The 2013 KLAS Users' Conference offers attendees three days of intensive networking and training opportunities with Keystone employees and other library administrators and staff who use KLAS.  Why should you attend the KLAS Users' Conference?

During the conference attendees participate in:

• One-on-one discussions with colleagues and Keystone staff
• Hands-on Training and seminars led by Keystone instructors
• Opportunities to provide feedback to KLAS developers
• General sessions addressing new features and ways to use KLAS

Location:  The Talking Book Center of the Chicago Public Library will conduct the 2013 KLAS Users' Conference.  Conference sessions will be held at the Harold Washington Library Center in downtown Chicago, IL.

Dates:  Conference sessions begin Tuesday, June 4 at 9:00 AM and end Thursday, June 6 at 1:00 PM.

Conference Format:  Each day attendees will have the chance to network with librarians who use KLAS, attend general sessions and choose from three different types of breakout sessions including Seminar Sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather Discussions, and Hands-on Training opportunities with Keystone instructors. 

Accommodations: We are still negotiating with the likely conference hotel.  Details will be available in the near future.

Local Information:  

• Chicago Convention & Visitor's Bureau
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• City of Chicago's Official Tourism Site

All the conference materials from the 2012 KLAS Users' Conference are now available.  We invite you to download, review and/or print any of the presentations you wish.

The following three articles contain links to presentation outlines and handouts as well as PowerPoint presentations.

• 2012 KLAS Users' Conference General Sessions
• 2012 KLAS Users' Conference Seminar Sessions
• 2012 KLAS Users' Conference Hands-on Sessions
• 2012 KLAS Users' Conference Proceedings Appendices

Anyone can view the articles containing the links to the files, but you must be logged into klasusers.com to download any of the files.

Please contact us if you have any questions about logging into klasusers.com or downloading the files.

Keystone invites any library interested in hosting a KLAS Users' Conference to download and review the KLAS Users' Conference Planning Guide and the Hardware Requirements documents.

Note: You must be logged into klasusers.com to download any of the below files.   

•  KLAS Users' Conference Planning Guide - PDF (57.21 kB)
•  KLAS Users' Conference Hardware Requirements - PDF (21.8 kB)

Please direct any questions you many have to:

Andrea Ewing Callicutt
Keystone Systems, Inc.
Phone: 919-782-1143 or 800-222-9711
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Keystone Systems and the Montana Talking Book Library are pleased to announce that  that Martin Landry is the recipient of the 2012 Julie Klauber Award.

The official announcement is available on www.klas.com.  Kay Holloman, CEO, Keystone Systems, will present Martin with the award on Tuesday, April 10 during the Opening General Session of the 2012 KLAS Users' Conference in Columbia, SC.

Congratulations Martin!  You are an example of exceptional service to your patrons and leadership to your coworkers and we look forward to having you in Columbia.