Preregistration form

Preregistration form - ALA free pass program

Submission deadline: September 26th, 2024

The ALA-FIL Free Pass program is available to all ALA-member acquisition or selection librarians, in particular those involved in Latin American collection development.

ALA-FIL Free Pass program will provide:

FIL 2024 registration fee
3 nights of hotel accommodation in single occupancy or 5 nights in double occupancy.
$100 USD contribution for airfare, courtesy of ALA.
Additional $100 USD or $1900 Mexican pesos reimbursement towards airfare costs, courtesy of FIL (for the first 100 registrations who send their purchased ticket BEFORE October 3 ^rd)

Applicants to the Free Pass Program must be personal and current members of ALA. For ALA membership information, please contact: ALA International Relations Office, Delin Guerra by tel.: 1-800-545-2433, ext. 3201, e-mail: intl@ala.org

Places are limited and subject to availability. FIL will confirm your support in writing. If you don’t receive this, contact us by e-mail jazmin.orozco@fil.com.mx.

Personal information

Last name(s)

Name(s)

Gender

Position

Individual ALA Membership Number

Name of your library

Institution/Co.

Address

Country

State

City

Zip Code

Phone

E-mail

E-mail 2 (optional)

Internet address

Have you attended FIL?

No

Yes. Which years?

Your library is

Public

Private

State

University

Other, specify

Total number of titles

Percent of Spanish titles

Please specify the type of the Hispanic community in your area

Caribbean

Central American

Mexican

Puerto Rican

South American

Other specify

Are you the person authorized to spend the budget?

Yes

If not, who is?

Please specify the budget you are authorized to spend annually for the purchase of Spanish language books

$

And in FIL Guadalajara $

Please specify the Mexican and Latin American publishing companies you already work with

Publisher

Country

Please specify the Latin American and U.S. distributors you already work with

Book distributor

Country

The information requested below is optional, and will be used for statistical purposes only and to send a letter to your supervisor, if desired. It will not affect the consideration of your application in any way.

Please provide us with the name, position and complete mailing address of the library director/supervisor in order to send a letter of congratulations from ALA.

Will you be granted paid leave to attend the Book Fair, or are you required to take vacation time?

Will your institution/library provide you with financial support to pay for those expenses not covered by the Free Pass Program?

I am applying to the ALA-FIL Free Pass Program and I certify that the above information is true and correct.
As a participant in the ALA-FIL Free Pass Program, I understand that ALA is facilitating the trip by contributing $100 USD as an accommodation to me and the other participants and I agree to waive and hold ALA and its agents harmless against any and all liability, damages, claims, costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred as a result of or in connection with my participation in the Guadalajara International Book Fair.

In addition, I am aware of the FIL's privacy policies.