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LAUSD Doubts that Seasoned Teacher-Librarians Can Teach

“There’s no better use of limited funds than paying attorneys to harass educators who’ve devoted their lives to helping our children,” Bennett Tramer of Santa Monica, California, said in a letter...

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This Just In: ALA Decries Hachette’s 104% Library Ebook Price Increase...

November / December 2012Responding in no uncertain terms to reports that the Hachette Book Group will hike the price of backlist ebooks to the library market by 104% starting October 1, ALA President...

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An Open Letter to America’s Publishers

The following open letter was released by ALA President Maureen Sullivan regarding the refusal of Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin to provide access to their ebooks in US libraries:read more

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An Interview with Caroline Kennedy

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Register for the June 6 Virtual Membership Meeting (VMM13)

For Immediate Release May 10, 2013Contact: Ron Jankowski<p><span>CHICAGO - ALA President Maureen Sullivan, Executive Director Keith Michael&nbsp;</span>Fiels<span>, and the...

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Register for June 6 Virtual Membership Meeting (VMM13)

  June 6 - ALA Virtual Membership Meeting 2013CHICAGO - ALA President Maureen Sullivan, Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels, and the Committee on Membership Meetings (COMM) invite all ALA personal...

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Ten libraries selected to receive advocacy training as part of Neal-Schuman...

PHILADELPHIA - United for Libraries has selected 10 libraries to receive expert advocacy training in cycle one of the Citizens-Save-Libraries program, funded by the Neal-Schuman Foundation.read more

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Defining “Transformation”

May 2013 Keith Michael Fiels The very nature of what we do and how we do it is undergoing fundamental changesLibraries of all types are currently undergoing changes that most agree are transformative...

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A Year in the Life of Librotraficante

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Colorado Association of Libraries wins ALA President’s Award for Advocacy,...

PHILADELPHIA - The Colorado Association of Libraries is the recipient of the 2013 ALA President’s Award for Advocacy, sponsored by United for Libraries.read more

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See ALA at BEA

By Alan S. Inouye Going to Book Expo America, May 29–June 1 in New York? If so, come join ALA President Maureen Sullivan at two events:read more

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Steve Jobs, in the E-Library, with the Dollar Sign?

By Christopher Harris A recently released email from Steve Jobs to James Murdoch of News Corporation, which owns HarperCollins, shows just how involved the late Apple executive was in developing the...

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Random House Library Sampler

This summer, Random House is reaching out to libraries with an ebook preview sampler that offers chapters from nine books by new authors. This is wonderful recognition of the vital role that libraries...

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Libraries as Content Creators

May 2013 David Lee King and Michael Porter Offer new tools to engage with and serve your customersContent creation may seem like a novel function for libraries, but it’s nothing new. If you think back...

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DCWG Big Six Matrix for Ebook License Comparisons

By Rob Maier The Digital Content and Libraries Working Group continues to explore issues related to the Big Six publishers and library purchasing, licensing, and lending of their ebooks. Even for...

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