2024 Vermont Library Conference

Join the Vermont Library Association at its 2024 annual conference on Monday, May 20, at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel and Conference Center, 228 E Mountain Road, in Killington, Vermont. Our theme is Libraries Empowering Communities: Standing Together in Uncertain Times.

2023-24 ALA President Emily Drabinski

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

American Library Association 2023-24 President Emily Drabinski is the conference keynote speaker. An associate professor at  Queens (N.Y.) College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Drabinski publishes and presents widely on issues related to critical librarianship, information literacy, and cataloging and classification work.  She edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series for Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. Her keynote address is available on YouTubeIt begins at 22:30 in the recording.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Full descriptions of conference events.
Download a PDF of this schedule.
PNG of the VLA schedule

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

2024 Conference Planning Committee 
Dena Marger, she/her, Co-Chair
Director, Lydia Taft Pratt Library
802-258-9878
VLAConference24@vermontlibraries.org

Maria Avery, she/her, Co-Chair
Community Outreach Manager, University of Vermont Libraries
VLAConference24@vermontlibraries.org

Oceana Wilson, she/her, Dean of the Library, Bennington College
Randal Smathers, he/him, Director, Rutland Free Library
Emma Parks, she/her, Library Support Senior and GIS Consultant, University of Vermont Dana Health Sciences Library
Mary Danko, she/her, Director, Fletcher Free Library
Cory Stephenson, she/her, Director, Moretown Memorial Library
Erin Davison, she/her, Youth Services Librarian, Norwich Public Library
Kelly L. McCagg, she/her, Director, Burnham Memorial Library

Other VLA Conference Resources:

2024 Vermont Library Conference Home Page

2024 Vermont Library Conference Session Descriptions

2024 Vermont Library Conference Speaker Bios

2024 Vermont Library Conference Presentation PDFs

Vermont Library Association Conference Committee

Vermont Library Association Past Conferences Archive

Last update June 21, 2024 (sl)