Preliminary Program

www.placonference.org I’m so excited to be counting down to the PLA 2014 Conference. Nowhere else do so many public library professionals come together to share ideas and learn new things. Each PLA Conference generates an invigorating and collegial energy that lives in the hallways and rooms of the convention center and extends into hotels, restaurants, and streets of the host Thank you! city. We hope you’ll join us this March to add PLA thanks the members of the 2014 Conference Committees. Without the hard work of such dedicated professionals, to the energy and experience a professional much of what we do would not be possible. For a complete list of PLA 2014 Conference Committee members, visit conference exceptional in both education and placonference.org. entertainment. Take a look inside for all the 2014 Conference Committee Chair ways that PLA 2014 will be a “can’t miss” event. Larry Neal, director, Clinton-Macomb (Mich.) Public Library 2014 Conference Program Committee Chair Carolyn Anthony Georgia Lomax, deputy director, Pierce County (Wash.) Library System 2013–2014 PLA President Director, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library 2014 Conference Local Arrangements Committee Chair Jackie Nytes, CEO, The Indianapolis (Ind.) Public Library Photos courtesy of Lavengood Photography courtesyPhotos of Lavengood

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Tuesday, March 11 12:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Author Lunches* 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Programs/ConverStations 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tours* 3:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Exhibits Coffee Break (no conflict) 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Preconferences* 4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Programs/ConverStations Wednesday, March 12 6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Audio Publishers Association Dinner* 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Friday, March 14 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Tours* 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Registration 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Preconferences* 8:15 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Big Ideas Series 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Ann Patchett Book Hour 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Exhibits 12:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Opening Lunch* 9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Exhibits Coffee Break (no conflict) 2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Opening Session 10:45 a.m.–noon Programs/ConverStations 4:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Exhibits Opening Reception (no conflict) 12:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Author Lunches* Thursday, March 13 2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Programs/ConverStations 3:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Exhibits Closing Reception (no conflict) 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration 4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Programs/ConverStations 8:15 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Big Ideas Series 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. All Conference Reception— 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits Innovative Interfaces E-Book 9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Exhibits Coffee Break (no conflict) Extravaganza! 10:45 a.m.–noon Programs/ConverStations Saturday, March 15 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Registration 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Big Ideas Series 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Programs/ConverStations 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Programs/ConverStations 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Closing Session All day Tours* * Require an additional fee Photos courtesy of Lavengood Photography courtesyPhotos of Lavengood

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Ann Patchett Book Hour Opening Session Closing Session Wednesday, March 12, 10:30–11:30 a.m. with Bryan Stevenson with David Sedaris New this year! While Ann Wednesday, March 12, 2:30–4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Patchett is most noted as There’s a reason Bryan Talk about ending on a the best-selling author Stevenson, founder and high note! Make PLA of books such as Bel executive director of the Conference even more Canto, Run, and State Equal Justice Initiative memorable with a laugh- of Wonder, she is also (EJI), has one of the packed Closing Session widely recognized as most-viewed and highest- featuring humorist and co-owner of Parnassus Books, rated TED Talks—he’s an best-selling author David a beloved independent bookstore in Nashville, incredible speaker with an Sedaris. Tennessee. As a local bookseller, Ann has inspiring message. And his social justice focus embraced the opportunity to recommend Sedaris is a “master of satire and one of the echoes the mission of libraries to provide equal, books and authors to customers. During most observant writers addressing the human unbiased access regardless of race or income. this special event, she’ll bring to conference condition today.” He is the author of Barrel He is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer attendees in Indianapolis what she shares Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections who has dedicated his career to helping the with shoppers in Nashville—an insight and of personal essays, Naked, Dress Your Family in poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. knowledge into great books to read and Corduroy and Denim, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: unique authors to discover. PLA thanks Brainfuse for its support of this event. A Modest Bestiary and his latest, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became a PLA thanks HarperCollins for its support bestseller. Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in of this event. PLA All Conference The New Yorker and have twice been included Reception—Innovative in “The Best American Essays.” Interfaces E-Book Extravaganza! PLA thanks Ingram for its support of this event. Friday, March 14, 5:30–7:30 p.m. There’s nothing like a good party to let off some steam and celebrate a successful week of conference-going! And this event is sure to be a good party. For the first time ever, we’ll have special e-reader and gift card raffles, thanks to our generous sponsor. So in addition to eating, drinking, and dancing, you might even be winning! PLA thanks Innovative Interfaces for its support of this event. Photo of Ann Patchett © Heidi Ross; David Sedaris © Heidi Ross; Fishbein David © Anne Patchett of Ann Photo Igoe Tom © Thompson Shipley; © Lara of Megan McArdle McRaneyPhoto David © Mon Mussiett; Clive

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BIG IDEAS Series—New this year! Because our goal is to send you home from Conference bursting with new ideas and knowledge, we thought we’d add something special to each day—a BIG idea—something that impacts and empowers the way you think, the way you act, the way you work. So be sure to join us Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings for these invigorating, all-attendee sessions featuring thought-provoking speakers and presentations. S

