CHICAGO - The American Library Association ( ALA ) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven scholarships for librarians to attend the 2012 ALA Annual conference in Anaheim, Calif. The meeting takes place June 21 - 26, 2012 and offers an opportunity for …
CHICAGO — Register now for “Behind the Genealogy Reference Desk: Genealogy is Bigger in Texas” and guarantee your seat at this exciting institute hosted by the Reference and User Services Association’s History Section. This full-day event will cover …
CHICAGO – November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). During the month librarians across the country and around the world will be reminding would-be writers of all the great resources they have to offer when it comes to writing their masterpiece. …
CHICAGO - The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association ( ALA - APA ) announced today that the LSSC program will partner with 11 Library Assistant Training ( LTA ) Programs in a project that will allow their graduates to receive the LSSC …
CHICAGO — Thousands of school and public libraries throughout the country joined the Young Adult Library Services Association ( YALSA ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), in celebrating Teen Read Week 2011, Oct. 16-22. More than 5,000 …
2012 theme is Geek Out @ your library ® CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association ( YALSA ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), launched its Teen Tech Week 2012 website at www.ala.org/teentechweek , opening …
CHICAGO - The Library Support Staff Certification Program ( LSSC ), a national certification program that allows library support staff to demonstrate competencies and be certified by the American Library Association ( ALA ), will offer an hour-long …
WASHINGTON - Although large-scale initiatives receive the lion’s share of the attention around digitization projects, countless small and medium-sized digitization projects provide invaluable access to hidden collections from North American libraries, …
CHICAGO - LITA 's popular Web course, "Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs," presented by Jason Clark of Montana State University Libraries, will be offered Nov. 14-18, 2011, with live synchronous lectures each day from 11 a.m. - …
CHICAGO - Attendees of the ALA Midwinter Meeting in January can bookend their meeting with lively celebrities, starting out with highly acclaimed authors Helen Schulman and Hillary Jordan at the ERT / Booklist Author Forum on Friday afternoon and ending …
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Board of Directors has approved a comprehensive revision of the association’s seminal “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education” ( SLHE ). Grounded in nine principles reflecting the …
CHICAGO - Start building support for your rural library by attending the free “A Small But Powerful Webinar for Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library.” Presented by the American Library Association’s Committee on Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of …
CHICAGO - Just when everything in your library is running smoothly, along comes an unruly patron who seems strangely threatening. The Library Leadership and Management Association ( LLAMA ) will present “A Person of Interest: Safety and Security in the …
Minneapolis– International mobile technology expert Dr. Mimi Ito brought the American Association of School Librarians’ ( AASL ) 15th National Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis to an end. More than 3,000 school librarians, educators, exhibitors …
CHICAGO - Next year the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) will celebrate the 16th anniversary of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), also known as Día, on April 30, 2012. Preparations for this event start …
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The American Library Association ( ALA ) Office for Information Technology Policy ( OITP ) and the Library & Information Technology Association ( LITA ) are extending the deadline for submitting nominations for best library …
CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity is introducing the first three installments of the Diversity Leadership Online series, beginning Dec. 1, 2011. This ongoing webinar series provides the foundation for a culture of …
CHICAGO - Susan Cain and John Green, authors and speakers with huge followings, join the roster of memorable ALA Midwinter Meeting Auditorium Speakers. Both are scheduled to appear at the Dallas meeting the weekend of Jan. 21 and 22, 2012. Studies …
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association ( YALSA ) published a new national research agenda on libraries and teens, updating its 1994 research agenda. The agenda is available online at www.ala.org/yalsa/researchagenda . The YALSA Research …
CHICAGO – Building upon a growing movement, the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education, is calling on teachers, schools, principals, community …
