Hard to believe the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting is upon us!! For those joining us in Seattle, please see highlights below: Don’t miss a conversation with Melinda Gates and Nancy Pearl, Author and Former Executive Director of the Washington…
All ALA Midwinter Meeting attendees are invited to this free event to celebrate the year’s best in adult reading and reference at RUSA’s Book and Media Awards Ceremony. The event will take place Sunday, January 27, 5-7…
Join the RUSA Financial Literacy Interest Group during the ALA Midwinter Meeting on Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 1:00pm. The discussion will focus on financial literacy-related collection development and tie in with the following article if you’d like…
Have a research project you’d like to pursue but you need some financial support to make it happen? Applications are currently being accepted for the BRASS Research Grant Award sponsored by Emerald Publishing. For more information about the award…
RUSA is pleased to announce that Leslie Purdie has been selected as our 2019 Emerging Leader! Leslie is Librarian at Folsom State Prison. ALA’s Emerging Leader Program is designed to enable library staff and information workers to participate in…
Don’t wait!! Take advantage of “early advance” registration rates for the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits before they increase on December 5, 2018. Get ready now to expand your network, build your knowledge, and improve your profession!! As…
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year’s best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published…
From the Editor: Connecting People to What They Need to Know The title of this column comes from Dr. Carla Hayden’s interview at the RUSA President’s Program at ALA Annual 2018. In the words of the Librarian of…
ALA’s Public Programs Office is pleased to continue our relationship with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, and are now in the planning and development stages of creating a new traveling exhibition on financial literacy themes for kids aged 7…