April 2012

Apr. 17: Hostile Questions engage writers in new Booklist Online interview series
Apr. 17: Jay L. Verkler wins RUSA award for contributions to genealogical reference
Apr. 17: Hundreds of libraries will participate in 'Money Smart Week @ your library,' April 21-28
Apr. 16: New Brad Meltzer promotion on atyourlibrary.org
Apr. 16: AASL president comments on White House response to school library petition
Apr. 13: Register now for prison library tour hosted by ASCLA at ALA Annual Conference
Apr. 13: Storytime activities for holidays from Arbor Day to Yom Kippur
Apr. 13: Registration open for library consultants offering free sessions at ALA Annual Conference
Apr. 12: YALSA announces 2012 Teens’ Top Ten nominations
Apr. 11: The joint-use college/public library
Apr. 10: Author Brad Meltzer lends pen to advocate for school library funding
Apr. 10: Mays and Kahn win AASL Information Technology Pathfinder Award
Apr. 10: Get ready for Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7
Apr. 10: LLAMA awards competitions see huge increase in number of entries
Apr. 10: Brad Meltzer PSA appears in TIME magazine
Apr. 10: ALTAFF to present ‘The Journey of a Book – From Writer to Reader’ at Book Expo America
Apr. 10: AASL Frances Henne Award goes to Alisa Auchmoedy-Finck
Apr. 10: The Caldecott Medal 75th anniversary
Apr. 10: Mat McRae receives AASL Distinguished School Administrators Award
Apr. 10: PLA to offer three preconferences for public library staff at ALA Annual Conference
Apr. 10: Get your library in strategic shape at PLA Results Boot Camp with June Garcia and Sandra Nelson
Apr. 10: Free webinar: How to prepare a portfolio for the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program
Apr. 10: Carla J. Stoffle wins Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Apr. 10: ALA, Fetzer Institute join with Public Insight Network to expand Building Common Ground initiative
Apr. 10: Get back to basics with the PLA 'E-Books 101' webinar
Apr. 10: Jeanne Drewes receives the 2012 Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
Apr. 10: ALTAFF launches webcast series 'Baby Boomer Volunteers for Libraries and Friends'
Apr. 10: Literacy for all! New OLOS outreach toolkit addresses library services to adult new and non-readers
Apr. 10: NPR Library wins the ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award
Apr. 10: Librarian swims again to support Spectrum in memory of Ann Bianchini