CHICAGO — The age of the digital media commons has arrived, leaving in its wake yesterday’s traditional academic library. But how do library planners begin to make this dramatic transition? The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will...
Press Releases
CHICAGO – Libraries across the country are continually changing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the communities they serve.
Communities nationwide will celebrate the contributions of libraries and library workers during National Library Week, April 13-19, 2014....
CHICAGO – The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announces the release of a new white paper, “The Importance of Diversity in Library Programs and Material Collections for Children” written for ALSC by Jamie Campbell Naidoo, PhD, and adopted by the ALSC...
CHICAGO – Fifty research scholars from across the nation will gather in Chicago to participate in the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) research summit. Focused on setting an agenda for future school library research,...
CHICAGO — Booklist Publications and The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), are proud to announce a new date and format for the Michael L. Printz Program and Reception to be held June 26–July 1, 2014 during ALA...
CHICAGO — RUSA's President's Program at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas - Our Values, Ourselves: Examining Our Values and What Others Value about Us - will bring together a multitude of leaders within the library Industry...
CHICAGO — ASCLA's President's Program at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas offers a glimpse into an exciting educational approach that is attracting more attention from educators, librarians, foundations and governments.
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CHICAGO — Preservation Week, a presentation of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), will be held April 27–May 3, 2014. Two free webinars will offered during that week: on April 29 affordable ways to...
CHICAGO – Dr. Beth M. Paskoff, director, Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science, Baton Rouge, La., is the 2014 recipient of the Beta Phi Mu Award. This award is given annually to a library school faculty member or to an individual for distinguished service to...
CHICAGO — ALA President Barbara Stripling’s “Libraries Change Lives” monthly webinar series continues with “Literacy Innovations in Libraries.” This free webinar will focus on methods, techniques and ideas to help keep libraries of all...
CHICAGO — The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of libraries in the United States...
CHICAGO — ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop,Word-of-Mouth Marketing: The Most Powerful Marketing Strategy and You Can Afford It! with Peggy Barber. This workshop will last 90 minutes and...
CHICAGO — ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Ask an RDA Expert: Bibliographic Description with Adam Baron, May Chan and Marcia Salmon. This workshop is formatted as an open forum that will last three hours and...
CHICAGO – Dr. Sylvia Vardell, professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University, has been selected to receive the 2014 American Library Association Scholastic Library Publishing Award. This special recognition is given annually to a...
PHILADELPHIA — Laurie R. King, Jean Kwok, James Rollins and Heather Gudenkauf will be among the featured authors at United for Libraries’ Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 30 at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
Authors will...
PHILADELPHIA — Applications for cycle two of the Citizens-Save-Libraries grants from United for Libraries, made possible by a grant from the Neal-Schuman Foundation, are due May 5.
The 10 libraries that are selected will receive two days of onsite consultation by advocacy experts,...
CHICAGO — Faced with planning a one-shot library instruction session, librarians can feel hard-pressed to squeeze in all their library has to offer along with tips on the research process. Authentic learning with student interaction may seem unattainable in only an hour. But it’s not...
CHICAGO — The changing higher education environment requires a new kind of relationship among faculty, academic liaisons and students. Written in a straightforward way that lends itself to easy application, “Fundamentals for...
CHICAGO – Recordings of a select group of sessions from 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting are being made freely available to allow ALA members and others to enjoy, learn, discover or revisit speakers and other events from the Philadelphia meeting. No login is required to...
Middletown, Conn. – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)-CHOICE webinar program connecting academic and research librarians with a host of content and service providers, publishers and other experts who serve their market is back with an exciting new roster of...
Today the American Library Association (ALA) called on (PDF) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deploy newly identified E-rate program funding to boost library broadband access...
CHICAGO – Tubman in Minneapolis, Hope House in Washington, D.C. and Abode Services in Fremont, Calif. have been selected to receive the 2014 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants.
Awarded each spring by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant program donates books...
CHICAGO — Seven hundred libraries, of all types, will be helping people become money smart next week, April 5–12. Money Smart Week @ your library is a partnership initiative between the American Library...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association is hosting an invitational Summit, Libraries From Now On: Imagining the Future, May 2 and 3 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The Summit will bring together thought leaders from the library community, from a...
CHICAGO — Did you know that you can vote in the 2014 ALA elections on your smartphone and other mobile devices? You are don't have to be tied to your desktop to cast your vote; you can vote virtually anywhere – in line at the grocery store, on the...
CHICAGO — Featuring contributions by active librarians from around the country, “Popular Picks for Young Readers,” published by ALA Editions for the...
CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is giving away 40 sets of the 2014 Teens’ Top Ten nominees to libraries in need.
Qualified libraries can apply now through May 1 for a chance to win a set of...
CHICAGO – Make your library’s virtual presence as welcoming as its physical one with the new webinar, “What Makes a Great Library Website,” to be presented by the Public Library Association (...
CHICAGO – Who sets the narrative and how they set it impacts who cares about an issue, what they hear and what they are willing to do. Communicators will receive insights and tips from Eric Friedenwald-Fishman, creative...