ALA Annual Conference
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The ALA Annual Conference is the flagship yearly gathering of library and information professionals, featuring educational programs, exhibits, and networking events organized by the American Library Association.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ALA Annual Conference canonical | 4 |
| ALA Annual | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3500907 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ALA Annual Conference Context triple: [American Library Association, organizes, ALA Annual Conference]
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A.
IAS Annual Meeting
The IAS Annual Meeting is a major IEEE conference where professionals and researchers in industry applications of electrical and electronic engineering present advances, share best practices, and network.
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B.
ACS Fall National Meeting
The ACS Fall National Meeting is a major annual scientific conference that brings together chemists and researchers from around the world to present new findings, network, and discuss advances across all areas of chemistry.
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C.
ACS Spring National Meeting
The ACS Spring National Meeting is a major annual scientific conference that brings together chemists and related professionals to present research, network, and discuss advances across the chemical sciences.
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D.
AAPM Annual Meeting
The AAPM Annual Meeting is a major professional conference where medical physicists and related experts gather to share research, advances, and best practices in medical physics and radiation medicine.
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E.
ACS National Awards program
The ACS National Awards program is a prestigious suite of honors presented annually by the American Chemical Society to recognize outstanding achievements across all major fields of chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ALA Annual Conference Target entity description: The ALA Annual Conference is the flagship yearly gathering of library and information professionals, featuring educational programs, exhibits, and networking events organized by the American Library Association.
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A.
IAS Annual Meeting
The IAS Annual Meeting is a major IEEE conference where professionals and researchers in industry applications of electrical and electronic engineering present advances, share best practices, and network.
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B.
ACS Fall National Meeting
The ACS Fall National Meeting is a major annual scientific conference that brings together chemists and researchers from around the world to present new findings, network, and discuss advances across all areas of chemistry.
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C.
ACS Spring National Meeting
The ACS Spring National Meeting is a major annual scientific conference that brings together chemists and related professionals to present research, network, and discuss advances across the chemical sciences.
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D.
AAPM Annual Meeting
The AAPM Annual Meeting is a major professional conference where medical physicists and related experts gather to share research, advances, and best practices in medical physics and radiation medicine.
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E.
ACS National Awards program
The ACS National Awards program is a prestigious suite of honors presented annually by the American Chemical Society to recognize outstanding achievements across all major fields of chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library conference
ⓘ
professional conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| field | library and information science ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
ALA Council
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ALA Executive Board ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
elections and appointments
ⓘ
policy discussions ⓘ strategic planning sessions ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
author events
ⓘ
award ceremonies ⓘ committee meetings ⓘ continuing education sessions ⓘ educational programs ⓘ exhibits ⓘ governance meetings ⓘ networking events ⓘ poster sessions ⓘ vendor presentations ⓘ |
| hasExhibitors |
database providers
ⓘ
library vendors ⓘ publishers ⓘ technology companies ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
academic libraries
ⓘ
collection development ⓘ information services ⓘ intellectual freedom ⓘ libraries ⓘ library advocacy ⓘ library technology ⓘ literacy ⓘ professional development ⓘ public libraries ⓘ school libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ youth services ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizedBy | American Library Association ⓘ |
| organizedByDivision | ALA divisions ⓘ |
| organizedByUnit |
ALA offices
ⓘ
ALA round tables ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
information professionals
ⓘ
librarians ⓘ library staff ⓘ |
| purpose |
association governance
ⓘ
continuing education ⓘ professional networking ⓘ sharing best practices ⓘ showcasing library products and services ⓘ |
| rotatingHostCities | various U.S. cities ⓘ |
| scope |
international
ⓘ
national ⓘ |
| shortName |
ALA Annual
ⓘ
linked to:
ALA Annual Conference
|
| targetGroup |
academic librarians
ⓘ
library administrators ⓘ library students ⓘ library trustees ⓘ public librarians ⓘ school librarians ⓘ special librarians ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | large convention centers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ala.org/annual ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ALA Annual Conference Description of subject: The ALA Annual Conference is the flagship yearly gathering of library and information professionals, featuring educational programs, exhibits, and networking events organized by the American Library Association.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ALA Annual Conference