May 31: "Improving Your Odds: Great Job Hunting Strategies to Land the Job You Really Want" 
May 31: Tayari Jones among the featured authors at ALTAFF’s "Celebrating Southern Writers" event at ALA Annual Conference 

PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will host “Celebrating Southern Writers” from 1:30 to 3...

May 31: Learn "How to Be Successful When Searching for Academic Library Positions" 

CHICAGO - If you are an academic librarian in search of either your first or another academic library position, you will want to attend the ALA JobLIST Placement Center's session entitled "How to Be Successful When Searching for...

May 31: New from ACRL: Embedded Librarians: Moving Beyond One-Shot Instruction 
May 31: An updated guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards 
May 27: Abigail McDermott receives LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award 

CHICAGO – Abigail McDermott, currently enrolled in the University of Maryland College of Information Studies, has been named the winner of the 2011 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award, sponsored by Ex Libris Group and the Library and...

May 27: A complete handbook of interlibrary loan practices 
May 25: Christopher M. Finan receives 2011 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award 

CHICAGO – Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), longtime member of the Media Coalition and member and chair of the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship, is the...

May 25: Winners in ALA President Roberta Stevens’ Why I Need My Library teen video contest announced 

CHICAGO–Of the 157 videos entered into the Why I Need My Library teen video contest, it was two original music videos that rose to the top, netting $3,000 in prize money from ALA for their creators’ libraries.

May 25: New Jersey State Library shares its new initiative for job seekers with libraries nationwide 

Access promotional tools through the Campaign for America’s Libraries website

May 24: Advocacy Institute at Annual to focus on boomers, staff and students as vocal library supporters 

CHICAGO – Space is still available for the “Boomers, Staff & Students — Engaging the Many Voices of Advocacy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop” during ALA’s 2011 Annual Conference in New...

May 24: Every Child Ready to Read® launches new website 
May 24: ALA organizational and corporate members now have access to ALA-APA Library Salary Database 

CHICAGO - ALA organizational and corporate members now have instant access to the most comprehensive and accurate source for library employee salary information from trusted sources — the American Library Association Office for Research...

May 24: Tahlequah Public Library designated a Literary Landmark by ALTAFF, in honor of Wilson Rawls 

PHILADELPHIA –  The Tahlequah (Okla.) Public Library was  designated a Literary Landmark in honor of Wilson Rawls by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American...

May 24: Freedom to Read Foundation announces 2011 board of trustees election winners