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Free Frontline Advocacy Workshop 6/21

Camila Alire, ALA President, will present a FREE workshop on Frontline Advocacy, June 21st at The University of Richmond. Librarians in all types of libraries are invited. [...]

Choose Privacy Week

Are your library’s users concerned about their privacy online?  Would you know how to answer their questions?

 ”The first ever Choose Privacy Week, May 2 – 8, is a new initiative sponsored by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in [...]

LAD Video Contest

The American Library Association is holding a video contest. The first-place winner will receive $175, and the runner-up will receive $75.  To enter, create a video, upload it to Vimeo, tag it “library advocacy day,” and send your full name, phone number, city, state & the url of your work to jroberts@alawash.org with the subject [...]

VLACRL Call for Proposals

The Virginia chapter of ACRL (VLACRL) invites you to submit proposals for presentations at its second annual conference. This year’s theme is “Bringing the Big Picture to Your Campus.” The conference will be held as part of the Virginia Library Association 2010 Annual Conference, October 21-22, 2010 in Portsmouth,VA.

Want to add a peer-reviewed presentation [...]

Seeking Submissions about Challenged Materials

We are compiling a book for ALA Publications with the working title True Stories of Censorship Battles in American Libraries. We are looking for stories from librarians and/or about librarians who have experienced a challenge to material in their library. The story does not have to be a “first person” experience. The call for essays and [...]

ALA 2010 Midwinter Conference

ALA 2010 Midwinter Conference Place: Boston MA Dates: January 15-20, 2010

ALA Washington Office Webinar: Libraries, Advocacy and Social Media

Believe it or not, Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and other Web 2.0 applications are becoming more and more effective tools for library advocacy efforts. Join Dr. Curtis Rogers (South Carolina State Library), Kristin Murphy (ALA Washington Office) and Stephanie Vance (Advocacy Guru), for this session [...]

Banned Books Week publicity tips

CHICAGO – The American Library Association’s (ALA) Public Information Office (PIO) is gearing up to work with the Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) on the 28th annual Banned Books Week, held Sept. 26 – Oct. 3.

ALA mourns the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy

The American Library Association mourns the loss of the great legislator, Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy was a strong proponent of libraries and worked tirelessly with our nation’s librarians to make sure everyone in this country could get access to quality library services, no matter [...]

ALA Library Advocacy Day 2010

ALA Library Advocacy Day 2010 will be held during ALA’s Annual Conference on June 28, 2010 in Washington DC. For more information please check the ALA Library Advocacy Day site.