New Website for Library Services for Youth in Custody
Submitted by Camden Tadhg, Acquisitions & Youth Institutions Consultant, Institutional Library Development, Colorado State Library Do you serve youth in detention and correctional facilities? Are you interested in working with this highly-disenfranchised and incredibly rewarding population? Then check out the newly launched website of Library Services for Youth in Custody at www.youthlibraries.org ! All across...
American Foundation for the Blind New Website
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), the national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss, has launched a redesign of its main website, www.afb.org. The new site offers a more interactive, engaging experience, making it easier for visitors to locate information on the topics that interest them. Like the former AFB website,...
Volunteers Wanted
The new ASCLA is so many good things: fun, kind, networking, innovative-thinking, and full of futurists just to name a few. ASCLA also has the best mission at ALA! Our new interest groups are a force for this new energy–volunteer for ASCLA and participate in our interest groups! Did you know that the Association of...
Upcoming ASCLA Webinars: Effective Facilitation, Digital Preservation Planning
ASCLA has two upcoming webinars we want you to know about: “Digital Preservation Planning” and “Being an Effective Facilitator”. Register online now for these and other webinars. Group registration information is available here. Questions about registration? Contact the ALA registration team at registration@ala.org. Digital Preservation Planning Monday, April 16, at 10:00 a.m. Central (Chicago) Time This...
Explore libraries, pubs, and historic sites of Ireland with ASCLA in 2012
ASCLA is following up its sold-out Paris trip with a fall trip to Ireland in 2012, inviting you to join us as we explore the emerald isle, its castles, libraries and important historic sites. The trip will run October 4-12, 2012 and will include hotels and transportation to Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, Cobh, and Killarney; four dinners;...