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Groundbreaking children’s authors headline Freedom to Read Foundation/GLBTRT Boston event
Posted October 30, 2009
Room share Wiki for PLA 2010 attendees available on PLAspace
Posted October 28, 2009
Follow the ALA Youth Media Awards live on Jan. 18, 2010

Follow the ALA Youth Media Awards live on Jan. 18, 2010
ALA partners with Safeway Inc. to launch cereal box initiative
Posted October 27, 2009
ALTAFF and Nordstrom award 10 matching Books for Babies grants
Posted October 27, 2009
American Library Association announces library staff participating in Emerging Leaders 2010 program
Posted October 27, 2009
Application period open for RUSA business reference research grant
Posted October 27, 2009
Deadline approaching for Carnegie-Whitney Awards
Posted October 27, 2009
Job Help Day @ your library
Posted October 26, 2009
Nominate a winner for a PLA Award
Posted October 27, 2009
Nominate outstanding business librarians for 2010 RUSA award
Posted October 27, 2009
Nominations open for John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award
Posted October 27, 2009
Nominations sought for Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund
Posted October 27, 2009
RUSA seeking excellent reference and adult services librarians for 2010 award nominations
Posted October 27, 2009
Teen Read Week grabs media spotlight
Teen Read Week grabs media spotlight
AASL recognizes sponsors for national conference
Posted October 26, 2009
Fall edition of Prism online
Posted October 26, 2009
How to move a library and stay sane
Posted October 26, 2009
BCR and LITA Partner to Offer Continuing Education Opportunities
Posted October 21, 2009
“Paper Towns” tops YALSA’s 2009 Teens’ Top Ten
Posted October 20, 2009
A unique kit for early literacy
Posted October 20, 2009
ALA gears up for the 2010 election
Posted October 20, 2009
ALA offers Recognition Awards and Grants
Posted October 20, 2009
ALCTS offers two exciting Midwinter symposia for Boston
Posted 20, 2009
Connect with National Library Week
October 20, 2009
Former vice-president Al Gore to deliver Arthur Curley Lecture
Posted October 20, 2009
New ACRL publication: 2008 Academic Library Trends and Statistics
Posted October 20, 2009
New Moon actor debuts in Celebrity READ Poster
Posted October 20, 2009
READ Design Studio adds Genres and Subjects to its product line
Posted October 20, 2009
Register now for upcoming ALCTS Web courses and webinars
October 20, 2009
Thousands of school librarians prepare to “Rev Up Learning” in Charlotte

