For Questions About ... 

Registration and Housing

 

Please contact the hotels directly to make any new reservations, changes, or cancellations starting on March 24, 2026.

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For questions about attendee registration only, contact Maritz at PLA@maritz.com or 864-515-6689. Maritz representatives are available Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM Central. Or, if you’re already onsite in Minneapolis, visit registration in Lobby B of the Minneapolis Convention Center beginning 7:30 AM Central on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

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For questions about exhibitor registration only, contact PLAEXH@maritz.com or 864-990-2296. Or, if you’re already onsite in Minneapolis, visit registration in Lobby B of the Minneapolis Convention Center beginning 7:30 AM Central on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

 

For login help, please email loginhelp@ala.org or contact the ALA Member Relations & Services Center at 800-545-2433.

  

If you need to reset your password, go to https://my.ala.org/ALA/ForgotUsernamePassword/ForgotPassword.aspx.

 

Membership

 

ALA and PLA membership is managed by the ALA Member Relations & Services Center. Customer service representatives are available Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM Central. You can join or renew/rejoin/add to your membership several different ways:

  

1. Use ALA's secure online form;

2. Print and fill out a membership form and fax or mail it in; or

3. Call the ALA Member Relations & Services Center at 800-545-2433.

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Direct your membership questions to the ALA Member Relations & Services Center at membership@ala.org or 800-545-2433.

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For login help, please email loginhelp@ala.org or contact the ALA Member Relations & Services Center at 800-545-2433.

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If you need to reset your password, go to  https://my.ala.org/ALA/ForgotUsernamePassword/ForgotPassword.aspx.

 

Exhibitors and Sponsors

 

If you’re an exhibitor, contact Carmen Guerrero, Corcoran Expositions, at PLA@CorcExpo.com. Or, if you’re already onsite in Minneapolis, visit the Exhibitor Sales Office in the Exhibits Hall at the back of aisle 1800 beginning at 8:00 AM Central on Monday, March 30, 2026.

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If you’re a sponsor, contact Catherine Carr, Corcoran Expositions, at ccarr@corcexpo.com. Or, if you’re already onsite in Minneapolis, visit the Exhibitor Sales Office in the Exhibits Hall at the back of aisle 1800 beginning at 8:00 AM Central on Monday, March 30, 2026.

 

Press

 

For Press: https://www.placonference.org/forpress

 

Contact Raymond Garcia, Communications Specialist, American Library Association, at rgarcia@ala.org; or Larra Clark, Deputy Director, Public Library Association, at 312-280-5861 or lclark@ala.org.