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AASL seeks interest to host a Fall Forum satellite site
Jennifer Habley CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) seeks statements from school districts, universities, education service centers or others interested in hosting a satellite site of the AASL 2012 Fall Forum. If interested, parties should submit a one-page Statement of
12/27/2012 - 13:32
More selections added to ALSC’s Great Web Sites for Kids
CHICAGO- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more informative and engaging websites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to exceptional websites for
12/27/2012 - 13:31
More Great Websites for Kids selected by ALSC
Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, its online resource featuring hundreds of links to exceptional
09/08/2015 - 12:52
ALSC selects more Great Websites for Kids
Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, its online resource containing hundreds of links to exceptional
01/07/2014 - 09:23
ALSC's Great Websites for Kids relaunches with fresh new design
Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO- Great Websites for Kids (GWS) (www.ala.org/greatsites), the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media
12/27/2012 - 13:32
AASL expands reach of Fall Forum with satellite site attendance options
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is expanding the educational reach of its biennial Fall Forum by offering registrants the opportunity to attend via one of four satellite sites. AASL’s national institute, “Transliteracy and the School Library Program,” will take place
12/27/2012 - 13:27
19 notable sites added to ALSC's Great Websites for Kids
Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added more recommended websites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to outstanding
12/27/2012 - 13:43
ALSC announces exceptional websites for children
Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO-- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to outstanding Web
12/27/2012 - 13:45
More Great Websites for Kids selected by ALSC
Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO —The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, the online resource featuring hundreds of links to exceptional
06/02/2016 - 11:29
AASL seeks hosts for Fall Forum satellite sites
Jennifer Habley Manager, Web Communications jhabley@ala.org CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will once again host a hybrid presentation of its biennial national institute, the Fall Forum, in 2014. As part of the presentation, three or four satellite sites across the
11/11/2013 - 10:00
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Connecting with Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Your Community
Thursday, 4/21/2016 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Eastern) 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central) 12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Mountain) 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (Pacific) Join Ady Huertas and colleagues for a program on how library workers can serve the needs of Spanish-speaking immigrant and refu ...
NMUNGUIA - 05/18/2016 - 11:51 - Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
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Cultural Competence in the Library
The U.S. teen population has diversified significantly since 2000, and with it, the communities we serve in our libraries. Join Amita Lonial as she discusses cultural competence in the library: its definition, its impact on behaviors, attitudes, and polic ...
NMUNGUIA - 11/20/2015 - 16:41 - Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
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Building STEAM with Día: The Whys and Hows to Getting Started
Did you know that minorities are underrepresented in STEAM education and professional fields, and that children of color routinely score below their white peers in math and science? The library can help bridge this STEAM gap with programs and services dev ...
KSUTHERLAND - 11/06/2015 - 09:52 - Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
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Online Day of Diversity Forum
To continue the conversation started at the Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s Literature and Library Programming event at the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the ALSC Board of Directors and ALSC President Ellen Riordan hosted an online Day o ...
DBOSTROM - 02/27/2015 - 11:02 - Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
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Speaking Up
Starting a dialogue on sexual harassment in libraries By Lisa Rabey In some ways, it is the subtlety of the act of harassment that allows it to be so often overlooked: When I worked in IT, sexism and misogyny were the unspoken accepted practice. I learned ...
MPERA - 06/10/2014 - 11:14 - American Libraries Magazine
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Standing up for our values By Barbara K. Stripling If you have heard me speak this year, then you’ve heard me repeat this often-quoted saying: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” I thought every library worker already had that mindset, ...
LBORMAN - 05/29/2014 - 15:18 - American Libraries Magazine
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Now Trending: Tech and People News
By Laurie D. Borman This issue (May 2014) we invited Marshall Breeding to give us a status and trends report on strategic products of the library technology industry. His detailed investigation begins here. He has been reporting on technology in the indus ...
LBORMAN - 05/05/2014 - 12:47 - American Libraries Magazine
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1995
Children's Day/Book Day, also known as El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading and held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for every child ...
HDAVIES - 03/08/2013 - 11:06 - About ALA
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1983
ALA Council approves establishment of the Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT); name changed to Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table in 1989. "The Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Task Force (EMIE) of t ...
HDAVIES - 02/27/2013 - 13:41 - About ALA
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1921
Thomas Fountain Blue was the first African-American to head a public library system. In 1921, he became the first African-American to speak at an ALA program. "The Reverend Thomas F. Blue, the nation’s first African-American to head a public library, ...
HDAVIES - 02/26/2013 - 11:29 - About ALA
