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Photo: San Francisco Branch Rebuilding Boom

City and library officials attend a library ribbon cutting.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (third from right) joins City Librarian Luis Herrera (fifth from left) and other city and library officials for the March 8, 2008 ribbon-cutting for the San Francisco Public Library’s Noe Valley/Sally Brunn...

Posted March 13, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

Photo: Library Program Explores African History

Author and storyteller Toni Simmons performs tales from Africa for students from the Early Years Academy in Miami Lakes, Florida, in one of a series of February Black History Month programs hosted by the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Public Library...

Posted March 3, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Thomas Paine Literary Landmark Dedication

Friends of Libraries USA honored Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society Library January 14 by naming their Col. Richard Gimbel Collection of Thomas Paine Papers a “Literary Landmark.” AL Focus was there at the...

Posted February 22, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Washington School Libraries Rally

More than 100 people gathered at the state capitol steps in Olympia, Washington, February 1 to rally for school libraries. The rally, as well as an all-day summit, was the culmination of the work of a group of concerned Spokane mothers...

Posted February 19, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

Photo: Post-Tragedy Archive Collection

Memorial displays (as shown) inside the Squires Student Center lobby at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg are part of Prevail Archives, a project underway by the University Libraries and Library of Congress consultants. The more than...

Posted February 15, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Yo, ALA! 2008 Midwinter Wrap-up

ALA visited Rocky Balboa’s hometown of Philadelphia January 11-16 for the Midwinter Meeting, and this knockout video captures much of what made the week so hard-hitting: basketballers, whistleblowers, celebrity authors, catalogers,...

Posted February 7, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Q & A with Kareem

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar responds to audience questions at the ALA Midwinter Meeting President’s Program, January 13, 2008, speaking about his greatest basketball memory, the reason he changed his name, how to get reluctant youth to read...

Posted February 4, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: YALSA Gaming Extravaganza

Librarians at the Young Adult Library Services Association Gaming Extravaganza, held January 11 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, share how they’re developing gaming in their libraries and the importance of creating a...

Posted January 31, 2008 | Comments: | Read More