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Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table to Merge With Association Of Specialized And Cooperative Library Agencies

Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table to Merge With Association Of Specialized And Cooperative Library Agencies

By Karl E. Debus-López, President, Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table   An exciting change will occur within the next year as two important units within the American Library Association will merge.  In April 2017, the membership of the Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT) voted to merge with the Association of...
Report from the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2016: IGARD Poster Presentation

Report from the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2016: IGARD Poster Presentation

by Mary Beth Riedner The Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Interest Group (IGARD) of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Division of the American Library Association (ALA) presented a poster at the IFLA WLIC 2016 which was held in Columbus, Ohio from Aug. 13-19, 2016.  The poster was entitled “Reconnecting Persons with Dementia...
Looking for Innovation and Empowerment?  Go to your local Library

Looking for Innovation and Empowerment? Go to your local Library

We all know knowledge is power, and libraries have long been a place where people have found the pathways to change their lives through expanding their minds.  Today, libraries are also places where people can change their physical bodies as well.  In Wilmington, Delaware, a 10 year old boy named Colin Consavage did just that thanks...
2014 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award

2014 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award

Two members of ASCLA’s Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group (IGARD), Karen Maki and Mary Beth Riedner, are part of the team of librarians who were awarded the 2014 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award by the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA).  This award “recognizes individuals, groups, libraries or organizations for their creative...
MCPL wins the ILF Programming Award

MCPL wins the ILF Programming Award

Monroe County Public Library, under the leadership of past ASCLA President Sara Laughlin,  has received the 2014 Programming Award from the Indiana Library Federation (ILF). This award recognizes the Library for its programming during Disability Awareness Month in March 2014 . The highly creative and inclusive programs offered were the culmination of two years of focused efforts...