CHICAGO - Cathleen Bourdon, associate executive director for communications and member relations, has announced that Ronald J. Jankowski will be the new membership development director, effective Jan. 9, 2012. Jankowski has a degree in communications …
CHICAGO - The ALA Council Committee on Diversity, the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee and the ALA Office for Diversity will welcome Dr. Camila Alire, dean emerita of the University of New Mexico Libraries and Colorado State University …
CHICAGO - For 2012, the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) will be releasing a new El día de los niños/El día de los libros brochure for parents and will also host a new round of Día-related webinars . The new Día brochure for parents …
CHICAGO - In two weeks, the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) begins a new semester of online courses, but there is still time to register. ALSC is offering four great courses, and all of these are open for registration. Courses start …
CHICAGO - The deadline has been extended to Feb. 1 for a number of American Library Association ( ALA ) awards and grants, including the ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award, Beta Phi Mu Award, Melvil Dewey Award, Equality Award, Elizabeth …
CHICAGO - Following the release of the Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library® Second Edition , the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) and the Public Library Association ( PLA ) are offering a new webinar to update librarians on the …
CHICAGO - Great Websites for Kids ( GWS ) ( www.ala.org/greatsites ), the Association for Library Service to Children’s ( ALSC ) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and …
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), has revised the popular bibliography “Great Early Elementary Reads,” which features recommended book titles for beginning readers. …
CHICAGO — Librarians seeking funding for summer reading programs aimed at teens or to hire teen interns to support summer reading programs can apply for one of two grants distributed by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. …
CHICAGO — YALSA ’s Books for Teens program raises funds to provide teens in low-income communities access to high-quality, recently published, age-appropriate books. If YALSA can raise $500 during the month of December, a generous benefactor has agreed to …
CHICAGO —The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults ( yalsa.ala.org/jrlya ), a peer-reviewed, open-access quarterly research journal published by the Young Adult Library Services Association, seeks papers for its Spring 2012 issue on the theme …
CHICAGO - The Leadership Development Committee of the Library Leadership and Management Association ( LLAMA ) will present a free panel discussion on “Recruitment, Retention and Mentoring of New Librarians” from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, …
CHICAGO - Facts and figures may be the staples of organizational life, yet it is storytelling that reaches people’s hearts. ALA TechSource will cosponsor with WebJunction the January 10 webinar “Organizational Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories …
CHICAGO – The American Library Association ( ALA ) Public Programs Office and the Fetzer Institute selected 30 public libraries to host a series of programs as part of the Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion initiative …
CHICAGO - A video of the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award ceremony has been posted on Atyourlibrary.org . You can view remarks made by keynote speaker Caroline Kennedy and Vartan Gregorian, president of the …
CHICAGO - Booklist magazine, the review journal of the American Library Association, has announced its Top of the List winners for 2011. The eight winning titles were chosen from the annual Editors’ Choice selections as the best books and media of 2011. …
CHICAGO - The Library Support Staff Certification Program ( LSSC ), a national certification program that allows library support staff to demonstrate competencies and receive certification from the American Library Association ( ALA ), will offer an hour- …
CHICAGO - American Library Association ( ALA ) President Molly Raphael and Neal-Schuman President Patricia Glass Schuman today announced that on Dec. 23, 2011, Neal-Schuman Publishers will become part of ALA Publishing. Neal-Schuman Publishers, founded …
CHICAGO - Registration for three half-day preconferences covering mission-critical library topics—library services for the print-disabled, public library partnerships with correctional facilities and successful library marketing and development strategies, …
CHICAGO — Any librarian concerned about what the future holds for libraries won’t want to miss the outstanding lineup of ALA Annual Conference programs hosted by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies ( ASCLA ). This year’s …
