CHICAGO - Season six of Step Up to the Plate @ your library is now open for librarian registration.
The American Library Association (ALA) and the National...
CHICAGO - The School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has raised close to $1,100 for the Spectrum Presidential Initiative through a recent fundraiser to support the Spectrum Scholarship Program. Students, faculty, alumni and members of the...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity offers a unique opportunity for library school students and recent graduates to attend the upcoming Spectrum Leadership Institute, June 23-26 in New Orleans. A minimum of 20 travel scholarships for the institute...
CHICAGO — The Reference Services Section (RSS) of the Reference and User Services Association has brought together an outstanding speaker lineup for its 2011 Annual preconference focused on library services for those in the 55+ demographic who use library resources to find...
CHICAGO - The Campaign for America’s Libraries is looking for stories about how librarians are planning to promote National Library Week (April 10-16) using the theme “Create your own story @ your library.”
Librarians are encouraged to submit stories of how they are...
CHICAGO – Kay Cassell, director of the Master of Library and Information Science Program and lecturer at the School of Communication and Information, Library and Information Science Department at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has been selected as the 2011 winner of the...
CHICAGO — Teens are an essential part of any library’s service, but gaining their attention and creating programs and services that meet their unique needs can be a challenge. New librarians and generalists alike can learn practical strategies for serving teens that can be...
CHICAGO—Fantasy book lovers won’t want to miss out on hearing Guy Gavriel Kay, author of 2011 Reading List Fantasy winner “Under Heaven,” speak at the 2011 Literary Tastes Breakfast—a book lover’s dream event that is a part of the Reference and User Services...
CHICAGO — YALSA debuted two new Webinars-on-Demand this month, previously recorded webinars, led by YA services content experts. Gear Up for Summer Reading and Tech4U: Technology Programs for Every User are now available for purchase online at...
CHICAGO — Tackling the job search process can be a daunting task, so let the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) help. Join Courtney Young at 2 p.m. EDT on April 21 for a discussion of practical job hunting tips for new graduates and early career librarians.
Young...
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse on Finding and Using E-Government Tools and Resources. Diane Kovacs, a former government...
CHICAGO — Looking for ways to spruce up your existing teen space? Or are you moving into a new building and need to redesign or plan something new? Join Kim Bolan Cullin as she discusses the latest in teen space planning and implementation in YALSA’s May 19 webinar, to be held at 2...
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the 2012 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee are announcing that applications are currently being accepted for the 2012 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring well-known children’s illustrator Peter Sís....
CHICAGO — Tuesday, March 8, is the deadline to apply for the 2011 ASCLA Century Scholarship, a one-time award for library and information science students with access needs that funds necessary services or accommodations to enable the winner to complete a master’s or doctoral...
CHICAGO – The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) invites library professionals from all kinds of institutions to submit proposals to participate in the 2011 Diversity and Outreach Fair, to be held at ALA’s Annual Conference in New Orleans from 3 - 5 p.m. on...
PHILADELPHIA - Applications for the American Library Association (ALA) President’s Award for Advocacy, sponsored by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of ALA, are due March 15, 2011.
This award honors and recognizes...
CHICAGO— Kimberly Davies Hoffman, associate librarian for reference and instruction, and Michelle Costello, reference/instruction, education and instructional design librarian, at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, have been selected to receive the 2011 Association...
CHICAGO - Due to the commitment of academic and research librarians, campus libraries are stronger than ever. With an exponentially increasing volume of information available on the Web as well as through traditional scholarly sources, academic libraries and librarians are indispensable to the...
CHICAGO - Throughout the month of March, the American Library Association's (ALA) Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) will recognize and celebrate women's historic achievements with National Women's History Month. The observance also provides an...
CHICAGO – William R. Shurtleff, founder and director of the Soyinfo Center (Lafayette, Calif.), has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section (STS) Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or...
CHICAGO - Megan Jane Oakleaf, assistant professor at the iSchool at Syracuse University, has been chosen as the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award, for her article “Information...
CHICAGO - Roberta Pilette, director of the Preservation Department and chief preservation officer at Yale University Library, is the recipient of the 2011 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award awarded annually by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (...
CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Eleanor Cook, associate professor and assistant director for Collections & Technical Services at East Carolina University, Joyner Library, to receive the 2011...
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Outstanding Publication Award recipient for 2011 is Karen Coyle for her "Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata," published in Library Technology Reports, January 2010,...
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to announce that current student members of the American Library Association (ALA) will be able to register for any ALCTS webinar free of charge. Students who wish to take advantage of this...
CHICAGO – Materials for National Bookmobile Day 2011 are now available for download at www.ala.org/bookmobiles. These free and customizable resources will help libraries plan festivities for the second annual celebration of National Bookmobile...
CHICAGO — Whether or not "instruction" appears in their job titles, librarians are often in the position of educating their users, colleagues, and peers to successfully locate and evaluate information. MLIS programs tend to offer less-than-comprehensive preparation in pedagogy...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association is pleased to announce the 2011 Peggy Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children has been awarded to Sol M. Hirsch, director of the Alachua County Library District in Gainesville, Fla. The Sullivan Award is...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) invites you to celebrate National Library Workers Day (NLWD) on Tuesday, April 12. National Library Workers Day acknowledges the contributions of all library workers, including librarians, support staff and...
CHICAGO - At 11 am (CST) Tuesday, March 1 , The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program will offer an hour-long webinar on LSSC and how it works.
The presentation will explain the value of this certification to Library Support Staff (...