BIG IDEAS with Simon Sinek research in science, psychology, economics, and more personally connected than ever. E and business, and taking insights from Thompson is a contributing writer for the New SS Thursday, March 13, 8:15–9:15 a.m. turnaround experts, emergency room doctors, York Times Magazine and Wired. Getting things off to a BIG venture capitalists, child psychologists, PLA thanks Penguin Group (USA) for its support start is Simon Sinek, the bankruptcy judges, and mountaineers, of this program. IONs author of Start with Why: McArdle argues that failure is how people How Great Leaders Inspire and businesses learn. So how do you reinvent Everyone to Take Action, yourself when you are down? Learn how to BIG IDEAS with Amy Cuddy a book and idea that harness the power of failure. Saturday, March 15, 8:00–9:00 a.m. challenges us to lead and David McRaney, the author act at our highest ability. With Amy Cuddy is a Harvard of the bestselling You Are a bold goal to help build a world in which the Business School professor Not So Smart and You Are vast majority of people go home every day who studies how Now Less Dumb: How to feeling fulfilled by their work, Sinek is leading we perceive and are Conquer Mob Mentality, a movement to inspire people to do the things influenced by other How to Buy Happiness, that inspire them. He has been featured in people. She’ll show and All the Other Ways to numerous national publications; is a regular attendees how to channel Outsmart Yourself, shares contributor to the Huffington Post; writes at nonverbal behavior into discoveries about self-delusion and irrational simonsinek.com; and makes regular broadcast persuasive leadership, demonstrating that thinking, and helps people have a fighting guest appearances. physical posture not only affects how others chance at outsmarting their not-so-smart see you, but also how you see yourself. It PLA thanks Innovative Interfaces for its support brains. McRaney provides eye-opening affects hormone levels, performance, and of this program. analyses of the ways we fool ourselves every important life outcomes. Cuddy’s work on day and ideas to avoid falling for our own lies. power posing has won praise worldwide, BIG IDEAS Panel Clive Thompson is the with attention in both scientific and popular media, and her TED talk, “Your Body Language Friday, March 14, 8:15–9:15 a.m. author of Smarter Than You Think: How Shapes Who You Are,” (October 2012) has been On Friday morning, we’ll feature three up and Technology is Changing streamed over eight million times and chosen coming big thinking authors and speakers. Our Minds for the Better, by The Guardian as one of 20 Online Talks That Come learn some powerful ideas to take home a book that posits that Could Change Your Life. to work and live better! technology is boosting our Megan McArdle is a special cognitive power—making us correspondent for smarter, more productive, and more creative. Newsweek/The Daily Beast Thompson acknowledges that many feel and the author of The Up apprehension about the increasing reliance Side of Down: Why Failing on digital tools and their ubiquity in our lives, Well Is the Key to Success. but he argues that modern technology is Drawing on cutting-edge actually making us better at solving problems Photo of Ann Patchett © Heidi Ross; David Sedaris © Heidi Ross; Fishbein David © Anne Patchett of Ann Photo Igoe Tom © Thompson Shipley; © Lara of Megan McArdle McRaneyPhoto David © Mon Mussiett; Clive

#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 5 Author Events Take a break and have a literary meal with renowned and award-winning authors.

Opening Lunch with Richard Ford Wednesday, March 12, 12:15–1:45 p.m. Richard Ford is the author of Canada, a 2012 recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He is well recognized for the “Bascombe Trilogy,” which includes The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day—the only novel ever to win the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award— and The Lay of the Land, as well as the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. books, Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter. Brad is also the PLA thanks HarperCollins for its support of this event. host of the History Channel TV show ’s Decoded. Adult Author Lunch with Jane Pauley PLA thanks Penguin Young Readers for its support of this event. Thursday, March 13, 12:15–1:45 p.m. Audio Publishers Association Dinner Jane Pauley has been a familiar face on TV for more Thursday, March 13, 6:00–8:30 p.m. than thirty years. She served as cohost of Today from 1976 to 1989, anchored Dateline NBC for A PLA Conference favorite, be sure to register for this special evening of eleven years, and in 2004 became the host of her engaging authors, audio voices, and delicious food. own daytime program, The Jane Pauley Show. Her Mary Kay Andrews is the author of the New York memoir, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, was a New Times bestselling The Fixer Upper, Savannah Breeze York Times bestseller, and she has an upcoming book, Your Life Calling: and Blue Christmas, as well as Deep Dish, Hissy Fit, Reimagining the Rest of Your Life (January 2014) based on her award- and her newest, Ladies’ Night. She also wrote 10 winning Today show segment, “Your Life Calling.” critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name, PLA thanks Simon and Schuster for its support of this event. Kathy Hogan Trocheck. Her mysteries have been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Children’s Author Lunch with Brad Meltzer Macavity Awards. Andre Dubus III is the author of five books: The Cage Thursday, March 13, 12:15–1:45 p.m. Keeper and Other Stories, Bluesman, and the New York Best-selling thriller author Brad Meltzer has turned Times bestsellers, House of Sand and Fog (made into his talents to creating an illustrated children’s series an Academy Award nominated film), The Garden of highlighting historical heroes like , Last Days, and his memoir, Townie. Dubus has been , and …before they were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National heroes and when were just everyday kids. His Magazine Award for Fiction, the Pushcart Prize, adult-writing career is filled with #1 New York Times and he is a 2012 recipient of an American Academy of bestsellers including The Inner Circle and its recent Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His books are published in over 25 sequel, The Fifth Assassin, as well as the nonfiction languages. Photo of MaryPhoto © Bill Miles; courtesy Kay lunch photo of ALA Andrews Wilson Mosley © Marcia Walter Koene; Ton © of John Green Photo

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Katherine Kellgren has recorded more than 175 Lisa Unger is an award-winning New York Times and E audiobooks. She is a six-time winner of the Audie internationally bestselling author of books like

Award (including Best Solo Narration – Female), Black Out, Die for You, Fragile, and the upcoming V and among her titles are five recipients of the In the Blood (January 2014), that showcase strong American Library Association’s Odyssey Honor, as women who find themselves in extraordinary EN well as numerous Earphones Awards, Publishers circumstances that reveal the “corrosive nature of Weekly Listen Up Awards, and ForeWord magazine’s secrets and lies, dark family legacies, and the secrets

