The Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community preconference, which will be held during the upcoming PLA 2010 conference, is free to the first 200 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis, and is open only to PLA members who are also registered for PLA 2010.

Developed by PLA with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Turning the Page is an advocacy training program designed to equip librarians and library supporters with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to create community partnerships, build alliances with local and regional decision-makers, and ultimately increase funding for their libraries. This training is primarily offered to library systems participating in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Opportunity Online hardware grants program, but is being offered free of charge to 200 PLA members.

Turning the Page includes:
* Guest speakers who will inspire and motivate you to get excited about telling your library’s story.
* Breakout sessions taught by subject matter experts and tailored specifically to your role in developing an advocacy plan at your library.
* Access to multiple resources, including a free copy of the best-selling PLA publication, “Libraries Prosper with Passion, Purpose, and Persuasion: A PLA Toolkit for Success.”
* Lunch on both days with special lunchtime speakers to enlighten you about how funding decisions are made.
* Opportunities to network with your peers and learn what other libraries are doing to advocate for their library during and after the workshoip.

To register for Turning the Page and to get more information about PLA 2010, visit www.placonference.org.