Hemingway's Key West house named literary landmark (The Hendersonville Times-News)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West has been designated a literary landmark. Officials gathered Sunday afternoon to... Real crash enlivens Nigerian mock rescue
A Nigerian plane taking part in a simulation exercise for disaster relief operations crashes in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.... Participants sought for ALA website accessibility/usability study to be conducted by 2010 Emerging Leaders group (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - Librarians are invited to participate in a usability study designed to determine the accessibility of the American Library Association... Explore the universe @ your librarya®: IMAX, Warner Bros. Pictures and the American Library Association team up to ... (American Library Association)
Everyone knows that a library card is a ticket to far-off lands. Now through a partnership with IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with... Creative Commons licenses on Flickr: many more images, slightly morea freedom
Slightly less than a year ago the count of CC-licensed images at Flickr surpassed 100 million. Over 35 million have been added since then. Now is a... Kettering Foundation Names ALA as Center for Public Life (American Library Association)
The American Library Association (ALA) and the Kettering Foundation have signed a research agreement to establish a Center for Public Life. The... Polls open March 16 for ALA election (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - The American Library Association is urging members to vote in the upcoming ALA election. Polls open March 16 for this year's election,... ALSC seeks host site for 2011 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Lois Lowry (American Library Association)
CHICAGO— Applications to host the 2011 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture are now available.... Scholarly Communication 101 Road Show hosts selected by ACRL (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - The Scholarly Communications Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has selected five sites from 40... School librarians to share School Library Monthactivities in AASL social media communities (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - During the month of April, school librarians are encouraged to participate in the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL)... ALSC announces 2010 Notable Children's Books (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2010 list... Amazon cuts off Colo. affiliates because of tax (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is cutting off affiliates that help it sell products in Colorado because of a new online sales tax law in the state.... New eCourse decodes the mysteries of digital licensing (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - ALA Editions , the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces its first eCourse " Digital Licensing Online ," by... Benjamin Franklin 'travels' to Glendale (YourWestValley.com)
The American Library Association Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Benjamin Franklin... Riverside County Library System Begins 'Print-on-Demand' Book Printing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Library Systems & Services , operator of the Riverside County Library System , has announced that an innovative new on-demand book printing program... "Ask the ALA Librarian" now a blog on American Libraries Web site (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - American Libraries , the flagship magazine of the American Library Association (ALA), is partnering on a new blog with the ALA Library to... Resource Description and Access (RDA) in Cataloger's Desktop (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - The Library of Congress and the Co-Publishers for RDA (Resource Description and Access) are announcing that Cataloger's Desktop... McCook to present 2010 Dr. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture (American Library Association)
CHICAGO - Kathleen de la Peña McCook, distinguished university professor at the University of South Florida, School of Library and Information... Madison selected for Margaret Mann Citation (American Library Association)
CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is announcing that Olivia Marie A. Madison, dean of the library,... Library, higher education groups call on FCC to adopt net neutrality principles (American Library Association)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eleven library and higher education-related institutions and organizations today sent a letter to Federal Communications...