ALA 2018 - 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits

Symposium on the Future of Libraries
Included in your 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits full registration, three days exploring the many futures for academic, public, school and special libraries (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) of the Midwinter Meeting. Get details and add to your schedule.
Pre-Midwinter Institutes
Check out the wide range of institutes offered by ALA divisions, offices, and round tables for conveniently timed, and in-depth professional development on key and current topics. Find details, including how to register on Ticketed Events.
News You Can Use: Updates and Implications
Experts offer the latest updates on policy, research, statistics, technology, and more in these sessions, based on new research, surveys, reports, legislation/regulation, projects, beta trials, focus groups, and other data. Update providers include ALA divisions and offices, the ALA Digital Content Working Group, and a wide range of other organizations. Get details and add to your schedule.
ALA Masters Series
Grab your lunch and join innovative library leaders as they discuss transformative projects in this noon-time series.
Discussion Groups
The Midwinter Meeting features more than 200 Discussion Groups—loosely organized sessions on broad and timely topics, each sponsored by an ALA division, round table, or office. These generally highly interactive sessions may, or may not have a speaker and are more open discussions than informational.
Committee Meetings
Committee meetings are held during the Midwinter Meeting to secure the business of the association. Some meetings will be listed "Closed" when they are discussing private information, but most are open to any attendee, and are often a good way to learn about the business of ALA, and its divisions.