NEW! AzLA 2020 Virtual Conference

NEW! AzLA 2020 Virtual Conference - CALL FOR PROPOSALS

We’ve Gone Virtual!

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to move our conference online. AzLA values professional development, and as such we are hopeful to create an inclusive online experience for our annual conference.

Conference Theme:

Vision 2020: Libraries Moving Forward

What will your library look like in 2030?

How are you preparing?

The Arizona Library Association invites all library and information professionals to submit program proposals for the 2020 AzLA Annual Conference.

When: October 14th and 15th, 2020

Where: Virtual Conference via WebEx

Conference Cost: $65, or Free to AzLA Members

Call for Proposals

Share what you are doing at your library to prepare for the future!

NEW Submission Deadline: July 29, 2020

“Vision 2020: Libraries Moving Forward” is going to be about engagement, discovery, big ideas, and connecting in order to create our future together.

Are you taking action to build future skills for your library team?
Are you a change agent demonstrating how libraries can improve lives?
- Are you innovating to create services that try to anticipate the needs of future generations?
- Are you building instructional support to address literacy?
- Are you a community catalyst working with others to prepare for the future?
- Are you doing something new and inspirational in response to the recent pandemic? Are you interested in sharing that in a blitz session?
Submit a proposal to help others envision how libraries can transform the future and let’s move forward together!

For more information see:

AzLA 2020 Annual Conference Program Proposals Information Page

See you online soon,

AzLA 2020 Conference Co-Chairs
Michele Hjorting
Suzie Roth

AzLA 2020 Program Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Karen Grondin
Karly Scarbrough
Jusdina Nolin-Brown

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