2024 AzLA Annual Conference - Special Activities

We encourage you to sign up for one or more of these exciting activities!

We appreciate the efforts of the MMO and EDI Committees, AzLA Secretary Terry Ann Lawler, and Arizona@Work to make these opportunities available to conference attendees.

Conference Buddy Program

Are you:

• A first time conference attendee or new to AzLA?
• A student interested in making connections?
• New to Arizona libraries?
• Wanting all of your conference-related questions answered?
  

Or do you have:

• Extensive library experience and knowledge?
• Lots of experience navigating conferences?
• A wide network of library folks?

We are recruiting mentors and mentees to be matched up for this year’s conference. This is a great opportunity for seasoned conference-goers and library professionals to share their knowledge and networks with those that are newer to the conference world. Please sign up by September 27th.

Click here to complete survey!

FREE, Professional Headshots

AzLA Secretary Terry Ann Lawler has graciously offered to take free, professional headshots of conference attendees again this year. Ten minute slots are available during preconferences on Wednesday and during the annual conference on Thursday, and Friday.

Please click below to reserve your spot, then plan to meet her on the outside patio across from the ballroom entrance.

Click here to sign up for a headshot appointment!

Resume Review Clinic

Arizona@Work specialists will be onsite Friday, October 18, to review resumes for conference attendees.

Please click below to reserve your spot, then plan to meet the Arizona@Work team in Room 106.

Click here to sign up for a resume review appointment!

EDI Committee Poolside Mixer

Join AzLA’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for a Poolside Mixer on Thursday at 4:30 pm. Come get to know your colleagues from across the state who are committed to amplifying the voices of underrepresented identities in our profession. Light refreshments sponsored by Overdrive.

MMO Morning Mixer: Tell Your Library Story

Sign up to “Tell Your Library Story” Open-Mic Style!

We have all come to librarianship, or library work, on different paths. Join with other AzLA Members and hear some of those stories. We invite you to sign up for a ~5 minute slot to share your work, and journey - below!

Want to see how it goes? Don’t worry about signing up now, we will have time for folks to add their names to the list at the Mixer.

Sign up to tell your library story!

Tour the Phoenix Public Library's Bookmobile

Phoenix Public Library's Bookmobile will be parked to the south of the Conference center, just beyond the patio area, on Friday, October 18.

Stop by after conference on Friday, from 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm to take a tour!