The Campaign for America's Libraries
Mission
The Campaign for America’s Libraries is the American Library Association’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around the globe - use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible in part by ALA’s Library Champions. To learn more visit About @ your library.News
What's new @ your library - Press releases on the Campaign's events, initiatives and programs.
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Recently Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith recently drew 11-year-old Elizabeth Ann Bishop’s name in a national drawing to select the grand-prize winner of season four of Step Up to the Plate @ your library. Read the press release here. |
Events
National Library Week - First celebrated in 1958, National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.
Library Card Sign-up Month - September is Library Card Sign-Up Month - a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that the most important school supply of all is @ your library®--it's your library card.
Initiatives & Projects
The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times "I Love my Librarian" Award - Nominations for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award are closed. Winner will be announced shortly.
Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant - The winner of the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week grant will be announced a the ALA Midwinter Meeting in January. Thank you to everyone that submitted an application.
Woman's Day: How the library helped me during tough economic times - Four readers have been selected to appear in the March 2010 of Woman's Day magazine for their stories on how the library helped them in tough economic times. Also in the March issue, the magazine will announce its newest initiative.
Campaign for the World's Libraries - Is a public education initiative for the international library community called The Campaign for the World's Libraries co-sponsored by the American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Based on the U.S. program, The Campaign for the World's Libraries is designed to showcase public, school, academic, government and special libraries across the globe.
ACRL Academic & Research Library Campaign - Created by the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) @ your library Task Force to provide academic and research libraries with key messages, ideas and strategies for promoting the value of their libraries and librarians.
ALSC Kids! Campaign - Created by the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) Public Awareness Committee the goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of free resources available for children and families and to encourage all parents to bring their school-age children to the public library.
AASL School Library Campaign - Created by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) to provide school library media specialists with a national campaign to support them in delivering a strong and clear message about the value of school libraries and library media specialists.
YALSA's @ your library campaign - Created by the Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) Advocacy Task Force the national campaign was designed to educate and inform the general public about the vital role libraries and librarians play in youth development and teen literacy, while providing YALSA members with tools and resources to do the same in their communities.
Step Up to the Plate @ your library - Developed by the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Step Up to the Plate @ your library teams up two American classics – baseball and libraries – to promote the importance of information literacy skills and increase awareness of the library as an essential information resource.
Popular Resources
PR Tools and Resources - Contains ready made public relations materials so that libraries of all types can promote themselves locally. Materials include toolkits developed by ALA Divisions, print, radio and television public service announcements (PSAs) and suggestions of how to use the @ your library brand to promote you library and library services.
Download Logos - Free downloadable @ your library logos available in 25 languages.
Download Smartest Card art - Free downloadable "Smartest Card" art.
Sponsorship Programming - Learn about The Campaign for America's Libraries sponsors.
Visibility @ your library Blog - is the blog of the American Library Association's Public Information Office, providing news and information for librarians and library supporters.
Subscribe to E-mail Lists - The Campaign for America's Libraries list serv, which provides updates on news and events related to The Campaign.
Campaign Staff
Megan Humphrey
Manager
The Campaign for America’s Libraries
(312) 280-4020
mhumphrey@ala.org
Megan McFarlane
Coordinator
The Campaign for America’s Libraries
(312) 280-2148
mmcfarlane@ala.org
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Main (312) 280-2148
Fax (312) 280-5274
atyourlibrary@ala.org
Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award
Communities thrive @ your library this National Library Week
Visit the National Library Week Web site for ideas and tools to promote National Library Week 2010, with the theme Communities thrive @ your library!
Enjoy @ your library, ALA's new public Web site
En tu biblioteca
Visibility @ your library
