Libraries in the News
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Inside ALA
- ALCTS announces editor appointments
- Dec. 15 Deadline for RUSA Awards Approaching
- Get cooking @ your library (r)
- Members invited to submit questions to ALA presidential candidates via YouTube
- RUSA announces spring 2009 online course schedule
- Successful conclusion to CCF fundraising campaign
- University of Wisconsin-Madison supports Spectrum Scholar
- Young Adult author headlines Freedom to Read Foundation Denver fundraiser
- 40 libraries to host "Visions of the Universe" traveling exhibit
- ALA joins NWHM National Coalition
- ASCLA award nominations due Dec. 15
- danah boyd to keynote AASL National Conference
- Dec. 15 Deadline for RUSA Awards Approaching
- Florida State University supports ALA's diversity efforts in the library profession
- Illinois librarian helps reach out to Latinos
- Marco Torres closing speaker at AASL 2009 national conference
- Nation's libraries celebrate National Gaming Day @ your library
- YALSA offers book tie-ins to "Twilight" movie
- ACRL launches interest groups
- ALA-APA Midwinter Forum on Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP)
- Arthur Curley Lecture honors fallen heroes and families
- BRASS Gale Cengage Learning travel award open to students
- Deadline approaching to submit PLA National Conference Program proposal
- LITA names newest Emerging Leaders
- Museums inspire @ your library
- New release from ALA Editions
- Proposals Sought for Grassroots Programs at 2009 ALA Annual Conference
- Register for YALSA's Tech Playground & Mixer
- University of Illinois waives tuition for Spectrum scholars
- University of Oklahoma supports ALA's diversity efforts
- Veteran journalist shares tips on using ALA's State of America's Libraries report
- YALSA offers institute on serving diverse teens
- YALSA seeks blog manager
- ALA gears up for National Gaming Day
- ALA Publishing announces launch of Guide to Reference online
- ALA traveling exhibit explores Lincoln and the Constitution
- ALA Washington Office to discuss "Political Connections: The Long Road Ahead"
- Celebrate National Gaming Day @ your library
- Civil Rights heroine to keynote ALSC President's Program
- E-Forum discussions from ALCTS
- Explore ancestral roots of American West at Midwinter Genealogy Institute
- Nominations open for John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award
- Nominations sought for Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund
- YALSA celebrates at first Young Adult Literature Symposium
- Libraries gear up for National Gaming Day @ your library
- ALSC announces exceptional Web sites for children
- Great interactive software for kids
- Melissa De Fino named ALCTS Emerging Leader
- New survey on diversity and recruitment in library schools
- Registration opens for YALSA's Teen Tech Week
- Simmons College supports ALA's diversity efforts in the library profession
- Vote @ your library
- ALA seeks $100 million in stimulus funding as U.S. libraries face critical cutbacks, closures
- 2009 LLAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award seeks entries
- AASL Fall Forum attendees challenged to lead
- ACRL announces Midwinter workshops
- ALA 2009 Scholarship On-line Application now available
- ALA/ERT Author Forum welcomes women of mystery
- Award honors contributions to library adult services
- Denver Sunrise Speaker Series features four intriguing authors
- New ACRL publication: Gaming in Academic Libraries
- New York School Library Systems offer AASL's licensed institutes
- Nominations sought for ABC-CLIO Online History Award
- Readers' advisory section in search of outstanding Jewish literature
- RUSA award honors ILL, document delivery superstars
- Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant
- YALSA calls for volunteers to host event at regional, state conferences
- "Eclipse" tops YALSA's 2008 Teens' Top Ten
- 2008 Mora Award received by California and North Carolina Libraries
- AL Direct: not just for members anymore
- ALA TechSource report: MUVE into virtual worlds
- Help patrons, your career with RUSA online courses
- More than 5,000 U.S. libraries celebrate Teen Read Week(tm)
- New ACRL publication: Informed Learning
- PLA Awards applications now available online
- PLA Leadership Fellow Awardees Announced
- Public service announcement generates $900,000 in support of libraries
- Read Beyond Reality @ your library
- Volunteer to serve on an ALA or Council committee for 2009 - 2010
- YALSA, WWE® kick off WrestleMania® Reading Challenge
- American Libraries lifts access restrictions
- AASL launches national Learning 4 Life (L4L) initiative
- AASL sponsors Panter, Patin in Emerging Leaders program
- ALSC picks 2009 Emerging Leader Madeline Walton-Hadlock
- New radio campaign bridges "opportunity gap"
- PLA now accepting proposals for 2010 National Conference
- RUSA award honors library links with labor
- RUSA award recognizes book reviewing process
- Virtual Poster Sessions - There's still time!
