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...
Press Releases
Mar 04:
Outstanding speaker lineup for RUSA’s older adults library services preconference
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...
Mar 01:
Win a $100 ALA Graphics gift by submitting a National Library Week programming idea
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...
Mar 01:
Cassell wins 2011 ACRL WGSS Career Achievement Award
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...
Mar 01:
Elevate your library’s YA services with YALSA’s practical Nuts & Bolts for Serving Teens preconference
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...
Mar 01:
Fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay will speak at Literary Tastes Breakfast
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...
Mar 01:
New Webinars-on-Demand from YALSA: Summer Reading and Tech Basics
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...
Mar 01:
Find your dream job with YALSA’s April Job Hunting Simplified webinar — free for YALSA members
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...
Mar 01:
Learn to use e-government resources in new course from ALA Editions
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse on Finding and Using E-Government Tools and Resources. Diane Kovacs, a former government...
Mar 01:
Make over your library with YALSA’s May Teen Space Design webinar
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...
Mar 01:
ALSC invites host site applications for 2012 Arbuthnot Lecture with Peter Sís
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....
Mar 01:
Differently-abled LIS student scholarship application deadline is Mar. 8
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...
Mar 01:
Diversity in action ideas sought for 2011 Annual Conference
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...
Mar 01:
Applications for the ALA President’s Award for Advocacy, sponsored by ALTAFF, due March 15
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...
Mar 01:
Hoffman and Costello win the 2011 ACRL IS Innovation Award
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...
Mar 01:
ACRL 2011 conference focuses on value of academic and research libraries
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...
Mar 01:
COSWL celebrates National Women's History Month
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...
Mar 01:
2011 ACRL STS Oberly Award to William R. Shurtleff
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...
Mar 01:
Oakleaf wins 2011 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
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...
Mar 01:
Pilette receives Banks-Harris Award
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 (...
Feb 28:
Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award to Eleanor Cook
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...
Feb 28:
Karen Coyle receives 2011 ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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,...
Feb 28:
ALCTS webinars free to LIS students and faculty
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...
Feb 25:
New resources for celebrating National Bookmobile Day 2011 available
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...
Feb 25:
Reflective teaching and effective learning for library educators
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...
Feb 24:
Sol M. Hirsch receives 2011 Sullivan Award
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...
Feb 24:
Celebrate the 8th Annual National Library Workers Day by being a Star
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...
Feb 24:
Upcoming webinar about the Library Support Staff Certification Program
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 (...
Feb 24:
American Library Association President Roberta Stevens on proposed collective bargaining legislation
CHICAGO - As thousands protest proposed collective bargaining legislation in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, American Library Association (ALA) President Roberta Stevens released the following statement in support of those standing up for workers’ rights.
“...
Feb 23:
ALSC recognizes three libraries with Bookapalooza
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the 2011 ALSC Grant Administration Committee have announced three winners of the 2011 Bookapalooza program. The winners are the Houston Elementary School in Spartanburg,...