NEW HAMPSHIRE LIBRARIES' CONFERENCE
by Michael Garneau
Manchester City Library
It's never too early to think spring...spring conference, that is!! The 2003 New Hampshire Libraries' Conference will be held at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester on Tuesday, May 13 and Wednesday, May 14, 2003. Highlights of the conference so far are Patricia Schumann, Coordinator of ALA's Task Force on Pay Equity, as keynote speaker on Tuesday morning and Will Hobbs, well-known young adult author, as one of the luncheon speakers. Program topics include children's reference tools, customer service, book discussion groups, implications of the Patriot Act, school/public library cooperation, 24/7 reference service, Readteens-Creating Readers, school librarian certification and book reviewers of children's and adult books. Other programs and speakers are still in the works. More information will become available in the future. |