Registration

Symposium Registration Rates | Preconference | Genre Luncheon

Registration for the symposium will be accepted onsite only. Tickets are not available for either the preconference or the genre luncheon. Both are sold out and the waiting list is full. If you have questions, contact YALSA Program Officer Nichole Gilbert at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387 or at ngilbert@ala.org.

Not a YALSA member? YALSA members get discounted registration! Download a membership application (PDF).

Symposium Registration Rates

Onsite Registration Fees

Onsite fees now apply. Onsite registration will be open from noon to 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 and beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 8.

Advanced Registration

This rate is no longer available. Advanced registration rates applied to registrations made September 2 - October 3, 2008.

$245 YALSA Personal Member
$245 TLA/TASL Personal Member
$295 ALA Personal Member
$350 Nonmember
$50 Student (enrolled full-time in a library program)

Early Bird Special

This rate is no longer available.

Registration is only $195 for YALSA members and Tennessee Library Association/Tennessee Association of School Librarians members. Only registrations postmarked or made online  by September 1, 2008, will be eligible for this special rate. Registrations made after September 1 and before October 3 will pay the advanced registration rate.

$195 YALSA Personal Member
$195 TLA/TASL Personal Member
$245 ALA Personal Member
$300 Nonmembers
$50 Students (enrolled full-time in a library program)

Optional preconference, Friday, November 7: $75

Preconference

Picturing the Story: Teen Readers Get Graphic @ your library

The Young Adult Literature Symposium Preconference is sold out. The waiting list for this event is closed.

This day-long preconference addresses graphic formats, teen readers, and training for libraries where the two are being brought together.  Graphic novels, manga, informational and imaginative texts driven by visual components, and changes in critical receptions of these literary options will each receive the attention of authorities in the field, including 2007 Printz Winner Gene Luen Yang.  The day’s offerings are designed to assist collection developers, public library programmers, and school curricula developers, as well as providing trainers with material to use for local workshops aimed at helping libraries to Get Graphic.

Genre Luncheon

The Genre Luncheon is sold out. The waiting list for this event is closed.

Enjoy lunch and an opportunity to mingle with a variety of authors from different genres (and receive autographed books!) on Saturday, November 8.