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VLA Annual Conference Program Archive

2004

Cover of 2004 VLA Conference Program, "Defining Moments", October 27-29, Williamsburg, VA. Includes several images of clock faces and pocket watches.

 2004 VLA Conference Program

"Defining Moments"

October 27-29, 2004

Williamsburg, VA

 Guest Speaker: Kristine L. Franklin

Keynote Speakers: Ron Culberson, Nancy Tessman, Craig Storti, Nancy Pearl, Cate McNeely, Dr. Carla Hayden

 

2005

Cover of 2005 VLA Conference Program, "Honoring the Past, Buildling Our Future." Overlaid images of photographs and handwritten letters. "Come celebrate VLA's centennial 1905-2005"

2005 VLA Conference Program

"Honoring the Past, Building Our Future"

October 20-21, 2005

Williamsburg, VA

Keynote Speakers: Cokie Roberts, Robert Wedgeworth

 

 

2006

Cover of 2006 VLA Conference Program, "Read, Think, Speak: The Power of Libraries." November 9-10, Marriott Hotel, Williamsburg, VA. Preconfernece: November 8. Blue and white swirls on a grey background. Letters in gold.  2006 VLA Conference Program

"Read, Think, Speak: The Power of Libraries"

November 8-10, 2006

Williamsburg, VA

 Keynote Speakers: Thomas Frey, Judith Viorst

 

 

2007

Cover for 2007 VLA-VALL Conference Program. Silhouette of Virginia with a full moon rising above it.

2007 VLA-VALL Conference Program

"Reflect, Retool, Recharge"

October 31 - November 2, 2007

The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA

Keynote Speakers: David Baldacci, Roy Tennant

 

 

2008

Cover of 2008 VLA Conference Program, "Libraries: Champions of Democracy." October 23-34, 2008, Williamsburg, VA. Image of the front of the Central Rappahanock Regional Library, brick building with arched doorways and windows, the colors are smudged and washed out, a square cutout over the American flag is in brighter colors.

 2008 VLA Conference Program

"Libraries: Champions of Democracy"

October 22-24, 2008

Williamsburg, VA

 Keynote Speakers: Dahlia Lithwick, Woody Holton

 

 

2009

Cover of 2009 VLA Conference Program, "Libraries: Foundations and Fundamentals in Times of Challenge and Change." October 29-30, 2009, Williamsburg, VA. Cover is black with light brown lettering. Image of the first line of the Constitution, "We the People" in a box across the top of the program.

 2009 VLA Conference Program

"Libraries: Foundations and Fundamentals in Times of Challenge and Change"

October 28-30, 2209

Williamsburg, VA

 Keynote Speakers: Emyl Jenkins, Leonard S. Marcus

 

 

2010

2010 VLA Conference Program "Keeping Vision and Focus in Challenging Times" October 21-22, 2010 Portsmouth, VA. Images of school children wearing backpacks in the center, people using libraries around the outer border.

2010 VLA Conference Program

"Keeping Vision and Focus in Challenging Times"

October 20-22, 2010

Portsmouth, VA

 Keynote Speakers: Scott Nelson, Wanda Urbanska

 

 

2011

2011 VLA Conference Program "Nature is a Language. Can You Read?: Literacy and Sustainability in Virginia's Libraries" October 27-28, 2011 Portsmouth, VA. Black background with white letters. A side image of a book with open pages, green images of plants on the pages of the book.

2011 VLA Conference Program

"Nature is a Language. Can You Read?: Literacy and Sustainability in Virginia's Libraries"

October 26-28, 2011

Portsmouth, VA

Keynote Speakers: Rebecca Kamen, Steve Almond, Calvin Alexander Ramsey

 

 

2012

Cover of 2012 VLA Conference Program, "Libraries: Adding Value to Our Communities" October 24-26, 2012 Williamsburg, VA. Background is grey with blue lettering. There is the image of a Doric column on the left side of the program.

2012 VLA Conference Program

"Libraries: Adding Value to Our Communities"

October 24-26, 2012

Williamsburg, VA

Keynote Speakers: Nancy Dowd, Hillary Jordan

 

 

2013

Cover of 2013 VLA Conference Program, "A Universe of Knowledge in One Small Space" September 25-27, 2013 Williamsburg, VA. Background a starry sky with a silhouette of a building in black, letters for "in one small space" are cut out so you can see the night sky behind the building.

2013 VLA Conference Program

"A Universe of Knowledge in One Small Space"

September 25-27, 2013

Williamsburg, VA

Keynote Speakers: Maureen Sullivan, Elisabeth Doucett, Naomi House

 

 

2014

Cover of 2014 VLA Conference Program, "Agents of Change" October 22-24, 2014 Williamsburg, VA. It looks like a file folder with a button fly clip on the top and a pen lying on the folder.

2014 VLA Conference Program

"Agents of Change"

October 22-24, 2014

Williamsburg, VA

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Michael Stephens, Gene Ambaum

 

 

2015

Cover of 2015 VLA Conference Program, "Libraries @ the Center" October 21-23, 2015 Richmond, VA. Background is green with outlines of houses in off-white with the conference title in the center covered by an orange roof.

2015 VLA Conference Program

"Libraries @ the Center"

October 21-23, 2015

Richmond Marriott and Convention Center, Richmond, VA

Keynote Speakers: Carrie Brown, Lydia Netzer

 

 

2016

Cover of 2016 VLA Conference Program "Advocate, Education, Promote, Praise" October 26-28, 2016 The Omni Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA. Icons related to technology and the library displayed as nodes on an electrical circuit, background is blue, words of the title are in red boxes with white lettering.

2016 VLA Conference Program

"Advocate, Education, Promote, Praise"

October 26-28, 2016

The Omni Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA

Keynotes Speaker: Kwame Alexander

 

 

2017

Cover of 2017 VLA Conference Program, "Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges" October 11-13, 2017 The Main, Norfolk, VA. Cover is in the comic book style with lots of colors and a variety of lettering.

2017 VLA Conference Program

"Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges"

October 11-13, 2017

The Main, Norfolk, VA

Keynote Speaker: Margot Lee Shetterly

Featured Speakers: Jared Mills, Ron Wheeler, Cat Winters

 

2018

Cover of 2018 VLA Conference Program, "Revolution," seven red stars forming a half circle over the word Revolution in a blue banner and a thick red half circle underneath. Font is similar to colonial era newspaper print.

2018 VLA Conference Program

"Revolution"

September 26-28, 2018

The Colonial Williamsburg Lodge

Keynote Speaker: Kwame Dawes