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What to Expect

This 3-day virtual conference features keynote speakers, interactive sessions, and panel discussions, all focused on the emotional, psychological, and physical aspects of library work that impact the well-being of library staff.

Who Should Attend

ThriveLib is for everyone working in libraries who cares about creating healthier, more supportive workplaces. Whether you work in a public, academic, school, or special library, ThriveLib offers tools and insights tailored to the unique challenges of your setting. This conference is designed for library staff at all levels, from frontline workers to middle managers to senior leaders.

If you are:

  • A library manager seeking ways to support your team’s well-being

  • A middle manager navigating pressures from above and below

  • A staff member experiencing burnout, compassion fatigue, or invisible labor

  • A new professional entering the field and looking for sustainable practices

  • Or simply someone who wants to help build a more humane library culture

…ThriveLib is for you.

This conference brings together a diverse community of library workers to learn, reflect, and take action together.

Why Attend

Whether you are looking for practical tools, a supportive community, or time to reflect, ThriveLib offers genuine value for your professional and personal well-being. The event is thoughtfully designed to fit the needs of busy library workers and to honor the importance of your time.

What you can expect:

  • Actionable strategies for addressing burnout, fostering psychological safety, and creating healthier workplace cultures.

  • Recordings are available for 30 days after the event, allowing you to revisit sessions or catch up on any content you may have missed.

  • Certificates of attendance to support professional development and continuing education requirements

  • Opportunities to connect with library workers across different roles, institutions, and geographic regions

  • Validation, encouragement, and insight from speakers who understand the realities of library work

ThriveLib is designed to support you in taking meaningful steps toward reclaiming joy, balance, and boundaries in your work.

Pricing

We offer three pricing tiers to make ThriveLib accessible while supporting our ability to pay speakers and cover costs. Please choose the option that best fits your situation.

Subsidized: This rate is available for library and information science students, as well as library workers who are unemployed or underemployed. We are not requiring proof or placing limits on this category. We ask that you use this rate only if it is truly needed.

Standard: This is the regular ticket price and is intended for most attendees. Your registration helps us cover the cost of the event and pay our speakers and organizers fairly.

Pay It Forward: For those with the means to give a little more, this tier helps support subsidized tickets for others. Your generosity makes it possible for more library workers to attend. Thank you for helping build a more equitable and supportive community.

All ticket tiers include full access to the live conference, recordings available for 30 days, and a certificate of attendance.

Who we are

ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries is a virtual conference created for librarians, library managers, and library workers who are ready to reimagine what well-being looks like in their professional lives. Across public, academic, school, and special libraries, staff are experiencing rising rates of burnout, moral injury, and disconnection. ThriveLib was born out of the need for space, support, and strategies that prioritize the well-being of those who sustain our libraries every day.

Why ThriveLib?

Library workers are often expected to give endlessly of their time, energy, compassion, and labor while navigating under-resourced environments and increasing community demands. But sustainability is not just about budgets or buildings. It is about people.

ThriveLib is a space to:

  • Acknowledge the realities of burnout, stress, and invisible labor in libraries

  • Learn from experts and peers about building healthier, more humane workplaces

  • Explore practical tools for psychological safety, boundary-setting, and collective care

  • Connect with a community committed to supporting each other and transforming the culture of library work.