Registration

Symposium Registration Rates | Preconference | Genre Luncheon

Registration now open! For an additional $75, registrants may also add a preconference, which will focus on illustrated materials for teens, including comic books, graphic novels, graphic nonfiction, manga, and anime. The preconference will be Friday, November 7. Registrants may also add the Genre Luncheon for $35, which will be held Saturday, November 8. 

Register three ways!

1. Register online (credit cards only)
2. Register by fax; fill out the registration form (PDF) and fax to 312-280-1538.
3. Register by mail; fill out the registration form (PDF) and mail to: YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611

Not a YALSA member? YALSA members get discounted registration! Download a membership application (PDF) and send it the completed form in with your symposium registration!

Symposium Registration Rates

Early Bird Special

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.

$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 7th: $75

Advanced Registration

Advanced registration runs 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)

Optional preconference, Friday, November 7th: $75

Onsite Registration Fees

Onsite fees apply to registrations made on or after October 4, 2008.

$270 YALSA Personal Member
$270 TLA/TASL Personal Member
$320 ALA Personal Member
$375 Nonmember
$75 Student Member
Optional preconference, Friday, November 7th: $75

Preconference

Picturing the Story: Teen Readers Get Graphic @ your library

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

Enjoy lunch and an opportunity to mingle with a variety of authors from different genres (and receive autographed books!) on Saturday, November 8. Cost: $35.