The concept of World Book Night, April 23, 2012, is simple. Just sign up by February 1 as a volunteer to give away 20 copies of a popular book to new or reluctant readers in your community to...
On Friday night in the Exhibits Hall, the Stonecrest branch of the DeKalb County Public Library in Lithonia, Georgia, was named the winner of DEMCO’s Gaming Gear Package for ALA’s 2011...
For its 22nd customer appreciation breakfast on Sunday, Alexander Street Press invited as keynote speaker Lynn Novick, codirector and coproducer with Ken Burns of the Prohibition documentary series.
Today was a mellow day! My only LITA commitment was to attend the Assessment and Research Committee meeting in the afternoon. We had good discussion about a policy governing LITA data that we have...
Five librarians associated with the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement’s People’s Library offered their views on democracy, protest, and the difficulties of providing reader’s...
More than 100 Midwinter attendees met at Dallas’s Reverchon Park before dawn for the 5K Fun Run. Part of the Think Fit initiative, the Fun Run returns to the ALA lineup after a hiatus of...
Here’s a quick link to the 2012 ALA Midwinter Flickr slideshow (#alamwpic). Lots of great photos there already - and more coming. Don’t forget to add your own to the stream!
One of the major themes at this conference is community connections. This is being explicitly talked about in sessions, such as David Lankes’s presentations/discussion, and popped up in the...
Social issues and fiction were the overall themes of the Exhibits Round Table/Booklist Author Forum January 20 featuring authors Helen Schulman and Hillary Jordan and moderated by Booklist Adult...
Friday was a day of LITA activities. We had our first board meeting session, then the LITA 201 session, then LITA happy hour. I met a few new members at LITA 201 and answered their questions about...
