The Scoop
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IFLA President Ellen Tise
At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, IFLA President Ellen Tise of South Africa shares what she's learned from her first year as IFLA president, discusses what value international work offers to new librarians, and offers an invitation to next year's IFLA World Congress in Puerto Rico.
August 31, 2010 -
Filming Flipped: An Interview with Director Rob Reiner
August 25, 2010 -
The Value of International Activity
At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mexican Library Association President Jesus Lau talks about how his library has benefited from his international activities and how librarians can help international relations, and extends a special invitation to American librarians.
August 24, 2010 -
2010 Access to Learning Award
At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress, AL editor Leonard Kniffel talks to Ioannis Trohopoulos, director of the public library in Veria, Greece, which won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's $1 million Access to Learning Award “for its creative use of information and technology services to meet the economic, educational, and cultural needs of more than 180,000 people.”
August 24, 2010 -
2010 BCALA National Conference: Bryant Terry
Cookbook author Bryant Terry talks to American Libraries about his book Vegan Soul Kitchen, soul food's healthful roots, how libraries relate to his work, and how a librarian helped him become a vegetarian.
August 16, 2010 -
2010 BCALA National Conference: Roland Martin
CNN Correspondent Roland Martin talks to American Libraries about the importance of education, and how he encourages literacy at the barbershop.
August 16, 2010 -
That Girl on Libraries
At the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., actor and creator of Free to Be... You and Me Marlo Thomas discusses how libraries and teachers made Free to Be successful, how a library card can instill pride in a child, and how to learn well.
August 16, 2010 -
2010 BCALA National Conference: Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.
Ray Charles Robinson, Jr., son of legendary musician Ray Charles, speaks to American Libraries about the movie Ray, the classics of Shakespeare, August Wilson, and John Milton, and visiting the personal library of Alexander Pushkin.
August 13, 2010
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