Information about the Alabama Library Association's 2013 Annual Convention, which will be held in Montgomery, Alabama April 23-26, 2013.

1. 2013 ALLA CONVENTION
Renaissance Hotel & Spa
201 Tallapoosa Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Theme: Alabama Libraries: Find Your Voice!
April 23-26, 2013

2. Come Stay at the Luxurious
Renaissance Hotel
Complimentary Breakfast
with your room reservation

3. Tuesday – April 23, 2013
Registration Begins
at 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

4. Tuesday – April 23, 2013 6:00 p.m.
Join Us on the Rooftop for a
Pool Side Reception

5. Wednesday - April 24, 2013
Get Your Morning Started With
Aerobics!!!
Antonio V. King
2801 Vaughn Plaza Rd.
Montgomery, Al
Work: 334-239-9355
Fax: 334-239-9356
avking@Fit4Christ.org
Owner & Operator
Fit 4 Christ® Fitness Center, LLC
Specializing in health, fitness, and Motivational Speaking
With a vision to help improve the health and quality of life of people
both Spiritually and Physically, Antonio founded Fit 4 Christ® Spiritual
and Physical Fitness Center. With great patience and perseverance, what
started as indoor and outdoor personal training has grown to be the
River Regions first solely owned spiritual fitness center. Antonio’s love
for God, exercise, physical fitness, and helping others is what inspired
him to become a fitness practitioner. Antonio is a Certified Trainer,
ranked martial arts instructor, United States Marine and former Soldier
in the Army Guard. He is a graduate of Alabama State University, a
member of Montgomery Chamber of Commerce and a member of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

6. Wednesday – April 24, 2013
Exhibits Hall Opens Daily at 8:00 a.m.

7. Wednesday - April 24, 2013
Opening Session Speaker
Rheta Grimsley Johnson has covered the South for over three decades
as a newspaper reporter and columnist. She writes about ordinary but
fascinating people, mining for universal meaning in individual stories. In past
reporting for United Press International, The Commercial Appeal of
Memphis, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and a number of other regional
newspapers, Johnson has won national awards. They include the Ernie Pyle
Memorial Award for human interest reporting (1983), the Headliner Award
for commentary (1985), the American Society of Newspaper Editors’
Distinguished Writing Award for commentary (1982). In 1986 she was
inducted into the Scripps Howard Newspapers Editorial Hall of Fame. In
1991 Johnson was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for
commentary. Syndicated today by King Features of New York, Johnson’s
column appears in about 50 papers nationwide. She is the author of several
books, including America’s Faces (1987) and Good Grief: The Story of
Charles M. Schulz (1989). In 2000 she wrote the text for a book of
photographs entitled Georgia. A native of Colquitt, Ga., Johnson grew up in
Montgomery, Ala., studied journalism at Auburn University and has lived
and worked in the South all of her career. In December 2010, Johnson
married retired Auburn University history professor Hines Hall.

8. Wednesday - April 24, 2013
Author Awards Luncheon

9. Wednesday - April 24, 2013
Library Legislative Day
Senator Waggoner, born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 8, 1937, is serving his sixth term in
the Senate after serving from 1966-1983 in the House of Representatives. Senator Waggoner,
President, Birmingham Business Consultants, LLC, received his B.A. degree from Birmingham
Southern College and his J.D. degree from Birmingham School of Law. He and his wife Marilyn are
the parents of four children: Scott (deceased), Mark, Lyn Waggoner Kilpatrick, and Jay.
Senator Waggoner is a Republican and a member of the Homewood Church of Christ. He serves
on the following boards: Executive Committee of Birmingham Business Alliance; Faulkner
University Board of Trustees; Member of Birmingham, Hoover, Shelby County, Vestavia Hills
Chambers of Commerce; Member Vestavia Hills Civitan Club; Inducted into the Birmingham
Southern College Sports Hall of Fame, 2007; Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors
Bureau; Alabama Sports Hall of Fame; and Pinnacle Bank. He served as head coach of the
Birmingham Touchdown Club and was president of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club.
Senator Waggoner was elected Senate Minority Leader from 2002-2010.
Senator Waggoner was elected Senate Majority Leader on December 8, 2010.
Senator Waggoner has the longest record of service, of any legislator from Jefferson County, in
Alabama history.
SENATOR J. T. "JABO" WAGGONER Recipient of the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012.
(R) Elected by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee to serve as an Elector in the 2012
Senate Majority Leader
Presidential Campaign.
16th District
(Jefferson, Shelby)

