ALA Midwinter Meeting attendance figures best in three years
For Immediate Release
Tue, 02/04/2014
CHICAGO — More than 12,000 people passed through the doors of the Philadelphia Convention Center for the 2014 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits.
It was the best attended Midwinter Meeting since the 2011 event in San Diego, which drew more than 11,000.
Here are the figures for the past three years, as well as this year.
| San Diego 2011 |
Dallas 2012 |
Seattle 2013 |
Philadelphia 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid | 6,169 | 5,681 | 6,464 | 6,338 |
| Exhibitor Invited Comp | 1,376 | 1,454 | 1,373 | 2,069 |
| Total attendees | 7,545 | 7,135 | 7,837 | 8,407 |
| Exhibitors | 3,598 | 2,981 | 3,144 | 3,800 |
| Total | 11,143 | 10,116 | 10,981 | 12,207 |
The American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world, holds the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in January. The conference draws more than 10,000 leaders and staff, educators, writers, publishers, Friends of libraries, trustees, special guests and exhibitors from the library and information industry for some 1,800 meetings, programs, discussion groups, events, in-depth conversations and exhibits, united by the theme “The conversation starts here . . .” More than 450 exhibiting companies feature the latest in books, digital products including online services and software, furniture and other materials and services vital to today’s libraries, librarians, and users.
The ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits had an economic impact of $23.6 million, including the booking of 21,629 hotel “room nights.”
For more information regarding ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits events and speakers visit www.ala.org/midwinter. For conference coverage highlights please visit the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits daily newspaper Cognotes or American Libraries coverage.
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