Press release The Arizona Secretary of State successfully requested the transfer of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records to his office from the Legislative branch of government. Arizona was the only state library under direct legislative supervision. As of September 30th, 2009, Arizona’s State Librarian, GladysAnn Wells, will report to former Arizona Senate...

Press release At the American Library Association meeting recently held in Chicago, the Committee on Legislation, Subcommittee on Government Information, and GODORT convened a forum on government information for the ALA divisions and groups. A report of the session will be widely available. The discussion centered on the crucial need for all librarians to understand...

ALA Press release The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is now accepting nominations for its 2010 awards program.  The purpose of ASCLA awards is to recognize outstanding achievements in networking, enrichment, educational opportunities, and service by library agencies, libraries serving special populations, multitype library organizations and independent librarians. ASCLA encourages people to...

By Will Reed, ASCLA Representative to the ALA Web Advisory Council As ASCLA Representative to the ALA Web Advisory Council (WAC), I wanted to take this opportunity to encourage members to use and perhaps even introduce members to ALA Connect. The following statement was drafted by the WAC as a recommendation about the use of...

Tamar Wolfe, Adult Programming Librarian and Greg Carlson, Manager, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library Sarasota County Government enshrined environmental sustainability in its 2006 comprehensive plan: “Planning for a sustainable community is (our) overarching theme… Sarasota County Government is committed to lead by example, promote public participation and work in community partnership to improve our...