CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in San Diego might be over, but the momentum of the event can continue with online courses from the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC). This winter, ALSC is offering four courses designed to expand, enliven and...
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CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2011 list of Notable Children's Books. The list of titles includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and picture books of special interest, quality, creativity...
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2011 list of Notable Children’s Videos. The list includes videos for children 14 years of age and younger that exhibit especially commendable quality, show...
CHICAGO –Each January, the Onslow County (N.C.) Public Library invites college-bound students and their parents or guardians to learn about “College Options @ your library.”
The library, in partnership with the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC), a free service of the...
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2011 list of Notable Children’s Recordings. The list includes recordings for children 14 years of age and younger of especially commendable quality that...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity seeks proposals for its Diversity Research Grant program. Applications may address any diversity topic, including the recruitment and promotion of diverse individuals within the profession or the provision of library...
SAN DIEGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. The list of 63 titles, drawn from 89...
CHICAGO —Melanie Feyerherm , teen librarian at the Baright Public Library in Ralston, Neb., and Keri Weston, director of the Carlisle (Iowa) Public Library, won the 2011 BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grant, administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the...
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) awarded the 2011 Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant to Shannon Crawford Barniskis. This $1,000 grant will provide seed money for her research project, "Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens."...
SAN DIEGO —The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2011 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection list. The list is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
SAN DIEGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2011 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA). This year’s list of 99 books was drawn from 191 official nominations.
SAN DIEGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2011 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (PPYA)....
SAN DIEGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list. The list for those ages 12-18 is drawn from the previous two years of spoken-word releases and presented...
CHICAGO – As part of her tour of school libraries nationwide, Nancy Everhart, president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), visited Bernardo Heights Middle School Library in San Diego, California on Monday, Jan. 10.
On her tour,...
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced the launch of the fifth year of its longitudinal study. “School Libraries Count!” gathers basic data about the status of school library programs across the country. AASL will use this information to...
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is offering 30 grants for travel to its 15th National Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis, Oct. 27-30, 2011.
CHICAGO — The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award: The Luria Library at Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Calif.; the...
CHICAGO - The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association, is launching Turning the Page 2.0,...
SAN DIEGO– As part of her presidential initiatives, ALA President Roberta Stevens launched a video contest for teens at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego.
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are now accepting applications for Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War, a reading and discussion program in America’s libraries. Public,...
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Constitution Center (NCC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is pleased to announce a large-scale tour for the traveling exhibition “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil...