For immediate release | October 22, 2012
Submit nominations for Video Round Table (VRT) Notable Videos
CHICAGO — Have you recently seen a video that you want the world to know about? If you have, please take a moment and nominate it for Notable Video for Adults list! This list helps librarians serving adults identify and select the best offerings in the video marketplace. Librarians may nominate films by reading the criteria and filling out the form on our website.
The Video Round Table (VRT) provides leadership within the American Library Association (ALA) on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. The VRT supports video advocacy within ALA, within the profession, and within our libraries. We understand ‘video’ to include all formats, analog and digital; multimedia that includes video content; and the network delivery of digital or digitized video. The VRT will work with other organizations within ALA to promote video collections and services in all types of libraries. The Video Round Table is committed to forging strong alliances and relationships with the film and video production and distribution community to ensure the continuation of a diverse, high-quality universe of video programming
Contact:
Danielle Alderson
Sr Administrative Assistant
Member Programs & Services (MPS)
dalderson@ala.org800-545-2433 ext.3213
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