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Professional development events and career opportunities for librarians and information professionals — global listings plus Africa, West Africa, and Nigeria.

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Events Archive

Past conferences, workshops, webinars, and training programmes.

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ALA Conferences & Events

American Library Association (ALA)

Date: Jun 20, 2026

Online

Open for registration

Major US library conferences, institutes, and professional development gatherings.

Webinar Archived

OCLC Events & Webinars

OCLC

Date: Jun 20, 2026

Online

Open for registration

Library technology, collaboration, and research support events from OCLC.

Workshop Archived

Research Data Management Workshops (global calendar)

Open Science & RDM community

Date: Jun 20, 2026

Online

Open for registration

Workshops and training on research data management, repositories, and open science.

Other Archived

June 2026

ARL News

Date: Aug 8, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on July 2, 2026, 4:25 pm ET ARL Public Policy Briefing (June 2026) In June, ARL and member libraries advocated for college accreditation standards to retain key elements... The post June 2026 appeared first …

Workshop Archived

Join ARL and CARL for a Charleston Preconference Workshop: The Right to Research in the Age of AI

ARL News

Date: Aug 8, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on July 2, 2026, 9:15 am ET The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are hosting a workshop before the 2026... The post Join ARL and CARL for a Ch…

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ARL Daily Intelligence (July 13–16)

ARL News

Date: Aug 8, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on July 18, 2026, 6:50 am ET The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily... The post ARL Daily Int…

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ARL Daily Intelligence (July 6–9)

ARL News

Date: Aug 8, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on July 9, 2026, 4:16 pm ET The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily... The post ARL Daily Inte…

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ARL Libraries Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

ARL News

Date: Aug 8, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on July 15, 2026, 2:07 pm ET July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, establishing the United States of America.... The post ARL Libraries Celebrate America’s…

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Design choices for a responsible AI chatbot: a conversation with #semanticClimate

Open Knowledge Foundation

Date: Aug 5, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Renu Kumari and Udita Agarwal, researchers from #semanticClimate, discuss the technical details behind the Climate Academy Chatbot (CABot), which uses AI responsibly and with safeguards in place The post Design choices f…

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Making AI work for communities – OKFN Newsletter June 2026

Open Knowledge Foundation

Date: Jul 24, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

AI and open data, archives and climate, BrainCommons, SkyCommons, MCP, CKAN, and more. The post Making AI work for communities – OKFN Newsletter June 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

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Open Knowledge and Critical Infrastructure: a Nordic Conversation

Open Knowledge Foundation

Date: Jul 24, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

We discussed with our Nordic members and friends how, across Europe and beyond, policymakers are rethinking the foundations of the digital state and the infrastructure that powers it. The post Open Knowledge and Critical…

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ARL Libraries Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2026

ARL News

Date: Jul 24, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

Last Updated on June 25, 2026, 5:29 pm ET Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with ARL libraries by browsing the resources below. Boston Public Library Boston Public Library Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride... The post ARL Libraries Cel…

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Repertoires: How Health Research Becomes Interoperable

ARL News

Date: Jul 24, 2026

Venue TBA

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Last Updated on June 29, 2026, 2:27 pm ET In 1983, as fears mounted about an as yet unexplained disorder of the human immune system, the US National Institutes of... The post Repertoires: How Health Research Becomes Inte…

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Roundtable Recap: How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI?

Open Knowledge Foundation

Date: Jul 5, 2026

Venue TBA

Open for registration

This time, we learned from initiatives around the world that have breathed new life into dusty archives using both open and non-open technologies The post Roundtable Recap: How to digitise a physical archive to work stra…

Webinar Archived

[Webinar] Traceable AI for Public Data: An Open Model for Latin America

Open Knowledge Foundation

Date: Jul 5, 2026

Online

Open for registration

Join OKFN and the UN Big Data Regional Hub to learn about our ongoing experiments integrating AI to public open data portals The post [Webinar] Traceable AI for Public Data: An Open Model for Latin America first appeared…

Opportunities Archive

Closed vacancies, past internships, fellowships, and scholarships.

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LibGig / INALJ — Library Jobs

INALJ (I Need A Library Job)

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

Library and information science job listings (LibGig host unavailable; redirected to INALJ).

Other Closed

IFLA Opportunities

IFLA

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

International library association programmes, fellowships, and professional opportunities.

Other Closed

INALJ — Library Job Listings

INALJ (I Need A Library Job)

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

Curated librarian and information professional vacancies updated daily from worldwide sources.

Other Closed

ALA JobLIST

American Library Association

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

Official ALA job board for academic, public, school, and special library positions.

Other Closed

jobs.ac.uk — Librarian & Information Roles

jobs.ac.uk

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

UK higher-education librarian, archivist, and research support vacancies.

Other Closed

ARL Career Resources

Association of Research Libraries

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026

Career opportunities and professional roles in North American research libraries.