The Scoop
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Sarah Vowell at the PLA National Conference
Author Sarah Vowell discusses how she uses primary source materials found in libraries and archives in her research, as well as the sublime joy she discovered as a child when her family moved to a town with both a library and sidewalks.
April 7, 2010 -
Merritt Humanitarian Fund 40th Anniversary
Former ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano discusses how the Merritt Humanitarian Fund helped her fight unjust accusations in the wake of the September 11 attacks, as well as the Merritt Fund's upcoming 40th anniversary celebration, to be held June 28 at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
April 7, 2010 -
Luis Alberto Urrea en español
En la Biblioteca Pública de la Asociación Nacional de la Conferencia en Portland, Oregon, el autor Luis Alberto Urrea analiza cómo las bibliotecas ayudaron a construir su carrera y por qué todo el mundo debería dar su colección de un intento. Más American Library Association vídeos americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus.
April 6, 2010 -
Luis Alberto Urrea at the PLA National Conference
Author Luis Alberto Urrea speaks to American Libraries about how libraries helped him to build his career and about why people who don't use libraries should. More ALA videos at americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus.
April 6, 2010 -
PLA’s President at the PLA National Conference
At the PLA National Conference in Portland Oregon, PLA President Sari Feldman speaks to American Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel about the new Gates Foundation study, "Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries", which was released the first day of the conference, as well as about Natalie Merchant and about how conferences help librarians struggling in tough economic times.
April 6, 2010 -
Publishers and Libraries Get SaaS-y
March 24, 2010 -
Pink Slips – and Rumors – Fly in L.A.
March 17, 2010
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