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AL Video: ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012, Day 2: The Occupy Wall Street Librarians

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American Libraries Editors George M. Eberhart and Sanhita SinhaRoy interview (back row, from left) Jaime Taylor, Zachary Loeb, Mandy Henk, (front row) Danny Norton, and Betsy Fagin about their experiences building Occupy Wall Street’...

Posted January 31, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012, Day 2: Jamal Joseph

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American Libraries Associate Editor Pamela A. Goodes interviews Jamal Joseph, who delivered the Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture. Joseph details his personal odyssey, from joining the Black Panthers and doing time in federal prison, to...

Posted January 30, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

Photo: Bromer Booksellers provide $2 million gift to Boston Athenaeum

David J. Bromer (far left) and Anne C. Bromer join Bromer Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts Stanley Ellis Cushing in the announcement of a $2 million gift to endow the Anne C....

Posted January 27, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

Photo: E-book treasures

Loudoun County (Va.)Public Library Director Chang Liu takes a moment to enjoy the unseasonable weather, while relaxing in a comfortable chair with her favorite ebook. Liu says...

Posted January 27, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012, Day 2: Carl Harvey on the petition to the Obama Administration

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AASL President Carl Harvey discusses the petition before the Obama administration to to ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program by providing dedicated funding as part of the reauthorization of...

Posted January 27, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2012 ALA Presidential Candidates Forum

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2012 ALA Presidential Candidates Gina Millsap and Barbara Stripling respond to audience questions at the Presidential Candidates Forum at the 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. ALA members in good standing as of January 31 can vote...

Posted January 25, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012, Day 2: Carl Lennertz Calls for World Book Night Participants

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World Book Night Executive Director Carl Lennertz talks about the initiative, which gives packages of books to “book givers” to take into their communities April 23 to share with light- and non-readers. World Book Night is...

Posted January 23, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012, Day 1: Francey Harris of YALSA on Open Source Multiple Literacies

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Francey Harris of YALSA about the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products&publications/yalsapubs/jrlya/journal. Of special note is the focus on multiple literacies and the open source,...

Posted January 23, 2012 | Comments:  | Read More