Top Ten Reasons to Attend ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibit

The Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits offer a wide range of events, exhibits and sessions to help you expand and enrich your career and your library. Over the next few months hundreds of announcements will keep you up-to-date, but here is our top 10 list of things to experience:

• Learn from your peers in over 200 discussion groups led by your colleagues on a variety of hot topics;
• See the latest from over 350 exhibitors introducing new products, titles, services and technologies.
• Attend Pre-Midwinter institutes offered by ALA divisions and offices;
• Fill your toolbox with tools for advocacy in workshops, and presentations on Washington issues;
• Advance (or change) your career by utilizing the ALA JobLIST Placement Center, helping connect job seekers and employers and offering free career counseling;
• Visit the Networking Uncommons the perfect venue for impromptu sessions, demonstrations, and conversations;
• Hear from new and favorite authors and illustrators in a wide range of memorable events. ERT/Booklist Author Forum, ALA President's Program, ALA Youth Media Awards, RUSA Book and Media Awards, Auditorium Speaker Series, ALTAFF Gala Author Tea and Spotlight on Adult Literature, Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture, and more
• Join an immediate online community to enrich your networking and learning (tag: #alamw12) at Midwinter;
• Did we mention the exhibit hall? In addition to the post office, internet room, restaurants and lounges, the exhibit hall is home to two fantastic stages to see hot mystery and romance authors, poets, storytellers and chefs on the new What’s Cooking @ ALA stage;
• Fun social events such as the Facebook meetup, tweetup, and more.

Don’t miss out on all Midwinter has to offer...register now.