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The 2009 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference returns to Peoria, October 6-9, with something for everyone. The ILA Annual Conference is the best place in Illinois to develop professionally, advance your career, connect with colleagues, and learn about new techniques and new products that improve library services for your community. This year’s conference offers more than 70 programs and will feature more than 125 companies exhibiting their new products and services.

2009 ProspectusThis year’s conference is also easy on your budget. We’ve held the line on registration fees, and lower expenses in Peoria allow us to reduce the cost of conference events.

Who Attends
The ILA conference is attended by librarians, trustees, library assistants, educators, and others interested in libraries. Illinois librarians spend more than $425 million on library and library-related materials and supplies each year.

Attendee Information
The files listed below are available for download in .pdf format, which requires Acrobat Reader to view. If you don't already have it, you can get it here for free.


Conference Program (6.7 MB)
Preliminary Program (5.2 MB)

Conference Podcasts
The 2009 ILA Annual Conference featured a Speakers’ Series, focusing on issues of transformation.

Al Gini
Lincoln's Ten Critical Tasks of Transformational Leadership

Thomas W. Galante
Transformation: See Tomorrow Today

Conference Program Handouts
Below are links to handouts for individual 2009 ILA Annual Conference programs. Just click a link to download the handout (requires Adobe Acrobat).

Book Elation
Extravaganza of Books
Face to Face Marketing
Green Up Your Library (online portion)
Ideas, Ideas and More Ideas for Spanish Programming
Job Searching
Lifehacks
Navigating the First Amendment Highway
Presenting Polished Programs
Resources from the Past Meet the Cataloging of Future
Revitalize, Renew and Renovate
Revolutionary YA Service
Some Dewey, Some Don't
StoryTubes and You
Take the Plunge into Podcasting (online only)
Teen Read Week and Beyond