- Wisconsin student selected as grand-prize winner of Step Up to the Plate @ your library
- ALA goes paperless for Spring 2009 election
- ALTA approves new bylaws and new name
- Stevens, Oliver seek 2010 - 2011 ALA presidency
- AASL announces Fall Forum stipend for Spectrum Scholar
- AASL announces Premidwinter institute
- AASL releases 2008 longitudinal study results
- ALA names Emerging Leader participants
- ALA offers Recognition Awards and Grants
- ALCTS delivers two Midwinter symposia for Denver
- ALSC President To Discuss "Kid Connections"
Advocacy & Legislation
US & World
- Anti-Piracy Statute Gets Challenged
- Nashville Mayor Wants City Library to Enfold Media Centers
- FBI Compiles List of Most-Coveted Library Books
- Las Vegas-Area School Librarians Likely Safe for Now
- Washington Dad Foils Plan for School "Librateria"
- Meryl Streep Set to Play Librarian in Dewey Film
- New Federal Law Requires Schools to Teach Web Safety
- Voters Buck Bleak Economic Outlook to Fund Libraries
- Branch Closings and Budget Cuts Threaten Libraries Nationwide
- Symposium: Complex Games Lead to Complex Thinking
- Voters Save Borough Library in New Jersey
- Early Voting Taxes Library Polling Places
- Harvard's Scanning Stance Unswayed by Google Settlement
- Google Settles Scanning Suit with Authors, Publishers
- Bunny Suicides Complainant Douses Book-Burning Talk
- Boston's Margolis Appointed New York State Librarian
- Hispanic Janitors Arrested at Mesa Library
- Teen Sex Guide Withstands Physician's Review
- Technology Gets the Human Touch at LITA Forum
- Economic Uncertainty Spreads to Library Endowments
- Gunman Kills Fellow Librarian at Texas College
- Timber Payment Renewal Won't Bail Out Oregon Libraries
- Virginia High-Schoolers Rally for Gay-Cure Books
- Wrong Numbers Used in HAPLR Report, Says American Libraries
- Border Location Offers Unique Opportunities for Reforma
- EPA Reopens Five Shuttered Libraries
- Beleaguered Sacramento Director Announces Retirement
- Libraries Regroup, Reach Out in Wake of Hurricane Ike
- Trenton Library Plans to Close All Its Branches
- Nampa Board Reverses Itself on Sex-Ed Books
- FBI: Suspect Surfed for Bomb-Making Information at the Library
- Shuttered Hartford Branches Get Second Reprieve
- J. K. Rowling Wins Copyright Fight
- Critics Revisit Library Incident that Paints Palin as Censor
- Gulf Coast Libraries Mostly Spared, but Outages Keep Many Closed
- Director: Library Diaries Author Invaded Patrons' Privacy
- City Won't Seek Jail for It's Perfectly Normal Protester
- Gulf Coast Braces for Potential Category 3 Hurricane
- Alaska College's Shutdown Threatens Historic Collections
- Conservative Writer Accuses University of Illinois
- Hartford Branch Reopenings Delayed as Officials Squabble
- Boston Chooses Amy E. Ryan for Library President