Category Archives: Spring Meeting

Upcoming AAAL AGM: What to Expect & Apply for PD

PD Award, Spring Meeting

The countdown is on for our in-person Spring AGM 2026 on Friday, April 24, 2026, hosted by the University of Lethbridge Library! In anticipation of our gathering, the AAAL Executive Team would like to share what to expect and what to prepare, and encourage you and your staff to apply for one of our PD awards!

What to Expect:

We’ll be starting the morning off right with some light refreshments and socializing before we move into our formal business meeting portion of the AGM. Here, we will ask our members to approve the agenda, approve the minutes of our Fall 2025 meeting, and then move on to verbal reports from the Executive Committee and Subcommittees.

Next, we will have some items that our voting members (or your officially designated proxies) will need to vote on. This will include voting for our next Chair-Elect (stay tuned for calls to submit your name!), an approval of our membership fees for 2026-27, and approval of our bylaws updates. We will be sending out a full meeting package prior to the AGM so you can fully review the materials before voting.

After our business meeting portion, we move on to our Roundtable updates. Each institution represented will have 2 minutes to share an update on their libraries. This can include a short summary of your year, any significant changes that have happened, any successful programs you ran, or issues you have encountered. If we get through everyone quickly, we will have time for questions before moving on to a break, and then we’ll have the rest of the day for presentations, more socializing, and food!

Call for Proposals:

Speaking of presentations, the Call for Proposals is up now, and the deadline to apply is March 17. Apply now to showcase the amazing work at your libraries today!

Apply for AAAL’s PD Awards:

We are encouraging all of our members to apply for our PD Awards, and to please encourage your staff to apply as well! We’re very excited this year to have one award that is reserved for a library staff member in non-librarian positions (library assistants, pages, library tech and librarian student workers, library technicians, information specialists, etc).

We are thrilled to be offering these awards and can’t wait to welcome our full academic library community! The deadline to apply is March 17 so get those applications in soon!

AAAL is so grateful for the hard work of our Learning and Development Committee in organizing the AGM. It is an incredible time to gather, connect, and share ideas with one another. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on April 24 in Lethbridge!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the AAAL Chair, Andrea Johnston, either at aaal.executive@gmail.com or andrea.johnston@rdpolytech.ca

Thank you ALL for everything you do and for making AAAL such a vibrant, inspiring community.

Sincerely,

Andrea

AAAL Executive Board

aaal.executive@gmail.com

Call for Proposals – AAAL Spring 2026 AGM

Spring Meeting

Hello AAAL Members,

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) Spring 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held in person on Friday, April 24, 2026, hosted by the University of Lethbridge Library.

We are seeking presentation proposals for our AGM’s professional development programming. There is no set theme for presentations – we welcome proposals from a range of topics in library work, such as current initiatives, topics of interest to our members, and more. Looking for inspiration? Browse our meetings page to view programming from past meetings.

There are two presentation formats to choose from:

  • 7-Minute Lightning Talks: Quick snapshots to give a brief overview of your idea, research, experience, program, or service.
  • 25-Minute Presentations: A bit more in-depth, allowing you to share research, tools, programs, or services with some room for engaging discussion or activities.

Please submit your proposal no later than Tuesday, March 17th.

Submit Your Proposal
 

For information about how presentations are reviewed, please view our Rubric for
Presentation Proposals.

If you have an idea for a presentation that does not follow the above formats, or have other
questions, please reach out at aaal.learningdevelopment@gmail.com. Presenters will receive
a response no later than Tuesday, March 31st. 

More information about the AGM, including registration and the full conference schedule, is forthcoming. We look forward to seeing you in April!

Kind regards,
The AAAL Learning & Development Committee
aaal.learningdevelopment@gmail.com

Save the Date: AAAL Spring AGM

Spring Meeting

Hello AAAL Members,

Save the date! The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) Spring 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held in person on Friday, April 24, 2026, hosted by the University of Lethbridge Library.

Library staff from our member institutions are invited to attend for a day of learning and connection, including our business meeting, member roundtable, and member presentations.

Keep an eye on your email for a call for presentation proposals coming shortly! Due to the success of previous years’ programming, there is no set theme for presentations; we welcome proposals with a range of topics, such as current initiatives, topics of interest to our members, and more. There are two presentation formats to choose from:

  • 25-Minute Presentations: A bit more in-depth, allowing you to share research, tools, programs, or services with some room for engaging discussion or activities.
  • 7-Minute Lightning Talks: Quick snapshots to give a brief overview of your idea, research, experience, program, or service.

More information about the AGM and a call for presentation proposals is forthcoming. If you have any questions in the meantime, please reach out to aaal.executive@gmail.com.

We look forward to connecting with you all in April!

AAAL’s Spring AGM is Coming Up! Important Notes for Attendees

Spring Meeting

We are so excited for our upcoming Spring AGM in Edmonton! Thank you to MacEwan for hosting us, and a huge thank you to our amazing L&D committee for organizing this event. 

We have important things to discuss at our Spring AGM. Please look at our meeting package for details about our meeting and speakers. Also, consider putting your name forward for Chair-Elect! 

 

Roundtable: Please prepare a 2-minute or less verbal update about your institution. We love hearing new initiatives, staffing changes, and supporting as much as possible with problems. We will need to stick to the 2 minutes. 

Voting: If you are the voting member for your institution or if you are the proxy for voting, please bring a device that allows you to cast your votes electronically. This can be a smartphone or tablet – anything to scan a QR code to access the voting ballots.

Name tags: Please bring your work name tag, if you have one. 

Chair-Elect: Our Chair-Elect position is open for nominations! Put your name, or your colleagues name (with their permission), forward to join our Executive team. Details about the position can be found at this link: Appendix A; Responsibilities of AAAL Officers and Committees (and y’all, it’s a sweet gig). The Chair-Elect is the first of three evolving positions and is held for one year before moving into the Chair position. The Chair position is one year and moves into the Past Chair position. This allows for continuity of experience and support for the Association.

We are so excited to see everyone on May 2! If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you all the very best,

AAAL Executive Board

aaal.executive@gmail.com