The American Library Association (ALA) today announced it has received a $2 million, three-year grant renewal from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue the Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study. ALA Office for Research & Statistics Director Denise Davis will remain as project director, and John Carlo Bertot, director of the University of Maryland (UMCP) Center for Library & Information Innovation, will continue to manage the Public Libraries and the Internet survey as part of the study.
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The library world lost a great leader in April with the death of Judith Fingeret Krug, the long-time director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF).
The staff of the Office for Intellectual Freedom will host a special memorial service where family, friends, and colleagues can come together to honor her memory and her immense contributions to librarianship and First Amendment freedoms. The event will take place from 6-7 p.m. on Friday, July 10th at the Hyatt Grand Regency Hotel, 155 E. Wacker Drive, Grand Ballroom A. All are invited to attend.
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Join ALA President Jim Rettig; moderator Jan Sanders, director of libraries and information services for the city of Pasadena, Calif.; and others for “Coalition Building for All Libraries in a Tough Economy” during ALA’s 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago.
The program, which will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, at McCormick Place West, Room 196b, will focus on the value of building statewide coalitions during times of economic downturn and the concept of the “Library Ecosystem,” or how libraries of all types are interdependent.
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Meet the librarians and community members who are fighting to keep library materials on the shelves in West Bend, Wis. at this year’s American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago.
A special panel sponsored by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), Intellectual Freedom Committee and Freedom to Read Foundation will feature West Bend Community Library Director Michael Tyree, Young Adult Librarian Kristin Pekoll, library board President Barbara Deters, former library board Member Mary Reilly-Kliss and community organizer Maria Hanrahan.
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the launch of a new e-Learning Frequent Learner Program to help academic and research librarians maximize their professional development dollars during these challenging economic times. Starting Sept. 1, individuals or groups that register for three ACRL e-Learning courses or Webcasts will receive complimentary registration to one additional course or Webcast of equal or lesser value to the lowest cost-paid e-Learning opportunity. Complete details and a full schedule of ACRL e-Learning opportunities are available on the ACRL Web site at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/index.cfm.
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A new American Library Association (ALA) Web site -- Get a Job!, offers library-job seekers advice, resources, links, best practices and real-life examples. Full of advice for finding a job in the current tough economy, it features information from a range of ALA divisions and units, as well as links to information about general best practices in job seeking.
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