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RUSA

RUSA- Preconference
Mastering Business Acumen: (MBA) in a Day: Business Concepts for Library Reference

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Event Code: RUS1

Ticket Prices Early Bird Advance Onsite
ALA Member $199 $239 $239
Division Member $179 $219 $219
Retired Member $149 $189 $189
Student Member $149 $189 $189
Non-Member $219 $259 $259

This full-day interactive workshop is designed for new business librarians; generalists who have assumed responsibility in business librarianship; or librarians who handle business reference-related inquiries in all types of libraries including academic, public and special libraries. This workshop will provide librarians with a broad conceptual understanding of business topics in four major business disciplines: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Management. This preconference will complement Business 101, which focuses on business reference, business resources, and collection development. This is a repeat and updated version of the 2009 preconference.

YALSA

YALSA- Special Event
YA Author Coffee Klatch

SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012, 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Event Code: YAL1

Ticket Prices Early Bird Advance
ALA Member and Non-Member $25 $25

Onsite Registration is not available.

Enjoy coffee and meet with YALSA’s award winning authors! This informal coffee klatch will give you an opportunity to meet authors who have appeared on one of YALSA’s six annual selected lists or have received one of YALSA’s five literary awards. Librarians will sit at a table and every 3 or 4 minutes, a new author will arrive at your table to talk!

YALSA- Banquet
Margaret A. Edwards Luncheon

SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012, 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Event Code: YAL2

Ticket Prices Early Bird Advance
ALA Member and Non-Member $64 $64

Onsite Registration is not available.

Come join us for lunch and listen to the winner of the 2012 Margaret A. Edwards Award speak about their writing. The award honors their significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine.

Speaker: Susan Cooper


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