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Benchmarks Progress Report from Midwinter Meeting
Contributed by Mary Hirsh, Project Manager, Public Library Association For the past year, PLA has participated in a roundtable tasked with developing a system of public access technology benchmarks. Called Edge, this program is a set of benchmarks libraries can use to assess their public access technology and related support materials and advocacy tools. We [...]
Reminder – Join us Tomorrow for Every Child Ready to Read Chat
Facebook Forum – Early Literacy and Every Child Ready to Read Visit the Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) Facebook Page on Wednesday, January 18 at 1:00 p.m.(Central Time) for a Facebook Forum with Saroj Ghoting. Saroj is an early childhood literacy consultant and also has presented ECRR trainings. Be sure to join us for [...]
2 Opportunities to Win a Trip to PLA 2012
Win a Trip to PLA 2012! Create a 60 second video telling us about your library and what you would hope to get out of attending PLA 2012 and send it to us. One winner will receive a free registration, four nights hotel, and up to $500 reimbursement for travel to and from the conference. [...]
National Center for Family Literacy Library Grants
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)— $10,000 grants for libraries now available Do you have a great library literacy program that serves families or an innovative plan to start one? NCFL invites libraries nationwide to apply for the 2012 Libraries and Families Award, made possible by Better World Books. Three U.S.-based library literacy programs [...]
Blog at ALA Midwinter Meeting
PLA is looking for volunteers writers to fan out and cover all aspects of the upcoming ALA Midwinter meeting for the readers of the PLA Blog. Our bloggers cover programming, exhibits, social events, author events, anything related to the conference and public librarianship, and then share it on the PLA Blog. This is a great [...]
An eBook is not a Book
I’d like to explain why I don’t think eReader lending (Nook, Kindle, Sony, any reader at all) is a good plan for public libraries. It’s not that lending eReaders is a *bad* thing at all: if someone gifts your library a garbage bag full of Nooks, what the heck, please use them! Instead I’d argue [...]
Facebook Forum – Early Literacy and Every Child Ready to Read
Save the Date! Visit the Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) Facebook Page on Wednesday, January 18 at 1:00 p.m.(Central Time) for a Facebook Forum with Saroj Ghoting. Saroj is an early childhood literacy consultant and also has presented ECRR trainings. Be sure to join us for this informative hour-long conversation about the Every Child [...]
Last days to save up to 50 percent on PLA training kits
Four digital training kits from the Public Library Association (PLA) are on sale until Dec. 31. Each kit is 40 percent off (or 50 percent off when combined with an ALA member discount). PLA training kits, authored by Sandra Nelson, tackle topics like stress management, time management, customer service and library advocacy. Designed to guide [...]
PLA Facebook Forum – Join our E-Devices Chat
When: Friday, December 16 · 1:00pm – 2:00pm (Central Time) Where: PLA’s Facebook Page You know they’re coming. Patrons and their brand new, fresh-from-the-gift-wrap e-readers. And they’re going to look to you for answers. Be ready for the challenge by attending the next PLA Facebook Forum. For one hour, PLA will chat with Lynnette Hopwood, [...]
Save up to 50 percent on PLA training kits this December
Four digital training kits from the Public Library Association (PLA) are on sale until Dec. 31. Each kit is 40 percent off (or 50 percent off when combined with an ALA member discount). PLA training kits, authored by Sandra Nelson, tackle topics like stress management, time management, customer service and library advocacy. Designed to guide [...]
