Archive for the 'ALA' Category
ALA releases ground-breaking study on library service to new Americans
March 26th, 2008Hispanic PR Wire - “Today the American Library Association (ALA) released “Serving Non-English Speakers in U.S. Public Libraries,” an unprecedented study on the range of specialized library services for non-English speakers. The announcement took place at the Hennepin County Library’s New American Center during the Public Library Association’s National Conference, March 25 - 29.”
ALA Adds Gaming Pavilion
March 11th, 2008ICv2 News - The American Library Association will launch a gaming pavilion at its 2008 annual conference in Anaheim this June. The pavilion will group both tabletop and electronic game exhibitors, who will show games that can be used for both curriculum-based instruction and recreation.”
(Thanks to John for sending the link)
ALA | Blowers named 2008 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award winner
March 3rd, 2008ALA - “Helene Blowers has been named the winner of the 2008 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. Emerald and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association, sponsor the award.”
Congrats!
ALA Responds to NEA Study
November 19th, 2007Press Release - “Supporting libraries key to increasing youth literacy”
Read more on the study.
More on the Patriot Act
October 30th, 2007Norman Oder - “The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are seeking language that would ensure that law enforcement requests for library patron records or the surveillance of library users through library networks go through judicial review.”
More READ Posters
October 25th, 2007A Flickr set
READ Canpaign
October 23rd, 2007ALA has been adding more shots to their Flickr Set
New Blog From ALSC
October 9th, 2007ALA - “The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has launched an ALSC blog at http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog The blog provides a venue for coverage and interactive discussion of time sensitive news in children’s librarianship, current issues in the field, programs, conferences, initiatives, resources and activities of interest [...]
Open Letter to the ALA Marketing Department
September 30th, 2007To Whom it May Concern:
Please do not send me any more advanced copies of Library Technology Reports. While I appreciate the efforts, I don’t have time to read unsolicited material. Instead, I would request that you send the copies reserved for me to a library that can’t afford to pay the $325 annual [...]
ALA Flickr Goodies
September 25th, 2007ALA invited me to their Banned Books Flickr group. I’m not much of a joiner these days, but I said yes to the invite. Thanks ALA.
ALA on Net Neutrality
September 10th, 2007Loriene Roy - “Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling upon the FCC to carefully consider the possible effects of regulating the Internet. ALA implores the FCC to ensure that producers and consumers of information are able to access and provide services on [...]
ALA President Interview
August 29th, 2007Cynthia Leitich Smith does the honors.
Not Library Science
July 25th, 2007Inside Higher Ed - “The new president of the American Library Association is a professor in a college not of library of science, but of information.” (via)
YAs Are Getting Served
July 24th, 2007ALA - “The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association, applauds two recent surveys that illustrate progress in staffing and use of library services to young adults.”
ALA Publishes Press Release One Year in Advance
July 10th, 2007I know, I’m being a childish, but I couldn’t resist. Sorry ALA.
And yes, if ITI made this mistake, I would point it out too. I’m an equal opportunity child.