Build stronger relationships with your community by improving your customer service skills.

Recommended for frontline librarians and staff.

Make your kids collection more accessible for your community's Spanish speaking population! With Spanish language books benefiting both non-English speaking kids and Spanish learners alike, broadening your collection of these books is a great way to make your library more inclusive and inviting for all your young readers. 

Revolutionize your approach to user-centered services by implementing co-design practices in your library.

Recommended for outreach, programs, and services personnel.

Join HarperCollins Children’s Books and SLJ for this FREE webcast to learn about new picture books, middle grade, and YA titles coming in Summer 2025. Hear from award-winning and bestselling authors Ziggy Marley, Paul Tremblay, and Cynthia Leitich Smith on their forthcoming 2025 titles!

Learn to create library collections that are inclusive and reflect a diverse range of people, stories, and experiences.

Recommended for collection development librarians and staff.

The Newbery Committee chooses the Medal winner behind closed doors, but here’s your chance to see how it works. Our expert Mock Newbery panel, the Heavy Medal Award Committee, discusses five of the best books of the year, following the process of the real Committee.

Join the Director of Library Media Services for Atlanta Public Schools and subject matter experts from Beanstack for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Book Talks with Benny, an innovative AI-powered feature that brings reading engagement to life.

Join us for a lively conversation featuring the finalists of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award! Moderated by Albany High School Librarian Alicia Abdul, the authors will share insights into the inspiration behind their nominated titles, along with details about their research and storytelling processes.

On December 10, join Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal for our Winter 2024 virtual book and author festival, a free day-long event celebrating reading, authors, and librarians everywhere! Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile.

In its 20th year, the SLJ Summit will assemble school library leaders and community stakeholders to consider the challenges and opportunities surrounding major topics in the profession, from applying AI in library services and mentoring the current generation of school librarians, to the finer points of collection development in divisive times.