DLF Events

Upcoming Events

April 6-7, 2023, Virtual
Toward Radical Imagination: HBCUs, Digital Libraries, and Authentic Collaboration 

Registration is open for Toward Radical Imagination: HBCUs, Digital Libraries, and Authentic Collaboration, a two-day virtual event celebrating the conclusion of the Authenticity Project. Join panel discussions on creating access to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) library collections; digital pedagogy; grants and grant-funded projects; leadership and upward mobility at HBCUs; digital publishing, art, archives, and exhibitions at HBCUs; and how these topics intersect with authentic partnerships.

April 13-14; April 20-21, 2023, Virtual
Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum Virtual Sessions

CLIR is proud to present Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum Virtual Sessions, a special online gathering for sessions that were accepted in the 2022 program, but were not able to be presented in person. View all presenters and sessions on the event page

November 12-16, 2023, St. Louis, Missouri 
The DLF Forum, Learn@DLF, and NDSA’s Digital Preservation 

Join us in-person for the 2023 CLIR Events: The DLF Forum, November 13-15, our pre-conference event Learn@DLF on November 12, and NDSA’s Digital Preservation 2023: Communities of Time and Place in St. Louis, Missouri. 


The DLF Forum

We’re perhaps best known for our signature event, the annual DLF Forum. View the list of past Forums, dating back to 1999. 

DLF Forum & Affiliated Events Recordings

DLFx Events

As an experiment in fostering regional community around the Digital Library Federation, DLF has begun supporting and organizing a small number of “DLFx” events, year-round.

Recent from DLFx

  • DLFxDHSI (a Digital Libraries, DH, and Social Justice un-conference, sponsored by DLF’s Pedagogy and “Miracle Workers” interest groups) June 8-9, in conjunction with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute in Victoria, BC.
  • UC-DLFx (“Building the University of California Digital Library: Theory and Practice”) February 27-28, at UC Riverside.
  • Openlab Ignite (a proto-DLFx session at the Openlab Workshop in December 2015)

DLF Webinars

  • Strategies for Audiovisual Digitization Projects, a free two-part series on approaches cultural memory institutions can take to digitally reformatting A/V materials and collections
  • Creating Accessible Presentations: Carli Spina and DLF’s Forum Inclusivity Committee with practical tips on making your conference talks maximally accessible
  • Endangered Accountability: a webinar on FOIA, Government Data, and Transparency, hosted by the DLF Government Records Transparency and Accountability group for Endangered Data Week 2017.
  • IRUS-USA Webinar: a webinar about IRUS-USA (Institutional Repository Usage Statistics USA), an experimental collaboration between Jisc and DLF, and the support of DLF’s Assessment Interest Group (the DLF-AIG). IRUS-USA provides COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for content downloaded from DLF member institutions whose repositories are participating in the pilot project.
  • The GOP and the 2020 Census: Amy West gave a special presentation for the DLF Government Records Transparency and Accountability group. More information can be found on their wiki.

DLF Resources

    • 2016 Guide to Creating Accessible Presentations: to help you effectively engage with this diverse and dynamic community, the DLF Forum Inclusivity Committee offers these practical recommendations for creating accessible presentations.
    • 2018 DLF Social Event Checklist: the DLF Forum Inclusivity Committee’s checklist designed to help you to evaluate possible social event venues to ensure that they are inclusive and welcoming for all participants.
    • 2019 DLF Active Bystander Orientation: DLF’s Committee on Equity and Inclusion’s guide to responding and intervening when you witness bullying, harassment, or an uncomfortable encounter in a professional context.
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