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Highlighting Boyds Mills Press Spring 2014 | Preview Peek
One of the little-known facts about the American Library Association’s (ALA) Midwinter Meeting is that several publishers take the opportunity to unveil their upcoming titles via librarian preview...
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Hyperion Books Spring 2014 | Preview Peek
The preview of spring titles from Disney Hyperion during the ALA Midwinter Meeting gave the books’ publicists and editors a chance to perform as they read and presented 10 titles in 60 minutes—and...
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AASL Board Shakes Up Its Bylaws with Amendments Vote
The AASL has a Bylaws vote starting March 19. At the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting this past January, the Board of Directors of the American Association of School Librarians...
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Call for 2015 YALSA Conference Programs
YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) is now accepting proposals for continuing education sessions to be presented at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, June 26-30, 2015. In...
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The Best of ALA and ISTE 2014
For many librarians, June brings dueling conferences: the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference takes place in Las Vegas from June 26 through July 1, while the International Society for...
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ALA Announces First Ever Winner of the Lemony Snicket Prize
Daniel Handler aka “Lemony Snicket” is an international best-seller and the author of a “Series of Unfortunate Events” and “All the Wrong Questions.” Photo by Josh Damon /Creative Commons...
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Evanced Solutions Offers Free Wandoo Reader Webinar for ALA Attendees
Right before ALA’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Evanced Solutions (ALA Booth #1103), a library software developer, will offer a sneak peek of Wandoo Reader—a gamified reading tracker— to ALA...
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For those attending the upcoming American Library Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference in Las Vegas this year (June 26 – July 1), the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is holding a Children’s...
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Sponsored: Griffin Teen @ ALA Annual—Viva Las Vegas
We’re ridiculously excited to see your happy little faces in the Macmillan (adult) booth #528 and at all of our great events at ALA Annual. NOTE: This content was sponsored and contributed by...
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Junior Library Guild To Roll Out New EBook Service For Libraries| ALA 2014
On June 26, at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Las Vegas (June 26–July 1), Junior Library Guild (JLG) will release a new ebook product, JLG ebooks, for libraries across the...
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Your Guide to Brand New & Upcoming Titles | ALA 2014 Galley Guide
Whether you’re heading to Vegas for ALA’s Annual Conference or simply curious about the hot, new titles coming out in Fall 2014, be sure to download our 2014 ALA Guide to ARCs & Signings,...
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Kid Lit Authors Share the Love During ALA Speed Dating Event | ALA Annual 2014
Author Jason Edwards (center) with two speed dating attendees. Ding! With the peal of a bell, 21 children’s and YA authors started to spread the love about their books, chatting eagerly to tables full...
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Scenes from the American Library Association Annual Meeting | ALA 2014
Scenes from the American Library Association Annual Meeting, from the Newbery-Caldecott Banquet and the Printz Award Ceremony to the Pura Belpré Awards Ceremony and the Ultimate Picture Book Sketch...
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Meg Medina, John Parra, and Others Honored at the Int’l Latino Book Awards |...
The winners of the 2014 International Latino Book Awards (ILBA) were unveiled June 28 in Las Vegas as part of American Library Association’s Annual Meeting at the Clark County-Las Vegas Library...
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ALSC President’s Program: Partnerships that Positively Impact Children,...
Left to right: Librarian Brandy Sanchez of Daniel Boone Region Library in Columbus, MO; author and advice columnist Amy Dickinson; Brooklyn Public Library early childhood coordinator Rachel Payne....
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Early Learning, Partnerships Top Trends at 2014 ALA Annual | ALA 2014
Parachute play in the Networking Uncommons at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference. Photo courtesy of Library Sparks In the same way that no one steps into the same river twice, no two conference-goers...
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Diversity Movement Gains Visibility at ALA Annual | ALA 2014
Photo by Wendy Stephens. If you ran into a youth services librarian at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Las Vegas (June 26-July1), odds were good that they were sporting a colorful...
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Scenes from the ‘Ultimate Picture Book Sketch-Off’ | ALA 2014
MC Jon Scieszka with Anna Dewdney, Judy Schachner, Loren Long, and Oliver Jeffers, contestants in the “Ultimate Picture Book Sketch-Off.” “The rules are: I get to make up the rules for this thing.” And...
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SLJTeen Does Las Vegas and Lives to Tell the Tale | ALA 2014 Highlights
When I told friends that I was going to Las Vegas for a library conference, they looked at me sideways and asked “Why?” Wasn’t it the end of June and bound to be ungodly hot? Do librarians like...
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Laughter, Tears, and Gratitude at ALA Youth Media Awards Ceremonies | ALA 2014
Newbery winner Kate DiCamillo at the Newbery-Caldecott banquet. Photo by Robin Brenner. I had the good fortune this year to attend two of youth literature’s top awards ceremonies while at the American...
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