Conferences & Events Calendar | ALA
3 days ago · The American Library Association, its 8 divisions, 21 round tables, and offices host many conferences, meetings, forums, institutes, and other events. Use the filters to explore our many available options. Toggle between list and month views using the buttons below.
Carroll Preston Baber Award Research Grant Jury | ALA
6 days ago · The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant is given annually to one or more librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to an improvement in services to any specified group(s) of people. The project should aim to answer a question that is of vital importance to the library community and the researchers should plan to …
Social Worker Task Force | Public Library Association
5 days ago · To develop and recommend a strategic and coordinated approach for PLA related to how public libraries address the social service needs of customers. The task force will identify best practices and will consider resources to be developed that will allow PLA to offer guidance and technical support to libraries. Task force activities include but are not limited to: …
Reviews Committee | Rainbow Roundtable - American Library …
6 days ago · The Reviews Committee creates book and media reviews for publication in for the round table's Rainbow Round Table Reviews blog. Reviews are managed by members of the committee. The reviews cover all genres of LGBTQIA-themed fiction and nonfiction material for children, young adults, and adults. A variety formats are considered: books, films, comics, …
ALA/SAA/AAM Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums …
5 days ago · CALM History. Established by the ALA Executive Board in 1970 as a special committee and extended by the Board in 1972 for another two years. Upon recommendation of the Committee on Organization, the ALA Council, at its July, 1974, meeting, established the committee as a Standing Joint Committee.
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee | ALA
6 days ago · MARBI consists of nine voting members and three interns. MARBI deliberations also include members of the MARC Advisory Committee, which includes ex-officio representatives of national libraries and bibliographic utilities, and several dozen non-voting liaisons from ALA units and from non-ALA organizations with an interest in issues of library automation standards.
Center for the Future of Libraries Advisory Group
6 days ago · 225 N Michigan Ave., Ste 1300. Chicago, IL 60601. 1.800.545.2433
Cataloging & Classification Committee | ALA
4 days ago · The Chair and as many members as necessary to complete the work of the Committee. The Chair or his/her designee shall represent MAGIRT at the Anglo-American Cataloging Committee for Cartographic Materials (AACCCM), the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services, Cataloging and Classification Section, Cataloging …