Public Library Directors – Annual Meeting

2011 Meeting Handouts and PowerPoints

The State Library and Archives of Florida conducts an annual Library Directors' meeting each fall.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for library directors from across the state to:

Meeting attendees participate in small and large group sessions designed to provide and share information on proven and innovate ways to:

expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, and for individuals of all ages
develop library services that provide all users access to information through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks
provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries
develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations
target library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills
target library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line

Attendees are public library directors from across the state of Florida.

For more information, contact Jill Canono (jbcanono@dos.state.fl.us) at (850) 245-6648.

October 11-12, 2012
Florida Public Library Directors' Meeting
Doubletree Hotel
Tallahassee, Florida

Registration begins in mid-August.