2026 LLA Annual Conference

March 5 - 7, 2026
Lake Charles Event Center

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to be an exhibitor or become a sponsor.

LLA President's Statement

Dear members of the Louisiana Library Association,

We are thrilled to announce the results of our recent Executive board elections, which took place from December 11 through December 31, 2025. With 106 members casting their ballots, the energy and commitment to our association’s future were palpable.

We want to extend a massive thank you to every member who took the time to nominate a colleague and to every individual who accepted the call to serve. We were fortunate to have a slate of truly exceptional candidates this year. To those candidates who were not elected in this cycle, we thank you deeply for your dedication. Our association is stronger because of your willingness to lead, and we look forward to your continued contributions to the LLA community!

Please join us in congratulating our newly elected officers for the 2026-2027 term, along with those elected to the Vice positions last year, which begins on July 1, 2026.

2026 - 2027 Election Results

Fall Issue of Louisiana Libraries

ALA has published a set of frequently asked questions intended to help library workers, library advocates, and library users understand the Executive Order impacting IMLS funding. 

Take action: send a letter to your members of Congress.

A Message Regarding Censorship

The Louisiana Library Association denounces censorship of any kind, particularly in libraries. The LLA Code of Ethics, adopted by the membership in 1981 and located in the LLA Manual, makes clear our stance: Librarians must resist all efforts by groups or individuals to censor library materials. The American Library Association also condemns censorship and clearly states through the Library Bill of Rights that restricting access to library materials is a form of censorship, stating that "Attempts to restrict access to library materials violates the basic tenets of the Library Bill of Rights". Censorship always has been and always will be antithetical to librarianship. We stand with our colleagues and library users in fighting censorship in all its forms in Louisiana libraries. 

LLA Manual

ALA Library Bill of Rights

Statement on Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Requirements
from the Louisiana Library Association
Intellectual Freedom Committee

In Louisiana's 2024 regular legislative session, a bill was signed into law that removes the requirement for public library directors to hold a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree, allowing them to have any graduate degree instead. The bill’s author, Representative Josh Carlson, argued that there were not enough MLIS degree holders to fill the director position in his district’s public library system. During his committee hearing, he explained that his experience as a former Lafayette Parish councilman gave him insight into the hiring process for library directors. Carlson said, “…[w]hat I’ve noticed is that when we have this come up, the current requirement to be a director of a library, you have to have a master’s in library sciences. The problem I noticed is that so few people were actually receiving that master’s degree that we were excluding who I would consider highly qualified people simply because of their degree requirements.” Read the full statement here.