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Meetings

Past and Future Meetings and Conferences

MLA members and others with an interest in health sciences librarianship meet each May for five days of professional development, presentations, exhibits, and much more. Registration generally opens in January. Online content for the previous year’s meetings and conferences, which includes access to video and audio of all major sessions, is open post-conference—see the links below for more information.

Future Annual Conferences

All future conferences are planned to have both an online and an in-person component.

Year Location Dates
2024 Portland, OR Hybrid: May 18-21
2025 Pittsburgh, PA April 29-May 2
2026 Milwaukee, WI May 19-22

Past Annual Meetings

The MLA annual conference generates a wealth of recorded electronic content, including plenary videos, content for session programs, and posters. These files are available to registrants, including online conference registrants, as soon as the meeting is over. 

The proceedings of the MLA annual meeting are published in an issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association each year following the meeting year. Questions about the annual meeting proceedings should be directed to the proceedings editors.

Year Location Dates Conference Records and Information
2023 MLA | SLA '23
Detroit, MI
Hybrid: May 16-19 Online Meeting Content (available to registered attendees) | Proceedings | Preliminary ProgramOfficial Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website
2022 New Orleans, LA Hybrid: April 27-29 virtual; May 2–7 in-person

Online Meeting Content (available to registered attendees) | ProceedingsPreliminary ProgramOnsite ProgramPaper AbstractsPoster AbstractsLogo | Website

2021 Virtual May 10-27

ProceedingsOfficial vConference GuidePaper AbstractsPoster AbstractsLogo | Website

2020 Virtual July 27-August 28

Proceedings | Preliminary ProgramOfficial ProgramPaper AbstractsPoster AbstractsLogo | Website

