Past and Future MLA Conferences
See a history of past MLA annual conferences and where our meetings will be held in future years.
Future Conferences
| Year | Location | Dates |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh, PA | April 29-May 2 |
| 2026 | Milwaukee, WI | May 19-22 |
Past Conferences
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 |
| 2024 | Portland, OR | Hybrid: May 18-21 | Online Meeting Content (available to registered attendees) | Proceedings | Preliminary Program |Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo & Brand Guide | Website |
| 2023 | MLA | SLA ’23 Detroit, MI | Hybrid: May 16-19 | Online Meeting Content (available to registered attendees) | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo |
| 2022 | New Orleans, LA | Hybrid: April 27-29 virtual; May 2–7 in-person | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Onsite Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2021 | Virtual | May 10-27 | Proceedings | Official vConference Guide | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2020 | Virtual | July 27-August 28 | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2019 | Chicago, IL | May 3-8 | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2018 | Atlanta, GA | May 18-23 | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2017 | Seattle, WA | May 26-31 | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster Abstracts | Logo | Website |
| 2016 | Toronto, ON, Canada | May 13-18 | Proceedings | Preliminary Program | Official Program | Paper Abstracts | Poster 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 |