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PIO News Release: IRRT supports Emerging Leader Valeria Gallo-Stampino

CHICAGO - IRRT is delighted to announce that Valeria Gallo-Stampino has been selected as the 2012 IRRT candidate in...

Posted January 17, 2012 | Comments: | Read More

AL Video: Top 10 Library Stories of 2011

American Libraries presents its list of the top 10 library news stories of 2011, covering digitization, privacy, copyright, advocacy, and much more.

Posted January 13, 2012 | Comments: | Read More

Feature: Top 10 Library Stories of 2011

Facing natural disasters, technology issues, and privatization concerns, librarians responded with advocacy and innovation

These are the top library stories of 2011, as selected by American Libraries editors. Share your top 10 in the comments.

1. Ebook Escapades
HarperCollins imposed an arbitrary 26 loans per ebook...

Posted January 12, 2012 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: Guadalajara’s Intellectual Freedom “Buzz”

By Barbara Jones

I was honored to be an invited speaker at the three-day library conference within a conference, “Information in the Building of Society and Citizenship,” which was held November 28–30 during the 2011 Guadalajara Book...

Posted December 20, 2011 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: China Impressed with ALA Conference Model

Participants in the 2011 Library Society of China conference in Guiyang.

By Hwa-wei Lee

A delegation of 10 library leaders from China, including the directors of several provincial libraries, a library educator, and a university library director, traveled to the United States in the summer of 2011 to observe the operations...

Posted December 16, 2011 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: UNESCO Commission Ponders Palestine

The US National Commission for UNESCO meets in Washington, D.C., November 28,

By Barbara J. Ford

On November 28, 85 members of the US National Commission for UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural...

Posted December 16, 2011 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: ALA Members Get Their 15th FIL in Guadalajara

FIL: Miguel Garcia Colon and Arlett Ferreyo at ALA booth. Photo by Molly Raphael

By Michael Dowling

“For those who are worried about the future of print books, I encourage you to go to the Guadalajara Book Fair!” recommends ALA President Molly Raphael, who attended...

Posted December 6, 2011 | Comments: | Read More