NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: David Free CHICAGO – Kathi Carlisle Fountain, head of collection development at the Washington State University - Vancouver Library, has been awarded the 2013 Association of College and Research …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 21, 2013 Contact: Joanna Ison CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is announcing the winners of the El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros Family Book Club mini-grants. Twelve libraries were …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 21, 2013 Contact: Laura Dare CHICAGO —The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces accreditation actions taken at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Continued …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Angela Thullen CHICAGO — The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has provided an …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Caroline Jewell CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship Committee have awarded the 2013 Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship to …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Rob Christopher CHICAGO— Social Web technologies present an often confusing array of options for answering library users’ reference questions. In “Implementing Virtual Reference Services: A LITA Guide,” …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award recipients for 2013 are Ronald Murray and Barbara Tillett for their article “ …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) has named Beverley Geer as the 2013 recipient of the Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award. This award for …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Rudolph Rose CHICAGO - The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association is inviting submissions for two awards named for Jesse H. Shera. The deadline for submissions is Friday …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: David Free CHICAGO - Registration is now open for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) ACRL 2013 Virtual Conference. The ACRL 2013 Virtual Conference, offered April 11-12 during the …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO – Philip Evan Schreur, head of the metadata department at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2013 Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award for the article, The Academy …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: David Free CHICAGO – Judith A. Walker, education/psychology librarian and professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, is the recipient of the 2013 Association of College and Research …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Board of Directors has approved the creation of a special interest group (SIG) for school librarian students based on a …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 25, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 16th National Conference Exhibition promises to help school library professionals rise to the challenges in their careers …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 22, 2013 Contact: Macey Morales CHICAGO — Recently Edwin Mellen Press filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against McMaster University Associate Librarian Dale Askey. The suit alleges that Askey committed libel while …
NEWS For Immediate Release September 25, 2012 Contact: Amy Sargent CHICAGO — At 1 p.m. CDT on Oct. 17, the Public Library Association (PLA) will host a live, hour-long webinar, “ Make Way for Makerspaces at the Library ” with Lauren Britton, transliteracy …
NEWS For Immediate Release September 24, 2012 Contact: Jazzy Wright CHICAGO — The following open letter was released by American Library Association (ALA) President Maureen Sullivan regarding Simon Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin refusal to provide access …
CHICAGO - The Minnesota Library Association ( MLA ) has announced its support of the American Library Association’s ( ALA ) Spectrum Scholarship Program through a gift to the Spectrum Presidential Fundraising Initiative. MLA has made a $750 contribution …
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new session of the popular facilitated eCourse Demystifying Copyright: How to Educate Your Staff and Community . Lesley Ellen Harris, a copyright, licensing and digital property lawyer who works with the information …
CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of the facilitated eCourse Using Drupal to Build Library Websites . Sean Fitzpatrick will once again serve as the instructor for this six-week facilitated eCourse starting on Feb. 6, 2012. …
