Winning Grants: A Game Plan

Pieces of the grant-seeking puzzle
By Herbert Landau

How to write proposals that work

Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Dollar General Invests in the American Dream

American flag. Free clip art compliments of ace-clipart.com.
By Leonard Kniffel

Expanding literacy services through libraries helps adults adapt and advance

Posted August 18, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Early Literacy: A Sustainable Statewide Approach

Boy reading in the dark
By Bonnie McCune

A coalition in Colorado may serve as a template for other regions to establish programs critical to the development of our youngest citizens

Posted August 17, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

When Crisis Calls

Closeup of telephone keypad
By Matthew J. Boylan

New York Public Library develops a policy on callers who threaten suicide

Posted August 13, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Reaching Undergrads: Recruitment via Internship

A woman shelving books.
By Sara D. Smith

As interns, undergraduate students can cultivate a career in library and information science and technology

Posted August 10, 2010 | Comments: 3 | Read More

Information Commons Reduces Energy Consumption

Loyola University's energy-efficient Information Commons looks out on Lake Michi
By Ted Strand

Loyola University’s library in Chicago is setting new standards for environmental friendliness

Posted August 3, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Librarians Head for the Hill to Rally for Reading

Library Advocacy Day attendee with banner.

ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., attracts 26,000 enthusiastic professionals.

Posted July 27, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Up, Up, and Away: A Bird’s-Eye View of Mission Marketing

Man holding balloons floating away.
By Donald H. Dyal and Kaley Daniel

Marketing takes more than cauldrons or brainstorming: Marketing needs a plan. Texas Tech University has that plan and truckloads of evidence that it works.

Posted July 20, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Our Authors, Our Advocates

Brad Meltzer, Carmen Deedy, Maria Arana, Sharon Draper, Roberta Stevens

Four authors help kick off ALA President Roberta Stevens’s “Our Authors, Our Advocates” presidential initiative

Posted July 20, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More

Speaker Sound Bites: D.C. 2010

Toni Morrison

Notable quotes from the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

Posted July 19, 2010 | Comments: 0 | Read More