Alabama Library Expo 2026

The expo was held at The Grounds Mobile, Central Alabama Community College Prattville Campus, Vestavia Hills Civic Center, and Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur.

General attendance was free.

It was most useful for library media specialists and district chairpersons in Alabama, since attendance cost nothing, it visited four cities across the week, and each stop was billed as offering exhibits plus two sessions and a general session with awards. The speakers were largely vendors and book suppliers such as Mackin, Perma-Bound Books and Cover One, so it suited those who wanted to see products and meet suppliers locally; librarians seeking research-heavy professional development or out-of-state networking would have gotten less from it.

School and library staff at regional expos like this usually wear business casual or neat casual clothes, such as slacks, blouses or polos. With a full day moving between exhibits and sessions in Alabama in October, comfortable shoes and a light layer for air-conditioned venues were practical.