“Everyone loves series,” declared Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Sequence. “Children love series, adults love series, publishers love series.”
Stroud spoke as...
Activist writer Dan Savage keynoted the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans today by explaining how his new book, It Gets Better, was inspired by a rash of suicides by gay teens who commit suicide...
Presenters can upload their materials directly to their sessions in the Conference Scheduler by attaching the files to a “comment” on the session record itself. When they do this, the...
Melinda Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, greeted ALA Annual Conference attendees via video during the Opening General Session today in New Orleans. She emphasized the...
Last year, efforts by Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) resulted in a change to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy so that libraries were officially designated as temporary relocation facilities...
The ALA Public Programs Office (PPO) will present demonstrations of ProgrammingLibrarian.org, an online resource center for all things related to creating cultural community programs for the ...
Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), longtime member of the Media Coalition, and member and chair of the board of the National...
In accordance with the Association’s continued emphasis on diversity, small groups probed the varied facets of the issue during the Town Hall Meeting on Diversity June 24 presented by ALA...
This year, the Membership Meeting is focusing on libraries and the communities they serve and support. Two speakers from the New Orleans area will talk about post-Katrina rebuilding of their...
In reference to these not being gathered until today, Monday, June 27, I’m hoping that with some of them you’ve had enough distance (!) that you can look back and laugh now.
During Thursday night’s reception recognizing ALA’s Library Champions, Major Donors, and Legacy Society members, ALA President Roberta Stevens acknowledged the contributions of John Ison...
