James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome back to the White House. Thank you for being here for your daily briefing. I hope everyone in this room got some down time with their family and …
CHICAGO - The Minnesota Library Association ( MLA ) has announced its support of the American Library Association’s ( ALA ) Spectrum Scholarship Program through a gift to the Spectrum Presidential Fundraising Initiative. MLA has made a $750 contribution …
CHICAGO, Jan. 3, 2012—In a brief filed today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville Division, the American Bar Association responded to a complaint filed by Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law. The response …
CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of Paul Signorelli's facilitated eCourse, Rethinking Library Instruction: Libraries as Social Learning Centers . Signorelli, former director of staff training and volunteer services for …
CHICAGO - ALA Editions announces a new session of the popular facilitated eCourse Demystifying Copyright: How to Educate Your Staff and Community . Lesley Ellen Harris, a copyright, licensing and digital property lawyer who works with the information …
CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of the facilitated eCourse Using Drupal to Build Library Websites . Sean Fitzpatrick will once again serve as the instructor for this six-week facilitated eCourse starting on Feb. 6, 2012. …
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 3, 2012 currency: Cdn (unless noted) Cameco Announces Breakthrough of Second Shaft at Cigar Lake - PDF Watch Video Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) today announced it has reached the main mine workings with …
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy ( OITP ) will continue the conversation about libraries increasing access to digitized materials with the panel “Online & Above the Radar: Ensuring the Use & Discoverability of …
On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, the President signed into law : H.R. 515, the "Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011," which reauthorizes and amends the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004; H.R. 789, which designates the facility of the …
CHICAGO – Once again, the Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) will take its popular scholarly communications workshop on the road to five locations in 2012. New this year, the curriculum is revised, and hosts will share part of the costs …
HOUSTON, Jan. 3, 2012 --- ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] will release its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, January 25 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. In addition, a conference call with members of company management will be held at 11 a.m. Eastern time that day …
PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations ( ALTAFF ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), will host the Gala Author Tea, featuring former American Libraries Editor-in-Chief Leonard Kniffel, …
The employees of Patience Lake Division achieved 7 years without a lost time accident on December 28, 2011. Our pursuit of excellent safety performance stems from our respect for people. Nothing we accomplish as a company is more important than …
This weekend (Jan. 6-8) only, Whole Foods Market’s beef roasts (specific cuts vary by region) – will be just $3.49/lb., a savings of around $2/lb, so shoppers can stock up for cozy winter dishes like honey glazed black pepper roast beef (shown below). …
O.R.C.A. FORCE Oceanic Research and Conservation Action Force Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has re-established O.R.C.A.FORCE and has appointed Laurens De Groot of the Netherlands to be the lead officer of this international, land-based Sea …
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) approved the CleanPowerSF community choice program, which is expected to begin as early as July 2012. Community choice aggregation is a state policy that enables local governments to aggregate …
Green House Data increased its purchase of renewable energy by 100 percent in 2011. This increase expands the company's annual green power purchasing to 1.8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh). In 2011, the company was recognized to the U.S. Environmental …
The City of Olympia , Washington has approved five new community solar projects, which will be installed at the Hands on Children's Museum, City Hall, the Olympia Community Center, Fire Station #4, and Fir Street Reservoir. The projects will be …
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dedicated two solar sites located in Huntsville , Alabama and Dyer , Tennessee, which began generating solar power in early December. The solar projects include a 23 kilowatt (kW) installation at the Huntsville Botanical …
The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) approved NC GreenPower's new carbon offset price plan. The updated price plan doubles NC GreenPower carbon offset blocks from 500 pounds to 1,000 pounds of greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets for the same $4 rate …
