Conference Committee

Upcoming Meetings: (Meetings are from 10a-12p unless otherwise noted)

8/23: Westwood Public Library Community Meeting Room 

9/20: Potentially meeting on-site

10/25:  Program proposals discussion

11/22:

No December meeting

1/24: 

3/28:

4/25: Tentative

5/18-5/20: MLA 2020 Turn the Tide

Committee Mission:

The mission of the Conference Committee is to promote professional development within the Massachusetts library community through the planning and execution of a high quality annual conference. We aim to present a conference which features a robust mix of local and nationally recognized leaders, innovators and speakers who will engage with a wide range of relevant topics that will encourage thought, conversation, action, and growth among individuals in all library roles and in all library types. We strive to recruit and highlight speakers on topics that are on-trend in the library field, and to create opportunities to connect and build networks with others in the field.

What do we do?

• Identify the conference theme
• Develop and submit program proposals
• Identify, recruit and coordinate with speakers
• Write and edit program descriptions for conference brochure
• Develop evening events
• Special Events: 
• • Hall of Fame Award
  • PR Awards
  • Para-librarian Awards 
  • Basket Raffle
  • Kay Bader Scholarship
• Liaison with Vendor for Conference App
• Identify Sponsors and Exhibitors
• On-site conference tasks

Committee Co-Chairs: 

We can be reached collectively at conference@masslib.org

Committee Members: