The 2017 NYLA Annual Conference and Trade Show will be held the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, NY on November 8 - 11, 2017. Join us for over 12 hours of Continuing Education credit, various networking events, and access to the latest and greatest library products!

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Consultant Office Hours are BACK for 2017!

2017 NYLA Annual Membership Meeting Materials (PDF)

Show Us Your Road Map!
Program Slot #8 - Saturday, November 11
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Sponsor: SI
In 2016 the NYLA Sustainability Initiative launched a Road Map to Sustainability. We’ve heard from dozens of library leaders across the state that they are making good things happen. We want to hear more! Come and share how you got started, what you’ve been working on and how the NYLA-SI project has changed your thinking about the future of your library. At this event we will also share details of the new Sustainable Library Certification Program being launched through NYLA!
Track: Administration & Leadership

Speakers:
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Mid-Hudson Library System
Matthew Bollerman, Hauppauge Public Library
Stephen Maher, NYU Health Sciences Library




To see all of the new conference additions, click here.

2017 Keynote

NYLA is pleased to announce that Dr. Camila Alire will present the 2017 Keynote Address: An Adventure In Inspiration: Advocacy With Soul
Thursday, November 9
9:00 AM- 10:15 AM
Click here for complete details.





 

Thank you to our Sponsors!

 

Thank you to our Conference Programmers!

The conference programmers are representatives from all the sections, roundtables, and committees that make up NYLA.  It is their hard work that results in the conference as you know it.  Many thanks to each and every conference programmer!

2017 Conference Chair - Ellen Rubin
Associate Chair - Amanda Travis
CE Committee - Deanna DiCarlo

For Trade Show questions, please contact NYLA Marketing or call 518-432-6952 ext. 105.

Section Programmers
ASLS Jessica Clemons
FLS Rebecca Fuss
LAMS Anna Lee Giraldo
PLS Deanna DiCarlo
RASS Sarah Clark
SMART Laura Osterhoust
SSL Stacey Rattner
YSS Chrissie Morrison
SCLA Steven Alcalde
Round Table Programmers
CORT Peter Nastasi
ESRT Tata Canuelas
FILM Christopher Nelson
GIRT Mary Redmond
IFRT Frank McKenna
ILRT Kate Erwin
LAR Hannah Ralston
LHRT Ben Himmelfarb
MSRT Leah Hamilton
NMES Tim Furgal
PCRT Arielle Hessler
PLRT Deb Dennis
RLRT Tom Vitale
Affiliate Programmers
ESLN Jessica Philippe
LTA Tim Gavin
PULISDO Susan Mitchell
SED / NYSL Mary Beth Farr
SLSA Susanne Ford-Croghan
ULU Lauren Comito
Center for the Book Rocco Staino
NY Black
Librarians Caucus		 Shauntee Simpson

 

Future NYLA Conferences

2018: Rochester, November 7-10

2019: Saratoga Springs, November 13-16

2020: Saratoga Springs, November 4-7

Wonder what it takes to bring the NYLA Conference to your home town?  Check out the NYLA Conference Site Considerations Page

 

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