An online petition is demanding that the Obama administration mandate the full funding and staffing of school libraries. It’s posted to a new interactive We the People web page, hosted by the White House, where U.S. citizens can petition the government for a redress of grievances as stated in the First Amendment. The petition was … Continue reading Talking Turkey about School Libraries
Adult literacy continues to be a serious educational and economic issue in the United States. Currently, there are an estimated 32 million adults living with such low-level literacy skills that reading a children’s picture book or understanding the instructions on a medicine bottle pose a challenge. That’s what made the first U.S. Conference on Adult … Continue reading Placing Adult Literacy Front and Center
I found a couple of fun e-content tidbits on the exhibit hall floor of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 15th National Conference last week in Minneapolis. First up is ThingLink, a site that provides image enhancements through tag links. Think old-school image maps, but taken to an entirely new level. ThingLink tags can … Continue reading From the Floor: AASL 15th National Conference
The trouble with agreeing to blog this conference is that the days are so chock full of great sessions and good friends that I can’t sit still to write— or maybe I’m just suffering from sensory overload and unable to slow down on my own! Cheryl Steele and Ty Burns did a fabulous job planning … Continue reading AASL – Streaming and Teaming for Strong School Libraries
Minneapolis, the location of the 15th National Conference of ALA’s American Association for School Librarians, is gorgeous and friendly—and the cool temperatures are certainly welcome after my endless Texas summer! I arrived Tuesday evening, and found a group of AASL leaders including Susan Ballard and Debbie Abilock in the hotel restaurant. Two hours later, we … Continue reading AASL Day One: E-ink and Collection Development
Today, ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels is sharing the following message with Members and the Association’s governing Council: As you know, ALA operates on a fiscal year that ends on August 31. Because of the complexity of the ALA budget, which reflects hundreds of thousands of transactions and adjustments each year, the unaudited year-end … Continue reading Budget Message from the ALA Executive Director
CHICAGO — Sanhita SinhaRoy joined the American Library Association staff on October 24 as associate editor of American Libraries magazine. She will be responsible for writing news stories and blog posts, copyediting and fact-checking feature articles and columns, and assisting with the preparation and production of the weekly e-newsletter American Libraries Direct. SinhaRoy will also … Continue reading Sanhita SinhaRoy appointed American Libraries associate editor
A quick note to alert everyone about American Libraries’ new Midwinter page. The page, americanlibrariesmagazine.org/alamw12, will aggregate all of the Midwinter-related stories on our site, plus it will display tweets tagged with the official Midwinter hashtag, #alamw12.
“I want you to live your best life so you can affect the lives of the people you work with and for,” said Satia Orange, retired director of ALA’s Office for Literacy and Outreach Services and opening keynote speaker at the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services 2011 Annual Conference, October 13–15, in Cleveland, Ohio. … Continue reading Library Outreach Specialists “Reach Out and Up” in Cleveland
ALA President Molly Raphael, Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels, and ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Director Alan Inouye met September 15 with Tom Allen and Tina Jordan, president and vice president of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), at their New York office. The meeting was held to articulate some of the major … Continue reading ALA meets with Association of American Publishers on e-books
Reforma, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, celebrated 40 years of advocacy at its 4th National Conference in Denver, September 15–18. Fittingly, the conference, whose theme was: “Elevating Latino Library Services to a Higher Level,” coincided with the Diez y Seis de Septiembre (the anniversary of … Continue reading Reformistas Gather to Reflect, Recharge as Group Turns 40
The individuals and libraries shown here have been singled out by their peers for their extraordinary achievements. These are the highest and most prestigious awards given by the American Library Association, but they are only a handful of the 200-plus awards presented annually by ALA, its divisions, round tables, offices, and other units. Meet more … Continue reading Leading By Example: 2011 ALA Award Winners
