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Photo: Dyeing to support teens

Young adult librarians at Jefferson County (Colo.) Public Library model their blue, green, mauve, and purple hair courtesy of Paul Mitchell The School Denver. The librarians issued a challenge to teen readers to help them meet their Summer...

Posted September 2, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Photo: Kayaking Hero

Will Lytle, 20, from Elgin, Illinois, pulls his kayak into camp in Wisconsin during a 2,350 mile, 54-day solo journey along the Mississippi river as part of the Gail Borden Public Library’s “Be a Hero, READ!” summer...

Posted September 2, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Photo Essay: Black Caucus in Birmingham

Scenes from the seventh National Conference of African American Librarians, “Culture Keepers VII: Bridging the Divide with Information Access, Activism, and Advocacy, held August 4-8, in Birmingham, Alabama, hosted the Black Caucus...

Posted September 1, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Photo Essay: Ethiopia Reads

Thanks to the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Ethiopia Reads, a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and grindingly poor city. The...

Posted September 1, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: A Library Opens in Ethiopia

At the grand opening of the Ethiopia Reads library in Mekele, Ethiopia, August 20, Ethiopia Reads Founder Yohannes Gebregeorgis talks with American Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel about the need for libraries in Ethiopia, the difficulties...

Posted August 31, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Haitian Librarians Describe Destruction

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Françoise Beaulieu-Thybulle, director of National Library of Haiti, and Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, program director for FOKAL, describe the damage caused by the...

Posted August 31, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: IFLA President Ellen Tise

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, IFLA President Ellen Tise of South Africa shares what she’s learned from her first year as IFLA president, discusses what value international work offers...

Posted August 31, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Photo: Surplus book donation

Chesterfield (Mich.) Township Library (CTL) recevied a donation of nearly 1,000 books from the Library of Congress August 12. The gift was arranged by U.S. Representative Candice Miller (R-Mich.). Shown with a sample of the books...

Posted August 26, 2010 | Comments: | Read More