Audiobook of the Year. She was Booklist magazine’s we keep from each other and from ourselves.” Her TS “Voice of Choice” for 2011, and has been added to AudioFile magazine’s novels have sold more than 1.5 million copies and have been translated list of Golden Voices. into twenty-six different languages. Walter Mosley is the author of more than forty books, PLA thanks Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster for their support of including twelve Easy Rawlins mysteries, the latest this event. being Little Green, and the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film Young Adult Author Lunch with John Green starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from Mosley’s first Socrates Fortlow novel, Friday, March 14, 12:15–1:45 p.m. was an HBO film starring Laurence Fishburne. He is John Green is an award-winning, New York Times- the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry bestselling author whose many accolades include Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar PLA thanks the Audio Publishers Association; AudioGO; Blackstone Audio; Award. He has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Books on Tape, a division of Random House; and Macmillan Audio for their Book Prize. His novels include Looking for Alaska, support of this event. Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars (currently being made into a feature film). With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers (www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers), Adult Author Lunch with Craig Johnson and one of the most popular online video projects in the world. Lisa Unger PLA thanks Penguin Young Readers for its support of this event. Friday, March 14, 12:15–1:45 p.m. Why enjoy just one mystery author at lunch when you can enjoy two instead? Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling Tickets purchase with conference registration author of the “Walt Longmire Mystery” series and an EVENT COST engaging, natural storyteller on stage. Johnson’s Opening Lunch with Richard Ford $35 series is the basis for Longmire, the hit A&E-TV original drama and highest-rated scripted program Adult Author Lunch with Jane Pauley $35 in A&E’s history. He is the recipient of the Wyoming Children’s Author Lunch with Brad Meltzer $35 Historical Award for fiction, the Western Writers of Audio Publishers Association Dinner $50 America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, and the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Adult Author Lunch with Craig Johnson and Lisa Unger $35 Roman Noir. Young Adult Author Lunch with John Green $35 Photo of MaryPhoto © Bill Miles; courtesy Kay lunch photo of ALA Andrews Wilson Mosley © Marcia Walter Koene; Ton © of John Green Photo

#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 7 County (Md.) Library – Lexington Park Branch; Preconferences Christy Estrovitz, San Francisco (Calif.) Public Library; Dorothy Stoltz, Carroll County (Md.) Preconferences offer in-depth education for public library Public Library administrators, managers, staff, and trustees. Separate registration is #5 How to Ruin Your Library’s Reputation in 10 Easy Steps! PR Essentials required. See rates at the bottom of page 19. HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Please note: In preconferences with multiple speakers, the organizing presenter is highlighted in bold. Alienate your users, your community AND key stakeholders! Unfortunately, it’s easier than you may think! Learn the fundamentals of publicity and awareness raising—from the #1 Communicate Change So the Whole #3 Creating Digital Content 101 inside out; effective ways to cultivate positive Staff Hears You FULL DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m–5:30 p.m. word-of-mouth in your community; and how FULL DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Experience a team-building, creative day to communicate when and where it matters Something’s changing—and everyone on learning about and creating video, digital art, most—in the library, in writing, and online. staff needs to understand it, accept it, and animation, podcasts, and more. Discover how Rebekkah Aldrich, Mid-Hudson Library System, contribute to its success. Understanding the small teams working with skilled mentors and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. differences people have involving change simple technology tools can become content will give you the language, insight, and tools producers. This preconference provides a #6 Introductory Python Workshop needed to address the most challenging showcase for creative talent and a simple FULL DAY; Tues., March 11, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. of tasks—getting everyone on board with template to reproduce staff training at your Bring your computer and tackle the basics change. The registration fee includes access library. of the Python programming language to the Change Style Indicator®, a change Toby Greenwalt, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; with ample opportunity for hands-on, management assessment tool. Kevin King, Kalamazoo (Mich.) Public Library; project-based practice. This workshop will Marti Peden, Peden & Associates, Uniontown, Ohio Portia Latalladi, Chicago (Ill.) Public Library; Logan be geared towards individuals with limited MacDonald, Anythink Library, Thornton, Colo.; Pam or no programming experience and will Smith, Anythink Library aim to create a supportive and enjoyable BY APPLICATION ONLY #4 Discover New Ideas about Early environment for those who want to learn a #2 Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Learning Environments new programming language. Experienced Innovation Sponsored by the Every Child Ready to Read joint teaching staff will be on hand to provide FULL DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. committee support and feedback. Corporate innovative strategy can have an Toby Greenwalt, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; Carli HALF DAY; Tues., March 11, 2:00–5:30 p.m. incredible impact on the dynamics of a library’s Spina, Harvard Law School Library culture and operations. Learn how to foster a Public libraries are reinventing themselves by workplace culture that embraces innovative modifying their children’s spaces with literacy #7 Leading with Emotional Intelligence: thinking in response to the complex changes nooks, interactive play centers, and inspiring Building Trusting Relationships Sponsored by the Indiana Library Federation affecting libraries today. During this highly playscapes. Discover your potential for interactive session, you’ll have the opportunity creating a dynamic early learning environment HALF DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m–12:30 p.m. to apply the preconference lessons to your for your library, no matter your space, size, or Emotional Intelligence is the ability to be library and take away a roadmap to creating an budget. A panel of children’s librarians and influential, work better under pressure, build innovative culture. early literacy experts will discuss how libraries can best respond to community needs and trusting relationships, and create a compelling Audra Caplan, PLA Leadership Development create a space that gets children excited to future. In this insightful and informative Task Force; Paul D. Meyer, Tecker International, come back again and again. workshop, deepen your ability to engage, Yardley, Pa. encourage, and empower staff capacity and Susan Anderson-Newham, Pierce County (Wash.) enrich your credibility and respect as a leader. Library System; Cindy Christin, Bozeman (Mont.) Public Library; Marisa Conner, Baltimore County Susan Akers, Indiana Library Federation, (Md.) Public Library; Amanda Ellington, St. Mary’s Indianapolis, Ind.; Lauren Burnett, Center for Inner Quality, Cleveland, Ohio

