May 06: LLAMA presents a night of laughs at Chicago’s Second City 

CHICAGO - Since 1959, The Second City has established itself as a Chicago landmark and a national treasure. Join the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) for a night of improv comedy at the theatre that launched the careers...

May 06: From harsh childhood to top American tech entrepreneur—Ping Fu at 2013 ALA Annual Conference 

CHICAGO - Attendees will get inspired by Auditorium Speaker Ping Fu’s journey from her childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution to becoming a top American innovator and tech entrepreneur who founded Geomagic, a 3D digital reality solution company. Ping...

May 06: Riordan elected ALSC 2014-2015 president 

CHICAGO - Ellen Riordan, chief of Planning, Programs and Partnerships, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md...

May 06: Take the preservation activities survey 

CHICAGO - "A Survey of Preservation Activities in Cultural Heritage Institutions - FY2012" is a pilot survey coordinated by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association of Library...

May 06: Coming to TERMS at Annual 

CHICAGO - You've read about it in the May issue of American Libraries (p. 22), now learn more about TERMS directly from the authors Jill...

May 06: Library advocates tell legislators to protect library funding 

Hundreds Gather in D.C. for 39th Annual National Library Legislative Day

May 06: United for Libraries designates Stroud Public Library a Literary Landmark in honor of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel 

PHILADELPHIA — United for Libraries, in partnership with Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma (FOLIO), designated Stroud Public Library a Literary Landmark in honor of poet Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (1918-2007) on Sunday, April 28.

May 06: Christine Hage elected 2013-2014 United for Libraries vice president/president-elect 

PHILADELPHIA — Christine Lind Hage, director of the Rochester Hills (Mich.) Public Library, has been elected 2013-2014 United for Libraries vice president/president elect.

May 06: Boettcher receives 2013 RUSA BRASS Emerald Research Grant for business reference research 

CHICAGO — Jennifer Boettcher, business librarian at Georgetown University, is this year’s recipient of  the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) ...

May 04: American Library Association highlights library and community impacts from Broadband Technology Opportunities Program in new report 

May 03: A how-to guide for digital preservation 

May 03: Peter Bregman helps school librarians get the ‘right things’ done at AASL’s national conference 

May 03: AASL executive director, Julie Walker, to retire as of July 2013 

CHICAGO – Julie Walker, executive director of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), will retire in...

May 03: Rosalind Dennis receives AASL Intellectual Freedom Award 

May 03: ALSC announces Everyday Advocacy website 

CHICAGO - On May 1, 2013, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced the launch of the Everyday Advocacy website. This member-driven site is a librarian’s companion for simple, effective ways to learn, share and...