(Note: From the ALA Washington Office District Dispatch blog ) On March 30, President Obama signed the “fix healthcare bill” or Reconciliation Act of 2010 into law, which included $2 billion for the Community College and Career Training Grant Program — a new Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program that was […]
We’ve been excited to offer a number of new e-learning webcasts this spring. Up next: “Creating iGoogle Gadgets for your Library Users,” which will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Central. Learn how to populate basic, pre-programmed, ready-to-use gadgets with your library’s content. […]
Article Title: OSUL2013: Fostering organizational change through a grassroots planning process Author: Melanie Schlosser Accepted: March 29, 2010 Anticipated Publication Date: January 2011
ACRL announces the publication of The Anywhere Library: A Primer for the Mobile Web by Courtney Greene, Missy Roser, and Elizabeth Ruane of DePaul University. Mobile computing is rapidly becoming an important part of everyday life. With a user-centered, practical emphasis geared to the non-technical librarian, The Anywhere Library: A […]
Dana Longley is Manager of Library Services at Empire State College, SUNY in Saratoga Springs, NY. Dana has been an ACRL member since 2008 and is your ACRL member of the week. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Disobediently-innovative, videogamer, abuser-of-compound-words. 2. What are you reading right now (or listening […]
Two actions this week highlight library associations’ commitment to openness and balance amidst developing copyright enforcement efforts. In a letter sent March 22 to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk from technology companies and public interest organizations, including members of the Library Copyright Alliance — the Association of Research […]
Would you like to represent ALA on an International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) section standing committee? Now’s the time to act. The biennial appointment process to represent ALA on relevant IFLA standing committees is currently underway for terms running from August 2011 through 2015. The ACRL Board […]
Kate Kosturski is an MLS student at the Pratt Institute in New York City. Kate has been an ACRL member since 2007 and is your ACRL member of the week. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Opinionated, Advocate, Activist. 2. What are you reading right now (or listening to on […]
Watch videos of presentations from the ALA Midwinter SPARC-ACRL Forum on “The ebook transition: Collaborations and innovations behind open-access monographs” which took place Saturday, January 16, 2010 in Boston. Three ambitious initiatives to deliver free online access to scholarly monographs were featured at the latest installment of the SPARC-ACRL forum, […]
Article Title: Use of Web Resources in the Journal Literature 2001 and 2007: A Cross-Disciplinary Study Author: Li Zhang Accepted: March 18, 2010 Anticipated Publication Date: January 2011
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