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#8 Managing the Talent: How to Spot ‘Em, this unique programming to your library. #13 Strategic Momentum: Facilitation Grow ‘Em, and Move ‘Em Along Skills to Build Consensus and Accomplish Brett Dillingham, storyteller, author, educator, Outcomes HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Juneau, Alaska Sponsored by the Indiana Library Federation Libraries are only as good as their people. Learn how to identify talent, find the right fit, #11 Put It into Practice: Implement Every HALF DAY; Tues., March 11, 2:00–5:30 p.m. Child Ready to Read @ your library bring them on board, monitor and manage What do you do to encourage participation? their development, and even (gasp) invite Sponsored by the Every Child Ready to Read joint T committee How do you get folks on the same page? them out. This preconference will identify what How do you handle side conversations? Learn ION key behavioral characteristics to be on the HALF DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. how to gain collaboration, engagement, lookout for and how to diagnose and support Join us for a full demonstration of an ECRR2 and decision making with several important staff to keep them engaged, skilled, and workshop with hands-on activities. A panel resources—the 5 Principles of Engagement, focused on the future. of children’s librarians and early literacy the 6 Tools of Facilitation, a guide to handling James LaRue, Douglas County (Colo.) Libraries; experts will share tips, along with their interruptions and derailments, and models of Sharon Morris, Colorado State Library experiences and insights into using ECRR2 in discussion and consensus decision-making. a variety of settings. Special topics will include #9 Maximizing Patron Outcomes: Gather Susan Akers, Indiana Library Federation, foundational early literacy skills; community and Use Community Data to Deliver High Indianapolis, Ind.; Lauren Burnett, Center for Inner Value Technology Services partnerships; informal ECRR presentations; Quality, Cleveland, Ohio using volunteers for ECRR outreach to HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. low-income neighborhoods; training caregivers #14 The Doctor Is In: Miracle Cures for Sick Learn the soup to nuts of community needs and parents; and seizing the opportunity to Boards assessments and the value of tapping your be a positive partner with families around the FULL DAY; Tues., March 11, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. patrons for feedback on technology services. topic of media and young children. Frustrated by the performance of your board? We’ll discuss collecting data using different This interactive session will offer strategies tools, including focus groups and the Impact Cen Campbell, founder and editor of LittleeLit.com; Cindy Christin, Bozeman (Mont.) Public Library; for building healthy boards by recruiting the Survey program, and follow through with Reid Lyon, National Institute of Child Health and best candidates and for converting boards how to use patron-level data for high-level Human Development; Judy Nelson, Pierce County into finely-tuned, high-performance assets. assessments, such as the Edge Benchmarks, of (Wash.) Library System; Wendy Resnik, Phoenix Learn from real-life case studies of sick boards your library services. (Ariz.) Public Library; Mary Seratt, Memphis (Tenn.) submitted to the intensive care unit by library Samantha Becker, University of Washington Public Library; Dorothy Stoltz, Carroll County directors. Program attendees will diagnose the Information School, Seattle, Wash.; Mike (Md.) Public Library problem, assess the prognosis, and prescribe Crandall, University of Washington Information treatments. School; Sarah Washburn, TechSoup Global, San #12 StoryCorps @ your library: Enhance Francisco, Calif. Library Programming through Oral History Nancy Davis, The Ivy Group Ltd., Springfield, Pa.; Narratives Pam Fitzgerald, The Ivy Group Ltd. #10 Performance Literacy: Teaching HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. #15 We Geek Advocacy: Using Lessons Students How To Rock Your Library with Jumpstart an oral history project in your Stories They Create from Turning the Page and Geek the library. StoryCorps will lead a hands-on Library HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. workshop that includes practical tips for HALF DAY; Wed., March 12, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Simply put, performance literacy is the process bringing out the best stories from your patrons of teaching others to write and perform stories. and ensuring that your oral history programs This program will focus on the connection But the process encompasses much more. are a success. Librarians from some of the ten between Turning the Page (TtP) and Geek Performance literacy is a powerful educational pilot libraries participating in the StoryCorps the Library, and how lessons from both can approach that increases participants’ language @ your library initiative will share tips for inform effective advocacy and community development, vocabulary, and comprehension; attendees interested in launching their own engagement activities. Participate in breakouts internalizes an understanding of the writing StoryCorps style projects. and develop action items to implement in your process; integrates learning across content library. Previous participation in Geek or TtP is Elaine Kamlley, StoryCorps, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Virginia not required. areas; develops speaking and listening skills; Millington, StoryCorps; Elizabeth Perez, StoryCorps; and deepens the connection between home, Deb Robertson, ALA Public Programs Office, Linn Edvardsen, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio; Mary Hirsh, school, and community. Learn how to bring Chicago, Ill. Public Library Association, Chicago, Ill.

#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 9 Programs The array of professional development programs are the highlight of PLA Conference. Nearly 100 programs fill eight unique tracks and offer attendees so much to choose from! Note: This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change. Check www.placonference.org for updates and more information.

Administration/Management Collections/Tech Services nn Throw Out the Map: Sustainable Thinking for the Future of Libraries nn A Bold Vision from the Top of Pikes Peak: A nn ABC - Always Be Circulating: How Public New Paradigm for Sustainable Services and Libraries Meet Demand and Increase Use nn Turning Outward to Lead Change in Your Facilities Community: Aspirations nn Ch-Ch-Changes: Facing the Drastic Changes n Turning Outward to Lead Change in Your nn Black Belt Librarians: How to Effectively and to Technical Services Head On n Safely Inform Patrons of Library Rules Community: Intentionality nn Does This Display Make Me Look Fat? The n Turning Outward to Lead Change in Your nn Crafting Excellence: Using Research to Build Truth about Merchandising n the Best User Experience Community: Sustaining Yourself nn It’s a Mad Mad World: The Impact of Self- n Difficult Decisions and Tough Times: Policy Publishing on Collection Development T nn Turning Outward to Lead Change in Your n Community: Turn Quiz Survival Tips T nn Makerbox: No Space Required n Want Collaboration? Engage Your nn Filtering Out Internet Censorship: Advocacy, n Making a Collection Count n Professional Ethics, and the Law T n Community nn Moving On from Dewey: 10 Steps to Library nn Is Your Library Lean? Employing Lean Transformation Principles in Public Libraries Marketing/Advocacy n Public Libraries in the Marketplace: The n n Be a Champ! Advocate for Youth nn Keep Calm and Carry On: Financial Planning Business of Digital Content T n to Avoid Fiscal Pitfalls n Better Websites Make Happier People: Web n Rejuvenating Technical Services: Finding a n n Management Essentials T nn Library + Partners = Community Clear Course in a New Materials Flow n Meeting Public Service Expectations by nn Beyond Storytime: Libraries as Players in n nn The Secret is Out: Preserving History at the Breaking the Service Model Three Secret Cities Early Learning Public Policy Development n Building Relationships outside the Building: nn Outcomes Made Easy: 7 Steps for Success n Tweaking RDA: Experiences in Making It n n Do You Know Where Your Librarian Is? nn Technology’s Future at Public Libraries: Work Staying Relevant in the Digital Age T nn Developing Your Library Card Holder Base nn Under the Radar: Good Reading You May T n Getting Out from under the Radar nn The Future of Digital Inclusion Have Missed n n Innovation, Outreach, and Partnerships: nn Universally Accessible E-Content and n Gadgets with Some Tips for How Not to Get Make Your Library Discoverable! Sued T T nn Inside the Mind of the User You might notice nn Shine the Light: Increase Your Library’s that we no longer have a Leadership Visibility without Increasing Costs T

