Program

Program

The preliminary program can be found here. A detailed program will be published on this page in early May.

Keynote speaker

CAIS 2025 is delighted to be joined by Emily Drabinski, who will be delivering the keynote address “Libraries at the end of the world”. Since 2021, libraries have become a target of organized forces seeking to suppress the stories of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people and our histories. Attempts to remove books from library shelves have reached record numbers while legislation in states from Florida to Idaho to Texas to Missouri have enshrined censorship into law. Such restrictions on the right to think, write, and read place libraries at the center of the fight for democracy.

Her work focuses on critical perspectives in librarianship, including knowledge organization and information literacy and instruction. Drabinski is the immediate past president of the American Library Association.

Social Program

The CAIS conference committee is pleased to offer several events for conference attendees to network and engage in an informal atmosphere. See below for more details.

Day 1: Conference reception at The Social

Day 2: Dinner at the Old Triangle

Day 3: Guided tour of Halifax Citadel National Historic Site!