CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Linkedin for Librarians with Kim Dority. This two-part workshop will take place at ...
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Apr 25:
Introduction to social media eCourse back by popular demand
CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a session of our facilitated eCourse, Social Media Basics: Engaging Your Library Users. Paul Signorelli, former director...
Apr 25:
Racial and gender inequalities in YA literature covered in new issue of YALSA's Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
CHICAGO – Multiracial identities, gender stereotypes and questionable young adult literature cover art are topics explored in the newest online, open access issue (Volume 3: April 2013) of...
Apr 25:
Pattuelli and Lopatovska win the 2013 Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant
CHICAGO - M. Cristina Pattuelli and Irene Lopatovska are the winners of the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant for the project entitled “E-reading in the Academy: Investigating Adoption and Use of...
Apr 25:
Doctorow, Lowry, Ness, Roth—stellar Booklist Books for Youth Forum, 2013 ALA Annual Conference
CHICAGO - Cory Doctorow, Lois Lowry, Patrick Ness, and Veronica Roth are the star-studded panel for “Bleak New World: YA Authors Decode Dystopia,” the Booklist Books for Youth Forum at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. These unmissable, best-selling, award-winning...
Apr 25:
Using movement to connect preschoolers with books
CHICAGO — Librarians and educators can shake up storytimes, help children stay healthy and encourage a lifelong love of reading with Julie Dietzel-Glair’s easy-to-use resource “Books in Motion: Connecting Preschoolers...
Apr 24:
Learn improv fundamentals with Second City Communications - a Learning Round Table preconference
CHICAGO - Basic communication and listening skills are the foundation for a successful business, yet people rarely have the opportunity to grow and develop their communication skills.
Those attending the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference will get such an...
Apr 23:
ALA Election closes April 26
CHICAGO - The 2013 ALA election will close at 11:59 p.m. CDT on Friday, April 26 If you have not yet cast your vote, please do so! If you have “parked” your ballot (started but not yet completed...
Apr 23:
Shakespeare @ your library
CHICAGO – It seems appropriate that the Bard of Avon's birthday should take place during the same month we celebrate National Poetry Month. It is no surprise that libraries across the country are celebrating the 449th birthday of William Shakespeare.
Rock Island (Ill.) Public...
Apr 23:
Office for Intellectual Freedom debuts new website, programming resources for Choose Privacy Week 2013
CHICAGO — The Office for Intellectual Freedom has launched its new website for Choose Privacy Week, the American Library Association's (ALA) annual event that highlights the importance of personal privacy rights in an era of pervasive...
Apr 23:
Award nominations sought for IFRT Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award
CHICAGO - The ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is seeking nominations for the inaugural Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom ...
Apr 23:
United for Libraries to lead Virtual Library Legislative Day on May 8
PHILADELPHIA— Virtual Library Legislative Day is part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) National Library Legislative Day on May 8, when hundreds of library advocates will descend on Capitol Hill to meet with members of...
Apr 23:
YALSA, WWE® crown 2013 WRESTLEMANIA® 29 Reading Challenge champions
CHICAGO – Dianna Nielsen, Harneek Kapoor and Kenyan Gustafson were crowned national champions in the WrestleMania® 29 Reading Challenge on April 6, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, and...
Apr 23:
Jenna Nemec-Loise receives YALSA’s YA Advocacy Travel Stipend to attend National Library Legislative Day
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected Jenna Nemec-Loise as the recipient of a stipend to attend ALA...
Apr 23:
Scott Bacon receives AASL Distinguished School Administrators Award
CHICAGO – Scott Bacon, principal of Blue Valley high school in Stilwell, Kan., is the 2013 recipient of the American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Distinguished School Administrators Award. Sponsored by ProQuest, the $2,000 award honors a school administrator who has made...
Apr 23:
Scott Middle School educators win AASL Collaborative School Library Award
CHICAGO – The “Make a Difference” research project team from Scott Middle School in Lincoln, Neb., is the 2013 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Collaborative School Library Award....
