Past Conferences
Below is a list of KLA Past Conferences. To access handouts, click the Conference Header. Unfortunately, we do not have an archive of all handouts from every conference. We only have handouts from what has been submitted.
Past Conferences:
KLA / MPLA 2018 Joint Conference
Theme: Ad Astra...Together, from the Mountains to the Plains!
Joint Conference for the Kansas Library Association (KLA) and the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA)
Opening Keynote: Patrick "P.C." Sweeney
Closing Keynote: Marci Penner
Theme: Libraries Transform Learning
Joint Conference of the Kansas Library Association (KLA) and the Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL)
Theme: Champions by Design
Joint Conference of the Kansas Library Association (KLA) and the Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL)
KLA 2015 Conference
Theme: Libraries Without Borders
Opening Keynote: Peter Morville (author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web...)
Closing Keynote: William Ottens (creator of LibrarianProblems.com)
Joint Conference of the Kansas Library Association (KLA) and the Missouri LIbrary Association (MLA)
Theme: Out of the Stacks: Engaging Communities, Promoting Learning
Opening Keynote: Karen Archer Perry
Closing Keynote: Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly (Founder of the Awful Library Books)
KLA 2013 Conference
Theme: Together We Are Stronger!
Opening Keynote: Jeff Kober
KLA 2012 Conference
Theme: I Geek Kansas Libraries!
Opening Keynote: R. David Lankes
Closing Keynote: Larry Hatteberg
KLA 2011 Conference
Theme: Share the Vision
Opening Keynote: Jamie Larue
Closing Keynote: Tom Averill
KLA 2010 Conference
Opening Keynote: Tracie D. Hall
Closing Keynote: Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum
KLA 2008 Conference
Theme: Be the Change
Opening Keynote: Stephanie Vance
Closing Keynote: Don McMillian
