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2024 Vendor Registration

Thank you for your interest in being a vendor and/or sponsor at NCSLMA this year! As a vendor or sponsor, you get a free membership to NCSLMA for one year. The membership will be tied to the e-mail that you use in this registration.

Conference Dates:  October 3-4, 2024

Schedule:

Set up:  Wednesday, October 2, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Thursday, October 3, 8:00 am - 5:45 pm

NCSLMA-Jama (Vendor Event):  Thursday, October 3, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Friday, October 4, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Tear Down:  Friday, October 4, 3:00 pm

Elementary: Little Known Way to Increase Reading Engagement

  • 26 Mar 2019
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Online
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Contact for event info: Alicia Luke, alicialuke@ncslma.org

NCSLMA is hosting a webinar next week, "Little Known Way to Increase Reading Engagement and Reading Skills with Students of ALL Reading Levels." There will be two dates, March 26 for elementary school librarians and March 27 for secondary school librarians. Join us to learn how large print books can help your students and earn one CEU!

More information for Elementary Librarians:
You are invited to a Zoom meeting offered in collaboration with NCSLMA & Thorndike Press an imprint of Gale Cengage: Little Known Way to Increase Reading Engagement and Reading Skills with Students of ALL Reading Levels

When: Mar 26, 2019 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EASTERN TIME
 
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cengage.zoom.us/meeting/register/78ad5e8016a9a25ac5b9141539e44ee6    

Little Known Way to Increase Reading Engagement and Reading Skills with Students of ALL Reading Levels

Literacy is a key factor in student success. It impacts self-esteem, social emotional wellness and academic achievement. 
Thorndike Press supports literacy in and outside of the classroom by publishing books in large print, which can improve children’s reading skills and reading confidence. With greater comprehension comes greater reading satisfaction; learning to read can then transition to reading to learn. Come learn how large print makes a different for your students.
Tasha Squires is the School Librarian at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove, IL. She is the author of Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries published by Information Today, INC. She the creator and main contributor of the blog www.booksinthemiddle.wordpress.com and you can contact her on Twitter @tasquires or through email tasquires66@gmail.com She welcomes comments and conversations.

Bonnie Simcock is Manager of Acquisitions at Thorndike Press. Thorndike works with all the major publishing houses to put bestselling and well-loved titles into an accessible and comfortable format for all ages. Bonnie’s pleased to say she’s finally making great use of her Literature degree. She was raised in a family of educators, has a background in teaching literacy through the Title I (One) program, served a four-year term on a Maine schoolboard, and survived putting one kid through middle school with one still to go.
 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


VENDOR BOOTHS

Vendor booth payment includes - Website, Social Media, in-conference recognition, a profile in our Sched app, and inclusion in our Vendor Scavenger Hunt. Choice of vendor booth location will be first paid, first chosen. Single booth sizes are 6' deep x10' wide and include a table and 2 chairs.

  • Single booth is $1000 (double booth - $1900, triple booth - $3500)

  • September 1, 2024, is the last day to cancel your vendor booth with full refund.


A La Carte

Carpet, electrical, etc. will be handled directly through Hollins.

$150 - Attendee e-mail list
Attendee lists will be made available via Google Sheets. Lists may not be sold, gifted, or shared with anyone beyond your company. You will have access to the membership list until October 1, 2025.

$40 - One ticket to Thursday or Friday Lunch (deadline to purchase is August 15)

EXTEND YOUR PRESENCE

Prizes for Conference

Any prize donations will also receive social media recognition and advertising during the conference. We are accepting prizes for the following:

  • School Librarian of the Year

  • General Door Prizes to be given throughout and after the conference


Sponsorship Levels 

Each sponsorship includes Attendee e-mail list, two (2) session passes, website and social media recognition, an ad in our monthly newsletter, and session sponsorship. 

  • Carnivore - $2500(One ad in each newsletter for fifteen months, three session sponsorships)

  • Omnivore - $2000 (One ad in newsletter for nine months, two session sponsorships)

  • Herbivore -  $1500 (One ad in newsletter for six months, one session sponsorship)


Sponsorship Opportunities (independent of sponsorship levels)

Each opportunity includes website and social media recognition as well as advertising at the event/meal/snack and during the opening meeting

  • Session Sponsor - $500 per session (includes up to five minutes of introduction at session and your logo on the session slidedeck - You will get to choose the session(s) you sponsor - first paid, first chosen)

  • Keynote Sponsor - $3500 (includes five minutes of introduction at keynote session and your logo and company name advertised with the keynote speaker on social media)

  • Sched Sponsor - $1000 (includes your logo on the Sponsor page and at the bottom of each page)

  • NCSLMA-Jama Food Sponsor - $5,000 (this is the former vendor reception and will be a DJed party with heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar in the Dance Club)

  • NCSLMA-Jama Drink Sponsor - $3,000 

  • Friday AM Coffee and Hot Tea station - $1500

  • Friday PM Snack and Drink Station - $3000

  • Saturday AM Coffee and Hot Tea Station - $1500




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