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December 16, 2024
Ten honorees receive prestigious I Love My Librarian Award for outstanding public service
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The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播) is thrilled to announce this year’s ten recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award.
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December 10, 2024
PLA provides funding to more than 100 public libraries as part of $2.7 million effort to boost digital literacy
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The Public Library Association (PLA) has selected more than 139 public libraries across 42 states to host digital literacy workshops, powered by a generous $2.7 million contribution from AT&T.
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December 9, 2024
The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Receives Transformational Gift to Fund Scholarships
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James W. Lewis has made the largest individual bequest to the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 in the association’s history.
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December 5, 2024
Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairs
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Award-winning author and illustrator Raina Telgemeier and cartoonist and comic theorist Scott McCloud have been selected Honorary Chairs of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播’s National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025.
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November 14, 2024
澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 launches national search for executive director
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The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播) has reopened its search for an executive director in partnership with executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. The search will be led by a steering committee comprising 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 member leaders.
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November 11, 2024
Cronk, Jamison, McCauley seek 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 presidency for 2026-2027
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Lindsay Cronk, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, are candidates for the 2026-27 presidency of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播.
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澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gwen Glazer, a graduate student at Syracuse University pursuing her master’s in Library and Information Studies, was recently selected as the 2010 Google Policy Fellow for the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播’s Office for Information...
澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 files comments on National Education Technology Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播) says the Department of Education’s National Education Technology Plan (NETP) presents significant challenges that will take the coordinated effort of many stakeholders to overcome, and libraries...
澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 and Scholastic Library Publishing announce 2011 National Library Week Grant
Create your own story @ your library® named official theme (CHICAGO) Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best...
澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Executive Director Fiels discusses the value of libraries and librarians
CHICAGO - 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels delivered a speech during National Library Week (April 11-17) about the value of libraries and librarians. Part one of the video can be viewed by visiting Visibility @ your...
ALTAFF launches 鈥淎uthors for Libraries鈥
PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播), is launching “Authors for Libraries,” a unique partnership to connect authors with libraries, Friends...
ACRL 2011 National Conference registration opens
ACRL offers 80 scholarships worth more than $40,000 and keynote sessions featuring Tiffany Shlain, Raj Patel and Clinton Kelly CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the opening of registration for the ACRL 2011...
Twenty-three acclaimed poets and authors LIVE! at 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Annual Conference
Reading stage features Laurie Halse Anderson, Roy Blount, Jr., Henri Cole, Heid E. Erdrich, Marilyn Johnson, Adriana Trigiani and more CHICAGO – The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播) Public Programs Office will present 23 critically acclaimed and...
Five librarians win $1,000 Library Advocacy Day stipends from YALSA
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) named the recipients of stipends to attend Library Advocacy Day in Washington , D.C. on June 29, in conjunction with the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播’s Annual Conference. The five YALSA...
Gary White elected RUSA vice president/president-elect
CHICAGO—Gary White, acting head of the department of reference, collections and research at Pennsylvania State University, has won election as vice president/president-elect of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). White joined the faculty...
Boomers and beyond in today鈥檚 libraries
CHICAGO – 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Editions, the publishing imprint of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播), announces the release of “ Boomers and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries,” edited by Pauline Rothstein and Diantha Dow Schull. Supporting the growing...
ASCLA online membership journal seeks editor
CHICAGO - The deadline for applications for the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’s (ASCLA) newsletter editor position has been extended to June 11, 2010. Interface, ASCLA’s quarterly online membership journal, serves as the...
One-stop destination for online learning launches on 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 website
CHICAGO-- 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Online Learning has launched at www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/index.cfm. This new collaborative section of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播) website showcases in one easy-to-find place all web-based professional development offered...
ALSC releases Great Interactive Software for Kids
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 (澳门六合彩开奖现场直播), has selected its Spring 2010 list of Great Interactive Software for Kids (GISK), which recognizes high-quality computer programs and...
ACRL awards Library Advocacy Day travel grants
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has chosen six winners for 2010 Library Advocacy Day travel grants. Reflecting ACRL’s commitment to fostering grassroots legislative advocacy, the association awarded $250 grants to the...
Rally with AASL for Library Advocacy Day
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) encourages all school librarians and supporters of school libraries to join together on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on June 29 to show their support for school libraries. Starting at 10 a...
