Carroll Preston Baber Award Research Grant Jury | ALA
4 days ago · The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant is given annually to one or more librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to an improvement in services to any specified group(s) of people. The project should aim to answer a question that is of vital importance to the library community and the researchers should plan to …
Social Worker Task Force | Public Library Association
3 days ago · To develop and recommend a strategic and coordinated approach for PLA related to how public libraries address the social service needs of customers. The task force will identify best practices and will consider resources to be developed that will allow PLA to offer guidance and technical support to libraries. Task force activities include but are not limited to: …
Reviews Committee | Rainbow Roundtable - American Library …
4 days ago · The Reviews Committee creates book and media reviews for publication in for the round table's Rainbow Round Table Reviews blog. Reviews are managed by members of the committee. The reviews cover all genres of LGBTQIA-themed fiction and nonfiction material for children, young adults, and adults. A variety formats are considered: books, films, comics, …
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Subcommittee
5 days ago · This subcommittee is re-established at least a year ahead of the scheduled reauthorization of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), approximately every five years. Membership includes representation from COL, all interested ALA membership units and targeted stakeholders, such as the Chief ...
Academic Librarians Standards and Guidelines Review Task Force
6 days ago · Date interim reports are due: The task force will submit interim reports to the ACRL Board of Directors at the Spring 2019 Executive Committee Meeting and the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. Date final report is due: The final document should be submitted for ACRL Board approval within six months of the draft being circulated for comment and no later than the 2020 …
Center for the Future of Libraries Advisory Group
4 days ago · 225 N Michigan Ave., Ste 1300. Chicago, IL 60601. 1.800.545.2433
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee | ALA
4 days ago · MARBI consists of nine voting members and three interns. MARBI deliberations also include members of the MARC Advisory Committee, which includes ex-officio representatives of national libraries and bibliographic utilities, and several dozen non-voting liaisons from ALA units and from non-ALA organizations with an interest in issues of library automation standards.