Inaugural Conference of the Association of Library Communications and Outreach Professionals

I want to personally invite you to Philadelphia October 9-10, 2011 for the Inaugural Conference of the Association of Library Communications and Outreach Professionals (ALCOP). The conference will begin on Sunday at 11:30 am with a light lunch and the Opening Session, which will provide attendees with the plans for the new organization. The workshops will then begin and run all afternoon. Throughout the conference, over 25 different presentations will be offered, all focusing exclusively on the current issues in library communications and outreach. The Keynote Address Dinner will take place on Sunday evening and will feature consultant Kathy Dempsey, author of The Accidental Library Marketer, followed by additional workshop sessions until 8:30 pm. The conference will resume on Monday morning with a Keynote Address by marketing consultant Chris Olson, followed by a morning of additional workshops. The conference will conclude with a light lunch on Monday afternoon and end at 1:00 pm. The conference will take place at the Castle Conference Center on the campus of Arcadia University, near Philadelphia. Click here for the complete brochure and registration materials.

If you cannot make the conference and would like to be placed on the mailing list for ALCOP, please send an email to me at kiesermb@yahoo.com.

I hope that you will join us for this exciting conference launching this special organization for those in the library communications profession. The early registration discount ends on September 26th.

Bob Kieserman

Robert H. Kieserman, MBA, MLIS

Executive Director

The Library Management Institute

kiesermb@yahoo.com