Online registration and housing for AASL's 11th National Conference now open

Contact: Andrea Parker


312-280-1396

For Immediate Release


April 14, 2003

Online registration and housing for AASL's 11th National Conference now open

Register now for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 11
th National Conference and Exhibition in Kansas City, Mo., October 22-26, 2003, by visiting AASL’s newly redesigned Web site at
www.ala.org/aasl/kc.

The AASL 11
th National Conference is only six months away.
Attendees who register by the July 11 early bird date can save over 25 percent off the onsite fee. Full registration includes admittance to all concurrent sessions; the opening general session and the second general session; exhibit hall and the Exhibit Hall Block Party; and a Taste of Kansas City at Union Station/Science City, where there will be a kick-off for the schools component of the @ your library™ campaign.

Want to do more?
For an additional fee attendees may register for any of the available preconferences, school or continuing education tours, and author events.

Registration is open via the AASL Conference Web site
www.ala.org/aasl/kc -- your primary source of news and information about the AASL National Conference. On this site you can:

  • Preview the AASL National Conference Program, includingpreconferences, concurrent sessions, tours, author appearances and other special events.
  • Research your Registration and Housing & Travel options. Register for the national conference and reserve your hotel room.
  • Plan for your time in the Exhibits with hundreds of companies ready to “show you what they've got.”
  • And much more!

New information and special features will continue to be added to the site, so be sure to visit often.

The
American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library media services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.