CHICAGO — ALA Publishing eLearning announces a new workshop, Improve Your Library Using the 5 Phases of Project Management with Robin M. Hastings. This workshop will last 90 minutes and is hosted live at 2:30 p.m. Eastern on...
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Oct 05:
New workshop with Loida Garcia-Febo: Serving Spanish Speakers in the Library
CHICAGO — ALA Publishing eLearning announces a new workshop, Serving Spanish Speakers in the Library, with Loida Garcia-Febo. This workshop will last 90 minutes and is hosted live at 2:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015...
Oct 05:
Learn how to prevent and treat bed bugs in upcoming PLA webinar
CHICAGO – Join the Public Library Association (PLA) to learn everything you need to know, from identifying bed bugs, to ways they are introduced into the library, to treatment and mitigation options that will help you protect your library's facilities and collections on a daily basis...
Oct 05:
Popular workshop offers introduction to cloud computing
CHICAGO — ALA Publishing announces a new iteration of its popular workshop, Cloud Computing for Librarians: An Introduction, with Krista Godfrey. This workshop will last 90 minutes and is hosted live at 2:30 p.m. Eastern...
Oct 02:
Research drives educators of school librarians at AASL national conference
CHICAGO – Research and data driven practice will be the focus of sessions from the AASL Educators of School Librarians Section (ESLS) during the AASL 17th National Conference & Exhibition taking place Nov. 5-8 in Columbus, Ohio. Presentations...
Oct 02:
Follett continues support of school library professionals
CHICAGO – Follett continues to support school library professionals and ongoing learning with its sponsorship of the opening general session speaker at the AASL 17th National Conference & Exhibition. Curriculum and instruction expert Heidi Hayes Jacobs will open the conference, taking...
Oct 02:
ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 ALSC/Candlewick Press 'Light the Way' Grant
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2016 Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved grant. This $3,000 grant, made...
Oct 02:
Win a grant from YALSA to attend ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando
CHICAGO – Members of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) who will be first time attendees of the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, can apply for a grant to offset travel expenses.
A total of three grants are available. Baker and Taylor is sponsoring...
Oct 02:
YALSA launches Teen Programming HQ website
CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has launched its Teen Programming HQ website.
The mission of the new site is to provide a one-stop shop for library...
Oct 02:
New eCourse: Rethinking social media to organize information and communities
CHICAGO — ALA Publishing announces an exciting new eCourse, Rethinking Social Media to Organize Information and Communities. Paul Signorelli will serve as the instructor for this four-week facilitated eCourse starting on...
Oct 02:
ALA, Lifetime Arts announce creative aging workshop at 2016 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO — Lifetime Arts, a national leader in arts education programming for older adults, and the American Library Association will offer a pre-conference workshop about the growing field of creative aging at ALA’s 2016 Midwinter Meeting...
Oct 02:
Anti-bullying activist Lizzie Velasquez is 2016 Arthur Curley Memorial Lecturer
CHICAGO -- Anti-bullying activist Lizzie Velasquez will bring her message of not allowing others to define you, and of turning negativity into a motivating force, to 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston as the Arthur Curley lecturer from 4 - 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9.
Born with a...
Oct 02:
2016 Midwinter Meeting LLAMA Career Institute announced: What Matters, a Workshop for Developing and Articulating Our Values
CHICAGO — The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present the fifth LLAMA Career Institute – What Matters, A Workshop for Developing and Articulating Our Values – from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016...
Oct 01:
Registration, housing now open for 2016 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits
CHICAGO — Registration and housing are now open at alamidwinter.org for 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Boston, Jan. 8-12. “The conversation starts here . . . ” every year at Midwinter Meeting, offering the usual gold-...
Oct 01:
ALA announces 50 libraries to receive Great Stories Club programming grants for at-risk youth
CHICAGO – Fifty libraries have been selected to receive training and support to host book club programs on a theme of “media, resistance and revolution” with at-risk youth, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office announced.
The 2015 grantees...
Sep 29:
ALA President urges passage of Digital Learning Equity Act
Libraries provide online tools kids need to succeed
Washington, D.C. – Sari Feldman, president of the American Library Association (ALA), today called for swift passage of The Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015 (H.R. 3582)....
Sep 29:
AASL opens call for researchers
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) invites researchers to submit their interest to be part of the CLASS II: Causality: School Libraries and Student Success II research team. Two applicants will be selected to join researchers from Old Dominion...
Sep 29:
YALSA opens up 2016 summer learning and teen intern grant applications
CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has opened up the applications for its 2016 summer learning and teen intern grants.
Through...
Sep 29:
ALA congratulates the National Endowment for the Humanities on its 50th anniversary
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) congratulates the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), one of the largest funders of humanities programming in the United States, on its 50th anniversary.
“As institutions that champion lifelong learning for all people,...
Sep 29:
Neal announces candidacy for 2017-18 ALA presidency
CHICAGO – James G. (Jim) Neal, university librarian emeritus at Columbia University, New York, has filed as a petition candidate for the 2017-18 presidency of the American Library Association.
Neal served as the vice president for information services and university librarian at...
Sep 29:
How to deliver meaningful library instruction in 50 minutes
CHICAGO — ALA Publishing eLearning announces a new iteration of its popular eCourse ...
Sep 29:
Improve your teaching with strategies from Decoding the Disciplines model in new workshop
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Sep 29:
eCourse: Planning and preparing for RDA
CHICAGO — ALA Publishing eLearning announces a new iteration of its popular eCourse, ...
Sep 29:
Award winning author Kate Messner ready to rock AASL national conference
CHICAGO – Kate Messner, award winning author of “The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z,” will appear as one of five featured speakers at an author breakfast presented during the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 17th National Conference & Exhibition. Angelini...
Sep 28:
ALA-APA call for committee volunteers
CHICAGO — American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) President-elect Julie Todaro is seeking volunteers for appointments to 2016-2017 ALA Allied Professional Association committees. Appointments take effect at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual Conference.
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Sep 28:
A comprehensive guide to insurance industry information resources
CHICAGO — The insurance industry is among the most highly regulated industries today, and literature on the field is a complex thicket of sources. “The ALA Guide to Information Sources in Insurance, Risk Management, and...
Sep 25:
Libraries Transform: Adult Education and Family Literacy
CHICAGO – As we mark national Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, libraries across the country are transforming lives through literacy services for adults and families. The need is great. In the U.S. low literacy is a reality for one in six adults, while one in 10 speaks limited...
Sep 25:
Webinar: Advocating for Intellectual Freedom: Beyond 'Banned Books Week'
CHICAGO – Join the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) to learn how to continue awareness of intellectual freedom and the harms of censorship all year long, not just during Banned Books Week in September. “Advocating for...