Technology Track. nn Creating Dynamic Community Service nn Signature Events for Small Libraries This is because technology Models the Queens Library Way T nn Tools for Winning at the Ballot Box is in all things library! n Edge: Where People Connect, Communities n nn Who We Are, What We Do, and Why It Look for the T to find Achieve T Matters: Establishing Our Distinctive Sense programs that include T nn Selling Change across Your Organization of Purpose technological aspects. nn The Most Dangerous Idea of All: Change from the Bottom Up Photos courtesyPhotos of ALA

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Serving Youth nn From Repository to Experience: Library Becomes a Verb nn Animation Makerspaces: Handmade Animation Meets iPad Technology T nn Keeping It Real about Going Green

n Library Makerspaces: Building Community T nn Better Together: Maximizing the Impact of n Your Summer Reading Program through Participatory Learning T n Make It Happen Anyhow: Fundraising and ION nn Betwixt and Be-Tween: Readers’ Advisory n and Programs for Tweens Library-Building in Hard Times n PlaySpaces in the Library nn Beyond Duct Tape Wallets: Dynamic, n Effective, and Community-Centered Teen nn Transform Your Library the SWAT Team Way Programs nn Welcome Spaces: Serving Patrons with nn Creating Lifelong Library Users One School Autism Spectrum Disorders at a Time

nn Dinosaurs, Dogs, and Dump Trucks: Staffing Informational Text for Young Learners nn Beats, Brews, and Bouncy Castles: Defining nn ECRR 2.0: Does it Really Work? Evaluating the Your Library’s Culture Serving Adults Program nn Developing a Staff Competency Program nn All About Audiobooks: Improving Readers’ nn ECRR 2.0: Using Apps and E-Books in Early That Works! T Advisory for Listeners Literacy Programs T nn Diversifying Your Workforce nn Book-to-Action: Expanding the Library’s Role nn Instant Recess: Get Moving at the Library in Promoting Civic Engagement nn Engagers, Innovators, Life-Long Learners, n Off the Shelf: Free Science Programming @ and Facilitators: Hiring Staff for the 21st n Doing Time with Sisters in Crime n n your library T Century Library n En Ruta al Ingles: Gaming for English n n Out of the Closet and onto the Shelves: Language Learners T n nn Learner at the Center: Empowerment or GLBTQ Literature for Teens Target? n Falling in Love Again n n Outcomes + Outreach = Outstanding n nn Library Reality TV: Using Improv Techniques nn Five Million and Counting: Serving Patrons Summer Reading Programs to Transform Customer Service with Alzheimer’s and Dementia n Queer and Genderqueer Library Services to n nn People with Soft Skills Get More Done and nn Hyperlinked Learning Experiences at the Kids: Beyond Rainbow Family Storytimes Are More Fun to Work With! Library: MOOCs & Beyond T n Read Out LOUD! Active Learning at the n nn Successful Staff Days nn Library Resources for Businesses and Job Library Seekers T nn Training a Cracker Jack Staff on a Peanuts nn Sensory Storytime: All-Differently-Abled, Budget T nn Movies for Millennials: Core, Classic, and Cult All-Ages, All-Inclusive Videos for 15- to 30-year-olds nn Turbo-Charged Pages: How a Quick-Draw, nn Teen Fashion Apprentice: A Successful Smartphone-Toting Rookie Reversed nn Partners in Consumer Health Programming Workforce Development Program for Teens Sluggish Shelving T n Peeling Back the Layers: How to Serve the n nn Tinker with Technology: Simple and Creative Latino Generations Programs for Kids and Teens T n Serving Immigrants and Linguistically ConverStations n nn Wee Be Jammin’: Using Music to Promote Diverse Communities T Early Childhood Literacy If you like an interactive program with T plenty of opportunity for attendee nn The Boomers! Reflecting, Sharing, Learning participation be sure to participate in a n Top 5 of the Nonfiction 5 Spaces and Places n ConverStation. These engaging sessions nn What Do Genealogists Really Want from a nn 10 Steps to a Better Library Interior Public Library? are forums for audience discussion on nn Bed Bugs Defense Force Assemble! timely, relevant topics for public library n Your Next Book is on Facebook: Using Social n nn Facilities 101: The Secret Life of Your Library professionals. Media in Readers’ Advisory T Building Find a list of ConverStations on www.placonference.org. Photos courtesyPhotos of ALA

