CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) announces the publication of “ 2010 Academic Library Trends and Statistics ,” the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures and …
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association ( YALSA ) will focus on serving older teens in its monthly YA Forum discussion, held for members this month at http://connect.ala.org/yalsa . Throughout the week, YALSA members are encouraged to check …
CHICAGO – The Rev. Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin, professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University, will keynote the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunrise Celebration during the American Library Association’s ( ALA ) 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. The …
CHICAGO – Building upon a growing movement, the American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ), working together with the Alliance for Excellent Education and other national educational associations and organizations, is calling on school librarians …
CHICAGO - Sprinkled throughout the ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting schedule, the new ALA Masters Series offers insights into the hottest trends and issues as it showcases experts from across library specialties describing their latest in-house innovations in …
CHICAGO - LITA is pleased to offer two full-day workshops, to be held Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. Mark Phillips of University of North Texas Libraries is presenting Digital Curation at the Command Line . …
CHICAGO — RUSA seeks proposals for webinar presentations for its 2012 series of professional development webinars that will be held throughout the year, from January 2012 through August 2012. RUSA webinars are an opportunity for librarians to infuse …
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ) joins 20 other stakeholder groups representing educational and school and community leaders in support of the new National Center for Literacy Education ( NCLE ). NCLE , a project of the …
CHICAGO - Don Chatham, associate executive director for ALA Publishing, has announced that Laurie D. Borman will be the new editor and publisher of American Libraries publications, effective Dec. 5, 2011. Borman has a degree in journalism from Indiana …
CHICAGO — The Black Caucus of the American Library Association ( BCALA ) has selected Angiah Davis, reference librarian at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center, and Derek Mosley, archivist and assistant director of the Ernest J. …
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), is teaming with Library Journal to offer ALTAFF members a special deal on Patron Profiles, a digital …
CHICAGO - The ALA Office for Research & Statistics has extended the book proposal deadline for the peer-reviewed ALA Research Series . The new deadline date is Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The ALA Research Series expands the knowledge base of library …
Celebrate National Library Week April 8-14, 2012 CHICAGO – Best-selling author, television host and library advocate Brad Meltzer has been named the 2012 Honorary Chair of National Library Week. As the author of nine books and the host of the …
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), will host “Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends and Foundations” from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST on …
CHICAGO — Looking for guidance into the latest topics in teen services? Look no further than YALSA ’s Webinars-on-Demand! Previously recorded webinars, led by content experts selected by YALSA , are complimentary for YALSA members and available for …
CHICAGO - According to trend data collected by the American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ), technology acquisitions in school libraries across the nation appear to be leveling, while remote access to school library databases is rapidly …
CHICAGO – According to supplemental questions asked as part of the 2011 School Libraries Count! ( SLC ) national longitudinal survey of school library programs conducted by the American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ), an overwhelming majority of …
CHICAGO — Emily Hamstra, learning librarian at the University of Michigan’s Shapiro Undergraduate Library, has been selected as the 2012 Emerging Leader for the Reference and User Services Association ( RUSA ). The ALA Emerging Leaders ( EL ) program …
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) announces the release of the new ALSC Online Education - Winter 2012 schedule. ALSC is offering four courses, each of which begin Jan. 16. Connecting with ‘Tween Readers (four weeks, …
CHICAGO – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has launched a project to digitize the complete back contents of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ ( ACRL ) official scholarly research journal College & Research …
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