Baltimore librarian receives national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Jennifer Berg Gaither, librarian at the Baltimore City College (BCC), was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Gaither is being recognized for her leadership in transforming...
Algonquin, Ill., librarian recognized with national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Lindsey Tomsu, teen librarian at the Algonquin (Illinois) Area Public Library District, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Tomsu is recognized for her...
Morganton, N.C., librarian recognized with national public service honor
NEW YORK – Today Nancy Daniel, library director at the Western Piedmont Community College, in Morganton, North Carolina, was named a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. Daniel is being...
Winners exemplify the invaluable role librarians play within their communities, schools and campuses
NEW YORK – A...
CHICAGO — “This Journal Is Overdue”—and you’re the author. Start writing!
Just in time for the holidays, get your creative juices flowing with a new collection of witty and...
ALA’s New Member’s Round Table (NMRT) is now accepting applications to the Shirley Olofson Memorial...
ALA's New Members Round Table (NMRT) is now accepting applications for the NMRT Professional Development Grant. Given on an annual basis, the award is intended to help offset the cost of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the American Library Association’s (ALA) ...
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) is seeking information on challenges and censorship incidents that occurred in 2018 in libraries, schools and universities. Library workers, educators and community members are encouraged to...
CHICAGO – The submissions are in, now it’s your turn to weigh in. This fall, the Public Library Association (PLA) launched a national short story writing contest, inviting writers across the U.S. to submit short stories...
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries is accepting nominations for the ALA Trustee Citation through Jan. 7, 2019.
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CHICAGO — Bibliotherapy programs can now be found in libraries all over the world, from public libraries to health/hospital libraries and academic libraries. In their new book “Bibliotherapy,” published by...
CHICAGO – Honorary Book Club Central Chair Sarah Jessica Parker has selected Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland: A Memoir of Working...
CHICAGO — Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of information governance? What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital era? What are the...
CHICAGO - Sylvia Acevedo has worn many hats: engineer at IBM, rocket scientist at NASA, award-winning entrepreneur, commissioner on the White House Initiative for Education Excellence for Hispanics, and currently CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. In Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl...
CHICAGO - Eric Klinenberg is a professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. His latest book, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (available now),...
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, Feminist Librarianship: Re-Envisioning Library Work. Maria T. Accardi will serve as the...
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new facilitated eCourse, Supporting Teen Services: Fostering Community, Programming, and Outreach. Jennifer...
CHICAGO – American Library Association (ALA) President Loida Garcia-Febo released the following statement regarding the association’s commitment to providing library professionals with resources that support equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). This statement comes on the heels of two...
CHICAGO—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces an exciting new workshop, Taking STEAM Programs to the Next Level with Amy Holcomb. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30pm...
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new facilitated eCourse, Managing Children's Collections from Acquisition to Weeding. Jill Burket Ragase will serve as the...
CHICAGO – Corey Hall has been selected as one of two participants sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2019 Emerging Leaders program. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer library workers from across the country to...
CHICAGO – Bianca Spurlock has been selected as one of two participants sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2019 Emerging Leaders program. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer library workers from across the country...
CHICAGO—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new session of our popular workshop, Creating a Digital Media Space for Today's Teens with Corey Wittig. This workshop will consist of two...
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), is excited to announce a scholarship for the Spring 2019 seminar, Intellectual Freedom and Young Adults, offered through San Jose State University...
CHICAGO — “Archival Futures,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, draws on a range of...
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced Kacy Helwick, Youth Collection Development Librarian at New Orleans (Louisiana) Public Library, as its 2019 Emerging Leader.
“This is...
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, Getting Started with Library Service Design. Joe J. Marquez and Annie Downey will serve as the...
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, How to Market Your Library. Dana Braccia will serve as the instructor for a 4-week facilitated eCourse starting on...