Past Conferences

The Texas library market is one of the strongest and most diverse in the country. The TLA Annual Conference, the largest state library association conference in the U.S., reflects this dynamic profession attracting thousands of K-12 school, public, college and university, and special librarians.

Year	Conference City	TLA President	Program
2025-2025	Dallas	Elizabeth Howard	Conference program
2023-2024	San Antonio	Gretchen Pruett	Conference program
2022-2023	Austin	Mary Woodard	Conference program
2021-2022	Fort Worth	Daniel Burgard	Conference program
2020-2021	virtual due to pandemic	Christina Gola	Conference program
2019-2021	Houston – canceled due to pandemic, held virtually April 2020	Cecilia Barham	Conference program
2018-2019	Austin	Jennifer LaBoon	Conference program
2017-2018	Dallas	Ling hwey Jeng	Conference program
2016-2017	San Antonio	Walter Betts	Conference program
2015-2016	Houston	Susan Mann	Conference program
2014-2015	Austin	Sharon Amastae	Conference program
2013-2014	San Antonio	Yvonne Chandler	Conference program
2012-2013	Fort Worth	Sherilyn Bird	Conference program
2011-2012	Houston	Jerilynn Williams	Conference program
2010-2011	Austin	Maribel Castro	Conference Program
2009-2010	San Antonio	Patrick Heath	Conference Program
2008-2009	Houston	Melody Kelly	Conference Program

 

TLA Past Presidents & Conference Cities