NEWS For Immediate Release February 5, 2013 Contact: Dan Freeman CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of its first-of-its-kind facilitated eCourse, Book as iPad App: Multimedia, Multi-Touch E-Books and their Future in Libraries …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 5, 2013 Contact: Mary W. Ghikas CHICAGO — Mary W. Ghikas, senior associate executive director, ALA, has announced that Michelle Harrell Washington has been appointed the new director, Office for Diversity (OFD) and …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 5, 2013 Contact: Megan McFarlane CHICAGO – Love is certainly in the air at the library this month, as February marks not only Valentine’s Day, but also Love Your Library Month and American Heart Month. This February, …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 6, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA — Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center will be designated a Literary Landmark at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9. A plaque will be placed …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 6, 2013 Contact: Mary Mackay CHICAGO - More than 10,700 librarians, exhibitors, authors, staff, paraprofessionals, teachers and friends made the most of ALA Midwinter Meeting conversations, networking, programs, award …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 7, 2013 Contact: Dan Rude CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has released the schedule for spring 2013 ALSC online courses. Registration is open for all courses. Classes begin Monday, April …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 8, 2013 Contact: Amy Sargent CHICAGO - The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced 11 2013 award winners honoring the best in public library service, innovation and outreach. The Allie Beth Martin Award, sponsored …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 8, 2013 Contact: Rob Christopher CHICAGO — For the more than 26 million Americans diagnosed with or affected by diabetes, having accurate information on the disease is crucial. But the sheer volume of information …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Amy Sargent CHICAGO - The interactive online course “The Accidental Public Library Technology Trainer” April 8-May 3, is now open for registration. This four-week blended-learning program presented by …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO - Writer Patricia Owen discusses the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) recently published “A 21st-Century Approach to School Librarian Evaluation” in the newest …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Rick Anderson, interim dean and university librarian at the …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO – Marianne Swanberry-Hanley, assistant librarian/assistant conservator at Syracuse University’s Bird Library, has been awarded the Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO – The Association for Library Collections Technical Services’ (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section Committee for the Hollinger Metal Edge-sponsored George Cunha and Susan …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Contact: Rob Christopher CHICAGO - American Libraries Live, a free, streaming video broadcast that you can view from your home, library or on-the-go, returns on at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Feb. 14 with a new …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: David Free CHICAGO – Daniel M. Pennell, bibliographer for Russian, East European, Germanic and Global Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected to receive the 2013 Association of …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA — The Miami Beach, Fla., home of children’s book author and cartoonist Syd Hoff was designated a Literary Landmark during a ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 10. Hoff (1912-2004) …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) has named Xan Arch, director of collection Services, Reed College, Portland, Ore., the winner of the 2013 Esther …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Dan Freeman CHICAGO - ALA TechSource announces a new workshop: Teaching Information Literacy with Discovery Tools with Nancy Fawley and Nikki Krysak. Discovery tools change the way students search your …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jaclyn Finneke CHICAGO – During the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle from Jan. 25 to 29, 2013, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) announced a …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO - The Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS) of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) invites submissions for papers on original research focusing on school …
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