CHICAGO - This year’s top library MVP is the one at Maplewood Junior / Senior High School of Guys Mills, Pa. The library brought in nearly 400 entries for this year’s Step Up to the Plate @ your library program, which it tied into its Reading is Fundamental program.
For submitting the...
CHICAGO — Librarians, educators, authors and fans of young adult literature won’t want to miss the biennial Young Adult Literature Symposium, Nov. 5-7, at the Albuquerque (N.M.) Marriott, hosted by the Young Adult...
CHICAGO—ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of the fifth edition of “Cataloging...
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is seeking proposals for concurrent sessions at its 2011 National Conference & Exhibition. The deadline for proposals is Monday, Nov. 1. More information is available at...
CHICAGO – The deadline for advanced registration pricing for the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) 2010 Fall Forum has been extended to Oct. 21. IN FOCUS: The Essentials of 21st-Century Learning will be held Nov. 5-6 in Portland, Ore. Registration...
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, has chosen the winners for its annual Great Ideas contest:
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, invites its members to comment on the draft of its teen services evaluation tool (PDF) at...
CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), seeks members’ applications for the MAE Award for Best Literature...
CHICAGO - ALA TechSource is announcing the three-part workshop Using RDA: Moving into the Metadata Future.
Presenters Karen Coyle, Chris Oliver and Diane Hillmann will offer a perspective on RDA from the...
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF) is coordinating the fifth annual National Friends of Libraries Week, Oct. 17-23, 2010. The celebration offers a two-fold opportunity to celebrate. Friends groups can use the time to creatively promote...
CHICAGO—ALA Graphics agrees that good things come in threes. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint join the celebrity READ campaign this fall, honoring the reading phenomenon inspired...
Washington, D.C. – President Obama announced his nominations for key administration posts yesterday, including Susan H. Hildreth for director of the Institute...
CHICAGO— The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity has extended the application deadline for field recruiters to Oct. 15 for the “Discovering Librarianship: The Future is Overdue” project. This project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will...
Washington, D.C. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $581,609 grant to the American Library Association (ALA) and the Center for Library and Information Innovation (CLII) of the University of Maryland’s iSchool to develop a Web resource to help libraries and...
CHICAGO—ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories...
CHICAGO—The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is now accepting nominations for its 2011 awards, including the Leadership and Professional Achievement Award, the Exceptional Service Award, the Cathleen Bourdon Service Award, the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award and the...
CHICAGO — Ellen Hopkins, the young adult author who recently became the target of censors in Texas, and Lauren Myracle, whose ttyl series was the most frequently challenged set of books in 2009, will be the keynote speakers for the general closing session of the...
CHICAGO – Preceding the ALA 2011 Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, Calif., the Public Library Association (PLA) will host a day-long Institute, Public Libraries Survive and Thrive in the 21st Century. The...
U.S. libraries of all types encouraged to apply for $3,000 to support National Library Week activities
CHICAGO – Celebrate your library's role in helping patrons begin the next chapter in their lives every day. By applying now for the 2011 Scholastic Library Publishing...
CHICAGO — An interview with Rob Reiner, director of the new movie "Flipped," how to fight book banning efforts, how teens discover themselves through the visual arts and the career of the legendary Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino are featured at...
CHICAGO – A portion of the proceeds from the sale of a functional birdhouse modeled after a classic Carnegie library in Osage, Iowa, will support the ALA Cultural Communities Fund, according to the ALA Public Programs Office. Priced at $150, the birdhouse is available ALA members for a special...
CHICAGO—The Public Library Association (PLA) has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity in the library profession through a gift of $4,000 to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Spectrum Scholarship Program.
ALA President Roberta Stevens, Immediate Past President Dr....
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is now accepting applications for its 2011 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award. The deadline for applications is Jan. 3, 2010.
The NSLPY award, established in 1963, recognizes school library...
Nation celebrates Teen Read Week™ October 17–23
CHICAGO –As the popularity of young adult literature continues to soar and teen musical artists dominate the airwaves, thousands of teens will participate in Teen Read...
CHICAGO - Susan Stroyan and Maureen Sullivan are the candidates for the 2012-13 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA).
Stroyan is the Information Services Librarian at the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill. She has held leadership positions in...
CHICAGO—ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries...
CHICAGO — Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) members who have never attended an ALA Annual Conference are invited to apply for YALSA's...