[CALIBK12] CSLA 2009 Conference

[Jane Lofton]

Dear Calibers,

April is flying by. Two important “to do’s” before the month is over  
are:

1. Mark your calendar for California School Library Association's 2008  
Annual Conference November 19-22 in Ontario, California. The theme  
this year is "Embrace the Serendipity of Learning.” You won’t want to  
miss it!

2. Consider submitting a proposal for a concurrent session.

CSLA is looking for professionals, paraprofessionals, exhibitors, and  
other friends of school libraries (members and non-members) who are  
interested in sharing their knowledge during our 60-minute concurrent  
sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 20-22. We are  
interested in presenters on a wide variety of topics, such as  
integrating technology in the curriculum, information literacy,  
reading strategies, author talks, standards implementation, collection  
development, book talking, storytelling, collection organization,  
collaborating with classroom teachers, intellectual freedom, library  
management, web 2.0 tools, career management, personal learning  
networks, book clubs, motivational programs, and much more.

To submit a proposal, start at the CLSA home page (http:// 
www.csla.net), then click on the link to the Call for Proposal  
instructions. Or, go directly to the proposal page at http://csla.aaiden.com 
. Please submit your proposal(s) by Tuesday, April 28.  Once you do,  
you will receive an email confirmation with a log-in that will allow  
you to return to your submission to review, edit, and print it. We  
will notify you of your submission status by May 31.

If you have any questions about your proposal ideas, contact  
Concurrent Sessions Chairs Joan Kramer (joan.kramer at lausd.net) or  
Ellen Whelpton (whlptn at aol.com). If you have questions about  
submitting your proposal online, contact Conference Coordinator  
Carolyn Tienken (carolynt at csla.net).

We look forward to receiving your great session proposals!

Jane Lofton

CSLA 2009 Conference Committee Chair

jane at lofton.com