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Upcoming Events:
February 9, 2012
An evening with Dr. Jennifer Branch, Coordinator, University of Alberta TL-DL program
McNally Robinson Books (Atrium) 7-9 pm no charge - pre-registration required
Vivianne Fogarty at fog73@mts.net 1 complimentary glass of wine per participant
Click here for full poster
May 14 - 16, 2012
Manitoba Libraries Conference
Delta Hotel, Winnipeg
There will be sessions of interest for school library staff on May 15. Participants can sign up for only this day, or for the entire conference.
http://www.manitobalibrariesconference.ca/
Out of Province Events
Navigating the New: Changing the Future Together
November 12-15, 2011 California School Library Association and the California Library Association will be collaborating on a joint conference experience for 2011 at the Sacramento Convention Center
http://www.cla-net.org/events/confexhibition.php
K-12 Online Conference 2011
Late November / Early December
The 2011 K-12 Online Conference dates have moved from October to late November – early December. Our pre-conference keynote will be published on Monday, November 21st. Week 1 conference presentations (Story Time and Team Captains strands) will be published the week of November 28 – December 2. Week 2 conference presentations (Sandbox and Level Up) will be published the week of December 5 – 9.
http://k12onlineconference.org/
Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2012
Innovation: Imagine, Innovate, Impact
February 1st to 4th, 2012
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
A great conference with big time speakers and lots of sessions for school libraries. Stay at the Royal York and walk to the conference through tunnels and skywalks to avoid the cold weather. http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=5&lang=1
Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)
January 23 – 26, 2012
Orange County Convention Center • Orlando, FL
http://fetc.org/Events/Florida-Educational-Technology-Conference/Home.aspx
Texas Computer Education Association Conference (TCEA)
February 6-10, 2012
Austin Convention Center
http://www.tcea2012.org/2012/public/default.html
Computer Using Educators (CUE ) Conference 2011
March 15-17, 2012 Palm Springs, CA
The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology show in California, and among the largest in the United States.
http://www.cue.org/conference/
ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit
March 24th to 26th 2012
San Francisco, California
http://www.ascd.org/conferences/annual-conference/2012.aspx
IASL Regional Conference
April 26-27, 2012
Bacolod Pavilion Hotel, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
CLA 2012
Wednesday May 30 - Saturday, June 2, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2012/
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)
Residential Summer Institute
June 27-29, 2012
Rutgers University
The State University of New Jersey
Click here for more info
SLAQ - School Library Association of Queensland
July 3-5, 2012
Connect-Create-Challenge! The venue for the School Library Association
of Queensland’s 2012 conference has been announced as the Pullman Reef
Casino in Cairns. This is a wonderful opportunity to attend a vibrant
and informative conference surrounded by the tropical ambience of Far
North Queensland, Australia
SLAQ is seeking submissions for full papers, seminars and workshops.
All proposals will be judged on their appropriateness to the
conference strands.
Please check out the SLAQ website http://www.slaq.org.au or keep up
with the latest news on facebook.
IBBY International Congress
August 23-26 2012
London, UK
Theme: Crossing Boundaries: Translations & Migrations
www.ibby2012congress.org
IASL 2012
November 11 - 15, 2012
Doha, Qatar
Our conference theme will be THE SHIFTING SANDS OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANSHIP. While we certainly won't be limiting the research papers we seek, we would be delighted to highlight research that follows our conference strands:
Internationalism (shifting borders)
Collaboration (shifting relationships)
Creativity and Innovation (shifting needs, expectations and roles)
Literacies and Fluences (shifting definitions)
A description of each strand is found on our planning wiki:
http://qalibrary.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/IASL+2012+conference
ASLA - Australian School Library Association
2012
TBA
Washington Library Media Association Conference 2012
TBA
Educause 2012
TBA
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