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Special Events

 

Special Events- What's Included With Your Registration

Details on Special Events, Speakers and other events occurring during the Annual Conference will be added as they are confirmed. All events below are included in a full conference registration unless the description indicates that addition registration is required.

 

  • ALA Awards Ceremony and Inaugural Banquet   

All ALA recognition awards will be presented at a special awards ceremony immediately preceding the Inaugural Banquet. (Tickets not required for Awards Ceremony). The awards being presented include:
Beta Phi Mu, W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Library Literature, Marshall Cavendish Excellence in Library Programming Award, Melvil Dewey, Equality, Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award, Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship, Paul Howard Award for Courage, ALA Information Today Library of the Future, Joseph W. Lippincott Award, Schneider Family Book Award, Scholastic Library Publisher, Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children, HW Wilson Library Staff Development Award, World Book/ALA Information Literacy Goal Award.

  • ALA/ ProQuest Scholarship Bash   

Check back for more information on this special event that provides scholarships for graduate students in library and information studies.

  • Opening General Session and Closing Session   

More information will be coming soon on these great programs. Check here to see a video of the 2009 ALA Annual Conference Opening General Session speaker Christie Hefner.

    • ALA Auditorium Speaker Series   

    Join us for engaging speakers Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the conference.
    Past speakers have included:

    • Gregory Maguire
    • Tracy Kidder
    • Khaled Hosseini
    • Judy Blume
    • Nancy Pearl
    • Ken Burns
    • and others

     

    • Council and Membership Meetings   

    Join us in open forums to share ideas, make resolutions and talk to ALA leaders.

        • Sixth Annual Book Cart Drill Team World Championships   

        Sunday, June 27, 2010, Washington Convention Center
        Back by Popular Demand!! Win Trophies, Accolades and the Admiration of your peers!
        See a video of the Fifth Annual Book Cart Drill Team in Chicago, July 9-15, 2009

        Make sure to check back for more information on this day long service effort that helps libraries and communities.

         

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        2010 American Library Association
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