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: David Free CHICAGO – Jane M. Hutton, electronic resources/reference librarian and assistant professor at West Chester University, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning …
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 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 - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of Paul Signorelli's facilitated eCourse, Rethinking Library Instruction: Libraries as Social Learning Centers . Signorelli, former director of staff training and volunteer services for …
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. …
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy ( OITP ) will continue the conversation about libraries increasing access to digitized materials with the panel “Online & Above the Radar: Ensuring the Use & Discoverability of …
CHICAGO – Once again, the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) will take its popular scholarly communications workshop on the road to five locations in 2012. New this year, the curriculum is revised, and hosts will share part of the costs …
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), will host the Gala Author Tea, featuring former American Libraries Editor-in-Chief Leonard Kniffel, …
CHICAGO — The Library Consultant Interest Group — a member group situated within the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies ( ASCLA ), a division of ALA — invites independent librarians, library consultants, state library consultants …
Booklist Publications is introducing a new subscription model effective Jan. 1, 2012, a combination of print and online access that promises to have a strong impact on streamlining collection development and readers’ advisory workflows. A subscription now …
CHICAGO - The American Library Association looks forward to welcoming attendees to the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 21-26 to continue important conversations about the transformation of libraries, e-content and other key topics. The …
