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IFLA Conference 2007 - Durban, South Africa

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This overview of the 73rd IFLA Conference in Durban, South Africa, highlights the event's 2007 focus on indigenous knowledge and oral history, featuring interviews with IFLA and ALA leaders, ... View Video »

Rising from the Rubble

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Exclusive to American Libraries Focus, this video produced by the Sri Lanka Library Association details the recovery effort following the disastrous tsunami of December 26, 2004, which left 50,000 ... View Video »

Report from the Banned Books Read-Out!

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This report from the Banned Books Read-Out, held September 29 in Chicago, features ALA President Loriene Roy and Judith Krug from ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom speaking on the importance ... View Video »

Rod Hersberger & Marilyn Hinshaw interview

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ALA Treasurer Rod Hersberger and Marilyn Hinshaw, Chair of the Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC), sit down for a chat with Director of Membership Development John Chrastka. Hersberger ... View Video »

Short Pencil Saga

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Short pencils: a library fixture you probably take for granted. But not anymore! Using archival footage from the Prelinger Archives, Nick "March of the Librarians" Baker's latest comedic offering ... View Video »


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