2019 Chicago, IL May 3-8 ProceedingsPreliminary ProgramOfficial ProgramPaper AbstractsPoster AbstractsLogo | Website
2018 Atlanta, GA May 18-23 ProceedingsPreliminary ProgramOfficial ProgramPaper AbstractsPoster Abstracts | Logo | Website
2017 Seattle, WA May 26-31 ProceedingsPreliminary Program | Official ProgramPaper AbstractsPoster Abstracts | Logo | Website
2016 Toronto, ON, Canada May 13-18 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper AbstractsPoster Abstracts Logo
2015 Austin, TX May 15-20 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts Logo
2014 Chicago, IL May 16–21 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2013 Boston, MA May 3–8 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2012 Seattle, WA May 18–23 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2011 Minneapolis, MN May 13–18 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2010 Washington, DC May 21–26 Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2009 Honolulu, HI May 15–20 Proceedings  | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2008 Chicago, IL May 16–21 Proceedings  | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2007 Philadelphia, PA May 18–23 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2006 Phoenix, AZ May 19–24 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2005 San Antonio, TX May 14–19 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2004 Washington, DC May 21–26 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2003 San Diego, CA May 2–7 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2002 Dallas, TX May 17–23 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2001 Orlando, FL May 25–31 Proceedings Official Program | Abstracts | Logo
2000 Vancouver, BC, Canada May 5–11 Proceedings Preliminary Program | Official Program
1999 Chicago, IL May 15–19 Proceedings Official Program
1998 Philadelphia, PA May 22–27 Proceedings Official Program
1997 Seattle, WA May 23–28 Proceedings Official Program
1996 Kansas City, MO May 31–June 5 Proceedings Official Program
1995 Washington, DC May 5–10 Proceedings Official Program
1994 San Antonio, TX May 13–18 Proceedings Official Program
1993 Chicago, IL May 14–20 Proceedings Official Program
1992 Washington, DC May 15–21 Proceedings Official Program
1991 San Francisco, CA May 31–June 6 Proceedings Official Program
1990 Detroit, MI May 18–24 Proceedings Official Program
1989 Boston, MA May 19–25 Proceedings Official Program
1988 New Orleans, LA May 20–26 Proceedings Official Program  
1987 Portland, OR May 15–21 Proceedings Official Program 
1986 Minneapolis, MN May 16–22 Proceedings Official Program
1985 New York, NY May 25–30 Proceedings Official Program 
1984 Denver, CO June 11–17 Proceedings Official Program
1983 Houston, TX May 27–June 2 Proceedings Official Program 
1982 Anaheim, CA June 11–17 Proceedings Official Program
1981 Montreal, PQ, Canada May 29–June 4 Proceedings Official Program 
1980 Washington, DC June 14–19 Proceedings Official Program
1979 Honolulu, HI June 2–7 Proceedings Official Program
1978 Chicago, IL June 10–15 Proceedings Official Program
1977 Seattle, WA June 11–16 Proceedings Official Program 
1976 Minneapolis, MN June 14–17 Proceedings Official Program 
1975 Cleveland, OH June 2–5 Proceedings Official Program
1974 San Antonio, TX June 2–6 Official Program
1973 Kansas City, MO May 27–31 Proceedings Official Program 
1972 San Diego, CA June 11–15 Proceedings Official Program 
1971 New York, NY May 30–June 3 Proceedings Official Program
1970 New Orleans, LA May 18–21 Proceedings Official Program 
1969 Louisville, KY October 26–30 Proceedings
1968 Denver, CO June 9–13
1967 Miami, FL June 11–16 Proceedings
1966 Boston, MA June 6–10 Proceedings
1965 Philadelphia, PA May 31–June 3
1964 San Francisco, CA June 1–4 Proceedings
1963 Washington, DC June 16–22 Proceedings
1962 Chicago, IL June 4–8 Proceedings
1961 Seattle, WA May 7–12 Proceedings
1960 Kansas City, MO May 16–20 Proceedings
1959 Toronto, ON, Canada June 15–19 Proceedings
1958 Rochester, MN June 2–6 Proceedings
1957 New York, NY May 5–10 Proceedings
1956 Los Angeles, CA June 19–22 Proceedings
1955 Milwaukee, WI May 16–20 Proceedings
1954 Washington, DC June 15–18 Proceedings
1953 Salt Lake City, UT June 16–19 Proceedings
1952 Lake Placid, NY June 24–27 Proceedings
1951 Denver, CO June 28–July 2 Proceedings
1950 Boston, MA June 19–22 Proceedings
1949 Galveston, TX April 10–14 Proceedings
1948 Philadelphia, PA May 28–30 Proceedings
1947 Cleveland, OH May 27–29 Proceedings
1946 New Haven, CT March 25–27 Proceedings
1945 no meeting    
1944 no meeting    
1943 no meeting    
1942 New Orleans, LA May 7–9 Proceedings
1941 Ann Arbor, MI May 28–30
1940 Portland, OR June 25–27
1939 Newark, NJ June 27–29
1938 Boston, MA June 27–30
1937 Richmond, VA May 24–26
1936 St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Rochester, MN June 22–24
1935 Rochester, NY June 17–19
1934 Baltimore, MD May 21–23
1933 Chicago, IL June 19–21
1932 San Francisco, CA June 20–22
1931 New Orleans, LA May 19–21
1930 Montreal, PQ, Canada June 25–27
1929 Cleveland, OH September 3–5
1928 New York, NY September 5–7
1927 Washington, DC May 16–17
1926 Ann Arbor, MI June 7–9
1925 Atlantic City, NJ May 25–26
1924 Chicago, IL June 9–10
1923 Baltimore, MD May 7
1922 St. Louis, MO May 22
1921 Boston, MA June 6–7
1920 Washington, DC May 20–22
1919 Atlantic City, NJ June 9
1918 no meeting    
1917 New York, NY June 4–6
1916 Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI June 12–13
1915 Washington, DC May 10
1914 Atlantic City, NJ June 22–23
1913 Washington, DC May 5
1912 Atlantic City, NJ June 3–4
1911 Atlantic City, NJ May 9–10
1910 St. Louis, MO June 6–7
1909 Washington, DC/
Baltimore, MD
May 12–13
1908 Chicago, IL June 1
1907 Atlantic City, NJ June 3
1906 Boston, MA June 4
1905 Boston, MA June 24
1904 Atlantic City, NJ June 6
1903 Brooklyn, NY May 16
1902 Saratoga Springs, NY no date
1901 Baltimore, MD no date
1900 Atlantic City, NJ June 4
1899 Philadelphia, PA October 5
1898 Philadelphia, PA May 2