AASL to Showcase Tech-Friendly Libraries at New Orleans Conference, June 27 CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians ( AASL ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), will present three of the nation’s leading school …
CHICAGO – The American Library Association ( ALA ) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project, …
CHICAGO – The American Library Association ( ALA ) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH ) announced that 65 public, academic and community college libraries will receive Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the …
LOCALLY PURCHASED ITEMS SUPPORT NEW ORLEANS ECONOMY Cape Coral, Fla. – Unlimited Priorities Corporation has announced that it will donate the furniture from its exhibit booth at the 2011 American Library Association Annual Conference to the Library …
CHICAGO - Tim Duggan, ASLA , a landscape architect currently developing the Sustainable Landscapes program for the Make it Right Foundation in New Orleans, will present “Community Beyond Housing” at the 2011 LLAMA President’s Program during the ALA Annual …
CHICAGO - To support its scholarly communications initiatives, the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) is pleased to announce the 12-month appointment of Joy Kirchner as visiting program officer. Kirchner will play an integral role in …
CHICAGO — Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide “ Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Titles and Programs for a New Generation ,” published by ALA Editions ,will give …
CHICAGO - The Board of Directors of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ( ALCTS ) has approved the appointment of two new publication editors. Alice Platt, digital initiatives librarian at Southern New Hampshire University, …
CHICAGO - LLAMA Presents “Competing in the Information Marketplace II : Strategic PR partnerships — Journalists and Libraries,” from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. June 25 at the Morial Convention Center Room 383-385. This program is part of the American Library …
WASHINGTON – The American Library Association’s ( ALA ) Office for Information Technology Policy ( OITP ) will hold a program addressing the increasing significance of e-books and their impact on libraries during the ALA ’s Annual Conference in New Orleans …
CHICAGO - Literacy and a love of reading begin at birth and last a lifetime — with unique milestones through every stage of life. The ALA Committee on Literacy will host a panel of experts from across the Association to discuss the integral role of …
CHICAGO - Many Library Support Staff Certification ( LSSC ) candidates want to prepare portfolios to meet LSSC requirements. On Tuesday, at 2 p.m. CDT June 14 , LSSC will offer an hour-long webinar explaining what the LSSC Program requires in a portfolio. …
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) and the American Library Association’s ( ALA ) Washington Office will hold a roundtable discussion about DigitalLiteracy.gov at 12:15 p.m …
CHICAGO – The recently released 2009-10 ALA Annual Report covers the key initiatives of former ALA President Camila Alire under the theme “Libraries: The Heart of All Communities”: Frontline Advocacy and Family Literacy. The report also highlights the …
CHICAGO – Promote quality family time at your library this Father’s Day weekend with Step Up to the Plate @ your library. Step Up to the Plate encourages people of all ages to use the print and electronic resources available at their library to …
CHICAGO - Attendees of the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans are invited to meet the 2011 class of Emerging Leaders ( EL ) at a poster session and reception from 3 - 4 p.m. on Friday, June 24. The ALA 2011 class of ELs will showcase their final …
CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation ( FTRF ) is pleased to announce that Audrey Barbakoff, a reference librarian with the Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Library, is the fourth recipient of the Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship. The Conable …
CHICAGO – The Texas Association of School Librarians ( TASL ) and its program “ TASL and the Texas PTA – A Partnership for Learning” received the 2011 American Association of School Librarians' ( AASL ) ABC - CLIO Leadership Grant. Established in …
CHICAGO - LITA is pleased to announce the availability of two new webinars, “Using Scrum to Streamline Web Applications Development and Increase Staff Involvement” and “Roadmap to JPEG2000 ,” as well as the Web course, “Creating Library Web Services: …
Birmingham, Ala. – In co-sponsorship with the American Library Association ( ALA ), EBSCO awarded seven librarians $1,000 scholarships to attend the ALA Annual Conference June 23-28, 2011 in New Orleans. The seven scholarship recipients are Megan …
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