Educational Sessions & Handouts

The array of professional development programs are the highlight of PLA Conference. Over the course of the conference, nearly 200 educational sessions for public librarians were presented. Preconferences and ConverStations covered a variety of topics. Concurrent program sessions were offered in nine tracks: administration/management; collections/tech services; facilities; leadership; marketing/fundraising/partnerships; serving adults; serving youth; staffing; and technology.

A searchable list of educational sessions will appear below momentarily. Your patience is appreciated.

Some PLA 2012 presenters have made their handouts or presentations available online. Scroll or search through the list for a particular session. If the presenter made handouts available, you’ll see a little file icon to the right. Click on that, and you can download the file.

The handout files below are source files—that is, you will need Word, PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and/or print them. If you are having problems downloading a particular document, you may right click on the document and save it to your computer by using "save target as." Again, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files. If you need a free copy of this application, you can download it here.