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Rowana Miller writes: “In my experience, many young library-goers identify as storytellers but not writers. These are the kids who draw Captain-Underpants-style cartoons, who craft meticulous Minecraft universes, and who plot elaborate Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, but who believe that ‘writing’ is limited to five-paragraph essays. But …
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Libraries Transforming Communities, One Year Later By Alison Marcotte. During the first round of funding, 240 small and rural libraries, located within towns with populations of under 25,000 people, received awards of $10,000 or $20,000 to improve the accessibility of their facilities, services, and programs.
ALA Releases State of America’s Libraries 2024 Report
On April 8, the American Library Association (ALA) released its State of America’s Libraries 2024 report, an annual summary of library trends. The report is published during National Library Week, this year being held April 7–13.. Censorship attempts took center stage again in the 2024 report. The number of unique titles targeted for censorship …
2023 Library Systems Report - American Libraries Magazine
2023年5月1日 · About the report. The 2023 Library Systems Report documents ongoing investments of libraries in strategic technology products in 2022. It covers for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer strategic resource management products—especially integrated library systems and library services platforms—and comprehensive discovery products.
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ALA announced on November 11 the candidates running for ALA offices. Lindsay Cronk, dean of libraries at Tulane University in New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, assistant professor of school librarianship at Illinois State University in Normal; and Maria McCauley, director of libraries at Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library are candidates for the ALA presidency for the 2026–2027 term.
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American Libraries, the voice of the profession and the flagship magazine of the American Library Association, is published 6 times yearly in print, plus a digital-only July/August issue and occasional digital supplements, by the American Library Association.ISSN 0002-9769. Printed in the USA. Subscription price is included in ALA dues. The magazine is sent to some 50,000 individuals and ...
2021 Library Design Showcase - American Libraries Magazine
2021年9月1日 · Welcome to the 2021 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. That this year’s slate features building projects completed during the pandemic makes them even more noteworthy.
2022 Library Design Showcase - American Libraries Magazine
2022年9月1日 · Fulton County (Ga.) Library System’s Central Library in Atlanta Photo: Jonathan Hillyer. Welcome to the 2022 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in inventive, interesting, and effective ways.This year’s slate—similar to last year’s—features building projects completed during the ongoing pandemic.
2020 Library Systems Report - American Libraries Magazine
2020年5月1日 · Technology for public library automation has been mired in stagnation. It takes a substantial level of development to both maintain existing products and build next-generation technologies for the emerging realities of a given library sector. Will Ex Libris opt to invent a new platform for public libraries, as it did for academics? How it responds may … Continue reading 2020 Library Systems ...