ALA Early Bird Registration ends TODAY!

The American Library Association conference is in Chicago this summer; the full annual conference will never be closer as there are few other cities that can handle the approximately 20,000 attendees plus vendors. I strongly encourage students in the Library Information Technology program to attend if at all possible; you won't be disappointed. The information below is about the "conference within a conference;" the Empowerment Conference for Library Support Staff. There is a separate lower registration fee for just the Empowerment Conference, or you can register for the full ALA conference which includes the Empowerment Conference.

The 2009 Empowerment Conference for Library Support Staff will be held during the 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, 2009.

Registration for Empowerment 2009 is automatically included with a full Annual Conference registration. Separate registration is also available. Registration for LSSIRT members is $135 in advance, or $160 on-site. ALA members and anyone else can register for this two day conference for $185 by March 6 and for $210 after the March 6 deadline and on-site. Co-sponsors: ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table (LSSIRT) and the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR).

Register online for the Empowerment Conference, just click on online registration for the Conference and after you enter the site you will be able to choose the Empowerment Conference as a registration type, but remember it is included automatically with a full Annual Conference Registration.