Annual Conferences

Members of ALA's 2011 class of Emerging Leaders discuss their projects, including video game collection development, promoting Preservation Week, a survey of Money Smart Week, a visual tool of ALA deadlines, Librarians Build Communities, and usability issues in library web sites.

ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan talks to American Libraries’ Pamela A. Goodes about her goals for her term, ALA election voter turnout, the ALA Future Perfect Report, diversity, and advocacy.

After his speech at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, Daniel Ellsberg spoke with Leonard Kniffel and other ALA staff and members about government transparency and the effect of the internet on civic engagement.

At the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., actor and creator of Free to Be… You and Me Marlo Thomas discusses how libraries and teachers made Free to Be successful, how a library card can instill pride in a child, and how to learn well.

A 4-minute overview of speakers and events at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference, including:
Mango Languages CEO Jason Teshuba.
Author Sharon Draper, one of the participants in ALA President Roberta Stevens’s “Our Authors, Our Advocates” initiative.
Author and Auditorium Speaker Series speaker Junot Diaz.
Spectrum Honorary Co-Chair Charles Ogletree.
StoryCorps Founder and Auditorium Speaker Series speaker Dave Isay.
Book Blogger and special guest Laura Rodgers.
Author and Auditorium Speaker Series speaker John Grisham.

Harvard Law Professor and Honorary Spectrum Presidential Initiative co-chair Charles Ogletree talks to American Libraries Associate Editor Pamela A. Goodes about the importance of diversity in libraries, the role of libraries in his life, and what he’d like to say to former students Barack and Michelle Obama.

Jason Griffey’s winning Battledecks presentation at ALA Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C.

John Crastka’s Battledecks presentation at ALA Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Buffy Hamilton’s Battledecks presentation at ALA Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Amy Harmon’s Battledecks presentation at ALA Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C.