We are excited to be able to meet for our Spring AGM at MacEwan University in Edmonton! Thank you, MacEwan, for hosting us.  Please take a look at the spring meeting package below for all of the details about our upcoming in-person meeting.

The meeting will be in person and hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, May 2nd, 9:15 am to 3:45 pm. If you haven’t registered yet, please register for our meeting below. All staff from member institutions are invited to join.

Registration closes on April 17, 2025, or until registration is full. 

We look forward to meeting you all soon! If you have any questions or concerns,
please contact aaal.executive@gmail.com.

Many thanks,
AAAL Executive Board

Registration is now open for AAAL’s Spring 2025 AGM. The meeting will be in person and hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, May 2nd, 9:15 am to 3:45 pm. Check out our “Day at a Glance” for information about our presentation programming, accommodations, and parking. 

Registration is open until Thursday, April 17th, or until registration is full. 

If you are traveling from outside of Edmonton, you may wish to carpool to the meeting. Please visit the Carpooling Contact List if you wish to join a driver for carpooling, or to offer rides to others. Please note that people carpooling are responsible for communicating and deciding upon costs.

Please contact aaal.executive@gmail.com with any questions. 

Dear AAAL Members,

Thank you so much to all the member institutions who cast their vote on “Stronger Together 2025” membership!

I am happy to announce that we can now report that we have a majority affirmative response from our voting members: Effective immediately, AAAL will become a trial one-year, risk-free member of the upcoming “Stronger Together 2025” initiative. 

Mary Dallas (Red Deer Polytechnical) and Meagan Bowler (Mount Royal University) have been invited to represent AAAL on the “Stronger Together” Academic Program Planning Committee for 2025. Thank you so much to Mary and Meagan for agreeing to serve Alberta’s academic libraries in this important way!

More about the “Stronger Together 2025” event will be featured in my Chair Report at our much anticipated AAAL Spring AGM, which will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025, and hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta.

In the meantime, wishing you all the best as we look forward to a f-a-s-t approaching spring!

Our deadline for presentation proposals is now extended until March 17th!

The AAAL Learning & Development Committee are seeking presentations from our members for the professional development portion of our Spring AGM and welcomes presentation proposals relevant to our members’ work, topics of interest, 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 discussions or activities.

Please submit your proposal by Monday, March 17th. 

If you have an idea for a presentation that does not follow the above formats, please feel free to reach out to aaal.executive@gmail.com. Successful presenters will hear back no later than March 31^st.  

If you have any questions, please contact ali.foster@macewan.ca.

Dear AAAL Colleagues,

I cannot believe how quickly the winter is fading away and I am sure that you ALL are ready to embrace the spring!

UPDATE: AAAL’s Learning & Development Committee is working hard on our upcoming Spring AGM. I am writing to ask if any of you have thoughts or inspirations about possible keynote presenters or workshops for our upcoming AGM.

If you do, please stop whatever you are doing and e-mail our L&D Chair, Ali Foster, at ali.foster@macewan.ca with those ideas! Ali assures me that any and ALL ideas are welcome and the sooner the better! 

Thank you so much for giving this some consideration and for your ongoing support of AAAL! Even as we speak, Ali is checking e-mail and standing by to receive your thoughts and ideas! 

Thank you again, and all best wishes,