#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 11 Exhibitors (as of November 1, 2013) Exhibits #1 Private Tutor Colibri Systems North America Inc. Guys Read Gals Read United 3 Branch Products Collaborative Summer Library Hachette Book Group 3M Library Systems Program Hal Leonard Corporation ABC-CLIO Combined Book Exhibit Hallett & Sons Expert Movers Inc. Hall ABDO Publishing Company Comex Systems Inc. Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. Abingdon Press Commodity Futures Trading HarperCollins Children’s Books Find new products, ideas, and AccuCut Commission HarperCollins Publishers Agati Inc. Comprise Technologies HGA Architects and Engineers solutions for your library in the Alexander Street Press CompuTrain Accounting Software Hidell and Associates Architects Inc. Altarama Information Systems Counting Opinions (SQUIRE) Ltd. Horn Book PLA Exhibits Hall. Browse Association for Library Collections CPI Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hundreds of booths and see the & Technical Services Credo Reference Independent Publishers Group Audio Editions Crowley Company, The India for Everyone & Raha Books latest in publications, media, Auto-Graphics Inc. D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. Infobase Learning AWE Data2 Corporation Infovision Software Inc. technology, equipment, services, B & H Publishing Group David C Cook Ingram Content Group Backstage Library Works Davidson Titles Inc. Innovative Interfaces Inc. and supplies. Baker & Taylor Demco Library Interiors ITMS Group Baker Publishing Group Dewberry JanWay Company Bearport Publishing Company Inc. Diamond Book Distributors Jasper Library Furniture Exhibit Hours Bernan Disney-Hyperion Book Johnson Roberts Associates Inc. Wednesday, March 12 Better Containers Mfg. Co. DK Publishing Inc. Junior Library Guild Better World Books DLSG at Image Access Kapco Book Protection Exhibits Opening Reception! BiblioCommons Inc. Dreamscape Kensington Publishing 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. Bibliolabs Dreamspinner Press Laptops Anytime Biblionix D-Tech International LLC, USA Learning Props/Third Week Books Thursday, March 13 Bibliotheca East View Information Services Lerner Publishing Group Biblomodel, SA de CV EBSCO Information Services LIAT 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Bi-Folkal Productions Inc. Eerdmans Books for Young Librarica LLC Readers Big Cozy Books Library Ideas LLC Coffee Breaks e-Image Data Corp Birchard Co./EZDrop Library Journal Emery-Pratt Company 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Blackstone Audio Library Strategies Consulting 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. B-Logistics, a division of Thrift EngagedPatrons.org Group Recycling Management Engberg Anderson Inc. Library Video Network Friday, March 14 Book House Inc., The EnvisionWare LibraryInsight Inc. Book Systems Equinox Software LibraryThing 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Booklist Publications eSequels.com Little, Brown Books for Young BookPage Estey/Tennsco Readers Coffee Break booksite Euromonitor International Llewellyn Worldwide 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Boopsie Eustis Chair Lucas Color Card Borroughs Corporation Evanced Solutions Inc. Lyngsoe Systems Inc. Closing Reception Brainfuse Facts On File LYRASIS 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Brilliance Publishing Family Search Macmillan Britannica Digital Learning Farber Specialty Vehicles Macmillan Children’s Publishing Brodart Co. Fax24 Public Fax Service Group Burgeon Group LLC Films Media Group Magazine Subscription Service Films On Demand Agency Exhibits-Plus Badge BWI Bywater Solutions Findaway World Mango Languages An Exhibits-Plus Badge entitles you Capstone Firefly Books MARCIVE Inc. to visit the exhibits any time they are Cardinal Publishers Group Fitzhenry & Whiteside Master Communications Inc. open as well as to attend the Opening Career Cruising Florida Library Designs Inc. McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers Cavendish Square Fortres Grand Corporation General Session, the Big Idea Series, the Melville House Celayix Software Fresh Coast Furniture All Conference Reception: Innovative Mergent Inc. Center Point Large Print Gale, Cengage Learning Merriam-Webster Inc. Interfaces E-Book Extravaganza, and Chelsea Green Publishing Gareth Stevens Publishing Midwest Library Service the Closing Session. Exhibits-Plus Child’s Play Gaylord Bros. Midwest Tape Badges can be purchased onsite at the Children’s Plus Inc. Geographic Research Inc. MJ Industries ChiliFresh Enterprises Inc. Gressco Ltd. conference for $45. mk Sorting Systems CIVICTechnologies Inc. Grey House Publishing & Salem Press Moody Publishers

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Morningstar Inc. Quality Books Inc. TEI Landmark Audio Partners Motion Picture Licensing Quipu Group LLC Tesco Learning Environments Corporation RAILS - Reaching Across Illinois The Library Corporation - TLC PLA would also like to thank the generous Movie Licensing USA Library System The Library Store Inc. support of our partners. (as of November 1, 2013) Multi-Cultural Books and Videos Rainbow Book Company Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia Nagle Hartray Architecture Random House LLC Thrift Books LLC Platinum Partners ($10,000+) National Geographic Society Rasmussen Software Inc. TMC Furniture Inc. National Library of Medicine Recorded Books Today’s Business Solutions Inc. NatureMaker Inc. ReferenceUSA Tor/Forge Books NewsBank Inc. Rhode Island Novelty Treehouse Island Inc. Northern Micrographics Road Scholar Tsai Fong Books Inc. Bibliocommons Boopsie for Libraries OBS INC. Romance Writers of America Turtleback Books Oceanview Publishing Rosen Publishing Group, The Tutor.com OCLC Inc. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Tyndale House Publishers On the Avenue Marketing Group Unique Management Services Inc. Orange County Library System RTI - DVD/CD Repair Machines University of California Press Orca Book Publishers S&P Capital IQ University of IL Grad School of Lib Cambria Estate Winery OverDrive Inc. SAGE & Info Sci Oxford University Press San Jose State University - SLIS University of Wisconsin - P.V. Supa Inc. Schedule3W - Medianet - Milwaukee School of Information Dymaxion Research Ltd. Studies p4A.com Innovative Penguin Paizo Publishing Scholastic Library Publishing Unshelved/Overdue Media LLC School Library Journal Upstart Palmieri Furniture Ltd. Gold Partners ($5,000) Papercutz/NBM Graphic Novels Sculptureworks Inc. Vanguard ID Systems Baker & Taylor PBS Educational Media SenSource Inc. VenMill Industries Brainfuse Showcases Video Librarian Peek-A-Book Gale Cengage Learning Simon & Schuster VTLS Inc. Penguin Group (USA) HarperCollins SirsiDynix W. T. Cox Subscriptions Penguin Young Readers Group Highsmith Sisters in Crime W.W. Norton & Company Inc. Penworthy Company, The Ingram Sourcebooks Inc. Watson Label Products Perseus Books Group Novelist Plymouth Rocket Inc. ST Imaging Weston Woods/Scholastic Audio Star Bright Books Wiley Penguin Young Readers Polaris Library Systems Romance Writers of America ProQuest Starwalk Kids Media Worden Company, The Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. Workman Publishing Co. Simon & Schuster PSI Plastic Graphics The Library Corporation (TLC) Public Information Kiosk Inc. Tanglewood Publishing World Book Inc. Publisher Spotlight Tech Logic World Wisdom and Wisdom Tales Silver Partners ($2,500) Publishers Group West TechSoup Global Zondervan AudioGO Audio Publishers Association Blackstone Audio Books on Tape, a division of Random House Library Space Pavilion Career Center Demco Inc. New this year! The Library Space Pavilion will We’ll have a spot dedicated to job providers EBSCO feature innovative spaces to create at your and job seekers. The Career Center will offer eSequels/Novel Data LLC library. Try out the latest tools and materials opportunity to post and search job openings, LSSI that make up a makerspace. Experience the have private meetings/interviews, and benefit Macmillan Audio Polaris Library Systems calming effect of a Happiness Zone. See what from resume review. Upstart

