American Libraries Online
ALA News
ALA releases paper on the national impact of library programming
Host a StoryCorps @ your library program
Virtual Town Hall meeting, December 11
Midwinter Meeting News
Time-lapse video shows how the Exhibits Hall gets set up and torn down
Division News
YALSA partners with Best Buy for 2015 Teen Read Week
RUSA selects an Emerging Leader
ASCLA chooses an Emerging Leader
New editor for ASCLA's Interface
Awards & Grants
Achievement in Library Diversity honoree
2014 Dagger in the Library Award
2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award
2014 Governor General's Literary Award
Libraries in the News
Five design concepts for the NYPL branch library of the future
Controversial changes proposed at Barnard College library
Vermont collection moves from public library to historical society
Harvard crowdsources transcription of ornithological journals
Prison book ban is unlawful, UK court rules
Issues
The internet makes Americans feel better informed
Freedom House report on international internet freedom
Urban Libraries Council asks for greater broadband support for city libraries
State barriers to public broadband
How to answer the question: What is the value of a public library?
Tech Talk
Why do cameras put photos into a DCIM folder?
E-Content
Mobile publishing and reading south of the Sahara
Books & Reading
The year's most interesting art books
Children's Lit 2014: The year in miscellanea
Six YA book series about dragons
10 long-lost works of literature
Hachette Book Group to sell books through Twitter
Tips & Ideas
Facebook will finally let you search for old posts
Rethinking low MOOC completion rates
The Navajo bookmobiles of Arizona
Season's greetings cards from librarians