October 20, 2009
Tips on celebrating National Gaming Day @ your library
Posted October 20, 2009
YALSA, WWE® kick off WrestleMania® Reading Challenge
Posted October 20, 2009
ALTAFF celebrates fourth annual National Friends of Libraries Week, Oct 18-24
Posted October 20, 2009
Tasty marketing tidbits for busy librarians
Posted October 19, 2009
All-star lineup for PLA 2010
Posted October 13, 2009
Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals
Posted October 13, 2009
Get out the vote for Teen Read Week™
Posted October 13, 2009
Public libraries urged to participate in national technology study
Posted October 13, 2009
RUSA award honors outstanding public librarians providing business reference services
Posted October 13, 2009
RUSA online course teaches genealogy reference basics to library reference desk staff
Posted October 13, 2009
AASL's b there offers on-demand access to keynote address
Posted October 12, 2009
AASL's wearing smaller shoes to reduce national conference footprint
Posted October 12, 2009
Booklist Online adds new youth content, navigation
Posted October 12, 2009
Freedom to Read Foundation announces nominating committee
Posted October 12, 2009
Hasbro exclusive sponsor for 2009 National Gaming Day @ your library
Posted October 12, 2009
Loleta D. Fyan Grant call for proposals
Posted October 12, 2009
Neil Gaiman named Honorary Chair of National Library Week
Posted October 12, 2009
Nominations sought for prestigious research award
Posted October 12, 2009
Freedom to Read Foundation offers free memberships to new library school graduates
Posted October 8, 2009
28th annual Banned Books Week a hit with national media
Posted October 6, 2009
AASL encourages SLMS to promote Information Literacy Month
Posted October 6, 2009
ACRL invites applications for Immersion ’10 Program
Posted October 6, 2009
ALA 2010 Scholarship online application now available
Posted October 6, 2009
ALSC professional awards and grants help libraries and librarians during tough economic times
Posted October 6, 2009
ALSC student sessions
Posted October 6, 2009
Design a Tote for @ your library and Win $500!
Posted October 6, 2009
Fall offering of RUSA’s Reference Interview online course open for registration
Posted October 6, 2009
Four Spectrum scholars to attend AASL national conference
Posted October 6, 2009
Genealogy skills, New England historic resources focus of 2010 RUSA Midwinter Institute
Posted October 6, 2009
New ACRL publication: Working Together
Posted October 6, 2009
Nominations sought for RUSA award honoring library contributions to labor community
Posted October 6, 2009
Nominations sought for RUSA’s Monroe Library Adult Services Award
Posted October 6, 2009
Nominations sought for Zora Neale Hurston Award
Posted October 6, 2009
Pennsylvania student selected Step Up to the Plate @ your library® grand-prize winner
Registration open for YALSA’s pre-Midwinter events
Posted October 6, 2009
RUSA seeking nominations for Mudge Award honoring contributions to reference
Posted October 6, 2009
Booklist chosen again as partner for National Reading Group Month
Posted October 5, 2009
LLAMA Announces Fall Webinar Series for Library Leaders
Posted October 5, 2009
Pioneering guide to graphic novels
Posted October 5, 2009
Romance Fiction in the Library
Posted October 5, 2009
Volunteer to serve on an ALA or Council committee for 2010 - 2011
Posted October 5, 2009
Kornblau, Neal run for 2011-2012 ALA Treasurer
Posted October 1, 2009
Marathon man Gregory Calloway once again pounds pavement to support ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship
Posted September 29, 2009
Johns, Raphael seek 2011-2012 ALA Presidency
Posted October 1, 2009
YALSA responds to adolescent literacy report from Carnegie
Posted October 1, 2009
ALA/ERT Author Forum - from book to big screen
Posted September 29, 2009
AASL awards season opens with more than $50,000 in opportunities
Posted September 29, 2009
ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting Registration opens Oct. 1, 2009
Posted September 29, 2009
ALA 2010 Sunrise Speaker Series kicks off with best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert
Posted September 29, 2009
ASCLA Midwinter Institute prepares librarians for successful consulting careers

September 29, 2009
Deadline extended for National Library Week Grant
Posted September 29, 2009
Greece promotes public libraries with @ your library brand
Posted September 29, 2009
Letter from ALA President Camila Alire
Posted September 29, 2009
Nation’s libraries participate in inaugural Reader’s Digest Make It Matter Day
Posted September 29, 2009
Nominations sought for RUSA Shores/ABC-CLIO award honoring book reviewing
Posted September 29, 2009
RUSA ILL mentoring award open for nominations
Posted September 29, 2009
RUSA seeking nominations for Boucher-OCLC ILL librarian award
Posted September 29, 2009
Surgeon, author Atul Gawande to appear in ALA 2010 Boston Sunrise Speaker Series
Posted September 29, 2009
Surveying the state of children’s library services
Posted September 29, 2009
Universal design best practices to be presented, discussed at 2010 ASCLA Midwinter Institute

September 29, 2009
YALSA seeks presenters for continuing education
Posted September 29, 2009
YALSA to launch teen literature blog, seeks member manager
Posted September 29, 2009
AASL offers virtual component to its national conference
Posted September 28, 2009
ALA-APA now accepting course proposals for Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC)
Posted September 28, 2009
Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000
Posted September 28, 2009
AASL lauds four programs
Posted September 22, 2009
ACRL issues RFP for value of academic libraries research
Posted September 22, 2009
ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute accepting proposals
Posted September 22, 2009
ALA offering September Savings for 2010 conferences
Posted September 22, 2009

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Libraries Stand Ready to Serve in Tough Economic Times

ALA President Jim Rettig's op-ed in The Huffington Post

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Katie Couric's Notebook: Libraries

Americans are saving money, and keeping the looming recession at bay, by going to their local libraries to rent books, CD's, and DVD's.

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NBC Nightly News

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The Wall Street Journal

Folks Are Flocking to the Library, a Cozy Place to Look for a Job. Click to read article

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