Reposting the details as a reminder: Join the ALASC for a webinar on October 10, at 12pm PDT. Are you connected to the American Library Association? ALASC is hosting a webinar with the ALA’s New Members Round Table. During this webinar our guest speaker, Julia Frankosky, the New Member Services Director of the NMRT, will join us for a discussion…
Written by Joyce Peng, ALASC Social Media Manager. On social media, we promoted various ALA Banned Books Week events, such as the Rebel Reader Twitter Tournament and the Banned Books Virtual Readout! ALASC made and shared on social media promotional banners for the two events and we also used materials and images from the ALA media kit, provided to us…
The deadline for the IFLA Global Vision Voting  is September 30th! Don’t miss out on your chance to add your voice to the discussion! Here is your opportunity to do something important for the future of libraries and it doesn’t take much time. ALL VOICES COUNT! YOUR VOICE COUNTS! Learn more about the vote on the website!
Join the ALASC for a webinar on October 10, at 12pm PDT! Are you connected to the American Library Association? ALASC is hosting a webinar with the ALA’s New Members Round Table. During this webinar our guest speaker, Julia Frankosky, the New Member Services Director of the NMRT, will join us for a discussion about the benefits of ALA membership.…
I am pleased to report that on September 14, the full House of Representatives voted as part of a large spending package (H.R. 3354) not to make any cuts in federal funding for IMLS. This includes all funding for IMLS programs under the Library Services and Technology Act, and for the Department of Education’s Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program. Read the…