CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2010 Board of Trustees election, held in April. Five trustees were elected to two-year terms, beginning in June: Carol Brey-Casiano, Mary Minow, James G. Neal, Kent Oliver and Judith Platt. ...
Press Releases
May 11:
ALA launches its Awards, Grants & Scholarships resource
CHICAGO – The Awards, Grants & Scholarships resource (http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/allawardsgrants/index.cfm) is now available to the public for searching or browsing the many ways that ALA offers...
May 11:
PLA announces final two Leadership Fellows scholarship winners
The Public Library Association (PLA) has awarded Leadership Fellows scholarships for programs at the Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington and the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
Denise Lyons, a Library Development Consultant with the South Carolina...
May 11:
Five leading bookmobile builders to sponsor fifth-annual Bookmobile Sunday at ALA Annual Conference
CHICAGO – Five of the leading bookmobile builders in the United States-- All-American Specialty Vehicles, Matthews Specialty Vehicles, Meridian Specialty Vehicles, OBS, Inc., and Farber --will sponsor the fifth-annual Bookmobile Sunday, held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., June 27, during the...
May 11:
L4L Webinars available in AASL archives
CHICAGO – The 2010 Learning4Life (L4L) webinars hosted by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) are now available for purchase in archived format. The webinars are part of the L4L initiative to nationally implement "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" and "Empowering...
May 10:
Iowa library advocate wins White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) today announces that Greer Fry of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the winner of the 2010 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) Award.
The award, given to a non-librarian advocate participating in...
May 10:
AASL's summer tour of online courses
CHICAGO – School librarians are encouraged to sign up for the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) 2010 summer online courses. Designed to isolate and strengthen problem areas, the four four-week courses will help develop the skills and techniques school librarians need to bring...
May 10:
Paige Johnson headlines AASL's Fall Forum Opening Session
CHICAGO – Paige Johnson, global manager of K-12 education for Intel's Corporate Affairs Group, will give the keynote at the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL) Fall Forum 2010. The institute, "In Focus: The Essentials for 21st-Century Learning," will be held Nov. 5-6, 2010 in...
May 10:
2010 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott award-winners
CHICAGO — ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “The Newbery and Caldecott...
Apr 13:
NEH, ALA announce We the People Bookshelf awards to 4,000 libraries
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) selected 4,000 school and public libraries throughout the country to receive the seventh We the People Bookshelf. Libraries from all 50 states, the District of...
Jan 04:
ALA to release “Our Authors, Our Advocates” advocacy tools
Video PSAs featuring Sharon Draper, Brad Meltzer, Sara Paretsky and Scott Turow; other advocacy tools available Jan. 7, 2011
CHICAGO –On Jan. 7, 2011 the American Library Association (ALA) will unveil video PSAs produced by...