American Libraries Online
American Libraries Direct is celebrating its fifth birthday with this issue. The e-newsletter was launched on January 11, 2006, just prior to the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. It was a modest affair, but since then it has grown to become an essential news resource for ALA members and nonmembers alike. We are looking forward to the next five years!
AL: Inside Scoop, Mar. 4; Pioneer Library System, Mar. 1; YouTube, Mar. 2
Leonard Kniffel writes: "What better way to make sure a you're asked the right questions in your exit interview than to conduct it yourself? So after 22 years on the American Libraries staff, 15 of them at the helm, here comes mine: Why are you leaving AL? I'm listening to a little voice inside that says it's time to move on. And then what? Concentrate on public awareness and the atyourlibrary.org website and forge alliances and partnerships with foundations and related organizations that will help ALA's advocacy and outreach directly to the public."...
American Libraries column, Dec. 30
Q. I'm a part-time school librarian, in a rural area. The local PTO would like to help me gain more funding for our school library. Do you have any ideas or resources I can share with them? A. Real success in gaining more funding will require working on several fronts at once. First, engage in advocacy for the school library itself. Second, work with the parents so that they understand the library's collection needs. Finally, engage in creative fundraising (right)....
AL: Ask the ALA Librarian, Jan. 5
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Nicolle, Malachai. Axe Cop. Illustrated by Ethan Nicolle. Jan. 2011. 144p. Dark Horse, paperback (978-1-59582-681-7).
An experiment born of utter lunacy be....
Jesse Karp writes: “As graphic novels carry out their manifest destiny, swallowing up the real estate of library shelves and, more slowly, classroom curricula, the final fro....
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