CHICAGO – Space is still available for the “Boomers, Staff & Students — Engaging the Many Voices of Advocacy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop” during ALA ’s 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans. The program will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday …
CHICAGO – After six years, more than 220 America Library Association ( ALA ) volunteers from across the U.S. will once again gather at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for “Libraries Build Communities,” a daylong community service effort from 8 a. …
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services is pleased to feature the recently published Ithaka survey "Library Survey 2010: Insights from U.S. Academic Library Directors," offering a strategic analysis on the …
Featured speakers include Jeff Kinney, Daniel Ellsberg, Jeff Jarvis CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s ( ALA ) Auditorium Speaker Series welcomes 12 distinguished speakers who are noted for their contributions as authors, journalists …
CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s Committee on Diversity will host a Town Hall Meeting on Diversity from 8 a.m. - noon on Friday June 24 in the Morial Convention Center, Room 265 during the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. …
CHICAGO — Networking, sweets and an awards presentation are on the agenda for the ASCLA / COSLA reception at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference. All conference attendees are invited to participate in the celebration. The event, a conference tradition …
CHICAGO – The Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table ( SRRT ) of the American Library Association will mark 10 years of celebrating the feminist perspective in books intended for young readers from birth to 18 years old at the …
CHICAGO - The Public Library Association’s ( PLA ) Public Library Data Service ( PLDS ) Statistical Report Digital Database ( PDF ) is now updated with 2011 results. The Report is compiled from surveys submitted by public libraries across the United …
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) announces the publication of “ Strategic Planning in College Libraries ” ( CLIP Note #43), compiled by Eleonora Dubicki of Monmouth University. Academic libraries have experienced …
CHICAGO - The Committee for the Status of Women in Librarianship ( COSWL ) will be hosting two programs at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. They provide the opportunity to focus on topics of importance to the status of women in …
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), will host “Tales from the Heart: Literary Memoirs” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. CDT on Saturday, June 25 at …
CHICAGO — Presenting the latest and most comprehensive assessment of public librarians’ education and career paths, “ A Strong Future for Public Library Use and Employment ” reports on a large-scale research project performed by authors José-Marie …
CHICAGO – The Ethnic and Multicultural Exchange Round Table ( EMIERT ) and the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee will celebrate the best in children’s and young adult literature representing the African-American experience at the 2011 Coretta …
CHICAGO - The Library and Information Technology Association ( LITA ), a division of the American Library Association, is announcing the awarding of the annual scholarships it sponsors jointly with three organizations: Baker & Taylor, LSSI and OCLC …
CHICAGO –In conjunction with the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) President’s Program at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, the association sponsored a contest to identify exciting library innovation projects using …
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The Office for Information Technology Policy ( OITP ) today released the first publication of “ OITP Perspectives” – a new publication series created to complement OITP Policy Briefs. The publication, “Digitizing Hidden …
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), has made available to ALTAFF ’s Friends and Foundation personal and group members a new toolkit …
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ) announced six scholarship winners for the 2011-2012 academic year. Four winners were awarded the Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship, which is made possible by Bound to Stay Bound …
CHICAGO - At 2 p.m. CDT , on Tuesday, June 7, the Library Support Staff Certification ( LSSC ) Program will offer an hour-long webinar on LSSC and how it works. The presentation will explain the value of this certification to library support staff ( …
CHICAGO — Street lit’s appeal extends well beyond urban teens! Find out more about this increasingly popular genre of literature and how to incorporate it into your library at YALSA ’s June webinar, Street Smart: Serving Teen Street Lit Readers, hosted …
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