Archives for: January 2009
01/27/09
Annual Conference 2009 Poster Session Deadline
12:11:51 pm, Categories: General, From a Member, 200 wordsFrom Jody Condit Fagan, Chair, ALA Poster Session Committee and Candace Benefiel, Review Panel Chair:
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Dear colleagues,
We want you to show the national and international library community your best ideas!
Proposals for poster sessions to be presented at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference are now being accepted. The deadline for submitting an application is January 31, 2009. An application form is available on the poster session website for both US and international submissions.
Web form: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/form.asp
The 2009 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, July 11, 12, and 13, 2009 at McCormick Place West (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of the conference).
Please contact Candace Benefiel, Chair of the ALA Poster Session Review Panel, with any questions concerning the review process. Her email address is cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu; if you need to call, her number is (979) 862-1044.
The deadline for submitting an application is January 31, 2009. Applicants will be notified by March 31, 2009 whether their submission has been accepted for presentation at the conference.
Jody Condit Fagan, Chair, ALA Poster Session Committee and Candace Benefiel, Review Panel Chair
faganjc@jmu.edu, (540) 568-4265
cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu, (979) 862-1044
Website: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/
01/09/09
ALA President Jim Rettig & Past President Carla Hayden on The Diane Rehm Show
03:08:57 pm, Categories: General, 124 wordsThe Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times
Libraries today have become multimedia centers, offering not only books but DVDs, e-books and Internet access. They can also be an especially important community resource during times of economic hardship. A look at the future of libraries in a slowing economy.
Click here to download a transcript or listen to the broadcast.
Guests
Carla Hayden, executive director, Enoch Pratt Free Library and past president of the American Library Association
Jim Rettig, President of the American Library Association. He is also the University Librarian at the Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond, Virginia.
Ginnie Cooper, Chief Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library. She is the Former Executive Director of the Brooklyn Public Library.