10. Wednesday - April 24, 2013
Library Legislative Day
A Camden, Alabama, native and a 1967 graduate of Auburn University, Kay Ivey has had a career
in the private sector (as a banker and assistant hospital administrator), as well as a career in
public service (as a high school teacher and as Reading Clerk of the Alabama House of
Representatives). Her public service also includes being appointed by three governors to various
positions in state government, including Assistant Director of the Department of Commerce,
formerly known as the Alabama Development Office.
In 2002, Kay became the first Republican elected State Treasurer since Reconstruction and was
re-elected in 2006.
As Treasurer, Kay Ivey proved her commitment to taxpayers by making the office more open,
transparent, and efficient.
Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey is committed to job creation and preparing students for the 21st
century workforce. This commitment has resulted in her service as Chairman of the Job Creation
and Military Stability Commission, Vice Chairman of the Aerospace States Association and acting
as an advocate for the Real World Design Challenge, in Alabama. She also serves as the
spokeswoman for the Alabama Forestry Associations Black Belt Initiative and is participating with
Auburn University in their campaign to end child hunger.
Lt. Governor Kay Ivey
She is a member of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery, the Montgomery Rotary Club, the
Board of Directors of the Montgomery YMCA, and the Tukabatchee Area Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Lt. Governor Kay Ivey is also honored to be the first Alabama Girls State alumnus elected to an
Alabama Constitutional Office.

11. Thursday – April 25, 2013
Kick Start Your Day with
Zumba!
Dora Fenderson - Aerobic Instructor
Dora Fenderson is a native of Montgomery. She is a full
time Administrator employed with the Montgomery Public
School System, and has been an Aerobics Instructor since
1996. She is AFAA certified in Group Exercise (2001). Not
only does Dora teaches Step, KickBoxing, Strength, Circuit
and Zumba, but she is a past NANBF Body Building
competitor of the Montgomery area. She loves to teach and
has fun doing it.
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Cooking, Teaching Sunday
School to Kids.

12. Thursday – April 25, 2013
President Program
Luncheon
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American
crime writer, whose first novel Blindsighted (2001) became an
international success, was published in almost 30 languages,
and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award
shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001. She has sold more
than 30 million copies of her books, and is published in 32
languages.
Fractured, the second novel in the Will Trent series, debuted
at number one in the UK and the Netherlands, and was the
number one adult fiction title in Australia. At the same time,
Faithless (Gottlos) published in Germany at number one.
Slaughter was born in a small southern Georgia community.
Now residing in Atlanta, she is widely credited with coining
the term "investigoogling" in 2006.
Slaughter is currently part of a "Save the Libraries" event that
benefits the DeKalb County Public Library.

13. Thursday – April 25, 2013
President’s Reception
At the
Alley Station
Photos Courtesy
Paula Davis Wedding Photography

14. Friday – April 26, 2013
Let’s Do It Again! Aerobics with
Shirley
Shirley Nance was born in Dallas, Texas. She attended Prairie View
A&M University and graduated with a BA in marketing in the spring of
1992. In the summer of 2004, Shirley and her family moved to
Montgomery, Alabama. Shirley has a Health and Wellness business and
is also a group fitness and spinning instructor at All Fit Gym in
Montgomery, AL. Shirley has certifications in the following disciplines:
Group Exercise
Group Cycling Instructor
Healthy Lifestyle Principals

15. Friday – April 26, 2013
Vendor Showcases

16. Friday – April 26, 2013
Closing Session Speaker
Dr. Camila Alire
Through her professional positions, professional service, and
scholarship, Dr. Camila Alire is recognized as a library leader. She is
Dean Emerita at the University of New Mexico and Colorado State
University. She received her doctorate in Educational Leadership from
the University of Northern Colorado and her MLS from the University of
Denver. She has served the profession well as president of ALA (2009),
president of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL
2005), and president of national REFORMA (1993).
Camila has co-authored books on academic librarianship, emotionally
intelligent leadership, library services to Latino communities; and
disaster planning/recovery.
Because of her leadership and scholarship abilities, Camila was honored
with the ALA/Lippincott Award for Distinguished Service; the CALA
Presidential Recognition Award, and the ALA Achievement in Library
Diversity Research Award. She also received the first ALA Elizabeth
Futas’ Catalyst for Change Award and the National REFORMA’s Librarian
of the Year Award. Camila was recently nominated by President Barrack
Obama to serve on the National Council on the Humanities.

17. Friday – April 26, 2013
New Officer Installation
Ceremony

18. See you at
Convention 2014