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#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 13 Indianapolis is a city that constantly defies expectations! here’sT so much to explore and enjoy within walking distance of the convention center, you’ll want to build in some extra time for touring. Here’s just a taste!

Art Museums and Libraries Five miles from the convention center and situated on 152 pristine acres The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is ranked as one of the Top of gardens and grounds, the Indianapolis Museum of Art is a special 10 museums or attractions in the nation by USA Today, US News & World place to visit. The collection of 54,000 works spans 5,000 years of African, Report, Parents magazine, and Cultural Traveler magazine. It provides five American, Asian, and European history, making it one of the largest levels of interactive exhibits and 120,000 artifacts exploring art, science, encyclopedic museums in the country. And did we mention admission history and culture. A special Indy destination is the Eiteljorg Museum, is free? Additionally, the Canal & White River State Park, located in the the only museum of its kind in the Midwest, immersing visitors in Western heart of downtown, offers 250 acres of green space and attractions all art and the many cultures of American Indians through exhibitions, connected by a glimmering canal walk and art-lined pedestrian pathways. performances, festivals and hands-on workshops. Literary buffs can tour the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, The Indianapolis Public Library, and the Indiana State Library. Animal lovers can visit the Indianapolis Food and Drink Zoo, ranked a Top-10 Zoo by TripAdvisor. Indianapolis offers more than 250 diverse dining options for all palates and price points. With its rich soil and surrounding agriculture, Indy has been supporting farm-to-table restaurants for decades. International Music fare, world-famous steakhouses, and sports bars are also just around the Indy offers a wide range of venues suitable to all musical tastes, from corner. Wine and beer enthusiasts alike will find plenty of handcrafted, intimate stages and underground bars to mega stadiums playing popular award-winning creations to sample throughout Indianapolis. A brewing national acts. Hear the notes of indie, jazz, rock, and classical throughout renaissance in Indy has resulted in over ten craft breweries delivering the city. And be sure to get a taste of the blues at the historic Slippery delicious drafts to restaurants and bars. The Indy Brew Bus is a great way Noodle Inn, which has a history as part of the Underground Railroad and to tour and sample. gangster John Dillinger’s favorite watering hole.

Monuments and Memorials Outdoors Indianapolis is home to more memorials honoring our nation’s veterans As one of the country’s most walkable cities, Indianapolis offers lots than any other city in the U.S., second only to Washington, D.C. of opportunities to explore outside. There are more than 30 miles of Monument Circle is the iconic heart of downtown, and visitors can get greenways and trails winding through the city for runners and avid a spectacular eagle-eye view of the city from atop the 284-foot Soldiers bicyclists. The eight-mile bicycle and pedestrian-friendly Cultural Trail & Sailors Monument. Just a few blocks north, the Indiana War Memorial connects visitors to hotels, restaurants, attractions and cultural districts. Plaza Historic District contains two museums, three parks, American White River State Park offers 250 acres of green space, attractions, and Legion’s headquarters, and 24 acres of monuments, statues, sculptures, special event venues, all within walking distance of downtown hotels. and fountains. Theater photo courtesy of VisitIndy.com; dining and shopping photos courtesy of Lavengood Photography courtesy dining and shopping photos of Lavengood VisitIndy.com; courtesy photo of Theater Photography courtesy photo of Lavengood restaurant VisitIndy.com; Library courtesy photo of Vonnegut

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Official Tours XP PLA also partners with a local tour operator to offer some well guided fun. Take a look at what’s available and add one to your

schedule. These tours do require an additional fee. LORE

All Things Sports Tour 6-hour tour; Price: $100.00 (lunch included) Indianapolis is a city that built its reputation on sports… both amateur and professional. Get a close up look at the Lucas Oil Stadium, the NCAA Hall of Champions Museum, and the

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (includes a ride around the track!) INDY Shopping Columbus Architecture Tour Indy offers a variety of shopping destinations from the largest mall in 7-hour tour; Price: $82.00 Indiana to small, independent boutiques. The four-story Circle Centre Admire more than 70 buildings and public art pieces that caused Mall is the shopping hub of downtown with over 100 specialty shops Columbus, Indiana to be ranked 6th in the nation for architectural and dining options. The city has more unique, locally owned stores than innovation and design by the American Institute of Architects. See ever before lining the streets of cultural districts. Visit Mass Ave, Fountain buildings/works by internationally noted architects and artists, Square and Broad Ripple to find clothing, art, and gifts. including I.M. Pei, Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, Dale Chihuly, and Henry Moore. Oh, and did we Sports mention, there’s ice cream at the end? Right downtown, the NCAA Hall of Champions showcases all 23 Fort Wayne Genealogy Center Tour collegiate sports and the heart and dedication it takes to be a student- athlete. The Hall offers two levels of interactive exhibits to engage visitors, 7-hour tour; Price: $94.00 (lunch included) including golf, skiing, and baseball simulators and a chance to shoot free Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes tour of one of the largest and throws in a 1930’s-style basketball gym. And let’s not forget the need for most visited genealogy centers in the world. View the diverse speed. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum captures collections, get an inside glimpse at materials handling, and the rich 100-year-old history of the world’s fastest sport in the ‘Racing witness scanning equipment in operation as it adds to the Center’s Capital of the World’. nearly 76,000 digitized items for public use. Tour also includes a visit to the Allen County Public Library, home to a comprehensive Theatre Abraham Lincoln collection. Live theatre is thriving in Indianapolis, and talent can be found around Historical Homes Tour every corner. From professional productions to eclectic and quirky 4-hour tour; Price: $58.00 performances, there is something for everyone to enjoy. After 40 strong Step into the past as you tour the mansions of some of seasons, the Indiana Repertory Theatre continues to offer top-notch Indianapolis’ most noted historical figures including President performances that entertain, challenge and delight. And the Madame Benjamin Harrison and poet James Whitcomb Riley. The mansions Walker Theatre Center, a National Historic Landmark named in honor of don’t end there—see nearly ten more with a drive around Indy. America’s first self-made female millionaire, showcases important African- American culture and history through performances. Indianapolis Memorial Tour 4-hour tour; Price: $40.00 Indianapolis is second only to Washington, D.C. in acreage and number of monuments dedicated to veterans. Explore the historical museums, monuments, statues, and fountains for a meaningful afternoon in Indianapolis.

