MLA is Growing Communities, May 6 – 9, 2008
at the SeaCrest Resort & Conference Center, Falmouth, MA

The MLA Conference Committee has pulled out all the stops to deliver an annual conference that just keeps getting better! This year sees formal partnerships with ACRL/New England, the Cooperative Libraries Association and the Massachusetts School Library Association to develop programming to appeal to libraries of all types in Massachusetts. Outstanding programming will be offered in the following tracks:

* Youth Services
* Technical Services
* Paralibrarian Issues
* Academic Libraries
* School Libraries
* Reader’s Advisory
* Marketing and Outreach
* Referenceand ILL
* Technology
* Self-Improvement and more!

Full programs and registration for MLA’s Annual Conference will appear here very soon!

This year’s conference features the return of the popular Career Center, round two of MLA’s incredibly fun Trivia/Auction fundraiser led by MLA Executive Director Keith Fiels, and the debut of MLA’s Technology Petting Zoo in the Exhibit Hall!

Names? You want names? How about these?

* Nancy Pearl
* David Lee King
* Aaron Schmidt
* Authors: Linda Barnes, Mameve Medwed, Katherine Hall Page,
Elizabeth Haydon, Tracy Brown
* Marshall Keys
* Diane Hillmann
* Susan Parker
* Janet Swan Hill
* Lesley Farmer
* Maureen Sullivan
* Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum (the creators behind Unshelved, the library comic strip) to name just a few.