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Books: The Top 5 of the Top 5 Program Added to PLA Virtual Conference
Floundering at the desk when someone asks you for a book or author you haven’t read? Would you like a ‘go-to’ list for books/authors you may not be familiar with? During this PLA 2010 program, a panel of Readers’ Advisory experts will showcase five top genres (Women’s Fiction, Humor, Horror, SF/Fantasy, and Mystery) and what [...]
Bloggers Needed for PLA 2010
PLA is looking for lots of enthusiastic bloggers to fan out and cover all of the important details of the PLA 2010 conference. We’re planning to deliver detailed coverage of PLA 2010 programs, social events, exhibits, interviews, and maybe even a few podcasts. If you will be at the conference and want to blog sessions [...]
Leadership Fellows Scholarship – Approaching MARCH 1st and APRIL 1st Deadlines!
Don’t miss an opportunity to strengthen your leadership skills to benefit your career and library community! The PLA Leadership Fellows Program offers full tuition scholarships for four executive leadership training programs at prestigious universities in the United States. The program provides a unique learning opportunity for public library managers who want to broaden their perspectives, [...]
PLA Virtual Conference to Feature Interviews with Authors Mary Roach and Deborah Gwartney
Inside the Author’s Studio Back By Popular Demand Two author interviews are scheduled to take place live during the 2010 PLA Virtual Conference. The PLA Virtual Conference will take place on Thursday, March 25, and Friday, March 26, during the PLA 2010 National Conference in Portland, Oregon. Thursday’s Author Interview (11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. [...]
Be a Part of PLA’s Virtual Conference with Virtual Poster Sessions
Share Your Library’s Successes and Challenges PLA is seeking interested parties to submit virtual poster sessions as part of the upcoming PLA Virtual Conference. The topic of your poster session can be your choosing, but must be related to public librarianship. Virtual posters can be submitted as Web pages, PowerPoint presentations, or other formats which [...]
Get Published!
“Library Leadership Initiatives” is the next topic for the Perspectives Column in Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association. Many state library agencies and state library associations have established leadership initiatives to recruit, nurture, and mentor new librarians. If you have been part of such an initiative, we’d like to hear from you! [...]
A Question for the ALA Presidential Candidates
If you could ask the ALA Presidential Candidates one question, what would it be? Let us know – we’ll pick one to send on and will share their responses on the PLA Blog. Questions by February 12, please.
ALA Seeks Applications for “The American Dream Starts @ Your Library” Mini-grants
In January 2010, the American Library Association (ALA) received a two-year grant of $750,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for “The American Dream Starts @ your library.” This funding makes it possible for ALA to fund 70 public libraries in Dollar General communities to develop literacy programs for adult English language learners. To be [...]
