2025 Youth Services Conference
March 9-10, 2025  

The Youth Services Division is excited to announce that the Youth Services Conference 2025 will be hosted at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Please check in with this page periodically as more information is added regularly.  

Program Proposals are Now Open!

Submit your Program Proposal HERE.
Deadline: Sunday, October 6, but the form will remain open if you have additional program ideas. 

Sponsors & Exhibitors should register via this link. 

Individual attendee registration is NOW open. Click here to register. We're currently experiencing issues with our payment processor. Please select pay later when you check out or plan to register once we can get our payment processor back to full access. 

 

Registration Timeline & Pricing

Early Bird: October 21 - December 18, 2024 - Register Today

  • Non-Member: $175
  • Institutional Member: $145
  • Individual Member/FOIL/Trustee: $130

Standard: December 19, 2024 - February 5, 2025

  • Non-Member: $205
  • Institutional Member: $175
  • Individual Member/FOIL/Trustee: $160

Last Chance: February 6 - February 28, 2025 

  • Non-Member: $235
  • Institutional Member: $205
  • Individual Member/FOIL/Trustee: $190

On-Site Registration: $280, regardless of membership type

Other Membership Types:

  • Student - Member: $25
  • Student - Non-Member: $35

Exhibitors & Sponsors

  • Registration: October 8 - December 22, 2024
    • For-Profit Exhibitors: $750
    • Non-Profit Exhibitors: $400
    • Only 15 booth spots available
  • Sponsorship Opportunities:
    • Keynote & Book Signing Sponsor(s)
    • Breakfast & Lunch Sponsor(s)
    • Lanyard Sponsor
    • Name Badge Sponsor

Daily Schedules

Sunday - March 9, 2025

  • 7:30am – 12:30pm: Staff/Committee Arrival
  • 8:00am – 12:00pm: Exhibitor Setup
  • 12:00 – 12:30pm: Exhibitor Staff Break
  • 12:30 – 4:00pm: Registration
  • 1:30 – 2:20pm: Breakout Block #1
  • 2:30 – 3:00pm: Exhibitor Break #1
  • 2:30 – 3:00pm: Book Signing
  • 3:00 – 3:50pm: Breakout Block #2
  • 4:15 – 5:30pm: Sunday Keynote
  • 5:30 - 7:00pm: Dinner On Your Own
  • 7:00 - 9:00pm: Bowling Night at the IU Memorial Union (first 120 registered will get access)

Monday - March 10, 2025

  • 8:00am – 12:00pm: Registration
  • 9:30 – 10:20am: Breakout Block #3
  • 10:30 – 11:20am: Breakout Block #4
  • 11:30am – 1:00pm: Lunch & Keynote
  • 1:00 – 1:30pm: Exhibitor Break #2
  • 1:30 - 2:20pm: Breakout Block #5
  • 1:30 – 2:15pm: Exhibitor Breakdown
  • 2:30 – 3:15pm: Closing Session

LEU Forms

LEU certificates will be available post-conference. If you have any questions regarding the new process for LEUs, please visit our page with more information by clicking HERE.

Biddle Hotel & Conference Center

We have a room block setup at the Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel. Rooms are available for the evenings of Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9. Click here to book your room. Please use group code ILF2025--it should auto-populate if you follow the booking link. 

Exhibitor & Sponsors

Exhibitors and sponsors are the lifeblood of successful events. It takes your support and commitment to ILF to provide our members with top-notch programming, speakers, and education. It also allows you to put your products and services in front of library professionals from across the state.

Click here to register as an exhibitor or sponsor. There are only 15 exhibition spots available!

Exhibition

  • For-Profit Exhibitor Booth - $750.00
    • Affiliate Members - $700.00
  • Non-Profit Exhibitor Booth - $400.00
    • Affiliate Members - $350.00


Sponsorship
Lanyard Sponsor - $1000.00
Place your logo where it can‘t be missed – worn by every attendee!
This sponsor gets full access to be the only sponsor listed on the lanyard design. During design, we commit to making them exclusive to you so that we can order an additional quantity to provide to you as our way of saying thanks for supporting our events to use at your own future events.

Name Badge Sponsor - $500.00
Introduce yourself to every attendee by showcasing your logo on every name badge. We are expecting over 175 attendees!

Lunch Sponsor - $2500.00
We welcome you at the table to join in on our lunch with a focus on your organization. You will be featured and mentioned at the beginning and end of the meal. Proper signage will be provided.

Keynote Speaker Sponsor - $2500.00
Sponsor one of our two keynote speakers to have a front facing placement of your logo and an honorary mention of your organization before and after the presentation. Proper signage will be provided.

Keynote Book Sponsor - $500.00
Sponsor the pre-purchase of $500 worth of signed books from our keynote author and be recognized by signage at the book store.

Vendor Thread Session Sponsor - $250.00
Sign up to present one of five vendor thread sessions at the conference. By securing this sponsorship, you will have the opportunity to present a product demo or session topic of your choosing. There will be one vendor thread session per breakout block.

Download our Exhibitor and Sponsor PDF HERE. 

ILF Cancellation Policy

Below are the cancellation refund timelines. Full conference refunds outside of the timelines listed below are subject to refund on a case-by-case situation. ILF completely understands that life happens and things are often out of our control, so we will always do what we can to work with you. These policies help us ensure we are financially responsible with our event programming as the possibility of these events depend on your event participation and support. Thank you for supporting ILF. If you have any questions, please email ILF Staff.

  • Registration cancellation refund requests between December 11 - February 11 are refunded in full. 
  • Registration cancellation refund requests between February 12 - March 3 are refunded at 50% of the total registration cost. Unpaid invoices are still expected to be paid upon cancellation. 
  • Registration cancellation refund requests after March 3 are not subject to refund.
  • If you are experiencing an emergency situation, please email ILF Staff and they will work with you. 

If you would like to transfer a registration to another person, please email ILF Staff. Registration transfers are permitted throughout the entire registration period. Registration transfer requests after March 3 are not guaranteed.