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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Improving Library Services to People with Disabilities A webinar offered by the ALA Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Online Course Dates: Monday, January 30 to Friday, February 24, 2012 Live Online Session using FlashChat in Moodle: Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 3pm-4pm CENTRAL/Chicago Time Register online now! Or, register by mail or […]
ASCLA/KLAS/NOD AWARD
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011Nominations are being accepted until December 15, 2011 for a $1,000 award and citation for a library organization that has provided services for people with disabilities. The award recognizes an innovative and well-organized project which successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library […]
Grants to Support National Library Week
Monday, October 17th, 2011U.S. libraries of all types encouraged to apply for $3,000 to support National Library Week activities! CHICAGO – Your library has something for everyone. This National Library Week, celebrate the ways your library provides a place where everyone belongs. The deadline for 2012 grant has been extended to Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. U.S. libraries of […]
Smart Money Week @ your Library
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Even in the best of times, everyone can learn something new about being smart with money! And libraries are natural places to facilitate lifelong learning in this arena! ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago are partnering again for Money Smart Week @ your library, which will be held April 21-28, 2012. Libraries provide […]
Does your library foster civic engagement?
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011The ALA Center for Civic Life is mapping civic engagement activities in libraries and wants your help! The Center is interested in learning more about more about civic/community engagement activities in libraries. ALA urges librarians to complete the survey so the Center can use the data to map their civic activities, highlight the important work […]
Exhibit Opportunity Discover Earth: A Century of Change
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011The ALA Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project, is accepting applications for a new traveling exhibition opportunity for public libraries. Online applications must be submitted to ALA by September 2. The Discover Earth exhibition […]
Public Library Digitization Projects
Friday, August 5th, 2011The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) recently started a new publication series titled OITP Perspectives. The first one is just the ticket for small and medium sized public libraries planning for digitization! OITP characterizes the paper as “an overview of digitization challenges . . ., presents options for large-scale digitization projects, and suggests […]
Some Interesting Facts about Wikipedia
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011At the ALA Conference President’s Program on Sunday, June 26th, Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation presented some interesting facts about Wikipedia. Did you know that… • The Wikipedia offices are located in San Francisco, CA and presently employ 75 people. • Wikipedia has real-time monitoring and relies on over 100,000 people from […]
Public Library Funding & Technology Access report online
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011The American Library Association has released a digital copy of the Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2010–2011. The report includes: The Public Library Funding Landscape, Public Library Technology Landscape, State Summary Data, and Reports from the Field. Provided by American Libraries magazine and the American Library Association Office for Research and Statistics, the […]
Discover Earth! an interactive exhibit from ALA
Monday, June 20th, 2011Would you like to see your public library host Discover Earth: A Century of Change? The Discover Earth exhibition will focus on local earth science topics—such as weather, water cycle, and ecosystem changes—as well as a global view of our changing planet. The primary message of the exhibition is that the global environment changes – […]
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