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PLA Electronic Newsletter
Volume 5, No. 14 http://www.pla.org/members/enews/vol5no14.html
PLA 2004 National Conference Call for Program
Proposals
The PLA 10th National Conference will be held February 24-28, 2004 in Seattle,
Washington. The Program Subcommittee, under the leadership of Neel Parikh,
Pierce County (WA) Public Library System, is seeking proposals for programs
and preconferences to be held at the National Conference. All programs are
75 minutes long. Preconferences can be one-half day, one-day or one-and-a-half
days long.
Program topics of interest include, in addition to all aspects of library
management and administration, Collection Management, Fund Development,
Technical Services, and Services to Special Populations, Adults, Children
and Young Adults. A complete list of subject categories is included in the
online form.
All proposals must be entered using the online form available on PLA's web
site at http://www.pla.org/conference/conf04/proposal.html.
Faxed or mailed proposals will not be accepted. Please read the detailed
instructions on the web site carefully before entering your proposal information.
The deadline for entering proposal information is December 31, 2002. The
deadline for entering proposal information for programs sponsored by ALA/PLA
committees, divisions, or affiliates only is January 31, 2003. After this
date, the online form will no longer be available on the PLA web site. Program
organizers will be notified of acceptance or rejection beginning in February
2003.
Proposals for Talk Tables-loosely moderated round-table discussions-will
be accepted at a later date and will have a different deadline. PLA is a
division of the American Library Association.
Spring Symposium 2003 Information Available
Registration information for PLA's 2003 Spring Symposium will be sent
to PLA members by October 1! Check the PLA web site, http://www.pla.org/spring03/index.html
for updates and further information.
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