August 2010

2010 BCALA National Conference: Kim Wayans and Kevin Knotts

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 21:07

Actors Kim Wayans and Kevin Knotts discuss the Amy Hodgepodge series of books they co-authored, the library’s role as sanctuary in their lives, and being part of (and marrying into) the famous Wayans family.

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2010 BCALA National Conference: Jos N. Holman

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 21:09
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BCALA President Jos N. Holman discusses the role of BCALA and ALA’s other ethnic caucuses, BCALA milestones, and the Spectrum Presidential Initiative, and he reveals the site of the next BCALA National Conference in 2013.

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2010 BCALA National Conference: Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 15:20

Ray Charles Robinson, Jr., son of legendary musician Ray Charles, speaks to American Libraries about the movie Ray, the classics of Shakespeare, August Wilson, and John Milton, and visiting the personal library of Alexander Pushkin.

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That Girl on Libraries

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 18:46

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.

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2010 BCALA National Conference: Roland Martin

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 18:48

CNN Correspondent Roland Martin talks to American Libraries about the importance of education, and how he encourages literacy at the barbershop.

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2010 BCALA National Conference: Bryant Terry

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 18:49

Cookbook author Bryant Terry talks to American Libraries about his book Vegan Soul Kitchen, soul food’s healthful roots, how libraries relate to his work, and how a librarian helped him become a vegetarian.

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2010 Access to Learning Award

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 09:56

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress, AL editor Leonard Kniffel talks to Ioannis Trohopoulos, director of the public library in Veria, Greece, which won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1 million Access to Learning Award “for its creative use of information and technology services to meet the economic, educational, and cultural needs of more than 180,000 people.”

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The Value of International Activity

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 09:58
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At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mexican Library Association President Jesus Lau talks about how his library has benefited from his international activities and how librarians can help international relations, and extends a special invitation to American librarians.

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IFLA President Ellen Tise

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:07

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, IFLA President Ellen Tise of South Africa shares what she’s learned from her first year as IFLA president, discusses what value international work offers to new librarians, and offers an invitation to next year’s IFLA World Congress in Puerto Rico.

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Haitian Librarians Describe Destruction

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:09

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Françoise Beaulieu-Thybulle, director of National Library of Haiti, and Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, program director for FOKAL, describe the damage caused by the January 12 earthquake that struck Haiti, as well as the work they have been doing to recover and how librarians around the world can help.

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