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Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and participate.

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Text courtesy of Matt Rosendahl, Library Director, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and participate. Register today!

For just $55, you’ll experience:

  • Keynote by John Pateman, Chief Librarian and Chief Executive Officer at Thunder Bay Public Library
  • 16 inspiring presentations that give you the tools to “sea changes” in our libraries
  • A Thursday evening pre-conference pub trivia night
  • A Friday evening post-conference social event 

Register by May 31st to ensure that any dietary requests can be accommodated. 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Join us for a pre-conference workshop Managing Cultural Change in Libraries: Marx, Maslow and Management with John Pateman, Thursday, June 6th from 1:00-4:00 PM. Find more information and register here.

LOCATION & ACCOMMODATIONS

Our conference is located in beautiful Duluth, the gateway to the North Shore of Lake Superior. The region features world-class breweries, restaurants, and outdoor activities.

Our conference partners with the Radisson Hotel Duluth-Harborview for accommodations. Find more information regarding the reserved room block here.  

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS

Students currently enrolled in a library science program are encouraged to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2019 Lake Superior Libraries Symposium. The scholarship will cover conference registration ($55).

ABOUT US

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by library staff members from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. The Symposium was created to promote resource sharing and communication between organizations and to help librarians develop enhanced professional networks. Our continued operations are thanks to the in-kind and monetary contributions of our supporters.

Have more questions? Visit the Contact Us page on our conference website.
 

Written by

Zach Miller
Head of Communications