2016 VLA Conference, October 26-28
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VLA Members* |
Non Members |
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Full Conference |
$200.00 |
$287.50 |
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Full Conference for Session Presenters |
$112.50 |
$156.25 |
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Full Conference for Student/Retiree/ |
$120.00 |
N/A |
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One Day (Thursday or Friday) |
$150.00 |
$212.50 |
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One Day (Session Presenters) |
$85.00 |
$120.00 |
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One Day (Student/Retiree/ |
$95.00 |
N/A |
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One Day (Presenters who are also Student/Retiree/Trustee Members) |
$80.00 |
N/A |
NOTE: No meal tickets can be ordered after October 12.
* 2016 Members of the Virginia Library Association, the District of Columbia Library Association, the Maryland Library Association, the Delaware Library Association and the West Virginia Library Association are eligible for Member pricing.
Is your employer willing to pay your registration fees? With VLA’s registration system, you can make a partial payment for any extras or tickets now, and then invoice your organization for the registration only.
Special Events and Tickets
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Conference Attendee Pricing |
Event Only Pricing |
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Pre-conference: Sustainability with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (Wednesday, 2pm – 5pm) |
$40.00 |
$55.00 |
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Pre-conference: Advocacy and Elevator Speech Boot Camp with ALA’s Jamie LaRue and Marcie Merola (Wednesday, 2pm – 5pm) |
$40.00 |
$55.00 |
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Pre-conference: Writing Academy with the Virginia Libraries Journal Editorial Board (Wednesday, 2pm – 5pm) |
$40.00 |
$55.00 |
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Bundled Meal Plan (includes Tickets #1 - #3) |
$90.00 |
$90.00 |
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Ticket 1: Wednesday Evening 25th Annual Scholarship & Awards Banquet |
$55.00 |
$55.00 |
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Ticket 2: Box Lunch Ticket |
$15.00 |
$15.00 |
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Ticket 3: Friday Luncheon with ALA Past President Maureen Sullivan |
$30.00 |
$30.00 |
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Complimentary Events |
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Wednesday Night NMRT Mini Golf Social (cash bar) |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
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Thursday Late Night Movie |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
Preliminary Schedule
Learning, Exhibits, Food, Books, Networking, Socials, Programs, Speakers, Miniature Golf and More!
Pre-conference Events
| Wednesday, October 26 | |
| 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Choose one of three exciting Pre-conferences this year. Immerse yourself in Advocacy or Sustainability; or hone your Writing Skills with nationally-recognized facilitators. Fees: $55 for pre-conference only; $40 with conference registration |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Dinner on your own or Scholarship and Awards Banquet: Celebrate VLA’s scholarship and award winners with a delicious sit-down dinner prepared in The Homestead’s award-winning kitchen. Fee: $55.00; any proceeds will be donated to the Scholarship Fund. |
| 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm |
New Members Round Table Miniature Golf. |
Conference Events
| Thursday, October 27 | |
| 8:30 am – 9:30 am |
Ribbon-cutting and Complimentary coffee, tea and pastries in the Exhibit Hall |
| 9:30 am – 11 am | Keynote Address by 2015 Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Lunch Break (Make it easy with a box lunch for $15) Prepare to learn! |
| 12:15 – 1:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 1:15 – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | Poster Sessions (Fresh ideas and a refreshment break in the Exhibit Hall) |
| 3:15 – 4:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:15 – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:15 – 6:00 pm | Business Meetings |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Dinner On Your Own |
| 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
All Conference Social (Sweet and savory snacks provided, in addition to one complimentary glass of wine or beer.) |
| 10:00 pm – ? | Late-night Movie (You know there will be a librarian in the movie! Free.) |
| Friday, October 28 | |
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Complimentary continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall (Again!) |
| 9:30 am – 10:15 am | Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | Concurrent Sessions |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Networking Lunch with past-ALA president Maureen Sullivan. Fee: $30 |
| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:00 pm | End of Conference |
Prepare to be amazed by what your colleagues are doing. With concurrent sessions you can catch up with what’s going on in our academic, public, and special libraries. There are workshops, discussions, how-we-did-its, and more to tempt staff and friends from the circulation desk to the Director’s office. More (free) events are being organized and will be added to the schedule soon. Hamilton sing-alongs, knitting meet-ups – we’re finalizing all the details.
The following have played key roles in the planning of the conference:
Martha Hutzel, 2016 VLA President, [email protected]
Sasha Matthews, 2016 VLA Conference Chair, [email protected]
and the 2016 VLA Conference Committee.
Lodging
To reserve your room at The Omni Homestead, please click here:
http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/homestead-virginia/meetings/virginia-library-association
Vendor Information
If you are interested in exhibiting at our conference, please visit our Exhibitor Application page.
The following vendors will be joining us: (updated 10/11/16)
AIM-VA/ George Mason University
American Psychological Association
Annual Reviews
Association Book Exhibit
AWE Learning
Baker & Taylor
BCWH
Better World Books
bibliotheca
Book Systems, Inc
BOUND TO STAY BOUND BOOKS
Brodart
Capira Technologies
Capstone
Children's Plus, Inc.
Creative Office Environments
Credo
Delta Graphic, Inc.
Dept. Of State- Washington Passport Agency
Douron, Inc
EBSCO Information Services
Encyclopedia VA/VA Center for the Book
Enteros Design
FaxScan24 Fax & Scan Service
Friends of the Culpeper County Library
Gale
HBA Architecture & Interior Design
HBM Architects
Imagex
Impressions Theatre
Ingram Library Services
Innovative
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Liberty Systems, Inc.
Library Interiors
Library Mini Golf
Library of Virginia
LYRASIS
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Manage Mobility
MEDI
MELOS, Inc.
Mergent
Midwest Tape
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region
Niche Academy
NMS IMAGING
O'Brien Associates
OECD
Oxford University Press
Penguin Random House
Playaway Pre-Loaded Products by Findaway
Pronunciator LLC
ProQuest
Recorded Books
Roanoke Public Library Foundation
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Scannx, Inc.
Scholastic Library Publishing
School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University
School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
SirsiDynix
Taylor and Francis eBooks
Tech Logic Corporation
The Crowley Company
TLC--The Library Corporation
T-Mobile
Transparent Language, Inc.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
UNCG LIS
University of Kentucky
University of North Texas Department of Library & Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences, Library and Information Science
Veterans Benefits Administration
Wikipedia
Wolters Kluwer
World Book
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Questions? Contact VLA Executive Director Lisa R. Varga at [email protected]
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