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News For You: 2017 Conference Special Edition

June 19, 2017

2017/Conference Special

In the Issue

  1. 2017 Conference Preliminary Program
  2. Registration Rates
  3. Lodging
  4. 2017 VLA Travel Grant
  5. VLACRL Conference-Within-a-Conference
  6. VALL Joint Conference
  7. Wednesday Tours and Events

Margot Lee Shetterly

The Virginia Library Association is thrilled to announce our Keynote Speaker: Author Margot Lee Shetterly, who documented the contributions of real-life heroes from Hampton, Virginia in her New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the box-office hit, Hidden Figures. In her talk (October 12 at 10:00am), Shetterly will celebrate these unsung heroes, teasing out issues of race, gender, science, and innovation against the backdrop of WWII and the Civil Rights Era.

2017 VLA Conference Preliminary ProgramBreaking Barriers, Building Bridges. VLA Annual Conference, Oct. 11-13. Our Preliminary Program for Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges is now available! This comprehensive guide details all of the tours, sessions and events our conference committee has been planning for YOU.

Registration Rates

VLA Members get discounted rates to the VLA Conference. Click here to view our registration options. Please note, you can make partial payments between now and the conference.

Lodging in Norfolk

The Main, Norfolk's newest conference center and hotel, opened earlier this year to rave reviews. Reserve your room before September 18 to guarantee the VLA rate of $139 per night (plus taxes and fees.)

Conference Travel Grant: Deadline June 30

The Virginia Library Association is pleased to announce a conference travel grant to attend the 2017 VLA Annual Conference. The grant will help someone from an underrepresented and/or marginalized group attend the conference by providing funding for registration, ticketed meals, and accommodations at the conference hotel.​ Visit http://www.vla.org/2017-vla-annual-conference-travel-grant for more details and to apply.

VLACRL Conference-Within-a-Conference

The VLACRL Conference-within-a-Conference is designed for academic librarians in Virginia.  Peer-reviewed sessions will discuss a wide range of topics, including archiving historic marches, disappearing government documents, leveraging data text mining, and approaches to information literacy.  The VLACRL dine-around will be an excellent opportunity to network with other college and university librarians in the Commonwealth.  See you in Norfolk!

ACRL

 VALL Joint Conference

Ron WheelerThe Virginia Association of Law Libraries will host their Joint Conference with VLA this year, and are providing a number of legal information sessions. Don't miss their Featured Speaker, Ron Wheeler, President of the American Associaion of Law Libraries.

Wednesday Tours and Events

Visit Norfolk

Join us on Wednesday and take advantage of a host of opportunities organized by VLA's Local Arrangements Committee! Complimentary tours of Slover Library, the Freemason Street Baptist Church Bell Tower (and Recital!), The MacArthur Memorial, the Chrysler Museum and MORE. Or, take your own tours of Norfolk. Suggested self-guided tours (including the Mermaid Walking Map) can be found at http://bit.ly/2sq93QS

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  • The deadline for Proposals was March 15, 2017.

-Last updated 6/19/2017