Who Attends IASL?

Why Should I Attend?

What Will I Experience?
The IASL Annual Conference provides a space for school librarians, teachers, administrators, researchers, and all others who hold an interest in education and libraries to exchange ideas and practices, meet new colleagues, and reunite with friends.​
This year’s program is packed with opportunities for practitioners and researchers to share and learn from each other as we exchange the creative and the unique ways that we tackle school librarianship challenges across the globe.​
Attendees will experience both in-person and virtual sessions, innovative workshops, inspiring keynote speakers, gorgeous musical performances, delicious southern US cuisine, and inspirational cultural exhibits. Join us in the “Soda City,” Columbia, South Carolina!​

Columbia, South Carolina: The Southern Hot Spot

Founded in 1786, Columbia, the state capital of South Carolina, is a beautiful and exciting Southern "hot spot" featuring world-class educational institutions, award-winning cuisine, a vibrant music and art scene, outstanding school library programs, and unique library and information science and archival collections. Whether your idea of a dream vacation is a leisurely beach stay or a restorative mountain hike, Columbia is a short car ride from the ocean or the Appalachian Trail. Develop your own southern tour and visit historical Charleston. Take advantage of the East Coast flight network and hop up to New York City or fly south to Disney World. Join us for IASL 2022 and kickstart your unforgettable summer adventure!

Call For Proposals

The International Association of School Librarianship, the University of South Carolina School of Information, the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, and the South Carolina Center for Community Literacy invite professional and research contributions to the 50th Annual Conference and the 25th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship. The IASL conference is dedicated to the advancement of theory and practice in school librarianship.​

​The deadline for conference submissions is: February 18, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET (UTC-5).