Money is one of the factors that can hamper green construction efforts. “Too often people think sustainability is only for the rich,” said Tim Duggan, landscape architect for the Make it...
Representatives from many of ALA’s 18 round tables, mostly incoming chairs, met Friday morning to discuss the future of round tables and of the Round Table Coordinating Assembly (RTCA) itself....
See Saturday’s edition of Cognotes for photos from around ala11, information about the ALA President’s Program, and a preview of Sunday’s speakers.
Be sure to pick up a fresh...
Over the past two years e-books have become an important—but controversial —part of library services.
“The Future Is Now! E-books and Their Increasing Impact on Library...
Public libraries will confront formidable challenges in the coming years. The digital transformation of all media affects our resources, services, staff, and programs, while changes in users and...
Libraries of all types have literacy, its promotion, and its advancement at the core of their mission. As information resources are found increasingly online, literacy has expanded beyond print to...
The two-day preconference on RDA concluded yesterday. The first day featured four presentations covering key areas of difference between RDA and AACR2 and best practices for the RDA Toolkit. One...
Friday’s ALA Unconference presented a unique and rewarding opportunity for librarians to share experiences. Free of agendas, the group dictates the flow of conversation. The morning’s...
Libraries are playing an important role in the economic recovery by providing job readiness training, job-hunting and resume-writing support, and workshops for entrepreneurs.
“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...
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