Update Your Professional Toolkit: Register for These Preconferences Today!

Contact: Paige Wasson, PR Assistant


312-280-4393



pwasson@ala.org

For Immediate Release


May 29, 2003

Annual preconference registration still open

The American Library Association (ALA)/Canadian Library Association (CLA) Annual Conference will feature numerous continuous learning opportunities, including more than more than 30 preconferences.
Preconferences currently being offered cover a range of issues from marketing to community wide reading programs to government documents to digitization to collaborative spaces.
The preconferences provide librarians, library staff and trustees with opportunities for professional development and promoting continuous, lifelong learning. Both one-day and two-day formats are available.
Space is limited, so register now! More information and a registration form are available
online.

ACRL

  • Planning Instructional Opportunities

  • Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries
  • TRUE/FALSE: Facsimiles, Fakes, Forgeries, and Issues of Authenticity in Special Collections

http://www.acrl.org, click on register for preconferences

ALCTS

  • Working Together to Make it Work

  • Dewey Decimal Classification 22 and Beyond
  • SCCTP Electronic Serials Cataloging
  • SCCTP Integrated Resources Cataloging

http://www.ala.org/alcts and click on the annual conference link

ALSC

  • The Literature of Fact

http://www.ala.org/alsc, and click on events, choose preconferences

ASCLA

CLA

  • Due North: A Cross Border Dialogue

www.cla.ca/duenorth/

GODORT

IRRT

LAMA

  • Elements in a Successful Capital Campaign
  • Got Data, Now What?
    Utilizing Measurement

http://www.ala.org/lama, and click on LAMA preconferences and programs

LITA

  • Breaking Free: Recreating Your Library
    Web Site From A-Z
  • Ebooks: After Hype and Death

http://www.ala.org/lita, and click on events and programs, select Annual Conference

NYLA

OLA

  • What’s Up With Popular Reading?
  • Searching Faster and Smarter on the Web

  • Interdisciplinary Studies: A New Breakthrough
  • Redefining the Library Board for Dynamic Communities

http://www.accessola.com/education/calendar.html#june03

OLOS

PLA

Public Programs Office

  • Mastering the One Community, One Book Initiative

http://www.ala.org/publicprograms and click on ALA/CLA Annual Conference

RUSA

  • Readers Advisory: Beyond the Basics

  • Real World Collection Development

  • Digital Reference @ Your Library II
  • Reference Assessment Programs
  • Drive Through ILL: Faster
    than ever while having it "Your Way": A Fast-food Buffet of ILL workflow options

Get more information on
RUSA preconferences.

YALSA