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Conference Proceedings
The AJL Conference Proceedings (formerly the AJL Convention Proceedings) are a record of Judaica librarianship papers presented at the annual AJL conferences. All AJL conference speakers on Judaica librarianship topics are invited to submit their presentations for publication; all papers submitted are published. (Continuing Education Unit (CEU) presentations are not included because they are fee-based classes.) Submitted papers are not edited for content; responsibility for content lies solely with the author.
Search the proceeding or see the list of proceedings (many with their podcast) by year
The Table of Contents lists only the conference speakers who have submitted their papers for that year. For a complete list of all speakers, see the appendix.
Note: People wishing to submit their papers to the online Proceedings are asked to follow the guidelines.
History of the AJL Proceedings
1966-1997
The AJL Proceedings were originally published from 1966-1980, and were suspended, until 1998, following the 15th annual AJL convention in 1980. A cumulative index to these Proceedings was published in 1981. A few print copies of these Proceedings are available for purchase from AJL Publications.
1998-2000
Publication of the AJL Proceedings resumed with the 33rd annual AJL convention in 1998. Print editions were published for the next three years and distributed free to AJL members at that time. Copies are still available of the Proceedings for the 1998 (Philadelphia, PA), 1999 (Boca Raton, FL), and 2000 (Washington, DC) conventions. The cost is $15 each and they may be ordered from AJL Publications.
2001-
Since 2001 the Proceedings have been published only on the AJL Web site. In 2012, following the decision to change the name of the AJL annual meeting from "convention" to "conference," the title Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries was changed to Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference of the Association of Jewish Libraries.
History of the AJL Conference
1966 Philadelphia, PA
1967 Boston, MA
1968 Cincinnati, OH
1969 Atlantic City, NJ
1970 New York, NY
1971 Jerusalem, Israel
1972 Toronto, ON, Canada
1973 Los Angeles, CA
1974 Chicago, IL
1975 Miami Beach, FL
1976 Montreal, QC, Canada
1977 Waltham, MA
1978 San Francisco, CA
1979 Cincinnati, OH
1980 Philadelphia, PA
1981 Liberty, NY
1982 Columbus, OH
1983 Long Beach, CA
1984 Atlanta, GA
1985 Cleveland, OH
1986 Montreal, QC, Canada
1987 Livingston, NJ
1988 Kansas City, MO
1989 Washington, DC
1990 Jerusalem, Israel
1991 Miami Beach, FL
1992 Los Angeles, CA
1993 New York, NY
1994 Atlanta, GA
1995 Chicago, IL
1996 Toronto, ON, Canada
1997 Cleveland, OH
1998 Philadelphia, PA
1999 Boca Raton, FL
2000 Washington, DC
2001 La Jolla, CA
2002 Denver, CO
2003 Toronto, ON, Canada
2004 Brooklyn, NY
2005 Oakland, CA
2006 Cambridge, MA
2007 Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Cleveland, OH
2009 Chicago, IL
2010 Seattle, WA
2011 Montreal, QC, Canada
2012 Pasadena, CA
2013 Houston, TX
2014 Las Vegas, NV
2015 Washington, DC
2016 Charleston, SC
2017 New York, NY
2018 Boston, MA
2019 Los Angeles (Woodland Hills), CA
2020 Online