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Annual 2008 Wrap-up
Posted July 15th, 2008 by Daniel
Over 22,000 attendees soaked up the rays in Anaheim, California, June 26-July 2 at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference. This compendium of conference highlights includes such luminaries as Jamie Lee ... View Video »
Speaking Technically 2008
Posted July 16th, 2008 by Daniel
Seven leading publishers share their insights on the future of reference databases at American Libraries' second annual "Speaking Technically" panel at ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. ... View Video »
2008 ALA Annual Conference Opening General Session Video
Posted July 17th, 2008 by Daniel
This video, played during the Opening General Session of ALA's 2008 Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, highlights the value of public awareness to the library profession. ALA presidents ... View Video »
Cory Doctorow - Privacy: Is it Time for A Revolution?
Posted July 17th, 2008 by Daniel
Protecting reader privacy and confidentiality has long been an integral part of the mission of ALA and its members. Should it continue to be a priority? In an age when people increasingly use ... View Video »
Booklist Adult Books Readers' Forum: the Post-9/11 Novel
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Daniel
Booklist Online Senior Editor Keir Graff (My Fellow Americans) leads a panel of distinguished authors discussing the burgeoning genre of post-9/11 literature June 29 at the ALA Annual ... View Video »
Jamie Lee Curtis
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Daniel
Actor and author Jamie Lee Curtis entertains an audience of children and parents June 30 at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. After warming up the crowd with her infant ... View Video »
King of Conference
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Daniel
David Lee King of the Topeka and Shawnee County (Kans.) Public Library offers a first-person travelogue of his experience at ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. In between searching for ... View Video »
Honoring Lois Ann Gregory-Wood
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Daniel
On July 2, 2008, ALA Council adopted a resolution to recognize the 40 years of service of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood. Beginning at ALA's distribution office on October 11, 1968, Gregory-Wood went on to ... View Video »
Many Voices, Many Nations
Posted July 28th, 2008 by Daniel
Author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie headlined the Many Voices, Many Nations program June 27 at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, following nine other speakers of Native American ... View Video »
Dale Lipschultz on The American Dream Starts @ your library
Posted July 29th, 2008 by Daniel
Dale Lipschultz, Literary Officer with the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, discusses The American Dream Starts @ your library grant initiative of the American Library Association ... View Video »