Indy Indeed! 3-Hour Tour; Price: $55.00 This tour is a wonderful sampler all things Indy. From monuments and natural beauty to a narrated lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Come see all the things that make this a wonderful city! Theater photo courtesy of VisitIndy.com; dining and shopping photos courtesy of Lavengood Photography courtesy dining and shopping photos of Lavengood VisitIndy.com; courtesy photo of Theater Photography courtesy photo of Lavengood restaurant VisitIndy.com; Library courtesy photo of Vonnegut

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Housing ING Housing Reservations Reserving your room through the PLA Housing Bureau ensures you’ll receive a great price at a quality hotel. Make your reservations by February 12, 2014. Housing reservations will not be accepted after this date. For inquiries: [email protected]

Official PLA 2014 Conference Hotels and Rates

Hotel Name Address Rate* 1 The Alexander 333 South Delaware Street $189 2 The Columbia Club 121 Monument Circle $159 3 Courtyard Indianapolis Downtown 601 West Washington Street $166 4 Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown 123 West Louisiana Street $164 Union Station 5 Embassy Suites Indianapolis Downtown 110 West Washington Street $189 6 Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis 501 West Washington Street $146 Downtown 7 Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites 120 West Market Street $169 8 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites 410 South Missouri Street $154 Indianapolis Downtown 9 Homewood Suites by Hilton Indianapolis 211 South Meridian Street $159 Downtown 10 Hyatt Regency Indianapolis One South Capitol Avenue $184 Single $209 Double 11 Indianapolis Marriott Downtown 350 West Maryland Street $186 12 JW Marriott Indianapolis 10 South West Street $196 HEADQUARTER HOTEL 13 Omni Severin Hotel 40 West Jackson Place $156 14 SpringHill Suites Indianapolis Downtown 601 West Washington Street $156 15 Staybridge Suites Indianapolis Downtown 535 South West Street $154 16 The Westin Indianapolis 50 South Capitol Avenue $175

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#PLA2014 • www.placonference.org 17 Getting to Indy Whether you choose a plane, train, or automobile, you’ll find Indianapolis a convenient hub for travel.

By Automobile It’s called the Crossroads of America for a reason. Five major interstates intersect in Indianapolis, making PLA Conference the perfect chance to get in your first road trip of the season. Or let someone else do the driving. Mega Bus offers low cost tickets (as low as $3 if you purchase early!) to ride in style. They offer luxury single and double deckers with free wi-fi, at-seat plug-ins and panoramic windows. Direct service is available from Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, and Nashville. Visit www.megabus.com to take a look. The Indianapolis station is less than a mile from downtown and the convention center.

By Train Amtrak’s Cardinal/Hoosier State line connects Indianapolis with both New York and Chicago (and many stops in between!) and offers a scenic ride along the rails. Explore itineraries on www.amtrak.com. The station is less than half a mile from downtown and the convention center.

By Plane The Indianapolis International Airport sits just outside the city with lots of “schedule friendly” nonstops. Fly on United Airlines, the official PLA 2014 airline, and save with an exclusive discount of 5% on United’s lowest applicable fare. Certain restrictions apply. To receive the discount: 1. Call United Airlines at (800) 864-8331 or visit www.united.com • Reference #ZQSY840105 • Full mileage credit will be earned by frequent flyer club members. 2. Contact Gant Travel, the official travel coordinator for PLA 2014 • Call (800) 621-1083 • E-mail [email protected] • Reservations are available 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. CT • A $25.00 service fee applies for agent assistance. Photo courtesy of VisitIndy.com courtesyPhoto of

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Online Register By Mail Download a By Fax Download a online at placonference.org registration form at placonference.org. registration form at placonference.org. REGI (credit cards only). Mail your completed form with payment Fax your completed form to to the address listed on the form. (301) 694-5124 (credit cards only).

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(by 1/10/14) (by 2/7/14) (after 2/7/14) (by 2/7/14) (after 2/7/14) RA PLA Personal Members $230 $275 $320 PLA Personal Members $195 $210 ILF Personal Members $230 $275 $320 ILF Personal Members $195 $210 T ALA Personal Members * $350 $395 ALA Personal Members $270 $285 ION Nonmembers * $425 $470 Nonmembers $345 $360 Students * $105 $115 Students $85 $90

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Preconference Registration Special Events Registration

Type HALF DAY FULL DAY Author Lunches $35 per event PLA Personal Members $125 $195–$210 Audio Publishers Dinner $50 ILF Personal Members $125 $195–$210 ALA Personal Members $180 $250–$265 Nonmembers $235 $305–$320

Not a member? PLA 2014 Virtual Conference You’ll have the chance to If you can’t make it to Indianapolis this March, you don’t have to join (and receive the miss out. Attend the PLA 2014 Virtual Conference, March 13-14, registration discount) when you register. For instead. Ten top conference presenters will repeat their programs membership details, live for Virtual Conference attendees. Experience programs, visit www.pla.org author interviews, poster sessions, networking opportunities, and more—all from the comfort of your computer. Registration for the PLA 2014 Virtual Conference opens in January. Photo courtesy of VisitIndy.com courtesyPhoto of

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