NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: John Amundsen CHICAGO — Materials for National Bookmobile Day 2013 are now available for download at www.ala.org/bookmobiles. These free and customizable resources will help libraries plan festivities for …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Mary Jo Bolduc CHICAGO — The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Jaclyn Finneke CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announces the winners of its Summer Reading Program Grants, which are …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Megan McFarlane CHICAGO – For the seventh year in a row, the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) will celebrate South African Library Week (March 16-23), using the @ your library …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: John Amundsen CHICAGO – The ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) is launching its quarterly webinar series with a look at how libraries assist refugees in the United …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: JoAnne Kempf CHICAGO — As the American Library Association (ALA) gears up for its 2013 elections, an electronic election guide is once again available to help inform members about the candidates and the …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Habley CHICAGO – The Association of School Librarians (AASL) has added a complimentary disaster recovery workshop to its preconference line up taking place at the American Library Association (ALA …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Caroline Jewell CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Committee announce the opening of the application to host the 2014 event featuring …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: David Free Middletown, Conn. - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and CHOICE have teamed up to present a new sponsored webinar program connecting academic and research librarians …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: David Free CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites applicants for its Immersion ’13 Program. The Immersion Program Intentional Teacher and Assessment Tracks will be …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - Register now for the popular “Fundamentals” Web courses, offered by The Association for Library Collections Technical Services (ALCTS), including the newly redesigned and updated …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 12, 2013 Contact: Jaclyn Finneke CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awarded 2013 Baker Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants to Abby Harwood and …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 11, 2013 Contact: Charles Wilt CHICAGO - On Thursday, June 27, at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you “Introduction to RDF and Ontologies for the …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 11, 2013 Contact: Jaclyn Finneke CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) awarded the 2013 Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant to Rachel M. Magee. This $1,000 grant will provide seed money for her …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 11, 2013 Contact: Mary Taylor CHICAGO — Cory Doctorow will present “More than a book-lined Internet Café: LITA President's Program” from 3 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 30th in Chicago. Zoe Stewart-Marshall, LITA President …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 8, 2013 Contact: Dan Freeman CHICAGO — ALA Editions announces a new workshop, Copyright for K–12 Librarians and Educators with Carrie Russell. This 90-minute workshop will take place on Thursday, April 11 at 2:30 p.m. …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 8, 2013 Contact: Dan Freeman CHICAGO — By popular demand, ALA Editions announces new iteration of our first-of-its-kind facilitated eCourse, iPads, Tablets, and Gadgets in the Library: Planning, Budgeting, and …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 7, 2013 Contact: Jill Davis CHICAGO — Recent OCLC surveys show that less than 2 percent of library users begin their search on a library website, which is why search engine optimization (SEO) is so crucial. And though a …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 7, 2013 Contact: Beatrice Calvin CHICAGO — The American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is still accepting sponsors for the 2014 class of Emerging Leaders. Completed Intent to Sponsor form (PDF) …
NEWS For Immediate Release March 7, 2013 Contact: Jill Davis CHICAGO — Adults over the age of 50 constitute some of the most engaged and frequent users of public libraries. They may also be the most misunderstood. As Baby Boomers continue to swell their …
