Midwinter Meetings

American Libraries Editors George M. Eberhart and Sanhita SinhaRoy interview (back row, from left) Jaime Taylor, Zachary Loeb, Mandy Henk, (front row) Danny Norton, and Betsy Fagin about their experiences building Occupy Wall Street’s People’s Library.

American Libraries Associate Editor Pamela A. Goodes interviews Jamal Joseph, who delivered the Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture. Joseph details his personal odyssey, from joining the Black Panthers and doing time in federal prison, to becoming an author, playwright, and college professor. Among his works is Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention (Algonquin, 2011).

AASL President Carl Harvey discusses the petition before the Obama administration to to ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program by providing dedicated funding as part of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

2012 ALA Presidential Candidates Gina Millsap and Barbara Stripling respond to audience questions at the Presidential Candidates Forum at the 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. ALA members in good standing as of January 31 can vote beginning March 19.

World Book Night Executive Director Carl Lennertz talks about the initiative, which gives packages of books to “book givers” to take into their communities April 23 to share with light- and non-readers. World Book Night is seeking book givers, as well as libraries, to serve as drop points for the books. See more at worldbooknight.org.

Francey Harris of YALSA about the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products&publications/yalsapubs/jrlya/journal

ALA President Molly Raphael discusses the petition before the Obama administration to to ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program by providing dedicated funding as part of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Here are three short interviews with Emerging Leaders Jovanni Lota, John Jackson, and Yuan Li. They share their thoughts on their bright futures.

The ALA Video Round Table Notable Videos for Adults committee discusses the titles added to the list in 2011, as well as the criteria of what makes a video Notable.

An overview of the 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting, held in San Diego, California, January 7-11. Coverage includes interviews with attendees, the Unconference, the Buy India a Library project, the John Cotton Dana awards, the Washington Office update, the Youth Media Awards, the exhibit hall, and the Wrap-up, Rev-up closing event.