More than 100 Programs to Be Offered at PLA National Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 2001
FROM: KATHLEEN HUGHES
PLA COMMUNICATIONS ASST.
312-280-4028

More than 100 continuing education programs will be offered during the Public Library Association’s (PLA) Ninth National Conference, “PLA 2002,” to be held March 12–16, 2002, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Utilizing PLA’s educational track system, conference-goers will be able to build schedules tailored to their specific information needs. Program tracks cover eleven areas of specialization: Running Your Library; Serving Adults; Creating Collections; Building for the Future; Serving Children; Serving Customers; Special Populations; Staff Development; Community Connections; Technology Trends; and Serving Young Adults. Talk table sessions, author luncheons, and tours of Phoenix and nearby sites are among the other conference activities planned to date.

Preconferences on Marketing Research for Information Professionals; Weeding Library Collections; Managing Library Building Projects; Reader’s Advisory; Youth Development and the Public Library; Library Web Sites; and Storytelling are scheduled to be held immediately preceding the conference.

In addition to these continuing education programs, the conference will feature more than 600 exhibits booths and a number of special exhibits events including an opening reception and coffee breaks scheduled throughout the conference.

PLA members will receive registration information in the fall. To become a member, be placed on a National Conference mailing list, or for more information, phone 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA. Local arrangements information and continuously updated conference information is available on the PLA Web page (www.pla.org). PLA is a division of the American Library Association.