ALANEWS (June 1995)
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For Immediate Release                                From: Pamela Goodes
June 1995                                                  Linda Wallace
                                                      312-280-5043, 5042

ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE DRAWS RECORD CROWD

       A record crowd of almost 25,000 librarians, trustees, exhibitors and
guests attended the 114th Annual Conference of the American Library
Association held June 24-28 in Chicago.
       Attendance in all areas was up.  The paid registration of 13,178 was
up by more than 100 over the previous record of 13,063 at the 1992 annual
conference held in San Francisco.  There were 13,063 paid registrants at the
1993 annual conference in New Orleans and 8,025 paid registrants at the 1994
annual conference in Miami Beach.
       This year's total attendance of 24,541 also included 5,856 exhibitors
and guests. Some 5,507 free exhibit passes were issued compared to 3,441 in
Miami Beach.
       The 1995 Annual Conference offered some 2,000 programs, meetings and
exhibits with featured speakers U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, PBS
commentator Charlayne Hunter-Gault and other well known authors and experts
celebrating the theme "Libraries:  An American Value."
       The ALA Midwinter Meeting is scheduled January 19-25 in San Antonio
and the 1996 Annual Conference, July 6-10 in New York.