Annual AkLA Conference

It is the policy of the Association to rotate the annual conference sites between Fairbanks, Juneau and Anchorage, and to have the conference in a community other than these three every fourth year.

The next annual conference will be held in Juneau, Feb. 17-20, 2011.

Conference Themes:

March 4-20, 2010 Anchorage: Breaking New Trails
March 13-16, 2009 Kodiak: Libraries Going the Distance
Feb 28-March 2, 2008 Fairbanks: Can't Stop Raven About Libraries
Feb 22-25th, 2007 Juneau: Libraries: The Umbrella of the Community
February 22-26, 2006 Anchorage Hilton: Learning Through Libraries
March 10-13, 2005 Barrow: Understanding Library Users
March 25-28, 2004 Fairbanks: Raven About Libraries
March 6-9, 2003 Juneau: Achieving Excellence @ your library
March 7-10, 2002 Anchorage: CLICK: Community, Libraries and Information: Channeling Knowledge
March 8-11, 2001 Sitka: Many Peoples/Many Cultures
March 2-5, 2000 Fairbanks: Steeped in Tradition---Committed to Change
March 18-21, 1999 Juneau: Partnerships: Present and Future
March 5-8, 1998 Ketchikan: Librarians: The Heart of Information
April 8-10, 1997 Anchorage: Alaska Librarians Connect
August 13-17, 1996 Fairbanks - joint conference with PNLA: Information
Highways: The Northwest Passage of Libraries
March 10-13, 1995 Juneau: Libraries, Politics and Open Lines of Communication
March 11-15, 1994 Anchorage: Tracks to the Future
March 6-8, 1993 Nome: Many Voices, Common Concerns
February 29-March 2, 1992 Fairbanks: Alaska Librarians Have a Story To Tell
March 1-5, 1991 Juneau: Lengthening Our Stride
March 2-6, 1990 Anchorage: Keys to the 21st Century: Collection, Connection, Coordination, Communication
March 4-7, 1989 Homer: The Art of Information Management
March 4-8, 1988 Fairbanks: Building Library Support with Creative Marketing
March 7-11, 1987 Valdez: Alaska's Libraries: Creativity in Crisis
March 8-12, 1986 Anchorage: Alaska Library Network: The People, The Programs and The Tools
March 10-13, 1985 Juneau: Libraries---The Links that Strengthen the Community
March 4-7, 1984 Sitka: Collection Development: Developing Collections, Resource Sharing, Library Networking
March 16-19, 1983 Honolulu, Hawaii - joint conference with HLA, HSLA:
Reaching out
March 25-27, 1982 Fairbanks: Intellectual Freedom: A Right or a Privilege?
February 25-27, 1981 Nome: None
March 8-12, 1980 Juneau: None
March 4-7, 1979 Anchorage: Libraries for Alaskans: 10 years in retrospect
March 20-22, 1978 Ketchikan: None
April 3-6, 1977 Fairbanks: Alaska Libraries and Technology
March 7-10, 1976 Juneau: The State of Alaska, a major reference resource
March 2-3, 1975 Kodiak: Library Management and You
March 6-8, 1974 Anchorage: Focus on Feedback
March 18-21, 1973 Fairbanks: Communications
March 22-25, 1972 Whitehorse, YT: Library Redesign
March 18-20, 1971 Sitka: Marketing Library Resources
March 15-17, 1970 Anchorage: Partners for Progress: People, Information,
Government
March 9-11, 1969 Fairbanks: PAS Plan: Library Services for All Alaskans
March 10-12, 1968 Juneau: Library Development: Opportunities, Cooperation and the Future
March 17-18, 1967 Anchorage: Library Development in Alaska
March 17-19, 1966 Anchorage: None
March 19-20, 1965 Fairbanks: None
1964 Scheduled for Anchorage but cancelled because of the Good Friday Earthquake
April 26-27, 1963 Fairbanks: For better library service in Alaska
April 7, 1962 Anchorage: None