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AL Video: LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund

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The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund supports librarians who are facing financial difficulty due to discrimination or because they have taken a stand in support of intellectual freedom. In this video, trustees describe the fund, and why...

Posted October 7, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2008 Banned Books Week Read-Out

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Scenes from the 2008 Banned Books Week Read-Out, held at Chicago’s Pioneer Plaza September 27. Speakers include authors Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Stephen Chbosky, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, and Luis Alberto Urrea; a selection of...

Posted October 6, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: Why Not To Ban Books

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Author Steven Chbosky shares a letter he received from a reader of his young adult novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Alternately funny and moving, it demonstrates the effect that a book can have on a life—even (and especially)...

Posted October 2, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2008 Reforma National Conference: Promoting Library Services to Latinos and Spanish-Speakers

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This overview of the Reforma National Conference, held September 18-21 in El Paso, Texas, features musicians at the exhibit hall opening, conversations with Author Luncheon speaker Diana Washington Valdez and former ALA President Carol...

Posted October 1, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: Banned Books Week: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*

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A library patron needs some books. Famous, award-winning, acclaimed books. Seems simple enough. And yet… Video produced in recognition of Banned Books Week, September 27-October 4, 2008, and in cooperation with ALA’s Office...

Posted September 22, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: IFLA 2008 - Quebec

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The 2008 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) was held August 10-14 in Quebec, Canada, a city celebrating its 400th anniversary. As this video illustrates, library professionals celebrated as well,...

Posted August 19, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: Many Voices, Many Nations

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Author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie headlined the Many Voices, Many Nations program June 27 at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, following nine other speakers of Native American origin. This recap of the event showcases...

Posted July 28, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: Honoring Lois Ann Gregory-Wood

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On July 2, 2008, ALA Council adopted a resolution to recognize the 40 years of service of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood. Beginning in ALA’s distribution office October 11, 1968, Gregory-Wood went on to serve in a variety of positions...

Posted July 23, 2008 | Comments:  | Read More