Webinars
Upcoming Live Webinars
How It Feels to Be Me: Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder
Learn terminology and characteristics of autism, and challenges and joys experienced by members of the autistic community.
PLA Town Hall: Exploring an AI-assisted Future in Public Libraries
Join this broad-ranging conversation about the current state and future of public libraries and community engagement with artificial intelligence (AI).
Career Connections at Your Library
Get program guidance and ways to expand career resources so your library can empower patrons to achieve their career goals.
2026 PLA Presidential Candidates Forum
Join this free virtual forum to get to know the candidates standing for president in the upcoming PLA election.
You can also search the ALA eLearning catalog to find live and on-demand webinars by division, topic, and library type.
Cost
PLA offers both free and paid webinars. Unless otherwise indicated, a 60-minute paid webinar is $57.85 for PLA individual members, $80.10 for ALA individual members, $89.00 for nonmembers, and $44.50 for student members. Discounts are available for groups of 3 or more. All webinars are intended for the sole use of the registrant. Redistribution or rebroadcast to another individual or group other than the registrant is prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation.
Accommodations
PLA live webinars will be captioned in English (United States). If you have a physical or communication need that may affect your participation in a webinar, please contact us at [email protected] or 800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA (5752) at least two weeks prior to the webinar. Without prior notification of need, we may not be able to provide appropriate accommodations for the live event.
Credits
A certificate of completion is available only for those PLA webinars in the ALA eLearning catalog.
Want to be part of PLA's successful online continuing education program?
If you have an idea for a webinar you'd like PLA to present, we encourage you to submit a proposal. PLA opens a call for webinar proposals twice per year, with deadlines of April 30 and October 31 of each year. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns about the webinar proposal process.
