NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO — In a new webinar from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), presenter Kristina Holzweiss will introduce participants to professional social networking using …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Mary Mackay CHICAGO - Attendees at ALA Annual Conference on Saturday, June 29 when Congressman John Lewis appears as an Auditorium Speaker, will have a chance to discover how he plans to reach a new …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jonathan Kelley CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has opened applications for the 2013 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, which will enable a library school student or new …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO - Online registration and housing are now open for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 16th National Conference Exhibition. The conference, themed “Rising to the …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 Contact: Macey Morales CHICAGO — On April 30, families, children and communities will celebrate our nation’s rich cultural tapestry during El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day). …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - Randy Silverman, preservation librarian at the University of Utah, is the recipient of the 2013 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award, given annually by the Association …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) announces that Jennifer Castaldo, electronic resources manager/distance education librarian at the Johns Hopkins …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) announces that Judith A. Kuhagen is the recipient of the 2013 Margaret Mann Citation presented by its Cataloging …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO —Dr. Barbara Tillett, recently retired chief of the Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress, is awarded the 2013 Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award given by …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA - United for Libraries will host “The Laugh’s On Us sponsored by SAGE,” featuring author and standup comedian Paula Poundstone, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 30 …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Dan Freeman CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new iteration of our popular three-part workshop, Hiring, Training, and Supervising Shelvers with Patricia Tunstall. Shelvers are crucial to library …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 19, 2013 Contact: Mary Mackay CHICAGO — One hot new title that people will be reading, recommending and talking about this season is Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed, his first new novel in more than six years. …
NEWS For Immediate Release February 21, 2013 Contact: Rob Christopher CHICAGO — Fully updated for today’s research environments, the long-awaited second edition of Alison Jane Pickard’s best-selling “Research Methods in Information,” published by ALA Neal- …
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 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 …
