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ALA Goes to New York, Things Don’t Get Violent

Posted: Feb. 3, 2012.

This week, ALA leadership met with senior management from Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus publishing houses to discuss ebooks and libraries.

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Ebook Talks: First Report

Posted: Feb. 2, 2012.

A first take on the talks held between ALA leaders and New York publishing houses

Digital Content and Libraries Working Group Cochair Robert Wolven, ALA President

Here’s a first take on the talks held this week between American Library Association leaders and the senior management of several New York–based publishers:

Dear Colleagues:

Here is a brief report on our meeting with publishers in New York on January 30–February 1. Others participating in these talks besides myself were:

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Voguing in Dallas

Posted: Feb. 2, 2012.

ProQuest is offering a free trial period to its full Vogue Archive through February 16.

Spread from a 23-page “Alice in Wonderland” photo shoot in the December 2003 Vo

Vogue Director of Photography Ivan Shaw. Photo by George Eberhart

Update (Feb. 2, 2012): ProQuest is offering a free trial period to its full Vogue Archive (1892–2012) from February 2 through February 16. Sign up here.

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40 Student Chapter Members Chosen to Participate in 2012 Student to Staff Program

Posted: Jan. 31, 2012.

Three students outside on a campus, sharing a book

Forty ALA Student Chapter members were nominated by their schools and were accepted to assist ALA staff during the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim.

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Congratulations, Libraryland! School library boosters hit the 25,000-signature threshold this morning on the White House petition urging that every child in America have access to an effective school library program. (To be exact, there were 25,594 signatures as of 1:49 p.m.

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New Members Round Table President Linda Crook’s Midwinter

Posted: Jan. 31, 2012.

New Members Round Table President Linda Crook talks about her Midwinter, including attending and reading at the Martin Luther King Jr. Sunrise Celebration.

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Sarah Dahlen Talks a little about Reforma and the Stonewall Book Awards

Posted: Jan. 31, 2012.

At the Newbie and Veteran Librarian Tweet-up, Sarah Dahlen talks about her Midwinter work, including sessions with Reforma and the Stonewall Book Awards.

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Erica Findley discusses Emerging Leaders and Librarian Wardrobe

Posted: Jan. 27, 2012.

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Just Over 6,000 More Signatures Needed on White House School Petition

Posted: Jan. 27, 2012.

The email below was sent January 27 to all ALA members with email addresses. The goal is a mere 6,344 signatures away from reaching the 25,000 goal: the magic number that allows the petition to reach the desk of President Obama.

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The beginning of a LITA Interest Group: Code Year Interest Group

Posted: Jan. 27, 2012.

In this video, Members Andromeda Yelton and Shana McDanold talk about how the Code Year discussion progressed and about the Interest Group they are forming through LITA - they were able to collect all of the signatures needed that afternoon.