Produced by ALA Conference Services, this video features plenty of your colleagues discussing the value of Annual Conference–and the benefits to holding it in Chicago. Annual Conference this year is July 9 to 15.
As the editor of American Libraries Online, I'm always on the lookout for news stories to research and develop about libraries and trends affecting them. Because libraries impact just about every aspect of society, there's an impressive daily deluge to sort through, as the abundance of annotated links in our weekly e-newsletter American Libraries Direct attests. However, the global … Continue reading This Just In–Again
A library patron needs some books. Famous, award-winning, acclaimed books. Seems simple enough. And yet… Video produced in recognition of Banned Books Week, September 27-October 4, 2008, and in cooperation with ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. Transcript (Opens in new window or tab).
The 2008 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium, held November 2-4 in Oak Brook, Illinois, demonstrated many of the benefits gaming has for libraries, including improved literacy, improved civic engagement, inclusiveness, and even fundraising. Interviewed are: Lawrence Kutner, Center for Mental Health and Media, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (keynote: "Grand Theft Childhood? … Continue reading Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium 2008
ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels made two announcments to staff this morning regarding the availablility of WiFi during the ALA Annual Conference here in Chicago, July 9-15. First the good news: Free WiFi will be available in meeting rooms throughout the convention center, and funds have been made available to prototype a recommendation of the … Continue reading WiFi at Annual Conference
T.A. Barron, author of the Lost Years of Merlin books and the in-progress Merlin’s Dragon trilogy, speaks to Booklist about the 32 rejection letters that helped convince him to quit his venture capital business and begin writing fantasy epics. (One of his business partners had a different suggestion: therapy.) Barron also gives his thoughts on … Continue reading T. A. Barron interview
Looking back, what would you say was the biggest threat to intellectual freedom that you have encountered? Judith Krug: The biggest threat that we have not only faced in the past, but that we face today and I presume we’ll face tomorrow, is ourselves. And this threat becomes much more pronounced as outside pressures begin … Continue reading On the Line for the First Amendment
Congress made history with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed by President Obama February 17, and now libraries have their turn. The ARRA will ultimately release an unprecedented level of federal spending—$787 billion—into the U.S. economy in an effort to put our nation back on track through saving or creating … Continue reading Stimulate Your Library
ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels made two announcements to staff this morning regarding the availability of WiFi during the ALA Annual Conference here in Chicago, July 9-15. First the good news: Free WiFi will be available in meeting rooms throughout the convention center, and funds have been made available to prototype a recommendation of the … Continue reading WiFi at Annual Conference
Just a quick note to alert Annual Conference attendees that American Libraries' Annual Conference Dining Guide is now on our website (and on the Conference Wiki). This year's edition (also coming in print in the June/July issue) is written by Rob Christopher, an administrative assistant for ALA Publishing and a restaurant reviewer for the Chicago … Continue reading Chicago Dining Guide
Many academic libraries are facing major planned or potential budget cuts as the nation’s economic meltdown plays itself out. Online reports and announcements from major U.S. universities show that significant budget cuts may be widespread among members of the Association of Research Libraries and other college and university libraries across the country. The NorthEast Research … Continue reading Cuts, Freezes Widespread in Academic Libraries
A very angry Lexington (Ky.) Public Library Chief Executive Officer Kathleen Imhoff called ALA Friday, May 1, upset that American Libraries Direct two days before had carried a link to an article in the Herald-Leader newspaper that characterized charges to her library credit card over the past five years as, at the very least, lousy … Continue reading Learn from Lexington: Document Expense Records Scrupulously
