The ALA 2011 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2011 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-elect and Councilor-at-large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-elect and no fewer than 51...
CHICAGO—Two outstanding authors have been added to an already stellar lineup at the 2010 Literary Tastes Breakfast: David Small, author of the graphic novel “Stitches: A Memoir,” and Melvin Konner, author of “The Jewish Body”. “Stitches: A Memoir,” which...
CHICAGO—Wednesday, May 12, is the registration deadline for the next offering of “ Genealogy 101,” an online course designed to provide librarians and library staff with confidence and skill in assisting family history researchers. The course, which is...
CHICAGO – This week marks the first annual Preservation Week @ your library, highlighting what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections. Recognizing the critical role libraries play in preservation, the...
PHILADELPHIA – Donna K. McDonald, director of the Arkansas River Valley Regional Library System, has been elected 2010-2011 vice-president/president elect of the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of...
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...
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 recognition. Included in the resource are all of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CHICAGO — ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “ The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2010 Edition.” Published in association with the Association for Library...
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...
