The American Library Association's public website for its Campaign for America's Libraries, atyourlibrary, contains great information for teens and families. ... If you think that librarians don't have a sense of humor, you will be surprised. Check out Conan The Librarian below: Good luck on the American Library Association contest. Maybe you will be the one to win the iPod Nano.

... alive, there’s been a lot of gaming news these past few days. Continuing the trend: this Saturday, November 14, is to be hereby referred to as National Gaming Day. Thus decided the American Library Association. The day has been created in order to promote the idea that video games can be used to sharpen one’s reading ...

... as banning books. During the last week of September every year, the American Library Association holds what it calls "Banned Book Week." The purpose of this week, the ALA says, ... heights parents would not be out of line to ask that they be moved from the middle school library; but most of these books are not, frankly, works of much merit at all. They are the fiction equivalent ...

Gaming certainly gets enough bad press these days. It seems like there’s hardly a week that goes by when a politician isn’t crying out for banning violent video games entirely, or some parental group isn’t blaming them for all of society’s ills. These complaints aren’t likely to go anywhere: they are the exact same complaints

Congrats to ResourceShelf friend and colleague, Jenny Levine, on the big time (understatement) success of National Gaming Day, 2009. On Tuesday, final numbers for the event were released. Some specific numbers: + Number of libraries registered to participate: 1,365 + Number of libraries that submitted # of players for NGD activities: 549 + Total number of players for NGD ...

... this webinar, you will: Understand the difference between passive and active library experiences, and how to make each work in your favor; Know what makes an ... , vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator and user of library services, with a special emphasis on innovation, technology ... Executive Director of the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. From 1990 to 1993, ...

... Graphic Novelists series (YouTube) Sandbox Asian-American Graphic Novelist Turns Life into Comics (America ... Lark Pien, Harvey Awards 2007 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults Top Ten ... the Year: Graphic Novels 2006 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year 2006 Read More ... the CMIS Resource Bank Enticing Teenagers into the Library (Clare Snowball’s PhD research project ...

... School Teacher Librarian Tom Kahn alerted me to a library iPhone application by Boopsie Inc. The example showcased here is the Santa Clara County Library. This company was also a sponsor, presenter, and mobile provider at the October 14, 2009 LITA ... Information and Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association. They are eager for libraries to become "mobilized& ...

... to provide higher bandwidth, the foundation said. In May, the American Library Association published a study reporting that 60 ... Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "Federal, ... broadband access at home. In many communities, the public library is the only provider of free Internet access available to residents, ...

... , Steven Carl. Moving Your Library: Getting the Collection from Here to There. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010. 025.1 ... , spreadsheets, and photos. Readers will learn how to plan a library move, which method is best for a particular situation, how to recruit and train workers ... shelving layouts and growth rates. "Moving Your Library" is the complete kit for any librarian facing ...