Registration Closes May 14 for LLAMA Preconferences

Advance registration for Annual Conference in Washington, DC ends May 14. To register or to add a LLAMA event to your existing registration, call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084. Please note: If you have any problems registering for an event, please contact ALA Conference Services at 800-545-2433, ext. 3229.

Tickets are still available for:

Tour of New Washington, DC Branch Libraries – Friday, June 25, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The District of Columbia Library has recently begun an important and comprehensive rebuilding of its branch library system. This tour will visit 3-5 recently completed libraries including the Shaw, Anacostia and Benning branches. Representatives from the DC library and the architects will be present to conduct the tours and answer question on site.
Tickets: Advance and Onsite: ALA Member $125; LLAMA Member $75; Round Table Member $125; Retired Member $125; Student Member $100; Non-Member $225 Event Code: LLA2

Looking through New Eyes: Collecting and Using Visual Data – Friday, June 25, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Learn to look at your library like a customer, not a librarian. Understand your users better by getting a peek into how they live. Spend the day with experienced researchers, getting hands-on experience with visual data collection and analysis techniques, including photo and video surveys, wayfinding studies, and customer-led design activities. Return home with new skills and strategies for using visual data to plan and advocate for spaces and services designed with users in mind.
Speakers: Nancy Kress, UNLV; Kathleen Webb, Univ. of Dayton; Katie Clark, Univ. of Rochester
Tickets: Advance and Onsite: ALA Member $195; LLAMA Member $145; Round Table Member $195; Retired Member $195; Student Member $95; Non Member $295 Event Code: LLA3

Is the Glass Half Empty, or Half Full? Transforming Libraries through a Positive Organizational Philosophy – Friday, June 25, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This preconference will show how promoting the positive aspects of your library, rather than focusing on eliminating the negative ones, will help you to create a more humane, productive, and resilient workplace. Speakers and panelists from public and academic libraries, along with well known scholars in the dynamic emerging field of Positive Organizational Scholarship will show you the impact that a positive approach can have in a variety of settings.
Speakers: Marlys Christianson; Monica Worline; DeEtta Jones; Cindy Chadwick, Joan Giesecke, Jack Siggins, Brian Reynolds, Ken Roberts, Maureen Sullivan (panel)
Tickets: Advance and Onsite: ALA Member $225;
LLAMA) Member $175; Round Table Member $225; Retired Member $225; Student Member $125; Non-Member $325 Event Code: LLA4

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