Viva
Lake Las Vegas:
Celebrating Nevada's Diversity
NEVADA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Annual
Conference
August 11-14, 2004
Henderson, NV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2004
Contact: Felton Thomas
Phone: 702-507-3990
NEVADA LIBRARY CONFERENCE TO OFFER LIBRARY DIVERSITY PROGRAM
Henderson, NV—The Nevada Library Association’s
(NLA’s) 58th Annual Conference, being held August 11 – 14,
2004, at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas Resort, is hosting a library
diversity panel as part of its president’s program.
The program, "White Privilege in Library Land" will offer a
panel of diverse leaders in the field including Dr. Carla Hayden, Director
of the Enoch-Pratt Library in Baltimore and Immediate Past President
for the American Library Association; Daniel Walters, Director of the
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and President-Elect of the Public
Library Association; and John D. Berry, Native American Studies Librarian,
University of California, Berkeley.
According to Felton Thomas, administrator for the West Las Vegas Library
and 2004 NLA president, “This program will challenge its audience
to look at the benefits of being white in the library profession.”
The president’s program will be held Thursday, August 12, at 1:30
p.m., and is open to all conference attendees.
For more information on the 2004 Nevada Library Association conference,
please visit NLA’s Website at www.nevadalibraries.org.
