NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Amy Sargent CHICAGO — Larry Neal, director of the Clinton-Macomb (Mich.) Public Library, has been elected the 2014-2015 president of the Public Library Association (PLA). Neal acknowledged, “I feel deeply …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Jazzy Wright Washington, D.C.— Thursday, the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded exemplary museum and libraries National Medals for their service to their communities. The National Medal is the …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Melissa Prentice CHICAGO - The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) is offering three full-day educational workshops on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Chicago. Introductory Python Workshop …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Mary Taylor CHICAGO - The Library Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced Barbara Tillett as the 2013 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Jazzy Wright WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced legislation to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which will integrate public libraries into state and local workforce …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Mary Mackay CHICAGO - Continuing last year’s theme of Mapping Transformation, 2013 ALA Virtual Conference offers a two-day program (July 24 and 25) that last year’s attendees said was enlightening, engaging, …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA – Virtual Library Legislative Day is part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) National Library Legislative Day on May 8, when hundreds of library advocates will descend …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Rob Christopher CHICAGO — Benefiting LIS students and professionals alike, “Records and Information Management,” by Patricia C. Franks, published by ALA Neal-Schuman, presents complete coverage of the records …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 Contact: Jonathan Kelley Eva Poole, president of the Public Library Association and chief of staff of the District of Columbia Public Library, and Jim Neal, ALA treasurer and Columbia University Librarian, were the …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Mary Mackay CHICAGO - Attendees will get inspired by Auditorium Speaker Ping Fu’s journey from her childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution to becoming a top American innovator and tech entrepreneur who …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Fred Reuland CHICAGO - Since 1959, The Second City has established itself as a Chicago landmark and a national treasure. Join the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) for a night of improv …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - A Survey of Preservation Activities in Cultural Heritage Institutions - FY2012 is a pilot survey coordinated by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association of …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO - Ellen Riordan, chief of Planning, Programs and Partnerships, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md., has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association for …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Jazzy Wright Washington, D.C.— Library advocate Mary Ann Bretzlauf, of Gurnee, Ill., was recognized today by the American Library Association and the White House Conference on Library and Information Services …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Jazzy Wright Hundreds Gather in D.C. for 39th Annual National Library Legislative Day Washington, D.C.— More than 350 librarians and library supporters from across the country converged in Washington, D.C. …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - You've read about it in the May issue of American Libraries (p. 22), now learn more about TERMS directly from the authors Jill Emery and Graham Stone. On Friday, June 28, at the …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Leighann Wood CHICAGO — Jennifer Boettcher, business librarian at Georgetown University, is this year’s recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) BRASS Emerald Research Grant Award …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA — Christine Lind Hage, director of the Rochester Hills (Mich.) Public Library, has been elected 2013-2014 United for Libraries vice president/president elect. Lind has been …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Jillian Kalonick PHILADELPHIA — United for Libraries, in partnership with Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma (FOLIO), designated Stroud Public Library a Literary Landmark in honor of poet Wilma Elizabeth …
NEWS For Immediate Release May 4, 2013 Contact: Jazzy Wright WASHINGTON, D.C.— Thursday, the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy released “U.S. Public Libraries and Broadband Technology Opportunities Program,” a new …
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