Library Futures Events
Library Futures holds regular webinars, community calls, and in-person social events. Please join us in-person or online!
Featured Event
Video Games in Libraries
Rose Behar, Chris Baker, Colin Post, and Marisa Marzilli will discuss emerging issues in video games in libraries.
Upcoming Events
Rose Behar, Chris Baker, Colin Post, and Marisa Marzilli will discuss emerging issues in video games in libraries.
A webinar for anyone curious about how libraries fit into their community’s local news and civic media ecosystem.
Past Events
Hear from librarians, journalists, and library communications experts to learn from their experiences in the media (and see our new game!)
A webinar for anyone curious about how libraries fit into their community’s local news and civic media ecosystem.
Rose Behar, Chris Baker, Colin Post, and Marisa Marzilli will discuss emerging issues in video games in libraries.
Library Futures staff and former ALA President Sam Helmick share tools for helping library staff handle intellectual freedom challenges.
Learn all about Imagine IF: An Intellectual Freedom Adventure!
Join Library Futures and Library Freedom Project for an evening of mingling with librarians and independent publishers!
Join Library Futures and friends for an update on the ebook landscape in 2026!
A conversation with Dorothy Judith Berry, author of The House Archives Built, and archivist and memory worker Zakiya Collier.
Schmooze, drink, and hang with the Library Futures community at Dead Letter no. 9!
What can you say? What can’t you say? Library Futures Staff Attorney Layla Maurer will tell all about confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
Michelle Reed and Sam Helmick introduce Imagine IF: The Game. Play the librarian cat and learn to handle intellectual freedom challenges!
Join your fellow librarians and independent publishers in this yearly event cosponsored by Library Futures!
Join us as Library Futures interns Thomas Alexander, Théodora Dillman, Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, and Siena Oristaglio discuss their work.
Explore the overlooked and underexplored power that platforms can hold in libraries with our expert panel!
What happens when generative AI enters the spaces where students research, learn, and work?
Hear from leading organizations advocating for better library access to digital content including our own Director of Programs Michelle Reed.
Join Library Futures for a dynamic discussion on navigating evolving issues in library makerspaces.
When it comes to vendor contracts and AI, who has the power? And how can we take it back?
Join Meredith Broussard and Nick Garcia to learn about the legal and ethical implications of AI in libraries.
What is machine learning? How does it work? And what do large language models mean for libraries and the patrons we serve?
Information and updates about digital content suppression--the often overlooked cousin of book bans and challenges.
Explore key issues and real-life intellectual freedom scenarios in this interactive game!
Our inaugural research network shows how “thinking together” is a critical component of building communities of practice.
Join Library Futures and Library Freedom Project on Sunday, June 29 from 6-8 p.m for a cute little networking and social event.
Hang out with us at the Copyright Booth at ALA on June 28 and 29! We'll have coffee! We'll talk! We'll have surprise special guests!
A book talk with the editors of Governing Misinformation about truth and trust in our everyday lives.
A webinar covering best practices for digital accessibility and what libraries should expect from vendors to ensure inclusive user experiences.
The annual Public Domain Day celebration with work raised from the dead and presented for your delectation.
Explore the past, present and future of digital censorship and intellectual freedom with our panel of experts.
How do gender, race, sexuality, disability, class, and the intersections of these identities affect cyberspace and the laws that govern it?
How do we create spaces for people to come together? Our book talk examines how libraries can help.
A panel of historians and experts explore the often misrepresented history of student movements.
Our most popular ever (and evergreen webinar) on reading contracts with a fine-toothed comb and getting the best deal for your library and patrons.
An overview of what different organizations are doing with Controlled Digital Lending in 2023.
Only 13 percent of classic video games published in the United States are currently in release. How and why should video game history be saved?
The “law of libraries” creates both opportunities and limitations related to the libraries’ core mission. Learn more from our panel of experts!
Why does copyright and fair use matter for libraries and librarians? A four part series with answers from lawyers and librarians.
Join Library Futures for a book talk with Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin, and Sarah Lambdan!
Our inaugural fellows discuss their community and policy work!
How do we solve the problem that is library ebooks? Our speakers discuss state-level legislation that can help.
GLAM institutions rely on transformative use to curate, preserve, and display creative works. What does the future hold for them?
How does fandom intersect with fair use? How do we think about fandom, fanfic, and copyright in the world of Warhol v. Goldsmith?
A discussion of how technological solutions can help public institutions but often at the cost of alienating the populations they serve.
What role do libraries play in supporting privacy for the public, and how should we build communities to fight against a surveillance society?
A discussion between Joanne McNeil, author of Lurking: How a Person Became a User, and technologist/artist Darius Kazemi.