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AL Video: The Value of International Activity

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At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mexican Library Association President Jesus Lau talks about how his library has benefited from his international activities and how librarians can help...

Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 Access to Learning Award

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At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress, AL editor Leonard Kniffel talks to Ioannis Trohopoulos, director of the public library in Veria, Greece, which won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1 million Access to...

Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

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Emma Thompson and a fan at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson focuses on one of 100 young fans who turned out to see her August 13 at the Free Library of Philadelphia during her nationwide promotional tour of her film Nanny McPhee Returns. Thompson autographed...

Posted August 20, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 BCALA National Conference: Bryant Terry

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Cookbook author Bryant Terry talks to American Libraries about his book Vegan Soul Kitchen, soul food’s healthful roots, how libraries relate to his work, and how a librarian helped him become a vegetarian.

Posted August 16, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 BCALA National Conference: Roland Martin

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CNN Correspondent Roland Martin talks to American Libraries about the importance of education, and how he encourages literacy at the barbershop.

Posted August 16, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: That Girl on Libraries

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At the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., actor and creator of Free to Be… You and Me Marlo Thomas discusses how libraries and teachers made Free to Be successful, how a library card can instill pride in a child, and...

Posted August 16, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 BCALA National Conference: Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.

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Ray Charles Robinson, Jr., son of legendary musician Ray Charles, speaks to American Libraries about the movie Ray, the classics of Shakespeare, August Wilson, and John Milton, and visiting the personal library of Alexander Pushkin.

Posted August 13, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 BCALA National Conference: Jos N. Holman

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BCALA President Jos N. Holman discusses the role of BCALA and ALA’s other ethnic caucuses, BCALA milestones, and the Spectrum Presidential Initiative, and he reveals the site of the next BCALA National Conference in ...

Posted August 10, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More