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 CHICAGO – Authors W. Ralph Eubanks and Andrew Smith will be the featured presenters at Bookmobile Sunday during the American Library Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.     W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of “Ever is a Long Time: A...

CHICAGO - Recently dubbed a spokeswoman for the simplicity movement by the New York Times, author and "Simple Living" television host Wanda Urbanska is the latest writer to sign on as a regular contributor to the American Library Association’s @ your...

 CHICAGO – Twenty-one libraries and organizations  from across the United States will demonstrate “diversity in action” during the Diversity and Outreach Fair at the American Library Association (ALA) 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.   Held from...

CHICAGO—Attendees of the 2010 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, to be held June 24-29 in Washington, D.C., will find a variety of poetry-themed programming to delight and inspire the lyrical librarian. These events include...

CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has joined with Britannica Digital Learning to co-publish an online, interactive school library program planning module that will change school library program development and implementation...

CHICAGO -- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids ( www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of...

CHICAGO - New posts, including how to help your child select a college, teen cooking programs and a national initiative for parents to connect with their kids @ your library are featured on the @ your library website this week. The @yourlibrary.org...

  CHICAGO-- ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “ Children's Services: Partnerships for Success,” edited by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. Co-author of the popular titles “ Booktalking Bonanza” and “...

  CHICAGO - The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) have launched a website to feature the Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture website ( http://www.talkstorytogether.org).   ...

 (Chicago) Librarians can use content on @yourlibrary.org to help patrons use their libraries more and better. The site has features of broad interest on myriad topics, and every article tells readers how to use their library to learn more, do more, and...

  CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office will present regular demonstrations of ProgrammingLibrarian.org, an online resource center for all things related to creating cultural community programs for the library, during the...

  CHICAGO - The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity is pleased to announce Eugenia Kim, Matt Dembicki and Joseph Stands With Many as participants in Many Voices, One Nation during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.    Eugenia...

CHICAGO— Daniel W. Boyd, who from 1981 to 2008 served as the director of the South Dakota Braille and Talking Book Library, will receive the 2010 Francis Joseph Campbell Award. The award, which consists of a medal and a citation,  is administered by the...

CHICAGO - Robert M. O’Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the University of Virginia (UVA), is the recipient of the 2010 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award.  O’Neil, who also serves on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 1,000 librarians from across the country will defy the stereotype of their “quiet profession” and stand up for the needs of the public during the American Library Association’s (ALA) Library Advocacy Day featuring a rally at...