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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

AL Video: Youth Media Awards 2008

In just 60 seconds of images and sound, AL Focus Editor Dan Kraus conveys his impressions of the Youth Media Awards 2008. For a full list of the winners, go to www.ala.org/yma08. More ALA videos available at alfocus.ala.org.

Posted January 24, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Dancing with the ALA Stars

Highlights from the “Dancing with the ALA Stars” contest at the 2007 ALA staff Winter Event.

Posted January 23, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: FBI Whistleblower Answers Questions

Despite a warning from his superiors, FBI Special Agent Bassem Youssef answered questions at a January 12 session of the ALA Midwinter Meeting. In 2002, Youssef blew the whistle to the director of the FBI and Congress that discriminatory...

Posted January 22, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Author Forum - Midwinter 2008

Best-selling historical novelists Mary Doria Russell (Dreamers of the Day) and Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book) talk about “book pusher” librarians, book lust, and where they stand on e-book readers like the new Amazon...

Posted January 15, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Booklist Editors Read for Fun 2007

The 2007 Editors’ Choice issue of Booklist also includes “Reading for Fun,” a roundup of each editor’s favorite personal reading choice of the year. In this video, seven of the editors get personal about unwieldy...

Posted January 8, 2008 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Welcome to Anaheim - ALA Annual Conference 2008 Preview

Thinking about attending ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California? After this rollercoaster ride of a preview (literally), you won’t be able to resist. Several Orange County librarians tell us about the obvious draws (Disneyland...

Posted November 29, 2007 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: A Conversation with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball legend and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the keynote speaker at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 11–16, and he sits down for a conversation about growing up with libraries, his committment to literacy...

Posted November 27, 2007 | Comments: | Read More