The Power of Us: Libraries in Action

The 2025 Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce the theme for this year's annual conference. Our conference theme is The Power of Us: Libraries in Action. 

The Power of Us: Libraries in Action celebrates the transformative role of libraries as dynamic centers of community engagement, learning and innovation.  This theme recognizes that the true power of libraries lies not just in their collections, but in the collective action of library workers, patrons, students and communities working together to create positive experiences for library users.  The South Carolina Library Association is committed to providing a platform for many voices and perspectives that support libraries.

The conference will be held Monday, October 27th*-Thursday, October 30th, 2025 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina. 

*Pre-conference sessions will take place at Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina on Monday, October 27th, 2025.

New for This Year

Author Luncheons

These luncheons will give you the opportunity to connect with local literary talents, Dr. Rhondda Thomas and George Singleton. The author luncheons will require a separate $45.00 registration.  

Pre-Conference Workshops

There will be two pre-conference workshops offered on Monday, October 27th, 2025. Participants, limited to 50 for each workshop, can choose between an Advocacy Workshop or AI Institute Workshop. The pre-conference workshops will require a separate $75.00 registration.

Conference Platform

The conference will be using Whova for scheduling, networking, and updates.  The conference website and app are expected to be available on August 1, 2025. 

Thank you to Clemson University Libraries for sponsoring our conference platform!  

Call for Poster Session Proposals 

 The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session is an opportunity to share your strengths and successes visually and in face-to-face discussions with your colleagues. Your poster session may focus on an innovative idea, creative program, effective partnership, hands-on activity, exploration of a topics in librarianship, results form research or surveys, or anything else you've been working on that you would like to share. 

The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session will be held on a day and time TBD October 27-30, 2025. 

The deadline for submitting completed proposals is Friday, August 15, 2025. The primary contact will be notified of acceptance by Thursday, September 18, 2025. 

Accepted presenters should register for the conference by Monday, October 6, 2025.

The 2025 Poster Session Guidelines are available here, and the judging rubric is here. 

Please submit your proposal using this form. 

For any questions, please contact: 

Karen Burton, Science Librarian at Clemson University [email protected]