CHICAGO - To better serve the growing population of libraries offering events for El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), also known as Día, the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) released a new Día website . …
CHICAGO – The deadline to apply for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant has been extended to Jan.31, 2012. Awarded by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant provides books submitted for consideration for the Coretta Scott …
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 - The Library and Information Technology Association ( LITA ) Board of Directors is pleased to congratulate Jodie Gambill and Tasha Keagan on being selected to participate in the ALA 2012 Emerging Leaders Program and on being selected for LITA …
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse on Using WordPress to Build Library Websites . Amanda Goodman and Polly-Alida Farrington will serve as instructors for a six-week facilitated eCourse starting on Jan. 16, 2012. WordPress is an …
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Be a Great Boss: The Kickoff to Your Year of Learning with Cathy Hakala-Ausperk. Whether you are a new or veteran manager or supervisor, you can take charge of your personal development and …
CHICAGO - The LLAMA Mentoring Committee has begun recruiting mentors and mentees for the July 2012-June 2013 year. The mentoring program pairs librarians who are currently in leadership positions with librarians who are interested in becoming leaders. …
CHICAGO — The Youth Services Consultants Interest Group , a new member group hosted by the Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, is now online and accepting new members. Youth services consultants and any state library staff …
CHICAGO - On Saturday, Nov. 12, more than 1,000 libraries across the country will showcase gaming programs and services as part of the American Library Association's ( ALA ) National Gaming Day @ your library. Here are just a few examples of what …
CHICAGO - The new ALA Masters Series kicks off at ALA Midwinter with an exciting special session led by three of the People’s Library builders. “ A Library occupies Occupy Wall Street ” is a Special Masters session on Saturday, Jan. 21, where attendees …
CHICAGO – Join rural library leaders in a conversation about advocacy, leadership and the newly revised “ Small But Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library ,” at a special forum during the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Sponsored by …
CHICAGO – At 1 p.m. CST on Nov. 30, the Public Library Association ( PLA ) will host a live, hour-long webinar, “Fully Engaged Customer Service at Your Library” as part of PLA ’s “Public Libraries at Work” monthly webinar series. During this webinar, …
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) invites proposal submissions for the ACRL 2013 Conference to be held April 10 -13, 2013, in Indianapolis. Contributed paper, panel session, preconference and workshop proposals are due …
CHICAGO - Rich Harwood, described as “one of the great thinkers in American public life,” is the featured speaker in ALA President Molly Raphael’s President's Program at ALA Midwinter Meeting from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22. Over the past …
CHICAGO — The 2012 awards offered by the Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies ( ASCLA ) are an excellent chance to recognize colleagues, institutions or particular programs for their contributions to ASCLA and the areas of …
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ) encourages school librarians to attend the AASL Pre-Midwinter Institute, Tools for Transforming Your School Library Program, taking place prior to the ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting. AASL ’s …
CHICAGO — There’s a little more than a month left to nominate yourself - -or someone else — for one of the many achievement awards and conference travel grants offered by the Reference and User Services Association ( RUSA ), the division of ALA …
CHICAGO - The American Library Association ( ALA ) Emerging Leaders participants for the 2012 class have been selected. Seventy-seven individuals were chosen to participate in this year’s program. The 2012 class marks the sixth year of existence for the …
CHICAGO - Study managers have extended the participation deadline for the 2011-2012 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study online survey to Nov. 18 . Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the American Library Association, the …
CHICAGO - The STARS /Atlas Systems Mentoring Award travel grant is now offered in the amount of $1,250, thanks to an increase in funding from award sponsor Atlas Systems, Inc. This travel grant is presented annually to a library practitioner who is new …
