ALA Recommended Viewing
List of links to ALA's recommended and award-winning videos/DVDs for all ages, sorted by age group.
This page is compiled by the ALA Library. Contact us at library@ala.org with any questions.
For Children | For Young Adults/Teens | For Adults | Resources and Publications for Librarians and Educators | Video Promotional Materials from ALA
News Spotlight Lists
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard win 2011 Carnegie Medal for "The Curious Garden" (Jan 2011)
Booklist announces prestigious 2010 Top of the List selections (Dec 2010)
- Video (DVD): Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Agee)
For Children
- Booklist Editors' Choice 2010: Media (those few video titles geared toward younger grade levels indicated)
- (Andrew) Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video
All previous Carnegie Medal winners (award est. 1991)
- Notable Children's Videos
Previous Notable Children's (Films and) Videos Lists (1996 to the present only available online)
For Young Adults/Teens
- Booklist Editors' Choice 2010: Media (some video titles may be appropriate for high school students)
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults
(all previous lists available online, from 1997 to the present)
For Adults
- Notable Videos for Adults
(all previous lists available online, from 1999 to the present)
Resources and Publications for Librarians and Educators
Some videos associated with the American Library Association are actually sold and distributed by the Library Video Network, including
- Ask the ALA Librarian Blog compiled by the ALA Library staff on the AmericanLibrariesMagazine.org website. Be sure to see the August 26, 2010 entry, VHS to DVD? as well as the April 20, 2011 entry, Recommended Viewing - Movies and DVDs. Additional resources include the Public Performance Rights and Online Video Use pages at the ALA Professional Tips Wiki.
- Byrd, Susannah Mississippi. ¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome!: a Handy Resource Guide for Marketing Your Library to Latinos. Chicago, Ill: American Library Association, 2005 (includes Spanish-Language Marketplace list of video publishers).
- Cohen, Laura B. Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007 (Chapter 12 - YouTube University: Using XML, Web Services, and Online Video Services to Serve University and Library Video Content, by Jason A. Clark).
- Doll, Carol Ann, and Pamela Petrick Barron. Managing and Analyzing Your Collection: A Practical Guide for Small Libraries and School Media Centers. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.
- Edsall, Mary E. A Core Collection in Dance. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.
- Kan, Katharine (for the Young Adult Library Services Association). Sizzling Summer Reading Programs for Young Adults. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.
- Kuharets, Olga R. Venture into Cultures: A Resource Book of Multicultural Materials and Programs. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.
- Mates, Barbara T. 5-Star Programming and Services for Your 55+ Library Customers. ALA programming guides. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
Video Promotional Materials from ALA, available from the ALA Online Store
PLEASE NOTE: The 2002 Loss & Recovery: Librarians Bear Witness to September 11, 2001 is sold and distributed by the Library Video Network.
Video, DVD
Every Child Ready to Read® Playing Around with Words (Provo) DVD
Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning video (Great Plains Network)
Rediscover America @ your library video
Working @ your library: For Love or Money (DVD)
Posters
TV and Movie Characters Posters
This page is part of ALA Recommends... compiled by the ALA Library. Contact us at library@ala.org with any questions.
