This week, ALA leadership met with senior management from Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus publishing houses to discuss ebooks and libraries. ALA went in with a strong mission statement from ALA Executive Director Keith
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Middle Country Public Library in Centereach, New York continues to advance its facilities for the community with the installation of a dynamic hearing loop system in the Community Room to benefit the hea
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I applaud the hard work of everyone who has tackled the thorny issues confronting libraries in the increasingly hostile ebook environment in which we find ourselves. However, I believe we are missing an essential component in any solution: copyright law
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By Neal Starkey
3 days 43 min ago
In the 1990s, libraries were pioneers in providing access to the internet in their communities. Even today, libraries are the only place some community members can get online. Over the past few years, libraries have begun positioning themselves as the go-to
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By Meredith Farkas
3 days 16 hours ago
Forty ALA Student Chapter members were nominated by their schools and were accepted to assist ALA staff during the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. In exchange for working four hours a day (or a total of 16 hours), these students part
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Congratulations, Libraryland! School library boosters hit the 25,000-signature threshold this morning on the White House petition urging that every child in America have access to an effective school library program. (To be exact, there were 25,594 signatures
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American Libraries Editors George M. Eberhart and Sanhita SinhaRoy interview (back row, from left) Jaime Taylor, Zachary Loeb, Mandy Henk, (front row) Danny Norton, and Betsy Fagin about their experiences building Occupy Wall Street’s People’s
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New Members Round Table President Linda Crook talks about her Midwinter, including attending and reading at the Martin Luther King Jr. Sunrise Celebration.
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At the Newbie and Veteran Librarian Tweet-up, Sarah Dahlen talks about her Midwinter work, including sessions with Reforma and the Stonewall Book Awards.
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American Libraries Associate Editor Pamela A. Goodes interviews Jamal Joseph, who delivered the Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture. Joseph details his personal odyssey, from joining the Black Panthers and doing time in federal prison, to becoming an author,
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