We have an outstanding lineup of workshops awaiting you in Anaheim! Hear from experts in the field about how to cultivate marketing and fundraising activities at your library, including creating a library champions campaign; how to bring online services to your library for people unable to read traditional print books and how to effectively promote those services; and step-by-step guidance for building partnerships between public libraries and correctional facilities, including literacy and reading programs for incarcerated adults and youth. These events are open to all interested participants! Conference registration is not required. Read more about each event below, then reserve your seat at the ALA Annual Conference website.
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A Marriage Made in Heaven: Combining Marketing and Development to Ensure the Future of Your Library
Friday, June 22, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
REGISTER NOW: http://www.alaannual.org/content/register-now-0
Develop a fundraising strategy and raise the awareness of the value your library with a library champions campaign! Learn how the New Jersey State Library launched a public awareness campaign designed to attract famous athletes and authors to serve as Library Champions, and with the help of marketing and development teams, leveraged those champions into an effective fundraising vehicle. We’ll cover how to recruit celebrity champions and local heroes; how to raise big money for your library; how to build a donor development strategy; and the essential publications your library must produce to secure funders. Registration is $129 for ASCLA members.
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The Outspoken Library: A Gateway for Public Libraries to Services for the Visually and Physically Impaired
Friday, June 22, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
REGISTER NOW: http://www.alaannual.org/content/register-now-0
Looking for inventive ideas for promoting library services? The New Jersey State Library developed “The Outspoken Library” to promote free online services that are available for print-disabled people. This program allows library customers to access services administered through the State Library’s Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC), including audio newspapers (TBBC’s Audiovision and NFB’s Newsline) and the Library of Congress’s Braille and Audio Reading Download service. Attend this preconference, and find out how to establish and market these valuable resources. Registration is $129 for ASCLA members.
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The Nuts & Bolts of Building a Public Library/Jail/Prison Partnership
Friday, June 22, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
REGISTER NOW: http://www.alaannual.org/content/register-now-0
Hear from speakers who’ve successfully built public library/correctional setting partnerships, and learn how to build these kinds of relationships step-by-step. Public librarians and correctional librarians interested in creating literacy and reading program partnerships for youth in detention centers and adults in jails or prisons will not want to miss this half-day workshop that will cover such difficult issues as collection development, security, and staff interactions. Registration is $129 for ASCLA members.