CLA: Catholic Library Association

Add "Renew CLA Membership" to your June to-do list! Non-renewed memberships will become inactive on June 30, but you can renew yours today by logging in at www.cathla.org.

The CLA Office is happy to assist you! Just email [email protected] with your issue to get help with renewing.

Many thanks to Ignatius Book Fairs for being Gold Sponsors of the 2025 CLA Conference!

Thanks to atla for being a Gold Sponsor of our 2025 CLA Conference! https://www.atla.com/

Day 2 of the our CLA conference, delighted to hear from CLA's 2025 Jerome Award Winner, Biblical scholar Dr. Mary Healy, STD, STL https://cathla.org/Main/Main/Awards/Jerome_Award.aspx?hkey=c3199963-cd4a-4d5c-9dd5-7ff1a2358920

Thanks to Empty Shelves for being a Gold Sponsor of CLA's 2025 Conference. https://www.emptyshelves.com/

Congratulations to Notre Dame Press on 75 Years! And thanks for being a Gold Sponsor of our annual CLA Conference. https://undpress.nd.edu/75th-anniversary/.

Kicking off the CLA Spring conference with the 2025 Regina Medal winner Rūta Šepetys -- storyteller and investigator of family and community histories.

Regina Medal The Regina Medal award, established in 1959 and sponsored by the Catholic Library Association, is administered through the Regina Medal Committee at the will of the Catholic Library Association Executive Board. The only criterion for the award is that of excellence. The Regina Medal is awarded annua...

Register today for CLA's 2025 Spring Virtual Conference! Join us to hear presentations from fellow CLA members, hear from award winners, and participate in the Annual Business Meeting. Click the link below to register!

https://cathla.org/Main/Events/Event_Display?EventKey=SPRING25

Submissions are being accepted for upcoming issues of Catholic Library World, the official journal of the Catholic Library Association. CLW is a peer-reviewed association journal publishing articles about all aspects of librarianship, especially as it relates to Catholic Studies and Catholicism. CLW articles are intended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of various types of libraries, including, but not limited to academic, public, theological, parish and church libraries, and school libraries.

Publications CLA’s award-winning journal, Catholic Library World (CLW), tops the list of membership benefits. Each issue includes articles that are relevant and authoritative, practical with real-world examples, written by experts, professionally supportive, and peer-reviewed. Also included are  100+ book & ...

The recording for CLA's January webinar is available for viewing! Click the link below to find the video file, as well as the slideshows used by the speakers.

Stay tuned for more details to come on CLA's next webinar set for March 6!

Eastern Europe Classification On the success of the Catholic Library Association’s webinar on Artificial Intelligence and school libraries, we were pleased to hold another webinar on current trends in classifying materials about Eastern Europe. Heidy Berthoud and Alex Kyrios shared their work with the forthcoming Library of Co...

Join us on January 15, 2025 for a webinar covering current trends in classifying materials about Eastern Europe! Registration is free for all at the link below.

Heidy Berthoud and Alex Kyrios will share their work with the forthcoming Library of Congress (LoC) and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) revisions, useful for all librarians regardless of setting.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions or need help registering.

https://www.cathla.org/Main/Main/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=JANWEB25&hkey=800702e1-e0d2-4735-b993-db62766e655e

Are you the expert in your library? Share your knowledge with fellow CLA members at our 2025 Virtual Conference! We're looking for presentation's on this year's theme, "Let Your Light So Shine: Faith-Based Librarians and Our Vocation."

Click the link below for more information, and send any submissions or questions to [email protected] by January 11.

https://mailchi.mp/7ef2cae41715/2025-call-for-presentations