CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce a new program to offer...
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CHICAGO—ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Using Surveys to Improve Your Library with Emily Daly and Joyce Chapman. This workshop will consist of two 90-minute sessions and take place:
- Wednesday...
Chicago—ALA Editions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, Introduction to Metadata and Linked Data. Dr. Oksana L. Zavalina will serve as the instructor for a 6-week facilitated eCourse starting on Monday,...
Each webinar registration is $45 for RUSA members; $50 for ALA members; $65 for non-ALA members; $25 for student members and retired ALA members. ...
Award-winning authors LeUyen Pham (also an illustrator), Susan Tan and Scott Westerfeld will team up on Saturday, January 21st, 10:00-11:00am, in the Auditorium Speakers Series at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Atlanta, Georgia for a conversation with moderator Daniel...
Ten librarians chosen for prestigious national public service honor
NEW YORK — Today 10 librarians from across the country were honored with this year’s I Love My Librarian Award. The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional...
Roosevelt Weeks, Sr. recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Roosevelt Weeks, Sr., deputy director / chief of staff at the Houston Public Library, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Weeks is being...
Jamille Rogers recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Jamille Rogers, media specialist at Marguerite Vann Elementary School, in Conway, Arkansas, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Rogers is...
Lia Kharis Hillman recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Lia Kharis Hillman, fourth floor program manager at the San Francisco Public Library, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Hillman is being...
Sherri Ginsberg recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Sherri Ginsberg, head librarian at Hillsides Library in Pasadena, California, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Ginsberg is being...
Tabatha Farney recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Tabatha “Tabby” Farney, director of web services and emerging technologies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, was named a winner of...
Kathryn Cole recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Kathryn Cole, school librarian at Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Cole is being...
Elissa Checov recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Elissa Checov, manager of library services at Gwinnett Technical College / Gwinnett County Public Library in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was named a winner of the I...
Olga Valencia Cardenas recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Olga Valencia Cardenas, youth services outreach librarian at Stanislaus County Library in Modesto, California, was named a winner of the I Love My...
Andrea Bernard recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Andrea Bernard, library director at Tyler Memorial Library in Charlemont, Massachusetts, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian Award. Bernard is being...
Danielle S. Apfelbaum recipient of the prestigious 2016 I Love My Librarian Award
NEW YORK – Today Danielle S. Apfelbaum, librarian II at the New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, New York, was named a winner of the I Love My Librarian...
CHICAGO - ALA’s Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) will be hosting a free webinar Thursday Dec. 1, 2016, 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. ET.
David Selden with the National Indian Law Library, will talk about the founding of the Committee on Environmental Sustainability under the American...
CHICAGO — On Friday, Jan. 20, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) will present its Midwinter Symposium Equity,...
Nominations are being accepted for the 2017 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award, which is given each year to an individual or institution for outstanding achievement in educating the profession about cutting edge technology within the field of library and information technology. Sponsored by the...
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries will present Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends and Foundations, sponsored by EBSCO, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, January 20 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Augusta Room 1.
The popular Nuts & Bolts program will...
CHICAGO - The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have extended the joint advisory task force to continue efforts to bring the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)...
CHICAGO — In an information landscape where change is the status quo, difficult conversations come with the territory. Being a library leader means knowing how to confidently steer these conversations so that they lead to productive results instead of hurt feelings, resentment, or worse....
CHICAGO – The American Library Association’s Center for the Future of Libraries invites applications for its Future of Libraries Fellowship...
CHICAGO – Scott Walter, university librarian, DePaul University, Chicago, has filed as a petition candidate for the 2018-19 presidency of the American Library Association.
An ALA member for 20 years, Walter served on the ALA council 2013-16. He served on the ALA Publishing Committee...
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Allison Renner, a Teen Services Librarian at the Cordova (Tennessee) Branch Library as its new member manager for the YALSAblog.
“The YALSAblog played a huge...
CHICAGO – A tech accelerator program for Black and Latina women founders of high-growth tech companies. A livable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood...
Chicago—ALA Editions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, Basic American Sign Language for Library Staff. Kathy MacMillan will serve as the instructor for a 6-week facilitated eCourse starting on January 23,...
CHICAGO—ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, How to Run Great Webinars with Dan Freeman. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30 Central/12:30 Mountain/11:30am Pacific on...
CHICAGO – The American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Transform campaign logo is now an officially registered trademark. In accordance with the trademark, the logo has been updated by replacing the “TM” with the ®. The Libraries Transform website has been...
CHICAGO – Three additional states have added their voice to the call for school librarian participation in the development of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state implementation plans. More than 175 school librarians and educational stakeholders in Tennessee, Texas and Arkansas...