|
Year
|
Location
|
Theme
|
President
|
Elem. Author
|
MS Author
|
HS Author
|
Major
Speakers
|
|
1979
|
Yakima
|
Year of the Child
|
Gene Friese
|
Tomie de Paola
|
Walt Morey
|
|
|
|
1980
|
Seattle
|
|
Bob Irvine
|
|
|
|
Stanley Kramer,
film director
|
|
1981
|
Spokane
|
Looking Ahead
|
Hester Davidson
|
Jack Prelutsky
|
Paula Danziger
|
Richard Dougherty & Ruth Kirk
|
|
|
1982
|
Ellensburg
|
Western
|
Dave Wagar
|
Donald Sobol
|
Lois Duncan
|
Ann Rule
|
Gene &
Yvonne Prater
|
|
1983
|
Vancouver
|
Partners in Excellence: Joint with OEMA
|
Cathy McLeod
|
|
Willo Davis Roberts
|
Richard Peck
|
John Nance,
Pat
Rhoades Mauser
|
|
1984
|
Yakima
|
The Future is Here
|
Shirley Painter
|
Barbara Berger
|
Louise Moeri
|
William Sleator
|
|
|
1985
|
Seattle
|
Putting the Pieces
Together:5-organization Conference
|
Mary Lou Gregory
|
Jose Aruego
|
Jay Bennett
|
Robert Cormier
|
Alex Haley,
David
Greenberg,
Nancy Luenn
|
|
1986
|
Pasco
|
New Horizons: Pursuing the Challenge
|
Nancy Graf
|
Gail Gibbons
|
Paula Danziger
|
Terry Davis
|
Pat
McManus
|
|
1987
|
Wenatchee
|
WLMA: Network of Sharing
|
Eileen Andersen
|
Marianna Mayer
|
Gloria Miklowitz
|
Joanne Greenberg
|
|
|
1988
|
Portland
|
A Bridge to New Ideas; Joint with OEMA
|
Carol Hoyt
|
E.L. Konigsburg
|
Lois Lowry
|
John Saul
|
|
|
1989
|
Yakima
|
A Year to Celebrate
|
Joan Newman
|
Betty Ren Wright
|
Avi
|
J.A. Jance
|
Dr. Dianne
Hopkins,
Dr. Judith
Billings
|
|
1990
|
Seattle
|
Changes and Challenges:5-organization Conference
|
Ginny Vogel
|
Shelley Gill
|
Alden Carter
|
Chris Crutcher
|
|
|
1991
|
Tacoma
|
Libraries: A World of Information
|
Carol Mackey
|
Arthur Dorros
|
Walter Dean Myers
|
|
Jean Davies
Okimoto,
Lensey
Namioka,
Bette Kopit.
|
|
1992
|
Everett
|
Expanding Horizons
|
Elaine Twogood
|
Mary Downing Hahn
|
Bruce Brooks
|
Terry Brooks
|
Tony Hillerman,
Jennifer James
|
|
1993
|
Spokane
|
Library Media Centers: The Greatest Show on Earth
|
Kathy Lemmer
|
Patrician Polacco
|
Paul Fleischman, Lynn Hall
|
Tracy Hickman
|
Alan November,
Aaron Elkins
|
|
1994
|
Yakima
|
Reach Out to the World of Information
|
Susan Baker
|
Nancy White
|
Lensey Namioka
|
Lois Duncan
|
David
Thornberg,
Terry Tafoya,
Living Voices
|
|
1995
|
Portland
|
Northwest Connections; Joint with OEMA
|
Joanne Sheely
|
Gerald McDermott
|
Peg Kehret
|
Richard Peck
|
Caroline Cooney,
Patricia
Rushford,
Tom Snyder.
|
|
1996
|
Wenatchee
|
Forward Ho; onto the Millennium
|
Eve Datisman
|
Tom Birdseye
|
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
|
Greg Bear
|
David
Loertscher,
Peter Milbury,
Living Voices,
Andres Glass,
Robert Wells.
|
|
1997
|
Tacoma
|
Information Frontier:
Charting the Course
|
Barb Engvall
|
Ian Wallace
|
Patricia Wrede
|
David Guterson
|
Annette Lamb &
Larry Johnson;
Ken Haycock,
Bette Kopit,
John Dashney,
Terry Bergeson.
|
|
1998
|
Yakima
|
Celebrate School
Libraries! 20th Anniversary Conference
|
Judy Carlson
|
Eric Kimmel
|
Ann Rinaldi
|
Chris Crutcher
|
Dr. Gary
Hartzell
|
|
1999
|
Spokane
|
Turning the Pages to the 21st Century
|
Sue Weiss
|
Ron Hirschi
|
Kathryn Lasky
|
Linda Crew
|
Jamieson
McKenzie,
Terry Bergeson
|
|
2000
|
Bellevue
|
Power Up! Information Collaboration Inspiration
|
Darwin Page
|
Ruth Heller
|
Claire Rudolf Murphy
|
Jennifer Armstrong
|
Mike Eisenberg,
Carla Nuxoll,
Harriet
Selverstone,
Ted Hutchinson
(Storyteller)
|
|
2001
|
Wenatchee
|
Literacy = Libraries2
|
Jan Weber
|
Laura McGee Kvasnosky
|
|
|
Doug Johnson,
Gene Sharratt
|
|
2002
|
|
Libraries without Boundaries 2002:
Joint with OEMA
|
|
|
Lois Lowry
Jacqueline Woodson
Regional authors:Carmen Bernier-Grand,
Susan Fletcher,
Deborah Hopkinson,
Laura McGee Kvasnosky,
Jane Kurtz,
Petra Mathers,
Claire Rudolf Murphy,Graham Salisbury
|
Virginia Euwer Wolff
An Na
|
Richard
Rodriguez
Special
presenters:
Bernie Dodge,
Mike Eisenberg,
Judy Freeman,
Doug Johnson,
Jamie McKenzie,
Claire Rudolf
Murphy
|
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
Ben Mikaelsen
Regional authors: Teresa Bateman, Marian Broida, Derek Munson, Mr. Noiseguy,
|
|
Joyce Valenza,
Marilyn Grey.
Special
presenters:
Kathy Baxter,
Ken Mochizuki,
Nancy Polette,
Bob Berkowitz,
Dr. Ellen M. Jay.
|
|
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
Yakima
|
Teacher-Librarians ABC
|
Kay Evey
|
Patricia Reilly Giff
|
Gordon Korman
|
Alec Sanchez
|
Joy Hakim
|
|
2006
|
SeaTac
|
Stretch Yourself @ Your Library
|
Sarah Applegate
|
Bruce Coville
|
Sharon Draper
|
Sharon Staples
|
John Antonetti,
Joe McHugh
|
