International

Blog entry: Foreign Credentials

Q. I was recently asked by a visitor from Germany about coming to work in a library in the U.S.  She wanted to know if her degree in library science would be acceptable here.  I didn't know what to tell him. Do you have a...

Posted February 26, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Blog entry: Libraries Continue to Pitch in for Haiti

Deltona Haiti Relief Concert logo

Library workers and educators are keeping their sleeves rolled up as they continue contributing to the...

Posted January 26, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Blog entry: Alan Lomax's Haitian music collection

Alan Lomax in Haiti box set

In 1937, American music archivist and historian Alan Lomax traveled to Haiti to capture that country’s music. He ended up recording more than 50 hours of music for the Library of Congress. These recordings were released in November on a...

Posted January 26, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Blog entry: Books, Volunteers Needed for Ethiopia Reads

Yohannes Gebregeorgis and ALA President Camila Alire

Librarians are the best human beings that I have known,” said Yohannes Gebregeorgis, who became one himself just to prove his point. Using the experience he gained at the...

Posted January 19, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

News Story: Library Community Rallies to Aid Earthquake-Stricken Haiti

In the days following the devastating 7.0 earthquake that all but toppled Haiti’s capital city and other population centers, news is slowly becoming available about how Haitian libraries and their staff members fared. The library...

Posted January 19, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Photo: ALA and MCAA donate $27,084 for relief to Haiti

L-R: Keith Michael Fiels, Camila Alire, Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, James Rooney

Left to right: ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels; ALA President Camila Alire; Linda Dorcena Forry (D-12th Suffolk), the second Haitian-American to be elected to...

Posted January 18, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Blog entry: Haiti Relief Fund

As has been reported, ALA and the Massachussets Convention Center Authority, which operates the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center where Midwinter is being held, have established the...

Posted January 17, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Departments: Mohammad Abbas

Iraq’s parliamentary librarian talks about the new Library Department and the struggle for stability during a time of war and national turmoil.

American Libraries Editor in Chief Leonard Kniffel interviewed Mohammad Abbas, head of the new Library Department of the Iraqi Coucil of Representatives (ICOR, the nation’s parliament in...

Posted December 31, 2009 | Comments:  | Read More