Mark your calendars for Reaching Forward South: A Conference for Library Support Staff to be held at the Northfield Inn, Suites & Conference Center in Springfield, Illinois, September 29-30.

Lauren Burnett, a motivational speaker and life coach, will open this year’s conference with Step Up to Great Performance: Keeping Up, Reaching Forward, and Moving Through. Sessions will cover topics from presenting a professional image, a boys reading program, and conflict resolution in the workplace to how to market your library and utilizing free collection development tools. More information about the 2011 RFS Conference Sessions can be found here.

The final day to register is September 22nd. No on site registration will be available, so be sure to check out the registration information.