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The 2002 Annual Conference marks an extraordinary time for Texas libraries.
As TLA celebrates it 100th anniversary, the Texas library community is coming together to reflect on the challenges met over a century of progress and to look ahead toward the tasks and victories that lie ahead.
This centennial conference is designed to address your professional concerns and to continue a one-hundred-year commitment of excellence in services to the library community. By providing a wide range of continuing education opportunities, including programs, preconferences, and special events, the 2002 Annual Conference represents one of the best investments you can make in your education and professional growth.
In addition to the excellent selection of professional presentations, annual conference gives you a forum for gathering with your colleagues and friends. We all know that a sense of community has long been an integral component of our library association. In these last months, however, we have all renewed our understanding of community and what it means to be members of a profession carrying the solemn responsibility for educating and informing people.
Annual Conference 2002 is an event you simply can't miss. Whether we are celebrating the association's ongoing role in Texas or promoting discussions and ideas for addressing the impact of global struggles at home, the Texas Library Association is about you: your profession, your colleagues, your work, and the mission we all share.
We invite you to join your colleagues at the annual conference of your Texas Library Association, one hundred years strong preserving the past and shaping the future.
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Continuing professional education credit is available for school and public librarians needing to meet certification requirements from the State Board for Educator Certification and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The conference also features leaders and experts on all facets of libraries and organizations: E.J. Josey, professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences; Director of IMLS Robert Martin; Spencer G. Shaw, professor emeritus at the University of Washington's Graduate School of Library and Information Science; library leader Charles McClure; Bernard L. Weinstein, director of the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas in Denton; and TIF Board member John Collins. Texas' own library leaders?many of whom are as prominent on the national scene as they are in Texas?will join this list of esteemed speakers.
The events of September 11, 2001, have altered theAmerican mindset forever. Just as the people of this country respond to new challenges imposed by world events, the library community must weigh the mandates of long-cherished principles and practices against the demands of national security.
Libraries are not only a symbol of our country's right to freedom and opportunity; they exemplify the democratic process.
At TLA Annual Conference in 2002, we come together with a renewed sense of our mission as librarians and a strengthened sense of community. Accordingly, conference planners prepared a series of special programs, including emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, physical security, legal and ethical concerns, and continued services to patrons. These programs are:
The Technology Showcase and Net Fair will feature demonstrations of high-tech products available to your patrons and staff. TLA's Placement Center will once again offer a key link between job seekers and employers.
Social activities include the Welcome Party at the Women's Museum on Tuesday, the President's All-Conference Party at the African American Museum on Wednesday, an Evening with the Authors Reception at the Hyatt on Thursday, and a number of special events sponsored by TLA units, including the Small Community Libraries Dessert Social, the Texas library school dinners, and the Doo-Wop and TALL Texans Round Tables Dance and Fundraiser on Thursday night.
Also, take some time to enjoy "Diane Stanley: Journeys," a special exhibit at Dallas Public Library. The exhibit undertakes a tour of some of the author/illustrator's most fanciful work. "Diane Stanley: Journeys" is a centennial celebration project of the Children's Round Table and the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. (Funded by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.)
You can also take pleasure in some outdoor activities. Marvel at downtown Dallas by taking a walking tour or a historic Fair Park bus tour. You can also join the 15th annual Hetherington Fun Run/Walk, or just take time to discover the sights and cultural attractions that distinguish Dallas as one of the most exciting cities in the U.S.
We hope you will browse through these pages, send in your pre-registration form promptly, and prepare to celebrate 100 years of libraries, librarians, and TLA!