Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

2024 Schedule of Events

Executive Board Meeting

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

This all day workshop is sponsored by COSLLE- Community of School Librarians and Library Educators in Arkansas Library Association.

It is $15 per person, lunch provided, and space is limited ; presenters will be Cassandra Barnett of DESE on  collection  Development in Uncertain Times; Rich Davis, AR illustrator of many books lncluding the Tiny series and Friday comes on Tuesday; and AR author Talya Tate Boerner who writes the Delta  

Child column for Farm Bureau Magazine and has three teen books out now.

6 hours of PD provided.

Hostesses of the workshop are Rachel Shankles and Quant Wyatt, co chairs of COSLLE.

You do not have to be a member of CoSLLE or ArLA. 

Executive Board Meeting

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

You are invited to register to attend this year’s Arkansas Library Association Annual Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We are so thrilled to offer you a great opportunity to reach out to so many decision makers from libraries across the state.

We greatly appreciate the support that you show the Arkansas Library Association and our library communities through your participation in our conference. We hope to see you in Hot Springs, Arkansas!

Registration notes: For another registration type or to purchase a meal ticket, click on New Registration after your initial registration.

Deadline for vendor registration is September 20th, 2024.

Exhibit space is limited to 30, 10’ x 10’ booths.

Conference and Exhibit location

Hot Springs Convention Center

134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs, AR 71901

(501) 321-2277

Hotel Reservations

Rooms for the conference have been blocked at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Hot Springs Hotel & Spa. When making reservations, ask for the ArLA Conference rate to receive discounted rates.

Conference Hotel

Conference Hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton Hot Springs Hotel & Spa
400 Convention Blvd, Hot Springs, AR 71901

Key Contacts

Conference Chair

Lynn Valetutti, Library Director

National Park College

Office: (501)524-4101

lynn.valetutti@np.edu

Exhibitor Chair

Rachel Shankles

(501) 276-4949

shankles08@gmail.com

Conference Registrar

Hotel Event Coordinator

Executive Board Meeting

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

Executive Board Meeting

2025 Budget Meeting

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)

Executive Board Meeting

Changeover Meeting

Monthly noon MELLW Mindfulness Minute (5-15 minute Zoom gathering to learn a new approach to addressing stress)  - Led by Amanda Moore (chaplain, stress management educator, and librarian)