CHICAGO – John Wilkin has been named the winner of the 2011 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. Emerald Group Publishing Limited and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) sponsor the award.
The...
CHICAGO – Stephen E. Atkins, former curator of the Dawson Collection and French Studies at the Cushing Library of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, has been posthumously awarded the 2011 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Law and Political Science...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that Leslie Bussert, head of instruction services at the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College Library, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Community and Junior College...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is pleased to announce that Melora Mirza, associate library director at the Georgia Perimeter College (GPC), Dunwoody Campus, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS)...
CHICAGO – AgEcon Search, the agricultural repository of the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and the University of Minnesota Libraries, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology...
CHICAGO - The ALA-APA's Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program currently needs the help of librarians with an MLIS and at least five years’ experience in one of the areas of the LSSC competency sets, which are listed below.
LSSC began accepting candidates in...
CHICAGO – A bookmobile birthday party. An open house on wheels. Free book giveaways. These are the ways that libraries across America will celebrate the second National Bookmobile Day on Wednesday April 13, 2011.
National Bookmobile Day honors the nation’...
Tight library budgets restrict e-book buying power
Chicago – As libraries cope with stagnant or decreased budgets, the recent decision by publisher HarperCollins to restrict the lending of e-books to a limited number of circulations per copy...
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has named “The Tech Set" the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. "The Tech Set" was envisioned, created, and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and published by Neal-...
CHICAGO - Dr. Joan R. Giesecke, dean of Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the 2011 recipient of the American Library Association Equality Award. The annual award, $1000 and a framed citation of achievement donated by Scarecrow Press, a member of the Rowman & Littlefield...
CHICAGO - It’s here! 2011 marks the 15-year anniversary of El día de los niños/El día de los libros, called Día, the celebration of children, books, reading and culture. While Día doesn't happen until April 30, the time has come to start planning...
PHILADELPHIA – Mansfield (Texas) Public Library has been designated a Literary Landmark by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
The Literary Landmark recognizes the...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association is pleased to announce that Wendy Newman, senior fellow on the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto and past-president of the Canadian Library Association has been selected as the 2011 winner of the Ken Haycock Award for...
CHICAGO—Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, author of the 2011 Notable Book “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn,” “Mayflower” and “In the Heart of the Sea” will speak...
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the West Palm Beach (Fla.) Public Library the 2011 ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Program Grant. The $3,000 grant, donated by Book Wholesalers, Inc. (BWI), provides financial assistance to a public library for developing...
CHICAGO - The Public Library Association (PLA) is now accepting preconference and program proposals for the 2012 ALA Annual Conference, to be held June 21-26 in Anaheim, Calif. Proposals may be submitted through an online form available here...
CHICAGO — The ALA Office for Research & Statistics invites nominations for a peer review panel for the ALA Research Series.
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse on using jobs and employment reference tools on the Web. Diane Kovacs, a former government documents librarian and experienced online instructor, will serve as the instructor for a facilitated eCourse starting on May 2, 2011.
In...
CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is offering group registration discounts for its four 2011 Annual preconferences in New Orleans.
Libraries, library networks or systems registering three or more of their employees...
CHICAGO - Your library has amazing promotional materials - newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, advocacy materials, fundraising messages and more – in either print or video formats. Here’s your chance to show them off! It’s that time of...
CHICAGO —Kate Walker, a librarian at the Anderson County (S.C.) Library System, won the 2011 Why I’m a YALSA Member contest. Walker wins a free year of YALSA membership and an e-reader for her essay. Jennifer Hopwood, who tweeted her answer, and Kathryn Bradley, who wrote an essay...
CHICAGO — Children’s and young adult librarians are crucial links to effective learning for students. “Homework Help from the Library: In Person and Online,” published by...
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Awards, given to Friends of the Library groups. Applications are due May 2, 2011....
CHICAGO – The Committee on Library Advocacy will present a free webinar about Library Snapshot Day from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. CST on Thursday, March 17, 2011.
Library Snapshot Day is an event that provides library staff a simple means to show the value of the library by...
CHICAGO - The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) is offering three full-day educational workshops on Friday, June 24, 2011 in New Orleans.
Getting Started with Drupal
Intended as a thorough introduction to the Drupal content...
CHICAGO — The ALA Office for Research & Statistics invites manuscript, book and article proposals for the peer reviewed ALA Research Series.
The ALA Research Series expands the knowledge base of library research by publishing quantitative and/or qualitative...
CHICAGO – In preparation for School Library Month and its theme “Create Your Own Story,” the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will offer a complimentary webinar series on crafting strategic stories. Presented by Nancy Dowd, “How to Create Strategic...
CHICAGO - At 2 p.m. CST March 15, The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program will offer an hour-long webinar explaining what the LSSC Program requires in a portfolio.
The presentation will also give you the chance to see examples of successful submissions...
CHICAGO — Experienced, unemployed or retired librarians hoping to attend the preconference “Assembling a Consulting Toolkit: What You Need to Know to be a Successful Library Consultant” should make sure to register promptly at www.ala.org/...
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the invitation to apply for its Immersion ’11 Program. The Immersion Program Assessment and Intentional Teaching Tracks will be offered simultaneously from Nov. 16-20, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Applications for...