May 10: Honorary member nominations open 

CHICAGO - Nominations are being accepted for ALA honorary membership, the Association’s highest honor, which is bestowed on living citizens of any country whose contributions to librarianship or a closely related field are so outstanding...

May 10: PLA now accepting applications for ConverStations at PLA 2012 Conference 
May 10: YALSA appoints Sandra Hughes-Hassell editor of the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults 
May 09: Diversity in action @ Annual Conference 

CHICAGO – The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) has selected presentations for the 2011 Diversity and Outreach Fair, to be held from 3 p.m. - 5 p .m. on Saturday, June 25 in the Special Events...

May 09: Rojeski named 2011 ACRL WESS Coutts Nijhoff International Grant winner 

CHICAGO – Mara Degnan Rojeski, social sciences liaison librarian at Dickinson College, has been selected to receive the 2011 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Western European Studies Section (WESS...

May 09: ALCTS President's Program features Paul Courant 
May 09: Nominating committee seeks candidates 

The ALA 2012 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2012 spring ballot for the offices of ALA president-elect and councilor-at-large.

The nominating committee will select two candidates to run for president-elect...

May 05: ALA announces winner of 2011 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Award 
May 05: Free webinar available on how to prepare a portfolio for the LSSC Program 

CHICAGO -At 2 p.m. CDT May 10, The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program will offer an hour-long webinar explaining what the LSSC Program requires in...

May 03: Brad Meltzer: Don't close the book on libraries 
May 03: Gail Guidry Griffin elected 2011-2012 ALTAFF vice president/president-elect 

PHILADELPHIA – Gail Guidry Griffin, Trustee at Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, La., has been elected 2011-2012 vice president/president-elect of the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a...

May 03: Talking points available for ALA Virtual Library Legislative Day 
May 03: New RUSA online course teaches basics of spatial literacy, GIS, online mapping 

CHICAGO — “Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online Mapping,” a new online course offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), is now open for registration and will be offered May 16-June 3.

May 03: ALTAFF awards 2011 Public Service Award to Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) 

PHILADELPHIA – The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will award the 2011 Public Service Award to Congressman Ra...

May 03: Eleanor Brown and Nevada Barr among the featured authors at ALTAFF’s Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, at ALA Annual Conference 

CHICAGO - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will host the Gala Author Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. CDT...