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CHICAGO — Spring has sprung and ALA would like to put a spring in your step with savings on a wide range of materials as we prepare for our move to a new warehouse in June. Now through April 30, head to the ALA Store and save 50% on more than 450 products...

CHICAGO — From the moment the pandemic took hold in Spring 2020, libraries and library workers have demonstrated their fortitude and flexibility by adapting to physical closures, social distancing guidelines, and a host of other challenges. Despite the...

CHICAGO — “ Recordkeeping Cultures,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, explores how an understanding of organizational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound...

CHICAGO — Claudio Gnoli’s new book “ Introduction to Knowledge Organization,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, presents historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the...

CHICAGO — The burgeoning field of visual literacy can be universally understood across a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, regardless of traditional literacy levels. A key tool for navigating digital devices, there is often an antipathy surrounding...

CHICAGO — An accessible primer to a potentially complex field, “ Practical Data Science for Information Professionals,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, provides readers with an overview of data science and a framework...

CHICAGO — The new second edition of “ The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by Caroline Carruthers and Peter...

CHICAGO — After a career of more than 40 years, Catherine Murray-Rust, former Dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech and a self-proclaimed library disrupter, sees our profession’s central challenge as simply this: how to turn the library outward in order to...

CHICAGO — The four-year RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project included a major expansion of the standard to align RDA: Resource Description and Access with the IFLA Library Reference Model, which is the conceptual basis of RDA. This expansion...

CHICAGO — The new tenth edition of “ Intellectual Freedom Manual,“ published by ALA Editions in collaboration with ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), is more than simply an update of a foundational text that has served as a crucial resource for...

CHICAGO — When the pandemic suddenly forced many public libraries to close their doors or limit patron access, library staff redoubled their efforts to serve their communities in every way possible. Demonstrating their resilience by quickly pivoting to...

CHICAGO — Melding universities’ strategic goals with libraries’ teaching and learning mission, the academic library makerspace can be a powerful catalyst for information literacy, offering faculty partners a place for interdisciplinary, experiential...

CHICAGO — Just in time for year’s end appreciation gifts for colleagues, volunteers, library board members, and bibliophiles, ALA Editions presents “ Well Said: The Library Lovers Coloring Book of Quotes.” Fewer activities are more relaxing than taking...

CHICAGO — Community engagement isn’t simply an important component of a successful library—it’s the foundation upon which every service, offering, and initiative rests. Working collaboratively with community members—be they library customers, residents...

CHICAGO — The Institutional Repository (IR) has become standard to the academic library in the past decade. In fact, some 5,000 are listed in open access directories. However, IR operations are anything but standard. You are not alone in your challenges...