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AISL
EVENTS
Annual
Conference
Every year, an intrepid group of
volunteer independent school librarians get together to form a conference
committee. From this committee a truly
wonderful event occurs: the Annual Conference. Our conferences have a
distinctive format which reflects the informal nature of our organization. Each
conference, in addition to offering speakers or demonstrations, showcases the
educational and cultural resources of the area. Often workshops are "on
wheels" for visits to schools, museums, and cultural events. There is time
to talk and explore. The culmination of each conference is the Skip Anthony
Memorial Lecture which honors the memory of the first editor of The Library
Connection. Past speakers at the Skip Anthony dinner include Naomi Shihab Nye,
Terry Kay, and Terry Gross.
Conferences have been held in St.
Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Baltimore, Portland,
Winston-Salem, and Washington, DC. We have also had conferences in Atlanta, New
York and Philadelphia.
The 2008 Annual Conference will be held April
23-25 in Toronto, Canada.
2009 Conference Info
The 2009 Annual Conference will be held April 22-24, 2009 in
Las Vegas, NV.