Apr 23:
Learn to deliver transformative arts programming for older adults at 2013 ALA Annual Conference workshop
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with Lifetime Arts, Inc., will present a day-long preconference workshop during the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, based on Lifetime Arts' Creative Aging Public Libraries Project...
Apr 23:
PLA webinar brings urban fiction in from the street and onto the public library shelf
CHICAGO – The street lit genre is rapidly growing with both authors and fans. Get an introduction to this popular style during the hour-long webinar “Street Smart: Urban Fiction in Public...
Apr 22:
Audiobooks and information literacy explored in new SLR articles
CHICAGO — Two new research articles covering the topics of the use of audiobooks with struggling readers and high school students’ information literacy skills are now available as part of the American Association of School Librarians’ (...
Apr 22:
LLAMA webinar will feature Elliott Shore discussing change management
CHICAGO - Change has become a way of life for librarians due to technology and the ever-changing information needs of our users. How do we as library managers and leaders handle change effectively and efficiently for ourselves and those we lead, while ensuring that good communication is...
Apr 22:
Everyday HR for academic library staff
CHICAGO — From the dean or director to student assistants, every academic library employee is subject to a number of complicated, confusing and intertwined employment policies and procedures. Many of these are required by law or governed by federal or state regulations; other policies or...
Apr 22:
Kent Oliver to speak at United for Libraries’ Specialized Outreach Services Luncheon at ALA Annual Conference
PHILADELPHIA — United for Libraries will host its Specialized Outreach Services Luncheon, “Intellectual Freedom & Accompanying Library Policies,” from noon-1:30 p.m. CDT on Saturday, June 29 at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
The traditional...
Apr 22:
Jeanette Smith receives the 2013 Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
CHICAGO — Jeanette C. Smith, the grants/university relations officer at the New Mexico State University Library in Las Cruces, has been selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. This special honor is given annually to an...
Apr 22:
John Cotton Dana public relations awards announced
CHICAGO — Eight libraries were selected for the 2013 John Cotton Dana Award, honoring outstanding library public relations and marketing with a $10,000 award and plaque. This award has been given continuously since 1946 and is sponsored by...
Apr 22:
YALSA announces 2013 Teens’ Top Ten nominations
CHICAGO — The nominees for the annual Teens’ Top Ten have been announced today in honor of Celebrate Teen Literature Day by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Nominations are posted every year on Celebrate Teen...
Apr 22:
ALA President Maureen Sullivan writes about the state of school libraries in the Huffington Post
CHICAGO — As school libraries celebrate National Library Week (April 14 - 20) and School Library Month, American Library Association (ALA) President Maureen Sullivan expresses her concern about current and future challenges in...
Apr 22:
Hear Mark Frauenfelder on maker innovations at ALA Annual Conference
CHICAGO — Mark Frauenfelder, prolific author, founding editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine and founder of Boing Boing, will update 2013 ALA Annual Conference attendees on the latest maker innovations in a special session from 1 - 2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 1.
After offering a brief and...
Apr 22:
Octavia Spencer closes ALA Annual Conference on a lively note
CHICAGO — Octavia Spencer has recently been busy, appearing on "30 Rock" and writing her first novel, in addition to her other star turns. Attendees will find out more when she appears as keynote speaker at the Closing General Session of the 2013 ALA Annual Conference from 9:30...
Apr 22:
Achieving transformational change in academic libraries
CHICAGO—While academic libraries frequently undergo periods of strategic change, “Transformational Change” may be seen as fundamentally different. Often representing cultural change on a deep level, it may be traumatic for individuals. But...
Apr 22:
United for Libraries joins LLAMA to host preconference on ‘Raising $: Process and People’ at ALA Annual Conference
CHICAGO — United for Libraries will join LLAMA in hosting the preconference “Raising $: Process and People” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT on Friday, June 28 at the ALA...