a landmark partnership to propel the growth and evolution of the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition.

Don’t miss your chance to register for SSP’s highly interactive workshop, “Open Access: Understanding Mission, Models, and Mandates,” back by popular demand for its third year, July 19 and 20. Led by Professor and Coordinator for Research and Teaching Professional Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Scholarly Kitchen Chef Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe